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Teachings of Gondavalekar Maharaj (Brahmachaitanya Ramdasi) - Good Company & Nama-Smaran | Company Of Saints Is A Blessing | Living As Directed By The Saint Is True Association | Saintly Association Helps To Attain God | Saints' Books Are Their Testament
Good Company & Nama-Smaran
A certain physician was so expert in giving a diagnosis that he could say what the patient was suffering from by a mere look at his/her face. One day he saw a man going past his house; he stopped and told him, ‘you are suffering from a pernicious disease, but you will definitely be cured if you take the medicine and observe the regimen I prescribe’. Just as the physician acted in sheer sincerity, so do the Saints advise us in pure selflessness.
If we listen to the guidance given by the Guru, we shall certainly profit thereby. The Saints caution us that we are unhealthily immersed in worldly business and pleasures, and that we can safely emerge out of this by keeping company with the godly and by living in nama. Be sure that their behests are based on actual experience, not conjecture. Even if a medicine is simple to take, does that mean that it is not effective?
Saint Tukaram vows by his upasana that no spiritual remedy is as simple and yet definitely effective as Nama-Smaran. What reason have we to doubt the truth of this assertion of his or of Shri Samarth? They have advocated this Sadhana for us purely in our interest. If you do not follow their advice, it is you that stand to lose, not they. So give your earnest thought to this matter. When a man is convinced that he has a certain disease, he does not evade taking the medicine.
Having seen for ourselves that this mundane life does not yield true and lasting happiness, it behooves us to seek other means to acquire such happiness. So, try to live in nama as much as possible, and you will find true contentment. One devotee said, “I learnt how to perform puja and Bhakti, from my thirty-year long service. There I had to accept orders from my superior, and go where he transferred me, despite personal or domestic difficulties. In other words, I had to surrender and forget my ‘self’.
On retirement, I merely replaced that superior by God. He is even better in that He has no selfish motive, and always acts for my good. So I am very happy now, ” In a similar way, from our worldly life we should learn how to tread the spiritual path. This is the essence of human life.
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Company Of Saints Is A Blessing
Be not disturbed by occurrences in worldly life, or troubles of fate, nor any upadhi; to be unmoved by these is true Samadhi. A shadow is not washed and cleansed even if it falls on mud or dirt; that applies to the body, too, but the Saints alone are able to realize this. Divest yourself of all desire, keep your mind clear, unprejudiced, and innocent, like a child’s. It will be your highest achievement if you maintain your discriminative power alive and awake and keep the mind occupied in nama.
Thorough contentment will be your reward if you still vagrant, futile fancies, and keep the mind busily engaged in nama. A perfect Sadhu is one who surrenders himself completely to God, and who is delightfully engrossed in the contemplation of God. Enjoy peace of mind by burning all urge of desire and relinquishing all awareness of self. Believe honestly that you belong only to God and that He belongs to you.
One who abandons the ‘body-am-I’ feeling can alone profit by association with a Saint. Do not attach importance to the body or bodily action of a Saint; you have to transcend your own body-consciousness in order truly to comprehend Him. To have love for nama is the mark of a Saint. Saints really make life fruitful for those who honestly associate with them.
Even after the physical body of a Saint dies, his influence on the world continues to act. So we remember him and seek to serve him day and night. Blessed, indeed, are they who live in association with a saint. One who has unflinching faith in a Saint will definitely attain to God. Keep your attention riveted on a Saint even while your body maybe attending to worldly business.
Saints never forget that God is the real doer, and therefore they can guide others. We should have darshan of a Saint, and follow his advice always and in case of difficulties, so that worldly life will be easier for us to go through. If we follow a Saint as...
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Taken from the book: 'Discourses by Shri Saduguru Brahmachaitanya Maharaj (Gondavalekar)
Original Compilation: G.S. Gokhale
Foreword: Prof. K.V. Belsare
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