Tuesday, September 13, 2005
BHIKSHU GEETHAM - JAY SHREE POOJYA SHREE SHREE AMMA
The BHIKSHU left his home. Keeping his mind calm, he went for BHIKSHA (begging done for divine cause) in the streets. He moved from place to place. At the sight of him, many people started insulting him, by means of their words and actions. Many people teased him. The BHIKSHU attained beatific state of pure silence. He was not disturbed by these insults. BHIKSHU was carrying a small vessel to have the food. He carried with him some old clothes for wearing. He kept with him, some ritual things for performing the religious routines.
The people snatched his belongings. Some threatened him to leave from the place, as early as possible. Some people laughed at him. Some people snatched his belongings and made a fun play with him for some interval of time. After some time, they asked him to take back his belongings. Some people even spitted at him. Some people called him as thief and they forced him to change his life style. Some people tied him with rope, as a punishment.
The people started saying, “This man seems to be a hypocrite. He had lost all his money. His relatives left him alone. He doesn’t have any body, to look after his life. So, he started to cheat people through immoral means. He seems to be much stubborn, in his mind set, just like a rock. He keeps himself mouth shut. He easily extracts food, clothes from us, without any hard efforts, under the shelter of austerity. We should punish him for his sinful act.”
The BHIKSHU remained unaffected by these words. He understood the reality of life. He understood the inner cruelty of worldly people. He kept his mind constantly meditating on the lotus feet of Bhagavan. This meditation gave him, inner joy. He felt fully nourished with this divine nectar of Krishna Bhakthi and a divine satisfaction was felt in his face. Having his mind satisfied with this divine Krishna Bhakthi, he felt self-content. The BHIKSHU started explaining the path of MAYA (illusion) in a nut-shell, as follows.
I cannot blame these people, for my sufferings. The mind alone is the root cause for the sufferings of life. Mind craves for each and every thing. The mind controls the sense organs. The cravings of the mind, forces a man to develop a sense of desire towards worldly things. This desire grows over time and becomes a permanent mind set. The mind gets fully occupied with that desire. The human beings fix a specific time period to achieve it. This specific time allocated by an individual to achieve his / her desire, becomes a goal.
Man starts working towards his goal. The mind controls the bodily organs and senses. With a fixed mind set, he toils a lot, to march towards his goal. The bodily actions take 3 different forms. When the task before him / her can be easily handled, he / she do that work in a calm manner. The work that is being done in a calm manner brings the mind to the SATVIC state (SATHVAM – CALMNESS). At times, the task before him / her seems to be heavy and the work needs to done in a hurry, without any delay. He / she become perplexed and tensed. Heart beats fast. Body shows rapid movements. This state of tensed mind is called as RAJAS (RAJASAM – TENSED MIND). At times, conflicting thoughts enter in to one’s mind. There, he / she get confused. He / she take a long time to arrive at the right solution. The time gets wasted. The actions get delayed. He / she postpone the work. He / she become sluggish and dull –headed. This state of confused mind is called as TAMAS (TAMASAM – CONFUSED MIND).
The 3 states of mind namely SATVIC, RAJAS, TAMAS become the external qualities of human beings (GUNA). The 3 qualities alternate from time to time. The actions done in calm way brings best results (SATVIC). The actions done in a hurry, brings haphazard results (RAJAS). The delayed actions bring unexpected results (TAMAS). When the desires were achieved quickly, man enjoys pleasure out of it. When the desires were not fulfilled at the earliest, man becomes dejected and sad. The pleasure, sadness alternate from time to time.
The human beings fix their mind on the materialistic people, who give external pleasure to them. They make a social relationship out of it. This common binding prevailing among people, keeps the life moving. Man considers the people around him / her to be near and dear to their lives. When that relationship becomes sacred as per the divine wish of Bhagavan, he / she consider those people to be their relatives. The sentimental binding becomes strong with the kith and kin (family relationship). He / she expect more from the family members.
This strong desire makes him / her to shower their love continuously, under the anticipation of getting more pleasure in return. This becomes a permanent binding (BANDHAM). The BANDHAM forces him / her, to work tirelessly for the uplift of their family members. These actions collectively brings in, a social uplift. People collectively work for mutual benefits and forms a society. The society collectively forms a nation and this chain of sentimental binding spreads throughout the entire world.
All the human beings were trapped in this net of illusion. He / she feel proud at their success. This self – pride induces a desire to achieve mastery over the fellowmen. This brings in a state of superiority complex, in one’s mind (EGO). Here comes another form of MAYA (illusion). This forms the ever lasting MAYA of I’ ness and my’ ness and people suffer out of it. People toil a lot to come out of this MAYA. The mind alone forms the basic foundation stone, for this enveloping MAYA in the form of duality.
The duality accounts for the eternal two’s in the form of good, bad, pleasure, sad, cold, heat, poor, rich etc., and it rolls on from time to time. The time acts as a best observer. It watches the human actions, without interfering with them. It suitably rewards the pleasure and sufferings to one and all in the world, in a detached way. Human life is short lived. One should not waste it, in undue means. The passing time should be utilized towards devotion. This devotion will save his / her life at the needed hours of upcoming danger.
We are fortune to have our SATHGURU – Poojya Shree Shree Amma, in our presence. Let our mind be detached from the worldly binding, through the NAMA JAPAM as given by our SATHGURU – Poojya Shree Shree Amma. Let the blessings of our SATHGURU make our life, a happier one.
JAY SHREE POOJYA SHREE SHREE AMMA
JAY SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG KI JAY
RADHEKRISHNA… RADHEKRISHNA… RADHEKRISHNA…
(TO CONTINUE…)
The people snatched his belongings. Some threatened him to leave from the place, as early as possible. Some people laughed at him. Some people snatched his belongings and made a fun play with him for some interval of time. After some time, they asked him to take back his belongings. Some people even spitted at him. Some people called him as thief and they forced him to change his life style. Some people tied him with rope, as a punishment.
The people started saying, “This man seems to be a hypocrite. He had lost all his money. His relatives left him alone. He doesn’t have any body, to look after his life. So, he started to cheat people through immoral means. He seems to be much stubborn, in his mind set, just like a rock. He keeps himself mouth shut. He easily extracts food, clothes from us, without any hard efforts, under the shelter of austerity. We should punish him for his sinful act.”
The BHIKSHU remained unaffected by these words. He understood the reality of life. He understood the inner cruelty of worldly people. He kept his mind constantly meditating on the lotus feet of Bhagavan. This meditation gave him, inner joy. He felt fully nourished with this divine nectar of Krishna Bhakthi and a divine satisfaction was felt in his face. Having his mind satisfied with this divine Krishna Bhakthi, he felt self-content. The BHIKSHU started explaining the path of MAYA (illusion) in a nut-shell, as follows.
I cannot blame these people, for my sufferings. The mind alone is the root cause for the sufferings of life. Mind craves for each and every thing. The mind controls the sense organs. The cravings of the mind, forces a man to develop a sense of desire towards worldly things. This desire grows over time and becomes a permanent mind set. The mind gets fully occupied with that desire. The human beings fix a specific time period to achieve it. This specific time allocated by an individual to achieve his / her desire, becomes a goal.
Man starts working towards his goal. The mind controls the bodily organs and senses. With a fixed mind set, he toils a lot, to march towards his goal. The bodily actions take 3 different forms. When the task before him / her can be easily handled, he / she do that work in a calm manner. The work that is being done in a calm manner brings the mind to the SATVIC state (SATHVAM – CALMNESS). At times, the task before him / her seems to be heavy and the work needs to done in a hurry, without any delay. He / she become perplexed and tensed. Heart beats fast. Body shows rapid movements. This state of tensed mind is called as RAJAS (RAJASAM – TENSED MIND). At times, conflicting thoughts enter in to one’s mind. There, he / she get confused. He / she take a long time to arrive at the right solution. The time gets wasted. The actions get delayed. He / she postpone the work. He / she become sluggish and dull –headed. This state of confused mind is called as TAMAS (TAMASAM – CONFUSED MIND).
The 3 states of mind namely SATVIC, RAJAS, TAMAS become the external qualities of human beings (GUNA). The 3 qualities alternate from time to time. The actions done in calm way brings best results (SATVIC). The actions done in a hurry, brings haphazard results (RAJAS). The delayed actions bring unexpected results (TAMAS). When the desires were achieved quickly, man enjoys pleasure out of it. When the desires were not fulfilled at the earliest, man becomes dejected and sad. The pleasure, sadness alternate from time to time.
The human beings fix their mind on the materialistic people, who give external pleasure to them. They make a social relationship out of it. This common binding prevailing among people, keeps the life moving. Man considers the people around him / her to be near and dear to their lives. When that relationship becomes sacred as per the divine wish of Bhagavan, he / she consider those people to be their relatives. The sentimental binding becomes strong with the kith and kin (family relationship). He / she expect more from the family members.
This strong desire makes him / her to shower their love continuously, under the anticipation of getting more pleasure in return. This becomes a permanent binding (BANDHAM). The BANDHAM forces him / her, to work tirelessly for the uplift of their family members. These actions collectively brings in, a social uplift. People collectively work for mutual benefits and forms a society. The society collectively forms a nation and this chain of sentimental binding spreads throughout the entire world.
All the human beings were trapped in this net of illusion. He / she feel proud at their success. This self – pride induces a desire to achieve mastery over the fellowmen. This brings in a state of superiority complex, in one’s mind (EGO). Here comes another form of MAYA (illusion). This forms the ever lasting MAYA of I’ ness and my’ ness and people suffer out of it. People toil a lot to come out of this MAYA. The mind alone forms the basic foundation stone, for this enveloping MAYA in the form of duality.
The duality accounts for the eternal two’s in the form of good, bad, pleasure, sad, cold, heat, poor, rich etc., and it rolls on from time to time. The time acts as a best observer. It watches the human actions, without interfering with them. It suitably rewards the pleasure and sufferings to one and all in the world, in a detached way. Human life is short lived. One should not waste it, in undue means. The passing time should be utilized towards devotion. This devotion will save his / her life at the needed hours of upcoming danger.
We are fortune to have our SATHGURU – Poojya Shree Shree Amma, in our presence. Let our mind be detached from the worldly binding, through the NAMA JAPAM as given by our SATHGURU – Poojya Shree Shree Amma. Let the blessings of our SATHGURU make our life, a happier one.
JAY SHREE POOJYA SHREE SHREE AMMA
JAY SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG KI JAY
RADHEKRISHNA… RADHEKRISHNA… RADHEKRISHNA…
(TO CONTINUE…)
