Be Happy with what you have-some??????

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HARI AUM

 

True. Guru is the one in between one & god.

Kuchelan's story has great relevance and wide

implications in the realm of the Indian mind. Though

the initial purpose of his travel was to seek, if

possible, some relief to his life full of extreme

poverty and hardships, he forgot the very purpose once

in the midst of Bhagavan; and Bhagavan true to his

nature bestowed upon him his 'dream desires'too!. To

understand the full relevance of the episode we need

to figure out why it didn'nt happen earlier? Why

Kuchelan had to undergo the humiliation of being poor

so long? How without his explicit seeking did the

miracle happen? What is the full import & message of

the story? If being poor and happy were the right

situations why did Bhagavan make his dear friend

wealthy?

 

Regards

 

Balagopal

 

NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA

--- " p.n. nandakumar " <p.n.nandakumar

wrote:

 

> Moral Stories A tribute to the great Bharatiya

> Samskruti.

>

>

>

> a) Be happy with what you have

>

> Materialistic pleasures were never the goals of

> Indians. People used to be

> satisfied with what they had and within what they

> had, used to help others.

> Their hearts were filled with pure love, friendship

> and bhakti. The story of

> Sudaama, the best friend of Lord Krishna, stands as

> an outstanding example

> for this.

>

> Sudaama and Krishna Bhagavan were good friends. The

> friendship started at

> their gurukulam with Shri Saandeepa. As always duty

> takes more priority than

> everything. Hence, after completing their studies

> they had to part. However,

> neither Krishna nor Sudaama could forget each other.

> Sudaama, knowing who

> Krishna really was, also had true devotion for him.

> Sudaama never was

> interested in earning lot of money or other such

> aihikechchas. Once after

> many years, not able to bear the separation from

> Krishna anymore, sets off

> to meet Krishna.

>

> On hearing the news of his friend's arrival, Krishna

> runs to the city gates

> to receive Sudaama personally. Krishna, the

> paramaatma, hugs Sudaama several

> times and they break into tears with uncontrollable

> aanandam. Krishna takes

> Sudaama to his palace and makes him sit comfortably

> on the shayanaasanam of

> Krishna and Rukmini Devi. Krishna, whose feet Brahma

> himself washed to

> produce the holy waters of Ganga, washed the feet of

> his friend, together

> with Rukmini, with utmost care. Then the Lord of the

> worlds, purifies

> himself, his queens and the palace with the paada

> jalam of the great

> scholar, Sudaama. Though Sudaama was very poor and

> did not even have money

> to eat food, he did not even think about it while he

> was with Krishna.

> Krishna took the atukulu brought by Sudaama for him

> and commented that it

> was one of his best ever meals. Both of them talked

> a lot, till their hearts

> were full and finally Sudaama returned to his house

> with a full heart,

> thoroughly satisfied with the Lord's sweet words.

>

> (Ofcourse, the sthiti kaaraka of the worlds,

> Krishna, blesses him with all

> worldly pleasures too…)

>

> [image: Greatness of Krishna]

>

> *Morals in the story:*

>

> 1. Money, property and other pleasures are

> Kshanabhanguraas and as a

> person keeps satisfying them, they will only

> increase. Hence, like Sudaama,

> one needs to be content with what he has. Even

> given a chance to ask

> anything from Krishna, he did not choose to ask

> him!

> 2. The nature of pure friendship is exposed by

> Krishna and Sudaama.

> Krishna, being the lord of the universe, washed

> the feet of his friend and

> purifies himself with the paada-jalam. Sudaama,

> though was extremely poor,

> never asked Krishna for wealth and make

> friendship a business.

> 3. Notice that only a guru is one who makes a

> person meet God. This is

> reflected clearly in the story. It is because of

> Saandeepa that Krishna and

> Sudaama knew each other and met each other again.

> 4. Krishna making his friend sit on his shayya,

> talk with him what

> Rukmini and he talk intimately and receiving

> Sudaama at the gates of the

> city show how intimate & sincere friendship must

> be.

> 5. The kind of respect one must give to an Atithi

> and a scholar is well

> brought out by Krishna.

>

> Message:

>

> Self-contentment gives a man the power to control

> any of his attraction

> towards the wrong path. If a person is not

> self-satisfied, he will always

> have ever increasing greed. Even control over the

> universe would not give

> him satisfaction.

> Published in:

>

> - Atithi seva

> - Guru Bhakti

> - MitralÄbham

> - Santá¹›pti

>

> regards,

>

> nandakumar

>

> courtesey - http://wordpress.com/tag/atithi-seva

 

 

 

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