12.2. Virtues Helpful in Spiritual Progress

Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study)

by Sadhu Gyanananddas | 2021 | 123,778 words

This page relates 鈥榁irtues Helpful in Spiritual Progress鈥� of the study on the Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam in Light of Swaminarayan Vachanamrut (Vacanamrita). His 18th-century teachings belong to Vedanta philosophy and were compiled as the Vacanamrita, revolving around the five ontological entities of Jiva, Ishvara, Maya, Aksharabrahman, and Parabrahman. Roughly 200 years later, Bhadreshdas composed a commentary (Bhasya) correlating the principles of Vachanamrut.

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12.2. Virtues Helpful in Spiritual Progress

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For a true devotee, to develop good virtues and to eradicate untoward elements and vicious habits is an integral part of spiritual perfection. The discipline, qualities, and virtues that ought to be acquired and developed with sincere systematic efforts and constant goal-awareness and practice are discussed hereunder.^[1]

The nature and place of each one in the life of a seeker is also mentioned here.

indriyasa峁儁amo m膩y膩vik膩r膩divid膩ra峁嘺m |
ek膩ntadharmapu峁ａ弓i艣ca sv腻迟尘补苍i 产谤补丑尘补谤奴辫补t膩 ||^[2]
m膩h膩tmyasahita岣� samya峁卬i艣ca测补岣� param腻迟尘补苍a岣� |
尘辞办峁岣� sarv膩rthasiddhirhi pratyak峁brahmasa峁単ata岣� ||^[3]

鈥�Control over the senses,^[4] eradication of worldly desires,^[5] nourishment of 别办腻苍迟颈办 dharma,^[6] realizing 辞苍别鈥檚 腻迟尘补苍 as 产谤补丑尘补谤奴辫补, a complete conviction in Parabrahman along with the knowledge of his glory,^[7] 尘辞办峁,^[8] and achievement of all there is to be achieved, all this is realized through association with the manifest Ak峁rabrahman Guru.鈥�

耻迟蝉腻丑辞'产丑测补蝉补苍补峁� 诲丑补颈谤测补峁� 惫颈艣惫腻蝉补岣� sa峁儁amo balam |
suhradbh膩vastathaikya峁� ca 诲腻蝉补迟惫补峁� gurusevanam ||^[9]
辫谤腻谤迟丑补苍腻 ca mumuk峁Ｄ� ca saha艣ca gu峁嘺gr膩hit膩 |
pr膩py膩dik膩'nusangh膩namanantard峁涐梗峁璱sthahnikam ||^[10]
et膩ni s膩dhan膩ni syurguruprasannat膩测补迟补岣� |
s膩k峁Ｄ乨 bahmaprasa峁卻tu te峁api 辫谤补尘耻办丑补峁� bhavet ||^[11]

鈥淓苍迟丑耻蝉颈补蝉尘,^[12] repeated practice of spiritual endeavors,^[13] passion,^[14] faith,^[15] self-control,^[16] strength,^[17] fraternity, unity,^[18] humility, service towards the 叠谤补丑尘补蝉惫补谤奴辫补 Guru,^[19] prayer,^[20] a desire for 尘辞办峁,^[21] tolerance,^[22] perception of the good in others^[23] awareness of such concepts is the significance and glory of that which we have attained in the form of 蝉补迟蝉补峁単补, introspection, and daily offerings of bhakti. These are spiritual endeavors through which one earns the Guru鈥檚 grace. However, amongst all of these, association with the 叠谤补丑尘补蝉惫补谤奴辫补 Guru itself is truly the foremost endeavor.鈥�

Thus, here, we have discussed the virtues briefly to be attained by a devotee in the 厂惫腻尘颈苍腻谤腻测补峁嘺 Vedanta.

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辫补谤补尘补诲颈惫测补产丑腻惫补苍补谤补蝉颈迟补辫谤补迟测补办峁辫补谤补尘腻迟尘补颈办腻苍迟颈办补产丑颈惫腻帽肠丑腻 (叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补 1/1/1, p.3)
艣reyas膩bhik膩岣峚k峁Ｄ� tatparamapras膩dal膩bha岣� (叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补 1/1/1, p.3)
b膩hy膩nta岣� kara峁嘺sa峁儁amanalak峁峁嘺峁� 迟补辫补岣� (叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补 1/1/1, p.3)
ved膩nt膩di艣膩str膩峁嚹佱箖 vacane峁 c膩''stiky膩dir奴pa岣� paramo 惫颈艣惫腻蝉补 ityadi | (叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补 1/1/1, p.4)
测补岣� 蝉补谤惫补箩帽补岣� sarvavidyasya 箩帽腻苍补尘补测补峁� 迟补辫补岣� | (叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补 1/1/1, p.6)
hi 测补迟补岣� 迟补迟补岣� 辫补谤补尘腻迟尘补蝉补峁卥补濒辫补濒补办峁峁嚹乥丑颈诲丑测腻苍腻诲别惫补 asya j墨ve艣var腻迟尘补苍a岣� bandhaviparyayau j膩gratsvapn膩ditattadavasthasu gamanar奴pa峁� 产补苍诲丑补苍补峁� tad viparyaye峁嘺 tattadavasthatovasthantarapr膩ptilak峁峁嚹� mukti艣cetyubhaubhavata岣� | (叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补 3/2/5, p.287)
ta峁� sv膩cchar墨r膩t pravahenmu帽j膩dive峁Ｄ玨膩峁� dhairye峁嘺 | (叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补 3/2/13, p.294)
avivak峁t膩rthavyud膩sako m膩tra艣abda岣� | (叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补 3/2/16, p.295)
sevyasevakabh膩v膩dy膩p膩dako bhedasambandha i峁ata ityatr膩ha | (叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补 3/2/28, p.303)
parabrahmapr膩ptiparamop膩yatay膩 setutvena vyapade艣膩t | (叠谤补丑尘补蝉奴迟谤补 3/2/30, p.304)