Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 OM NAMO NARAYANAYA Dear Vinodji, nice message to start with... thank you wishing all our members A very happy, healthy & prosperous new year may Guruvayoorappan bless us all Regards, Arun"PS, Vinod K (GE Infra, Energy)" <vinod.ps wrote: !! Sri Rama Jayam !!Sarve Bhavantu sukhinaha ... Sarve santu Niramaya ....Sarve Bhadrani pashyantu ... Ma kashchid dukhabhaag bhavetThis year, I start with a story reconfirming how a prapanna of 'Narayana' should view suffering in this Bhava samsara sagara !It was the time when Sri Rama was on the shores of the samudram during the preparations for the cross-over. Having supervised the bridge construction for long, Sri Rama wanted to take some rest. Hence He removed His bows and arrows from His shoulders, dropped them on the ground and lay Himself for some time. When He got up and took his bows and arrows from the ground, He was shocked to see some blood on the tip of one of His arrows. The Ocean of Compassion that He was, He immediately knelt down on the shore to find the source of the blood. He found to His sadness a small frog in great pain, with blood oozing out from its back and with its tearful eyes looking at the form of Sri Rama. Thereupon the Ocean of Mercy asked, "Dear frog, I am extremely sorry to have caused you this pain unknowingly. May you please excuse Me. But why is it that you did not cry out immediately when My arrow fell on your back? I could have immediately removed your suffering." The little frog said "Sri Rama, whenever I am afflicted by the threefold suffering that is natural to all embodied beings in Samsara, I am used to crying out to you as 'Hey Rama, Ocean of Compassion, Refuge of the refugeless'. When the arrow dropped on my back, I was about to cry out in the same manner when I chanced to look up to see what had hit me. But when I found that it was You who had inflicted upon me this suffering, I took Your arrow-hit as Your prasadam and silently withstood the pain." Moved on hearing the response of the frog, the sole Refuge of the Universe found tears welling up in His eyes. And with His sin-destroying hands He caressed the back of the frog with great affection just as He had caressed Prahlada eons back.May this learning shape all our new resolutions this year.Wishing you all a very auspicious New Year !Hare KrishnaHare RamaOm Namo Narayanaya: Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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