The foolish frog - post received from Ravishankar Gopal

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

In this Yuga, three activities are alone enough to attain the Lord –worship in

temples, Satsang, and Nama Kirtan. Satsang here, means the reading of Srimad

Bhagavatam, listening to the stories and qualities of the Lord, the lives of

great Mahans etc.

 

Even if the first and second are not possible, I can assure you that the Divine

Name alone can make you attain God.This is certain and it is the only way!

 

---------Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

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The foolish frog?

 

The throat of a snake is only as thick as a needle. So when it catches a prey,

it takes a tremendously long time to ingest it. The snake does not use its

tongue to kill its prey. This is because the venom present in its tongue could

prove detrimental to itself. So it only crushes the prey and ingests it.

 

When a frog is caught in the jaws of a snake, it sits there for an extremely

long time (until it is consumed via the snake's throat) alive, not knowing that

it is truly in the jaws of death. In the mean time, the frog happily sticks out

its tongue and tries to catch the flies and insects to satiate its hunger!

 

Similarly, we are all in the jaws of the snake called death. This venomous snake

consumes us instant by instant. We have lost as much percentage of our life to

death as our age is! Oblivious of this fact, we indulge in worldly matters and

mundane pleasures akin to the foolish frog.

 

Should we not be afraid of death? Should we not make the best use of our time

and surrender unto the Lord by chanting His Name always?

 

Category: As it strikes me by Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji

 

Gudiyatham Mass Prayer - Nov 09 - Part-3

 

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Regards & Chant The Maha mantra:

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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