Share the wisdom of Sri Sri Ravishankarji - 38 & 39.

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Dear friends and devotees

 

Bhakti is eternal.

 

Share the wisdom with His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji.

 

38. COMPASSION

 

There are two types of compassion. One is the compassion of the wise; one is

that of the ignorant.

 

An ignorant person’s compassion is toward the fruit of an action – to

alleviate the sickness or suffering that he witnesses. But a wise person’s

compassion is toward the lack of knowledge – to remedy the underlying reason for

sickness or suffering.

 

Compassion for suffering shows ignorance. Suffering comes because of karma and

if you believe in karma, where is compassion? You reap the fruit of your

actions.

 

If a judge has compassion for offenders, then the jails will be empty. But are

judges cruel to offenders? No. the judge’s compassion is for the lack of

knowledge he sees, not for the suffering of the criminals. It is the criminal’s

karma.

 

Often people think compassion is an act, an action. Know that compassion is

your very nature. Then you will see that karma and compassion are not

contradictory but rather complement one another.

 

39. KARMA

 

Some karma can be changed and some cannot.

 

When you prepare a dessert, if there is too little sugar or too little butter,

too much or too little milk, it can all be adjusted, repaired. But once it is

cooked, it cannot be reversed.

 

If buttermilk is sour, milk or salt can be added to make it drinkable but it

can never be reversed back to milk.

 

Prabdha karma cannot be changed. Sanchita karma can be changed by spiritual

practices. Satsang burns the seed of all negative karma.

 

When you praise someone, you take on their good karma.

 

When you blame someone, you take on their bad karma.

 

Know this and surrender both good and bad karma to the Divine and be free.

 

Strange are the ways of karma. The more you understand it, the more amazed you

become. Karma brings people together and separates them. It causes some to be

weak and some to be strong. It makes some rich and some poor. All the struggles

in the world, whatever they may be, are the bondage of karma. It cuts across all

logic and reasoning. This understanding lifts you and keeps you from getting

stuck in events or personalities and helps you in your journey to the self.

 

Only human life has the ability to be free from karma. And only a few

thousand aim to be free from it. Performing actions cannot eliminate karma. Only

through grace can the bondage of karma be burnt.

 

Contd . . . 40.

 

With love and regards

 

Sastry