Thursday, May 18, 2017

Ask and it shall be given – Me, My guru



Ask and it shall be given – Me, My guru


“Why every body received differently though all were sadhaks?”

This was the question that bothered most of us but the question kept being pushed by other questions always. Today seemed to be the day of this question.  Pallavi asked this question with irritation and half accusing our Guru today even before start of the class. Her further complaint was “Everyone is fine when I am suffering inspite of being in sadhan as much as others”. We knew that she hardly was ‘in’ sadhan. She talked about sadhan more than doing it. Yet, when it came to receiving she would complain inspite of everything she received. We didn’t even consider her question worth looking at, leave alone answering. But Guru being herself sincerely replied “In a certain temple town lived a Saint who would go around the town daily at the appointed time. He would notice all. At one gate of the temple, (Old temples in India constructed long back had four gates and city developed around these temples and hence these cities are called ‘Ksethras’ in Sanskrit and even in their names. It means ‘field’. As these temple cities developed around the temples, they became the ‘field’ – energy field, energy being that of the temple. So, temples are called ‘punya ksethra’ meaning ‘pure field’). He saw a beggar hale and healthy. This beggar was very lean few months ago when he had first come to this village.

On the other gate he found a beggar who was hale and healthy becoming weak, lean and sick as days passed. This intrigued the Saint and he went up to the beggars and asked “What is your prayer?”. The second beggar said “Lord, exhaust all my sins in this very birth”. The first beggar replied “Lord, forgive me for all my sins”. The Saint took pity on the second beggar and said “Don’t you think the Lord is loving enough to forgive you off your sins. Seek his forgiveness instead of exhausting your sins”. The beggar followed Saint’s advice and  within few months became hale and healthy. The Lord gives what we seek”. She looked at us all as she completed the story.


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