This happened with me on a railway station... My phone was low on battery and I needed to charge it... So I found a small kiosk at the station where there was a plug point. There was a 15 year old boy who was manning the kiosk. I asked the boy if he could charge my phone using the plug point till the train left. He promptly did it.
When the time came to leave, the boy said I would be charged Rs. 10 for that ! Although that boy didn't seem to be the owner, he surely wanted to make a quick buck... I felt compassion for him and thought, that if such was the tendency at this age, how would he be when grown up ?
So I said to him, " I am not going to pay you for charging the phone. I am giving you Rs. 10 because you are my friend." Saying this felt good to me and it honoured his end of the bargain as well. He didn't have to charge for something that he didn't really own or deserve, and I didn't feel overcharged for charging of a phone for 10 mins !
At this point, the boy said... " No bhaiya... I don't want anything"... And refused to take money ! Small incidences that bring out goodness in people are so satisfying :)...
This is what I've seen Gurudev doing in each and every action of his ! He uses this technique to bring out the best in a person... Even if the whole world calls a person a theif, Gurudev would call that person 'The most honest man !'.... The beauty is that he really sees that thief's honest side while he says it and the thief also believes in it ! Even for a die hard criminal he says, In a criminal there is a victim crying out for help...! Thus he brings out the best in the person by focusing on the goodness in the person...
Monday, May 20, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Narayan Narayan Narayan Narayan
Maharaj ji... As Gurudev called him... A very gracious old man, clad in an orange robe, with a bald head and white vibhuti on his forehead, with all his teeth intact and a big smile on his face !
I simply loved him from the first time I saw him... His commitment to knowledge was something worth seeing ! Such an inspiration it was !
His devotion for the lord showed in every word that he said... I still remember, once he was talking in a Satsang ( sometime around Navratri ) to a crowd of about ten thousand + people and suddenly his voice started to break and tears started to roll down his cheeks... I was wondering what happened, and then his intense devotion, just caught on ! I realized I also had tears in my eyes among so many others who felt the same !
It was very interesting, how Gurudev would interact with him... Gurudev would praise him like anything and Maharaj ji would respond by praising him even more... It used to be like a game of who is more humble ! Guudev would praise him, by acknowledging him to be a master in Vedic scriptures... Sometimes Gurudev would say something and then would say " Haina maharaj ji ?" as if taking a confirmation from him... Maharaj ji would fold his hands in front and bow down his head indicating " Why are you doing this to me ! ", and the crowd would laugh ! Gurudev deeply loved Maharaj ji... and Maharaj ji would indicate in his talks ( sometimes very clearly) that Gurudev is none other than Krishna !
His commitment to seva was also very inspiring... Many a times, he would be on a wheel chair but still come for the satsang and share some knowledge ! In between his talks he would always crack one or two jokes, that would really make everyone laugh !
He would always begin by chanting "Narayan" 4 times... Infact, many people called him Naraayan Swamiji ! His commitment to knowledge was so much, that no matter what one asked... He would finally come back to the same thing - "There is only one... there is no two"... Very often he would speak the same thing again and again, and it sounded boring sometimes... But the way he would say it... To him it seemed that he just discovered it and is saying it for the first time !
It was such a delight to be in his presence... One would feel so calm and rejuvenated in his presence...
He left the body on 12th Feb 2012 at 12:25 pm at the ashram... Needless to say, it was a very peaceful and natural death... A most noble soul has returned to the source.
Naraayn Naraayan Naraayan Naraayan.
I simply loved him from the first time I saw him... His commitment to knowledge was something worth seeing ! Such an inspiration it was !
His devotion for the lord showed in every word that he said... I still remember, once he was talking in a Satsang ( sometime around Navratri ) to a crowd of about ten thousand + people and suddenly his voice started to break and tears started to roll down his cheeks... I was wondering what happened, and then his intense devotion, just caught on ! I realized I also had tears in my eyes among so many others who felt the same !
It was very interesting, how Gurudev would interact with him... Gurudev would praise him like anything and Maharaj ji would respond by praising him even more... It used to be like a game of who is more humble ! Guudev would praise him, by acknowledging him to be a master in Vedic scriptures... Sometimes Gurudev would say something and then would say " Haina maharaj ji ?" as if taking a confirmation from him... Maharaj ji would fold his hands in front and bow down his head indicating " Why are you doing this to me ! ", and the crowd would laugh ! Gurudev deeply loved Maharaj ji... and Maharaj ji would indicate in his talks ( sometimes very clearly) that Gurudev is none other than Krishna !
His commitment to seva was also very inspiring... Many a times, he would be on a wheel chair but still come for the satsang and share some knowledge ! In between his talks he would always crack one or two jokes, that would really make everyone laugh !
He would always begin by chanting "Narayan" 4 times... Infact, many people called him Naraayan Swamiji ! His commitment to knowledge was so much, that no matter what one asked... He would finally come back to the same thing - "There is only one... there is no two"... Very often he would speak the same thing again and again, and it sounded boring sometimes... But the way he would say it... To him it seemed that he just discovered it and is saying it for the first time !
It was such a delight to be in his presence... One would feel so calm and rejuvenated in his presence...
He left the body on 12th Feb 2012 at 12:25 pm at the ashram... Needless to say, it was a very peaceful and natural death... A most noble soul has returned to the source.
Naraayn Naraayan Naraayan Naraayan.
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