Gadhadã I-16
Wisdom
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On Mãgshar vadi 4, Samvat 1876 [5 December 1819], Shriji Mahãrãj was sitting in Dãdã Khãchar’s darbãr in Gadhadã. He was dressed entirely in white clothes. At that time, an assembly of sadhus as well as devotees from various places had gathered before him.
On Mãgshar vadi 4, Samvat 1876 [5 December 1819], Shriji Mahãrãj was sitting in Dãdã Khãchar’s darbãr in Gadhadã. He was dressed entirely in white clothes. At that time, an assembly of sadhus as well as devotees from various places had gathered before him.
2 Thereupon Shriji Mahãrãj said, “A wise devotee of God who can discern between sat and asat identifies the flaws within himself and thoughtfully eradicates them. He also rejects any apparent flaws he perceives in the Sant or a satsangi and imbibes only their virtues. Moreover, he never perceives any faults whatsoever in God. In addition, he accepts whatever words of advice God and the Santoffer as the highest truth but does not doubt their words in any way. Thus, when the Sant tells him, ‘You are distinct from the mind, body, indriyas and prãns; you are satya; you are the knower of the body, indriyas and prãns, which are all asatya’ – he accepts this to be the truth. He then behaves as the ãtmã – distinct from them all – but never follows the instincts of his own mind.
Thereupon Shriji Mahãrãj said, “A wise devotee of God who can discern between sat and asat identifies the flaws within himself and thoughtfully eradicates them. He also rejects any apparent flaws he perceives in the Sant or a satsangi and imbibes only their virtues. Moreover, he never perceives any faults whatsoever in God. In addition, he accepts whatever words of advice God and the Santoffer as the highest truth but does not doubt their words in any way. Thus, when the Sant tells him, ‘You are distinct from the mind, body, indriyas and prãns; you are satya; you are the knower of the body, indriyas and prãns, which are all asatya’ – he accepts this to be the truth. He then behaves as the ãtmã – distinct from them all – but never follows the instincts of his own mind.
3 “Furthermore, such a person identifies those objects and evil company that may cause bondage or raise deficiencies in his ekãntik dharma and shuns them; but he does not become bound by them. Also, he imbibes positive thoughts and avoids negative thoughts. One who behaves in this manner should be known to possess wisdom.”
“Furthermore, such a person identifies those objects and evil company that may cause bondage or raise deficiencies in his ekãntik dharma and shuns them; but he does not become bound by them. Also, he imbibes positive thoughts and avoids negative thoughts. One who behaves in this manner should be known to possess wisdom.”
This vachanamrut is very similar to our discussion from February ghosti (santi vs. asanti). I think the hardest part before achieving this magical wisdom is identifying the "asat" components in our life and working towards overcoming them.
ReplyDeleteOne fundamental example being the belief that we are atma, as mentioned by Maharaj. Yes we learn it and know it must be true....but do we truly imbibe it?