Guest guest Posted July 19, 2002 Report Share Posted July 19, 2002 This came from a talk by Swami amritaswarupananda at the Rhode Island retreat in July 2002. Swami Amritaswarupananda said that there are two types of suffering people. One type of person has no spiritual knowledge and no interest either. The other has some spiritual knowledge and believes in something more than the physical. For the first type of person, Swamiji said, the suffering and despair are bottomless. For the second type of person, even when they suffer, they will have strength to get through it. The person who has a relationship with a satguru will be carried through the suffering by the grace of the relationship with that guru. Swamiji told the story about a Canadian devotee who met amma in 1990 and thought she would solve all his worldly problems. He still has problems. He hasn't slept well in 10 years, for example. Even so, he told Swamiji that he loves Amma more than his life. Swamiji recommeded that he pray to Amma dn shes would solve his worldly problems too. The man said no, that maybe those sufferings made him treasure the security he feels around Amma. He doesn't want a trouble-free life but just the strength to handle the problems. Swamiji told the story of Yudhisthira and Draupadi. At one time when they were really poor and suffering, Draupadi said to Yudhisthira, "You are such a close friend ot Krishna. Why not ask him to give some help to us so that we do not have to suffer so much?" Yudhisthira replied, "The mountains' beauty comes from the Lord. When I see that beauty, I can only love the Lord. All I want is to love him. I don't ask Him for anything else except that I would love him most of all for the rest of my life." Swamiji added, "Wherever the guru is, that is our true home. In times of extreme sufferieng, the memory of the guru will carry us through it. Rabindranath Tagor once said, 'O Master, as long as you are with me, nothing is insurmountable. Great mountains become mere mouse turd and death becomes my benefector.'" ************** Aikya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2002 Report Share Posted July 23, 2002 I just want to make one correction on your post written below. This talk was given by Swami Amritananda. L Ammachi, "aikya" <aikya> wrote: > This came from a talk by Swami amritaswarupananda at the Rhode Island > retreat in July 2002. > > Swami Amritaswarupananda said that there are two types of suffering > people. One type of person has no spiritual knowledge and no > interest either. The other has some spiritual knowledge and believes > in something more than the physical. > > For the first type of person, Swamiji said, the suffering and despair > are bottomless. For the second type of person, even when they > suffer, they will have strength to get through it. The person who has > a relationship with a satguru will be carried through the suffering > by the grace of the relationship with that guru. > > Swamiji told the story about a Canadian devotee who met amma in 1990 > and thought she would solve all his worldly problems. He still has > problems. He hasn't slept well in 10 years, for example. Even so, > he told Swamiji that he loves Amma more than his life. Swamiji > recommeded that he pray to Amma dn shes would solve his worldly > problems too. The man said no, that maybe those sufferings made him > treasure the security he feels around Amma. He doesn't want a > trouble-free life but just the strength to handle the problems. > > Swamiji told the story of Yudhisthira and Draupadi. At one time when > they were really poor and suffering, Draupadi said to > Yudhisthira, "You are such a close friend ot Krishna. Why not ask > him to give some help to us so that we do not have to suffer so > much?" > > Yudhisthira replied, "The mountains' beauty comes from the Lord. > When I see that beauty, I can only love the Lord. All I want is to > love him. I don't ask Him for anything else except that I would love > him most of all for the rest of my life." > > Swamiji added, "Wherever the guru is, that is our true home. In > times of extreme sufferieng, the memory of the guru will carry us > through it. Rabindranath Tagor once said, 'O Master, as long as you > are with me, nothing is insurmountable. Great mountains become mere > mouse turd and death becomes my benefector.'" > > ************** > > Aikya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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