Guest guest Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 THE MAKING OF A DEVOTEE by Swami Vidyatmananda (John Yale) http://theworld.com/~elayj/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Dear Girish: Thanks so much for recommending the following link: THE MAKING OF A DEVOTEE by Swami Vidyatmananda (John Yale) http://theworld.com/~elayj/ I'd like to share a small portion from one of John Yale's talks I found at the site: " After I took sannyas, Swami Prabhavananda told me the following: " Nothing - remember, nothing bad can ever happen to you again. It may be bad, it may seem bad, but it won't be bad for you. " Now that's a very curious statement. Because it seems to contradict itself. But if you reflect a little bit on it you see exactly what it means. It means this - that, having put yourself in His hands, having taken your stand as a devotee - both as occupation and avocation -whatever happens, we must believe and know, must be good for you. And, of course, as you go on with your life you realise that He is pulling all the strings. Events that seem impossibly terrible at the moment - disasters - at the moment, somehow or another twist themselves around - or you get twisted around, that's probably the case - so that later on we can say, 'well, I wouldn't have had it any other way.' " Jai Ramakrishna! Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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