"LA MANERA DE SWAMI"
por Sri Madhusudan Naidu
Muddenahalli, 31/7/2018
por Sri Madhusudan Naidu
Muddenahalli, 31/7/2018
¿Lo desafían? ¡Él irá y hará más buenas obras! Si preguntan: '¿Cómo te atreves a abrir una universidad?' Él dirá: "Abriré 18 de ellas, ¡esperen y observen!" (Risas) '¿Cómo te atreves a abrir un hospital?' 'Abriré cinco más de ellos. ¡aguarden y vean!'
Swami Vivekananda y su gente pasaron por muchas cosas cuando comenzaron la Misión. Antes de que Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa falleciera, llamó a once de sus discípulos y les dio ropa color naranja. Él no dijo una palabra. Fue una conversación silenciosa. Swami Vivekananda entendió lo que se debía hacer. Y fue para crédito de Sarada Maa, la gran compañera espiritual de Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa quien los guió, los motivó a emprender este camino de renuncia – la vida monástica. Y se encontraron con mucho ridículo en ese momento. La gente se reia de ellos. Pero ellos se mantuvieron firmes por su convicción. De haber desistido todos ellos y si Vivekananda hubiera pensado, 'De todos modos, Ramakrishna no está aquí. ¿Quién me va a guíar? Y si caigo en algún tipo de depresión, ¿quién me motivará y me hará sentir la Unidad de toda la creación? Así que permítanme resignar y volver con mi familia, encontrar un buen trabajo en la oficina del gobierno británico, convertirme en abogado, luchar por los casos del gobierno inglés contra los indios ayudándo al gobierno a ganar y asi obtener mi salario y asegurarme de que mi madre use seda y mi hermana diamantes y oro'; y con eso podría haber terminado su vida. Podría haberse conformado con una vida sin sentido, sin valor ni propósito. Pero debido a que mantuvo su convicción, a pesar de todo el ridículo, ¡La Misión Ramakrishna es lo que es hoy!
Marchamos con esta convicción de que lo que estamos haciendo es correcto. Lo que sea que otros piensen, digan o sientan al respecto; creemos en nuestro corazón de corazones que tenemos a Swami con nosotros que nos está guiando en este camino. Puede ser un terreno difícil para negociar, pero no somos los primeros. Hay personas que han hecho cosas mayores para Dios antes que nosotros. San Francisco de Asís lo hizo, desafiando todas las normas de la sociedad, arrojando la cuchara de plata con la que nació, tomando sobre sí harapos para vestirse y luego establecerse en una pequeña cueva fría para hacer lo que tenía que hacer. (hoy tenemos un bonito ashram en Asis en Italia). Es el sacrificio de unos pocos lo que conduce a la emancipación, a la redención del resto. Y esta oportunidad, este gran privilegio nos ha sido dado!
Mahatma Gandhi dijo que cada vez que alguien se embarca en una misión como esta que está más allá de la comprensión de cualquier hombre común, "Primero te ignoran, después se ríen de ti, luego pelean contigo, ¡y finalmente tú ganas!"
Esta ha sido la historia desde el principio. "¿Baba, sin un cuerpo en un lugar como ese? ¿Crees que estas personas pueden ser más afortunadas, más puras, más devotas que nosotros? ¿Por qué no nosotros? Si fuera Baba, ¡tendríamos que ser nosotros!" ¡Se reirán de ti! Luego se opondrán violentamente: "No, esto no puede ser cierto". Te ridiculizarán, te enfrentarán. Entonces pelearán contigo – "Esto no puede continuar para siempre. Vamos a detenerlo en algún punto". Y finalmente, ¿qué sucede? Tú ganas, porque, ¡Todo eso no se sostendrá frente a Dios!
¡El discurso que Swami dio hace dos semanas! (hace referencia al divino discurso del 19 de Julio) Muy raramente, Swami da discursos como este. Pero lo disfruté mucho (risas) ¡Estoy bastante aburrido de los discursos filosóficos! He escuchado tantos. Cuando Swami habla, cuando dice lo que necesita expresar, es realmente agradable. Swami no habla así a menudo. Dentro, en Sus conversaciones privadas, Él dirá las cosas, a veces de manera directa. Pero en público, siempre suele decir cosas que son muy suaves, gentiles y agradables para todos. Él no quiere herir ni perturbar el pensamiento o la fe de nadie. Pero ese día, creo, no fue por Él .
Hay una antigua copla en Hindi, "Prabal Prem ke Paale Pad Kar Prabhu ko Niyam Badalte Dekha; Apna Aan Tale Tal Jaaye Par Bhakt ka Maan Na Talte Dekha". El poeta dice: 'Debido al gran amor que siente por el devoto, he visto a Dios cambiar, modificar y doblegar las reglas; porque, si Su reputación o Su nombre están en juego, a Él no le importa. ¡Pero si el nombre de Su devoto está en juego, no se mantendrá pasivo! ¡Él luchará!. Si lanzan abusos a Dios, Él puede manejarlo, pero si le arrojan abusos a Su devoto, entonces Él no se quedará quieto. Esa es la naturaleza de Dios. Dejen ir Su nombre, eso no le importa a Él . Pero no permitirá que el honor del devoto se vea comprometido. ¡Eso es lo que Swami hizo!
Pienso que debo compartir esto con ustedes. Este aspecto de Swami, no lo verán a menudo. Fue en las celebraciones del 89 cumpleaños en Muddenahalli y fue la primera vez que Swami dio un discurso público en el estadio. Cerca de diez mil personas se habían reunido aquí, principalmente por curiosidad. Esa vez la gente ni siquiera estaba al tanto de lo que estaba pasando. Acababan de escuchar que sucedía algo así en un lugar llamado Muddenahalli. Pensaron que, en el camino de regreso a Bangalore, podían ver qué estaba pasando. Hubo un discurso y yo literalmente estaba temblando. Quiza por fuera, podria haberme visto muy valiente.
¡El discurso tuvo lugar y poco después hubo un alboroto enorme por parte de aquellos que no querían creer! Inmediatamente enviaron algunas terribles circulares redactadas por todo el mundo. Si hubieran enviado una circular diciendo que esto es algo que no aprueban, a lo que no se suscriben, en lo que no creen; Swami no se hubiera molestado porque incluso cuando estaba físicamente, había más gente que no creía en Él que aquellos que creían en Él. Entonces, ésto no es nada nuevo para Bhagavan. Pero su error fue que nombraron a uno de Sus devotos más antiguos en la circular, lo que lo hizo sentir absolutamente herido: "El señor Indulal Shah se ha vuelto viejo y senil, y es por eso que no puede entender lo que está bien y lo que está mal. Entonces ha caído en este tipo de cosas". La circular dio la vuelta al mundo y llegó a Swami. Hasta entonces Swami estaba en silencio. De hecho, Él no se molesta. Incluso durante la fase física, muchos magos iban a Puttaparthi y desafiaban a Swami. 'Puedo crear una calabaza; ¿Puedes tu hacerlo?' Algunos de nosotros, los estudiantes, pensabamos, '¡Swami! ¡Retórnale una respuesta apropiada! ¡Crea una calabaza y muestrala!' Ese era nuestro pensamiento tonto y limitado. Pero Swami, ¿debería incluso rebajarse a esos niveles para demostrar que Él es Dios y puede hacer cosas increíbles? Entonces, así es como fue. Algunas personas pensaron desafiarlo de esa manera. Si hubiera sido un desafío para Él, no se hubiera molestado por eso. ¡Pero era el nombre de Su devoto lo que estaba en juego! Durante décadas, Sri Indulal Shah ha sido el abuelo de la organización Sai y ha hecho muchas cosas maravillosas para Swami. Nadie podría haber hablado mal de él por las razones que sean, porque tenía mucho en su haber. Pero desafortunadamente alguien habló. Esta fue la primera vez incluso para su familia.
Entonces, ¿cómo respondió Swami? Le dijo a la familia de Indulal Shah ji; "Esperen. ¡Me ocuparé de que el primer ministro de India honre a Indulal Shah delante de todos!"
Su reacción no fue enviar otra circular, otro misil de vuelta a ellos. ¡Él dijo, "¡No, ese no es mi modo! No me rebajaré y haré cosas como cualquier otro ser ordinario. Prefiero hacer algo mucho mejor de lo que he estado haciendo; más buen trabajo, más seva, más sacrificio. Esa es la respuesta a todas las burlas y abusos". Pocos años después, cuando estábamos allí en Palwal (Haryana) para la inauguración del Centro Internacional Sri Sathya Sai de Atención e Investigación Cardiaca Pediátrica, Swami se aseguró de que Sri Indulal Shah ji y Sri Satish Naik ji fueran honrados por el Primer Ministro de la India, Sri Narendra Modi. Hubo una historia similar acerca de Satish Naik ji y Swami lo tomó en Su corazón.Ambos fueron honrados por la máxima autoridad de la India desde todos los puntos de vista prácticos, cuando el propio Primer Ministro dijo, "Han hecho un gran servicio a Swami y estoy feliz de honrarlos". Y se les presentó una placa de plata. Así es como Swami responde a la negatividad.
No responde a la negatividad con más negatividad. Responderá a la negatividad con más positividad, algo que tenemos que aprender. ¿Lo desafían? ¡Él irá y hará más buenas obras! Si preguntan, '¿Cómo te atreves a abrir una universidad?' Él dirá, 'Abriré 18 de ellas, ¡Esperen y observen!'. (Risas)
'¿Cómo te atreves a abrir un hospital?', 'Abriré cinco mas de ellos, ¡Aguarden y Vean!'.
Si alguien es abusivo con nosotros ¡nuestra reacción inmediata es ser diez veces más abusivos pensando que hemos vencido en la batalla! Pero esa no es Su manera.
El río Ganges está eternamente contaminado (físicamente). El gobierno gasta crores (millones de rupias), pero es en vano. Un día, hubo una gran lluvia en algún lugar en el Himalaya y enormes inundaciones en el Ganges y toda la tierra se limpió! Él dijo, 'esa es Mi forma de hacer las cosas'. ¡Una gran tormenta de lluvia y todo se limpia! Es Su misericordia para todos. Cuando Shishupala (un malvado kaurava) estaba lanzando abusos a Krishna, Él esperó noventa y nueve veces, y la centésima vez, cuando hizo lo que tenía que hacer, fue en interés de Shishupala para hacer de él un nombre eterno en la historia.
- Sri Madhusudan Naidu en ' Tattva Sameeksha '(31 de julio de 2018), Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli
('Tattva Sameeksha 'es una sesión de Charla brindada por eminentes oradores a los residentes del Ashram Sathya Sai Grama en Muddenahalli)
Fuente: Sri Sathya Sai Vrinda
Fuente Español: Ama a Todos Sirve a Todos
Nota: Esta es una traducción provisoria realizada por devotos voluntarios, como servicio de difusión. Las traducciones oficiales son efectuadas a su debido tiempo por la editorial Premamruta Prakashana, de Muddenahalli.
"Sígueme en cualquiera de las infinitas formas que puedo asumir, y con cualquiera de los infinitos nombres con que Dios puede ser recordado" Sai baba.
You challenge Him? He will go and do more good works! If you ask, 'How dare you open a university?' He will say, 'I will open 18 of them, you wait and watch!' (laughter) 'How dare you open a hospital?' 'I will open five of them, you wait and see!'
Swami Vivekananda and his people went through a lot when they started the Mission. Before Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa passed away, he called eleven of his disciples and gave them orange clothes. He did not speak a word. It was a silent conversation. Swami Vivekananda understood what was to be done. And it was to the credit of Sarada Maa, the great spiritual partner of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa who guided them, motivated them to take up this path of renunciation - the monkhood. And it met with lot of ridicule at that point in time. People laughed at them. But they stood by their conviction. Had they all bent low and if Vivekananda had thought, 'Anyway, Ramakrishna is not here. Who is going to guide me? And if I get into some kind of depression who is going to kick me and make me feel the Oneness of the whole creation? So, let me give up and go back to my family, find a nice job in British Govt office, become a Barrister, fight cases for British Govt against Indians and help the government win and get my salary and make sure my mother wears silk and sister wears diamonds and gold'; and with that he could have ended his life. He could have settled for a very meaningless, worthless, purposeless life. But because he stood by his conviction then, despite all the ridicule, Ramakrishna Mission is what it is today!
We stand by this conviction that what we are doing is right. Whatever others think, say or feel about it; we believe in our heart of hearts that we have Swami with us who is guiding us on this path. It may be a difficult terrain to negotiate but then we are not the first ones. There are people who have done greater things for God before us. St. Francis of Assissi did, defying all the norms of the society, throwing away the silver spoon with which he was born, taking upon himself the rags to wear and then settling down in some cold little cave to do what he had to do. (We have a nice ashram at Assissi in Italy) It is the sacrifice of the few that leads to emancipation, redemption of the rest. And this opportunity, this great privilege has been given to us!
Mahatma Gandhi said whenever someone embarks on a mission like this which is beyond the understanding of just any common man, "First they ignore you, then laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win!"
This has been the story from the beginning. 'Baba, without a body in a place like that?! Do you think these people can be luckier, more pure, more devoted than us? Why not us? If it was Baba, it had to be us!!' They will laugh at you! Then they will violently oppose you- 'No, this cannot be true'. They will ridicule you, oppose you. Then they fight you- 'This cannot go on forever. Let us stop it somewhere'. And finally what happens? You win, because, all that will not stand in front of God!
The discourse that Swami gave two weeks ago! Very rarely, Swami gives discourses like this. But I enjoyed it to the most (laughter) I am quite bored with philosophical discourses! I have heard so many. When Swami talks business, when He talks what He needs to talk, it is really enjoyable. Swami does not speak like this very often. Inside, in His private conversations, He will speak things, sometimes He will speak His mind. But in public, He will always say things which are very soft, gentle and nice to everyone. He does not want to hurt and disturb anybody's thinking or faith. But that day I believe, it was not about Him.
There is an old Hindi couplet, "Prabal Prem ke Paale Pad Kar Prabhu ko Niyam Badalte Dekha; Apna Aan Tale Tal Jaaye Par Bhakt ka Maan Na Talte Dekha" The poet says, 'Out of the great love for the devotee, I have seen God change, modify, bend the rules; because, if His reputation or His name is at stake, it does not matter to Him. But if His devotee's name is at stake, He will not keep quiet!' He will fight back. You hurl abuses at God, He can handle it but if you throw abuses at His devotee, then He will not stay quiet. That is God's nature. Let His name go, it does not matter to Him. He will not let the honour of the devotee be compromised. That is what Swami did!
I think I must share this with you. This aspect of Swami, you won't get to know every now and then. It was 89th Birthday Celebrations at Muddenahalli and it was the first time, Swami publicly, openly gave a discourse in the stadium here. About ten thousand people had gathered here, mostly out of curiosity. That time people were not even aware of what was going on. They had just heard something like this is going on in a place called Muddenahalli. They thought, on the way back to Bangalore, let us drop in and see what's going on. There was a discourse and I was literally shaking and shivering. Outside, I may have looked very courageous. The discourse happened and soon after that there was a huge uproar by those who did not want to believe! They immediately sent out some terribly worded circulars around the world. Had they sent a circular saying that this is something that they don't approve of, that they do not subscribe to, that they do not believe in; Swami would not bother because even when Swami was physically there, there were more people who did not believe in Him than those who believed in Him. So, this is nothing new for Bhagawan. But their mistake was that they named one of His oldest devotees in the circular that made Him feel absolutely hurt. 'Mr Indulal Shah has grown old and senile which is why he cannot understand what is right and wrong! So he has fallen into this kind of a thing'. The circular went around the world and reached Swami. Till then Swami was silent. In fact, He does not bother. Even during physical phase, lot of magicians would go to Puttaparthi and challenge Swami. 'I can create a pumpkin; can you create?' Some of us, students would think, 'Swami! Give him back a fitting answer! Create a pumpkin and show!' But that is our silly, limited thinking. For Swami, should He even stoop down to those levels to prove that He is God and can do amazing things? So, that is how it was. Some people thought of challenging Him that way. Had it been a challenge thrown to Swami, He would have not bothered about it. But it was the name of a devotee which was at stake! For decades, He has been the grandsire of the organization and has done so many wonderful things for Swami. Nobody could have spoken ill of him for whatever reasons, because he had so much to his credit. But unfortunately somebody spoke. This was the first even for his family.
So, how did Swami respond? He told the family of Indulal Shah ji; 'You wait. I will see to that the Prime Minister of India will honour Indulal Shah in front of everyone!'
His reaction was not to send another circular back, another missile back to them. He said, 'No! That's not my way!' I will not stoop down and do things like any other ordinary being. I would rather do much better than what I have been doing; more good work, more seva, more sacrifice. That is the answer to all the ridicule and abuses. Few years down the line, when we were there in Palwal (Haryana) for the inauguration of Sri Sathya Sai International Center for Pediatric Cardiac Care and Research, Swami saw to that Sri Indulal Shah ji and Sri Satish Naik ji were honoured by the Prime Minister of India, Sri Narendra Modi. There was a similar story about Satish Naik ji and Swami had taken it to His heart. They both were honoured by the highest authority in India from all practical points of view, the Prime Minister himself when he said, 'They have done such great service to Swami and I am happy to honour them'. And a silver plaque was presented to them. That is how Swami answers negativity.
He does not answer negativity with more negativity. He will answer negativity with more positivity, something that we need to learn. You challenge Him? He will go and do more good works! If you ask, 'How dare you open a university? He will say, I will open 18 of them, you wait and watch!' (laughter)
'How dare you open a hospital?'
'I will open five of them, you wait and see!'
If somebody is abusive, our immediate reaction is to go ten times more abusive thinking we have conquered the battle! But that is not His way.
River Ganges is eternally polluted (physically). Govt spends crores but to no avail. One day, there was a huge cloudburst somewhere up in the Himalayas and the huge floods in Ganges and all the dirt got cleaned up! He said that is My way of doing things. One cloudburst of a thing and everything gets cleaned up! It is only His mercy for everyone. When Shishupala was hurling abuses at Krishna, He waited for ninety nine times, and the hundredth time, when He did what He had to do, He did it in Shishupala's interest for making him an eternal name in history.
- Sri Madhusudan Naidu at 'Tattva Sameeksha' (July 31, 2018), Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli
('Tattva Sameeksha' is a Talk session by eminent speakers to the Ashram residents of Sathya Sai Grama in Muddenahalli)
"THE WAY OF SWAMI"
by Sri Madhusudan Naidu
Muddenahalli, July 31, 2018
by Sri Madhusudan Naidu
Muddenahalli, July 31, 2018
You challenge Him? He will go and do more good works! If you ask, 'How dare you open a university?' He will say, 'I will open 18 of them, you wait and watch!' (laughter) 'How dare you open a hospital?' 'I will open five of them, you wait and see!'
Swami Vivekananda and his people went through a lot when they started the Mission. Before Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa passed away, he called eleven of his disciples and gave them orange clothes. He did not speak a word. It was a silent conversation. Swami Vivekananda understood what was to be done. And it was to the credit of Sarada Maa, the great spiritual partner of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa who guided them, motivated them to take up this path of renunciation - the monkhood. And it met with lot of ridicule at that point in time. People laughed at them. But they stood by their conviction. Had they all bent low and if Vivekananda had thought, 'Anyway, Ramakrishna is not here. Who is going to guide me? And if I get into some kind of depression who is going to kick me and make me feel the Oneness of the whole creation? So, let me give up and go back to my family, find a nice job in British Govt office, become a Barrister, fight cases for British Govt against Indians and help the government win and get my salary and make sure my mother wears silk and sister wears diamonds and gold'; and with that he could have ended his life. He could have settled for a very meaningless, worthless, purposeless life. But because he stood by his conviction then, despite all the ridicule, Ramakrishna Mission is what it is today!
We stand by this conviction that what we are doing is right. Whatever others think, say or feel about it; we believe in our heart of hearts that we have Swami with us who is guiding us on this path. It may be a difficult terrain to negotiate but then we are not the first ones. There are people who have done greater things for God before us. St. Francis of Assissi did, defying all the norms of the society, throwing away the silver spoon with which he was born, taking upon himself the rags to wear and then settling down in some cold little cave to do what he had to do. (We have a nice ashram at Assissi in Italy) It is the sacrifice of the few that leads to emancipation, redemption of the rest. And this opportunity, this great privilege has been given to us!
Mahatma Gandhi said whenever someone embarks on a mission like this which is beyond the understanding of just any common man, "First they ignore you, then laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win!"
This has been the story from the beginning. 'Baba, without a body in a place like that?! Do you think these people can be luckier, more pure, more devoted than us? Why not us? If it was Baba, it had to be us!!' They will laugh at you! Then they will violently oppose you- 'No, this cannot be true'. They will ridicule you, oppose you. Then they fight you- 'This cannot go on forever. Let us stop it somewhere'. And finally what happens? You win, because, all that will not stand in front of God!
The discourse that Swami gave two weeks ago! Very rarely, Swami gives discourses like this. But I enjoyed it to the most (laughter) I am quite bored with philosophical discourses! I have heard so many. When Swami talks business, when He talks what He needs to talk, it is really enjoyable. Swami does not speak like this very often. Inside, in His private conversations, He will speak things, sometimes He will speak His mind. But in public, He will always say things which are very soft, gentle and nice to everyone. He does not want to hurt and disturb anybody's thinking or faith. But that day I believe, it was not about Him.
There is an old Hindi couplet, "Prabal Prem ke Paale Pad Kar Prabhu ko Niyam Badalte Dekha; Apna Aan Tale Tal Jaaye Par Bhakt ka Maan Na Talte Dekha" The poet says, 'Out of the great love for the devotee, I have seen God change, modify, bend the rules; because, if His reputation or His name is at stake, it does not matter to Him. But if His devotee's name is at stake, He will not keep quiet!' He will fight back. You hurl abuses at God, He can handle it but if you throw abuses at His devotee, then He will not stay quiet. That is God's nature. Let His name go, it does not matter to Him. He will not let the honour of the devotee be compromised. That is what Swami did!
I think I must share this with you. This aspect of Swami, you won't get to know every now and then. It was 89th Birthday Celebrations at Muddenahalli and it was the first time, Swami publicly, openly gave a discourse in the stadium here. About ten thousand people had gathered here, mostly out of curiosity. That time people were not even aware of what was going on. They had just heard something like this is going on in a place called Muddenahalli. They thought, on the way back to Bangalore, let us drop in and see what's going on. There was a discourse and I was literally shaking and shivering. Outside, I may have looked very courageous. The discourse happened and soon after that there was a huge uproar by those who did not want to believe! They immediately sent out some terribly worded circulars around the world. Had they sent a circular saying that this is something that they don't approve of, that they do not subscribe to, that they do not believe in; Swami would not bother because even when Swami was physically there, there were more people who did not believe in Him than those who believed in Him. So, this is nothing new for Bhagawan. But their mistake was that they named one of His oldest devotees in the circular that made Him feel absolutely hurt. 'Mr Indulal Shah has grown old and senile which is why he cannot understand what is right and wrong! So he has fallen into this kind of a thing'. The circular went around the world and reached Swami. Till then Swami was silent. In fact, He does not bother. Even during physical phase, lot of magicians would go to Puttaparthi and challenge Swami. 'I can create a pumpkin; can you create?' Some of us, students would think, 'Swami! Give him back a fitting answer! Create a pumpkin and show!' But that is our silly, limited thinking. For Swami, should He even stoop down to those levels to prove that He is God and can do amazing things? So, that is how it was. Some people thought of challenging Him that way. Had it been a challenge thrown to Swami, He would have not bothered about it. But it was the name of a devotee which was at stake! For decades, He has been the grandsire of the organization and has done so many wonderful things for Swami. Nobody could have spoken ill of him for whatever reasons, because he had so much to his credit. But unfortunately somebody spoke. This was the first even for his family.
So, how did Swami respond? He told the family of Indulal Shah ji; 'You wait. I will see to that the Prime Minister of India will honour Indulal Shah in front of everyone!'
His reaction was not to send another circular back, another missile back to them. He said, 'No! That's not my way!' I will not stoop down and do things like any other ordinary being. I would rather do much better than what I have been doing; more good work, more seva, more sacrifice. That is the answer to all the ridicule and abuses. Few years down the line, when we were there in Palwal (Haryana) for the inauguration of Sri Sathya Sai International Center for Pediatric Cardiac Care and Research, Swami saw to that Sri Indulal Shah ji and Sri Satish Naik ji were honoured by the Prime Minister of India, Sri Narendra Modi. There was a similar story about Satish Naik ji and Swami had taken it to His heart. They both were honoured by the highest authority in India from all practical points of view, the Prime Minister himself when he said, 'They have done such great service to Swami and I am happy to honour them'. And a silver plaque was presented to them. That is how Swami answers negativity.
He does not answer negativity with more negativity. He will answer negativity with more positivity, something that we need to learn. You challenge Him? He will go and do more good works! If you ask, 'How dare you open a university? He will say, I will open 18 of them, you wait and watch!' (laughter)
'How dare you open a hospital?'
'I will open five of them, you wait and see!'
If somebody is abusive, our immediate reaction is to go ten times more abusive thinking we have conquered the battle! But that is not His way.
River Ganges is eternally polluted (physically). Govt spends crores but to no avail. One day, there was a huge cloudburst somewhere up in the Himalayas and the huge floods in Ganges and all the dirt got cleaned up! He said that is My way of doing things. One cloudburst of a thing and everything gets cleaned up! It is only His mercy for everyone. When Shishupala was hurling abuses at Krishna, He waited for ninety nine times, and the hundredth time, when He did what He had to do, He did it in Shishupala's interest for making him an eternal name in history.
- Sri Madhusudan Naidu at 'Tattva Sameeksha' (July 31, 2018), Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli
('Tattva Sameeksha' is a Talk session by eminent speakers to the Ashram residents of Sathya Sai Grama in Muddenahalli)
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