the power
of divine grace
Life
has undergone a lot of changes after joining sathsang. Namasankeertanam
has brought the changes. The sole key to the happiness is constant by
chanting of lord Krishna’s name and Gurudhyanam.
Previously,
I used to presume Bhakti means – to do Pooja [usually done as a duty],
to go to temple [during exams especially].and so on.
Now
I understood what Bhakti means- it is true love for God and easiest way
to do Bhakti i.e. to chant Lord Krishna’s name and thinking about him
and not about worldly things.
I
have learnt that totally surrendering to the lord is the way to attain
him. While proceeding with any sort of work, I should not think I am
doing, it is lord Krishna who is doing the work through me. If I think I
am doing the work, I know everything it is sure that I will not succeed
.In the real sense, what do I know?.
While
writing exam or while doing any work that is assigned to me I think that
the work is assigned to me and lord Krishna will make me do it. In case
of exams, I do my duty of studying and totally surrender to the Lord. He
has set the question paper and he will make me write the exam.
I
can feel the difference in happiness that is achieved by doing
namasankeertanam and world things. The one that is got by chatting with
friends, watching t.v., or while doing any other worldly things, the
happiness stays only for that period of time, it is temporary. But the
happiness that is achieved by Namasankeertanam, by talking with Guru is
from the bottom of my heart. It is only the real happiness.
I
would like to narrate some of my experiences after joining sathsang:
One
day, my mother and myself, we both went out and had some eatable. After
coming home, my mother started suffering from stomach ache, then
vomiting and loose motion. But before I started eating, I uttered sarvam
Krishnaarpanam and then started eating. By God’s grace, nothing
happened to me. I do it everytime before I start consuming anything; I
utter Sarvam Krishnaarpanam and then start eating.
In
our class, we had to present on certain topics, which were assigned to
us by our professor. Groups were selected for that purpose and only two
from each group were told to present before the whole class. I had to
present on one of the topic that was assigned to me and the professor
did not cover that topic. When I went through the topic, I could not
understand the topic. I tried to manage it somehow and left the rest to
god. The next day, before presenting, I surrendered to the god and took
Guruji’s name and then started with my presentation. It became
successful, as it was not me who spoke; it was the god who spoke within
me. The whole credit goes to him, I did not do anything. Every work will
become successful if we surrender everything to him. He will take care
that the work becomes successful. But we should work on our part and
then leave it to him.
The
purpose of human life is KrishnaDarshan and that we have to realize it.
Continuous namajapam and urge to see Lord Krishna will take us closer to
Lord Krishna. Namajapam needs nothing but interest and Guru cultivates
that interest within us. Guru sows the seed of love for Lord Krishna. We
have to make the seed grow into a huge tree by constant chanting of lord
Krishna’s name. Guru lays the foundation of Bhakti within us. Lord Krishna showers grace on us every second, we have to
realize it. Bhakti is like an insurance policy –premium we pay is the
namajapam and return is moksha.
It
is correctly said “Know Guru –Know God
No Guru – No God”
Shwetha
SATHGURU
GEETHA
The
divine poet who composed the Ramayan in Hindi calling it Rama Charita
Manas.