Guest guest Posted April 1, 2000 Report Share Posted April 1, 2000 Thanks all for the wonderful explanation...especially about the meaning of the word Shraddha. I was away from home for a few weeks, hence the belated reply. By the way, I have read that the Katha was the most beloved upanishad of Swami Vivekananda and HE used to emphasize that we have to develop Shraddha in ourselves, just as Nachiketas had. There's an interesting story about Nachiketas in the Vaaraha Purana wherein he describes in detail about the various hells and the tortures in hell. There's no mention about the Atma Vidya as in the Katha Up. Can it be that the story in the Purana is an interpolation? Ramakrishna wrote: ------ MAXIMIZE YOUR CARD, MINIMIZE YOUR RATE! Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 0.0% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! http://click./1/2122/2/_/411454/_/953808127/ ------ Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah Vivekananda Centre London http://www.btinternet.com/~vivekananda/ ------ There are 4 messages in this issue. Topics in today's digest: 1. VML-3/22/00 ananta <sarada 2. Re: Shradda Gokulmuthu N <gomu 3. Re: namaskar " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda 4. Re: Re: Shradda " vinaire " <vinaire _____________________________ _____________________________ Message: 1 Wed, 22 Mar 2000 05:46:39 -0500 ananta <sarada VML-3/22/00 This is what this Jnana-Yoga teaches. It tells man that he is essentially divine. It shows to mankind the real unity of being, and that each one of us is the Lord God Himself, manifested on earth. All of us, from the lowest worm that crawls under our feet to the highest beings to whom we look up with wonder and awe-all are manifestations of the same Lord. -- _______ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, " Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? " Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fears, our presence automatically liberates others. _____________________________ _____________________________ Message: 2 Wed, 22 Mar 2000 19:55:37 +0530 (IST) Gokulmuthu N <gomu Re: Shradda Hello, The best example for Shradda are the words of Nachiketa in the Katha Upanisad. When his father gives away useless things in charity, young Nachiketa feels that he should remind his father of his duties. He thinks thus, " I am not the best in the world; I am not bad either. I am someone who can know good from the bad atleast to an extent. I am sure that what my father is doing is not right. If my father gives me in charity, I can bring some merit to my father, which will counter act his wrong deed. " This right understanding of one's worth, which results in positive action is called Shradda. Shradda can be translated as " faith in oneself " . It is not over-confidence and it is not self-degradation. With love, Gomu. -- ---------- Email: gomu Phone: +91 80 6689904 Webpages: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1863 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2973 ---------- _____________________________ _____________________________ Message: 3 Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:20:31 -0000 " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda Re: namaskar Dear List members The internet is an unusual tool. It allows us to develop links with devotees who live in far off places. - mercantile <srk <vivekananda 22 March 2000 18:50 namaskar > Vivekananda centre ,Londom > Thank u very much for remembering us. > We, in Nepal,are running a small private centre since 1995.We do have > Swamijis visiting us off and on. We hope we can have a Ramakrishna > Mission centre in Nepal in near future. > Pls kindly inlist us in your mail . > Thank u, and Namaskar. > Badridas Shrestha > Secretary General > Ramakrishna Vivekananda Vedanta Society > PO Box 2956 Kathmandu > NEPAL > Tel/Fax; ++977 1 538435 > > _____________________________ _____________________________ Message: 4 Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:19:23 -0500 " vinaire " <vinaire Re: Re: Shradda This is a wonderful explanation! Thank you. Gokulmuthu N <gomu Hello, The best example for Shradda are the words of Nachiketa in the Katha Upanisad. When his father gives away useless things in charity, young Nachiketa feels that he should remind his father of his duties. He thinks thus, " I am not the best in the world; I am not bad either. I am someone who can know good from the bad atleast to an extent. I am sure that what my father is doing is not right. If my father gives me in charity, I can bring some merit to my father, which will counter act his wrong deed. " This right understanding of one's worth, which results in positive action is called Shradda. Shradda can be translated as " faith in oneself " . It is not over-confidence and it is not self-degradation. With love, Gomu. _____________________________ _____________________________ __________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 OMSAIRAM Prayer should be with love, affection and devotion, may be once, which reaches Me across the seven seas. The reactions to the actions of past lives have to be tolerated in this life As you sow so you reap. You must bear with the happy and unhappy situations as the will of Lord. I do every thing for one who remembers Me always with faith and patience Sadguru Sai had also promised that I help those who bear with reactions to all one's past actions easily, provided your love, faith and patience in Me is unflinching. Sadgurus do not break the laws of nature, but they communicate in such a manner, that their faithful devotees can face the ordeals of life rather easily. Therefore, let our prayers to Baba be thus, " Oh Master, the ocean of compassion, we promise to destroy the results of our Prarabdha Karmas of the past lives by bearing them in this life, but we invoke Thy blessings to control our inner thoughts that, we do not repeat those sinful activities At the journey's start the Master is the boatman, the boat and the river. At the journey's end, the Master becomes the goal itself. A beginner-seeker sees the Master as the boat. When he crosses beyond the barrier of the mind, he sees the Master as the boatman. When he establishes his constant oneness with the Master, he sees the Master as the river. And when he becomes the most perfect instrument of the Master, he sees the Master as his goal itself. When the hour strikes for the disciple, the disciple also has to play the role of a Master, for progress must continue in the world of self-giving and God-becoming. " Baba says...The disciples should have firm faith, backed up by intelligence, and if they add patience to these, their spiritual goal will not be distant. The average disciples are those who carry out the orders of their Masters to a letter, without any delay and the third kind of disciples are those, who go on postponing the carrying out of their orders and make mistakes at every step. The best kind of disciples are those, who guess what their Pujya Gurudev want and immediately carry it out and serve them, without waiting for an order from them " There is a tendency to interpret renunciation as merely giving up worldly attachments. Renunciation truly means attaining perfect equanimity. People may criticize you or praise you, take them both with a sense of equanimity. One may try to harm you while another may try to do you a good turn; treat both situations with equanimity. In one business venture, you may incur a loss while in another you may make a profit; treat them both alike. Equanimity is the hallmark of spiritual attainment. To get close to Baba & to feel His presence, you must love Him. Bear His image to dwell in your heart. Serve all as if you are serving Him & see His presence in all. He is with you & you are part of Him & are inseparable How to live;- Live as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow. The essence of the Gita:- For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked and for the establishment of righteousness, I am born in every age. Curb your tongue & senses and you are beyond trouble. Be in Silence & fruits of life. ALLAH MALLIK nimanofakir-31.7.08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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