No man left behind – On Sadhan

 

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No man left behind – On Sadhan

In military there is a slogan ‘No man left behind!’ It means that the group of military that goes to war doesn’t leave behind ‘wounded’ soldiers behind in enemy territory alone!

There is one more slogan I love ‘All for one and one for all!’ I am sure this is self-evident in meaning (If any of you haven’t understood it, let me know I’ll try explaining)

Now what of these two slogans here?

I follow both these ‘motto’ in my life – more so with my students.

There are still some students doing 108 mala japam. They couldn’t complete it yet for some reason. For me reason is immaterial. They are dedicated enough to keep going till they touch the finish line – and that! That is exactly the attitude I am proud of in them! I can only show my appreciation my way – that is by waiting for them to complete this sadhan before setting a new target for the group. As I am waiting for them I also am chanting 3 malas (min) per day with them.

Imagine, eating with 500 people in a hall. And you are a slow eater or whatever! Everyone has eaten, got up and left. Imagine sitting alone and eating there. However, delicious food is, thought that all others have left is at the back of your mind. Isn’t it? You can see other plates being taken out and cleaned by the workers. How do you feel? I somehow see ‘those people’ who couldn’t complete the set target as the person sitting alone and eating. I can’t let that happen. So, at least I need to be there with the person chanting along with him. So, I do. This is the least I can do for him.

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# no man left behind, on sharing and caring, being human, on being successful, character, on love, selfishness, taking all with us, working as a team,