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This is the essence chapter 12 of the gita, bhakthiyoga. Very impressive.Abhaktha should always feel that heis doing the kankarya of the Lord and it is He who works through the bhaktha.which will remove any ego onthe part of the devotee. He is not affected by the sukha or duhkha of the world which may appear terrible in the eyes of the worldly but to him everything is the Lord's doing and he has complete trust in HIM and faith that whatever the Lord does is for his good only.So he has no requests to ask from the Lord except Bhakthi. When LOrd Nrsimha asked prahalada what boon he wanted Prahlada replied that he is a merchnt who asks for something in return for his devotion. All this ideas hs been brought out beautifully by Agraman in his post. saroja RamanujamGANAPATHY RAMAN <agraman62 wrote: The feeling of oneself as alien to others is born of ignorance.An aggressive form this feeling is hatred,capable of creating poison in system.This destructive feeling therefore has no place in thewholesome life of a devotee.Mere avoidance of hatred is not sufficient.and stone like people do not hate;but they are none the better for it.Life shuld take a positive turn.Feeling oneself friendly to all is the mark of a devotee's life.Careerists often cultivate friendship with all,with the base motive of self-advancement.But a devotee of God is he who has nothing to seek,but everything to give.He is so compassionate

that he ever promotes the welfare of the others.Of all forms of egoism,the spiritual egoism is the most dangerous one.If one develops the egoistic feeling that he is rendering spiritual help to others,he can hardly ever get out of that harmful quagmire.A true devotee is always free from the feeling of I and Mine. Resulting from his benign services to others,a devotee may lose his possessions,may even be put to hardship.But that ordeal causes him no pain. When the world happen to speak highly of his exemplary work and life,he derives no pleasure from that praise.He is even minded in the midst of occurrances.It is not unoften that a devotee is put to unwarranted affliction by the ignorant and wilful ones.But in such a trying circumstance a genuine devotee is always forebearing.Contentment,bliss and buoyancy ever mark for their

own. As the needle of a compass always points to the north,the faculties of devotee are ever intent on Him.Such a devotee is naturally is ever dear to the Lord. Does the Lord attach any value to the wealth and property dedicated to Him? Nothing whatsoever.The Lord bestows His grace on that devotee only who has an inordinate love and devotion to Him.The Lord attach all importance to devotion discrimination and detachment from worldliness. The life of a devotee causes no harm to anybody in the world.Directly or indirectly ,everything good emanates from his life and nothing evil.Some of his doings may sometimes seem painful to others;but even in such actions intrinsic good alone prevails.What the surgeon does to the patient and the teacher to the pupil may appear hurtful;but in effect they are wholesome.A devotee in the position of Arjuna is obliged

to bring about a carnage.But ultimate good to the world is contained in that seeming evil.Again,whatever harm befalls a devotee from the world is not viewed by him as an injury.Sterling is his mind which accepts all afflications as blessings in disguise from the Most High.The more the affliction ,the greater is the devotees delightful submission to the will of the Lord.Prahlada is a model of the super-devotee. What is the sort of self-culture that brings forth this genuine frame of the mind in the devotee?The fact is one shuld not feel joyous when one comes at things plesant;for that mind is a victim of joy is also a potential victim of misery.A strong mind,on the other hand ,reamains unaffected by joy and sorrow.A devotee is he who conquers anger and envy which are his twin enemies.Every time he is overcome by either of these,the stamina of his mind

declines.The wind of anger or envy may toss the creeper of the mind of the ordinary man;but the mind of the devotee stands like a stalwart tree,unperturbed by it.He is too strong to be affected by such petty feelings.Fear is worse than death,which can only rob a man of his body;whereas the former wrecks the entire personality.The frightened man is a heap of empty sensation;nothing worthy emanates from him.The devotee knows no fear and divinity beams out of him.Anxiety is another mental disease which eats into the stamina of man.The devotee takes all happenings a divine dispensation and there is nothing to be disturbed abt.The devotee who is made up of such sterling qualities is claimed by the Lord as dear to Him.The devotee of the Lord is unconcerned whether those he deals with are friends or foes.He behaves in the same way and straightforward manner with one and

all. His dealings being clean he remains untroubled by their consequences.Serving the Lord being his sole motive,he is selfless in all his undertakings.He has everything to dedicate to the Maker and His beings;he has nothing to ask of them.So the attitude free from guile and deceit and a devotion true to the core these are the means to to take one Godward.Here I mean by devotee both man and woman though woman has not been specifically mentioned-A devotee is one who includes both.Such persons are dear to God according to Sri Krishna and He mentions the same in His Teachings. Hare Krishna, agraman. Find out what India is talking about on - Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW May god bless you, Dr. Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.D, Siromani in sanskrit.

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Dear all,

Radhe Krishna!

 

I find Sri. Ganapathy Raman's expositions on the subjects excellent,

his language is fine What he has said about a true devotee is

immensely appealing. I wish he contributes more and more by his

write-ups.

 

Love

KVG

 

 

 

 

GANAPATHY RAMAN wrote:

 

 

The feeling of oneself as alien to others is born of

ignorance.An aggressive form

this feeling is hatred,capable of creating poison in system.This

destructive feeling therefore has no place in thewholesome life of a

devotee.Mere avoidance of hatred is not sufficient.and stone like

people do not hate;but they are none the better for it.Life shuld take

a positive turn.Feeling oneself friendly to all is the mark of a

devotee's life.Careerists often cultivate friendship with all,with the

base motive of self-advancement.But a devotee of God is he who has

nothing to

seek,but everything to give.He is so compassionate that he ever

promotes the

welfare of the others.Of all forms of egoism,the spiritual

egoism is the most

dangerous one.If one develops the egoistic feeling that he is

rendering spiritual

help to others,he can hardly ever get out of that harmful

quagmire.A true devotee

is always free from the feeling of I and Mine.

 

Resulting from his benign services to others,a devotee may lose

his possessions,may even be put to hardship.But that ordeal causes

him no pain.

When the world happen to speak highly of his exemplary work and

life,he derives no pleasure from that praise.He is even minded in the

midst of

occurrances.It is not unoften that a devotee is put to

unwarranted affliction by the ignorant and wilful ones.But in such a

trying circumstance a genuine devotee

is always forebearing.Contentment,bliss and buoyancy

ever mark for their own.

As the needle of a compass always points to the north,the

faculties of devotee

are ever intent on Him.Such a devotee is naturally is ever dear

to the Lord.

Does the Lord attach any value to the wealth and property

dedicated to Him?

Nothing whatsoever.The Lord bestows His grace on that devotee

only who has an inordinate love and devotion to Him.The Lord attach all

importance to devotion

discrimination and detachment from worldliness.

 

The life of a devotee causes no harm to anybody in the

world.Directly or indirectly ,everything good emanates from his life

and nothing evil.Some of his

doings may sometimes seem painful to others;but even in such

actions intrinsic

good alone prevails.What the surgeon does to the patient and the

teacher to the

pupil may appear hurtful;but in effect they are wholesome.A

devotee in the position of Arjuna is obliged to bring about a

carnage.But ultimate good to the world is contained in that seeming

evil.Again,whatever harm befalls a devotee from the world is not viewed

by him as an injury.Sterling is his mind which accepts all afflications

as blessings in disguise from the Most High.The more the affliction

,the greater is the devotees delightful submission to the will of the

Lord.Prahlada is a model of the super-devotee.

 

What is the sort of self-culture that brings forth this genuine

frame of the mind

in the devotee?The fact is one shuld not feel joyous when one

comes at things

plesant;for that mind is a victim of joy is also a potential

victim of misery.A

strong mind,on the other hand ,reamains unaffected by joy and

sorrow.A devotee

is he who conquers anger and envy which are his twin

enemies.Every time

he is overcome by either of these,the stamina of his mind

declines.The wind of

anger or envy may toss the creeper of the mind of the ordinary

man;but the mind

of the devotee stands like a stalwart tree,unperturbed by it.He

is too strong to be

affected by such petty feelings.Fear is worse than death,which

can only rob a man of his body;whereas the former wrecks the entire

personality.The frightened

man is a heap of empty sensation;nothing worthy emanates from

him.The

devotee knows no fear and divinity beams out of him.Anxiety is

another mental

disease which eats into the stamina of man.The devotee takes all

happenings

a divine dispensation and there is nothing to be disturbed

abt.The devotee who is made up of such sterling qualities is claimed by

the Lord as dear to Him.The

devotee of the Lord is unconcerned whether those he deals with

are friends or foes.He behaves in the same way and straightforward

manner with one and all.

His dealings being clean he remains untroubled by their

consequences.Serving

the Lord being his sole motive,he is selfless in all his

undertakings.He has everything to dedicate to the Maker and His

beings;he has nothing to ask of them.So the attitude free from guile

and deceit and a devotion true to the core

these are the means to to take one Godward.Here I mean by

devotee both man and woman though woman has not been specifically

mentioned-A devotee is one who includes both.Such persons are dear to

God according to Sri Krishna and He mentions the same in His Teachings.

 

 

Hare Krishna,

agraman.

 

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