A DIVINE MESSAGE
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Kids Story
Do Not Judge a Saint By His Actions! |
Philosophy
Shri Maharaj Ji revealed this mysterious couplet on July 14, 2012 in the courtyard of Mangarh
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चार पाँच छह सात गोविंद राधे। त्यागी आठवें को निज लक्ष्य बना दे ॥
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Our scriptures state that there are four ways to attain happiness, dharm (vedic rites), arth (wealth), kaam (passion) and moksha (liberation).
The first 3 are material and all material planets upto, Brahmalok, the abode of creator Brahma are ridden with anger, passion, greed, and attachment. There is no trace of happiness in them. Thus they are deplorable.
But the fourth one moksha (liberation) has been widely praised and glorified in many bhajans. Most people sing bhajans in India such as
The first 3 are material and all material planets upto, Brahmalok, the abode of creator Brahma are ridden with anger, passion, greed, and attachment. There is no trace of happiness in them. Thus they are deplorable.
But the fourth one moksha (liberation) has been widely praised and glorified in many bhajans. Most people sing bhajans in India such as
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भवसागर से तार दो ।
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"Take me across the ocean of Maya".
Yet, the aim of liberation has been condemned in the Vedas. Liberation (mukti) means amalgamation of the soul into the super soul. So, even though the soul enjoys the ocean of bliss forever, nevertheless he enjoys that bliss without any feeling, since he has become one with the object of enjoyment i.e. he has become bliss himself. Thus the soul loses the opportunity to enjoy the unlimited bliss of God’s divine form, attributes and pastimes forever. A devotee on the other hand, enjoys all kinds of divine bliss, since there is duality in devotion i.e. the enjoyer (soul) and the object of enjoyment (God) are separate entities.
The fifth form of bliss is the bliss of Baikunth, the divine abode of MahaVishnu - the Supreme Lord with four arms carrying conch, disc, mace and lotus. In Baikunth, the devotees enjoy the divine abode, names and form of MahaVishnu, but there are no pastimes or associates. His four arms always remind the devotee of His magnificence and Godly powers. The devotees respect and fear Him, but do not love Him. Thus, there is abundance of majesty, without the nectar of love.
The sixth form of bliss is the bliss of Dwarika, where a devotee enjoys both majesty and sweetness of proximity. But majesty is more predominant. Glimpses of love are also seen but are rare. The adorable episode of Shri Krishna welcoming his friend Sudama by washing his feet with tears of love happened in Dwarika.
The seventh form of bliss is the bliss of Mathura, where the Supreme Lord behaves like an ordinary human and most of the time hides His divine powers. So the devotee who loves Shri Krishna of Mathura attains higher bliss of proximity and intimacy Even beyond the bliss of Mathura, is the bliss of Vrindavan, where the devotee only enjoys the deep intimacy of various relationships with Shri Krishna as an ordinary being. In Vrindavan, Shri Krishna showers so much love that His most peculiar power Yogmaya fades out in the hue of His love. Shri Krishna forgets about His innumerable powers. What remains is the sweetness of love as a friend, son and beloved. For example, Shri Dama sits on Shri Krishna’s back and rides him like a horse. He kicks Shri Krishna in the belly just as a rider kicks a horse. Here Shri Krishna forgets that he is God and souls forget that they are an infinitesimally insignificant soul. They both consider themselves equal. This is the sign of extreme love!!
Gopis (the milk maidens of Braj) lovingly call him ill names like (dari ke, shameless, keeps following us everywhere) and He loves to hear those ill names. He pretends to be deaf and asks them to repeat it. When they repeat it, He playfully tells them, I am hard of hearing. Come closer and tell me in my ear.
In His divine abode Golok, no one is under the influence of Maya. There He is always welcomed and adored. No-one calls Him ill names. Hence when he descends on earth and is addressed with ill names full of love, He enjoys it. This is the eighth level of bliss where God forgets that He is God and the individual souls forget that they are the soul.
The gopi’s of Vrindavan are the emblem of selfless love. Their love is called "Madhurya Bhav of Samaratha rati".
But Lord Krishna is under the control of his fully surrendered and loving devotees and forgets His dignity as God even in the lowest expression of love i.e. “Dasya Bhaav” (master- servant relationship).
Yet, the aim of liberation has been condemned in the Vedas. Liberation (mukti) means amalgamation of the soul into the super soul. So, even though the soul enjoys the ocean of bliss forever, nevertheless he enjoys that bliss without any feeling, since he has become one with the object of enjoyment i.e. he has become bliss himself. Thus the soul loses the opportunity to enjoy the unlimited bliss of God’s divine form, attributes and pastimes forever. A devotee on the other hand, enjoys all kinds of divine bliss, since there is duality in devotion i.e. the enjoyer (soul) and the object of enjoyment (God) are separate entities.
The fifth form of bliss is the bliss of Baikunth, the divine abode of MahaVishnu - the Supreme Lord with four arms carrying conch, disc, mace and lotus. In Baikunth, the devotees enjoy the divine abode, names and form of MahaVishnu, but there are no pastimes or associates. His four arms always remind the devotee of His magnificence and Godly powers. The devotees respect and fear Him, but do not love Him. Thus, there is abundance of majesty, without the nectar of love.
The sixth form of bliss is the bliss of Dwarika, where a devotee enjoys both majesty and sweetness of proximity. But majesty is more predominant. Glimpses of love are also seen but are rare. The adorable episode of Shri Krishna welcoming his friend Sudama by washing his feet with tears of love happened in Dwarika.
The seventh form of bliss is the bliss of Mathura, where the Supreme Lord behaves like an ordinary human and most of the time hides His divine powers. So the devotee who loves Shri Krishna of Mathura attains higher bliss of proximity and intimacy Even beyond the bliss of Mathura, is the bliss of Vrindavan, where the devotee only enjoys the deep intimacy of various relationships with Shri Krishna as an ordinary being. In Vrindavan, Shri Krishna showers so much love that His most peculiar power Yogmaya fades out in the hue of His love. Shri Krishna forgets about His innumerable powers. What remains is the sweetness of love as a friend, son and beloved. For example, Shri Dama sits on Shri Krishna’s back and rides him like a horse. He kicks Shri Krishna in the belly just as a rider kicks a horse. Here Shri Krishna forgets that he is God and souls forget that they are an infinitesimally insignificant soul. They both consider themselves equal. This is the sign of extreme love!!
Gopis (the milk maidens of Braj) lovingly call him ill names like (dari ke, shameless, keeps following us everywhere) and He loves to hear those ill names. He pretends to be deaf and asks them to repeat it. When they repeat it, He playfully tells them, I am hard of hearing. Come closer and tell me in my ear.
In His divine abode Golok, no one is under the influence of Maya. There He is always welcomed and adored. No-one calls Him ill names. Hence when he descends on earth and is addressed with ill names full of love, He enjoys it. This is the eighth level of bliss where God forgets that He is God and the individual souls forget that they are the soul.
The gopi’s of Vrindavan are the emblem of selfless love. Their love is called "Madhurya Bhav of Samaratha rati".
But Lord Krishna is under the control of his fully surrendered and loving devotees and forgets His dignity as God even in the lowest expression of love i.e. “Dasya Bhaav” (master- servant relationship).
Lord Ram is sitting under a tree and all the monkeys like Hanuman Ji are sitting on the tree. Servant always sits at a lower seat than the master. But Ram does not remember that he is the master and monkeys do not remember that they are the servants. Hence, they are sitting on top of the tree and looking down at Ram. This is the initial form of love – the master servant relationship of love.
So, the eighth form of bliss is of the highest order. Souls should strive for this bliss. Even if it takes ten, twenty or even fifty births, but our goal should be highest. To achieve that love and bliss, one will have to forsake all the forms of love prior to that.
So, the eighth form of bliss is of the highest order. Souls should strive for this bliss. Even if it takes ten, twenty or even fifty births, but our goal should be highest. To achieve that love and bliss, one will have to forsake all the forms of love prior to that.
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संदर्भग्रंथ सूची - और अधिक जानें
संदर्भग्रंथ सूची - और अधिक जानें
(1) Daihik Taap
Kid's Story
500 years back, the king of Jaipur desired to meet a saint. One of his ministers told him about saint Haridas, the most revered saint on earth at that time. The king decided to go and pay his respects to Him. The king wanted to take a very special gift for the renowned saint but could not decide what to take as saints normally do not accept material gifts.
As he was thinking of an appropriate gift, one of his subjects suggested taking a perfume as he had heard that Haridas Ji Maharaj liked good perfumes. Hearing this, the king got perplexed. He started thinking, "How is it possible that the one who has renounced all worldly comforts and lives such a simple life would like a perfume?” Anyway he ordered the most fragrant and exclusive perfume and took that with him as a gift.
When the king reached the ashram of Saint Haridas, Haridas Ji was singing holi bhajans. The king bowed down before Him and kept the fragrance at His feet. Saint Haridas picked it up with sweet smile, opened the bottle and poured it on the ground. Seeing this, the king was shocked and annoyed. Seeing the strange action, the king thought that the saint was crazy. "I brought such an expensive and special perfume for him. If he did not like it, he could have returned it to me or waited for me to leave before throwing it”. Thus his skeptical mind bothered him.
After the Satsang was over, saint Haridas asked one of his disciples to take the king to Banke-Bihari temple. No sooner did the king enter the temple, he smelt the same perfume, which Haridas Ji had spilled on the floor in his Ashram. Bow the king was perplexed. He did not understand anything and came back to saint Haridas. Saint Haridas was all knowing. Reading the king’s mind, Saint Haridas asked him, "What's the matter king? You look perplexed.” The king replied, “Yes Maharaj! I am totally confused. I did not smell anything, when you poured the entire bottle of perfume on the floor in your ashram, but I smelt the same sweet fragrance of the perfume in the temple more than a mile away from here. What is the secret behind this? Please explain and resolve my confusion”.
Saint Haridas said, 'King! You had brought the special perfume at a very opportune moment of Holi. Shri Radha was going to fill up her water gun with colored water. I immediately poured the perfume in Her bucket of colored water. Shri Radha drenched Shri Krishna with the same fragrant water-color. That's why you smelt your perfume over there."
The king was deeply touched by Saint Haridas’s devotion. He felt extremely sorry for ignorantly judging a saint by his actions and begged for forgiveness at the saint’s lotus feet.
MORAL
We should not use our mind to judge the actions of a real saint. Though their actions are similar to the actions of an ordinary material being, yet the purpose of their actions is related to God alone, as they are totally attached to God. But we, material beings perform actions for self-enjoyment or material benefit.
As he was thinking of an appropriate gift, one of his subjects suggested taking a perfume as he had heard that Haridas Ji Maharaj liked good perfumes. Hearing this, the king got perplexed. He started thinking, "How is it possible that the one who has renounced all worldly comforts and lives such a simple life would like a perfume?” Anyway he ordered the most fragrant and exclusive perfume and took that with him as a gift.
When the king reached the ashram of Saint Haridas, Haridas Ji was singing holi bhajans. The king bowed down before Him and kept the fragrance at His feet. Saint Haridas picked it up with sweet smile, opened the bottle and poured it on the ground. Seeing this, the king was shocked and annoyed. Seeing the strange action, the king thought that the saint was crazy. "I brought such an expensive and special perfume for him. If he did not like it, he could have returned it to me or waited for me to leave before throwing it”. Thus his skeptical mind bothered him.
After the Satsang was over, saint Haridas asked one of his disciples to take the king to Banke-Bihari temple. No sooner did the king enter the temple, he smelt the same perfume, which Haridas Ji had spilled on the floor in his Ashram. Bow the king was perplexed. He did not understand anything and came back to saint Haridas. Saint Haridas was all knowing. Reading the king’s mind, Saint Haridas asked him, "What's the matter king? You look perplexed.” The king replied, “Yes Maharaj! I am totally confused. I did not smell anything, when you poured the entire bottle of perfume on the floor in your ashram, but I smelt the same sweet fragrance of the perfume in the temple more than a mile away from here. What is the secret behind this? Please explain and resolve my confusion”.
Saint Haridas said, 'King! You had brought the special perfume at a very opportune moment of Holi. Shri Radha was going to fill up her water gun with colored water. I immediately poured the perfume in Her bucket of colored water. Shri Radha drenched Shri Krishna with the same fragrant water-color. That's why you smelt your perfume over there."
The king was deeply touched by Saint Haridas’s devotion. He felt extremely sorry for ignorantly judging a saint by his actions and begged for forgiveness at the saint’s lotus feet.
MORAL
We should not use our mind to judge the actions of a real saint. Though their actions are similar to the actions of an ordinary material being, yet the purpose of their actions is related to God alone, as they are totally attached to God. But we, material beings perform actions for self-enjoyment or material benefit.
Bibliography - Learn more
संदर्भग्रंथ सूची - और अधिक जानें
संदर्भग्रंथ सूची - और अधिक जानें
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