Surrender to the Rasik Saint

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Here is my translation of

'Mahapurusha ki Sharanagati' -

'Sri Kripaluji Maharaj's discourse in Hindi',

published in the Quarterly News Letter

(April-June 2004) of

http://www.basanadham.org/

 

Namaste.

 

It is declared in Veda:

 

AtmAnam rathinaM viddhi zarIram ratham eva tu...

 

As given in the verses Kathopanishad 1.3. 3-9.

 

There is the chariot with its traveller seated inside. The chariot is

driven by five strong horses through whose mouths five powerful reins

are fastened to control the horses. The driver takes hold of the five

controlling reins and directs the five horses.

 

All this essential equippment for a successful journey is given to

each and every individual soul. The Supreme Lord, Krishna is simply

waiting for the arrival of all travelers, thus hoping to see them

reach their blisful destination of Peace and eternal happiness.

 

The material body is compared to a chariot. The five senses of the

body are the five horses of the chariot while the mind is the reins

that holds and controls the horses. The power of reason with the so

called knowledge "buddhi" is the driver of the chariot. The passenger

of the chariot seated inside is the individual spirit soul. Under the

direction and control of the knowledge (wisdom), the five senses with

the help of mind ropes, relentlessly serving the passenger, the spirit

soul, who is continuously seeking and traveling to the destination of

divine happiness in every life.

 

Try to understand this analogy more deeply - The passenger as the

soul, the body as the chariot, five senses as the five sense organs

consisting of eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin, the mind as the reins

that hold the horses, the driver as the intellect and wisdom, the

spiritual journey is going on from time immemorial to reach the divine

destination. Not even for a second the travel is interrupted.

 

But who is working so hard without a second of rest? All the actions

are accomplished through mind alone. Every action is first a thought

and then it materializes into a deed. This mind could never be free of

thoughts and in other words the mind could never be actionless.

 

In Bhagavad Gita. 3.5 Lord emphasizes:

 

na hi kazcit kSaNamapi jAtu tiSTHaty akarma kRt...

 

Mind is never thoughtfree nor action free. It cannot be quietened even

if you determine to choose inaction because it is still involved in

the process of thinking, thinking of being inactive!

 

Work and actions are two kinds, one being mental as well as physical,

the other being purely on mental plane.

 

Vedas have said:

 

sa yathA kAmo bhavati tat kratur bhavati

yatkratur bhavati tat karma kurUte

yatkarma kurUte tadabhi saMpadyate

 

According to our desires we make our plans and decisions. According to

our plans and determinations we perform various types of work, putting

our thoughts into actions. The result of those actions becomes our own

natural existence, whether it is good or bad.

 

So the whole responsibility lies upon the mind and its thoughts as

well as its decisions.

 

Bhagavatam says:

 

cetaH khalvasya bandhAya muktaye cAtmano matam

 

Bondage or liberation, happiness or misery, the cause for both is

simply attributed to the mind alone.

To criticize the sense organs is wrong. The senses are not the

culprits nor the spirit soul but the mind which is the doer.

 

But the mind itself is being governed by higher authority of buddhi

(knowledge and wisdom) and they are always working together in every

individual.

 

This buddhi (knowledge and wisdom) is previously compared to the able

driver of the chariot, who holds the reins in the form of mind which

controls the horses in the form of five senses.

So all the blame for the wrong misleading actions has to be put on the

'buddhi' which is responsible for the delay in reaching the desired

destination.

 

So whole-heartedly surrender to the great spiritual Master and try to

acquire right knowledge from God realized Saints as Veda urges the

spiritual seekers:

 

uttiSThata jAgrata prApya varAn nibodhata

kSurasya dhArA nizitA duratyayA

durgaM pathas tat kavayo vadanti

 

(Kathopanishad 1.3.14)

 

"ARISE! AWAKE! ATTAIN the Highest Wisdom

from approaching the God Realized Saints.

 

The Saints describe THAT PATH to be

as IMPASSABLE as a RAZOR'S EDGE,

which is sharpened and

difficult to TREAD upon."

 

Look dear seekers, the knowledge you have is only material and your

wisdom is also not divine. So you cannot tread upon the difficult

spiritual path with your worldly wisdom.

For a successful journey to Divine Bliss, surrender your material

knowledge to the Saint's Divine wisdom and unite your mind to the

Saint's transcendental vision and realization.

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

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