He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
WHO CAN TELL?
TAKE the case of a patient. Nature has almost
cured him, when the physician prescribes a herb
and asks him to drink its juice. After taking the
medicine he is completely cured. Now, is the
patient cured by the medicine'? Or does he get well
by himself? Who can tell?
Lakshmana said to Lava and Kusa, "You are mere
children, you don't know Rama's power. At the
touch of His feet, Ahalya31, who had been turned
into a stone, got back her human form." Lava and
Kusa said, "Revered sir, we know that! We have
heard the story, The stone became Ahalya because
of the power of the holy man's words. The sage
Gautama said to her: 'In the Tretayuga, Rama will
pass this hermitage. You will become a human
being again at the touch of His feet."
Now, who can tell whether the miracle happened
in order that the sage's words should be fulfilled or
on account of Rama's holiness?
cured him, when the physician prescribes a herb
and asks him to drink its juice. After taking the
medicine he is completely cured. Now, is the
patient cured by the medicine'? Or does he get well
by himself? Who can tell?
Lakshmana said to Lava and Kusa, "You are mere
children, you don't know Rama's power. At the
touch of His feet, Ahalya31, who had been turned
into a stone, got back her human form." Lava and
Kusa said, "Revered sir, we know that! We have
heard the story, The stone became Ahalya because
of the power of the holy man's words. The sage
Gautama said to her: 'In the Tretayuga, Rama will
pass this hermitage. You will become a human
being again at the touch of His feet."
Now, who can tell whether the miracle happened
in order that the sage's words should be fulfilled or
on account of Rama's holiness?
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
ONE must believe in the Divine Presence in the
image.
Once I went to Vishnupur. The Raja of that place
has several fine temples. In one of them there is an
image of the Divine Mother, called Mrinmayi.
There are several lakes near the temple, known as
the Lalbandh, Krishnabandh, and so on. In the
water of one of the lakes I could smell the
ointments that women use for their hair. How do
you explain that? I didn't know at that time that the
woman devotees offer ointments to the Goddess
Mrinmayi while visiting Her temple. Near the lake I
went into samadhi, though I had not yet seen the
image in the temple. In that state I saw the divine
form from the waist up, rising from the water.
image.
Once I went to Vishnupur. The Raja of that place
has several fine temples. In one of them there is an
image of the Divine Mother, called Mrinmayi.
There are several lakes near the temple, known as
the Lalbandh, Krishnabandh, and so on. In the
water of one of the lakes I could smell the
ointments that women use for their hair. How do
you explain that? I didn't know at that time that the
woman devotees offer ointments to the Goddess
Mrinmayi while visiting Her temple. Near the lake I
went into samadhi, though I had not yet seen the
image in the temple. In that state I saw the divine
form from the waist up, rising from the water.
WHEN GOD LAUGHS
GOD laughs on two occasions. He laughs when
the physician says to the patient's mother, "Don't
be afraid, mother, I shall certainly cure your boy."
God laughs saying to Himself, "I am going to take
his life, and this man says he will save it!" The
physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that
God is the Master. God laughs again when two
brothers divide their land with a string, saying to
each other, "This side is mine, that side is yours."
He laughs and says to Himself, "The universe
belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion
or that portion,"
the physician says to the patient's mother, "Don't
be afraid, mother, I shall certainly cure your boy."
God laughs saying to Himself, "I am going to take
his life, and this man says he will save it!" The
physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that
God is the Master. God laughs again when two
brothers divide their land with a string, saying to
each other, "This side is mine, that side is yours."
He laughs and says to Himself, "The universe
belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion
or that portion,"
WHY NOT THROUGH A MAN?
IT is God Himself who plays about as human
beings. If God can be worshipped through a clay
image why not through a man?
Once a merchant was shipwrecked. He floated to
the shore of Ceylon, where Vibhishana was the
king of the monsters. Vibhishana ordered his
servants to bring the merchant to him. At the sight
of him Vibhishana was overwhelmed with joy and
said: "Ah! He looks like my Rama. The same
human form!" He adorned the merchant with
robes and jewels, and worshipped him. When I
first heard this story, 1 felt such joy that I cannot
describe it.
beings. If God can be worshipped through a clay
image why not through a man?
Once a merchant was shipwrecked. He floated to
the shore of Ceylon, where Vibhishana was the
king of the monsters. Vibhishana ordered his
servants to bring the merchant to him. At the sight
of him Vibhishana was overwhelmed with joy and
said: "Ah! He looks like my Rama. The same
human form!" He adorned the merchant with
robes and jewels, and worshipped him. When I
first heard this story, 1 felt such joy that I cannot
describe it.
AN INTERESTING INCIDENT!
PADMALOCHAN was a man of deep wisdom.
He had great respect for me, though at that time I
constantly repeated the name of the Divine
Mother. He was the court pandit of the Maharaja
of Burdwan. Once he came to Calcutta and went
to live in a garden house near Kamarhati. I felt a
desire to see him and sent Hriday there to learn if
the pandit had any vanity, I was told that he had
none. Then I met him. Though a man of great
knowledge and scholarship, he began to weep on
hearing me sing Ramprasad's devotional songs. We
talked together a long while; conversation with
nobody else gave me such satisfaction.
Padmalochan told me an interesting incident. Once
a meeting was called to decide which of the two
deities, Siva or Brahma, was the greater, and unable
to come to any decision, the pandits at last referred
the matter to Padmalochan. With characteristic
guilelessness he said: "How do I know? Neither I
nor any of my ancestors back to the fourteenth
generation have seen Siva or Brahma!"
He had great respect for me, though at that time I
constantly repeated the name of the Divine
Mother. He was the court pandit of the Maharaja
of Burdwan. Once he came to Calcutta and went
to live in a garden house near Kamarhati. I felt a
desire to see him and sent Hriday there to learn if
the pandit had any vanity, I was told that he had
none. Then I met him. Though a man of great
knowledge and scholarship, he began to weep on
hearing me sing Ramprasad's devotional songs. We
talked together a long while; conversation with
nobody else gave me such satisfaction.
Padmalochan told me an interesting incident. Once
a meeting was called to decide which of the two
deities, Siva or Brahma, was the greater, and unable
to come to any decision, the pandits at last referred
the matter to Padmalochan. With characteristic
guilelessness he said: "How do I know? Neither I
nor any of my ancestors back to the fourteenth
generation have seen Siva or Brahma!"
INSCRUTABLE ARE THE WAYS OF GOD
How can we understand the ways of God through
our small intellects?
As Bhishma lay dying on his bed of arrows, the
Pandava brothers and Krishna stood around him.
They saw tears flowing from the eyes of the great
hero. Arjuna said to Krishna: "Friend, how
surprising it is! Even such a man as our grandsire
Bhishma - truthful, self-restrained, supremely wise
and one of the eight Vasus - weeps through Maya,
at the hour of death." Sri Krishna asked Bhishma
about it. Bhishma replied: "O Krishna, You know
very well that this is not the cause of my grief. 1 am
thinking that there is no end to the Pandavas'
sufferings, though God Himself is their charioteer,
A thought like this makes me feel that 1 have
understood » nothing of the ways of God, and so I
weep."
our small intellects?
As Bhishma lay dying on his bed of arrows, the
Pandava brothers and Krishna stood around him.
They saw tears flowing from the eyes of the great
hero. Arjuna said to Krishna: "Friend, how
surprising it is! Even such a man as our grandsire
Bhishma - truthful, self-restrained, supremely wise
and one of the eight Vasus - weeps through Maya,
at the hour of death." Sri Krishna asked Bhishma
about it. Bhishma replied: "O Krishna, You know
very well that this is not the cause of my grief. 1 am
thinking that there is no end to the Pandavas'
sufferings, though God Himself is their charioteer,
A thought like this makes me feel that 1 have
understood » nothing of the ways of God, and so I
weep."
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