To Kali Kali and Nanda on Verse 108

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Kali Kali posted Verse 108 of the Guru Gita:

"Only those who perform selfless expressions of love for the Guru have

understood the wisdom of the Vedas and Puranas. They have attained to

sannyas (the establishment of truth within). Others are merely making

a pretence (of renunciation)."

Dear Kali Kali, and Nanda ~ for some reason, as soon as I read this, I

remembered that I had promised to write a review of one of Swamiji's

books on Amazon.com. I had asked Nanda for some Guru seva I could do,

and this is what you (Nanda) suggested. Then it went into the back of

my mind, and I forgot about it. So today, I went right away to Amazon

and wrote my review. Kudos also to Chris who wrote a wonderful review

of the Chandi. Now there are two.

Thanks for the reminder. : )

 

In commenting on this verse, the one thing that stands out most of all

to me is "perform selfless expressions of love for the Guru" and

"renunciation" (and, of course the "establishment of truth within")

In my personal experience today, I had to practice renunciation

because I always read the digest first thing, and now I will have to

wait until later today to finish it. I gave my time and what

intelligence I am blessed with in order to write the review, which is

more renunciation. I sincerely hope this aids the establishment of

truth within. : ) Jai Swamiji ~ Linda