If a man acquires the Knowledge imparted by true saints and treads the path according to their teachings, then he can be protected from evil. Saints want to save mankind. They do not want people to fight amongst themselves. You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink. Similarly, Spiritual Knowledge is a matter of love and reverence. The fire of Knowledge manifests within those who have love and devotion for it. .
Those who can impart the indestructible Spiritual Knowledge, which is in accordance with our religious scriptures, are called saints. The Lord says that He is hungry for love. In reality, one can get to God only if he has true selfless love for Him. Worldly people do devotion but only for show – to gain name or fame or reputation.
There was once a famous devotee in Gujarat named Narsi who sacrificed all he had in the path of devotion. He had nothing left. He spent all his time singing the glory of the Almighty. He was a family man however and one day a letter came from the in-laws of his daughter asking him to come and help fill sacks of rice. His daughter prayed, “O God, my father is mad about You, he is always singing Your glory and nothing else. Maybe he hasn't received the letter and the time for harvesting the rice is nearly over. All my relatives have been invited. If nobody from my father's place comes, then my sisters-in-law will taunt me. O God! How will I listen when people say things about You? What if they say, ‘Your father poses like a great devotee, so why did he not come to help with the rice?' “ When devotees tell other people about spiritual and devotional things, usually they reply, “‘You can keep your God; let us go on living as we are now.” But Narsi's wealth had been sacrificed in devotion, so the Lord Himself went there to help at the house of Narsi's daughter's in-laws, which is still known by the name of ‘Rice of Narsi.'
How much time does a mother devote to transform the life of her child, how much money is required for a child to get a B.A or M.A. degree! Despite all this, the child may or may not be successful. Even then, parents have so much faith in their child and accept him as their own.
Even these mahatmas sitting here also listened to spiritual discourse from someone at some time. Then they felt the inner urge to know Spiritual Knowledge and we imparted the Knowledge to them. They had such an experience that they said “We want to live in your service.” So now they go from village to village and inspire people to know the Holy Name. In reality, they are messengers of God spreading the message of God.
If there had not been such saints in our society, then you cannot image what would have become of human beings. Men would have become like demons. Vibhishan and Ravanna both were sons of the same mother, but their natures were vastly different. Vibhishan warned Ravanna not to hold Sita captive as she was the divine Consort of Lord Rama himself. But Ravanna did not pay any heed to his brother's advice. When Hanuman went in search of Sita, he had to face a lot of troubles and demons but none could do any harm to him. Remembering the Name of God, he crossed the sea. He had faith in God and said with full confidence that he would trace Mother Sita. Vibhishan met Hanuman in Lanka and said, “Ab mohi bha bharosh Hanumanta, binu Hari kripa milahin na santa.” “Now I firmly believe, Hanuman, that one cannot meet a saint without God's grace.” Saints are glorified in great detail in our scriptures. So these mahatmas give spiritual discourse inspiring people to transform themselves. They spread the knowledge of Holy Name from house to house. They are servants of God. Like a postman delivering the mail, these saints sow the seed of Knowledge among people; they quench their thirst for knowledge.
Saints educate everyone. Guru Nanak Dev Ji used to visit the houses of the poor, not the rich people. One rich man asked him, “Why do you visit poor people? I will feed you well and give you more respect.” Guru Nanak Dev Ji said, “Your wealth has been earned by foul means so the chappatis prepared by you contain blood, whereas the chappatis prepared from the hard-earned money of poor people are full of milk. If you want to see, then watch.” He took two chappatis, one brought by the rich businessman and one by a poor man and pressed both the chappatis one by one. Blood came out of the chappati of the businessman while milk flowed from the chappati brought by the poor man. Look, riches and possessions are devoured by time but sacrifices are immortal, thoughts remain immortal.
Lord Krishna did not want the Kauravas and Pandavas to fight. He wanted the five Pandavas brothers to get some villages and they would be satisfied with that. But Duryodhan did not accept his proposal. He said, “I will not give them even a pin-head's worth of land without a fight!” What happened after all? The great battle of the Mahabharata took place and so much life and property was destroyed.
History reminds you, “Samvat do hazar ke upper, aisa yog parhe. Uttar dakshin poorab pashchim, chahun dishi kal pare. Kal vyal se wahi bachega, jo Hans ka dhyan dhare.” After the samvat year 2000 (1994 AD) such will be the time and circumstances that death will stalk all four directions - North, South, East and West. Only those who will be meditating on ‘Hans' will be saved.” Who is that ‘Hans'? It is within everyone's heart.
On the strength of her spiritual power, Gargi discussed the meaning of scriptures with the greatest sages. Savitri fought with the king of death (Yamraj) to bring her dead husband back to life.
You may have heard the story of King Shivi. He was a very charitable man and would grant the wish of anyone who approached him. His fame spread far and wide.
Indra and Agni (the fire god) came down in the form of an eagle and a dove to test King Shivi. The dove sat in the king's lap. The eagle said, “Please give me back my prey. I have babies to feed. I must take this dove with me.” The king said, “Eagle, I protect those who come in my shelter, so I will protect this dove.” When the king offered his own flesh in lieu of the dove, then Indra and Agni revealed their true forms.
But nowadays if you ask an official to do some work for you, he will say that he does not have time. Why don't you have time, my friend? You have time to go to clubs, weddings and hotels, but when saints out of their selfless love invite you to hear about Spiritual Knowledge, you say that you don't have time. Once Shri Maharaj Ji said, “O God, I want to save this country and make it great but here no one has time.”
So, we must find time to attend satsang and once we get Spiritual Knowledge we should make our life successful.
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