Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Way to be Free of Sorrow


||  Shri Hari ||

Way to be Free of Sorrow
(दुःख-नाशका उपाय)






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Actions (karma) are of three kind - “shukla” (virtuous actions), “krushna” (sinful actions) and “mishshrit” (combined). Ordinary people perform actions of these three kinds, but the “yogi” who renounces his actions, he does not become the experiencer or enjoyer of any actions -

‘कर्माशुक्लाकृष्णं योगिनस्त्रिविधमितरेषाम्’ (योगदर्शन ४/७), ‘न तु सन्न्यासिनां क्वचित् (गीता १८/१२)

“karmaashuklaakrishnam

yoginastrividhmitareshaam” (Yogadarshan 4/7), “na ta sansyaasinaam kvachit (Gita 18/12). No worldly pleasure or pain reach him whatsoever. When they do not reach at all, then how can he become pleased or displeased ? Circumstances are according to one’s actions (karmas). As are the actions, so are the situations that come in front of the person, but they do not cause him to be happy or sad.

There is a story in Bhagwat. In childhood, Naradji Maharaj’s mother died. When a child’s mother dies, he becomes very sad, but Naradji did not become sad, rather he viewed this as God’s auspicious ordinance. Naradji was inclined towards God, and mother was a hindrance in his devotion and worship of God. Therefore when the mother died, that hindrance in the pursuit of prayer and worship of the Lord was removed. Thus Naradji was pleased. The point is that situations and circumstances do not make a man unhappy. It is out of foolishness that he becomes unhappy. All can rise above pleasure and pain. In this there is no doubt.

There are two things that happen out of foolishness and ignorance. One - others are giving us pain (sorrow) - “paro dadaateeti” and pleasure (happiness) is due to my own efforts - “aham karomeeti”. If there is pleasure (happiness) due to our own efforts, then no one would be unhappy. He who gives sorrow to others can never be happy - this is a principle.

Questioner - If some person gets on someone’s case to cause displeasure and sorrow, then isn’t he the cause of the sorrow or not?

Swamiji - He has taken entry into stupidity. The pain that was to come, that alone will come. He who has gone after someone to give them sorrow, will incur many sins and he will have to suffer enormously. But he who gets pain and sorrow, it is due to his past sinful acts (praarabdh). When the Almighty Lord, the eternal well-wisher is alive and present, can anyone give pain and suffering? Previously too I had shared this point that on the outskirts of a town, in a forest, an ascetic was sitting, immersed in remembrance of the Lord. A few thieves were running with stolen money and the police were after them. Realizing that they were being followed

and would be beaten if caught, they left the money with the ascetic and went into hiding. Seeing the money with the ascetic (Babaji), the police began to beat him. Babaji said - “Baddhu tu jaane che” “O’ Lord, you know everything” It means that to my knowledge I have not given pain and sorrow to anyone and still I am receiving a beating, then I don’t know what action is this the fruit off? O’ Lord ! You only know, I do not know about this. Even though he was getting a beating without having caused any harm to anyone, then too he did not blame anyone. That is, the one getting a beating, has to have the fortitude. Someone else cannot give us pain and sorrow, we are experiencing pain and suffering due to our own stupidity (ignorance). I am sharing one more point, the giver of pain and

displeasure, he cannot give us sorrow, rather he will give us happiness! I have seen so. Someone tries to do the undesirable to us, but instead it turns out to be desirable. This is my experience.

Questioner - Maharajji! pleasure and pain are only assumed, as such

they are not there !

Swamiji - Absolutely ! they are assumed, therefore it is wiped out, or else how will it go away? Real never ceases to be. If there is existence of pleasure and pain, then it can never go away. Therefore there is no pleasure and pain, it is only assumed.

The assumption has to be given up. (to be continued)

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