Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 Jai Guru Datta, in Sri Datta Darshanam it is reiterated with numerous examples that Sri Dattatreya puts His devotees through severe testing, before granting boons, etc. Now.. if you are faced with great difficulty ...are you lucky? Or is this reasoning incorrect? Please share thoughts with me on this... & Please visit the following links.. http://www.dgreetings.com/flashcard31/1036014611.2753.html http://www.swaminarayan.org/festivals/diwali/index1.htm Sri Guru Datta, Win. HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2002 Report Share Posted October 31, 2002 a quote from: http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/tours/2002/usa2002/speeches/mysore_arrival_s peech.htm Never question why you are getting tests even when you are so devoted. They are two different chapters. Our sins get eroded when we suffer. Remember that. You have to wash even expensive silk clothes. Like Purandara prayed "Let tomorrow's sorrow come now. Let today's sorrow come right away. Get done with it. This Karma has to finish. Pray in this manner. You should feel tensed only for good deeds never for bad deeds.You should feel tensed for good happenings. Like preparing for Swamiji's arrival and so on. Even though your contribution might be very small, you have every reason to feel tensed and euphoric. Always, only few people do the major chunk of the work. But many simply run around thinking they too are important and are contributing a lot. Especially you Ashrama inmates have to feel euphoric and worried about preparations for Swamiji's arrival. If you don’t feel so, you don’t belong here. Isn't it? There is the other bad tension. Worrying about un-happenable things and feeling tensed. This will take a toll on your heart. Feeling tensed for good reasons is good for your health. The blood pressure rise which comes because of good and happy reasons do not harm you. But the contrary is not good at all. That is why you must be happy for at least an hour a day. This should not make you derive happiness from teasing or making fun of others. Laughing uncalled for makes others wonder if you belong to an asylum. You need not search for fun. Lighter side of your life can charm you and keep you happy. God has ensured it. The responsibility of paving your life's road is your responsibility alone. Most of the life stories of great saints have a terrible and grief laden childhood. But they blossomed in to the greatest of thinkers and have worked wonders to thousands of people. When God has the authority to give, He has the authority to take also. So, take both good and bad in same stride and endure them in the same balanced manner. Like the In and Yang in Chinese. Like in the Yugadi festival, Teertha, which has equal portions of Neem (bitter) and Jaggery (sweet). Jaya Guru Datta - Jaya Guru Datta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2002 Report Share Posted October 31, 2002 a quote from: http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/tours/2002/usa2002/speeches/mysore_arrival_s peech.htm Never question why you are getting tests even when you are so devoted. They are two different chapters. Our sins get eroded when we suffer. Remember that. You have to wash even expensive silk clothes. Like Purandara prayed "Let tomorrow's sorrow come now. Let today's sorrow come right away. Get done with it. This Karma has to finish. Pray in this manner. You should feel tensed only for good deeds never for bad deeds.You should feel tensed for good happenings. Like preparing for Swamiji's arrival and so on. Even though your contribution might be very small, you have every reason to feel tensed and euphoric. Always, only few people do the major chunk of the work. But many simply run around thinking they too are important and are contributing a lot. Especially you Ashrama inmates have to feel euphoric and worried about preparations for Swamiji's arrival. If you don’t feel so, you don’t belong here. Isn't it? There is the other bad tension. Worrying about un-happenable things and feeling tensed. ... That is why you must be happy for at least an hour a day. This should not make you derive happiness from teasing or making fun of others. Laughing uncalled for makes others wonder if you belong to an asylum. You need not search for fun. Lighter side of your life can charm you and keep you happy. God has ensured it. The responsibility of paving your life's road is your responsibility alone. Most of the life stories of great saints have a terrible and grief laden childhood. But they blossomed in to the greatest of thinkers and have worked wonders to thousands of people. When God has the authority to give, He has the authority to take also. So, take both good and bad in same stride and endure them in the same balanced manner. Like the In and Yang in Chinese. Like in the Yugadi festival, Teertha, which has equal portions of Neem (bitter) and Jaggery (sweet). Jaya Guru Datta - Jaya Guru Datta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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