Guest guest Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 The Following is taken from a Few of Swami's talks in Venkatagiri in Andhra Pradesh in the late 1950's : NOTHING HAPPENS TO SWAMI, NOTHING CAN TOUCH YOUR SWAMI, SWAMI IS ALL RIGHT ALL THE TIME, IT IS ONLY YOUR BRAMA (ILLUSION) THAT I WAS HURTAND NOT WELL. FOR SWAMI THIS PHYSICAL BODY IS ONLY A MEANS TO TEACH YOU GOOD THINGS. YOU HAVE PRAYED WHOLE HEARTEDLY THAT I SHOULD COME AND GIVE YOU DARSHAN, SEE HERE IAM,YOUR PRAYERS HAVE MADE ME TO COME, THERE WAS NEVER AN INJURY TO SWAMI, SWAMI NEVER GET INJURED, AS ALL ARE MY CREATIONS CAN MY OWN CREATIONS HARM ME ?,SWAMI ACTS IN MANY WAYS TO TEACH YOU LESSONS OF LOVE. SWAMI NEVER FEELS PAIN, WHY SHOULD SWAMI FEEL PAIN?, IAM THE CAUSE FOR EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD,EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS WORLD IS BECAUSE OF ME.GOD BEHAVES HUMANLY TO HELP PEOPLE AROUND HIM TO LEARN LESSONS AND EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE EVIL AND WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD BECOME HIS ARDENT DEVOTEES. IN THE RAMAYANA , MARICHA WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OFRAVANA, HE WAS THE MOST EVIL MAN AFTER RAVANA, BUT ULTIMATELY HEADVISED RAVANA NOT TO EVEN TOUCH OR LOOK AT SITA, ALL OF YOU WILL NOTKNOW THAT IT WAS MARICHA WHO TOLD THE GREAT WORDS "RAMO VIGRAHA VAN DHARMAHA", HE TOLD RAVANA WHO HAD COME TO HIM FOR ASSISTANCE TO KIDNAP SITA THAT " RAMA IS DIVINE, GOD HIMSELF", HE TOLD RAVANA THATWHEN HE HAD GONE TO DISRUPT THE YAGNA OF THE RISHIS IN THE FOREST,RAMA SHOT AN ARROW AT HIM AND IT HAD CHASED HIM WHEREVER IT WENT.ITWOULD NOT LEAVE HIM, IT CHASED HIM EVERWHERE, IT WAS ONLY WHEN HEJUMPED INTO THE SEA THAT RAMA CALLED BACK HIS ARROW DUE TO REVERENCE TO THE GOD OF THE SEAS, HOW DID THE EVIL INCARNATE MARICHA BECOME LORD RAMA'S GREAT DEVOTEES AND ENDED HIS LIFE AT RAMA'S DIVINE HANDS, IT WAS BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD THE LOVE OF THE LORD, THE DIVINITY OF THE LORD.IN THE MAHABARATA ALSO, DURING BHEESHMA PARVA AFTER THE BATTLE HADENDED FOR THE DAY, DURYODHANA APPROACHED BHEESHMACHARYA AND ASKED HIM "OH, GREAT GRANDFATHER, IN SPITE OF YOUR GREAT POWER AND YOUR SKILLS IN THE BATTLEFIELD, NOT EVEN A SINGLE MAJOR WARRIOR IN THEWHOLE PANDAVA ARMY HAS DIED, BUT MANY OF OUR GREAT WARRIORS HAVE DIED A SORRY DEATH, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO US, INSPITE OF US HAVINGGREAT WARRIORS LIKE YOURSELF, DRONACHARYA, KARNA AND SHALYA, WHY ARE WE FAILING IN THE WAR", TO WHICH BHEESHMACHARYA REPLIED "MY DEAR SON, IT WILL NOT TAKE ME A MINUTE TO LINE UP ALL THE FIVE PANDAVAS AND ALL THEIR OTHER GREAT WARRIORS AND KILL THEM, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE AWAY ONE PERSON FROM THE BATTLEFIELD, AS LONG AS HE IS IN THE WAR ZONE, I CANNOT TOUCH THEM, ALL MY WEAPONS, MY KNOWLEDGE ARE NOTHING BEFORE HIM, HE IS KRISHNA, TAKE HIM AWAY ANDYOU WILL WIN THE WAR ", DURYODHANA HUNG HIS HEAD AND RECOLLECTED HOW HE WAS THE HAPPIEST MAN WHEN ARJUNA HAD CHOSEN ONLY KRISHNA AND NOTHING ELSE AND HE WAS VERY HAPPY THAT HE HAD TAKEN A HUGE PORTION OF THE ARMY OF KRISHNA. THIS IS THE GREATNESS OF THE LORD, ALL HIS ACTIONS HAVE MEANING, NOT ONE OF HIS ACTIONS ARE MEANT TO WASTED.HOW TRUE ARE THESE WORDS OF BHAGAWAN, HOW RELEVANT ARE THEY TODAY FOR ALL OF US. OM SAI RAM Connect with friends all over the world. Get India Messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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