Post by radha on Mar 21, 2012 2:27:02 GMT 5.5
OM SRI GURUPYO NAMAHA:, RESPECTFUL NAMASKARAMS TO MAHA PERIVA !
Vaishnavite possesses certain attributes which are eminently desirable, said Akkarakkani Srinidhi in a lecture. One day a man approached Vaishnavite preceptor Anantazhvan, who was in Tirumala, and said he had some doubts, and wanted Anantazhvan to clarify them.
Anantazhvan asked the man to eat, worship Lord Srinivasa at the temple, and then take rest. His doubts could be cleared afterwards. So the man did as he was told, but Anantazhvan, instead of answering his questions, said to him, “Stay for six months here, and in due course I will answer your questions.” So the man stayed back. For the first 10 days, the visitor was asked to eat along with the first batch of devotees who were offered food by Anantazhvan. As days went by, the visitor was fed with leftovers, and then not even that. The man did not complain.
Anantazhvan then told him that he had all the traits of a Vaishnavite who will be indifferent as to the quantity or quality of food offered. His hunger is for spiritual knowledge. Anantazhvan further elaborated that a Vaishnavite is like a stork, a hen and like salt. A stork waits for the biggest fish. It doesn't bother with the small ones, but lets them pass. So does the Vaishnavite treat all the trivial things life has to offer. He is interested not in things of this world, but in attaining the Lord's feet. A hen sorts through rubbish heaps, to get a grain of rice. So does a Vaishnavite cast aside the unnecessary. He seeks gnana as the hen seeks a grain of rice. Without salt no dish is tasty. But add too much salt, and the dish is spoilt. The Vaishnavite knows that one should neither be too distant from nor too close to anyone.
Once a Vaishnavite preceptor and his disciples travelled to a distant place and came to a house where they hoped to find something to eat. But they were disappointed, for there was nothing in the house. The preceptor then thanked God for all that He had given. The hungry disciples asked him how he could thank God when they had not been given anything to eat. The preceptor said that God had to be thanked, for He had given them hunger and thirst! Otherwise, how would they know about hunger or thirst?
HARI OM ! HARI OM ! HARI OM ! HARA HARA SANKARA, HARA HARA SANKARA !
HARIYUM HARANUM ONNE ! HARI HARA HARI HARAHARI HARA HARI HARA !
COURTESY :- THE HINDU NEWS PAPER -RELIGION.
Vaishnavite possesses certain attributes which are eminently desirable, said Akkarakkani Srinidhi in a lecture. One day a man approached Vaishnavite preceptor Anantazhvan, who was in Tirumala, and said he had some doubts, and wanted Anantazhvan to clarify them.
Anantazhvan asked the man to eat, worship Lord Srinivasa at the temple, and then take rest. His doubts could be cleared afterwards. So the man did as he was told, but Anantazhvan, instead of answering his questions, said to him, “Stay for six months here, and in due course I will answer your questions.” So the man stayed back. For the first 10 days, the visitor was asked to eat along with the first batch of devotees who were offered food by Anantazhvan. As days went by, the visitor was fed with leftovers, and then not even that. The man did not complain.
Anantazhvan then told him that he had all the traits of a Vaishnavite who will be indifferent as to the quantity or quality of food offered. His hunger is for spiritual knowledge. Anantazhvan further elaborated that a Vaishnavite is like a stork, a hen and like salt. A stork waits for the biggest fish. It doesn't bother with the small ones, but lets them pass. So does the Vaishnavite treat all the trivial things life has to offer. He is interested not in things of this world, but in attaining the Lord's feet. A hen sorts through rubbish heaps, to get a grain of rice. So does a Vaishnavite cast aside the unnecessary. He seeks gnana as the hen seeks a grain of rice. Without salt no dish is tasty. But add too much salt, and the dish is spoilt. The Vaishnavite knows that one should neither be too distant from nor too close to anyone.
Once a Vaishnavite preceptor and his disciples travelled to a distant place and came to a house where they hoped to find something to eat. But they were disappointed, for there was nothing in the house. The preceptor then thanked God for all that He had given. The hungry disciples asked him how he could thank God when they had not been given anything to eat. The preceptor said that God had to be thanked, for He had given them hunger and thirst! Otherwise, how would they know about hunger or thirst?
HARI OM ! HARI OM ! HARI OM ! HARA HARA SANKARA, HARA HARA SANKARA !
HARIYUM HARANUM ONNE ! HARI HARA HARI HARAHARI HARA HARI HARA !
COURTESY :- THE HINDU NEWS PAPER -RELIGION.