I am un affected - Baba

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Shankaram Shiva Shankaram

 

A boy who comes here to , who studied comp. Science, & joined a co. For Rs.20,000. He came today & told me "baba, i had a very unpleasant experience yesterday". I asked him "what"? , so he replied " My company manager joked & spoke sarcastically about you."

 

So, to analyze this statement let me tell u few incidents in life of Buddha.

 

Incident 1:-

 

When Buddha was walking on the road, two men joked & scolded him. To this a person asked Buddha," You are such a great Mahan, & they are joking about you, you are not telling anything & just going". To this Buddha smiled & said "a few days back, when I was walking on another street, people gave me laddu, I gave that laddu back to them. Similarly these people scolded me, I am giving that back to them. They gave me laddu, I gave it back. They scolded me ,so that also, I have given back to them. I don’t need anything.

 

Incident 2 :-

 

Buddha was walking along with his disciple, a man scolded Buddha, his disciple asked Buddha,†what is this? When he is scolding you, you are just keeping quiet". Buddha didn’t utter a word he just gave the kamandala vessel which he was carrying in his hand to his disciple & told him to keep it with him.

 

After some time, he asked his disciple," who does this kamandala vessel belong"? Disciple said "it’s yours, swamy". Buddha said" I have given this to you only, so it belongs to you".

 

Again, in the evening at 4p.m, Buddha asked him, “To whom does this vessel belong to "? His disciple said" it is his vessel. since it was He only ,who gave it to him. Buddha smiled and said" how the moment, when I said, that I have given the vessel to you, it became yours and not mine .Similarly, when that man scolded, I gave that back to him. It became his. So, the scolding is not for me.

 

Incident: 3:-

 

One day, when Buddha was sitting, a man came & scolded & spat on him. Buddha didn’t say anything. The next day, the same man came & asked his forgiveness stating that he felt he did a mistake scolding and spitting at Buddha and he never said anything. Hence he is a very good person.

 

Buddha said" I am not, what I was yesterday. So how can I forgive you"? The person who spat yesterday at me & you are not the same person today.

 

To This his disciple asked him "how swamy, how is it possible that a person who spat, yesterday, could not be the same? "

 

Buddha said “you go & bathe in the river & come" , he took bath & came. Buddha asked him " where is the water, you took bath†. He said" see there, it is flowing more than half miles apart"

 

Buddha said “similar way, man is changing. He is changing with every breath. He is not himself; hence what is the use of scolding him"

 

Another Case Study :-

 

When Vedanta Desigar was coming out of his house, they tied & hung Chappals on the top of the Entrance Door. They tied to mock laugh at him as when he comes ,the chappals will touch him that was their sadist pleasure. When Vedant came out & the chappals touched him, he touched every chappal to his eyes. people who saw this, became somewhat perplexed. They asked him" Don’t you feel like scolding us"

 

Vedanta said “ I am thankful to you cause early in the morning, I had the good luck of touching the devotees chappals. (Considering the devotees chappals as god)

 

So, the way in which you see life ,only decides life. I don’t know the secret of becoming successful in this world. But I know the secret of achieving failure. That is, we feel sorry & regret by analyzing others. We have to know about our own strengths. What do you get by fighting with others? We know our inner heart.

 

it is not necessary for someone to tell you. if you tell about me, i am happy. If you dont tell, no regrets. This is the state of a mahaan.

 

A true mahaan has no wants, he sees both praise & condemn, blame in the same way. Even if you tell him to go to a forest. He will go with a bright lotus like face with a smile. Even if you tell go & take the throne, He will be with a smiling face. That is the reason, why nobody can denigrate a mahaan. Many mahaans came into this world, but there is no history indicating that all of them were accepted by all people.

 

But, in this world's history, no mahaan was accepted ,when he was living, when jesus died, after 400 years, so many of them bore the burden of the cross. Only then, Christianity came. When Shirdi Sai baba came, nobody accepted him. .When Mohammed Nabi came ,they stoned & chased him away. In Srirangam they kept poison for Ramanujar . For Buddha, they kept poison. This world has not accepted any mahaan, when they were living."

 

" The reason is every man has got an ego. It will accept it, when a person dies ,but not when he is living. This is the truth.

 

Baba's quotes on life"

 

Learn to live life naturally. Conquer anger, be loving towards everyone, even to your enemy. Don’t hate anyone. Learn to eradicate selfishness from your life. Learn to live patiently, be loving .

 

Respect your parents & take care of your brothers & sisters. let your family members be whatever they are, you remain good. Don’t complain about your family.

 

Religion is a subject that was formed to elevate you, It is only a tool. Do not waste time ,by always sitting & meditating & going to the temple to pray. Do your duties properly. Work & take care of your family. God is nothing separate. God is within you. Good & god are one & the same. Be good to everyone & realize the divinity within you, doing your worldly responsibility. do not run away from it...

 

Thiruvalluvar has told" god rushes to serve those who take on themselves ,the total responsibilities of the family" the world is one big family... & we all are his children...start using your time internally , to meditate always on god's lotus feet, while carrying on with your duties. That is the only way to show our gratitude to god for his gracious benevolence.

 

Don’t bother about being rich or poor. As long as you are with me, you are the richest person.

 

Mahaans very well know whom to give, when to give, what to give ,how much to give & where to give. It is not important what a mahaan gives you, but the real test is , to which extent, you are receiving it with faith.

 

Athma is different & body is different. Considering , the love what you are receiving, love, friendship, affection, compassion, whatever it is, it is all due to the athma connection & not concerned with this world's material bodily connection.

 

God is love; god loves you, only god loves you,

 

My love , blessings & Big Hug to you - Baba

 

Chant & be Happy " Shankaram Shiva shankaram"

 

" I thank you Bab's for helping me to continue sending the Messages in spite of all Odd Conditions & situations"

 

Mahalaxmi

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