e Ashram talk
Vijayakrishna
I am not knowledgeable enough to solve this. I will try though, for that I shall tell you about two other persons, one from an epic and other a devotee.
First one is, key Character of Maha Bharatha, Bheeshma. A warrior of legend, a prince who has no equals during his time, the ones much younger than him also did not stand a chance against him even in his old age. Sure such a person will most eligible bachelor during his time. He instead choose not to marry, took a vow to serve those who are at helm of Hasthinapura.
He was true to his word until he took his last breath, saw things which he would not entertain normally but kept quiet, let things happen which he does not approve. All because of the vow he took. He constantly tried to protect the Kuru empire he built and his father’s children, their children and their children.
At last, he had a painful death, holding his breath till good times came (Uttaraayana). Why would a person of such capability do it? Let dharma be violated when he knew more about dharma than others? Undergo pain of witnessing the fall of empire he built?
He believed it was his personal Dharma to uphold his word no matter what. His commitment to his virtues was ultimate for him.
Then we move on to next person, might not be known to most people. He is one of the few persons who were allowed to reach the other world with the physical body, Sant Tukaram. He was a devotee of Vittala Panduranga (Vithoba).
He sung *abhangs* propagating equality and oneness. He spent his life as a normal family man, he had children, helped who came to him. Did no penance, was not extraordinary in any case except for his devotion towards God.
In the end it was enough to earn a place among rarest of the rare people. Why? He was true to his belief, did his duties with devotion.
Ultimately we all might chose different paths but when you know what you want, what is the aspect which matters most to you and put your life on it. The world will bow to you. It’s the dedication and perseverance that matters. We have to be true to our beliefs.
When Achilles chose fame, he was true to try gaining it even though he knew he will die, Siddhartha left all the comforts of life to find cause of human grief, he failed, realised his path had some problems, corrected himself and finally became Buddha. Take something which interests you, put all your efforts into in, the world will remember u for a long long time, just like we do Bill Gates, Aryabhatta, Galileo. They never left all comforts but found comfort in things which were different.
These people are remembered not because they chose some path not routine but because they excelled in that and it made them look special to us.
Hope I made some sense.
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This article opens my mind and thing I learned is that I should follow my dream . To the hell goes strength . I'll get gold and cc by any means and attain level 200 now. Muahahah
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Excellent article! thank you! o/
Thanks 🙂
Brilliant one maniu bhai...
Now i guess i have to keep hmmm'ing and excell in it and atleast eIndia will remember this hmmm'er 😃
I wrote this hmmm er 🙁
Errr.. I was so involved in the article that didnt noticed it was u who wrote it 😛
Coz eAshram belongs to maniu bhai 😃
I shall take that as a compliment.
Hmmm
Dhanyavaad !
Ok, a day is longer in India, but it worth the effort 😃
On a short reply:
Could we imagine humans as beings upper to devas and/or assuras ?
Could we imagine that Karmasaya is of our own, the result of our ... ”fruits” and, that for, with a personal flawour ?
Could we imagine we, sometimes (at least) could overcame that Karma and change it ?
Thanks again, for sharing and ... let this talk go further.
I got a feeling it will lead us to something ... intresting, at least