How sincere we are ...

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Jai Srimannarayana!

 

With the benevolence of HH Shri Jeeyar Swamiji and

His guidance, I would like to continue the following

few lines from my previous posting on How sincere

we are ...

 

So, after initiating the introspection process in

the audience, on whether they are doing at least

a percentage of what the animals or trees or other

species are doing .. Shri Swamiji moved on to the

reminder of His upadesam on What was the qualities

of Lord Rama, Who is God, How a human being should

be and so on ...

 

 

For some persons (like me), it was a revelation - in

true sense, an unpalatable sense of admonition on

how awful we are till now. Everytime we have to

help another person, there was a wind of thoughts

on how much should we help, whether the other person

will be grateful to us (no matter how simple is

the help). Should we contribute so much for a particular

cause or just a little is enough?

If so do we get anything back from this ?

 

Several times, we think that - "Oh! There are many

persons in the world who will contribute to this

cause, so why should I also chip in?

Anyway, I am contributing to some other cause.

I can just enjoy the services provided by them."

 

Does a tree think that - "Oh! this person is already

having so many fruits in his house, why should I

give him more?" ....... No.

 

In other situations we think that "Oh! if I contribute

or give commitment for this much - what will happen to

my savings ? If these savings deplete/get reduced

what will happen to me and my family ? "

 

Does a tree think that - "Oh! I have to keep at least

few seeds or fruits for me so that I can grow young ones.

I will keep 10% of the fruits for me and the rest

you can take." What if every tree in the world think

like that ?

 

If we are not anywhere near to even a tree in such simple

situations, then how can we belong to a superior race ?

How can we consider ourselves as living selfless ?

 

God has divided all the species into four catagories

Deva, Manushya, Tiryak, Stha:vara (Cha:thur varnam ).

Deva is considered to be superior to Manushya which in

turn superior to Tiryak and the last is Stha:vara.

Stha:vara are those which can not move, Tiryak are those

who move horizontally like animals, birds, fish etc

Manushya are humans who move vertically and Deva are

the divine souls.

 

Every creature has a soul and God gives different

bodies depending on karma for each creature. If we are

having a body of Manushya but still if our thinking

and qualities are much lower than what a Stha:vara

possess - we can not consider that we possessed this

body out of our own merit or good/bad karma that we did.

 

It is purely God's 'Avya:ja karuna: kata:ksham' or His

divine causeless benevolence/mercy on this soul.

God looks to the sufferings and infinite loops

of birth and death life cycles of the souls

and pours His Love on us- like a mother on her days old

little one. He picks up the souls one by one and

elevates them to higher life, expecting that

utilizing the higher senses this soul would be ideal

in actions, strive to be high in his learning etc.

 

So, it is God who has given us this body and abilities

of all the organs/senses etc. Should we not be thankful,

respectful, worshipful, for such kind God ?

If we do not thank him for every grain of rice

we are eating, are we not erring out in our duties

and responsibilities ? Should we not pray Him

for his mercy and further help we definitely need

to enhance our life ?

 

Definitely yes. That is the need to pray. That is

exactly why we should know about God, Lord Rama,

what is expected of us and how should we lead

our lives. That is the reason why we should read

Ramayana and know about what speacility in Lord

Rama made him to be 'Marya:da: Purusho:ttam" and

Rama "chandra".

 

Let us continue to learn from Shri Swamiji's

pravachanams in the next posting

 

Adiyen

Ramanuja Dasaha

Murali Krishna Kalvapudi

 

Jai Srimannarayana