Experiencing beyond experience

1. ExperiencingExperiencing
BeyondBeyond
ExperienceExperience
Dedicated to the Lotus feet of the GuruDedicated to the Lotus feet of the Guru
Prabhakar AnanthaswamyPrabhakar Ananthaswamy

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3. The Joy of Sheer LivingThe Joy of Sheer Living
Are we not Living ……?Are we not Living ……?

4. I / Mine
How are we Living?How are we Living?

5. Identification
Perceiving Pursuing
Limited Insecurity
Curious Concern
Possess Protect
React
I

6. II
Never ending Will-to-KnowNever ending Will-to-Know
Never ending Will to doNever ending Will to do
Never ending Will to possessNever ending Will to possess
ExhaustionExhaustion
Eventual deathEventual death

7. MineMine
Likes Dislikes
Hot Cold
Beautiful Ugly
Love Hate
Rich Poor
Gain Loss
Successful Failure
Good Bad
Ethical Unethical
Punya Papa
Dharma Adharma
Life Death…

8. My family
My Wealth
My name
My Power
My city
My Country
My religion…

9. Our PursuitsOur Pursuits
• How to build a successful careerHow to build a successful career
• How to become richHow to become rich
• How to make WealthHow to make Wealth
• How to win FriendsHow to win Friends
• How to influence peopleHow to influence people
• How to say NoHow to say No
• Knowledge, Power, Position, Name, Sex,Knowledge, Power, Position, Name, Sex,
Money………Money………

10. Kama Desire
Krodha Anger Deaf
Lobha Greed
Moha Infatuation Dumb
Madha Pride
Matsarya Jealousy Blind
Outcome…

11. ConcernConcern
•Concern about Oneself
•Health, Career, position, future…
•Concern about concerned
•Family, nation, religion, organisation…
•Concerned about Unconcerned
•Unseen, Unknown…
Adidaivika, adyatmika, adiboutika

12. ConcernConcern
CompareCompare
ConfusionConfusion
ConflictConflict
StrikeStrike
RevoltRevolt
WarWar
Fighting for Justice
Fighting for Rights
Fighting for Freedom
Fighting for Liberation

13. CuriosityCuriosity
Delusion
They won’t let us be our Real Selves
Concern
Dejection

14. MisconceptionMisconception
about oneself and the world outsideabout oneself and the world outside
root cause of all problemsroot cause of all problems
Ignorance
Desire
Action
Agitation Bondage Helplessness

15. How are we Living…?How are we Living…?
• LimitedLimited
• RelativeRelative
• ChangingChanging
• TemporaryTemporary
• DisturbedDisturbed
– StateState

16. Outcome…
• DisturbedDisturbed
• AgitatedAgitated
• StressedStressed
• AnxiousAnxious
• WorriedWorried
• AfraidAfraid
• AngryAngry
• GossipGossip
• FrustratedFrustrated
• SuppressedSuppressed
• DepressedDepressed
• DestructiveDestructive
Conditional Happiness
(dissipating energy, efficiency comes down)

17. Our limited Solutions…Our limited Solutions…
• Running from pillar to postRunning from pillar to post
– AstrologersAstrologers
– GodGod
• Stress / Time management courseStress / Time management course
• Personality developmentPersonality development
• When nothing WorksWhen nothing Works
– Blame game – Kaliyuga, planets, VaastuBlame game – Kaliyuga, planets, Vaastu
– Possessed by evilPossessed by evil

18. Experiencing and beyond…Experiencing and beyond…
Precondition & Bias –Precondition & Bias –
SelfishSelfish --
AgitationAgitation --
UnconditionedUnconditioned
Selfless actionSelfless action
PeacePeace

19. Open system ModelOpen system Model

20. PersonalityPersonality
• PhysicalPhysical
• EnergyEnergy
• MindMind
• IntellectIntellect
• EmotionEmotion
Happy, Elated…
Sad, Dejected…

21. PhysicalPhysical
• ColorColor
• HeightHeight
• WeightWeight
• QualificationQualification
• ReligionReligion
• NationalityNationality
( food to food)

22. EnergyEnergy
Waking
Dreaming
Deep Sleep State

23. MindMind
• UnlimitedUnlimited
• UnwantedUnwanted
• UnconnectedUnconnected
• UnconcernedUnconcerned
• UnexplainableUnexplainable
• UncontrollableUncontrollable
• CrazyCrazy
– ThoughtsThoughts
Creativity
Art, ‘R&D’…
Confusion
Restlessness
Agitation
…
Space
Time
Situation

24. IntellectIntellect
• DataData
• InformationInformation
• KnowledgeKnowledge
• IntelligentIntelligent
Dualities
Recalling
Decision
Undirected Intellect is Mind
Directed Mind is Intellect…
Logic
Limitation
Space
Time
Situation

25. EGO
PersonalityPersonality
Consciousness
Physical - Doer
Mind - Seer / Seen (perceiver)
Intellect - Knower / Known / Knowledge
Emotion - Enjoyer / Sufferer

26. PersonalityPersonality
Sum Total of all the past experience is whatSum Total of all the past experience is what
PersonalityPersonality all aboutall about
Each layer is subject to change.Each layer is subject to change.
““PersonalityPersonality isis one of Changing and Growingone of Changing and Growing ””
It isIt is DynamicDynamic and notand not StaticStatic..

27. GraceGrace
ofof
GuruGuru……

28. Krishna, Allah, JesusKrishna, Allah, Jesus......
• UnlimitedUnlimited
• AbsoluteAbsolute
• ChangelessChangeless
• PermanentPermanent
• Eternal SelfEternal Self
• UntouchedUntouched
• UnmanifestedUnmanifested
• UnseenUnseen
• Non IdentificationNon Identification
Decay-less
Disease-less
Death-less
Source & Destination
Fearless
Blissful
Peaceful
StateState
• Pure ConsciousnessPure Consciousness

29. Consciousness
Intellect
Mind
Sense organs
objects of the world
Self……?

30. AbsoluteAbsolute
•Sleep
•Involuntary Non Identification State
•Death
•Permanent & Involuntary Non Identification State
•Life after death
•Waking from the non identification state into a
different body mind complex.
•Samadhi
•Voluntary Non Identification State
(Seed)

31. RealtiveRealtive
• Waking
– Involuntary identification state (Physical)
• DreamingDreaming
– Involuntary identification state (Mind)Involuntary identification state (Mind)

32. SelfSelf
• AbsoluteAbsolute
• KshetragnaKshetragna
• PurushaPurusha
• UnmanifestedUnmanifested
• UnlimitedUnlimited
• EternalEternal
• ChangelessChangeless
• Pure consciousnessPure consciousness
• Non identifiedNon identified
• NirgunaNirguna
• RelativeRelative
• KshetraKshetra
• PrakritiPrakriti
• ManifestedManifested
• LimitedLimited
• TemporaryTemporary
• ChangingChanging
• Relative consciousnessRelative consciousness
• IdentifiedIdentified
• SagunaSaguna

33. YogaYoga
UnionUnion
With ThatWith That SelfSelf
Which isWhich is
The base of ExistenceThe base of Existence

34. YogaYoga
• PhysicalPhysical AsanaAsana
• EnergyEnergy PranayamaPranayama
• MindMind MeditationMeditation
• IntellectIntellect SatsangSatsang
• EmotionEmotion
Blissful state
Yama
Niyama
Asana Karma
Pranayama
Pratyahara
Dharana Jnana
Dhyana
Samadi Bhakti

35. AsanaAsana
Postures to make one comfortable at thePostures to make one comfortable at the
physical levelphysical level

36. PranayamaPranayama
• Breathing In, Out, HoldingBreathing In, Out, Holding
• Conscious BreathingConscious Breathing
• Energizing every part of the bodyEnergizing every part of the body

37. Lack of Knowledge
Un steady
Un steady
Cannot Meditate
Un Meditative
No Peace
Without Peace
How can there be happiness?!

38. MeditationMeditation
Peaceful mind needs no mediation
Disturbed mind cannot meditate.
Yet there is a meditator…

39. Control Mind – Sense organs gives way
Control sense organs – Mind slips
Shift focus
Controlling Mind / Sense organs is absurdity

40. MeditationMeditation
JapaJapa
SSYSSY
TMTM
Yoga NidraYoga Nidra
We delve deep into ourselves without external aids…
It is a limited and temporary solution…

41. SatsangSatsang
• Company of Realised PersonCompany of Realised Person
• Reveling in the SelfReveling in the Self
Open
Dynamic (Coping with change)
Accept
Adapt
Forgive Enjoy
Forget

42. Less and less to no importance to oneself
and world outside
– Respect / Don’t hate
Not doing anyone a
favour but oneself
You learn not to disturb
the environment
because
If you disturb the
environment you have
to live in the disturbed
environment
I / Mine

43. Religion
Collection of thoughts
Rituals
Re unites us with the unlimited
Needs no appendages

44. SpiritualitySpirituality
• Seeing DivineSeeing Divine
• Hearing DivineHearing Divine
• Listening DivineListening Divine
• Thinking DivineThinking Divine
Divinity is theDivinity is the UUnlimitednlimited SSelfelf within uswithin us
Spirituality is seeing one same unlimitedSpirituality is seeing one same unlimited
Divine nature in oneself and in othersDivine nature in oneself and in others
Spirituality is grossly misunderstood

45. Viveka
Discriminate
Unreal / Real
Temporary / Permanent
Limited / unlimited
Relative / Absolute
Changing / Changeless
Vairagya
Detachment
Not to - pursue / give importance to the
limited, changing, Temporary…
…Ananda (eternal happiness) follows

46. Pancha mahabhutas:
Space, Air, Fire, water, earth
Pancha Tanmatras:
Sound, Feeling, Sight, Taste, Smell
EGO
MIND
INTELLECT
Pancha Jnanedriyas:
Ears, Skin, Eyes, Tongue, Nose,
Pancha Karmendriyas:
Arms, Legs, Voice, excretion, Reproduction
Pure
Consciousness

47. Sat Chit (Ananda)
Space.. Sound
Space, Air .. Sound, Feeling
Space, Air, Fire …Sound, Feeling, Form
Space, Air, Fire, Water ….Sound, Feeling, Form, Taste
Space, Air, Fire, Water, Earth …..Sound, Feeling, Form, Taste, Smell
EGO
MIND
INTELECT
Space.. Sound: Ear
Space, Air .. Sound, Feeling: Ear, Skin
Space, Air, Fire …Sound, Feeling, Form: Ear, Skin, Eyes
Space, Air, Fire, Water ….Sound, Feeling, Form, Taste: Ear, Skin, Eyes, Tongue
Space, Air, Fire, Water, Earth …..Sound, Feeling, Form, Taste, Smell: Ear, Skin, Eyes, Tongue, Nose
Throat
Arms
Legs
Reproduction
Excretion
ISHWARA
Hiranya Garbha
JIVA, Individual

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M
I
Guru
Sravana, Manana, Nidhidyasana
(satsanga, Nissanga, Nirmoha,
Nischalatatwa, jeevan mukti)
Karma
Bhakti
Jnana
Unmanifest Sat, Chit, (Ananda , Shanti, Freedom…)
Enjoyer
Sufferer
Confusion
Conflict
Strike
Revolting
War
Accident
Disease
Volcano
Tornado
Hurricane…
Samsara
Temporary
Changing
Perishable
Birth
Child
Youth
Middle age
Old age
Death
Bramhacharya
Grihasta
Vanaprasta
Sanyasa
Past
Present
Future
Dawn
Day
Dusk
Waking
Dreaming
Sleep
Gunas
Dualities
Ashanti
Samskara
Precondition
Desire
Likes / Dislikes
Action
Bondage
Thought
Desire
Attachment
Anxiety/ Anger
Delusion
Loss of Memory
Destruction
Manifest
Brahmana
Kshatriya
Vysya
Shudra
Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, week, Months, Seasons, Years, Life, Kalpas, Yugas
Knower
Doer
Enjoyer/ sufferer
Knowledge
Power
Position
Name
Sex
Wealth
Kama
Krodha
Lobha
Moha
Mada
Matsarya
Satya Laoka
Tapo Loka
Jana Loka
Mahar Loka
Svar Loka
Bhuvar Loka
Bhur Loka
Atala
Vitala
Sutala
Tala-Tala
Rasatala
Mahatala
Patala
Sahasrara
Agna
Vishuddha
Anahata
Manipura
Svadhishtana
Mooladara
Satwa
Rajas
Tamas

49. Samsara
Gunas
Dwandwa
Ashanti
Samskara
Precondition
Likes / dislikes
Action
Bondage
Sat, Chit, Ananda
Y
O
G
A
Bhakti
Surrender
Prapati
Jnana
Viveka
Vairaghya
Thyaga

50. Joy of sheer LivingJoy of sheer Living
• Living Peacefully without external aids irrespective ofLiving Peacefully without external aids irrespective of
situation, time, circumstances, not - complaining, arguingsituation, time, circumstances, not - complaining, arguing
Lotus untouched by water and filth around
Selfishness Selflessness
Limited Unlimited
Disturbed Blissful state

51. It becomes relevant when worldly
things become irrelevant…
Relevance of Vedic Truths…

52. It comes to our rescue
irrespective of time, space and
situation when worldly things fail
to stand by us

53. It addresses the entire
Universe and not caste,
creed, colour,
nationality, region,
religion or sex…
Divine
Human
Animal

54. Veda is experience
•There is no beginning or end to experience
•We get caught up – unending experience
•We don’t know how to come out of it
Vedanta
• Helps in transcending all experience
• Going through the experience but
untouched by the experience

55. Vedanta leads to Divine Consciousness
Pure Consciousness
Eternal Self

56. Vedanta leads to selflessness
Self-discipline
Self-reliance
Fearlessness
Detachment, accept and adapt, forgive and forget,
compassion and tolerance becomes ones own very
nature; one need not cultivate these things

57. Vedanta Leads to Silence
Peace will be established within, naturally, without
any external aids, and is sustained under all circum­
stances and at all times
In between thoughts
In between action
During Sleep
In between lives
Non Identification state

58. Age old science is not an old age pastime
It is for the young at threshold of life
Vedic truth is the message for any millennium…
Rig - Establish in Silence
Yagur
Sama - Sustain the Silence
Atarvana
Vedanta its ClassificationsVedanta its Classifications
Samhita
Brahmana
Aranyaka
Upanishad

59. Vedic TruthsVedic Truths
• PanchakoshaPanchakosha
• AvastatrayaAvastatraya
• GunasGunas
• VarnaashramaVarnaashrama
• Action based on classificationAction based on classification
• Relative/Absolute…Relative/Absolute…
•Human beingHuman being
•Cultured mindCultured mind
•DimensionlessDimensionless
•Outcome bharat / BharatiyaOutcome bharat / Bharatiya
(Unlimited)(Unlimited)

60. Vedanta SacrificeVedanta Sacrifice
Yagna
Rig Veda Hotara Invokes the sacrificial fire
Yagur Veda Advaryu Sustains the fire by offering
Sama Veda Udgatar sustains the fire by singing the glory
PurnahutiPurnahuti BrahmanBrahman
VibhutiVibhuti
Avadhuta…Avadhuta…

61. GoalGoal
Concentration
Distraction
Curiosity
Interest
Importance
Add Value
At any cost
Effort
Effortless action
Enjoy

62. Desire
Fulfill
Action
One Action Leads to the other
We are caught up in chain of actions
Bondage
Art of Non-DoingArt of Non-Doing

63. Desire
Un Fulfilled Fulfill
Suppression Fair Means
Depression God
Destruction Stoop to any action
Stopping all desire is like trimming a plant

64. Out Come of Desire
Sufferer Enjoyer
Mirage Ocean
Exhaustion

65. Who shuns ActionWho shuns Action
• Lack of knowledgeLack of knowledge
• Lack of facilitiesLack of facilities
• Body ailmentsBody ailments
• Not interestedNot interested
• ComplexComplex
• Fear of failureFear of failure

66. Complex
Any thing New is complex
Break the problem into smaller
units for which one can give a
Solution

67. Prerequisite For an action
Knowledge
Pros and Cons
Plan
Execute
- One Job at a time

68. Doing everything
Getting Things done
Distributed Action
Ignorance
Dynamic
Arrogance
Carelessness
Fall

69. Body
Sense Organs
Mind
Intellect
Time
Action to get executed

70. Motivation For any Action
Action
Money
Name
Fame
Power
Status
Unique – one in thousand
one among thousand

71. Problem with Action
Lingering in the past Action
I Should have done this
I should not have done this
No one can do this as I have done
I can get more
I have prayed God
People don’t recognize me
Only I can do it
I cannot do it – fear of failure
Cannot Live without action
-Reacting, Bondage

72. Act (to forget oneself and the world outside)
Don’t shun action (idle mind is devils workshop)
Never Claim (fall- world will go on with or without me)
Don’t give importance to fruits of action (freedom)
Don’t give importance to doership (Liberation)
- Act do not React
Not renunciation of action - Renunciation in action

73. Consciousness
Intellect
Mind
Sense organs
Sense objects
Long Term
memory
Static Memory
Curiosity
Interest
Importance
Value
Short term
Memory
Dynamic memory
Refreshing

74. • KarmaKarma
– ActionAction
• Karma phalaKarma phala
– Fruits of actionFruits of action
• Karma bandanaKarma bandana
– ReactingReacting
• Karma yogaKarma yoga
– Not bound by fruits of actionNot bound by fruits of action
• Karma SanyasaKarma Sanyasa
– No doership, No motives, yet actingNo doership, No motives, yet acting

75. Words – All Words – All words in right order –
Recalling all the words in right order
(Medha)
Understanding Words –
Understanding all the words in right order
(Saraswathi)
Getting Information
Getting established in Knowledge – Wisdom
irrespective of time and situation
(Sharada)

76. Identification based on ActionIdentification based on Action
• BrahmanaBrahmana
– Head, Creative thinking,Head, Creative thinking,
thinking of Brahmanthinking of Brahman
• KshatriyaKshatriya
– Shoulder, Development,Shoulder, Development,
ProtectionProtection
• VyshyaVyshya
– Thighs, Production,Thighs, Production,
sustenance / distributionsustenance / distribution
• ShudraShudra
– Legs, following orders,Legs, following orders,
labourlabour
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77. Karma theoryKarma theory
• PrarabhdaPrarabhda
– Fruits of action of the past enjoying / sufferingFruits of action of the past enjoying / suffering
• SanchitaSanchita
– Fruits of action which is in storeFruits of action which is in store
• AgamiAgami
– Present action bearing fruits laterPresent action bearing fruits later
Birth Death Rebirth
Realised person is untouched by
Prarabhda, Sanchita, Agami…

78. Stages of ActionStages of Action
• Kamya-KarmaKamya-Karma
– Desire based actionDesire based action
• Sat-KarmaSat-Karma
– Action for the well being of mankindAction for the well being of mankind
• Nish-kamyakarmaNish-kamyakarma
– Action to forget oneself and the world outsideAction to forget oneself and the world outside
– No motive, no desire, not bound by fruits ofNo motive, no desire, not bound by fruits of
actionaction
• Na-KarmaNa-Karma
– Non identification with actionNon identification with action
– Untouched by action and its outcomeUntouched by action and its outcome

79. YogaYoga
• JnanaJnana
– Seeing one self in othersSeeing one self in others
• Open for ideasOpen for ideas
• BhaktiBhakti
– Not me nothing mineNot me nothing mine
– Seeing divinity in anything & everythingSeeing divinity in anything & everything
• Respect for others action & ideasRespect for others action & ideas
• KarmaKarma
– There is nothing to loose nor to gainThere is nothing to loose nor to gain
– Devote all action and its fruit to the lordDevote all action and its fruit to the lord
– To forget oneself and the world outsideTo forget oneself and the world outside

80. Mind
Sattva
Knowledge, Good, Well being of all, Peace…
Adharma /dharma , vice/virtue…
Rajas
Action, Motive, I/ Mine, Gain,
Rich/ poor, loss/ gain
Tamas
Lazy, Dull, Stupor, ill will of others…
Beautiful/ ugly, hot/ cold, gossip
Sattva
Tamas
RajasSattva 

81. Mind
Moveable
Fixed
Oscillating

82. No - MindNo - Mind
• Pause between ThoughtsPause between Thoughts
• Pause between actionPause between action
• SleepSleep
– SilenceSilence
Non Identification StateNon Identification State
(restore energy)
“Fill”
( Ocean of energy, knowledge… )
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83. Non - DoingNon - Doing
• No motivesNo motives
• No desiresNo desires
• Nothing to gain / looseNothing to gain / loose
• Well being of othersWell being of others
• No doershipNo doership
– Yet ActingYet Acting
• Not bound by fruits of actionNot bound by fruits of action
• Not reactingNot reacting
• Non identification with actionNon identification with action
– Sun, Moon, Earth, Water, Air, FireSun, Moon, Earth, Water, Air, Fire

84. Mind – No Mind – (think better)
Action – No action – (efficiency )
Yoga
Established in the Goal

85. Sa lokhya Turning inward
Sa mipya Getting Closer
Sa Roopya Getting Idea
Sa Yugya Becoming one with it
Yoga

86. God / SelfGod / Self - Realisation- Realisation

87. GodGod
• ArthaArtha
– distressdistress
• ArtharthiArtharthi
– wealthwealth
• JignasuJignasu
– curiouscurious
• JnaniJnani
– Knowledge for knowledge sakeKnowledge for knowledge sake

88. God Idea - not GodGod Idea - not God
Unlimited, Absolute, Eternal
Disease less, Decay less, Death less
Bliss, Peaceful
Imbibe God idea only to become one with it

89. Shiva
Shakti
(Satva)
Vishnu
Lakshmi (Tamas)
Brahma
Saraswathi
(Rajas)
Advitha
Visistaadvitha
Dvaita

Sat Chit Anandha…
Jiva

90. Idol not the IdealIdol not the Ideal
Idol step to the Ideal
Prema
Relative
Para
Absolute

91. Faith - Blind Belief
Continued - Belief
Devotion - Unswerving Belief
Establish
Curious
Interest
Sincerity ( importance)
Perseverance (value)

92. Non BelieverNon Believer
BelieverBeliever
BhaktaBhakta

93. Bhakti
No motives
No fear
Compassion
Love
Sacrifice
Service
Selfless

94. OfferingOffering
Ego
Limited
Intellect
Dual, Logic & Reasoning
Mind
Restlessness, Confusion, Agitation

95. Pure Consciousness the Eternal Self
Black
Board Ego
Intellect
Mind
Emotion
Physical
Thinker
Doer
Enjoyer / Sufferer

96. Swadharma (Sat, Chit ( Ananda))
E
Dharma M
I
Paradharma
Adharma

97. Dharma needs no protectionDharma needs no protection
Secret not SacredSecret not Sacred

98. Dharma
Artha
Kama
…
Moksha
Swadharma

99. Silence
Divine consciousness
Selflessness
Self-discipline
Self-reliance
Fearlessness
Outcome…
…Young

100. Experiencing and beyond…Experiencing and beyond…
Precondition & Bias –Precondition & Bias –
SelfishSelfish --
AgitationAgitation --
UnconditionedUnconditioned
Selfless actionSelfless action
PeacePeace

101. Guru
“GU” –darkness to “RU” – Light
Reveling in eternal Self
Age, Caste, Sex, Background…
Immaterial
YAMA
Wisdom in the person makes the person
a Guru

102. Seeker
Quest to Realise Truth
Not interested in worldly things and affairs
Does not hate / but respects

103. Bramhacharya
•Just abstaining from sex is not bramhacharya
•Abstaining (not leaving / but not dwelling)
thoughts – Money, power, Knowledge,
Position, sex…
•Listening, Thinking, Establish…

104. Sanyasa
•Renouncing not just at Physical plane but at
mental plane
•Sacrifice ones own interest for the well being
of mankind
•Wearing saffron robe, growing beard, having
a big following – not the signs

105. Realisation
Realise Absolute self
Realising that there is nothing new to realise
Realising peace / bliss is ones owns nature
Realise there is nothing to win or lose
Only on Realisation fear, anxiety, worry…
ceases to be
Only on Realisation death will not bother any
more… Jnani
Bhakta Karma yoga

106. Peace will be established within, naturally, without
any external aids, and is sustained under all
circumstances and at all times
Where there is selflessness - detachment, accept
and adapt, forgive and forget, compassion, patience,
and tolerance, perseverance, contentment, unbiased
fearlessness, love, sacrifice, service, becomes ones
own very nature; one need not cultivate these things

107. …Only then, can you stop dwelling in the
past and future. Then and only then all the
struggle, miseries, anxiety, fear and all
doubts cease to be.
Liberation / Moksha

108. 