[Fwd: manobodhaH - 9]

[Guest guest]

> > ##

> > nako re manaa dravya te puuDhilaa.nche .

> > ati svaarthabuddhii na re paapa saa.nche ..

> > ghaDe bhogaNe paapa te karma khoTe .

> > na hotaa manaasaarikhe duHkha moThe .. 9..

> > ##

> >

> > %versemeanings

> >

> > Hanker not, oh Mind!, after others' wealth.

> > Demerits only you will store up with selfishness.

> > Untruthful are the acts that lead one to suffer the wages of sin.

> > Great grief befalls one who sees the mind's desires unfulfilled .. 9..

>

> Could you explain the last line please?

> namaste,

> If circumstances or results do not turn out to be to our liking

> (unfulfilled wishes/desires), we become angry at whatever we think brought

> this about; anger leads to grief.

> Hope this helps.

> Regards,

> Sunder

Thu, 5 Mar 1998 23:33:35 +0500 (GMT+0500)

"MS. SUDHA RANGRAJAN" sudha

Shree shree

Re: manobodhaH - 9

In-34FEC4CB.7D57F380

Hi Shree

 

some more thoughts on today's verses.

 

i am reminded of what guruji had written to me once. He had said that

success is assured to those who constantly think of others welfare.

 

He had also pointed out that all our frustrations and depressions arise

out of our self centeredness alone.

 

i am also reminded about the beautiful way in which Baba has brought

out this concept.

 

He says we all live but do not love. The aim of life he says is to move

from living to loving.

 

Consider these two words in English language the only thing that

separates the two is living has an "I" while loving has an "o".

 

Therefore to move from living (for oneself alone) to loving (to give

and to forgive) we have to make the move from the I to the O that is from

I to Others.

 

The moment we give up selfishness love manifests itself automatically.

 

This is what the great saint has also pointed out in this shloka. If we

are not able to lead a loving life then only grief can befall us.

 

In this context am reminded of what Swami Turiyananda had written in many

of his letters to his disciples (incidentally this really excellent

collection of letters is available in the form of a book called Spiritual

treasures) that one should not feel that the path of improving oneself

is easy. It requires intense practice and determination to improve

oneself and one has to be at it if one is to succeed. And so the lord

has said in the Bhagwad Gita where he tells Arjuna that

 

"indeed this mind is difficult to control but you must learn to control

it by Abhyasa (practice)"

 

on this note i will sign off for now

 

 

love

 

srini

[Guest guest]

namaskaaraM,

 

Thank you all for the feedback, mails & stories in response to the

manobodhaH postings. I'm very happy with this participation :-)

makes the effort worthwhile :-) :-)

 

Srini's mail reminded me of the following:

 

"For a householder, Bhagavat Dharma or Bhakti is the way of God

Realization. Here you do not reject action which is alloted to you

by God in the situation in which he places you, but do it in a

spirit of surrender or dedication to the Lord".

 

"The core of bhakti is chanting of God's name with surrender".

 

"Rememberance of God by chanting His name gives purity of mind and

puts the individual in tune with the infinite."

 

"There is no easier way to reach God than the singing of His name".

 

So let us always remember Him whenever we have a free moment or

better still let us make moments 'free' so that we can remember Him.

Slowly from 'moments' we will move to 'constant rememberance' ...

 

over to Srini ...

 

-

"MS. SUDHA RANGRAJAN" <sudha

Fri 21:12

Re: [Fwd: manobodhaH - 9]

 

Hi Shree

 

Read the beautiful story sent in by giri and shanthi.

 

In that he makes a very pertinent point of how we have to tie our

minds to the lord to control it.

 

There was this person who went to a master and narrated his tale of

poverty. Taking pity on him the master initiated him into a mantra

which would invoke a spirit, the only condition was that the spirit

should be constantly given work, otherwise it would eat up the invoker.

 

The poverty striken man thought of all his needs and was not in the

least worried abt keeping the spirit occupied.

 

He went home and did the necessary purificatory rites and then chanted

the mantra to invoke the spirit. He then started off on the long list of

all that he required. The spirit was most efficient and whatever he asked

was done in a twinkling of an eye. He had now exhausted his list but still

the spirit asked for more work saying that it would eat him up if he did

not give it work.

 

The worried man ran all the way to the master who only smiled and told him

to go to his new house's backyard and install a pole and ask the spirit

to go up and down that pole as teh next work.

 

The man went back home and did likewise and thereby was saved from being

eaten up and the spirit was kept occupied and also available for use

at a later date.

 

The Spirit is the mind and when it is not required for use it should

be told to go up and down the pole of Japa or Kirtana of the lord. This

will keep the mind out of mischief while at the same time it will also

be available for use whenever we require it.

 

To recoin an old saying

 

Let "an empty mind be the Lords workshop"

 

Sri Ramakrishna used to say that the further we go to the east the more

we move away from the west. Similarly the more we cultivate the love

for the lord in our hearts the more the worldly desires will fall away.

 

Swami Turiyananda in one of his letters says that we need to patiently

wait at the door of the lord and wait for his grace. Do we not wait at

the door of our boss how gives us our salary and wait till he calls us

in. Likewise let us waitat the door of the lord of lords who gives us our

very life and this is one very good way to increase our devotion for him.

 

This much for now.

 

Thank u very much for sharing the Manobodha, am really enjoying it and

having fun.

 

love

 

Srini