What's in a name!

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Sri Vinayaka asks :

 

(Is there any great tragedy if a true bhakta of sri krishna dies

without recalling him due to some mental disorder? Will the lord

allow

such things to happen? )

 

Oh! Vinayaka ! You ask such interesting questions and your veera

mataji has to put her thinking cap on ! but Lord Krishna always

comes to my rescue!

 

Vinayaka , who could be more celibate than Bhisma Pitamaha ? He was

a brahmachari from head to toe !

 

When Bhisma , the war general , was lying on the bed of arrows in

the Kurukshetra war and was awaiting death , he composed what iws

called Bhsima sthuthi!

 

here , it is my pleasure to recall the last and final verse of

Bhisma sthuthi!

 

:

Tamimahamajam SarIrabhAjaam

hrudhi-hrudhi dhishtitham Aathma kalpithAnAm

Prathidhrusamiva naikadhArkamEkam

samadhigathOsmi vidhUtha-bhEdhamOha:

 

Bhisma says " I have now realized that the eternal/birthless Lord is

the Supreme One, who shines in the hearts of all of His creations;

my nescience has been banished now. The Sun in the Sky is the

Only One, which is perceived by the eye. The eyes that look at this

One object however are many, but it is the same, one and only Sun

seen by many eyes. Just as the Image (Prathi-Bimbham) of the Sun is

seen as different objects by many and yet there is no change in the

Sun, I have understood clearly now that the Lord seen as the

resident of many heart lotuses is still the Same Supreme Being. This

Jn~Anam has taken firm root in my mind and I have now attained the

status of KruthArthan. "

 

Well, Vinayakaji ! You can interpret it anyway you like - as an

expression of Advaita bhakti ( SEE PROFESSORJI'S EXPLANATION OF THE

SAME VERSE ON HIS WEB SITE ) or as 'sharangati' tattwa of a Sri

Krishna devotee - it does not matter ! The fact is a true jnani is

always a aand a true bhakta is always a jnani till the end ! So ,

where is the question of a parama jnani or a parama bhakta losing

his real Identity ?

 

Vinayakaji , please say this verse every night and you will never

forget it !

 

mayy eva mana adhatsva

mayi buddhim nivesaya

nivasisyasi mayy eva

ata urdhvam na samsayah ( 12 : 8)

 

Poojya gurudeva Chinmayanandaji explanation

 

" Fix your mind on Me only, place your intellect in Me; then,

(thereafter) you shall, no doubt, live in Me alone. "

 

Yes! Dear heart ! Sri Krishna bhagwan does not 'reside' in your

head only;( or in the advaitin archives/files) Sri Krishna should

be in your heart also ! You may forget to think but can you forget

to breathe ? Even a man/woman suffering from Alzhemier's may forget

names/forms etc but can he forget to breathe ? As long there

is 'breath' in his / her body - Sri Krishna will be in his /her

breath! This 'abhyasa' will never be dissipated !

 

Jai Sri Krishna !