Post by cnupne on Oct 6, 2015 8:43:42 GMT 5.5
It is impossible for an egotistic person to know and experience God. This is very certain. Just as water flows always downwards, so also a proud man is sure to fall. You may say that you love God. But, God also must acknowledge your love. Should He not? Suppose you send a registered letter to your friend, should you not get the acknowledgement? Similarly, God also should be touched and moved by your devotion to Him in order to respond to your love. This will never happen so long as there is ego in you.
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An Old Story From tales of Ramakrishna
As narrated by my friend Prof. Srinivasa Aduri
Bhagavan BhagavanSatya Sai Baba Satya Sai Baba Satya Sai Baba: It is impossible for
an egotistic person to know and experience
God. This is very certain. Just as water flows
always downwards, so also a proud man is
sure to fall. You may say that you love God.
But, God also must acknowledge your love.
Should He not? Suppose you send a
registered letter to your friend, should you not
get the acknowledgement? Similarly, God also
should be touched and moved by your
devotion to Him in order to respond to your
love. This will never happen so long as there is
ego in you. Satya Sai Baba
A different view at times yields valuable
OLD HITS PRIDE once entered into the heart
of Arjuna, the friend of Sri Krishna. Arjuna
thought that none equalled him in love and
devotion to his Lord and friend. Sri Krishna,
reading the heart of his friend, took him one
day for a walk. They had not gone far when
Arjuna saw a strange Brahmin eating dry
grass as food, but nevertheless had a sword
dangling at his side. Arjuna at once knew him
to be a holy and pious devotee of Vishnu, one
whose highest religious duty was to injure no
being. As even grass has life, he would not eat
it green but sustained his life by eating it dry
and lifeless. Yet he carried a sword.
Arjuna, wondering at the incongruity, turned
towards the Lord and said: "How is this? Here
is a man who has renounced all ideas of
injuring any living being, down to the meanest
blade of grass; yet he carries with him a
sword, the symbol of death and hatred."
The Lord said, "You had better ask the man
Arjuna then went up to the Brahmin and said:
"Sir, you injure no living being, and you live on
dry grass. Why then do you carry this sharp
The Brahmin: "It is to punish four persons if I
chance to meet them."
Arjuna: "Who are they?"
The Brahmin: The first is the wretch Narada."
Arjuna: "Why, what has he done?"
The Brahmin: "Why, look at the audacity of
that fellow; he is perpetually keeping my Lord
awake with his songs and music. He has no
consideration whatever for the comfort of the
Lord. Day and night, in and out of season, he
disturbs the peace of the Lord by his prayers
and praises."
Arjuna: "Who is the second person?"
The Brahmin: "The impudent Draupadi."
Arjuna: "What is her fault?"
The Brahmin: "Look at the inconsiderate
audacity of the woman. She was so rash as to
call my beloved Lord just at the moment He
was going to dine. He had to give up His
dinner and go to the Kamyaka Vana to save
the Pandavas from the curse of Durvasa. And
her presumption went so far that she even
caused my beloved Lord to eat the impure
remnant of her own food."
Arjuna: "Who is the third?"
The Brahmin: "It is the heartless Prahlada. He
was so cruel that he did not hesitate for a
moment to ask my Lord to enter the boiling
cauldron of oil, to be trodden under the heavy
feet of the elephants and to break through an
adamantine pillar."
Arjuna: "Who is the fourth?"
The Brahmin: "The wretch Arjuna."
Arjuna: "Why, what fault has he committed?"
The Brahmin: "Look at his felony. He made my
beloved Lord take the mean office of a
charioteer of his car in the great war of
Kurukshetra."
Arjuna was amazed at the depth of the
Brahmin's devotion and love, and from that
moment his pride vanished, and he gave up
thinking that he was the best devotee of all.
Compiled by cnu.pne
link
drive.google.com/…/0B2KCzQUKGe9ObWc3UzhIZC0wM…/view…
An Old Story From tales of Ramakrishna
As narrated by my friend Prof. Srinivasa Aduri
Bhagavan BhagavanSatya Sai Baba Satya Sai Baba Satya Sai Baba: It is impossible for
an egotistic person to know and experience
God. This is very certain. Just as water flows
always downwards, so also a proud man is
sure to fall. You may say that you love God.
But, God also must acknowledge your love.
Should He not? Suppose you send a
registered letter to your friend, should you not
get the acknowledgement? Similarly, God also
should be touched and moved by your
devotion to Him in order to respond to your
love. This will never happen so long as there is
ego in you. Satya Sai Baba
A different view at times yields valuable
OLD HITS PRIDE once entered into the heart
of Arjuna, the friend of Sri Krishna. Arjuna
thought that none equalled him in love and
devotion to his Lord and friend. Sri Krishna,
reading the heart of his friend, took him one
day for a walk. They had not gone far when
Arjuna saw a strange Brahmin eating dry
grass as food, but nevertheless had a sword
dangling at his side. Arjuna at once knew him
to be a holy and pious devotee of Vishnu, one
whose highest religious duty was to injure no
being. As even grass has life, he would not eat
it green but sustained his life by eating it dry
and lifeless. Yet he carried a sword.
Arjuna, wondering at the incongruity, turned
towards the Lord and said: "How is this? Here
is a man who has renounced all ideas of
injuring any living being, down to the meanest
blade of grass; yet he carries with him a
sword, the symbol of death and hatred."
The Lord said, "You had better ask the man
Arjuna then went up to the Brahmin and said:
"Sir, you injure no living being, and you live on
dry grass. Why then do you carry this sharp
The Brahmin: "It is to punish four persons if I
chance to meet them."
Arjuna: "Who are they?"
The Brahmin: The first is the wretch Narada."
Arjuna: "Why, what has he done?"
The Brahmin: "Why, look at the audacity of
that fellow; he is perpetually keeping my Lord
awake with his songs and music. He has no
consideration whatever for the comfort of the
Lord. Day and night, in and out of season, he
disturbs the peace of the Lord by his prayers
and praises."
Arjuna: "Who is the second person?"
The Brahmin: "The impudent Draupadi."
Arjuna: "What is her fault?"
The Brahmin: "Look at the inconsiderate
audacity of the woman. She was so rash as to
call my beloved Lord just at the moment He
was going to dine. He had to give up His
dinner and go to the Kamyaka Vana to save
the Pandavas from the curse of Durvasa. And
her presumption went so far that she even
caused my beloved Lord to eat the impure
remnant of her own food."
Arjuna: "Who is the third?"
The Brahmin: "It is the heartless Prahlada. He
was so cruel that he did not hesitate for a
moment to ask my Lord to enter the boiling
cauldron of oil, to be trodden under the heavy
feet of the elephants and to break through an
adamantine pillar."
Arjuna: "Who is the fourth?"
The Brahmin: "The wretch Arjuna."
Arjuna: "Why, what fault has he committed?"
The Brahmin: "Look at his felony. He made my
beloved Lord take the mean office of a
charioteer of his car in the great war of
Kurukshetra."
Arjuna was amazed at the depth of the
Brahmin's devotion and love, and from that
moment his pride vanished, and he gave up
thinking that he was the best devotee of all.
Compiled by cnu.pne
link