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means born anew -- and that's what sannyas
Is all about.
It is a process of rebirth
Of becoming twice-born.
The first birth only gives you
A possibility, a potential, an opportunity.
The second birth makes the potential actual
Transforms the possible into the real.
Only the second birth
Makes the first birth meaningful.
Without the second
The fist is a lost opportunity.
With the second the opportunity is fulfilled
You have risen to the occasion
You have accepted the challenge of life.
The first birth ends into death
The second birth knows no death at all.
It leads you into eternal life.
It is the real birth because
It is the beginning of real life.
(To Adelheid) -- This is your name: Ma Abhinava.
Abhinava means the new one.
From this moment
Disconnect yourself from the past.
Start counting your life from this moment.
After one year you will be only one year old.
The life that has passed before
Was just a dream phenomenon.
Now you have to awaken
You have to become more alert
More watchful, more conscious -- that's the work
A sannyasin has to do upon himself;
It is the most beautiful work.
Incredible are the results of it
The rewards are unbelievable.
Once you have started moving
Towards being more conscious
You become more loving, you become more blissful
You become more divine!
For the first time you start feeling that life is a great gift, a benediction from god.
And a great thankfulness arises in the heart.
That is true prayer.
(To Thomas) -- This is your name: Swami Tathagato.
Tathagato is one of the names given to Gautam the Buddha. It means one who lives in the suchness of life, who accepts whatsoever is the case. who accepts everything totally.
Even death is absolutely accepted because
His trust in existence is infinite --
It knows no bounds, it is unconditional.
It is the highest peak of meditation.
To accept all -- all
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