Satsanga- Bathing in Foot Dust of Saint

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Satsanga- Bathing in Foot Dust of Saint

 

Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste.

 

"rahu gaNai tat tapasA na yAti

na cejyayA nirvapaNAd gRhAd vA

na cchaMdasA naiva jalAgni sUryair

vinA mahatpAda rajobhiSekaM"

 

Jada Bharata has declared to King Rahugana,

 

"O Rahugana, one does NOT attain this

(state of Divine consciousness of Self-realization)

through asceticism nor through Vedic rituals,

nor again by dealing out food and

other necessaries among the needy,

nor by duly performing one's religious duties

pertainig to household life,

nor through a proper study of Vedic scriptures,

nor through the worship of gods presiding

over water, fire and sun, NOR by ANY OTHER MEANS,

 

EXCEPT by sprinkling one's body, mind and soul with

the DUST of feet of exalted Godrealzed saints."

 

The great devotee Prahlad has also decared same:

 

"na te viduH svArthagatiM hi viSNuM durAzayA ye bahirartha mAninaH

andhA yathAndhairupanIyamAnA vAcIzatantyAm urudAmni baddhAH"

 

(Srimad Bhagavatam 7.5.31)

 

"Indeed they whose mind is impure as attached to the pleasures of

sense and who, like the BLIND led by another BLIND man, esteem only

those regarding the external worldly objects as their only aim in

life are unable to REALIZE Lord Vishnu, the goal of those who

RECOGNIZE Him as the Supreme Soul.

 

On the other hand, through actions done from interested motives they

remain bound like so many oxen to the ROPE of the Lord, in the shape

of His Word, the Veda, with numerous individual strings in the shape

of different denominations such as Brahman, Nirvana, Heaven and so

on."

 

naiSAM matis tavAd urukramAGghriM spRzatyanarthApagamo yadarthaH

mahIyasAM pAda rajobhiSekaM niSkiJcanAnAM na vRNIta yAvat

 

(Srimad Bhagavatam 7.5.31)

 

"The MIND of these people fails to approach the feet of Lord Vishnu

possessed of infinite strength, - the object of approaching which is

to get rid of evil in the form of transmigration,

- so long as it DOES NOT SEEK A BATH in the DUST of feet of exalted

souls who CLAIM NOTHING as their OWN.

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

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Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste all.

 

The Lord is also after the 'foot dust' of His Lover, the Rasik Saint.

 

Lord Krishna declared to the Jnaani Saint Uddhava:

 

"nirapekSaM muniM zAntaM nirvairaM samadarzanam

anuvrajAmyahaM nityaM pUyeyety aGghri reNubhiH"

 

"niSkiMcanA mayyanurakta cetasAH

zAntA mahAnto 'khilajIva vatsalAH,

kAmairanA labdhadhiyo juSanti yat

tannair apekSyaM na viduH sukhaM mama"

 

(Bhagavatam 11. 14. 16, 17)

 

With a view to PURIFYIG My Self by the dust of his feet,

I always FOLLOW the Premi Saint who cares for NOTHING else,

is calm, bears enmity to NONE and is even-minded.

 

High-souled Rasik Saints- penniless, passionately DEVOTED to Me,

and UNSMITTEN by worldly desires, calm and COMPASSIONATE

to ALL creatures - derive that Bliss of Mine Which

THEY ONLY know who cares for NO gain, and NOT others.

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

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Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste.

 

In the following poem, Saint Mirabai rejoices

in Satsanga, the sacred association of Holymen:

 

"aaj mhaamro sadhu janana sangare..."

 

Good fortune

my Prince,

today I went among Sadhus!

Coming and going

I tasted their splendor many times.

But Goddess cults -

shun them -

They wreck your devotion!

 

Forget the fashionable visits

of pilgrims.

 

Benares and Ganges are found

At a HOLY MAN'S FEET.

 

Don't mock seekers,

you'll be dipped

in a hell pool,

go crippled, go blind.

 

Yes, Mira's Lord can lift mountains,

today she covered her body

with DUST from a

HOLY MAN'S FEET.

 

- "For Love Of The Dark One, Songs of Mirabai", by Andrew Schelling.

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!