Memorable Golden Days (Part II)

 Day one

 20^th May, 4.00 p.m, Mr.Raghavan’s residence

 Bhakthi and Karma (duties)

 In this sathsangam Gurujiamma described how bhakthi and karma are inter related

Radhekrishna!!!! For Bagawan Krishna all the human beings are His children. He doesn’t differentiate them. For ordinary people their own children are special and they don’t care for other’s children. Every human being differentiates between a male and a female. But in reality every jeevaathama is female and Bagawan Krishna is the only Purushotthaman. It’s a hard fact that though a person becomes old his desires are endless; even at this age his mind doesn’t get controlled and sticks to the worldly things.

But this was not the case with Sukha Brahma Maharishi. Though he was very young his mind was neutral.

Once, in Srirangam there lived a farmer named Periyanna who did all his duties (karma) with full sincerity and devotion. It is not necessary that if you do bhakthi you should sacrifice your duties. Infact only when you do bhakthi you can perform all your duties perfectly. In the same way Periyaanna used to do bhakthi along with all his duties.

In the same place (Srirangam) there lived a king. He had a query in his mind that how far is Bagawan from us? To get an answer to his query he called upon all the pandits and scholars of his town. But there is a great difference between a bhaktha and a pandit. Pandits can answer upto a certain level but cannot show the right path to attain Bagawan but a bhaktha can show Bagawan Himself!!!

All the pandits and scholars searched for the answers but couldn’t get it! At that time one of the pandits replied, “I don’t know the answer but I could tell you from whom you could get the answer”. Using his authority the king sent his servants to call Periyaanna to his court. But Periyanna replied that he would come only after finishing his karmas (duties).

These are the great bhakthaas who are not afraid of anybody. They need not fear anyone as Bagawan Krishna takes care of them. As the farmer entered the court, by seeing his external appearance, the king under estimated him. For this, Gurujiamma explained the mentality of an ordinary person. Amma said, you people think that a person who is well dressed knows everything and a person who is poorly dressed doesn’t know anything. But in reality no one can guess the person’s knowledge by his appearance. For our Indian environment dhoti is most suited. But you people wear suit and tie troubling yourselves. Even if you feel an itching sensation you won’t be able to do it because of this kind of clothing.

The farmer answered, “Bagawan is so near that He is at a calling distance!!!!” Gurujiamma said that Bagawan is not away from you. It is up to you how far or near you have kept Him. The farmer proved this by giving the example of Gajendra. No sooner did Gajendra scream “Aadhimoolame” than Bagawan came to save him. The farmer didn’t even give any opportunity to the king to ask any proof. The king understood his mistake, realized his pride and he became aware that he didn’t call Bagawan till date so he couldn’t know about Him!!! From that day onwards he got involved in Bhagawadh Bhakthi.

Finally Gurujiamma said "My Krishnan would come running if uou call Him!!!"

Gurujiamma's Mumbai Sathsangam To Be Continued..............