| Essence Of Hinduism |
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HINDU THEISM |
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| Like Mahatma Gandhi
they are prepared to take great decisions in life on the strength of this inner voice, for
they have such absolute faith in its validity. But one has to be on one's guard against
being too familiar and intimate with the gracious Form ever present to the
mind's eye. The
author of the Narada Sastras cautions the Upasaka against forgetting the
greatness of the
Lord in his intimate fellowship with Him. It is to be remembered that Arjuna, when he
saw his friend Krsna assume the Visvarupa or cosmic form in the midst of the famous discourse on
the battlefield,
exclaimed: - "If thinking Thou art my friend and unaware of this, Thy greatness, I addressed thee in ignorance or love as 'O Krsna.' 'O Yadava' or 'O Friend' - "If in my mirth showed no reverence to thee while playing or resting, while sitting or eating, while alone or hi the presence of others, Lord, I implore Thee who art infinite, to pardon me." If the Upasaka never forgets the greatness and the glory and the eternal wisdom of his Lord, his prayer will ever be for light and more light. All other forms of prayer are only due to our ajnana and our incurable feeling of self. Opening our hearts to the influence of God is a much more salutary act than opening our lips to make trivial petitions or raising our hands to beg for material gifts. For in such an act lies implicit our acquie scence and co-operation in all things that the Eternal Wisdom has planned for us. |
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