|| Shree Hari ||
(Satsang Sunneki Vidya)
continued ......
It has come in Srimad Bhagwat that
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"He
whose speech becomes inarticulate from emotions and feelings while talking
about My Name, My qualities and My divine plays; He who while thinking and
contemplating on My appearance, My qualities, My radiance and My divine pass-times
(stories of the Lord) becomes deeply moved and melts; and who time and again keeps crying,
sometimes he begins to laugh; sometimes leaving all shyness begins to sing aloud,
and sometimes begins to dance, such a devotee of Mine, purifies the world."
The subtle impressions are
not removed by "vivek" (discrimination), unlike reading-listening to the
divine pass-times of the Lord, which aids in getting rid of the subtle
impressions in the inner-senses. One
does not benefit as much with "vivek" discrimination, by going into the depths
of the holy texts of Vedanta, as one gains from reading the life stories
(divine pass times) of the Lord and His devotees. By
reading the Vedantic texts with concentration,
"vivek" is developed. And by reading with concentration, the life stories
and pass-times of the Lord and His devotees, the inner-senses are purified and they
become sensitive, whereby devotion takes place on its own. The point is that by "vivek" the inner-senses
do not melt, rather they remain hard (unfeeling); but in "bhakti" devotion,
the inner-senses melt, due to which new impressions and influences of devotion
are instilled.
Vivek comprises of the primary
substance - "vichir prthugbhaave" It
means that there are two things in "vivek"; such as; real and
unreal; eternal and temporary; pure and
impure; duty and non-duty; perceptible and imperceptible etc. In the discrimination between the real and
the unreal, the aspirant renounces the unreal (perishable). Even
on renouncing the unreal, a subtle
existence of the unreal remains. However
on becoming immersed and promptly reading God's pass-times and stories, only
the existence of that One God remains, no other existence remains. Therefore
on reading-listening to the pass-times and stories of God and His devotees, the subtle
impressions within are easily destroyed.
Prem bhagati jal binu raghuraayi |
Abhianter mal kabahun na jaayi || (Manas,
Utter. 49/3)
The extent to which food does
good, when there is hunger within, to
that extent the food does not do good when one is not hungry; because without
hunger the food does not become essential nutrient, and without that one does
not get energy. Therefore what use is even
the best of all meals without hunger? In
the same way, if the listener is hungry
to know and the speaker has experiential knowledge, then the speaker's talks penetrate
the inner-senses of the listener. If the listener has an intense and strong yearning,
a quest and he does not favor any one particular opinion, then simply by
listening he can attain enlightenment. (to be continued)
From "Jit Dekhu Tit Tu" in Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
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