True Love + Sacrifice + Discipline = Spirituality

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True love for God is not in asking God to do good things for you, but to accept

the fate He has decided for you.

 

By this measure, we all fall short of the mark. So long as this is so, we are

not fit to call ourselves devotees, let alone senior or junior devotees. The

true mark of devotion is not in the tears one sheds (that is His grace), but in

the acceptance of His will with gladness in one's heart. Such was the inner

feeling of Jesus, Prahlada, and Sri Rama in all situations and circumstances.

 

Nothing moves, not even a straw, in the absence of His grace. Whatever good or

bad situation arises, it is His will in order to teach us a lesson or to induce

some change in you, that you may improve yourself accordingly.

 

The true devotee is able, without external prompting or expectation of reward,

to be able to say that " Let His will be done, not my own, except that it is in

line with His will. "

 

This is the nature of self-surrender. All those whom we contemplate mentally as

substantial figures in the various world religions, were able to surrender in

this manner, to His will. Sri Rama was thus the embodiment of self-surrender

and discipline. His loyalty was always towards His duties first, and his own

personal needs/wishes/relations second. Such is the mark of a good

administrator.

 

The logic of bhakthi is simple, not complicated, ...for instance, Jesus has said

" Which of you, if his son ask for bread, will give him a stone? ...If you then,

though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more

will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! "

 

Believe in the indwelling spirit, and the spirit will redeem you.

 

" It is my very nature to reach that person who remembers me, instantly. Whether

with devotion or not, if a man remembers me sincerely, I will instantly reach

him and grant his desires. " This is the promise of Dattatreya to His earnest

disciples.

 

Keep Faith. Move mountains.

 

Jaya Guru Datta!

 

 

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Gurorangripadme ManaScenna Lagnam tata: kim! tata: kim! tata: kim! tata: kim!?

Sarva Kartha, Sarva Dhartha, Sarva Hartha, Mangalam!

Satchidananda, Satchidananda, Satchidananda Mangalam!

Tasmai Sri Guru-murthaye Nama Idam Sri Dakshinamurtaye!

 

Ata Nityo Narayanaha, Brahma Narayanaha, Sivascha Narayanaha, Kalascha

Narayanaha. Disascha Narayanaha, Vidisascha Narayanaha, Urdwamscha Narayanaha,

Adhascha Narayanaha, Antar-bahischa-Narayana.Narayana Eh Vedam Sarvam, Yat

BhootamYacchha Bhavyam.Nish-kalango Niranjano Nirvikalpo Nirakyadhas,suddhho

Deva Eko Narayanaha, Na dwiteeyosthi kaschit,ya evam Vedas Vishnu reva Bhavati,

Sa Vishnureva Bhavathi, Etat yajur veda sirodeeyathe.

 

~*Om * Ayim * Hreem * Sreem * Siva * Rama * Anagha * Dattaya * Namaha*~