Guest guest Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 A Garden of Spiritual Life By Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji A servant of the Lord In love And prayer did build a temple small He Jo vedandhe did pray for ail And he was gentle as the dove! His temple was not seen by eyes Of men who glare and glitter see: His temple was forth simple free-The truly pure and fair and wise! He built this temple in the soul Of the little ones: and they adored The Lord of Love and they outpoured On all their love: they saw the goal! Travelers come to a crossroad on their journey. To one side of the road is a barren plot, full of weeds and thistles. Travelers look at that barren place and frown. But on the other side of the road is a beautiful garden - full of trees, shrubs, and fragrant flowers. In the spring, in the summer, even in the winter, varieties of flowers bloom there. Travelers look at the plot, so beautiful and fragrant, and praise the owner of that garden. Our life can be compared to a piece of land. If we are careless, our life becomes just as that barren plot- full of thistles and unwelcome growth; a Godless life; a life in which there is no peace, no harmony; a life which has cultivated only material pleasures and harvested egotism, vanity, greed and hate. But if we have dedicated our life to spiritual and moral values, it becomes like the fragrant flower garden - a life grounded in faith in God; a life in which the character has been freed from greed and unwelcome passions. A person of such character will be known by his behavior he will have cultivated sweetness, compassion, kindness, understanding, and patience. Spiritual life is indeed a flower garden. Sometimes we are afraid of living a spiritual life. We think that if we travel too far in this direction, we will be deprived of many things. There will not be any emotion, any love, and any action. We will become like stone; our life will be like a desert. That is a wrong idea. On the contrary, if spiritual life is rightly understood and rightly lived, it becomes a wonderful flower garden. A flower garden is not simply dear to the person who works in that garden; it is dear and appealing to any onlooker. So too with a spiritual life; it is very dear and precious not only to the person who is living that life but also to all those who come in contact with it. Spiritual Blossoming to be contd...... http://www.saileelas.org/magazines/saipadananda/jan1999.htm#AGardenofSpiritu alLife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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