હરિ વસે છે હરિના જનમાં,
શું કરશો જઈ વનમાં… ટેક
ભેખ ધરીને તમે શીદ ભટકો છો,
પ્રભુ નથી વન કે અરણ્યમાં;
કાશીએ જાઓ ભલે ગંગામાં ન્હાવો,
પ્રભુ નથી પાણી કે પવનમાં… હરિ..
જોગ કરો ભલે જગન કરાવો,
પ્રભુ નથી વ્યોમ કે હવનમાં;
બાઈ મીરાં કહે પ્રભુ ગિરિધરનાગર,
હરિ વસે છે હરિના જનમાં… હરિ..
કાશીએ જાઓ ભલે ગંગામાં ન્હાવો,
પ્રભુ નથી પાણી કે પવનમાં… હરિ..
જોગ કરો ભલે જગન કરાવો,
પ્રભુ નથી વ્યોમ કે હવનમાં;
બાઈ મીરાં કહે પ્રભુ ગિરિધરનાગર,
હરિ વસે છે હરિના જનમાં… હરિ..
The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like that she had never missed a meal in her life. His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many others had done before.
“Leave me alone,” he growled.
To his amazement, the woman continued standing. She was smiling — her even white teeth displayed in dazzling rows.
“Are you hungry?” she asked.
“No,” he answered sarcastically. “I’ve just come from dining with the president. Now go away.” The woman’s smile became even broader. Suddenly the man felt a gentle hand under his arm.
“What are you doing, lady?” the man asked angrily. “I said to leave me alone.
Just then a policeman came up. “Is there any problem, ma’am?” he asked.
“No problem here, officer,” the woman answered. “I’m just trying to get this man to his feet. Will you help me?”
The officer scratched his head. “That’s old Jack. He’s been a fixture around here for a couple of years. What do you want with him?”
“See that cafeteria over there?” she asked. “I’m going to get him something to eat and get him out of the cold for awhile.”
“Are you crazy, lady?” the homeless man resisted. “I don’t want to go in there!” Then he felt strong hands grab his other arm and lift him up.
“Let me go, officer. I didn’t do anything.”
“This is a good deal for you, Jack,” the officer answered. “Don’t blow it.”
Finally, and with some difficulty, the woman and the police officer got Jack into the cafeteria and sat him at a table in a remote corner. It was the middle of the morning, so most of the breakfast crowd had already left and the lunch bunch had not yet arrived. The manager strode across the cafeteria and stood by his table.
“What’s going on here, officer?” he asked. “What is all this. Is this man in trouble?”
“This lady brought this man in here to be fed,” the policeman answered.
“Not in here!” the manager replied angrily. “Having a person like that here is bad for business.”
Old Jack smiled a toothless grin. “See, lady. I told you so. Now if you’ll let me go. I didn’t want to come here in the first place.”
The woman turned to the cafeteria manager and smiled. “Sir, are you familiar with Eddy and Associates, the banking firm down the street?”
“Of course I am,” the manager answered impatiently. “They hold their weekly meetings in one of my banquet rooms.”
“And do you make a goodly amount of money providing food at these weekly meetings?”
“What business is that of yours?”
“I, sir, am Penelope Eddy, president and CEO of the company.”
“Oh.”
The woman smiled again. “I thought that might make a difference.” She glanced at the cop who was busy stifling a giggle. “Would you like to join us in a cup of coffee and a meal, officer?”
“No thanks, ma’am,” the officer replied. “I’m on duty.”
“Then, perhaps, a cup of coffee to go?”
“Yes, ma’am. That would be very nice.”
The cafeteria manager turned on his heel “I’ll get your coffee for you right away, officer.”
The officer watched him walk away. “You certainly put him in his place,” he said.
“That was not my intent. Believe it or not, I have a reason for all this.”
She sat down at the table across from her amazed dinner guest She stared at him intently. “Jack, do you remember me?”
Old Jack searched her face with his old , rheumy eyes “I think so — I mean you do look familiar.”
“I’m a little older perhaps,” she said. “Maybe I’ve even filled out more than in my younger days when you worked here, and I came through that very door, cold and hungry.”
“Ma’am?” the officer said questioningly. He couldn’t believe that such a magnificently turned out woman could ever have been hungry.
“I was just out of college,” the woman began. “I had come to the city looking for a job, but I couldn’t find anything. Finally I was down to my last few cents and had been kicked out of my apartment. I walked the streets for days. It was February and I was cold and nearly starving. I saw this place and walked in on the off chance that I could get something to eat.”
Jack lit up with a smile. “Now I remember,” he said. “I was behind the serving counter. You came up and asked me if you could work for something to eat. I said that it was against company policy.”
“I know,” the woman continued. “Then you made me the biggest roast beef sandwich that I had ever seen, gave me a cup of coffee, and told me to go over to a corner table and enjoy it. I was afraid that you would get into trouble. Then, when I looked over, I saw you put the price of my food in the cash register I knew then that everything would be all right.”
“So you started your own business?” Old Jack said.
“I got a job that very afternoon. I worked my way up. Eventually I started my own business, that, with the help of God, prospered.” She opened her purse and pulled out a business card. “When you are finished here, I want you to pay a visit to a Mr. Lyons. He’s the personnel director of my company. I’ll go talk to him now and I’m certain he’ll find something for you to do around the office.” She smiled. “I think he might even find the funds to give you a little advance so that you can buy some clothes and get a place to live until you get on your feet. If you ever need anything, my door is always opened to you.”
There were tears in the old man’s eyes. “How can I ever thank you? ” he said.
“Don’t thank me,” the woman answered. “Thank God.”
Outside the cafeteria, the officer and the woman paused at the entrance before going their separate ways. “Thank you for all your help, officer,” she said.
“On the contrary, Ms. Eddy,” he answered. “Thank you. I saw a miracle today, something that I will never forget. And…And thank you for the coffee.”
If you have missed knowing me, you have missed nothing.
If you have missed some of my emails, you might have missed a laugh.
But, there are things you cannot miss – without missing the world…
The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like that she had never missed a meal in her life. His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many others had done before.
“Leave me alone,” he growled.
To his amazement, the woman continued standing. She was smiling — her even white teeth displayed in dazzling rows.
“Are you hungry?” she asked.
“No,” he answered sarcastically. “I’ve just come from dining with the president. Now go away.” The woman’s smile became even broader. Suddenly the man felt a gentle hand under his arm.
“What are you doing, lady?” the man asked angrily. “I said to leave me alone.
Just then a policeman came up. “Is there any problem, ma’am?” he asked.
“No problem here, officer,” the woman answered. “I’m just trying to get this man to his feet. Will you help me?”
The officer scratched his head. “That’s old Jack. He’s been a fixture around here for a couple of years. What do you want with him?”
“See that cafeteria over there?” she asked. “I’m going to get him something to eat and get him out of the cold for awhile.”
“Are you crazy, lady?” the homeless man resisted. “I don’t want to go in there!” Then he felt strong hands grab his other arm and lift him up.
“Let me go, officer. I didn’t do anything.”
“This is a good deal for you, Jack,” the officer answered. “Don’t blow it.”
Finally, and with some difficulty, the woman and the police officer got Jack into the cafeteria and sat him at a table in a remote corner. It was the middle of the morning, so most of the breakfast crowd had already left and the lunch bunch had not yet arrived. The manager strode across the cafeteria and stood by his table.
“What’s going on here, officer?” he asked. “What is all this. Is this man in trouble?”
“This lady brought this man in here to be fed,” the policeman answered.
“Not in here!” the manager replied angrily. “Having a person like that here is bad for business.”
Old Jack smiled a toothless grin. “See, lady. I told you so. Now if you’ll let me go. I didn’t want to come here in the first place.”
The woman turned to the cafeteria manager and smiled. “Sir, are you familiar with Eddy and Associates, the banking firm down the street?”
“Of course I am,” the manager answered impatiently. “They hold their weekly meetings in one of my banquet rooms.”
“And do you make a goodly amount of money providing food at these weekly meetings?”
“What business is that of yours?”
“I, sir, am Penelope Eddy, president and CEO of the company.”
“Oh.”
The woman smiled again. “I thought that might make a difference.” She glanced at the cop who was busy stifling a giggle. “Would you like to join us in a cup of coffee and a meal, officer?”
“No thanks, ma’am,” the officer replied. “I’m on duty.”
“Then, perhaps, a cup of coffee to go?”
“Yes, ma’am. That would be very nice.”
The cafeteria manager turned on his heel “I’ll get your coffee for you right away, officer.”
The officer watched him walk away. “You certainly put him in his place,” he said.
“That was not my intent. Believe it or not, I have a reason for all this.”
She sat down at the table across from her amazed dinner guest She stared at him intently. “Jack, do you remember me?”
Old Jack searched her face with his old , rheumy eyes “I think so — I mean you do look familiar.”
“I’m a little older perhaps,” she said. “Maybe I’ve even filled out more than in my younger days when you worked here, and I came through that very door, cold and hungry.”
“Ma’am?” the officer said questioningly. He couldn’t believe that such a magnificently turned out woman could ever have been hungry.
“I was just out of college,” the woman began. “I had come to the city looking for a job, but I couldn’t find anything. Finally I was down to my last few cents and had been kicked out of my apartment. I walked the streets for days. It was February and I was cold and nearly starving. I saw this place and walked in on the off chance that I could get something to eat.”
Jack lit up with a smile. “Now I remember,” he said. “I was behind the serving counter. You came up and asked me if you could work for something to eat. I said that it was against company policy.”
“I know,” the woman continued. “Then you made me the biggest roast beef sandwich that I had ever seen, gave me a cup of coffee, and told me to go over to a corner table and enjoy it. I was afraid that you would get into trouble. Then, when I looked over, I saw you put the price of my food in the cash register I knew then that everything would be all right.”
“So you started your own business?” Old Jack said.
“I got a job that very afternoon. I worked my way up. Eventually I started my own business, that, with the help of God, prospered.” She opened her purse and pulled out a business card. “When you are finished here, I want you to pay a visit to a Mr. Lyons. He’s the personnel director of my company. I’ll go talk to him now and I’m certain he’ll find something for you to do around the office.” She smiled. “I think he might even find the funds to give you a little advance so that you can buy some clothes and get a place to live until you get on your feet. If you ever need anything, my door is always opened to you.”
There were tears in the old man’s eyes. “How can I ever thank you? ” he said.
“Don’t thank me,” the woman answered. “Thank God.”
Outside the cafeteria, the officer and the woman paused at the entrance before going their separate ways. “Thank you for all your help, officer,” she said.
“On the contrary, Ms. Eddy,” he answered. “Thank you. I saw a miracle today, something that I will never forget. And…And thank you for the coffee.”
If you have missed knowing me, you have missed nothing.
If you have missed some of my emails, you might have missed a laugh.
But, there are things you cannot miss – without missing the world…
જીવન જીવતા મને તો સૌ મળ્યુ,
મોત મળતા નારહેશે સ્વાસ,
ઉગારોને બાળ,
સમયની સાથ,
ઓ મારા તાત રે!
નિત્ય જોડીને મારા હાથ,
કરું બધાં કામ,
છતાં નથી હામ!
શાને થાય હાર?
કુટુંબી સાથ,
સંસાર સાગરે.
માયા કરતી બધે તકરાર રે,
મદ મારે પ્રેમીજનને લાત,
કાળો કકળાટ,
ઉગારોને માત!
સમયની સાથ રે.
અશાંત આ સાગરમાં જીવું,
મારI મનમાં ઘણો ગભરાટ,
ના કોઈ સાથ,
કોણ કરશે પાર?
આ છેલ્લે સ્વાસ,
ઉગારોને બાળ,સમયની સાથ રે.
गुरु बिन कौन बतावे वाट
बडा विकट यम घाट
भ्रांती की पहाडी, नदिया बिचमें
अहंकारकी नाड
जय राम सीया राम सीया राम सीया राम….
जय राम सीया राम सीया राम सीया राम….
काम क्रोध दो पर्बत
लोभ चोर संघार
बडा विकट यम घाट
जय राम सीया राम सीया राम सीया राम….
जय राम सीया राम सीया राम सीया राम….
मद मत्सरका मेह बरसत
माया पवन बहे ___
बडा विकट यम घाट
जय राम सीया राम सीया राम सीया राम….
जय राम सीया राम सीया राम सीया राम….
कहे क्बीर सुनो भइ साधो
क्युं तरना यह घाट
बडा विकट यम घाट
जय राम सीया राम सीया राम सीया राम….
जय राम सीया राम सीया राम सीया राम….
* श्री कनकेश्वरीये नमः *
…श्रीजी सत्संग ऍटले जीव नो परमात्मा सुधी पहोंचवा नो रस्तो…, लौकिक बंधनो त्यागी अने अलौकिक बंधन पामवा नी चावी…!..
સતત વીકસતા અને સાચી દીશામાં બદલતા રહો.
” Everyone is human. “I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal… I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.”
Take care of this moment. “I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.”
If we want to become enlightened with that knowledge by which nescience is destroyed, we must carefully hear what is the distinction between reality and illusion from a bona fide spiritual master. If we hear from someone who does not know what he is talking about, we will be misled and thus not be successful in realizing the truth and escaping the cycle of birth and death.
How do we recognize who is the bona fide spiritual master? He must be repeating the Vedic conclusion which has been taught by all the great acharyas throughout history, and he must be fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness 24 hours a day. This method of discerning the bona fide spiritual master is confirmed as follows in the Mundaka Upanishad:
tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet
samit-panih srotriyam brahma-nistham
“In order to learn the transcendental science, one must approach the bona fide spiritual master in disciplic succession, who is fixed in Krishna consciousness.”
Paramatma (Supreme Consciousness, God) without any reason, simply
out of his love, naturally is the kind that graces us. That
Paramatma out of his immense grace, gives this jeev (embodied soul)
a human body for his benefit – “Kabahunk kari karunaa nar dehi;
det is binu hetu sanehi.” (Manasa, Utter. 44:3). How is this jeev
(embodied soul) to attain liberation?
Just like a man that has fallen in the water, vigorously pushes away
the water with both his hands and feet, and by doing so he is able
to stay afloat and save himself. But instead of doing that, if he
tries to grab hold of the water with his hands, then certainly he
will drown. This very same point is applicable to the jeev
(embodied soul) that has fallen in this ocean of life. If he begins
to push away (let go) the worldly life, then he will swim across,
and he will be benefited. But if he begins to grab hold and take
from the world, then he will start to drown.
He who desires his upliftment, he must definitely accept that
whatever he has received, the abilities, the strength, is all only
received for serving others, because that which has been received is
not ours. If we look at it from the perspective of cause (kaaran),
then it belongs to the world and if we look at it from the
perspective of the Master, then it belongs to Bhagwaan (God). It is
not ours – that is the truth. That which we have received, is for
our betterment, for attaining liberation. The benefit will be when
we do not consider those things that we have received (or met) as
ours, and we do not seek happiness from them. The point is, that
which we have received, has been received only for giving it up,
rather it is received only to be used for serving others.
From “Satya ki Khoj” in Hindi pg 52 by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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God realization is very easy. There cannot be any thing else that
is easier than that. But there must be desire for only God, i.e.
there should not be any other desire along with that. The reason is
that the God is second to none. Just as God is exclusive, similarly
desire for Him also should be exclusive.
Three things are essential to get worldly things – desire, efforts
and destiny. First you should have a desire to get / acquire a
worldly thing, second, you should make an effort (do karma) to get
the same. And thirdly, even after making an effort and doing karma,
you will get that thing, only if you are destined to get it. If you
are not destined to get the thing then even after desiring and
making efforts you will not get the same. Therefore many times we
make an effort to gain a profit, but end up incurring losses! But
God is realized merely by desiring. There is no need of any effort
or destiny. In path of God realization there is never a loss, there
is profit and profit only.
Except God, merely by desiring we do not get any other thing. Reason
is that the human body has been given to us only for God
realization. God has given this human body to us, with the aim and
objective of realizing Him. Secondly, God is everywhere. There is no
space even the size of a needle point that is without God being
there. Therefore in His realization, there is no role of effort and
destiny.
By doing Karma (efforts, deeds) we get only perishable things.
Imperishable God cannot be realized by doing (karmas). He is
realized solely by intense desire.
From “Maanav Matra ke Kalyaan ke Liye” in Hindi, page 74-75 by Swami
Ramsukhdasji Maharaj
Ram Ram
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I am of the view that the question of ‘Double Standard’ arises from
the difference in ‘Kathni and Karani’. This means that it is easy to
preach, but difficult to practice. This in no way can reflect on
Gitaji. It is only the individual who behaves like this. What has
that has got to do with what Gitaji’s message or central theme
is ?
Now coming to the question raised by Smt. Sandal, may I say that all
the problem starts with accepting ourselves as the ‘Body’. This
invites the concept of ‘I and Mine’. This further invites the
concept of ‘Attachment’. The cardinal principle is that mind has got
a tendency to get attached to whatever he spends more time in
thinking. Like we spend most time in thinking of earning more money.
So we tend to get attached to money. Similarly, we spend a lot of
time (consciously or unconsciously) thinking of our children or
family. So we get attached to that.
In order to reverse the process of attachment to the worldly
objects, we need to spend more time with God and attach to God
Saints and Scriptures have assures us that this is the way. Taste of
the pudding lies in eating.
A.H.Dalmia
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Dear Sadaks,
It looks simple to me. If one is of the mental attitude of “I – Me -
Myself” then it is one way to live.
If one is of the attitude that nothing is mine, everything is
Vasudeva Sarvam Mayam (Everything is God) it is another way to live.
So it is double standards. Choice is ours.
Reading Geetha explaining talking is only in basic conscience level.
To practice one needs blessings of Sri Krishna.
The great Sanakadi Saints who has the power to travel to Sri Vaikunt
or Kailash has said at the doors of Vaikunt, ” We have read all
scripts and vedas, but we are unable to put them in practice.
The double standards are at very low ebb. But not so at super
conscience level. Example:
Taking success or failure is in conscience level. For people who
leave the expectation of results of success and failure, both are
same to them. If another person’s son fails in exams, it does not
bother you. So if your son fails, if it also does not bother you
then you are in single standard.
Angulimaala story in Buddha time. Valmiki (who wrote Srimat Ramayan
was a thief turned saint) Sinners are potential saints.
Saint Poodhanam in Guruvayur lost his son (by accident). His wife
became Mad but Poodhanam said, “Oh Krishna you are my son and I do
not feel the loss of this son born to me.” It did realy happen that
Sri Krishna in a child form came from Sanctum sanctorium and sat on
the lap of Poodhanam. For devotees like Poodhanam there is only one
standard, and that is exclusive devotions…there is no
other ! “Anniya Chintayayome—–”.
B.Sathyanarayan
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This is a wonderful conversation! I am not very knowledgable, but, I would like to humbly submit a response.
In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna explains: “The spirit soul, bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature.” (Chapter 3, Text27)
He continues, “Bewildered by the modes of material nature, the ignorant fully engage themselves in material activities and become attached.” (3.29) And one more quotation: “There are principles to regulate
attachment and aversion pertaining to the senses and their objects. One should not come under the control of such attachment and aversion, because they are stumbling blocks on the path of self-realization.” (3.34)If we want to make progress on the path towards God, it is
important to fully understand these issues of attachment. What we often witness is intellectual understanding without full realization – someone can speak these ideals, but be unable to achieve them in
his or her own life.
Krishna tells us that material nature (which is actually part of God’s energy and operates under God’s direction) is not under our control. Through our attachment for the objects that give us pleasure, and aversion to those that give us pain, the material nature controls us. But, through proper practice, we can start to understand the situation. Then, when we act in the material world, although we may be pursuing education or operating a business, our mentality is that is it all God’s energy and all under God’s control. Then, we can work toward one thing or another, and be undisturbed by success or failure.So, what is the process by which we can surpass the shallow understanding of this philosophy and actually realize it and apply it to our lives?
Mrs. Hannah Sandal
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Dear Sahak,
Krishna asked Arjuna – “Stand up and fight, without thinking or
attaching yourself with the result of the war” Gita, Chapter 2.
He said-fight, fight with all your strength, means put all your
efforts in what you do and leave the result onto HIM. To apply His principle in our life – put our best efforts into whatever we do, but leave the success or failure onto HIM. The result of our actions are not in our hands anyway. As you said- “THEY” have double standard- all so called good and fortunate things are for themselves, and preachings for rest of the world, it looks like that, it might be our illusion or even if it is
true how does it affect MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY? Spirituality is the journey of MY OWN SELF. It has nothing to do with what others think or do, its all about what I think, and do.If I put my best efforts into any action and leave the result to my Lord, then its fine, I am on the right path. If I KNOW that I am God’s and only God is mine, then I am on right path. If I study Gita and follow its teaching, then I am on the right path.
Gita Chapter 3-30 “Myi Srvani Karmani —–Vigatjavarah” “Surrendering all your works unto Me, with mind intent on Me, and without desire for gain and free from egoism and lethargy, fight.”When we live in complete surrender, remembering HIM, and working hard, being free from desire, lethargy and ego– We are on right path.Krishna says- “All are dear to ME, all are part of ME” chapter 9:6
So if I am on right path Krishna will take care of all others too as all are dear to HIM.
Just go deep inside, and be one with Krishna…..wandering into outer world does not help a spiritual aspirant. with lots of love,
a sadhika
(Sadhana Karigar)
IBhagawat Gita saying – Take success and failure alike; Don’t get agitated if one is Hindu or Muslim – We
are all same.But the same persons when it comes to their own personal lives, they want their son should be well educated, their own company to not undergo losses and their own property should fetch more money
etc.Why people have these double standards, one for themselves and one for the cause of hindu society Is Krishna’s message right ? and if so, should we apply Krishna’s idea that success and failure are same in all activities whether it be success of our own child or not?
Please point Gita sources to help sadhaks get past these double standards, if they exist. (Moderator addition)
Raghuram
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