VITARKA BADHANE PRATIKSHA BHAWANAM
WHEN CONTRARY FELLINGS OR THOUGHTS-VITARK ARISE , THEY ARE
NEUTRALISED BY GOOD THOUGHTS , THIS IS CALLED PRATIKSHA BHAWANAM
In the previous Sutras we were told about various YAMAS and NIYAMAS. i.e. what to DO and not DO . These were related to our day to day life and behavior. But as imperfect we are , we are going to have thoughts or even behavior that is contrary to what we should do . We should not HURT anyone ,or we should always tell truth. If we see someone that has misbehaved in the past or borrowed money or hurt us, when we see him or her, we are going to have bad thoughts about them . and may be we may even act. So here comes the advice from this SUTRA. Instead of allowing the mind to ponder on the bad thoughts , we are asked to counter them with good thoughts . This process is called Pratiksha Bhawan. We should not justify the thoughts or the actions .We may think that may be there was unavoidable reason that someone who borrowed money , has not been in position to return it Instead of killing a roach , we can throw it out .
I am not sure we can do this all the time . And I am sure we will fail and will have the bad thoughts or do wrong actions . But if we can be successful in sometimes , we will improve . Contrary thoughts can be good thoughts or thoughts about law of karma in the beginning. But in future it will happen automatically and at a latter state, we will not have bad thought at all.
WHEN CONTRARY FELLINGS OR THOUGHTS-VITARK ARISE , THEY ARE
NEUTRALISED BY GOOD THOUGHTS , THIS IS CALLED PRATIKSHA BHAWANAM
In the previous Sutras we were told about various YAMAS and NIYAMAS. i.e. what to DO and not DO . These were related to our day to day life and behavior. But as imperfect we are , we are going to have thoughts or even behavior that is contrary to what we should do . We should not HURT anyone ,or we should always tell truth. If we see someone that has misbehaved in the past or borrowed money or hurt us, when we see him or her, we are going to have bad thoughts about them . and may be we may even act. So here comes the advice from this SUTRA. Instead of allowing the mind to ponder on the bad thoughts , we are asked to counter them with good thoughts . This process is called Pratiksha Bhawan. We should not justify the thoughts or the actions .We may think that may be there was unavoidable reason that someone who borrowed money , has not been in position to return it Instead of killing a roach , we can throw it out .
I am not sure we can do this all the time . And I am sure we will fail and will have the bad thoughts or do wrong actions . But if we can be successful in sometimes , we will improve . Contrary thoughts can be good thoughts or thoughts about law of karma in the beginning. But in future it will happen automatically and at a latter state, we will not have bad thought at all.
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