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Three types of debts of human beings

 

CHENNAI, MAY 22. A human being is born with three types of debts

- to God, to sages and to his parents. God is present in each and

every cell of the body and there can be no doubt that He alone

protects and sustains life. Hence man is deeply beholden to the

Almighty who vibrates in every limb of his body in the form of

divine energy. The only way for him to clear his debt to this

Supreme Benefactor is to carry out His sacred commands and to

work for the welfare of fellow human beings. That is why the path

of service has been laid before him. Every little act of such

service reduced the burden of his debt to God.

 

The second refers to the guidelines left by sages, seers and

saints who knew the past and future, by virtue of their

austerities. They had given the Law of Virtue, codes of conduct

and had laid down the spiritual path so that man finds fulfilment

in this life and hereafter. Man should hence adapt their

teachings in his own life and thus repay his gratitude to these

divine persons. The third is about the duty he owes to his

parents as the mother is his first teacher while the father shows

him how to face life.

 

A Telugu poem was recited by Sri Sathya Sai Baba in his lecture

that ``When you are born from the mother's womb, there are no

garlands of gold or pearls on your neck, nor a necklace nor a

chain made of gems. Definitely, there is a heavy one, on the neck

consisting of the consequences of your past deeds, may be good or

bad''. That is the reason why spiritual masters urge him to

conduct himself in such a way as not to do evil and thereby not

to be re-born.

 

The modern man has achieved several distinctions. But his very

existence is futile if he does not transform his mind. He does

not take efforts to understand the benefits of reading the path

of ``Dharma''. The message conveyed by the Ramayana should change

the entire outlook of a pious man. The hero, Rama, practised what

he preached and His motto should guide everyone. There is much

more to the Ramayana than Rama going to forest and destroying the

wicked. He incarnated to re-establish Moral Law. His speech was

suffused with Truth and His conduct radiated peace. Can there be

a greater ideal than this?The Vedas say ``You become whatever you

think''. When one constantly finds fault with others, that evil

will enter him. Our body is like a camera. Our vision is the

lens, heart is the film and the thoughts form the scene with his

intellect; man should absorb only those good impressions into his

heart. These should be spiritually oriented. If his thinking is

bad, it gets imprinted in the heart.

 

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