Krishna’s
Instruction To Udhavar Part 2
The
Lord narrated to Udhavar, ‘Once, Yadu Maharaja observed an Avadutta sanyasi. He
was amazed to see that the sanyasi led a care free life. He wished to know the
secret for leading a carefree life. Therefore, he approached the sanyasi for
instruction. After paying obeisance Yadu asked, ‘I see that you are extremely knowledgeable
and yet you travel through this Earth with the attitude of a child. Your
appearance is like that of a mad man or that of a ghost. You are not affected
by the heat of samsara. Like an elephant standing in the midst of river Ganges
which does not feel any heat while its companions on the shore suffer from
heat, you are free from samsaric worries. Please share with me the knowledge to
lead a care free life.’
‘Dear
King, I have obtained this sacred knowledge from my spiritual masters. I have
learnt from 25 masters. I will narrate to you everything I have learnt from
them.
The
earth is my first teacher. I learnt to be patient like her. She does not get
angry even when we dig her and pollute her. She bears us with patience. She has
the capacity to destroy us for the mistakes we commit and yet she does not do
so. Like her, we should exhibit tolerance even when other people annoy us or
torment us.
Wind
embraces objects which emit pleasant odour as well as foul odour. Wind itself
is not affected by odour as it only carries the odour. Like wind our atma
remains unaffected. It only enters different bodies incited by karma. A
Bagawatha comes in contact with both good and bad but, he/she must not get
entangled with it and remain unaffected like wind.
Sky
remains limitless and cannot be measured. It is spread everywhere. It cannot be
divided. The sky contains all other objects like wind, the Sun and the Moon in
it; similarly, Paramatman is like the sky and we are contained in Him. Like the
sky a yogi’s mind should transcend beyond sensual pleasures and remain
dedicated to the Lord. The sky supports all objects without expecting anything
in return. Like this a person must serve other Bagawathas without expecting any
benefit in return. The sky is also free from ego as it does not feel proud that
it has all the objects. Similarly a person must be bereft of ego.’
Continued On: http://thoughtsonsanathanadharma.blogspot.ca/2014/06/srimadh-bagawatham-krishnas-instruction_15.html
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