Monday, 03 September 2018

Krishna and His Love

 The Speaking Tree  India | ET

By SEEMA BURMAN

Krishna, the universal teacher, suggests an easy path to godhead, “Whatever you do, eat, offer in sacrifice, gift away, whatever austerity you practise… do it as an offering to Me” (Gita 9:27).

Krishna declined Duryodhana’s sumptuous feast, saying, “One must eat only on two occasions; when one is hungry or when one is invited with love. You do not love me and I am never hungry.”

Krishna rushed to Duryodhana’s ex-minister Vidur’s house. Seeing Krishna, Vidur’s wife was so overwhelmed that she peeled the bananas, threw away the fruit and offered the skins to Krishna, which He happily accepted.

The Divine Lord attaches no importance to rituals, expenditure, show, reading of scriptures or japa. These mind-cleansing methods can be done mechanically, but what he wants is love devoid of cunning. Meera had such love for Krishna.

A simple devotee, Dhanna Jaat was asked by his guru to look after a stone deity of Krishna while he was away. An honoured Dhanna brought food for the Lord but was restless that the deity had not eaten at all.

The guru had forgotten to tell his simple disciple that offering food was just a symbolic gesture.

Dhanna pleaded and sat there for three days refusing to get up till the Lord obliged. Hungry and frustrated, Dhanna wielded astick, threatening to give the deity a sound thrashing if he did not eat.

Immediately, Krishna manifested himself, ate everything and even worked on Dhanna’s fields for the devotee was in no condition to work, so busy he was praying to God.

DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own.

Quote from the True Charm and Power of Vedanta

To live in the wold and yet ot grow in the spirit of renunciation means a tremendous wasle of energy and failure mor often than not. There is a constant stuggle. The mind will be disturbed by low desires if it is always coming in contact with their objects. And it will have to be constantly pulled back to a safe level. This eternal play will go on- the sliding down of the mind and the drawing of it up. The energy that should be devoted to the realization of God, will thus be spent in looking after the mind. Hence, there will be little spiritual progress. It is a nerve racking business-this struggle with the mind. Heaven knows the mind is sufficiently untractable even without outside stimulus. Constant struggle with the mind leads to neurosis. and this is dangerous . if we are sincere and serious we msut therefore retire from the world externally as wall as internally.

But, if He exists?

I drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive 4m.

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