Divine Life -5. Sri Swami Chidananda

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020. 7:06.AM.
Conclusion :


A sower went forth to sow; and when sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up, some fell on stony places, where they had no much earth. And when the sun was up, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up and choked them. 


But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, some thirty fold. But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. (The householder) said, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them. 


Therefore, Gurudev gave equal emphasis on life as he gave on Sadhana. Sadhana will be in vain unless supported by a spiritual life, Yogic life, holy life.

Gurudev’s emphasis on holy and spiritual life is very well depicted in Narsi Mehta’s poem. The gist of the Gujarati poem is:

O Lord! Even if I keep religious observances,
Even if I take food only once a day,
Yet if anger, jealousy, revenge do not vanish from my mind
Then all these are in vain, in vain.
Even if I visit the temple daily,
And adore the deity with flowers and incense,
Yet selfishness, greed, attachment, egoism, arrogance vanish not
Then my worship is a mere self-deceit.

Even if I mutter prayers and do Japa all the time,
Attend Satsanga regularly and meditate for hours,
If love, compassion, kindness and joy do not become my nature.
Then my spiritualism is not true.

Even if I stay in seclusion and observe Mauna,
Practise austerity, Tapas and proclaim non-attachment, renunciation,
Yet if my desires and Vrittis are not annihilated,
And I have not transcended the body-consciousness
And know not the Supreme Soul that dwells in all the beings,
Then all is futile, all is futile.
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The End.


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