Re:Digest Number 154

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Duryodhana says in Mahabharata (Pandava Gita) that

 

Jaanaami dharmam na cha me pravrittih

 

Jaanaami adharmam na cha me nivrittih

 

Kenapi devena hridisthitena

 

Yatha niyuktosmi tatha karomi

 

Means: I know what is right, but I cannot do it, I know what is

wrong, but I cannot refrain from it. Some motivating power decides

in my heart, and whatever it designs, that only I can do.

 

These are the words of Duryodhana in Dwapara Yuga, when Dharmam was

on two legs. This the situation of every one of us in Kali Yuga too,

when the Dharmam is on one leg only. But, as Bhagawan Ramana

Maharshi says, God has given us freewill to use it properly, before

acting. Once the action takes place, you are bound by the karma

phala, unless you do it with Tyaga Bhava. Divine incarnations like

Sai Baba are spreading unconditional love amongst people from all

walks of life through various ways and means to show how one should

follow the path of unconditional love and tyaga. Love is the only

force which binds person to person and prakriti, which includes

everything else, and it is such a bond, no latest adhesive will work

so well. Unconditional Love is the essence of all Vedanta and unless

we kindle the light of this unconditional love now in our hearts, I

am afraid, we are wasting our present lives. The sooner the better

and one has no choice if one wants to llive not only happily now,

but also to reach HIS abode. Hence, I salute from the ottom of my

heart all the saints who preached and are preaching this

unconditional love. I am sure, Swamiji is talking about this

treasure only, which is hidden right under us, but we are blind to

it. The soon we realise this truth, the better for our lives.

 

Love and Love alone...

 

P. Gopi Krishna

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[Guest guest]

" The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. "

Henry Thoreau

 

One Question ?

 

Duryodhana knew what was right from wrong and so do many of us. But

due to past karma phala which determines our buddhi , we act in a

particular whihc inturn creates another cyel of karma phala. How do

you get ou of it ? How do you transform a basically bad ( there are

cruel people in this world. one cannot ignore it. if we do, it is

better to recognise that it is just a state of denial) person to so

called good? How does the emanicpation of godliness occur?

 

" Laxmi Deepshika Cherukuri " <laks_deep

[Guest guest]

Dear Laxmi,

 

Sai Ram. I am sure there could be better answers but here is what

strikes me.

 

Each soul goes through a series of cycles (like pendulum swings) of

action and reaction. Duryodhana's life was in the negative swing of

the karmic pendulum. So, even as he knows intellectually what is

good and what is bad, his moral fibre has not become strong enough

to resist temptations to do what are assuredly selfish acts. Knowing

intellectually is the first stage of knowing in the heart of heart

so that the desire itself is totally eradicated. So, at any given

time, there will always be good people and there will always be bad,

cruel people. For the good, it is a test to see whether their

goodness remains good in the face of unadulterated cruelty. For most

of us, it will be easy to be good to good people but not easy to be

good to bad people. We all tend to react or be like mirrors. So, the

karmic pendulum or yo-yo keeps moving.

 

The best way of dealing with badness or cruelty is to realise that

both and bad come out the same God (Parabrahma) who is untouched by

all the attributes. That does not mean that we have to accept the

evil. At the practical level, we should oppose the act, but without

hatred for the actor. Sai Ram.

 

With best wishes,

 

Swamy

 

Laxmi Deepshika Cherukuri <laks