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All
the academic knowledge is of waste if it is not put to practice whether
it is medicine or engineering. A teacher wants the students to know the
subject well, and use that which is learnt in every phase of life.
Similarly an Adyatma Guru (Spiritual Master) emphasizes practice of
spiritual truths and do not want his Shishya (Disciple) to just knowing
about them. Unless the disciple practices the truths and experiences
them personally there will be no significance in what the master has
taught. Unless a seeker speaks with certainty of experience and
knowledge of the truth, his words are void and will have no weight. It
is indeed very easy to differentiate between those who just know and
those who regularly practice what they know. There is self-belief,
assertion, earnestness and dedication in those who speaks with the
reality of experience.
We hear many talking about spirituality, but a lot of them do not do what they know. Knowledge of scriptures and ability to quote verses at every instance do not get the individual anywhere. Since what really matter is the actual practice, wisdom without practice cannot take us to reach our goal. A sermon on the dais on how to respect women by a person will not be welcomed if he is ill-treating his wife, mother or sister at home. He need not prove anyone whether he is practicing what he has preached or not, his own self knows what he is doing.
The habit of doing what is known will not only benefit in terms of spirituality but also at work place as well as at home it is extremely valid. Children at home can easily point out the truth of their parents when they try to impose some ideologies on them without themselves practicing it. A team manager who himself is not punctual at the work place finds it embarrassing when he wants his team members to be punctual.
Holy texts, scriptures, discourses and lectures are means by which one can find the path to Absolute. They act as road maps in pointing the way. As soon as we know the way to reach the destination, we have to tread the way and make effort to reach the destination. Just knowing the way without taking up the journey will not take one to the destination. A mother of a teenage boy gave him a grocery list and money to fetch from the nearby grocer shop. The boy put the money in his trouser back pocket and kept the list in his shirt pocket. As he was on his way to the grocer shop he met his friends who were on their way to play a football match. They insisted this teenage boy should play in their team and he joined them thinking he could fetch the groceries after the match.
The match was won by the teenager boy team and after the jubilation ceremony; it was time for him to fetch the groceries. Now the boy searched for the list that his mother had given, he did not find it in his shirt pocket. He searched for it anxiously and his team also joined him in the search. They looked for the list in the football ground. After a long search, the list was finally found. The boy was relieved that he had found the letter, if not he would have had a nice coating from his father. He opened the list and read it. The list contained two kilo rice, half a kilo wheat flour, one packet of sunflower oil, half kilo tea power and a kilo detergent power. Once he read the list and knew what had to be brought he no longer needed the list.
The list was necessary to him before as he did not know what he had to buy and hence he was anxious when the list went missing. As he became aware of what was in the list all he had to do was to go to a grocery shop and purchase the goods. Holy texts, scriptures and discourses make us aware of the path that leads to the destination. After the information is collected all we need to do is to start our practices. It is only then the seeker can realize the goal. Many have Bhagavad-Gita in the pooja room and worship it only some read it only a few understand it while very rarely we find those who practice what is understood.
A good thought over scriptures and articulated way of putting it out in the form of writing a blog may mesmerize and captivate a few for a short time but will not have any positive impact on the spiritual growth of seeker himself.
We hear many talking about spirituality, but a lot of them do not do what they know. Knowledge of scriptures and ability to quote verses at every instance do not get the individual anywhere. Since what really matter is the actual practice, wisdom without practice cannot take us to reach our goal. A sermon on the dais on how to respect women by a person will not be welcomed if he is ill-treating his wife, mother or sister at home. He need not prove anyone whether he is practicing what he has preached or not, his own self knows what he is doing.
The habit of doing what is known will not only benefit in terms of spirituality but also at work place as well as at home it is extremely valid. Children at home can easily point out the truth of their parents when they try to impose some ideologies on them without themselves practicing it. A team manager who himself is not punctual at the work place finds it embarrassing when he wants his team members to be punctual.
Holy texts, scriptures, discourses and lectures are means by which one can find the path to Absolute. They act as road maps in pointing the way. As soon as we know the way to reach the destination, we have to tread the way and make effort to reach the destination. Just knowing the way without taking up the journey will not take one to the destination. A mother of a teenage boy gave him a grocery list and money to fetch from the nearby grocer shop. The boy put the money in his trouser back pocket and kept the list in his shirt pocket. As he was on his way to the grocer shop he met his friends who were on their way to play a football match. They insisted this teenage boy should play in their team and he joined them thinking he could fetch the groceries after the match.
The match was won by the teenager boy team and after the jubilation ceremony; it was time for him to fetch the groceries. Now the boy searched for the list that his mother had given, he did not find it in his shirt pocket. He searched for it anxiously and his team also joined him in the search. They looked for the list in the football ground. After a long search, the list was finally found. The boy was relieved that he had found the letter, if not he would have had a nice coating from his father. He opened the list and read it. The list contained two kilo rice, half a kilo wheat flour, one packet of sunflower oil, half kilo tea power and a kilo detergent power. Once he read the list and knew what had to be brought he no longer needed the list.
The list was necessary to him before as he did not know what he had to buy and hence he was anxious when the list went missing. As he became aware of what was in the list all he had to do was to go to a grocery shop and purchase the goods. Holy texts, scriptures and discourses make us aware of the path that leads to the destination. After the information is collected all we need to do is to start our practices. It is only then the seeker can realize the goal. Many have Bhagavad-Gita in the pooja room and worship it only some read it only a few understand it while very rarely we find those who practice what is understood.
A good thought over scriptures and articulated way of putting it out in the form of writing a blog may mesmerize and captivate a few for a short time but will not have any positive impact on the spiritual growth of seeker himself.
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