SWAMI'S DISCOURSE ON KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI

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SWAMI'S DISCOURSE ON KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI

 

HE IS EVER JOYFUL

 

The good are always the target of malice and envy, slander and abuse

from the wicked. Be assured that your goodness can be made tough

enough to stand these ordeals. Avathars (or divine incarnations) too

are not exempt from the attentions of these wicked forces.

 

Truth Always Triumphs

 

Krishna had to encounter these obstacles from the very cradle, right

up to the finish of His life on earth. Personal spite, false slander,

unfounded abuse and defamation followed Him at every step. Demons who

could not tolerate the Light and the Love that He cast around Him

conspired to tarnish His Name and obstruct

His Mission. They tried to bind Him, to foil His plans and pervert His

instruments. But Truth triumphed and falsehood stood exposed and

disgraced.

 

Truth may be clouded for some little time by the fog of slander but

victory is certain. The forces of hate will be destroyed;defeated by

their own wiles; they dig for their own downfall; their action

results in reactions, ruinous for themselves.

 

In the Court of Dhritarashtra (in the epic Mahabharata), the Kauravas

(those who did not follow righteousness) planned to bind Krishna and

put Him out of action

 

when He went to His Court on the mission of peace; but what happened?

The stratagem recoiled on themselves and they were destroyed......

Krishna was unscathed by their wiles and their campaign of defamation.

 

When the Kauravas were indulging in their campaign of slander, many

devotees were greatly distressed. For example, Sahadeva, the youngest

of the Pandava Brothers (who followed righteousness), welcomed Lord

Krishna back to their camp, with the words, " I am not concerned at

failure of your mission; I know that it is all part of your plan. But

I am overjoyed that you have returned unharmed,

from that nest of demons. "

 

Krishna is undefinable, ever pure, ever bright and ever effulgent in

renown. Those who try to foil Him are forever tarred by their own

blackness. The malignancy of those who cannot bear His Glory will

cause their eternal disgrace;

 

it cannot affect Him in the least. His Glory will increase a

hundredfold with every challenge from these peddlers of slander.

Wicked men tried to bring the Lord into disrepute by persecuting and

torturing krishna's devotees; but when they stood up to every

challenge with joyful fortitude. They gained vaster glory and the

Lord's Truth was magnificently vindicated.

 

False Campaign – A Feature of Every Age

 

Persons who cannot tolerate the Glory of the Avatar have indulged in

such campaigns,... in every Age! They have contributed to the

heightening of the splendors and the spread of the message, in every

age. Their activities are all instruments to the propagation of the

glory throughout the world.

 

Even today, such things happen; but all of you must recognize their

inevitability and their fundamental falsehood, and carry on your

spiritual practice in full faith and assurance, with undiminished

enthusiasm and joy. The Sai Principle, the Sai Divinity can never be

affected by any slander; it can never be shaken by any tactics; its

progress can never be halted. Do not pay heed to the bar-kings you

hear.

 

A stray dog stops and looks at its own shadow in the stream; it

mistakes the shadow for another dog and starts barking aloud. This

sets all the dogs in the neighborhood, and later in the region, bark

in unison. The reason why the first dog barked is its own ignorance

of fact. The reason why the other dogs followed suit is that the

first dog called the tune. A huge scare is built on a patent

falsehood. Thus the story goes on, adding one thing to another.

 

Just as devotees remained unruffled in the Age of Krishna, you too

must stand firm and be unaffected. Faith must endow you with courage

and calmness. The life of Krishna teaches you this lesson more than

others: do not lend your ears or mortgage your minds to purveyors of

scandal.

 

Devotion to the Divine Will Give You Prosperity

 

Krishna had to meet these malicious slanderers and destroy them one

by one, throughout His life. His parents, His companions, His

devotees - no one had peace from that tribe of Kauravas. The message

is that you must see the Truth that is covered by all the tales and

legends that tarnish the Name.

 

Devotion to the Divine will give you bliss, and prosperity and peace.

It cannot inflict pain, perturbation or personal anxiety. It fosters

love and brings all together as one band of brothers. The Avatar will

not be affected in the least by these trivial tactics. It is love

itself; so, it is always bliss, always happy in song and dance.

 

Krishna lived all His years singing and dancing in the ecstasy which

was His very nature. He was humming a tune within Himself all the

while, whether He was on a flower bed or a battlefield.

 

I too am unaffected by praise or blame. My bliss (or Ananda) never

suffers diminution. Where there is love, there is Ananda; where there

is Ananda, there is music. That is the reason why Krishna sang the

Bhagavad Gita (the Celestial song) while the clarion calls to start

the battle were rising from the serried ranks.

 

Love knows no fear, no untruth, no anxiety, no grief. I am love; I

shower love; I share love; I am pleased with love; I bless that you

have more and more of love to more and more Beings. Love is God, live

in Love—that is the message of Sri Krishna.

 

- Bhagawan Baba on Krishnastami Day, 10 Jun, 1974 .

With Sai Love Sent by Ram.Chugani

Ramchand Chugani <rgcjp