Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu: El poder de la oración por los demás, por B.Aravind.
Fuente: aravindb1982
"Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu" Este fue el mantra que solía ser cantado tres veces cada día, después de cada sesión de oración en Prashanti Nilayam en Puttaparthi. Un buen día, en septiembre de 2008, Swami ( Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba ) llamó a uno de los estudiantes de canto y le dijo que cambiar el canto. Ese día en adelante, el canto fue cambiado a "Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu".
Estoy seguro de que los marcianos, neptunianos y saturnianos, si es que existen, se habrían regocijado por este cambio!. Simplemente porque la oración ahora había cambiado de una de carácter global, ha una de carácter universal.
Que todos los seres en todos los mundos sean felices! Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu
Fuente: aravindb1982
Si te gusto este artículo, también te gusten:
1. Satyameva Jayate - Sólo la verdad triunfa
. 2 peticiones de oración y el Programa Gratitud - clases de los estudiantes de Sri Sathya Sai Baba
3. Dios a través de los ojos de un niño.
4. ¿Qué es el Yoga Karma?
OMSAIRAMMM...
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Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu: The power of praying for others, by B.Aravind.
Source: aravindb1982
“Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu”
This was the line that used to be chanted thrice everyday, after every prayer session at Prasanthi Nilayam, in Puttaparthi. One fine day, in September 2008, Swami (Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba) called one of the lead-singing students and told him to change the chant. That day onwards, the chant was changed to
“Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu”
I am sure that the Martians, Neptunians and Saturnians, if they exist, would have rejoiced at this change! :)
Simply because, the prayer now had changed from one of a global nature into one of a universal nature.
The former means, "Let all the people in the world be happy" (since Lokah has two meanings in Sanskrit, one: people; and the other: world). The latter means “Let all the worlds be happy,” (and thereby all the beings in the worlds). The earlier mantra referred only to this world. The new mantra refers to all the worlds and is broader in outlook.
But wait! It is not as if only the ‘universal’ beings had to rejoice. We ‘earthlings’ too could rejoice because blessings on us would have definitely doubled! How is that? To answer that question, let me travel down memory lane and relive one little episode.
It was the 9th of July, 1999. (Not that the date is significant for the story. But as I write, I hope to create a timeline of sorts so that it becomes easier to stitch all stories together later, if need arises.)
Rrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggg
The bell rang to signify the end of the 5th period and the beginning of the 6th in the Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School. We, the XII standard students of the Biology specialization, were thrilled. The next period was a free period. That meant - no studies!
As we hurried to our classroom, the principal of the school arrived there. He told us,
“I know that this is a free period for you as the teacher is sick. But if you make a noise, I shall assign some other teacher. Keep quiet if you want the period to remain free.”
Needless to say, the 10 of us decided to be silent. To pass time and have fun at the same time, we began to play a word-building game. The game was fun and as it progressed, we got more and more involved in it. I was leading in the points. But the boy in second spot was close at my heels. As the game progressed, I saw that one of my classmates was secretly signalling and helping the boy in second place.
“That is cheating”, I felt and I told him not to do so.
The game progressed but this boy did not stop his ‘cheating’. As I lost my lead position in the points table, a sudden gush of anger made me swing my arm and hit the ‘cheater’.
Immediately after the blow, I expected him to turn around and hit back. I readied for a fight. But instead, that boy just held his hurting arm and sat silent. He looked at me with eyes of pain but did nothing. That was more painful for me that it would have been had he returned a blow.
To make matters worse, he did not even say anything to me and I was filled with terrible guilt and remorse.
“Forgiveness and silence are so powerful”, I thought, “they hurt more than retaliation and loudness! No wonder that the great masters preached forgiveness for the enemies. It does not destroy the ‘enemy’ but destroys the ‘enmity’.”
Immediately, I apologised to him but again, he said nothing. The period got over soon and two periods later, it was time for us to go to the mandir for darshan.
I was feeling very bad about the hitting incident. I closed my eyes and prayed with great remorse and sincerity.
“Swami, I am so sorry for what I did today. I apologized but I do not feel satisfied. I want to give him something that he will cherish so that I feel my apology is complete. Please bless my handkerchief today so that I can give it to him as my ‘sorry gift’! “
Well, whenever Swami materialized vibhuti for some fortunate devotee in the darshan lines, any student or member of the staff who had a white handkerchief with him/her, could offer the same to Swami to wipe His hand. In fact, my first memorable interaction with Swami as His student was via this ‘handkerchief chance’! I thus prayed to Swami to give me a chance to offer a handkerchief to Him. This meant that He had to materialize vibhuti somewhere near me during darshan.
I had many times prayed to Swami to bless a handkerchief thus for me. They had limited success only. I just hoped that today would be a successful attempt.
These were times when the Kulwant hall was undergoing modifications. The roof-paneling was on and so darshans were held in the Poornachandra Auditorium. ( Almost the same period of the memorable photo-signing episode. In that article, all the details of the venue and darshan sessions are provided.)
As we reached the Poornachandra auditorium, we came to know that Swami was in Kulwant hall, supervising the work going on there. In excitement, we sat along the carpet that led from the Kulwant hall to the behind of the Poornachandra Auditorium. Swami would be moving along this path before going into the auditorium for darshan. As Swami came walking down the path, all the boys were asking Him to speak to the students as a separate group in an interview.
Swami was gently nodding His head and walking till a student, about 2 feet away from me, got onto his knees. He told Swami something and Swami immediately began encircling His right palm. I was overjoyed! I rushed to Him with the handkerchief ( a new one that I had bought exactly for this purpose). He smiled at me, took the handkerchief, wiped His hand and threw it back to me.
I was so happy! My ‘apology gift’ had been blessed and I felt that Swami also had forgiven me for that rash act of anger!
The story did not end there.
We all rushed into the Poornachandra auditorium. Soon, Swami came for darshan there. As He moved along the central path, He stopped at a gentleman, spoke to him and created vibhuti for him. I was nearby but Swami’s back was turned to me. Still, I went up to Him, behind Him. I saw that there was another person offering a handkerchief to Him.
To my pleasant surprise, Swami turned around 180 degrees, looked into my eyes and took the handkerchief that I was offering. He threw it back to me and then walked on. I returned to my place overjoyed. I was in eighth heaven. (I was in seventh heaven when the handkerchief had been blessed the first time!)
As soon as we returned to the hostel, I went to that boy and gave him the handkerchief as my ‘apology gift’. Needless to say, he was overjoyed and he hugged me. As he hugged me, I felt as though Swami was hugging me. I hugged back very hard!
Looking back at that episode today, I remembered that 9th July 1999 was maybe the only time when Swami had blessed the handkerchief I was carrying twice in the same session! What had made it happen?
A prayer which I had made for someone else’s sake!
A prayer for someone else had actually benefited me more than all my prayers for myself put together! It had granted me a special experience with the ‘physical’ Swami and the Swami within another fellow-being. When we pray for others, we become selfless. When we become selfless, we tap into the most powerful force in the Universe - Love or God.
Oops! Had I known this, I would have prayed only for others all my life! In fact, that is what I do now always. I never pray for myself. I pray only for others. ( I don’t know if that is selfless or selfish! hahahahahaha)
Now, is it any surprise that Swami exhorts us to pray for the peace and well-being of all the beings in all parts of the Universe? Is it a mystery anymore that the one who prays thus is equally (if not in larger measure) benefited compared to the one for whom the prayer is made?
“Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu”
May all the beings in all the worlds be happy! Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu.
Source: aravindb1982
If you liked this article, you might also like:
1. Satyameva Jayate - Truth Alone Triumphs
2.Prayer requests and the Gratitude Programme - lessons from students of Sri Sathya Sai Baba
3. God through the eyes of a child.
4. What is Karma Yoga?
El primero significa: "Que todas las personas en este mundo sean felices" (ya que Lokah tiene dos significados en sánscrito, uno: las personas y el otro: el mundo). Esto último significa "Que todos los mundos sean felices" (y por lo tanto todos los seres de los mundos).
El mantra primero se refiere únicamente a este mundo. El nuevo mantra se refiere a todos los mundos y es más amplio en su concepción.
Pero espere!
No sólo los seres"universales" tenían que alegrarse. Nosotros, los 'terrícolas' también podríamos alegrarnos porque las bendiciones sobre nosotros se habrían, sin duda, duplicado!
¿Cómo es esto?
Para responder a esta pregunta, permítanme viajar al pasado y revivir un episodio.
Era el 9 de julio de 1999. (No es que la fecha sea significativa para la historia. Pero a medida que escribo, espero poder crear una línea de tiempo para que sea más fácil hilvanar todas las historias juntas más tarde, si fuera necesario.)
Rrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggg . Sonó la campana para indicar el final de el período 5 y el comienzo del 6 ª en la Escuela Secundaria Superior Sri Sathya Sai . Nosotros, los estudiantes XII estándar , de la especialidad Biología, estábamos encantados.
El día de hoy seria un día libre. Eso quería decir, que no habría clases. Cuando nos dirigimos a nuestro salón de clases, el director de la escuela llego allí. Y nos dijo: "Yo sé que este es un día libre para ustedes, ya que el maestro está enfermo. Pero si ustedes hacen ruido, voy a asignar algún otro profesor. Cállense si desean que el día permanezca libre. "
No hace falta decir, nosotros decidimos guardar silencio. Para pasar el tiempo y divertirnos al mismo tiempo, empezamos a jugar un juego de palabras de capacitación El juego fue muy divertido y a medida que avanzaba, nos hizo involucrarnos más y más en el mismo. Yo lideraba el puntaje. Pero el niño en el segundo puesto estaba pisando mis talones. A medida que el juego avanzaba, vi que uno de mis compañeros de clase en secreto hacia señas y ayudaba al niño en el segundo lugar. "Eso es hacer trampa", me molesto y le dije que no lo hiciera.
Continuo el juego, pero este chico no detuvo su 'trampa'. Cuando ya había perdido mi posición de liderazgo en la tabla de puntos, un chorro repentino de ira me hizo girar el brazo y golpear al 'tramposo'. Inmediatamente después del golpe, espere que se diera vuelta para golpearlo de nuevo. Me preparaba para una pelea. Pero en cambio, ese muchacho se tomo su brazo herido y se sentó en silencio. Me miró con ojos de dolor, pero no hizo nada. Eso fue más doloroso para mí que si me hubiera sido devuelto el golpe. Para empeorar las cosas, ni siquiera me dijo nada, y me lleno de una terrible culpa y remordimiento.
Yo pensé "El perdón y el silencio son tan poderosos", me duelen más que las represalias ! . No es de extrañar que los grandes maestros predicaran el perdón de los enemigos. No destruye al "enemigo", sino que destruye la 'enemistad'. "
Inmediatamente, me disculpé con él, pero de nuevo, no dijo nada. El dia de clase libre termino pronto ya era tiempo de que nos vayamos al Mandir para el Darshan . Me sentía muy mal por el incidente del golpe. Cerré los ojos y rece con gran remordimiento y sinceridad. "Swami, estoy muy arrepentido de lo que hice hoy. Le pedí disculpas, pero no me siento satisfecho. Quiero darle algo para que él recuerde que mi disculpa es completa. Por favor, bendice mi pañuelo hoy para que yo pueda darcelo a él como mi "regalo de disculpas! ".
Bueno, cuando Swami materializa vibhuti para algún devoto afortunado en las filas del darshan , cualquier estudiante o miembro del personal que tenga un pañuelo blanco el / ella, pueden ofrecerlo a Swami, para limpiar su mano.
De hecho, mi primera interacción memorable con Swami como su estudiante fue a través de esta "oportunidad del pañuelo '! .
Yo recé a Swami para que me diera la oportunidad de ofrecerle un pañuelo a él. Esto significaba que tenía que materializar vibhuti en algún lugar cerca mío durante el darshan. Muchas veces ore a Swami para que bendiciera un pañuelo así para mí. Y el éxito que tuve fue limitado. Yo sólo esperaba que hoy fuese un intento exitoso. Eran tiempos cuando el Salon Kulwant estaba sufriendo modificaciones. El techo estaba siendo decorado, y así los darshans se celebraban en el Auditorio Poornachandra. (Casi el mismo período de la memorable foto de firma del episodio. En ese artículo, todos los detalles de las sesiones y lugares de celebración de darshan se proporcionan.)
Al llegar al salon Poornachandra, nos enteramos que Swami estaba en la sala Kulwant, supervisando el trabajo. En el entusiasmo, nos sentamos en la alfombra que conducía al Kulwant detrás del Auditorio Poornachandra.
Swami se mueve a lo largo de este camino antes de entrar en el auditorio para darshan. Como Swami vino caminando por el sendero, todos los chicos, estaban pidiendo que hablara con los estudiantes como un grupo separado en una entrevista. Swami estaba asintiendo con la cabeza suavemente y camino hasta que un estudiante, a unos 2 metros de mí, se puso de rodillas . Le dijo algo a Swami y Swami comenzó inmediatamente mover en círculos su palma derecha. Me llené de alegría! Corrí hacia él con el pañuelo (uno nuevo que había comprado exactamente para este propósito). Él me sonrió, tomó el pañuelo, se limpió la mano y lo tiró de espaldas a mí. Estaba tan feliz! .
Mi "regalo disculpa" había sido bendecido y sentí que Swami también me había perdonado por ese hecho de ira! .
La historia no termina ahí.
Todos nos precipitamos ha el auditorio Poornachandra. Pronto, Swami vino para el darshan allí. Mientras avanzaba por el camino central, se detuvo frente a un caballero, le habló y creó vibhuti para él. Yo estaba cerca, pero atrás de Swami, se volvió hacia mí. Aún así, me acerqué a él, detrás de él. Vi que había otra persona que le ofrecía un pañuelo. Para mi agradable sorpresa, Swami dio la vuelta 180 grados, me miró a los ojos y se llevó el pañuelo que le estaba ofreciendo. La arrojó hacia mí y luego siguió su camino. Volví a mi casa lleno de alegría. Yo estaba en el octavo cielo. (Yo estaba en el séptimo cielo cuando el pañuelo había sido bendecido la primera vez!)
Tan pronto como volvimos al hostal, fui a ese chico y le di el pañuelo como mi "regalo de disculpa". No hace falta decir que estaba muy contento y me abrazó. Cuando él me abrazó, sentí como si Swami me estaba abrazando. Me abrazó muy fuerte! .
Mirando hacia atrás en ese episodio de hoy, recordé que el 09 de julio 1999 fue tal vez la única oportunidad en que Swami bendijo el pañuelo que llevaba, dos veces en el mismo período de sesiones!.
¿Por qué había pasado eso?
Una oración que había hecho para lograr beneficio para otro!. Una oración para que alguien más, logro mas beneficios, que todas mis oraciones por mí juntas! . Se me había concedido una experiencia especial. Cuando oramos por los demás, nos volvemos desinteresados. Cuando llegamos a ser desinteresado, nos conectamos con la fuerza más poderosa de el Universo. Amor o Dios ...Oops! .
Si yo hubiera sabido esto, habría rezado sólo para los demás toda mi vida! .
De hecho, eso es lo que hago ahora siempre. Nunca oro por mí mismo. Pido sólo por los demás.
(Yo no sé si eso es desinteresado o egoísta! Hahahahahaha).
Ahora bien, ¿es de extrañar que Swami nos exhorta a orar por la paz y el bienestar de todos los seres en todas partes del Universo? .
¿Es un misterio que el que reza así, es igualmente (si no en mayor medida) beneficiado en comparación con el que recibe la oración?
"Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu"
Que todos los seres en todos los mundos sean felices! Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu
Fuente: aravindb1982
Si te gusto este artículo, también te gusten:
1. Satyameva Jayate - Sólo la verdad triunfa
. 2 peticiones de oración y el Programa Gratitud - clases de los estudiantes de Sri Sathya Sai Baba
3. Dios a través de los ojos de un niño.
4. ¿Qué es el Yoga Karma?
OMSAIRAMMM...
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Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu: The power of praying for others, by B.Aravind.
Source: aravindb1982
“Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu”
This was the line that used to be chanted thrice everyday, after every prayer session at Prasanthi Nilayam, in Puttaparthi. One fine day, in September 2008, Swami (Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba) called one of the lead-singing students and told him to change the chant. That day onwards, the chant was changed to
“Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu”
I am sure that the Martians, Neptunians and Saturnians, if they exist, would have rejoiced at this change! :)
Simply because, the prayer now had changed from one of a global nature into one of a universal nature.
The former means, "Let all the people in the world be happy" (since Lokah has two meanings in Sanskrit, one: people; and the other: world). The latter means “Let all the worlds be happy,” (and thereby all the beings in the worlds). The earlier mantra referred only to this world. The new mantra refers to all the worlds and is broader in outlook.
But wait! It is not as if only the ‘universal’ beings had to rejoice. We ‘earthlings’ too could rejoice because blessings on us would have definitely doubled! How is that? To answer that question, let me travel down memory lane and relive one little episode.
It was the 9th of July, 1999. (Not that the date is significant for the story. But as I write, I hope to create a timeline of sorts so that it becomes easier to stitch all stories together later, if need arises.)
Rrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggg
The bell rang to signify the end of the 5th period and the beginning of the 6th in the Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School. We, the XII standard students of the Biology specialization, were thrilled. The next period was a free period. That meant - no studies!
As we hurried to our classroom, the principal of the school arrived there. He told us,
“I know that this is a free period for you as the teacher is sick. But if you make a noise, I shall assign some other teacher. Keep quiet if you want the period to remain free.”
Needless to say, the 10 of us decided to be silent. To pass time and have fun at the same time, we began to play a word-building game. The game was fun and as it progressed, we got more and more involved in it. I was leading in the points. But the boy in second spot was close at my heels. As the game progressed, I saw that one of my classmates was secretly signalling and helping the boy in second place.
“That is cheating”, I felt and I told him not to do so.
The game progressed but this boy did not stop his ‘cheating’. As I lost my lead position in the points table, a sudden gush of anger made me swing my arm and hit the ‘cheater’.
Immediately after the blow, I expected him to turn around and hit back. I readied for a fight. But instead, that boy just held his hurting arm and sat silent. He looked at me with eyes of pain but did nothing. That was more painful for me that it would have been had he returned a blow.
To make matters worse, he did not even say anything to me and I was filled with terrible guilt and remorse.
“Forgiveness and silence are so powerful”, I thought, “they hurt more than retaliation and loudness! No wonder that the great masters preached forgiveness for the enemies. It does not destroy the ‘enemy’ but destroys the ‘enmity’.”
Immediately, I apologised to him but again, he said nothing. The period got over soon and two periods later, it was time for us to go to the mandir for darshan.
I was feeling very bad about the hitting incident. I closed my eyes and prayed with great remorse and sincerity.
“Swami, I am so sorry for what I did today. I apologized but I do not feel satisfied. I want to give him something that he will cherish so that I feel my apology is complete. Please bless my handkerchief today so that I can give it to him as my ‘sorry gift’! “
Well, whenever Swami materialized vibhuti for some fortunate devotee in the darshan lines, any student or member of the staff who had a white handkerchief with him/her, could offer the same to Swami to wipe His hand. In fact, my first memorable interaction with Swami as His student was via this ‘handkerchief chance’! I thus prayed to Swami to give me a chance to offer a handkerchief to Him. This meant that He had to materialize vibhuti somewhere near me during darshan.
I had many times prayed to Swami to bless a handkerchief thus for me. They had limited success only. I just hoped that today would be a successful attempt.
These were times when the Kulwant hall was undergoing modifications. The roof-paneling was on and so darshans were held in the Poornachandra Auditorium. ( Almost the same period of the memorable photo-signing episode. In that article, all the details of the venue and darshan sessions are provided.)
As we reached the Poornachandra auditorium, we came to know that Swami was in Kulwant hall, supervising the work going on there. In excitement, we sat along the carpet that led from the Kulwant hall to the behind of the Poornachandra Auditorium. Swami would be moving along this path before going into the auditorium for darshan. As Swami came walking down the path, all the boys were asking Him to speak to the students as a separate group in an interview.
Swami was gently nodding His head and walking till a student, about 2 feet away from me, got onto his knees. He told Swami something and Swami immediately began encircling His right palm. I was overjoyed! I rushed to Him with the handkerchief ( a new one that I had bought exactly for this purpose). He smiled at me, took the handkerchief, wiped His hand and threw it back to me.
I was so happy! My ‘apology gift’ had been blessed and I felt that Swami also had forgiven me for that rash act of anger!
The story did not end there.
We all rushed into the Poornachandra auditorium. Soon, Swami came for darshan there. As He moved along the central path, He stopped at a gentleman, spoke to him and created vibhuti for him. I was nearby but Swami’s back was turned to me. Still, I went up to Him, behind Him. I saw that there was another person offering a handkerchief to Him.
To my pleasant surprise, Swami turned around 180 degrees, looked into my eyes and took the handkerchief that I was offering. He threw it back to me and then walked on. I returned to my place overjoyed. I was in eighth heaven. (I was in seventh heaven when the handkerchief had been blessed the first time!)
As soon as we returned to the hostel, I went to that boy and gave him the handkerchief as my ‘apology gift’. Needless to say, he was overjoyed and he hugged me. As he hugged me, I felt as though Swami was hugging me. I hugged back very hard!
Looking back at that episode today, I remembered that 9th July 1999 was maybe the only time when Swami had blessed the handkerchief I was carrying twice in the same session! What had made it happen?
A prayer which I had made for someone else’s sake!
A prayer for someone else had actually benefited me more than all my prayers for myself put together! It had granted me a special experience with the ‘physical’ Swami and the Swami within another fellow-being. When we pray for others, we become selfless. When we become selfless, we tap into the most powerful force in the Universe - Love or God.
Oops! Had I known this, I would have prayed only for others all my life! In fact, that is what I do now always. I never pray for myself. I pray only for others. ( I don’t know if that is selfless or selfish! hahahahahaha)
Now, is it any surprise that Swami exhorts us to pray for the peace and well-being of all the beings in all parts of the Universe? Is it a mystery anymore that the one who prays thus is equally (if not in larger measure) benefited compared to the one for whom the prayer is made?
“Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu”
May all the beings in all the worlds be happy! Samastha Lokaha Sukhino Bhavantu.
Source: aravindb1982
If you liked this article, you might also like:
1. Satyameva Jayate - Truth Alone Triumphs
2.Prayer requests and the Gratitude Programme - lessons from students of Sri Sathya Sai Baba
3. God through the eyes of a child.
4. What is Karma Yoga?
OMSAIRAMMM...
OMSAIRAMMM...
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