If
this mutual bhavana is established, how brightly would knowledge
shine! Indeed, the boys are the Lord, and so is the teacher! If only
the pupils feel, "This is not just a school master, this is
Lord Shiva Himself, we are drinking in the nectar of His teaching,
let us enlighten our understanding up as a service to Him," we
can well imagine how they would behave towards him.
No fear of sin
29. Once the bhavana settles in the mind
that the Lord is a shining presence everywhere, the ethics of our
mutual relations will spring of its own accord in the heart. There
is no need to look for it in books. Then all defects will vanish,
sin will flee, and the darkness of evil disappears.
Tukaram has said :-
"Be free and bold, take now
the divine name of Vitthal,
He will come to you, and sin will cease to be."
Well, then, you are free to sin if you
wish! I shall see whether you get tired of sinning first or
Ramanaama get tired of destroying your sins. Which is the sin
powerful enough to stand against the Lord's name? "Sin as much
as you like" - a charter of freedom is given to you. Let the
Lord's name and your sins fight it out. My dear man, the name has
the power to reduce the ashes in a moment all the sins not merely of
the present life, but of countless janmas. No matter how ancient the
darkness is in a cave, it flees when a match a stuck. The darkness
becomes light. The older the sin, the more quickly it is destroyed,
because it is old and must perish. |
