Guest guest Posted March 19, 1999 Report Share Posted March 19, 1999 Harsha: When Martin said that Nityananda is here, it reminded me of the following..... Selected portion of A Devotee's remembrance. Shantammal speaks of Ramana Maharshi. One of the visitors was leaving the Ashram. He stood before Bhagavan with folded hands and prayed: "I am going far away. I do not know when I shall be coming back, and if at all I shall be allowed to see your holy face again in this life. I am so much less fortunate than those who have the benefit of your constant presence. How can you help me, a sinner in a distant corner of the world, unless you think of me? I implore you, give me a place in your mind." Bhagavan replied: "A Jnani has no mind. How can one without a mind remember or even think? This man goes somewhere and I have to go there and look after him? Can I keep on remembering all these prayers? Well, I shall transmit your prayer to the Lord of the Universe. He will look after you. It is His business." After the devotee departed, Bhagavan turned towards us and said: "People imagine that the devotees crowding around a Jnani get special favors from him. If a guru shows partiality, how can he be a Jnani? Is he so foolish as to be flattered by people's attendance on him and the service they do? Does distance matter? The guru is pleased with him only who gives himself up entirely, who abandons his ego forever. Such a man is taken care of wherever he may be. He need not pray. God looks after him unasked. The frog lives by the side of the fragrant lotus, but it is the bee who gets the honey." Love to all Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 1999 Report Share Posted March 19, 1999 > > Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar) [hluthar] > Friday, March 19, 1999 15:56 > > Re: Time and Distance > > > "Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar)" <hluthar > > Harsha: When Martin said that Nityananda is here, it reminded me of the > following..... > > Selected portion of A Devotee's remembrance. Shantammal speaks of Ramana > Maharshi. >[...] Thank you Harsha, this is a very enjoyable anecdote. It makes me wonder why it is found difficult to abandon ego. Perhaps it has become too difficult to be consequent. When growing up, one is confronted with adults, often showing a behavior that isn't consistent. Smoking and drinking are a few of the pleasures just for adults and when as a child one asks for a reason, no child is able to understand why one does something that isn't considered to be "good". Divorce and abuse are among many other contributors. If a child takes an adult from his/her surroundings as an example, the result is someone who will show a behavior (with the accompanying frame of mind) that is composed of opposites. Such a personality would be able to give up "vices" but not "virtues", because from childhood on strong like and dislike were generated for virtue resp. vice. Only if the child isn't able to choose an example, it escapes a major part of conditioning but it will have a difficult youth. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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