My God Grant Good Sense to All!

Migrating through all kinds of births, a lowly Jiva evolving to become man, from man to a great man, and then a divine man! – the unique culture that offers such a plan and which imparts the Knowledge of the Superme Being thereby making man the darling of the Lord, friend of the Lord, and, hold your breath, even father of the Lord! – that culture is called Hindu culture, Indian culture. We have never heard of any other culture or religion that can claim to make man the father of God.

It is the man of Indian culture who can make his way to becoming the Lord’s father, the Lord’s Guru, even the Lord’s Guru, and it is our good fortune that we are born into Indian culture as Hindus. In other religions, some rite is performed to make one accepted into that faith. But no Brahmin or Vaidya is required to make us a Hindu; we are born as Hindus, being born in the Vedic culture. Some people are determined to destroy such a great culture by means of slandering a saint, or a community, or even all the holy men of a particular religious or spiritual order with the help of financial or some other power.

When such a vicious campaign was launched against Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, some wise and farsighted men of the country stood by him and the sadhakas, devotees and other people of the society could see through the games of the conspirators and thereby became vigilant,

‘No matter how great the
Allegations heaped by slanderers,
We bear them as a souvenir from Thee.’

We are becoming stronger and stronger. Those who bear the accusations are not at a loss. Sadhakas look down upon the accusers. Wise men are concerned about the fate of those making false accusations against the saints. Tulsidasji said: ‘He who even listens to blasphemy against Hari (Vishnu) or Hara (Shiva) incurs the sin equal to the slaughter of a cow. A slanderer of Guru or Shankara takes the form of a frog (after his death) in a thousand lives.’

O brethren who are engaged in the conspiracy to malign Indian culture and saints! Your wealth will not accompany you but your deeds will, and they will take you to many a lowly birth. I am not scared of the rumors you spread, the allegations you make, or the criticism you throw, but I am scared of the misfortune you invite upon yourselves don’t harm yourselves any further. When Jesus was being crucified, he said, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” I too tell you to have mercy on yourself. Where are you heading to?

By criticizing and accusing one another, we exploit one another. Wishing each another well, we nurture one another.

Those, whose hearts are filled with devotional love and reverence for the satsanga of self-realized Gurus, feel a joy divine. This joy in turn cultivates virtues like fraternity and entitles one to become united with the Supreme Lord. Those on the other hand who don’t go to satsanga, who criticize or listen to criticism of the saints, who level allegations against the saints or lend ears to such allegations, are deprived of that joy and constantly burnt by the fire of mental unrest and finally go to lowly animal births. Therefore, it is said that those bereft of satsanga and knowledge of Vedas are unfortunate.

‘In this Kaliyuga, men are generally short-lived, lazy, of dull intelligence, unfortunate and victims of disease.’

They are dull-fated and turbulent and also consign others to the fire of turbulence by hatching conspiracies and spreading rumors. But I pray that God give good sense to such people as well. O Lord! O giver of bliss! Grant wisdom to them, to us and to all.