How sincere we are ...

[Guest guest]

Jai Srimannarayana!

 

With the benevolence of HH Shri Jeeyar Swamiji

and His guidance I would like to continue the

following few lines from previous posting on

of "How sincere we are ..".

 

After satisfying with Shri Swamiji's reply on

the need to pray and "how sincere we are so far

in our life", two more questions arose in the

minds of audience, Is Lord Rama sincere and a

perfect Human Being, how? and what should we do

to achieve such high level, live like a human

being. As if reading our minds, Shri Swamiji

has elaborated on this and lead us to the immense

joy of knowing Lord Rama's qualities and the

secrets in Ramayana.

 

Shri Swamiji said, "A flower has fragrance as its

natural quality and a fruit has taste as its natural

quality. Just like this, qualities ("guna:h" - in

Samskritam ) are natural for a human being. Here

qualities mean good qualities or virtues.

 

As soon as we see a flower, we will feel happy at

its beauty, fragrance and the delicateness etc.

As soon as we see a fruit which is full of juice

and sweet taste, our mouths water automatically

and we feel happier - "Oh! What a great Mango!

Oh! how good the bananas !" .. like that.

 

Similarly, if we see or hear about a person who

is having very good qualities, we appreciate his

attitude and feel happy or contented with his

nature. Everyone in this world has a desire

to be a good person. Everyone wants himself to be

regarded as a good person and praised by everyone

else in the world. Everyone wants to acquire

good qualities.

 

But, if these qualities are natural, how can one

"acquire" a new good quality which is not present

in him ? Can a Rose acquire the fragrance of a

jasmine ? Can a banana taste like a mango ?

 

Shri Swamiji said, God is so benevolent that he

has given this capability of "acquiring" to a

human being and not to animals or birds or trees

or stones. The human body is so special that

one can "cultivate" whatever quality one wants.

 

Lord Krishna himself has said in Bhagavad Gita

 

"Idam sareeram kounte:ya

Kshe:tram ityabhidheeyate: "

 

"This human body, Arjuna, is called Kshe:tram"

(Arable land). If you take good care, you can

grow a nice crop in a fertile land. Similarly

the seeds of good qualities will start yielding

good flowers and fruits once we start nurturing

them. This is unique to human body. Animals

or birds or trees do not know how to "acquire"

and "cultivate" good qualities. If we are not

utilizing our capacity in this human body to

do that, then we are not living upto the

expectations of God, and we are in no way equal

or higher than any other species in this nature.

 

If a servant is being paid Rs.100 as his wage or

salary, we expect service from him worth Rs.100/.

If we are paying another person Rs.10000 as salary

we expect lot more service, loyalty and sicerety

from him and will not be satisfied if he does

work worth only Rs.100/.

 

Similary God has given us this body which is

very valuable and difficult to get in this

wonderful universe, expecting that we will do

justice to the capacities of this body,

utilize our senses to achieve higher state of

learning and living. If we are not doing that,

then we are not only insincere to our job instead

we are also foolishly wasting the resources

available to us in this very short span of life.

Do we get this opportunity again ? Even if so,

will we have similar circumstances ? Who knows ?

Will God be benevolent and give us another opportunity ?

May be or May be not ? Why should we waste one

opportunity knowingly and wait for uncertain one ?

 

So let us start knowing on what good qualities

we can cultivate and how can we do that from

Shri Swamiji in the next posting. ..

 

 

Adiyen

Ramanuja Dasaha

Murali Krishna Kalvapudi.

 

Jai Srimannarayana!