Sharanaagathi or Total Surrender
Sharanaagathi (total surrender), leaving everything to His will, is the
highest form of Bhakthi . Once a Brahmin was crossing a river bed near which
some men were washing clothes. Finding a nice new silk shawl on his shoulder,
they fell upon him in a group, shouting that it belonged to the palace and had
been given to them to be washed, but had been stolen and had not been traced.
The poor Brahmin yelled 'Naaraayana, Naaraayana,' when the blows rained on him
and so, Naaraayana rose from His Seat in Vaikunththa and proceeded forward; but
in a moment, He walked back and resumed His seat much to the surprise of His
consort who asked Him the reason for the strange behaviour. Naaraayana said, "I
wanted to help that poor Brahmin who has fallen into a den of scoundrels, but
he has started beating them, blow for blow; My help is no longer needed."
- From Bhagawan's 1955 Maha Shivarathri Divine Discourse.
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The Lord loves, not the Bhaktha (devotee) but his Bhakthi - Swami
The Lord loves, not the Bhaktha (devotee) but his Bhakthi. The Lord's grace is
like rain, pure water, falling equally everywhere; but its taste gets changed
according to the soil through which it flows. So also the Lord's words are
sweet to some, bitter to others. The Lord's ways are mysterious; He blessed
Vidhura with the words, "Be destroyed" and Dhusshaasana with the words, "Live
for a thousand years;" He meant that Vidhura's 'I' will be destroyed and that
the wicked Dhusshaasana will have to suffer the ills and tribulations of this
world for ten centuries. You do not know the real reasons behind the actions of
the Lord.
- From Swami's 1953 Vijayadasami Divine Discourse.
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The Lord is a mountain of Prema - Bhagawan
The Lord is a mountain of Prema, Any number of ants carrying away particles of
sweetness cannot exhaust His plenty. He is an ocean of mercy without a limiting
shore. Bhakthi is the easiest way to win His grace and also to realise that He
pervades everything; in fact, is everything!.
- From Bhagawan's 1955 Maha Shivarathri Divine Discourse.
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Man today fails to recognise the power of the Divine
Man today fails to recognise the power of the Divine because of his selfishness
and self-centredness. Only when he gets rid of the impurities encrusted in his
heart, will he be able to experience Divinity. Man and God are like the iron
filing and the magnet. God by His very nature attracts man to Himself, for in
man there is the Divine. Often we feel that God has forsaken us and we rush to
blame Him, failing to realise our own defects. When the iron filing is too
thickly covered by rust and dust, can it get attracted to the magnet?
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Sharanaagathi or total surrender
Sharanaagathi (total surrender), leaving everything to His will, is the highest
form of Bhakthi . Once a Brahmin was crossing a river bed near which some men
were washing clothes. Finding a nice new silk shawl on his shoulder, they fell
upon him in a group, shouting that it belonged to the palace and had been given
to them to be washed, but had been stolen and had not been traced. The poor
Brahmin yelled 'Naaraayana, Naaraayana,' when the blows rained on him and so,
Naaraayana rose from His Seat in Vaikunththa and proceeded forward; but in a
moment, He walked back and resumed His seat much to the surprise of His consort
who asked Him the reason for the strange behaviour. Naaraayana said, "I wanted
to help that poor Brahmin who has fallen into a den of scoundrels, but he has
started beating them, blow for blow; My help is no longer needed."
- From Bhagawan's 1955 Maha Shivarathri Divine Discourse.
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