Radhe Krishna To all, Discourse contd.....
Swami Sivananda was a great Bhakta, Jnani, Yogeeswara. He was easily approachable. Whenever he went out shopping he would fill both the pockets of his kurta with cash. On seeing beggars he would dip his hand in the pockets and pull out handful of cash and just drop it into their hands. He had no count of how much he gave. He possessed such a big heart. In those days only two places were searched if young ones were missing from home. One was Sivananda Ashram and the other was the Ashram of Sarada devi, wife of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa because only these two would give sanyas right away to anyone who approached them! One day, a young boy came to Swami Sivananda for taking sanyas. Before taking sanyas the head has to be shaved. The person for doing this job was not to be found. He asked the boy to wait in a room. Swami Sivananda locked this room and taking the key along, went in search of a barber. The young boy later asked the Swami, "Swami! Where did you go?" Swami Sivananda said, "I had gone in search of a barber." The youngster asked, "Why did you lock me up in a room?" Swami Sivananda explained, "I locked the room to stop you from going away with a change of heart." Once, an old man asked Swami Sivananda, "Why do you give sanyasa to young boys? I am an old man and you are refusing me sanyasa!" Swami Sivananda said, "Only the freshly bloomed flower is offered at the Lotus Feet of God. Would a dried up and withered flower be offered to God?" Swami Sivananda gives a wonderful definition for the term 'Charity'. 'Charity,' he says, 'is self sacrifice'. Such glorious Swami Sivananda had come down in the lineage of Appayya Deekshitar. The Swamiji (Swami Sundarananda) here, who has come down in this glorious lineage, makes us feel the presence of Swami Sivananda himself. It is verily our fortune. Pandari Sadhus in their kirtans have sung that a Mahan might visit one's home or one might visit the place of a Mahan seeking his company. Both are verily Satsang. It cannot be refuted. However, if we earn the darsan of a Mahan accidentally – say you are in the Central station for taking the train to Bombay. There, a Sadhu awaits his train to Vrindavan. You both did not know that the other would come there. (On seeing him) You at once fall at his feet, "oh, Gurunatha!" That is verily a Satsang that God has blessed you with. So say the Pandari Sadhus. The Satsang that comes about accidentally, sans your effort, is verily one graced by God. !!! Will Continue !!! --------------------------------- If any of our members interested to watch this video of the discourse....... Pl click the link below... http://www.namadwaar.org/videos/internal/abhedananda.php --------------------------------- An announcement.... With Lord SriHari's grace and our Guruji's blessings, Global Organization for Divinity is delighted to present Srimad Bhagavatam Telecon Lecture Series by Sri. Ramanujamji, a disciple of HH Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji. Program Details: Duration: 10 hours Date: Every Tuesday & Friday of February 2010 (75 minutes per session) Time: 8:30 - 9:45 PM CT (9:30 - 10:45 PM ET, 6:30 - 7:45 PM PT) Mode: Teleconference. (Registered members will be given a phone number and a passcode to dial in.) Participation is Free and Seats are limited and are allotted on a first-come-first-served basis. Please forward this email to your friends and relatives who may be interested. For registration and further details, please visit our website: www.GoDivinity.Org ----------------------------------- Regards & Chant The Maha mantra: Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Source: http://namadwaar.org/home.php --------------------------------- -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OWNER : [email protected]; [!! Sriram Savarkar ¡¡] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sriram Savarkar" group. To modify your list subscription, please send a blank email to: For posting Messages: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] Visit Group : http://groups.google.com/group/sriram-savarkar?hl=en
