Recently listening to Asta Vakra Geeta, Guruji narrated a story emphasizing how celebration dawns in life with the light of knowledge (Master). Please read beyond words else you will miss the whole boat :-)A man was crossing a dense forest in the dark cold night. As the time went by, his batteries grew feeble and the light of the torch dim. He could barely see the path. Suddenly he came across a serpent standing in the middle of path, on seeing the long dark serpent the man stood there afraid like a statue for the snake to move away. But it seemed that the snake was very adamant, neither the snake moved nor allowed this man to cross the path. The man stood there in the jungle shivering and trembling for the dark night to pass as his batteries were running away, waiting for some one to come and help him!
Well his prayers were soon answered, there came a person with a much powerful torch, and showed the man what he perceived as snake in the dark night with feeble torch was just a rope lying in the path. No sooner this person led him with the powerful torch - the dark cold frightful night disappeared, the serpent vanished, the day dawned, flowers blossomed, birds started chirping, dew drops sparkled in the morning sunlight, the man had reached HOME and there was celebration (DIWALI) all around!!!
Hope you got it. Have a safe and happy Diwali :-)
Love,
Satyajit
Well noooo please elaborate,
ReplyDeleteits Ok you can explain as I have heard the AVG
Jai Gurudev
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ReplyDeleteTo put it simply in few word, what I understood in this story is; Dense forest is nothing but the world, people, events, situations around the us.
ReplyDeleteOnce the perception is clogged by the veil of ignorance we start super-imposing our phobia's, fear, desires in the objects of the world, situation, people i.e. seeing snake in the rope, instead of seeing thing as they are!
But once the Master comes with light of knowledge (powerful torch) all the ignorance is dispelled, we come back to the source and what earlier appeared to be dreadful world, mean people, difficult situations simply turns into stage of play and celebration!
यत्र विश्वमिदम भाति कल्पितं रज्जूसर्पवत |
अनान्द्पर्मानंद: स भोद्सत्वं सुखं भव || १ - १० ||
So I am that man and Guruji is the person with powerful torch :D
Jai Gurudev
ReplyDelete**Once the perception is clogged by the veil of ignorance we start super-imposing our phobia's, fear, desires in the objects of the world, situation, people i.e. seeing snake in the rope, instead of seeing thing as they are!
That made it clear :))))
AWESOME picture
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wow lovely ..i loved this post..keep blogging because we will keep reading :)
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