[ramakrishna] About Shraddha: Digest Number 383

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I think shraddha means respect, belief and to approach to learn something

with respect. This feeling is something which cannot be forced on someone.

It develops within an individual. When someone does something out of

Shraddha then one does it in freeness.

 

 

On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Dr C S Shah wrote:

>

> Swami Vivekananda defines (faith) shraddha as 'a sincere belief in a

> concept and the consequent eagerness to reach it.'

>

> Sri Ramakrishna gives a wonderful example about the definition and

> significance of shraddha:

>

> " Suppose there is a thief in this room, and he gets to know that there

> is a mass of gold in the next room; what will be the condition of that

> thief? " The answer is, " He will not be able to sleep at all; his brain

> will be actively thinking of some means of getting at the gold, and he

> will think of nothing else. "

>

> The strong desire to get the required gold is based on the faith in the

> words of the friend who has told the thief about the presence of gold.

> And the thief will be happy only when he realizes the same.

> The emphasis is on the belief and strong effort = shraddha.

>

> Thus if we have faith in the words of Sri Thakur that God can be seen

> and realized, true shraddha will compel us to attempt one pointedly to

> seek Him, like that thief who will rest only after getting hold of the

> gold!

>

> dr c s s

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