Sant Tukkaram- Part-7 by Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji

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Radhe Krishna To All,

 

Securing the company of a Sadhu is the result of good merits (‘punya’)

earned in crores of janmas. So says Adi Sankara in Viveka Choodamani. The

'janma' in which you attain a Sadguru is verily your last 'janma'.

 

A dog, when beckoned, runs to eat the food thrown at it. The man picks up a

stick and beats the dog with it. Unable to bear the pain of the beating, the dog

decides not to come running to this fellow the next day if he were to beckon.

But, the next day it runs up when called, having forgotten the vow, and gets

beaten up along with the food thrown. In the same way, in this life we face some

problem or the other. While faced with the problem we vow not to indulge in life

but to dedicate our life to attain Bhagavan. But, once the pain of the suffering

vanishes we forget the vow and step into the drama of life - only to suffer all

over again!

 

When a snake catches a frog, it takes almost a day for it to swallow the frog.

Meanwhile the frog caught from behind has its face turned outwards. It puts out

its tongue and keeps swallowing the flies that fall on to it! It is being pulled

into death in the form of the snake but the frog, unaware of it, is enjoying its

food! In the same way Yama (the God of death) has his hand on our neck; yet we

are trying to snatch as much fun and frolic out of this life even while moving

towards death!

 

Once Pattinathar found people weeping over a dead relative in their home.

Pattinathar sat on the pyol of the house and began to weep, too. The relatives

stopped crying and came out to find out in what way was this man (Pattinathar)

related to the dead. They asked him, " Who are you? We have never seen you

before. How are you related to the dead? " Pattinathar said to them, " I am

weeping for the 'live' corpses that are crying for the 'dead corpse'! " Every one

is going to meet death some day but without realizing this we weep for the dead!

 

A snake catches a frog and tries to swallow it. A snake's throat is very small.

It is unable to swallow the frog. Both the snake and the frog suffer and finally

both of them die. Thus, if one embraces a Guru who is not of the highest order,

both the Guru and the sishya (disciple) would fall headlong.

 

!!! Will continue !!!

 

Regards

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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