One Supreme Court judge, while retiring in his welfare address to Supreme Court Bar, said his mantra in life was "Restrain, Restrain and Restrain"
I remembered this, but could not understand it. Years have rolled by and still I am not sure what does this Mantra means.
The Judge was Justice Quadri. He lived a pious and honest life.
As far as I can understand, meaning of the Mantra is similar to something said in Gita : "To not to do (Akarma) is the real deed (Karma).
Every minute our mind and body are in "Auto mode". They keep doing thousands of things daily automatically or semi automatically.
When we give command "Restrain" to mind or body. It halts. It obeys.
As I understand, meaning of mantra Restrain, is to exercise self control on body and mind against various things which we are tempted to do. A self discipline comes when we begin to use command "Restrain" on our mind and body.
Haresh Raichura
29/10/13
