Day 1
Once a Millionaire was travelling with an expensive diamond worth Lakhs. On the way he stays in a place where there was only one room available. He was asked to share the room with another stranger. On looking at the stranger he felt that he was definitely a thief. The stranger goes out for sometime. The Millionaire then hides his expensive diamond under the strangers pillow. The stranger returns and in the night searched all the bags of the Millionaire for the diamond, however he was not able to find anything. In the morning he spoke to the Millionaire and said, " I am a notorious thief. I tried to search for the diamond that you had , however I could not find it". The Millionaire replied, "I had hidden the diamond under your pillow. You had searched all the places, however, you had not searched under your own pillow".
Similarly in life, God gives us happiness but we are not able to find it. Do we want to become God or follow God's principles?
There are four things to keep in mind:
1. Knowledge (Gyan Khand):
What is our mentality in the field of knowledge, wisdom or information? Have we ever thought who we are, where have we come from and where would we go? What are our efforts to obtain knowledge and wisdom?
Like a building that needs its base, even we need knowledge. We speak to everyone differently depending on the relation we have with them, eg. mother, father, friend, relative. Without pain, we might get wealth, power and worldly luxuries, however without pain we cannot get honor or good character which will come along with us even after death. Along with wealth we need good character. Do we know where is the break in our life? Before leaving this world it is necessary to learn to leave the luxuries and everything we are attached to in this world.
2. Shame ( Lajja Khand):
Once we gain wisdom and knowledge, shame will automatically come to us when we look into our past and look into ourselves and will know our true nature. The great Tulsidas even after writing "The Ramayana" said," There is no one as cruel as me in this world". After attaining so much knowledge do we have shame in us? When anyone praised us for our achievements, did we ever feel shame in our eyes? This shame will remove all pride in us.
3. Grace (Krupa Khand):
It is by God's grace that we can do anything in this world. There is nothing in our hands and it all by God's grace that good things happen. We consider ourselves weak and we cannot do anything without God. Why do we take blessings from elders before starting anything new? Because we know that blessing is very important in our life. When Tulsidas completed Ramayana, Lord Ram asked Tulsidas, " Now that you have written my story, what do you want from me?" Tulsidas replied, " Lord, please conquer my desires and please put an end to them". In spirituality, there is always a demand of Shame and Grace.
4. Religion( Dharm Khand):
Once a Millionaire was travelling with an expensive diamond worth Lakhs. On the way he stays in a place where there was only one room available. He was asked to share the room with another stranger. On looking at the stranger he felt that he was definitely a thief. The stranger goes out for sometime. The Millionaire then hides his expensive diamond under the strangers pillow. The stranger returns and in the night searched all the bags of the Millionaire for the diamond, however he was not able to find anything. In the morning he spoke to the Millionaire and said, " I am a notorious thief. I tried to search for the diamond that you had , however I could not find it". The Millionaire replied, "I had hidden the diamond under your pillow. You had searched all the places, however, you had not searched under your own pillow".
Similarly in life, God gives us happiness but we are not able to find it. Do we want to become God or follow God's principles?
There are four things to keep in mind:
1. Knowledge (Gyan Khand):
"One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything"
Like a building that needs its base, even we need knowledge. We speak to everyone differently depending on the relation we have with them, eg. mother, father, friend, relative. Without pain, we might get wealth, power and worldly luxuries, however without pain we cannot get honor or good character which will come along with us even after death. Along with wealth we need good character. Do we know where is the break in our life? Before leaving this world it is necessary to learn to leave the luxuries and everything we are attached to in this world.
2. Shame ( Lajja Khand):
"The only shame is to have none"
Once we gain wisdom and knowledge, shame will automatically come to us when we look into our past and look into ourselves and will know our true nature. The great Tulsidas even after writing "The Ramayana" said," There is no one as cruel as me in this world". After attaining so much knowledge do we have shame in us? When anyone praised us for our achievements, did we ever feel shame in our eyes? This shame will remove all pride in us.
3. Grace (Krupa Khand):
“It's not the law of religion nor the principles of morality that define our highways and pathways to God; only by the Grace of God are we led and drawn, to God. It is His grace that conquers a multitude of flaws and in that grace, there is only favor. Favor is not achieved; favor is received.”
It is by God's grace that we can do anything in this world. There is nothing in our hands and it all by God's grace that good things happen. We consider ourselves weak and we cannot do anything without God. Why do we take blessings from elders before starting anything new? Because we know that blessing is very important in our life. When Tulsidas completed Ramayana, Lord Ram asked Tulsidas, " Now that you have written my story, what do you want from me?" Tulsidas replied, " Lord, please conquer my desires and please put an end to them". In spirituality, there is always a demand of Shame and Grace.
4. Religion( Dharm Khand):
"Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be religious people"
Do we know the definition of Religion? Religion or Dharm is nothing but the character of a thing. Eg: Fire's work is to burn. No argument is required in religion. When do we feel like arguing - when the stone falls down or when it goes up? We argue when it goes up as we know it is the religion of the stone to fall down and not go up. If we do not require encouragement to become religious and to leave sins, then we call it as religion. What is one good thing that we have done without any encouragement? We need to take medicines, we take dose, but oxygen is just taken. In life, religion has to take the place of oxygen!
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