Guest guest Posted January 15, 2002 Report Share Posted January 15, 2002 Priya Bhagawadbandhuvullara, Jai Sriman Narayana!! Adding some more on this subject based on the Samskarabhiksha of Sri Sri Sri Jeeyar Swamiji Our elders say as per sastras every human being continues to have three major direct debts (Runams) whether one is aware or not, viz. Pitru Runam (indebtedness to parents, ancestors for giving their legacy, house name, body, samskara, language, etc..and ...) Rushi Runam (indebtedness to all our Rushis, Acharyas, learned people from whom we got the scriptures, systems, procedures etc..etc..) Deva Runam (indebtedness to all the Devatas who represent the Pancha bhootas like air, water, fire, ether and earth etc.... without whom we cannot survive even fraction of a second...) Regarding indirect indebtedness (Runams) to various agencies consisting of other human beings, trees, animals etc.. there is no limit though we acquire them by token payments (which cannot be equated to the service) in return; this indebtedness is inevitable as long as we are enjoying the fruits of such agencies. Some illustrations are Our first item bed tea/coffee consists of milk brought from cows/buffaloes, milkmen, milk agencies etc....Tea from tea gardens from plants, pluckers and various agencies, sugar from sugarcane, factories etc...Cup made from cup industries....Fire from gas/electricity stations and finally ingredients of nature (air, water, fire, ether, earth) So thousands of hands are involved in the making of a cup of tea which we simply sip and forget. Though we pay a nominal amount, a few cents/paisa for the cup of tea, one cannot say that he/she cleared his/her indebtedness towards the efforts/hardships/human-animal-right-violations/mishaps/sufferings put by all innumerable living agencies directly/indirectly responsible for the making of a cup of tea Similarly innumerable hands are involved in each and every thing we continuously enjoy/possess like all our food, clothes, shoes, house, car and all the mechanical/electrical/electronics hardware/software. The token payments one makes for possessing the above cannot be assured to have reached to each and every hand in a justifiable way..... Thus our indebtedness cannot be evaluated in the right sense..... Then how to clear our mega indebtedness(principal and interest accrued due to continous unawareness) accumulated right from our birth..... Lord Krishna gives the fantastic solutions to the above chronic problems in His teachings in Srimad Bhagawadgita He declares that He is the only source for each and every activity to happen in the entire Universe. There is nothing which is beyond His purview. He is the writer/director/actor/musician/screen-player/producer/.../.../... of the entire Universal Show. He suggests us to attribute each and every action to Him like breathing, eating, walking, touching, drinking, working etc.. etc.. He says if we are devoted to Him every moment of our life, then He can clear us all of our unknown indebtedness Thus by doing all our regular duties as service to Him and remembering/chanting His divine names, all our indebtedness can be vanished. Because He being the source for each and every action of each and every being, He clears our indebtedness by favouring all the sources accordingly. Otherwise we remain ticketless travellers on this earth Jai Sriman Narayana Sarvaparadhamulato!!! Kilambi Ramakrishna Ramanuja Dasan Attachment: vcard [not shown] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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