Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
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Friday, November 11, 2011

The appropriate resting place

A Sufi saint Shaikh Abdul Fazal on his death bed inquired to his disciples, if proper arrangements have been made for the burial of his body. On getting the answer in affirmation, the master asked where exactly the burial place was?

The disciples replied that it was reserved in the burial ground for the dignitaries and those with higher social status.

To this Abdul Fazal replied, "Lay me in the burial place reserved up the hill, for the criminals and those considered low in society."

When asked, "Why?"

The Master replied, "Because it is there that Love, Compassion, Mercy, Grace of my beloved is most concentrated, for these unfortunate ones, needs His attention most. I too want to share of my beloved's love and kindness. So make sure that, I am laid to rest up on the hill.


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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Spiritual Masters words - A short story


This is a short story that shows the power and meaning of the words that comes out of a Spiritual Master. Words of a spiritual master are not mere words thrown in air, they are powerful and yield.

Once a Spiritual Master visited a certain city. The disciple begged to the Master to give a mass public darshan. The Master refused for the same and said that, that was not the purpose of His visit. The disciple would not listen to the Master and kept pestering. When the pestering reached a certain limit, the master agreed but said, "He will leave His body, seven days after the mass public darshan."

The disciple took the Master's words lightly. The mass darshan happened and ended on a happy note.

From the next day the disciples noted that Master's health started to improve drastically. He looked younger, pink and stronger every day. This created disturbance in the disciple. The general public started making snide remarks that the Master was hoax and a charlatan.

On the appointed seventh day after the mass darshan, the disturbance of the disciple crossed the limits. In ferocious anger, they themselves stone the Master to death. The words of the master came true to the date and time.

Disciple were in remorse, but it was too late.
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Monday, June 6, 2011

A short story about occult powers

Was going though an article Occult and psychic powers a great hindrance on the blog dedicated to Shirdi Sai Baba.BabaCrossLegged

This reminds me of a story from Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna chapter 28.
Just like Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi, Shri Ramakrishna Paramhamsha refrained His disciple, devotees and spiritual seekers to refrain themselves from seeking any kind of occult powers, or working for the same.

The story

Ramakrishna Paramhansa Once a Sadhu attained occult power while going through spiritual practices. He then forgot all about the highest of the spiritual attainment, merging in the divine. The lord wanted to point that out to him, so He appeared as a common man in front of the Sadhu.

He asked Sadhu if he had great occult powers, to which the Sadhu affirmed with pride.

Pointing at an Elephant close by, the man asked the Sadhu, “Can you kill that huge elephant?”

With the smile of arrogance, the Sadhu said, “Not a big deal”. He took a pinch of dust, did some mantra chant and threw the same in air. The Elephant instantly was brought down on earth, struggled a while in pain, and was dead.

“Impressive”, said the man.  “Now can you revive the elephant back to life?”, he asked.

The sadhu again picked some dust, did some mantra chant and let go the dust in air, with an arrogant smile on his face. The elephant came back to life. Got up and went off in search of food.

Then the Lord said: 'Wonderful is your power. But may I ask you one thing? You have killed the elephant and you have revived it. But what has that done for you? Do you feel uplifted by it? Has it enabled you to realize God?' Saying this the Lord vanished.

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

A Zen Story - The Great Crossing


The Great Crossing

The Buddha said:

"A man beginning a long journey sees ahead a vast body of water. There is neither boat nor bridge. To escape the dangers of his present location, he constructs a raft of grass and branches. When he reaches the other side he realizes how useful the raft was and wonders if he should hoist it on his back and carry it with him forever. Now if he did this, would he be wise? Or, having crossed to safety, should he place the raft in a high dry location for someone else to use? This is the way I have taught the Dharma, the doctrine - for crossing, not for keeping. Cast aside every proper state of mind, oh monks - much less wrong ones - and remember well to leave the raft behind."

This parable told by Gautam Buddha was and is a caution for the truth aspiring seekers. Buddha indicates that the teachings of Dharma (religion), the doctrine should be used for transcending the mind and self. They are much useful for that purpose, once that is done, the work of doctrine the guidelines is over and should be left for other seekers. It would be unwise to carry it once the objective is achieved.

This reminds of Shirdi Sai Baba who used to suggest the reading of spiritual books to many and to some He used to say, "They people try to find Bhrahma (reality or God) in these books, but it is only Brahm (illusion) that they find.


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