[DattaVani] Offense to Sri Swamiji... or not.

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about feeling hurt, offense etc see Sri Swamiji s life History (no discussion

please on jaigurudatta. won´t join discussion at dattavani either) JGD

SGS Life History <sgslh_raosyama>

Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:44 am

Life History of H.H. Sri Swamiji 146

 

Having understood their feelings[suspecting Him of stealing etc] Satyam was

deeply hurt. He felt that he was standing on hot coal and

could not stay in the house any more. It was not

really their fault at all, he was aware of. How

could he continue to stay in their house?†“they have

not actually insulted me. What happened amounts to

being insulted. Who is responsible then? Nobody

really. How then can an event take place without

someone being responsible? But it still happened.

If so why the end result of accusation fall on my

head? It must then be the result of actions of my

pat life. So, it means that I am myself responsible

for getting insulted. I am destined to face the

insult without any other individual being responsible

for it. On a similar logical analysis, even if there

is someone to insult me, if I am not destined to get

insulted, he/she cannot insult me. I was therefore

responsible for getting insulted then and also getting

insulted now. In the absence of a medium in the form

of another person, if I am destined to, I cannot stop

getting insulted. If so, I have been unjustly saying

to myself that I excused Ambamma aunty thinking that

she had insulted me. I thought that I had the big

heart to excuse her. I had thought that I had won a

victory over hatred. I was wrong to come to that

assumption. I must have been a selfish, egotistic

food to think that I have excused them and thinking

that I have learnt the art of achieving victory over

hatred. If I have no enemy to hate and I think that

I have won the battle, I must be cheating my own

conscience.†“In this world there are no wicked

revengeful persons. I am reaping the results of my

own bad actions of the past. Thinking that I won

over anger I am cheating myself again. I have no

enemy to show my anger and so I cannot say that I have

won. I understand it clearly now. I have realised

my mistake. I will not repeat such mistakes again.

I have learnt another lesson from this place. I must

now go to another place and continue my sadhana. If

I do not go, I will be responsible for disturbing the

peace in this household.†Satyam understood the

truth by self-analysis. Just like a tiny bit of

sandalwood that clears the smell of dirty water, with

this episode Satyam’s heart got that much purer.

 

That night he told his uncle, “Uncle, I want to see

granddad, please send me there.†The next day, uncle

got a train ticket to Mysore and made sure that his

nephew went with proper address and directions to

reach his granddad’s house. Satyam received an

affectionate welcome by Linganna and Parvathamma.

With the little knowledge of Kannada he had acquired

and the Telugu he knew, Satyam could communicate with

Linganna. A week later he gave a detailed account of

the experiences he had undergone.

 

Linganna who was by nature kind hearted and

compassionate, felt sorry for the plight of his

grandson and also granddaughter Vara at Anantapur.

“You two come here and stay with us and let us face

the difficulties together,†he told Satyam.

Waiting for this opportunity, Satyam borrowed some

money from Linganna, went to Kandakur to come back

with Vara.

 

“Granddad and aunty would like to keep Vara with them

for few days. I am therefore taking her to Mysore,â€

he told Nanjundiah. He also added, “I will continue

my studies at Mysoreâ€.

 

Nanjundiah and his wife could understand the reason

for this decision taken by Satyam. They tried hard

to keep the two back at Kandakur. Satyam would not

hear any of it. He organised the transfer

certificate from the school along with Vara come back

to Mysore. Nanjundiah came with his wife to the

railway station to send him off. They requested him

to send Vara back to Kandakur as soon as possible.

Poor folks, they could not really do anything else.

Brother and sister came to Mysore feeling victorious.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Jaya Guru Datta.

 

Here is my 2 cents worth.

 

a) Looked from spiritual perspective, one has to think Why does a Mahatma needs

"your" money when He can materialize things at will?

If He was able to create a gold chain, can't He create a stack of currency for

Himself or

for that matter anything that He wants? The only conclusion one could deduce is

that He is

alleviating some of our Karma in this fashion. My personal experience (am sure

there

are several other devotees) is that Guru gives back everything taken, in fact

100 times than what was given as Dakshina. This could be material in value or

could be

a peace of mind that no money can buy. Only experience can tell that. First put

your faith, then look for the result.

 

 

b) Looked at material perspective, one has to ponder where this money going. How

are all

the charitable programs run by Datta Peetham getting funded? The Almighty God

blessed us

with ability to help others. Since we can not afford to go different places and

do the

social upliftment ourselves, we should utilize Datta Peetham as an established

organization

and Sri Swamiji as our money manager to the extent we can.

 

c) All the contributions are voluntary. You are not obligated to donate anything

to be part of this family. There are many Seva opportunities other than giving

"your" money.

 

We should not perform any seva expecting certain results back. As Bhagavan

Krishna said Seva

without "Prathi Phala Apeksha" is the best. Going one step further, we should

get away from

the concept that this is "our" money and that we are donating it. As Sri Swamiji

said

several times, this is all His and His only.

 

We need to have constant Satsangh that keeps us in good perspective and helps us

ignore noises generated by this "monkey mind".

 

Sree Guru Datta.