Shri Shirdi Sai Speaks-14th Feb/ The meaning of Love , as I have understood.../The Bhagavad Gita for Children and Beginners-Chapter 5-The Path of Reninciation |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:59 AM PST Om Shree Ganeshaya Namaha! Om Sai Ram ! Om Namah Shivaya! If for some reason you are not able to see , or download the below pictures or click to the below links and pictures- Plz go to http://debu7370.blogspot.com/ You can also have access to all the previous Shirdi Sai speaks mails at the above link.And if any of you would like to receive these messages directly to your mailbox everyday-- To request for Shri Sai Satcharitra books go to : http://www.saiseva.omsrisai.net/store/index.php For everything else related to Shri Shirdi Sai baba , go to http://debu7366.blogspot.com/  The meaning of Love , as I have understood... I have always believed that if you can not love a person who you can see and hear,- then loving God is a chapter known as Mission Impossible. Love is one thing that can make your heart skip a beat, it can make you dance on the moon and sing with the birds.It is a state of mind where your Life Patner's happiness and wishes mean more to you than your own. May be because love teaches us to be kind, it teaches you to trust , it teaches you to share , it teaches you to smile, it teaches you to be confident,it teaches you the lesson of honesty and goodness-- basically it teaches you to be true to your own self and your heart and your soul. It is the one special feeling which has helped us become the person we are today.. So for all those of you who have not yet been lucky in love- ,cut the arrogance, cut the ego, stop being possessive, jealous , angry or mean .. Just fall in love with your Life patner once again cos the road to happiness and peace of mind goes thru the smile and the twinkle in the eyes of your Valentine... Wishing Everyone including my Sadguru Sainath, my friends and my loved ones a very Happy Valentines day.. Sai bhakt, Deepa H  THE BHAGAVAD-GITA For Children and Beginners To read this from the very begining - Click Here  CHAPTER 5 THE PATH OF RENUNCIATION Jai: Previously, you mentioned two paths. Which path is better for most people, Grandma, the path of spiritual knowledge or the path of selfless service? Grandma: A person who has the true knowledge of God believes that all work is done by the energy of Mother Nature and he or she is not the real doer of an action. Such a person is called a Samnyasi or renunciant and has Self-knowledge. A KarmaYogi works without a selfish motive for the fruits of work. KarmaYoga prepares one to receive Self-knowledge. (Gita 4.38, 5.06) Self-knowledge leads to renunciation. Thus selfless service or KarmaYoga forms the basis of renunciation (Samnyasa). Both paths finally lead to God. Lord Krishna considers KarmaYoga the better of the two paths because it is faster and easier for most people to follow. (Gita 5.02) Jai: Doesn't the word renunciation usually mean leaving worldly possessions and living in an Ashram (monastery) or in a lonely place? Grandma: The word Samnyasa in the strict sense means renouncing (or giving up) all personal motives, worldly possessions and objects. But it also means living in society and serving society by doing one's duty without any personal motive. Such a person is called Karma Samnyasi. Some spiritual leaders, such as Adi Sankaracharya, consider the path of renouncing all worldly possessions as the highest path and the goal of life. He himself became a when he Samnyasi was a young boy. Lord Krishna says: "An enlightened person or a Samnyasi (or hermit, one who has given up all personal motive) sees the Lord in all. Such a person looks at a learned person, an illiterate person, the rich, the poor, an outcast, even a cow, an elephant, or a dog with an equal eye." (Gita 5.18)  The enlightened one neither rejoices on what is pleasant nor grieves on what is unpleasant. To him sensual pleasures are a source of misery. He withstands the impulses of lust and anger. He is a man of a steady mind. Well illuminated with self knowledge he simply is in union with the Supreme Being enjoying the transcendental bliss. Those who are free from lust and anger, who have subdued the mind and senses, and who have known the Self, easily attain Nirvana. Self knowledge destroys doubts and disciplines people and makes them engaged in the welfare of all beings and to attain the Supreme Being. And they conquer the conditions of birth and death. Persons, whose mind and intellect are totally merged in the Supreme Being, who are firmly devoted to the Supreme, who have God as their supreme goal and sole refuge, and whose impurities are destroyed by the knowledge of the self can live happily and reach nirvana avoiding to take birth again. To free oneself from the external objects, one has to get into the mode of meditation. This meditation is achieved by keeping the eyes and vision concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward breaths within the nostrils, and thus controlling the mind, senses and intelligence. This helps one to shut out all external influences. The human liberation starts from here.  I am going to tell you the story of a great spiritual leader, hero, guru, Samnyasi and thinker. His name is Adi Sankaracharya. A student of the Gita owes him great respect and honor. 5. Adi Sankaracharya Adi Sankaracharya (or Sankara) is the author and promoter of non-dualistic philosophy of Vedanta. It states that entire universe is nothing but God. He was born in the state of Kerala in the year 788 A.D. By the age of eight, he had learned all four Vedas, and by the age of twelve, was well versed in all Hindu scriptures. He is believed to be Lord Shiva in human form. He wrote many books, including a commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita, Upanishads, BrahmaSutra and many others. The holy Bhagavad-Gita was hidden in Mahabharata as a chapter before Sankara brought it out to us. Sankara took the Gita from Mahabharata, gave it chapter headings, and wrote the first commentary of the Gita in Sanskrit. The first English translation of the Gita was done by a British ruler in the 19th century. Sankara established four main monasteries in different corners of India: at Shringeri, Badrinath..Dvarka and Puri. He stopped the spread of Buddhism over Hindu ideals, and restored Hinduism to its past glory. According to his non-dual philosophy, the individual soul (Jiva) is Brahma (God), and the world is the play of Maya, the illusory kinetic energy of Brahma. He certainly was a Self-realized man. But at first, he had the feeling of duality, of high and low caste. His faith in the absolute God (Brahma) was not very firmly established in his heart. One day, he was going to the Shiva temple in the holy city of Banaras after bathing in the holy Ganga river. He saw an untouchable, a butcher, carrying a load of meat. The butcher came on his way and tried to touch Sankara's feet in respect. Sankara shouted angrily: "Get out of the way! How dare you touch me? Now I have to take a bath again." "Holy sir," said the butcher, "I have not touched you, nor have you touched me. The pure Self cannot be the body or the five elements out of which the body is created." (There are more details in Chapter 13.) Then Sankara saw the vision of Lord Shiva in the butcher. Lord Shiva had Himself come to Sankara to firmly implant the non-dualistic philosophy in him. Sankara was a much better person from that day by the grace of Lord Shiva. This story illustrates that equality with all beings is difficult to practice all the time. To have such a feeling is the mark of a truly God-realized person or a perfect Samnyasi.  Chapter 5 Summary: Lord Krishna considers the path of Selfless service (Seva.) to humanity without attachment to its results as the best path for most people. Both paths, the path of Self-knowledge and the path of Seva.., lead to a happy life here on the earth and Nirvana. after death. Samnyasa does not mean leaving worldly possessions. It means not being attached to them. An enlightened person sees the Lord in all beings and treats everybody equally.  Quote of BABA: Just remember that Guru's tortoise like loving glance gives up happiness.  |
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