Tres historias conmovedoras de Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, llenas de perspicacia, por B.Aravind.
Se dice que Maya (ilusión o engaño) a menudo encubre la Divinidad al igual que las nubes cubren el sol. Todo parece oscuro entonces hasta que las nubes son apartadas y el sol se revela en toda su gloria. Nunca pasa nada en el sol!. Pero nosotros los humanos en la tierra experimentamos su ausencia.
De hecho, el concepto de Maya es en sí misma una ilusión, como Swami Bhagavan Baba, lo expresó:
"No hay tal cosa como la maya, es todo imaginación de uno. Pensar que usted es el cuerpo, es Maya . Se cree equivocadamente que son algo [cuerpo] que realmente no lo son, eso es Maya . A decir verdad, no hay Maya, es todo imaginación de uno. Maya es como la sombra de un árbol? . Las ramas del árbol no dejan pasar los rayos del sol. Si no hay ramas, tampoco hay sombra. La sombra se llama Mayanace de las ramas, llamadas deseos humanos. Si no hay deseos, entonces no hay Maya , así! "
Bueno, como estudiante, he visto esta Maya en innumerables ocasiones. Antes de entrar en algunos episodios interesantes, permítanme definir lo que entiendo por Maya.
Maya es cuando limitamos a Swami a un marco de 5 '2 ", olvidando que Él es lo que las Escrituras llaman como Anoranîyan Mahatomaheeyan (más pequeño que lo más pequeño pero más grande que el más grande!).
Cada uno de estos episodios muestran un aspecto hermoso de su amor y su mensaje. Ocurrieron en diferentes puntos en el tiempo a diferentes compañeros míos.
Las oraciones deben estar libres de egoísmo y el engaño.
El primero ocurrió el 24 de octubre de 2006. Swami estaba hablando con algunos de nosotros los estudiantes, ya que teníamos previsto poner en marcha un programa en su presencia para la ocasión de Ramzan. Fue el mismo día en que Swami había revelado el magnífico concepto de la evolución a la luz de los diez avatares de Vishnu . Toda la sesión fue esclarecedora y fantástica. Hacia el final, uno de mis compañeros de clase se levantó y le dijo a Swami,
"Swami tengo un deseo ..."
"¿Cual es?"
"Swami, hasta ahora nosotros lo veíamos caminar. Ahora, no puede caminar Swami! "
(Swami había estado yendo y moviéndose en una silla de ruedas debido a una fractura en la cadera.) Swami no dijo nada. Mi compañero de clase continuó, "Swami, no podemos ver Tu dolor ... Queremos verte sano y feliz. " Y con eso, se echó a llorar.
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Three poignant stories of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba full of insight, by B.Aravind.
Source: aravindb1982
It is said that Maya (illusion or delusion) often covers up Divinity just like the clouds cover the sun. Everything seems dark then till the clouds are blown away and the sun is revealed in all glory. Nothing ever happens to the sun! But we humans on earth experience its absence. In fact, the concept of Maya itself is an illusion as Swami, Bhagawan Baba, put it:
“There is no such thing as Maya; it is all one's imagination. To think that you are the body is Maya. You mistakenly believe that you are something [body] that you really are not; that is Maya. Truly speaking, there is no Maya; it is all one's imagination. Mayais like the shadow of a tree. What casts the shadow? The branches of the tree and not the rays of the Sun. If there are no branches, there is also no shadow. The shadow called Mayaarises from the branches called human desires. If there are no desires, then there is no Maya as well!”
Well, as a student, I have seen this Maya on innumerable occasions. Before I go into some interesting episodes, let me define what I mean by Maya here. Maya is when we limit Swami to the 5’ 2” frame of His forgetting that He is what the scriptures call as Anoraneeyan Mahatomaheeyan. (Smaller than the smallest but larger than the largest!)
Each of these episodes show a beautiful aspect of His love and message. They occurred in different points in time to different classmates of mine.
Prayers should be free of selfishness and delusion
The first one happened on 24th of October,2006. Swami was speaking to some of us students who had planned to put up a programme in His presence for the occasion of Ramzan. It was the same day when Swami had revealed the magnificent concept of evolution in light of the ten Avatars of Vishnu. The whole session was enlightening and fantastic. Towards the end, one of my classmates rose and told Swami,
“Swami there is one desire...”
“What is it?”
“Swami, till now you have made us walk. Now, you walk Swami!”
( Swami had been coming and moving about only in a wheelchair due to a fracture in the hips.)
Swami did not say anything. My classmate continued,
“Swami, we cannot see this pain... We want to see you healthy and happy.”
And with that he burst into tears. Seeing this sudden outburst, Swami too had tears and seeing them, all of us to felt hot streams down our cheeks. Then Swami said,
“Naaku Emi Noppu Ledu Bangaru. (My dear one, I have no pain of any kind.) I am always happy.”
With that statement, He effectively countered the request that He should walk because He should not be in pain. But my classmate was in a stubborn devotion. He did not give up and he continued,
“Swami, you are not in pain. But we are sad and pained to see you like this.”
And to that, Swami gave a stunning reply,
“ If you want me to walk so that you are happy, that is selfishness!”
At that point in time, it did not strike hard. My classmate continued,
“Swami, it is our selfishness- not yours. So why should you suffer?”
“There is nothing like your or my selfishness. Selfishness is selfishness. Swami is always happy. He becomes sad when His children are sad!”
And then He declared,
“I will walk. Just wait and see.”
The episode ended there.
On later analysis, I realized that there was such a potent message hidden in there. Almost all of our prayers to God are due to ignorance/delusion (eg. Swami should walk because He should overcome pain) or due to selfishness (Swami should walk because we are in pain seeing Him so).
What and how should our prayers be?
Now that is a point to ponder...
Offer a fresh leaf of meals to God...
This is an episode that another classmate of mine in the interview room. Swami was speaking about some of his personal matters. In between all that, Swami narrated an analogy. And that analogy is poignant and heart-rending.
“You know, when you organize a marriage, there is an order in which food is served. First, the guests are served with all the delicacies. It is that the relatives have their food. After them, the close family and the couple have their food. If there is food remaining, the workers and helpers at the wedding hall are given food to take home for their kith and kin. If food still remains, the beggars and poor people nearby are called and given food. And then, if there is still food remaining, it is thrown. The dogs and crows come and eat them.”
At this point, Swami made a statement that wrenches the heart.
“My condition when I seek Love is like that of the crows and the dogs! People offer their love and devotions to everyone they find and only the discards are offered to God.”
At this point, the boy was in tears. But Swami only had a gentle smile. He also gave an assurance,
“If anyone offers their love to God in their youth, they earn the right to demand from the Lord anything, anytime. Youth is the most sacred time in life which should be offered to the Lord.”
Love is all that the Lord seeks...
I remember a speech that was delivered by a student in Sai Kulwant hall. He spoke about the concept of avatarhood in a very interesting manner.
He said that the Supreme taking on the limitations of the human frame could be understood to an extent with an analogy. Imagine, you had a dog. The dog loves you and you love it too. But how much ever you try to explain to the dog that there are wonders in life grander than just eating, sleeping and wagging its tail, it will not understand. Then, imagine if you had to become a dog yourself so that you could communicate the grand secret to it!
"Now, that is love", the speaker had said.
I stated the above instance because of its relevance to the third episode.
There is another classmate of mine who had chances to be physically close to Swami on many occasions. As it happens, physical proximity often puts us into Maya - which is confusing Swami to be the 5’ 2” physical frame. Seeing the ‘human’ way in which Swami did many things, he one day prayed to Swami.
“Swami please let me be steady in my faith...”
When Swami enquired as to why he prayed thus, he replied,
“Swami my faith in you trembles at times. I don’t want it to collapse.”
(This is a fairly common prayer of all devotees - not only Sai devotees! They pray that their faith should be steady.)
Swami’s answer just blew me away.
“Bangaroo (My dear), do you love me?”
“Yes Swami. I love you.”
“ That is enough. There is no need of faith. If you love me, you deserve me.”
With that, I realized how loving and compassionate our Lord us. He never seeks even ‘faith’ from us. He is hungry only for our love. Has He not said,
“If you need me, you deserve me.”
Cada uno de estos episodios muestran un aspecto hermoso de su amor y su mensaje. Ocurrieron en diferentes puntos en el tiempo a diferentes compañeros míos.
Las oraciones deben estar libres de egoísmo y el engaño.
El primero ocurrió el 24 de octubre de 2006. Swami estaba hablando con algunos de nosotros los estudiantes, ya que teníamos previsto poner en marcha un programa en su presencia para la ocasión de Ramzan. Fue el mismo día en que Swami había revelado el magnífico concepto de la evolución a la luz de los diez avatares de Vishnu . Toda la sesión fue esclarecedora y fantástica. Hacia el final, uno de mis compañeros de clase se levantó y le dijo a Swami,
"Swami tengo un deseo ..."
"¿Cual es?"
"Swami, hasta ahora nosotros lo veíamos caminar. Ahora, no puede caminar Swami! "
(Swami había estado yendo y moviéndose en una silla de ruedas debido a una fractura en la cadera.) Swami no dijo nada. Mi compañero de clase continuó, "Swami, no podemos ver Tu dolor ... Queremos verte sano y feliz. " Y con eso, se echó a llorar.
Al ver esta explosión repentina, Swami también tenía lágrimas, y al verlos, todos sentimos lagrimas calientes por nuestras mejillas. Entonces Swami dijo, " Naaku Emi Noppu Ledu Bangaru . (Mi ser querido, no tengo dolor de ningún tipo.) Yo siempre estoy feliz. "
Con esa declaración, él desestimo la solicitud de que Él debía caminar porque Él no estaba en el dolor. Pero mi compañero tenia una devoción obstinada. Él no se dio por vencido y continuó, "Swami, no tiene dolor. Pero estamos tristes por el dolor de verte así. "
Y para eso, Swami dio una respuesta impresionante,
"Si quieres que camine, así usted es feliz, eso es egoísmo!" .
En ese momento, lo hizo golpear duro. Mi compañero de clase continuó,
"Swami, nuestro egoísmo, es el suyo. ¿Por qué debe sufrir? "
"Si quieres que camine, así usted es feliz, eso es egoísmo!" .
En ese momento, lo hizo golpear duro. Mi compañero de clase continuó,
"Swami, nuestro egoísmo, es el suyo. ¿Por qué debe sufrir? "
"No hay nada como tu o mi egoísmo. El egoísmo es el egoísmo. Swami está siempre feliz. Él se entristece cuando sus hijos están tristes! " Y entonces Él declaró: "Voy a caminar. Sólo esperen y verán. "
El episodio terminó allí. En el análisis más tarde, me di cuenta que había un mensaje tan potente escondido allí. Casi todas nuestras oraciones a Dios son debido a la ignorancia / engaño (por ejemplo Swami debe caminar porque Él debería superar el dolor) o por egoísmo (Swami debe caminar porque nos duele verlo así).
¿Cual y cómo deben ser nuestras oraciones ? Ahora es un punto a considerar ...
Ofrecer una hoja fresca con comida a Dios ...
Este es un episodio de otro compañero mío, en la sala de entrevistas. Swami estaba hablando de algunos de sus asuntos personales. En medio de todo eso, Swami narró una analogía. Y esa analogía es conmovedora y desgarradora.
Ofrecer una hoja fresca con comida a Dios ...
Este es un episodio de otro compañero mío, en la sala de entrevistas. Swami estaba hablando de algunos de sus asuntos personales. En medio de todo eso, Swami narró una analogía. Y esa analogía es conmovedora y desgarradora.
"Usted sabe, cuando usted organiza un matrimonio, hay un orden en el que se sirve la comida. En primer lugar, los invitados se sirven con todas las delicias. Es que los familiares tienen su comida. Después de ellos, la familia cercana y la pareja tiene su comida. Si hay restos de comida, los obreros y ayudantes en la sala de bodas se les da comida para llevar a casa de sus parientes y amigos. Si hay alimentos aún, los mendigos y los pobres cercanos son llamados y se les da comida. Y entonces, si todavía hay comida restante, se descarta. Los perros y los cuervos la verán y se las comerán "
En este punto, Swami hizo una declaración que abrió el corazón. "Mi condición cuando busco amor es como la de los cuervos y los perros!. La gente ofrece su amor y devoción a todos los que encuentran y los descartes sólo se ofrecen a Dios. "
En este punto, el niño estaba llorando. Pero Swami sólo tenía una sonrisa suave. También le garantizo, "Si alguien ofrece su amor a Dios en su juventud, gana el derecho a exigir del Señor todo en cualquier momento. La juventud es el momento más sagrado de la vida, que debe ser ofrecido al Señor. "
El amor es todo lo que el Señor busca ...
Recuerdo un discurso que fue entregado por un estudiante en el Sai Kulwant. Habló sobre el concepto de avataridad de una manera muy interesante.
Dijo que las limitaciones del cuerpo humano podrían entenderse hasta cierto punto con una analogía. Imagínese, que usted tiene un perro. El perro te ama y te quiere. Pero, cuándo intenta explicarle al perro que hay maravillas en la vida más grandes que sólo comer, dormir y mover la cola, no va a entender. Entonces, imagínese si tuviera que convertirse en un perro de modo que usted pueda comunicarle el gran secreto a él !"Ahora, eso es amor", dijo el orador.
El amor es todo lo que el Señor busca ...
Recuerdo un discurso que fue entregado por un estudiante en el Sai Kulwant. Habló sobre el concepto de avataridad de una manera muy interesante.
Dijo que las limitaciones del cuerpo humano podrían entenderse hasta cierto punto con una analogía. Imagínese, que usted tiene un perro. El perro te ama y te quiere. Pero, cuándo intenta explicarle al perro que hay maravillas en la vida más grandes que sólo comer, dormir y mover la cola, no va a entender. Entonces, imagínese si tuviera que convertirse en un perro de modo que usted pueda comunicarle el gran secreto a él !"Ahora, eso es amor", dijo el orador.
Señalé el ejemplo anterior, debido a su importancia para el tercer episodio.
Hay otro compañero mío que tuvo posibilidades de estar físicamente cerca de Swami en muchas ocasiones. Como suele suceder, la proximidad física a menudo nos pone en maya - ya que es confuso Swami al ponerlo en un marco físico. Al ver la forma "humana" en que Swami hizo muchas cosas, un día recé a Swami. "Swami, por favor haz que sea firme en mi fe ..." Cuando Swami preguntó por qué él oraba así , respondió: "Swami mi fe en ti tiembla a veces. No quiero que se derrumbe ". (Esta es una oración muy común de todos los devotos , no sólo los devotos de Sai .
Ellos oran para que su fe sea firme. La respuesta de Swami me dejó sin aliento. " Bangaroo (Mi querido), ¿me amas? " "Sí Swami. Te amo. " " Eso es suficiente. No hay necesidad de fe. Si me amas, me mereces. " Con eso, me di cuenta de lo amoroso y compasivo de nuestro Señor con nosotros. Él no busca ni incluso la "fe" de nosotros. Tiene hambre sólo de nuestro amor.
¿No ha dicho, "Si me necesitas, me mereces"?.
OMSAIRAMMM...
OMSAIRAMMM...
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Three poignant stories of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba full of insight, by B.Aravind.
It is said that Maya (illusion or delusion) often covers up Divinity just like the clouds cover the sun. Everything seems dark then till the clouds are blown away and the sun is revealed in all glory. Nothing ever happens to the sun! But we humans on earth experience its absence. In fact, the concept of Maya itself is an illusion as Swami, Bhagawan Baba, put it:
“There is no such thing as Maya; it is all one's imagination. To think that you are the body is Maya. You mistakenly believe that you are something [body] that you really are not; that is Maya. Truly speaking, there is no Maya; it is all one's imagination. Mayais like the shadow of a tree. What casts the shadow? The branches of the tree and not the rays of the Sun. If there are no branches, there is also no shadow. The shadow called Mayaarises from the branches called human desires. If there are no desires, then there is no Maya as well!”
Well, as a student, I have seen this Maya on innumerable occasions. Before I go into some interesting episodes, let me define what I mean by Maya here. Maya is when we limit Swami to the 5’ 2” frame of His forgetting that He is what the scriptures call as Anoraneeyan Mahatomaheeyan. (Smaller than the smallest but larger than the largest!)
Each of these episodes show a beautiful aspect of His love and message. They occurred in different points in time to different classmates of mine.
Prayers should be free of selfishness and delusion
The first one happened on 24th of October,2006. Swami was speaking to some of us students who had planned to put up a programme in His presence for the occasion of Ramzan. It was the same day when Swami had revealed the magnificent concept of evolution in light of the ten Avatars of Vishnu. The whole session was enlightening and fantastic. Towards the end, one of my classmates rose and told Swami,
“Swami there is one desire...”
“What is it?”
“Swami, till now you have made us walk. Now, you walk Swami!”
( Swami had been coming and moving about only in a wheelchair due to a fracture in the hips.)
Swami did not say anything. My classmate continued,
“Swami, we cannot see this pain... We want to see you healthy and happy.”
And with that he burst into tears. Seeing this sudden outburst, Swami too had tears and seeing them, all of us to felt hot streams down our cheeks. Then Swami said,
“Naaku Emi Noppu Ledu Bangaru. (My dear one, I have no pain of any kind.) I am always happy.”
With that statement, He effectively countered the request that He should walk because He should not be in pain. But my classmate was in a stubborn devotion. He did not give up and he continued,
“Swami, you are not in pain. But we are sad and pained to see you like this.”
And to that, Swami gave a stunning reply,
“ If you want me to walk so that you are happy, that is selfishness!”
At that point in time, it did not strike hard. My classmate continued,
“Swami, it is our selfishness- not yours. So why should you suffer?”
“There is nothing like your or my selfishness. Selfishness is selfishness. Swami is always happy. He becomes sad when His children are sad!”
And then He declared,
“I will walk. Just wait and see.”
The episode ended there.
On later analysis, I realized that there was such a potent message hidden in there. Almost all of our prayers to God are due to ignorance/delusion (eg. Swami should walk because He should overcome pain) or due to selfishness (Swami should walk because we are in pain seeing Him so).
What and how should our prayers be?
Now that is a point to ponder...
Offer a fresh leaf of meals to God...
This is an episode that another classmate of mine in the interview room. Swami was speaking about some of his personal matters. In between all that, Swami narrated an analogy. And that analogy is poignant and heart-rending.
“You know, when you organize a marriage, there is an order in which food is served. First, the guests are served with all the delicacies. It is that the relatives have their food. After them, the close family and the couple have their food. If there is food remaining, the workers and helpers at the wedding hall are given food to take home for their kith and kin. If food still remains, the beggars and poor people nearby are called and given food. And then, if there is still food remaining, it is thrown. The dogs and crows come and eat them.”
At this point, Swami made a statement that wrenches the heart.
“My condition when I seek Love is like that of the crows and the dogs! People offer their love and devotions to everyone they find and only the discards are offered to God.”
At this point, the boy was in tears. But Swami only had a gentle smile. He also gave an assurance,
“If anyone offers their love to God in their youth, they earn the right to demand from the Lord anything, anytime. Youth is the most sacred time in life which should be offered to the Lord.”
Love is all that the Lord seeks...
I remember a speech that was delivered by a student in Sai Kulwant hall. He spoke about the concept of avatarhood in a very interesting manner.
He said that the Supreme taking on the limitations of the human frame could be understood to an extent with an analogy. Imagine, you had a dog. The dog loves you and you love it too. But how much ever you try to explain to the dog that there are wonders in life grander than just eating, sleeping and wagging its tail, it will not understand. Then, imagine if you had to become a dog yourself so that you could communicate the grand secret to it!
"Now, that is love", the speaker had said.
I stated the above instance because of its relevance to the third episode.
There is another classmate of mine who had chances to be physically close to Swami on many occasions. As it happens, physical proximity often puts us into Maya - which is confusing Swami to be the 5’ 2” physical frame. Seeing the ‘human’ way in which Swami did many things, he one day prayed to Swami.
“Swami please let me be steady in my faith...”
When Swami enquired as to why he prayed thus, he replied,
“Swami my faith in you trembles at times. I don’t want it to collapse.”
(This is a fairly common prayer of all devotees - not only Sai devotees! They pray that their faith should be steady.)
Swami’s answer just blew me away.
“Bangaroo (My dear), do you love me?”
“Yes Swami. I love you.”
“ That is enough. There is no need of faith. If you love me, you deserve me.”
With that, I realized how loving and compassionate our Lord us. He never seeks even ‘faith’ from us. He is hungry only for our love. Has He not said,
“If you need me, you deserve me.”
OMSAIRAMMM...
OMSAIRAMMM...
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