Guidance from the Guru

(Letter 9)

Swami Tapovan Maharaj

Om Narayana Smriti

Sri Gangotri,
3-9-1952

Received the second letter too. Rejoice at your burning desire to know. If letters are not received regularly from here, don’t get worried – so I have already advised you. Know that my good wishes, far more powerful than any letter, are ever present and therein there is no indifference at all.

I had written from here since the receipt of the sandalwood paste. Let your mind find delight immersing in the thought of God. That is the goal. That is the never waning happy state. That is the ultimate object of birth in human form. All good deeds, reading and listening to holy lives, contact with saintly people etc. all serve to achieve the end. Once it is gained there is nothing more to be gained. Sitting in solitude sannyasin mahatmas find supreme joy in the Lord. Living in the midst of social life householder mahatmas find joy in the supreme Self. To them transactions of daily life bring no happiness. Yet they engage themselves in them as in a job carrying no reward or as in the sports of a child.

With love to both,

Swami Tapovanam