Bhakti and Jnana - .......... stories .....

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There is a small incident in the life of Bhakth Meera which i would

like to share with members here.

 

There was a famous Vaishnava Saint named Jiva Gosain who was the head

of all vaishnavites in Sri Brindavan Dhama.

 

Bhakt Meera wanted to visit this well known saint Jiva Gosain and

approached him. But, Jiva Gosain , did not want to meet a woman and

not only that he thought how can a woman have anything 'valuable' to

say about Vaishnava philosophy? Therefore, he declined to meet Saint

Meera and said he would not 'discourse' with a woman. This enraged

Saint Meera who retorted 'Everybody in Brindavan is a woman. Only MY

Giridhar Gopal is Purusha. Today only I have come to know that there

is another Purusha besides Sri Krishna in Brindavan".

 

On hearing this , Jiva Gosain was embarassed . How could a saint of

his calibre think of someone as a 'man' or a 'woman' ...He realized

his mistake and decided to meet Meera, the very emodiment of Krishna-

prema.

 

 

Swami Vivekananda says

 

In the golden words of Swami Vivekananda:

 

"What love shakes the whole nature of man, what love runs through

every atom of his being, makes him mad, makes him forget his own

nature, transforms him, makes him a god as the love between man and

woman? In this sweet representation of divine love God is our

husband. We are all women; there are no men in this world; there is

but One man - Hari and he is our beloved. All that love which man

gives to a woman, or woman to man, is here given up to the Lord."

 

(http://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/bhakti )

 

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Here is another story that would delight the hearts of Bhaktas ...

 

Once Surdas humorously asked Tulsidas, "When Shree Krishna is the

descension of all the sixteen aspects of Divinity (solah kala), then

why do you worship Shree Rama, Who has manifested only twelve Divine

aspects?"

 

Tulsidas could have retorted rudely , instead he responded in a

lighthearted way ""Until now I only knew that Sri Rama was my

beloved prince; upon learning today that He is an avatar who is the

manifestation of twelve Divine spects, my devotion to Him has

increased twelve times more!"

 

This is the divine mood of the rasik saints exchanging jokes .

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

 

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare