8 September 2010
Guruji got up to go in as it was getting late and finally he was feeling a bit tired. We were just a handful of us in his kutia in Sandeepany Powai. One of the members asked him, 'Guruji how do we please other people?' What a masterpiece of an answer from an amazing master...
Do not try to either please anyone else or yourself. Only do what is correct. You can never know the mind of the other person and so can never please the other person. If you try to please yourself it would be at either a body, mind or intellect level. One can never satisfy the demands of these instruments. Doing what is correct only is Dharma. For eg, Lord Rama was told to go to the forest. He could have tried to please himself and refused to go as he had been promised the kingdom. But he did no such thing. Alternatively, he could have pleased his father and not gone to the forest. Once again he did not do this. He followed only Dharma. Sacrifice only is the essence of Dharma. Only a Tyaagaveera can become a Dharmaveera!
A very thought provoking reply. I think most often when we act, we do it either to satiate some hunger of ours or to please the other person. If the other person is not pleased or does not acknowledge what we have done often we get affected by the act of ingratitude etc. However, if we always act thinking of doing only what is correct then our satisfaction or happiness is forever with us. It is not relevant how the other person responds to our action nor whether any of our desires have been satiated. The only thing important is that we follow our Dharma.
It is high time that we as the youth (relatively speaking!) of the world have good role models. Our culture offers us the best and still we choose to ignore them. What better role model can we ask for, other than Lord Rama. For those of us in Chinmaya Mission, we are even more lucky. Here we have seen Pujya Gurudev living Dharma and now we have Pujya Guruji who continues this great tradition. We could have said that this is Kali Yuga and who follows Dharma now. But no, we are lucky. Today too, we have Pujya Guruji with us, a perfect role model. Let us pray we learn to act and live correctly.
mk
Hari Om
ReplyDeleteI have often felt amazed at one thing. And it has always filled me with a feeling of immense awe.
There have been numerous occasions when a question has bothered me. And often that question gets automatically answered by Guruji or other acharyas in their talks/ conversations even without me having to ask the question to seek the answer. How it happens I dont know but it does happen. Frankly, initially it used to scare me but now I enjoy this grace of His.
Today happens to be one such occasion. That HE would find such a way to reach out to me and answer me, I would not have thought in my wildest of imagination. That he would make MK start a Blog and that he would answer my question through that Blog... Well, well. Pranaaams Pujya Guruji. Hari OM. All this overwhelms me.
"Do not try to either please anyone else or yourself. Only do what is correct. ... Doing what is correct only is Dharma."
I have got my answer. Thanks MK for being His pen.
your further analysis also affirms the same line and helps me a great deal.
Gratitude to the writer... thanks to the writing instrument.
Thanks Manisha for bringing satsang to us.
ReplyDeletelooking forward to more of these.
Mukesh Shahri
Lovely :-)
ReplyDeleteDharmo Rakshati Rakshitaha
(Dharma protects those to protect it.)
waiting for more blogs :-)
Wow! The answer couldn't have been better.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, you have put it in a beautiful way.
vinay
Hari Om Manishaji,
ReplyDeleteAt the risk of sounding repetitive, I say exactly what the others have, Wow!
Looking forward to more satsang...
Drav