Guest guest Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 om sai ram 'The natural acceptance of divine will becomes the way of life without any internal disputes or dialogues' --well said!!! --very well explained the essence of surrender!! 'sai bless u' sai ram --- Swamy Mahadevan <mahadevanvnswamy wrote: > Surrender > > In Sai satcharita it is emphasized that to attain > God in kaliyug the > easiest method is devotion. Devotion or love of God > develops in those > who have Faith in the words of the Guru and the > Scriptures. It is > mentioned that the devotion should be of a nature of > surrender to the > Guru with love and humility. > > Surrender means to give away something of ours on > compulsion or > demand. If one looks carefully and thoughtfully at > what is that we > are surrendering in spiritual life, the answer is a > big surprise. > Spiritual life can either be a bhaktimarg or jnana > marg. In bhakti > marg the sincere devotee feels every thing belongs > to God (tera tere > arpan kya lage mera). So the question of surrender > does not arise. In > jnana marg the jnani feels that God is the absolute > reality. (Ekam > advitiyam brahma). If there is only one thing exists > who is > surrendering to who! So again the word surrender > does not arise. > > So, the word surrender is used for those who believe > that they are in > the bondage of body, mind and intellect complex > (ego). Surrender in > the truest sense is the ultimate step for a devotee. > Surrender > removes the ego from the person. > > In the beginning stages of devotion the surrender to > God or Guru may > be due to one's own fears or desires etc. Usually > the gates of > surrender open when the ego feels helpless in > answering the questions > of life (Blessing in disguise)! The story of Sri > Sathe in Sai > Satcharita emphasizes this example. As one > progresses in sadhana one > realizes the limitations of ego and unlimited > potential of God. It is > like climbing the steps of a huge temple. Surrender > to God due to any > cause will uplift the person provided the person > persuades the > sadhana with honesty and sincerity. (To mention a > few, Prahlada with > knowledge, Dhruva with desire, Meera with love, > Sugriva with fear > surrendered to God) .As the surrender deepens, the > body mind complex > starts melting in the divine love. The feeling of > " Let me become an > instrument in the hands of God " , evolves. Slowly, > the feelings of me > and mine get sublimated in the wake of knowledge. In > this stage > devotee will come to know that what appeared, as > sadhana is also his > Grace only. At this point the natural acceptance of > divine will > becomes the way of life without any internal > disputes or dialogues. > It is like when a jasmine blossoms it exudes the > fragrance as a > natural occurrence. This knowledge or divine love > leads to live one's > life obeying and following the teachings of Guru > with the nature of > peace which passeth all understanding. This total > annihilation of ego > makes one to know that God alone is. This > experiential truth is > nothing but the flow of the Grace of the God making > the devotee to > climb up the final rung in the ladder of surrender. > Sri Sai aptly > mentions this, " You Look To Me, I look To You. " > > > > ______________________________\ ____ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents./mailbeta/newmail_tools.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Excellent Question and here is what I understand - Leaving Ego - Leaving Selfishness - Leaving Anger - Leaving Greed - Leaving Lust - Leaving Attachment - Pure focus on devotion to Swamiji - Follow His instructions - Satisfy with what you have and get, no questions asked - Continue your responsibilities without Expectations - Keep improvising on all above If I have to answer in one word it will be " SILENCE " path to surrender. Jai Guru Datta jaigurudatta suresh_k50 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:10:06 -0700 Surrender Good day Request , can any one ,please explain what exactly surrender means in the spiritual path or in Guru- disciple relation? and how we implentment it in our day to day life ? Kindly explain in simple , layman terms. Thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Dear Gurubheans & Gurubhais: Jaya Guru Datta to all & particularly to Dr. Sureshji : & Well said James bondji ... about the street dog example .. & you are right every body cannot do this .. ! I mean the Surrender bussiness... ! I was so happy to see so many e-mails eminating from all corners of the world on this subject. Everybody is putting forward their concept & I think sureshji you should compile all of this & edit it & then post it as a file on surrender. This will be a ong e-mail but i just cant help it as Sri suresh's em has triggered a flow of thought that, I am unable to stop.. ! Allow me tell you all... a practical aspect of our " surrender " & how it has changed our life & how blissful we are on surrendering to our sadguru .... ! please undersatnd that by narrating this... we are not boasting of how we did it, but by understanding somewhat " what Surrender is about " It has broought about so many changes in our life & we are thankfull to our sadguru for this. . We could do it in our life ..our sitauiion allowed us to do it.. but lot of adjustments were needed, but i think we did it 7 are still doing it ... just for our own benifit. Yes, you may say we are Lucky, very lucky to be in this place, but this luck has been brought about without our knowledge ( i think ) by our Surrender to sadguru & His grace on us is evident A small preamble before the main subject : Our good friends in Canada center will rememebr us fairly well way back in 1997 when we met Sri swamiji for the first time ... Even though My wife hails from Mysore & I had worked in mysore in 1983-65. we never met Him, eventhough we heard of Him ( Ego comes in ) At our very first private meeting with Sri Swamiji He said : ... " ... that is why in Kannada there is a saying .. Hittala Gida maddu alla .. " meaning the backyard medicinal plant is never considered as a remidy... ! He told us ... Enough is enough .... come back to india ... ! We did not understand then what it ment. I was suffering from acute pain in my right hip, so much so that every step I keep would send shooting pain up my body. as Osteoartharitis had set in & I was badly in need of a Hip replacement surgery. In Toranto December - january of 97-98 was the worst winter, with Montreal -Ottawa getting cut off without power supply for more than 15 days due to heavy snow.. remember .. ? I was in Canada on a one year work extedable to 2 years work visa. my wife Gayathri was on a montessori exchange program from her school in USA again for one year extedable to two.. ! Lucky .. ? No .... ! it was all prearranged by Sri Swamiji as we had to meet him ! In April - May of 98, without our effort situations arose that we had to visit Bangalore ( work for me & her mothers illness for gayathri ) . As this trip was to be for more than 2 months or possibilities of not getting back .. we wound up everything & bid good bye to our friends. We came back to gayathri's parents house in banaglore & after the intial few days of courtsey visits to all relatives 7 friends .. we were in Mysore just 15 days before Nada Mantapa opening. ! Now the main Subject of Surrender... ! (1) aspect of Surrender : We heeded to His advice of coming back to India. (2) there have been number of other aspects which have happened in our life since the past 10 years that we have been here .. it is too elobarate to nerrate .. but i will record it & on special e-mail to me i will share those " episodes " with you .. jai guru datta ... sri guru datta ... ! Prakash at pooja counter of Sri datta venkateshwara temple - mysore S G S ashrama On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Suresh Kumar Koppisetti < suresh_k50 wrote: > > > Good day > Request , can any one ,please explain what exactly surrender means in the > spiritual path or in Guru- disciple relation? and how > we implentment it in our day to day life ? > Kindly explain in simple , layman terms. > Thankyou > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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