Message of the week - December 13, 2007

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Sairam,

 

Happy BABA day to all. Pray BABA guides us and fulfills all our wishes

and guides us always.

 

Here is the message of the week.

 

" Once a Soudagar (merchant) came here. Before him a mare passed her

stool (nine balls of stool). The merchant, intent on his quest, spread

the end of his dhotar and gathered all the nine balls in it, and thus

he got concentration (peace) of mind " .

 

Mr. Patankar could not make out the meaning of this story; so he asked

Ganesh Damodar, alias Dada Kelkar, " What does Baba mean by this? " He

replied - " I too do not know all that Baba says and means, but at His

inspiration I say, what I come to know. The mare is God's grace and

the nine balls excreted are the nine forms or types of Bhakti, viz.,

(1) Shravana (Hearing); (2) Kirtana (Praying); (3) Smarana

(Remembering); (4) Padasevana (resorting to the feet); (5) Archana

(Worship); (6) Namaskara (Bowing); (7) Dasya (Service); (8) Sakhyatva

(Friendship); (9) Atmanivedana (surrender of the self). These are the

nine types of Bhakti. If any of these is faithfully followed, Lord

Hari will be pleased, and manifest Himself in the home of the devotee.

All the sadhanas, viz. Japa (vocal worship), Tapa (penance), Yoga

practice and studying the scriptures and expounding them are quite

useless unless they are accompanied by Bhakti, i.e., devotion.

Knowledge of the Vedas, or fame as a great Jnani, and mere formal

Bhajan (worship) are of no avail. What is wanted is Loving Devotion.

Consider yourself as the merchant or seeker after the truth and be

anxious and eager like him to collect or cultivate the nine types of

devotion. Then you will attain stability and peace of mind " .

 

Let us pray to BABA to give us the bhakthi/devotion during worship and

to think of HIM all the time. Also HE is the supreme controller and

let us digest the real truth and leave everything at HIS lotus feet

and accept everything as HIS blessings.

 

Humbly Yours, Sairam