Holy Name

We all have to leave this world one-day. So long as you draw breath, you are somebody's mother, sister, daughter or wife. But the day you stop breathing, nobody will want you in the house. They will want you out as quickly as possible. Neither your husband nor your son will go with you. The only thing that will go with you is what you have earned through meditation. So realise this Knowledge, realise this all-pervading Name - this is what will go with you. The great devotee Mira was from Rajasthan. What faith she had in the Holy Name! Her husband tried to kill her by sending her a poisonous snake in a basket, but when she opened the basket she found a statue of Krishna inside. The husband tried again, by sending her a cup of poison. But Mira had unshakable faith in the Holy Name. She remembered it as she drank and the poison changed into nectar. If we have the same kind of faith in the Holy Name, no power can sway us. That is why it is said, "If God protects you, nothing can harm you, even if the whole world is against you."
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