Monthly eMagazine of Vedanta Mission
Vedanta Sandesh June 2020
Year - 25
Issue-12
Cover Page
The cover page of the June 2020 issue of Vedanta Sandesh is yet another beautiful bird - the Rufous Sebia. The Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is an attractive, sweetsinging, orange-colored arboreal bird found in the temperate forests of the Lower to Middle Himalayas. Its rufous-dominated color is combined with a black head, and is often seen with its crest raised. Sibias are social birds, and are seen foraging in groups both with its own species and with others. This picture was taken by Poojya Guruji Swami Atmanandaji at Sattal in Uttarakhand, India in Feb 2020. Glory be to God who has created this amazing colorful & beautiful creation. Om Namah Shivaya.
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CONTENTS
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Vedanta Sandesh June 2020 1.
Shloka 5
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Message of P. Guruji
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Sadhana Panchakam
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Letter 13-14
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Gita Reflections 15-19
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The Art of Man Making
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Jivanmukta 26-28
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Story Section 29-33
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Mission / Ashram News
20-25
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Internet News 39-40
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Forthcoming Progs 41
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Monthly eMagazine of Vedanta Mission June 2020 : Year 25 / Issue 12
Published by
Vedanta Mission Vedanta Ashram, E/2948, Sudama Nagar, Indore-452009 (M.P.) India http://www.vmission.org.in / vmission@gmail.com
Editor:
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Swamini Samatananda Saraswati
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;n~Hkklk HkkL;rs·dkZfn HkkL;S;ZÙkq u HkkL;rsA ;su loZfena Hkkfr rn~czãsR;o/kkj;sr~AA Know that to be Brahman - which is all-pervasive and is of the nature of effulgence; by whose light alone the luminous orbs like Sun etc can shine. While these luminous bodies can reveal everything in the world, but they cannot ever reveal that cause because of which they can be effulgent. Atma Bodha - 61
Message from Poojya Guruji
Japa is a Yagna
Japa is a great sadhana. Bhagwan Krishna says that of all the Yagnas,
Japa-Yagna is my Vibhooti. I am the Japa-Yagna itself.
Japa implies repeating one mantra - some name of God, which has been
preferably given to us by some Guru. Repeating the mantra implies retaining one thought of our beloved God. Once we have the necessary dedication and enthusiasm to focus our attention on the name, then thereafter starts a long journey - to first use this excercise to learn to focus our attention, and learn to invoke heartfelt reverence, gratitude & devotion unto God. Japa fills the mind with gratitude and peace. It is truly feeling the blessings of God and appreciating his presence right here & now. The feelings of blessedness, profound sense of security and peace is what a Sattwic mind is all about. Sattwic mind is the natural state of mind. This should be an effortless state for one & all. Due to our misconceptions about life we start taking ourselves as a petty & small fellow. Taking oneself as small is not the real issue, but we take ourselves as alone, with all the burden of life on ourselves. If there is Jiva, then there is also the Ishwar. We live in one big world
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which has been so beautifully created and is also equally beautifully managed. Our self-obsessions make us blind, otherwise the existence of world and even our body & mind, all are living proof of the existence of a supreme omnipotent &
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omnicient intelligence called God. Ideally our lives should always be endowed with the awareness of God. Our lives is his blessings, all our near & dear ones are his blessings, all what we have achieved in life is all because of the unseen hand of God - facilitating all our actions, thoughts and external situations. This being so, a sensible and obvious way of living has to be one which is endowed with his reverential awareness. This is what Japa does.
The mantra also has its power, but obviously a japa without any reverential
awareness of the presence of God is more of a mechanical repitition which shall make the mind more dull. The real power of a mantra is the inherent knowledge and devotional attitude it invokes & induces. Every sitting of Japa needs to make the mind more sattwic - peaceful, awareful and awakened. It is interesting to appreciate that Bhagwan Sri Krishna calls Japa as a Yagna. Yagna is basically not a particular karma but rather a unique attitude while performing a karma. It is only when any karma is incorporated with Yagna-spirit, that the karma itself becomes a Yagna. Yagna-spirit is the best way to purify our mind. In a Yagna we have some divine diety in front of us and the person doing the yagna, keeps aside all his / her likes & dislikes and just does all what the diety likes. Yagna-spirit of karma is all about selfless action, and that also out of blessedness and gratitude. So it is the best way to bring about a sattwic mind.
Japa provides us a great faculty and also a focus of attention on God.
This is not all. Once this much is attained thereafter starts the next phase of our meditation. Till now we just focussed on the awareness of the presence of God, now starts the deeper journey about knowing God closely - to the extent that we realize that is God pervades all, then he also pervades me. He is appreciated as our very being. This is when we enter the portals of Vedanta. So Japa takes us to its door itself.
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n the previous sopana the Acharya suggested to
invoke and be established in firm devotion to the Lord. As we saw devotion to the Lord is our unconditional love and reverance towards him as we have come to recognize the glories of Ishvara as the creator, sustainer and dissolver of the world. Now in the following step of Sadhana Panchakam the Acharya reveals how our sincere and intense practise of devotion blesses us with qualities and virtues that will then prepare us for Self-knowledge.
'kkURkfn ifjph;rke~% Cultivate the virtues called Shat sampatti A devotee who has practised and discovered true love for his beloved Ishvara soon feels the pangs of wanting to know more and more about God, his relationship with him and how he can become one with Ishvara. Discovering the reality of Ishvara is discovering oneness with Ishvara and discovering oneness with Ishvara is discovering the reality of of one’s own self. Because, Ultimately Jiva and Ishvara are one. Awakening into this reality of the Self alone is the goal of life. In this entire journey as a Sadhaka who aims to realize this goal of life a sadhaka has to
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go through a journey of transition from a samsari to a sadha-
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Sadhana Panchakam ka and awakening to a state of a self-realization. The state of self-realization is attained only through the knowledge of Vedanta. But to acquire knowledge of Vedanta, one has to have a mind which is pure, subtle, enquiring and a focused mind. The role of all the various sadhanas of karma yoga and bhakti yoga are all sadhanas to bring about such a mind. Thus in this text too we see that the Acharya is taking us on a similar journey by taking us through these forty steps. We can now understand that the Acharya is slowly preparing us for the knowledge of the Self. Thus having discussed about karma and bhakti in the previous sloka, in this sopana the Acharya speaks of the qualities which will open the gateway to the knowledge of the Upanishads. Great masters have revealed that awakening in knowledge will come as a duck takes to water when the mind is fully prepared for it. Thus here in this part of the sloka the Acharya says cultivate the six-fold virtues called the ‘shat sampatti’. Shat sampattis or the six-fold virtues are a part of the four-fold qualities of an uttama adhikari called as sadhan chatushtaya sampatti which are Vivek, Vairagya, Sham adi shatka sampatti and mumukshutvam. Let us take a look into the six-fold virtues mentioned in this sloka-
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1-Shanti: It is also called as ‘Shama’ which means the
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Sadhana Panchakam ability to quiten the mind. 2-Damah: The capacity to control our sense-organs like the eyes etc. 3-Uparamah: It is a capacity to fully apply oneself in doing his or her duties. 4-Shraddhaa: Faith in the words of the Teacher and the Scriptures. 5-Titikshaa: The capacity to go through various ups and downs. 6-Samaadhaanam: The capacity to apply our faculties in anything in an integrated manner. All these virutes are called as ‘sampatti’, which means wealth. Thus a true devotee of the Lord should pray for these qualities so that he may grow spiritually and see the limitations of praying for the fulfillment of worldly desires. This alone is quality
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of a true devotee and this alone is the prasad of true devotion.
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Mail from Poojya Guruji Gruhasta and Brahma-Gyana Hari om !
Regarding your question whether a Gruhasta who has so many duties, and cannot give up karma, can ever ‘be’ in the state of Samadhi, well the answer is both yes & no.
The fundamental rule is indeed to give up all karma and then alone the abidance in self is possible. That is why there is importance & necessity of sanyas ashram. To be a karta is to accept the duality of subject & object as real, and in samadhi you transcend this, so logically you need to choose either of the two. There is no samucchaya possible. When you have accepted the independent existence of anything apart from you then obviously you require to be conscious, calculative & deliberate in all your karmas, and all kinds of planning etc. is required - customized for different kinds of work, situations & the people in your life. Sanyasi’s can afford to keep everything aside and flow with the wind thus reserving their
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entire attention for directly seeing the truth of all that they have come to intellectually appreciate.
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However, Bhagwad Gita reveals that the essence of sanyas can also be accrued by a person who has appreciated the secret of Karma Yoga. Karma Yoga is a very unique & dynamic Art of Living wherein one learns to give out ones best in every situation, yet the agenda is two fold. Apart from excellence in the work outside, one simultaneously prays to realize & actualize the art & capacity of seeing ‘Inaction in Action’ – Karmani akarma yah pashyet.... This art is worthy of deep exploration & clear appreciation, and once you get the hang of this, then you get blessed with the ‘Sanyas state of mind’ even in your field of karma, and thereafter being yourself, even while the guna’s do their job, is cake-walk.
Think.
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Gita Reflections
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Seeing the Imperishable Swamini Samatananda
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He who sees the supreme Lord who dwells alike in all beings and who is imperishable, (alone really) sees.
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angati: A Man of wisdom has gained
the knowledge of the body and the knower of the body. He is able to discriminate and dissociate the atma from the anatma, that which is the Self and the Non-Self. He has discovered the truth that the Atma is the eternal life principle which enlivens all bodies without which they would have been inert and lifeless. Having awakened in the natural state of self effullgence, what is the vision of such an enlightened soul. This is revealed in the following sloka. Sri Krishna says the one who ‘sees’ this truth alone ‘sees’. In other words one who has seen the truth alone is the true ‘seer’. And what is the truth that a wise man has seen. The truth is that the Atma which is one without a second pervades everything that exists. Be it living or non-living, every existence is pervaded by a common substratum. This, the enlightened one sees through his eyes of knowledge, his gyan chakshu. The entire creation, everything that exists is a beautiful painting created by God. It is an expression of infinite names and forms, varied colours and an intricate play of the three gunas. Every thing is unique in its own way, every form has an input in V edanta Sandes h
the creation, every thing has a purpose of existence. The beauty of the entire creation is that inspite of the vast diversity of
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Gita Reflections forms and roles there is one common thread which is pervading in and through all the diversity. The entire creation is like a beautiful necklace which is made of a variety of colourful gems and stones and yet what holds the entire necklace is one common thread. Here Sri Krishna says that the one who sees this common thread which is pervading in and through everything ,He alone ‘sees’. When we look at the creation every name and form has a story to tell. Every manifestation is like a wave in the ocean, which is born at one time, it rises, sings and dances about and then another moment it dies away. But what is that which gives existence to everything, what is that which brings life into everything and which invokes joy. It is that nature of sat-chit-ananda which is the imperishable one. When we look at the world, everything that exists can be seen to comprise of five aspects in it, Asti-bhati-priyam, roopam and naama. All the naam and roopa, all the names and forms, are pervaded by the basic substratum of sat-chit-ananda. ‘Asti’ is the existence factor in everything. We say the chair is; the computer is, the animal is, the man is, in everything the ‘isness’ denotes the existence the ‘sat’ factor, then there is a dimension which reveals everything that exists like ‘I am’ and ‘I know I am’, I also reveal all the inert objects, thus there is a ‘chit’ aspect, and yet another dimension being V edanta Sandes h
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Gita Reflections anand swaroopa of an existing being. Thus all naam and roopa comprise of all these five components revealing that atma is the one substratum which pervades everything. The entire creation is extremely beautiful in its own way, the only irony is that due to ignorance we are not able to see the basic substratum of satchidananda in and through everything, we are fascinated only by the names and forms and continue to get stuck at the level of names and forms alone. Knowledge helps us to realise that this one common substratum is all pervading, and
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The Art Of Man Making
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main without activity. Even in sleep the physiological activities must go on. Action is the expression of life in any oragnism. But when we act in an attitude of unattachment, our efforts not only produce more impressive results but also yield the silent benefits of a bosom rid of its Vasanas. In such a calm mind, full of serenity and poise the experience of the higher self comes most effortlessly. When all these are known Arjuna can entertain yet a serious doubt as to what kind of work we must undertake. Are there more conducive fields of work? Are there works if undertaken, that may injure our spiritual sensitivity and dull our subtler perceptions? Anticipating such a doubt in the mind of the sceptic student, Krishna explains, you perform all obligatory actions; for action is any day superior to inaction. Even maintainance of your body in a healthy state is not possible if you live a life of inactivity. All the activities in the world have been analysed and classified under four categories by the Rishis of the Vedas. They are-1 “Actions which are too below the dignity of man’s evolution
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and so condemned in all scriptures”, called nishidha karma; 2 “Actions prompted by personal desires and lusts” called kamya
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The Art of Man Making karmas; 3 “Daily duties that are to be fulfilled by every individual”, called nitya karmas; and 4 “Special duties that come to us in special and extra ordinary situations”, called naimittika karmas. Of these four 1-Actions that are repugnent to the dignity of man and therefore condemned by the scriptures -(nishiddh karmas) and 2-Utterly selfish actions-(kamya karma)-are both to be totally eschewed in a creative life of spiritual values and dynamic self-unfoldment. The remaining two types: the daily duties, nitya karmas, and the special duties that rise in life as our extra duties under unexpected and extra ordinary situations, naimittika karmas, together become our “obligatory duties” called by the Rishis, niyat karma. Thus niyat karma includes both our nitya karma and naimittika karma. The “obligatory duties” in our life include our “daily duties” as wash, prayer, food, office work, etc. and our “special duties” , such as entertaining guests, visiting others, attending marriages, joining the army, etc. Man must perform fully his entire “obligatory duties” in life. We do not live alone-we are gregarious-we live in a society. Therefore we have not only duties to ourselves, but we have a widening field of duties: duties towards the family, relations, V edanta Sandes h
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The Art of Man Making all his obligatory duties as best as he can in a spirit of unattachmet, joy and dedication. The more we work in this attitude, the more we are released from our inhibitions, repressions, and other emotional entanglements. Mental hang-ups are swept away, and the individual gets rebound into a new life of alert vigilance, productive exertions and blissful satisfactions. Therefore, the advice to the youth: “perform all your obligatory actions� indeed a life of dynamic actions is any day superior to a passive life of slothful inaction. Waste not your time. Never run away from material or personal problems. Sometimes they may reach in hosts and we may feel incapable and coping with them all. Sometimes the situation may grin at us terribely with all their monsterous trechery. Never mind. With faith in your selves and in your ideal, act deligently. A new force, a fresh stream of strength shall reach you as thou from above, and you shall find at the end of the play, won or lost, that you have grown stronger, healthier and mightier. Never fear, never hesitate. Act nobely: act with a will to maintain your ideal. Dynamically to face probems and act deligently is any day nobler than to passively escape the problems and retreat into some hole of soulless self-reproach and self-condemnation. Not only is such a vigorous life of dashing courage and growing strength good for our inner development, but an active life is esential even for the healthy maintainance of the body. V edanta Sandes h
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The Art of Man Making such an unhealthy pot-bellied mass of painful protoplasm is considered lucky-no sensible man will envy his miserable existence. Sunlight, hardwork, good excercise, much sweating, a little hard breathing in the open, all bring a glow of health and beauty into the physical body. Even maintainance of your body in a healthy state is not possible if you live a life of inactivity. Duties fall upon us ordered by the accident of birth. So why not change them? One is born as a Brahmin or a Prince or as a trader or a worker. Each of us is born at different levels in different environments. Our duties differ; supposig I am born into the family of a king, by training and education I am made fit to serve the society as a king. Can I not become a trader and take up his duties? Such a problem may rise in the minds of the early student of Vedanta. But environments are not thrust upon us by blind faith without any rhyme and reason. Our inner make-up determines and orders our environment. I am a drunkard and so drunkards come around me- when I change to become a true devotee, I shall find devotees of the Lord flocking all around me! Thus we are each born into a status, as ordered by our Vasanas and the circumstances around us are the exact situations neces-
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self-lessness and detachment.
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Jivanmukta Wandering In Himalayas
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n the way I rested three or four days at Luc-
know and Gorakhpur and then coninued my journey to Raxaul, a railway station on the Northern border of India. From there I proceeded on foot to Veerganj, a small town two miles away, situated on the Southern boundary of Nepal. The mountainous route to Khatmandu begins here. The distance from Veerganj to Khatmandu is only 60 miles; yet because of the difficulties on the way, travellers must make various preparations before they start. As for me, I had no preparations to make, but a Brahmin gentleman brought me some bread and got me a passport, a necessary document for all foriegners who want to enter Nepal. Provided thus, I set out and proceeded in a crowd of pilgrims for Khatmandu. Thousands of pilrims, both men and women, sannyasins and householders, were moving northward along the beautiful road leading to the Nepaleese capital. We had to cross a terrible forest frequented by herds of wild elephants, bears and tigers. The forest, more than 15 miles broad, forming the southern border of the Himalayas, is known as Terai. The part of the forest that stretches along the Nepal territory is especially famous for its denseness and beauty as well as its terrors. But in this crowd numbering in the thousands there was no room for fear. I enjoyed the beauty of the landscape
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Jivanmukta In the hilly region beyond Terai, pilgrims journey all day and rest at night. When they have passed Pramanipur and Bheemabhedi, that is, when they have travelled 42 miles from Veerganj, they come across two mountains called Seesagadi (2500 feet) and Chandragiri (2000 feet) It is said that on clear mornings you can see from the tops of these mountains the great Gourishankar and other Himalayn peaks, about 200 miles away. Coming down the Chandragiri mountain, pilgrims reach a broad and beautiful road
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once again. The road leads to Khatmandu, six miles away.
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The Story of Nandi T
here was once a sage called as Shilada. Shila-
da did not have any children. of his own, but he adored children.
He wanted to adopt a child, but he did not want to adopt just any child. He wanted a special child blessed by Lord Shiva. So he worshipped Lord Shiva for many years. Lord Shiva finally appeared before Shilada, “What boon do you seek, Shilada?” “A child. I wish to have a child, Lord Shiva.” Shilada said bowing before Lord Shiva. Shiva smiled. “You shall have it soon” He said and vanished. Shilada returned home a happy man, knowing that the Lord would bless him with a very good child. The next day he went to the farm to begin his ploughing, when he found a beautiful baby in the field before his plough. The baby’s skin glowed with a beautiful white light. Shilada stared at the baby transfixed, when he heard a voice from the heaven, “SHILADA, TAKE THE CHILD. BRING HIM UP WELL!” Shilada was overjoyed as he took the boy home. He named the boy Nandi. Right from his childhood, Nandi was devoted to Lord Shiva. Shilada brought up the child with love and care. Shilada taught the child the Vedas and gave the child a good education. Nandi was a brilliant boy and learnt everything very fast. Shilada felt very proud of the child.
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Some years later, two sages – Mitra and Varuna came to Shilada’s
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The Story of Nandi home. “Welcome great sages!” Shilada gave the rishis some refreshments, “Please sit and make yourself comfortable.” “Nandi!” Shilada called his son. Nandi came from inside the house. “Nandi please make sure these sages are well looked after.” Nandi smiled and nodded his head. “Yes father!” Nandi looked after the two sages well and after enjoying the stay, the sages said that it was time they left. Before they were about to live, Shilada and Nandi both prostrated before the two sages. Mitra and Varuna first blessed Shilada, “Have a long and happy life, Shilada. You have made us very happy!” When Nandi fell at the feet, the two sages looked slightly sad. Slowly they said, “Be well son! Be good to your parents and your teachers!” And they walked off, outside the house However Shilada noticed the change in the expression of the sages. He ran outside the house, “Great rishis!” He said breathlessly. He turned around and made sure that Nandi was inside the house and could not hear him, and talked to the sages, “You looked sad while blessing my son!” Shilada said feeling terrified, as he was thinking of unpleasant things...”Is...is something wrong?” Mitra looked at Shilada with pity, “I cannot wish your son a long life....” Mitra said softly. Shilada looked in absolute panic. “What is going to happen to my son?” He whispered. “Your son, does not...” Varuna cleared his throat, “...does not have long to live, Shilada. I am sorry...” He said lamely, looking at the
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horrified expression on Shilada”a face. Shilada stood there trans-
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The Story of Nandi fixed for a long time. After a long time, he slowly walked back home with stooping shoulders and a broken heart. Nandi immediately guessed something was wrong, “What is it father? What happened? What...” Nandi asked, vigorously shaking his father. Slowly and painfully, Shilada narrated his conversation with the two sages. He expected Nandi to be scared or even that Nandi would even start crying. However Shilada was surprised when he heard Nandi’s laugh. “You were scared of what the sages said!” He said still laughing. Shilada wondered what could be so funny and looked at his son without any expression. “Father, you have told me that you have seen Lord Shiva...” Nandi said with great devotion in his eyes. “Anybody who has seen Lord Shiva cannot be afraid of what the sages just said.” Shilada still looked dumbly at his son, not understanding. “Father, it is my fate to die, then Lord Shiva can reverse my fate! He is the most powerful God and can do anything. Do you think he would let anything happen to us, when we worship him?” Nandi looked at his father challengingly. “I don’t think so., father..” Nandi said softly. Shilada looked at his son as if looking at him for the first time. Slowly Shilada nodded his head and smiled. Nandi bowed to his father. “Bless me father!” Shilada blessed his
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son, “Be victorious my son!”
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The Story of Nandi Nandi then went near the River Bhuvana. He entered the river and began his penance. His devotion was so great and his concentration was so high, that Lord Shiva appeared almost instantaneously. “Nandi, open you eyes!” said the three eyed God tenderly, looking at Nandi. Nandi opened his eyes and before his eyes stood the most beautiful person he had seen in his whole life. Nandi looked at the God wanting to savour his image. He felt that he had nothing more left to ask. If only I could stay with the Lord always... Shiva looked at Nandi with lots of love, “Nandi, you penance was so powerful that it dragged me here immediately! Ask me anything I will grant it to you!” Shiva said. “Lord I wish to be with you always.” The words were out of Nandi’s mouth before he could stop them. Shiva smiled. “Nandi I have just lost my bull, on which I used to travel. Henceforth Nandi, you shall have a face of a bull. You shall stay in my home at Kailash. You shall be the head of all my Ganas...You will be my companion, my vehicle and my friend, always!” Nandi closed his eyes as tears flowed through them. The Lord had granted him his wish and a lot more... Since then Nandi became Shiva’s vehicle, doorman, his companion and the head of all of Shiva’s attendants – the Ganas. Thus by sheer devotion Nandi was not only able to overcome his fate,
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