|| Shree Hari ||
(Naam Japa aur Seva se Bhagwat Praapti )
continued ...
Tere bhaavai jo karou , bhalou burou sansaar |
`Narayana' tu baithike, apanou bhuvan buhaar
||
In this manner, with
exclusive devotion, become immersed in Naam
Japa. While staying in householder
life, serve the family. Sisters
and mothers should want that they serve among themselves. Whether it be a sister-in-law, or
mother-in-law, or wife or anyone, serve them.
Just as a priest buys a "murti" (deity) of God from the store,
then he is not thinking that he will make this deity "murti" do the household
chores. Similarly, your son is married
and he brings home a "murti", now
one has to serve her. Sadhus
(ascetics) are called "murtis" anyway; as one asks -
how many "murtis" are there?
Meaning, that we have to serve these "murtis". They are of no use besides serving them! If there is a new birth, then think that
this one has come from the Lord, I must
serve him. Your relationship is only to serve.
In large fairs or festivals,
there is a serving board in attendance.
If someone falls sick, then he is brought to the camp, and given the
appropriate medicines. They serve him, and if he dies then then cremate
him. Now who is to cry? Similarly,
you
all have a relationship with everyone in the family only to serve,
then your crying will come to an end. Your worries will come to an
end. Your lamenting
and mourning will come to an end. Give them happiness and relaxation.
Respect and honor all of them, and you
yourself do the work. Your family life will be pleasurable. If
you only desire to give
happiness and comfort, then you will be happy,
and you only desire to take and take only, then happiness will
decrease. Why has money decreased nowadays? The overall quantity of
money has not
decreased, then why has money
decreased. Those who got the money, simply suppressed
it, therefore there is less money to go
around. Some years back openly
available money had become very scarce.
Some men were hoarding the bills of 20, 50 and 100, then how could they
be freely available in the market? Whoever
got their hands on money, the hoarded it.
Similarly, the reason you are not able to get pleasure at this time, is
because all are busy gaining pleasure,
they are all say give me more – more- more. If all begin to
give the other person happiness and pleasure, then there will be all of pleasure, comfort and happiness
going around.
While
staying at home, serve
all the beings living in the home. How can young, old, those of same
age, get happiness, relaxation and comfort? How can they all be
respected and esteemed? Let this be the sentiments at all
times. Some mothers, they serve and
later say that I do so much, my own
happiness has gone by the way side. If your own happiness has turned
to dirt, then
it is a good thing, the seed will be
sown! When seed is sown in the dirt, the plant will grown. You serve, but no one praises you, no one recognizes you, then this is a great thing. You will be building your account of
service. If others praise you, then
your service will be exhausted. If you
serve with the intent of gaining something in return, then there will be a trade
of your service.
Householder life is for one's
upliftment, not for getting bound. Serve for one's upliftment, and to take service is for
getting bound. You want that all family members become like you want them to be, then
this is a road to one's downfall, to
getting bound and trapped. If you go into the water and
try to take the water towards you with both hands, then you go deeper inside
and you will drown. But if with both
your hands and legs, you push the water away and off towards the sides and back,
then you will remain afloat and cross the other side. Similarly,
in
this ocean of life, if you desire to take then you will drown and
if you desire to give, then you will cross this ocean of life. We
all have not come here to take, we have come here to serve.
Therefore,
while staying in householder life,
serve all, do that which is
beneficial to all. He who is engrossed
in seeing to the welfare of all beings, they attain God. - "te praapnuvanti maameva sarvabhootahite rataah" (Gita 12/4)
Or else sit and play with
the worldly rattle and toys ! What will
you gain from that? You will get mother's
love, mother's milk when you will throw away the rattles, whistles, and other
noisy toys, and you cannot live without
meeting your mother. (to be continued)
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Date : 12th January 2013 (Naam Japa aur Seva se Bhagwat Praapti )
From "Bhagwaan se Apnaapan" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
Ram Ram
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