Nishtha or devotion to one ideal

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Vivekananda Tells Srories

 

Swami Vivekananda was a great storyteller. His talks and writings are

interspersed with numerous anecdotes, examples, similes, and illustrations

mirroring his vast knowledge of human nature--its potential and its relative

limitations. Some of these stories are well known, many others are little

known. We present here some more of these insightful stories, selected from

his Complete Works.

 

Nishtha or devotion to one ideal

 

There is a story of Hanumân, who was a great worshipper of Râma. The Hindus

worship many incarnations of God. According to them, God came nine times in

India and will come once more. When he came as Rama, this Hanuman was his

great worshipper. Hanuman lived very long and was a great Yogi.

 

During his lifetime, Rama came again as Krishna; and Hanuman, being a great

Yogi, knew that the same God had come back again as Krishna. He came and

served Krishna, but he said to him, "I want to see that Rama form of yours".

Krishna said, "Is not this form enough? I am this Krishna; I am this Rama.

All these forms are mine". Hanuman said, "I know that, but the Rama form is

for me. The Lord of Jânaki and the Lord of Shri are the same. They are both

the incarnations of the Supreme Self. Yet the lotus eyed Rama is my all in

all". *This is Nishtha--knowing that all these different forms of worship

are right, yet sticking to one and rejecting the others. We must not worship

the others at all; we must not hate or criticize them, but respect them*.(9:

223-224)

 

 

 

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