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Shrimad Bhagwat Katha |
Through
various bhajans and anecdotes she elucidated how time and again
saints have asserted the significance of listening to Shrimad Bhagwat Katha, as a tool to emancipate oneself from the cycle of birth and
death.
An
individual takes several life forms before getting a chance to take
birth as a human being. Despite this fact, humans do not realise the
true purpose of human life and spend the precious time in chasing
temporary happiness. It is only in human form that the soul can
attain liberation.
However,
even after attaining this precious opportunity people do not engage
in the activities which can take them to their goal. Instead, they
get caught in the illusion of life which can be equated to dream
state. When the soul is not awake, life merely becomes a dream of a
sleeping soul.
In
sleep state, we do not have control over the events; similarly life
becomes an uncontrolled set of events without any direction and any
certainty. As a result the life is caught in the web of relations and
worldly pleasures and forgets the true purpose of life.
On
the other hand, if the soul is awake, it can take proactive steps to
change the course of life, to reach the goal of life, by walking on
the path shown by “Perfect Master”. This in its true essence
means leading a Spiritual life, i.e. the life of the “spirit”
which is housed in our body in the form of life energy. “Perfect
Master” or “Guru” is a spiritually awakened and realised being
who can help human beings to walk on this path by initiating them to
“Brahm Gyan”, the eternal science of self-realisation.
Once
the disciple starts walking on the path shown by his/her Guru, the
soul is empowered to take conscious control over the course of life,
free of tribulations and impediments of normal life.
This
does not necessarily means to reject life by walking into the forest
to practice spirituality. Sri Aurobindo, an Indian freedom fighter
turned spiritual saint, has summarised “Bhagwat Gita” as “All
Life Is Yoga”. In this way the life can be lived while engaging in
personal and professional activities, making every event an
opportunity for spiritual development, which alone can give eternal
happiness.
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