FROM PUTTAPARTHI...SPIRITUAL QUOTIENT - 35: PROPERTIES OR PROPER TIES !!!

SPIRITUAL QUOTIENT – 35

 

PROPERTIES OR PROPER TIES!!!

 

Swami Ramanand Tirth had a wife and son [before he became a renunciate]. After he became a renunciate, his wife once came to see him. The Swamiji turned his face and said that he was a renunciate and that therefore the lady should not come to see him.

 

Hearing this, the lady replied that she had not come there to see her husband but a holy sanyasi. Ramanand Tirth was humbled by the reply and felt regret that he has spoken proudly to the woman.

 

The Swami then realized that one does not have to give up PROPERTIES. Instead, what is important is to develop PROPER TIES with God! People think that giving up means that one must renounce life. What one must give up is attachment - this is the true meaning of renunciation. Swami Ramanand Tirth learnt this truth that day.

 

The mind is the culprit & the reason for such a feeling of pride earlier. Happiness can be attained & pride can be annihilated only if the mind is turned towards God. If the mind is turned towards the world, then life would become painful.

 

For example, if it rains and we want to catch the rainwater, we must place a vessel in the rain with the mouth of the vessel facing the sky. Only then will the rainwater collect in the vessel. If on the other hand we place the vessel upside down, how can we expect rainwater to collect in the vessel?

 

Our mind is the vessel and God is the sky. Once we turn the mind towards God; then the water of Grace can surely be collected.

Another example: A knife is used by a surgeon and a knife is also used by a killer. The surgeon's cutting of a person is for his good, but the killer uses the knife for an evil purpose. A butcher may use knife to cut meat and a lady may use a knife to cut fruit for a salad. If all the knives are put in a circle with a magnet at the centre, all the knives will be equally attracted by the magnet. The good or bad is not in the knives.

Similarly God is the magnet and all of us are attracted to God. Good and bad are not in a human being, but in the way the mind is used!!! Mind is a monkey and has to be tamed!!!

SAIRAM

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(Extracted, compiled & edited from RADIO SAI JOURNALS)

RESPONSES…

1. Dear Sir,

 

This story is really good. (SQ – 34) In Srimad Bhagavatham, Ajamila's story is narrated by Sri Sukar to make us understand that even if we chant the Lord's Name unknowingly / without any intention, He is there to save us just as Ajamila was saved from the Yama Dhootas. This story is to prove that if we want to do something out of our own efforts instead of depending on the Lord's grace, it is sure to backtrack.

 

As you have rightly said, a person will be able to remember the Lord at the time of death only if he practices chanting the Lord's various Names on a daily basis as ordained in our scriptures.

 

Regards

Vasantharajan R 

 

2. Sairam,
   
   I did not get the SQ 31 mail. Can you please send it?
   
   Also I am not continuously getting mails from 'Sairam Gurukulam'. I login everyday to see what message Swami was conveying to me for the day and get disappointed when there are no mails :).

 

And then, I get 3 mails in a single day! Is there some delay in Yahoo?

Thanks for all your stories & SQ - It keeps me grounded & more attached to divinity than worldly matters.

Regards,
Lakshmi

haranlakshmi@yahoo.co.in

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