Guest guest Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Namaste : I would like to thank you all for giving me a place in this great cyber sangha. I just read a few posts on 'Faith' and this observation made by Sri Madhathil Rajendran Nair's caught my attention : " I am afraid, we don't have any use for those two words in advaita, where we are too sure of the soundness of the mother ship and have irrevocably surrendered to her bosom." This is a very apt description. I have heard devotees describing 'shraddha' as surrendring to the Lotus feet of the mother Goddess. Only a great devotee of Mother can express a sentiment such as this - resting one's head at the Bosom of the Great Mother. This is called 'vakshasthalam' and devi herself resides in the Bosom of her Lord's heart. One of the names of Devi is 'Tara' which means 'one who saves.' SHE is the ship who will help you cross the ocean of Samsara. In advaita, you surrender your 'self'. What can be a greater surrender than this ? The self here is the 'ego' . In the srimad Bhagvad Gita, Sri Krishna says sattvanurupa sarvasya *sraddha* bhavati bharata *sraddha-mayo* 'yam puruso yo yac-chraddhah sa eva sah ( chapter 17 verse 3) The faith of each is in accordance with his nature, O Bharata. Man consists of his faith; as a man's faith is, so is he. AS A MAN'S FAITH SO IS HE (Yo yat Shraddhaah sa eva sah) --- Man is verily what his FAITH is. The type of personality and its effectiveness or otherwise are all determined by the 'FAITH' under which it functions. That the achievement of life, is ever coloured by the type of 'FAITH' with which the individual pursues his activities, is very well known and realised by all men of action says POOJYA GURUDEV Swami Chinmayanandaji. In Srimad Bhagvat Gita , Sri Krishna says : ye tu dharmamrtam idam yathoktam paryupasate *sraddadhana* mat-parama bhaktas te 'tiva me priyah (chapter 12 verse 20) They indeed, who follow this 'Immortal DHARMA' (Law of Life) as described above, endowed with faith, regarding Me as their Supreme Goal --- such devotees are exceedingly dear to Me. Shradha is three fold. Faith in The scriptures. Faith in one's guru. Faith in the words of holy saints . shrImAtre namaH Aum Sri gurobyo namaha Saraswati devi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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