Guest guest Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 DEAR MEMBERS Lord says that if one has to attain him he should be devoid of the three demonic qualities desire, anger, greed ( XVI). Greed is something I can understand. But in our day to day life we develop desires and acquire things and sometimes get angry also when things happen around us not to our taste either within family or society so on. how do we handle such situations/ Pranams VKV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 Sri Krishnaya Namah! The first thing that we should do to avoid such situations is to dedicate our mind to Narayana. It is said that those who forget Lord Vishnu they meet danger and fortune favours those who are constantly engaged in Narayana smaranam (vipad vismarano vishnu; sampannarayana smruthihi). We bring along with us a baggage of Karma (prarabdha) which has to be experienced till it gets wiped out, as karma, punya and papam all these are bound to kshaya(deminishes over time). We need to experience this prarabdha with a pinch of salt along with a philosophical bent of mind. BG helps in possessing this mind set. The other part that hounds us ever since we born is the influence of maya and in this kaliyuga it is even more difficult to ascertain what is good or bad in every frame of our life. Hence life is aptly called as chain of experiences, where one tend to get perfect as and when he is experienced. Provided we have good internal / external atmosphere, whether in home or elsewhere, we get cultured and thus gain satvik knowledge for our betterment. If the above and our intellect, work in tandem and with His krupa, we may guide our life in sathvik path. My ignorant mind thinks that whatever path we choose (sathvik, rajasic or tamasic), choose it early in our life so that there is adequate time retrace our path and introspect later (if we are rajasic or tamasic) and better late than never, when truth dawns on us, and He graces us, we have some more time to retrace our step and make good the loss of time. In other words, if we choose our path as sathvik, say when we are 20, slowly we have to stride that path with determination and perfection is not a thing which is experienced overnight and by 40 if we are perfect, say in respect of control over our emotions, egoless etc., then we are left with another 20-30 years to have Him in us and in His smaranam. Basically, we have to decide on what we should do and many a time the influence of maya and prarabdha will take us against our wishes. Come what may, we should not deter from our goal. Thus, we have to choose the path early and start early. It will take several births to gain perfection, but we should not deter or take back our step towards God realisation. When we are babies of circumstances and tend to overreact to any situation, we should feel bad later and take that as an experience for learning to control emotion in future. Always we should be introspecting and be within ourselves. Hearing the inner voice and should act as we should act. All through our life, in this age, we should try and encourage our mind to go for finer things in life - like hearing harikathas, BG, SMB. We should do Sandhyavandanam, nama japam and attend spiritual discourses. Have philosophical and spiritual bent of mind. Always reach out for highest of knowledge, i.e., vedas, upanishad etc., These are typical life style of a sathvik person. Above all, Narayana smaranam is the surefire answer for vagaries of life and its circumstances. Daily do ashtakari japam, chant purusha suktham, Narayana suktham etc., when time permits. Ashtakari japam, if one does with devotion, is enough for all our emotional illness. Have Narayana beside you always thru Narayana Japam in your mind. Reach out for Him, whenever you take a faulty step or dealt a situation differently and plead with Him of His mercy. Saying is easier than doing, but if Narayana nama is present in our lips, and His smaranam in our mind always, we will be devoid of these illness. Sukumar Sri Krishnaparabrahmane Namah! Vijay-AW [sMTP:vijayalu] 29/07/2003 1:40 PM Oppiliappan Desire ,Anger and Greed DEAR MEMBERS Lord says that if one has to attain him he should be devoid of the three demonic qualities desire, anger, greed ( XVI). Greed is something I can understand. But in our day to day life we develop desires and acquire things and sometimes get angry also when things happen around us not to our taste either within family or society so on. how do we handle such situations/ Pranams VKV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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