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DISCOURSE ON RAMCHARITAMANAS
Srimati Krishna Devi
Just now, as we were listening to the enlightening speech of Sri Vidyananda Giriji, I was reminded of a story from the Bhagwat. Princess Rukmini wrote a letter to Bhagwan Shyama Sunder, saying that his splendid picture had been engraved in her heart. After having read the letter, Shyama Sunder was mystified. She had never seen him, so how could she give him a place in her heart? In the next sloka, Rukmini offers the solution: "Of course I have not seen you with my eyes, and you have not entered my heart through my eyes. You entered my heart through my ears. I heard a lot about you from the saints, so you came into my heart in the form of words."
Thus, stories are the medium to take you to God. If you meet a saint, you will feel that you have met God, because when God blesses you with His Grace, you are given a chance to meet a saint
Aba mohi bhav bharosa Hanumantaa,
Binu hari kripaa milahi nahi santaa. "O Hanuman, now I am confident that I have God's blessing, · because without the grace of God one cannot meet a saint."
Yesterday we were talking about the blessings which my most venerable brother, Paramahamsa Niranjanji received from Paramahamsaji. The blessing carried a message. Swamiji has called the Tyag Jayanti the moment of samarpan, dedication, renunciation. This samarpan should be the only goal in the life of a man. Have you ever wondered why we are so restless? Why we are so thirsty? Why our souls and hearts are wandering? Where will all this lead us to? Have you ever thought:
Hum foola chunne aye the baage-hayata men,
Daamana ko khaar-jaar men uljhaa ke raha gaye. "'I had come to pick up flowers in Paradise, but was caught in the thorns,"
O my dears, think it over. You came here with a purpose but you are engaged in something else. So without leaving
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