Spiritual Follies ??

June 20, 2005

Dear Totally useless, if i have company of people like you in

heaven...I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO HELL !!

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Y'day night Swami Ghaistanand ji told a beautiful story.

Once there was a King who had to decide who among his 3 sons

would be the next king. He discussed with his minister and chalked

out a plan. He called his sons and told ," dear children I am going

for a pilgrimage for one year. I am giving each one of you 100 seeds

of a rare flower...and I want those seeds back intact on my return.

So think carefully because this return of seeds would decide who will

be next king" and the king left after handing them over to his

children.

The eldest son thought," I will sell the seeds in the market and

keep the money safely and when father returns i will purchase seeds

again and hand him over seeds" He went to the market and fetched a

good price for the seeds as they were seeds of a very rare flower

plant. Happily he came home thinking there was no hurdle in his

becoming the King.

The second son thought," I should keep these seeds in the safe

away from possible theft...thus i can return the same seeds to father

and he will make me king.

The third one was a little romantic and imaginative. He thought

my bothers are intelligent and one of them would surely become king

and I have no chance...but father told they are rare flowers so let

me at least enjoy the flowers...so he sowed the seeds.

After one year when the king came back he asked his children to

come to him with the seeds.

The eldest one rushed to market and asked for those seeds. The

shopkeeper said that the season was off for that flower seeds and

since they are rare, it may take 3/4months to get the seeds. He came

home sad and told his father about seeds.

The second son, smiled and rushed to his safe and when he opened

it a bad odour came out. The seeds had rotten and were given bad

smell...he beat his head in agony....the king smiled and asked his

youngest son abt seeds.

He said," Father i had no love for becoming king so I sowed those

seeds and you can come with me to my garden and enjoy the fragrance

and view of those rare flowers.

They went to the garden, and king was astonished to see thousands

of flowers, fragrant and colorful.....

The king moved one of the plant and millions of seeds fell on him.

Our life is like those seeds which we are given...some of us

sell it in the market...some keep it carefully upto them and get

rotten....

But some rare among us....sow the seeds and fill the earth with

beautiful garden....

Let us be the gardeners...let us be Sadhakas

Love and blessings

baba

June 20, 2005

Namaste. This story is similar to the parable told by Jesus.

Jaya Sri Radhey!

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On that day Jesus going out of the house sat beside the sea;

and large crowds gathered about him,

so that embarking in a ship he sat,

and all the people stood on the beach.

And he spoke to them many things in parables,

saying, "Look, the sower went out to sow.

And in his sowing some fell along the way,

and the birds coming ate them up.

"But others fell on rocky ground

where they did not have much earth,

and immediately they sprang up

because of not having depth of earth;

and as the sun rose, they were scorched,

and because of not having roots they dried up.

"And others fell on the thorns,

and the thorns came up and choked them.

"And others fell on the beautiful earth and gave fruit,

one a hundred, the other sixty, the other thirty.

Whoever has ears let him hear."

And the disciples approaching said to him,

"Why do you speak to them in parables?"

And answering he said, "Because to you it has been given

to know the mysteries of the sovereignty of the heavens,

but it has not been given to those.

For whoever has, it will be given to the same

and one will have abundance;

but whoever has not, even what one has will be taken from one.

"For this reason I speak to them in parables,

because looking they do not see

and listening they do not hear nor understand.

And fulfilled in them is the prophetic saying of Isaiah:

In listening you will hear and not understand,

and watching you will look and not see.

For fattened is the heart of this people,

and they hardly heard with their ears,

and they closed their eyes;

lest they should see with their eyes

and hear with their ears

and understand with the heart and turn around,

and I would cure them.

"But blessed are your eyes because they see,

and your ears because they hear.

For amen, I tell you that many prophets and just people

desired to see what you see and did not see it,

and to hear what you hear and did not hear it.

Therefore you shall hear the parable of the sower.

"When anyone hears the word of the sovereignty

and does not understand,

the evil one comes and snatches away

what was sown in one's heart;

this is what is sown along the way.

"And what was sown on the rocky ground,

this is the one hearing the word

and immediately accepting it with joy;

but since one has no root in oneself it is temporary;

and when oppression or persecution occurs because of the word

they immediately are offended.

"And what was sown into the thorns,

this is the one hearing the word,

and the worry of the age and the deception of wealth

choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

"And what was sown on the beautiful earth,

this is the one hearing the word and understanding,

who indeed bears fruit and produces

the one a hundred, the other sixty, the other thirty."

Matthew 13:1-23

, beirut_ka_baba <no_reply> wrote:

> Let us be the gardeners...let us be Sadhakas

>

> Love and blessings

>

> baba

June 28, 2005

Namaste all.

Here is a famous song written by a Rasik Saint Sri Naarsi Mehta from

Gujarat, India describing the true nature of a pure devotee of the

Lord. This song was also very dear to Mahatma Gandhi.

Song: Vaishnav jan tO

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Vaishnav jan tO

raagam: raagamaalika

taaLam: aadi

Composer: Naarsi Mehta

Language:

1

Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye je

PeeD paraayi jaaNe re

Par-dukhkhe upkaar kare toye

Man abhimaan na aaNe re

Vaishnav...

2

SakaL lok maan sahune vande

Nindaa na kare keni re

Vaach kaachh man nishchaL raakhe

Dhan-dhan janani teni re

Vaishnav...

3

Sam-drishti ne trishna tyaagi

Par-stree jene maat re

Jivha thaki asatya na bole

Par-dhan nav jhaalee haath re

Vaishnav...

4

Moh-maaya vyaape nahi jene

DriDh vairaagya jena man maan re

Ram naam shoon taaLi laagi

SakaL tirath tena tan maan re

Vaishnav...

5

VaN-lobhi ne kapaT-rahit chhe

Kaam-krodh nivaarya re

BhaNe Narsaiyyo tenun darshan karta

KuL ekoter taarya re

Vaishnav...

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Meaning:

1: One who is a Vaishnav (pure devotee of the Lord)

Is one who knows the pain of others

Does good to others, especially to those who are in misery

And does not let pride enter his mind

2: A Vaishnav tolerates and praises the the entire world,

Does not say bad things about anyone,

Keeps his/her words, actions and thoughts pure.

O Vaishnav, your mother is blessed (dhanya-dhanya)

3: A Vaishnav is one who sees everything equally, rejects greed and

avarice,

Considers another's wife or daughter his mother

His tongue may be tired, but he will never speak lies,

One who does not even touch someone else's property

4: A Vaishnav is one who does not succumb to worldly attachments,

Who has devoted himself to staunch detachment from worldly pleasures,

Who has become addicted to the elixir coming by the name of Ram,

For whom all the religious sites are in the mind.

5: A Vaishnav is one who has no greed and deceit,

Who has renounced lust of all types and anger.

The poet Narsi would like to see such a person

by whose virtue, the entire family gets salvation.

by Sri Naarsi Mehta

http://www.karnatik.com/

, beirut_ka_baba <no_reply> wrote:

> Dear Totally useless, if i have company of people like you in

> heaven...I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO HELL !!

June 28, 2005

, pyari_h <no_reply> wrote: