Sermon on the Mount - 1

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The Sermon on the Mount - 1

 

The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) - Part 1

 

[ And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set

[ his disciples came unto him:

[ And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying ...

 

The Sermon on the Mount was given as a private teaching to the disciples.

Every spiritual teacher has one set of teachings for his inner most circle

of disciples and one for the masses. Sri Ramakrishna used to talk in a

general way on Sundays, when there used to be large crowds. He asked his

close disciples to come on weekdays and gave them special instructions. Sri

Ramana Mahrishi used to uncompromisingly cut the arguments of general public

by asking them to ponder upon " Who am I " . But to close disciples, he gave

specific instructions on spiritual life like japa and bhajans. This is not

impartiality. The teacher knows who is a serious seeker, and who comes just

to relieve some worldly burden, only to go back to the world.

 

Also, not all can understand the core of religion. To the general public,

religion means to go to church or temple once in a week, mumble some

prayer before meals, sleep, etc. They see holy men as people who will

hear their words of woe and may be show a miracle or two. But serious

seekers do not bother about these " attractions " of the teacher. They find

in him something deeper. The worth of the teacher in the eyes of the disciple

is much more than the whole world put together. It is to such seekers that

the teacher reveals the core of his message, which will serve as a perennial

source of the teachers' ideas for ages to come. The Sermon on the Mount is

such a work.

 

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