Are we making any efforts to shed tears for the sake of God? - Swami

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You are not born for shedding tears. Hence you should also leave this world happily. Why should you have to worry about the ephemeral things like wealth and property, which are physical, fleeting, and impermanent? Such an attitude is unbecoming of a human being. These are all gifts from God.

 

There are four concepts that you must always keep in mind: the vyakthi (the individual), samashti (society), srishti (creation) and Parameshti (God). The srishti emerged out of Parameshti. From srishti came samashti, and samashti itself consists of vyakthi. Without vyakthi there can be no samashti. Hence, ultimately these are all God’s gift. Are we making any efforts to shed tears for the sake of God? No. we are worried about passing clouds, which are ephemeral. This is not the true nature of a human being.

 

- From Swami's 2008 Sankranthi Discourse

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