Whatever comes is by the will of God, whether pleasure or pain, have patience and accept it as the Lord’s will.
Paravastha is the state of the real “I.” Beyond all pleasure and pain, it is the state of supreme bliss.
To be unaffected by the dualities of life, like pleasure and pain, loss and gain, praise and condemnation, heat and cold, is the real proof of spiritual advancement.
True penance is to endure the dualities in life like heat, cold, pleasure, pain, loss, and gain, praise and censure.