Deenta 3 – Humility or Dependence

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Deenta 3 – Humility or Dependence

by Sant Chandra Prabhaji

Those who start knowing the true form of the Satguru have also become saints.

Satguru agam sindh sukhdai, Jin raah reeti darsai

{Satguru is a sea of bliss and he put me on the path of reaching the truth and the technique to reach the doorstep of the Lord.}

Satguru is a sea of bliss and no one can reach him – internally, from where his radiant form starts, the sea of bliss starts. Satguru showed me the way to the ultimate Truth (that is the Lord) and taught me the technique to reach the doorstep of the Lord. Swamiji Maharaj says:

Gati mati meri ulti-pulti, guru kar dai surat sulti

{My flow was in the opposite direction, but the Guru turned it around and put the soul on its inward journey.}

My intellect was turned in the opposite direction, it was running towards the world. Satguru straightened it and showed me the way to the Lord. Swamiji’s disciple Saligramji says “Gurudev, you are merciful, please take notice of me now. If you do not take me under your wings, I am sure to drown in the middle of the sea. Please be kind to me and take charge of me”.

Shamz Tabrez, who later became Guru of Maulana Rumi, went to him one day and asked him what he was doing, Maulana, knowing that Shamz Tabrez was illiterate, replied that he would not know anything about this knowledge. Shamz Tabrez threw all the books Maulana was reading in a pond. When Maulana asked him what he had done, he took them out totally dry and said to him “this is a knowledge you do not have”. Maulana fell on his feet and became his disciple. Shamz Tabrez says, “I know I do not deserve to be present in your court, but I am at least known as your servant”. Agreed I am very bad and do not qualify to sit in your court, but since you became our Guru, I am your disciple, whether good or bad. We are yours however we are. When rose plant has flowers, it has thorns as well. Even if I am undeserving, because of my bad traits, give me a small space in your courthouse.

When saints are in the process of making, they have to suffer through infamy. Saints destroy our ego in their presence, only with their grace, ego is destroyed. If we want to become humble on our own, it does not happen.

Hari bhayo khand ret mein bikhariyo, hasti chuniyo na jayee

Kahe Kabir kul jaati paati taj, chiti hoye chun khaye

{The Lord has become like sugar and spread His sweetness amongst the particles of the sand. The elephant cannot gather this finely distributed sweet from the sand. Kabir says that one should leave one’s caste and creed and become small like an ant, which can gather and taste this sweetness.}

The Lord’s sweetness is present in every particle. The elephant, standing arrogantly straight like a tree, cannot collect this wealth. Those who do not bother about their status and birth and leaving all shame, makes themselves smallest of the small, can gather that sweetness and taste it. Those who remain steeped in their ego cannot have its taste.

Lene ko satnam hein, dene ko anndan

Tarne ko hein deenta aur dooban ko abhiman

{If one wants to take anything, one should take the true Nam. If one wants to give something, one should donate food. If one wants to get emancipated, humility is the way and if one wants to drown, he should be egoistic.}

If you want to take something, take initiation (Nam or Sound Current) from a saint and with a lot of interest and humility, pursue spirituality. Those who have not connected to the Sound Current, cannot reach the Lord. If someone wants to give something, he should donate food, if someone comes to beg, give him food instead of money. If we give money and the recipient uses it for some misdeed, we will need to suffer for it. That is why enlightened ones say that there is no harm in giving food. Those who want to get emancipated from this world, should sit in the boat of humility. And to drown, conceit or ego is the biggest reason. Sometimes devotees also get egoistic. Bhakti kar jo sevak rakhe, mann antar abhiman {Being devoted, if the devotee keeps conceit in his mind.} He is a devotee but gets ego, Lord does not like ego.

Once Narad Muni was in Himalayas and saw a cave besides Ganges. He started meditating there. In those times, one used to live to a much longer age and one could meditate for long periods of time, so Naradji did not get up from meditation for a number of years. Indra got worried that Narad is meditating to take my position. He called the cupid and asked him to disturb Narad’s meditation. The cupid arranged for fragrant gardens, beautiful flowers, angels, sweet music and dance all around, but Narad’s meditation continued. When Naradji got up, he thought to himself that I have so much calm within myself that I did not get angry at the cupid, I will tell this to Lord Vishnu.

When Naradji told the whole tale to Vishnuji, he could immediately see that Narad had got conceited. He told him, that you were always an ascetic, how can the cupid ever affect you, hearing this Naradji became even more bloated with pride. After that he started towards earth, where he saw a kingdom which was beautifully adorned and there were lights all around. On enquiring he found that the city was adorned for the Swaymvar of the princess. Naradji went to the king, who seated him on his throne and paid his respects to him, welcoming him with food and drinks. He called his daughter and asked Naradji, what kind of bridegroom will she get. He heard Lord Vishnu within, saying that her bridegroom will be immortal and everyone in the world will worship him. But seeing the beauty of the princess, Naradji’s wisdom went for a toss and he instead thought that Vishnuji meant that whoever she marries will become immortal and wanted to wed her.

He thought that there was no time to go and see Lord Vishnu, so he sat with his eyes closed and Vishnuji appeared before him. He said, o Lord, I am in great trouble, bless me that the attractive princess should wed me. Give me your beauty for a day, this is what is for my benefit. Vishnuji replied, “I have sworn to give you the ultimate benefit”. If someone ill is troubled by his illness and asks the doctor for poison, the doctor does not give him poison. Lord Vishnu knew that he was totally enamored by the princess’s beauty. When Naradji opened his eyes, he saw that his entire body had become like Lord Vishnu’s, thinking that the lord had blessed him, he went to the Swyamvar and sat on the front chair. When the princess came, Naradji tried to position himself so that she could see him, but the princess went past him. Actually, Lord Vishnu had given him his own body but face of a monkey. The princess went ahead and put the garland on Lord Vishnu who had also come to Swamvyar in form of a king. Shivji had also sent two of his devotees to see what comes of Narad who had gone in his conceit. They asked Narad, you were trying to move to show yourselves so much, have you seen your face. When Naradji saw his face in water, that he was given a monkey’s face, he got very angry and cursed Vishnuji, that the way you have separated me from this lady, Lord will also separate you in next birth {When Vishnuji took Ram’s birth, he had to suffer separation from Sita in the jungle}.

When he went ahead, he saw Lakshmiji on one side of Vishnuji and the princess on the other side. He moved forward to ask him, why Vishnuji had done this to him. But as he was watching, Lakshmiji and the princess disappeared and only Lord Vishnu remained. Then Naradji understood that Vishnuji had created this illusion to make him understand his folly. He fell on his feet and asked for forgiveness. This world is Maya (an illusion) created by the Lord. Illusion is lack of correct understanding, lack of knowledge. The entire world is caught in this illusion, where we believe that all things are our own. What is ego - whatever we have, we think we have earned it on our own with hard work. The Lord does not like ego, he doesn’t like that we say “I have earned”, “I have got it”.

Mein naal rab di dushmani, mein na rab nu bhaye

Rab sabab kare koi aisa, mein mairee mit jaye

{Ego is an enemy of the Lord, He does not like ego. The Lord should do something that my ego is destroyed.}

To be continued

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