Real Greatness
( Vaastavik Baddappan )
( Vaastavik Baddappan )
Shree Hari
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It is verily a bondage to hold one's self high or great merely on the strength of owning things that are ephemeral or transitory nature. Bondage is not some animal ! Redemption from this very thralldom is liberation. You are free the moment this bond is cast off. Tell me - aren't you self-reliant, free and liberated when you do not depend for your being on fleeting opinions of others ? Tell me?
Listener - You are right, Maharajji (Holy Sire) !
Swamiji - If it is all right, then why should we remain dependent? Please, be merciful and from this very moment thoughtfully accept that you will not regard yourself big or high simply because of the official position you hold; not even by virtue of wealth are you going to feel yourself great. Neither we are great because many people praise and honor us nor we shall fall low because people denounce or decry us. Can you in essence accept and believe this truth or not? Tell me.
Listener - Yes, we can do so.
Swamiji - They, why delay at all? For whom are you waiting? For what sort of circumstance are you in anticipation of, for whose particular power or might are you waiting? Which time, whose support or succor, whose instructions you are awaiting now? For whom are you awaiting? Tell me. I pray unto you that from just now you resolve that you would never regard yourself big or small, high or low on the count of petty things of transitory nature. The Lord has said -
"aagamaapaayino'nityaastaamstitikshasva bhaarata" (Gita 2/14)
i.e. things and beings which are perishable and impermanent - bear or brook them. To tolerate them is to be free from the totality of impact, their coming and going out of existence might otherwise cause. In such a state of freedom, there is bound to be a boundless peace of mind and blissful blessedness of heart. Do it and see it for yourself. True it is ! I cast no deception! You will feel extremely unburdened and enjoy supreme bliss as if you have escaped from sinking into death-dealing morass.
Narayana ! Narayana !! Narayana !!!
Listener - You are right, Maharajji (Holy Sire) !
Swamiji - If it is all right, then why should we remain dependent? Please, be merciful and from this very moment thoughtfully accept that you will not regard yourself big or high simply because of the official position you hold; not even by virtue of wealth are you going to feel yourself great. Neither we are great because many people praise and honor us nor we shall fall low because people denounce or decry us. Can you in essence accept and believe this truth or not? Tell me.
Listener - Yes, we can do so.
Swamiji - They, why delay at all? For whom are you waiting? For what sort of circumstance are you in anticipation of, for whose particular power or might are you waiting? Which time, whose support or succor, whose instructions you are awaiting now? For whom are you awaiting? Tell me. I pray unto you that from just now you resolve that you would never regard yourself big or small, high or low on the count of petty things of transitory nature. The Lord has said -
"aagamaapaayino'nityaastaamstitikshasva bhaarata" (Gita 2/14)
i.e. things and beings which are perishable and impermanent - bear or brook them. To tolerate them is to be free from the totality of impact, their coming and going out of existence might otherwise cause. In such a state of freedom, there is bound to be a boundless peace of mind and blissful blessedness of heart. Do it and see it for yourself. True it is ! I cast no deception! You will feel extremely unburdened and enjoy supreme bliss as if you have escaped from sinking into death-dealing morass.
Narayana ! Narayana !! Narayana !!!
From book in English "BE GOOD" by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
Ram Ram
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If in doubt regarding the translation, please read the original Hindi message by Swamiji.
FOR MESSAGE IN HINDI PLEASE VISIT Date : 23rd July, 2012 (Vaastavik Baddappan )
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