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royal throne to continue forever and for my happiness to be never ending."
Hanumanji says, “I suggest one thing to you, and if you can do that you will be happy forever." ''What will I have to do?" asks Ravana.
Ramacharan pankaja ura dhareu. Keep the lotus feet of Sri Rama in your heart. Lankaa raaja achala tuma karaeu.
Your kingdom of Lanka will remain forever. If you place Sri Rama's feet in your heart, that is, if you become the devotee of Sri Rama, you will never lose your happiness, because it is not people to whom you are attached that hurt you, it is your mind which hurts you. If you attach yourself to a thing which is sure to be left behind, you will certainly be hurt. If you attach yourself to something which is full of bliss and only bliss, how will you have any sorrow ever? Now, is God not full of bliss?
Vaishnavacharyas have compared God with the toys made only of sugar, that are sold on the eve of Deepawali. The Lord is just like that. The toys of sugar have hands, feet, nose, ears, eyes, face, everything of sugar; all is sweet. Likewise, the Lord is made only of bliss.
I feel myself privileged for having had innumerable opportunities of the darshan and satsanga of Param Pujya Swami Satyananda in the last twenty years. When I start speaking about him, my heart starts melting. I do not know what to say about him, because I have never found another like him and I cannot compare him with anyone. I have seen people renouncing, but he is the only one that I have seen renouncing his renunciation.
I have been seeing our honorable Paramahamsa Niranjanji since his childhood. He has imbibed all the qualities of Swamiji as a Paramahamsa. With his maturity he has become more soft-hearted. I do not know who should be thanked, because here, I feel as if I am in my home, and with family. I want to thank my fortune for having had the opportunity to be here.
In Sri Ramcharitamanas, Goddess Parvati says: Dhanya dhanya main dhanya purari.
Hey! Purari (Shiva) I am fortunate. The audience may also thank their fortune, like KakaBhushundi in Sri Ramcharitamanas:
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