There was a Muslim saint named Maulana jalaluddin Room. He named Maulana jalauddin Room He asked his devotes, ‘’in what conditions does a don key bray’’
There was no answer. Maulana made the question easier, ‘’A donkey on two occasions. What are they?’’
Still nobody could reply. Jalaluddin said, ‘’Ok, I will tell you. A donkey brays on two occasions-one when he is hungry and two when he is desirous of mating. But a man who does not love God is a two-legged donkey and is worse than his four-legged counterpart. The four- legged one does not have benefit of satang and Shasta’s. But satang Shasta’s are available to the two- legged; yet he brays for women and wealth.’’
With the help of Guru-Bhakti and satang, even the most wretched of men who slave and drudge.
There is near jaipur a well known city named Aamer. Saint Dadu Dayalji lived there. Once he went to a place called Sambhar. Having heard about his great fame, a trader named Tilakji who hankered after money came to him. Tilaji paid obeisance to Dabuji as per the custom. Daduji knew that he was covetous of wealth, but at the same time there was some good in him which had brought him to satsang.
Dabuji asked him, ‘’From where have you com and what do want?’’
He said, ‘’Your Holiness! Sin to tell lit to a saint. Have not come for Darshan of a saint or our of love for God. I want money and only money. I am in search teach me the technique of making gold.’’
He had Daduji’s Darshan but in his heart, he coveted wealth, was not there with him in the past and will not be his at some point of time. He had no idea of the real wealth which everybody always had, and will forever have. Daduji wanted to deliver him from attachment to wealth and kindle a desire for eternal wealth in him.
Daduji said, ‘’You have come to me wanting to learn Siddhi (psychic powers) and Riddhis (riches). This is the Siddhi I have:
‘Guru’ precepts are the Siddhi I have; it is all grace of God. Lord’ s name is the wealth I have; primeval, imperceptible and limitless. Lord’s name is the alchemy I know; gem of Lord’s love I possess. This the wealth I have; imperceptible and eternal.’
I have wealth of Lord’s name; the gem of Lord’s love and I know the al chemy of spirituality. I don’t know the technique of making gold. I know the alchemy of producing the joy of Lord’s name, which cannot be in exchange for all the gold, all the jewels, all wealth of the world.’’
But the wealth- hungry Tilaji did not relish this reply. Daduji could make our that he interested in illusory wealth, unaware of the fact that in variably such wealth is lost or has be left behind. The pride of illisry wealth and power drives one insane. Self-Knowledge is the real wealth and power.
Daduji showered his grace on Tilaji and said,
‘By bowing at the feet of the Sad guru and repeating Lord Rama’s name, one attains eight Siddhi and nine riches effortlessly; and then he fearlessly reposes in eternal bliss.’
This made Tilaji sit alert. The promise of eight Siddhi and nine riches attracted him. ‘Worldly and power are nothing in comparison to eight Siddhi and nine riches,’ he thought. He said, ‘’Your Holiness! Even if one gets wealth, one lives in fear of the government, of in-come tax people, of debts becoming bad and of course death. Pray get me eight Siddhi sand nine riches. Then I don’t need Siddhi and nine riches. Then I don’ t need wealth. People with wealth will seek after me.’’
Tilaji started listening to satsang regularly and this weaned his mind away from the world and he became more and more attracted towards divine peace, divine bliss, divine knowledge and divine glory. One makes good progress in area of one’s interest. We have interest in worldly possessions. That why we are not not able to make progress on the spiritual path. If our interest is towards God, can easily attain to Him. Kabirji said,
‘The amount of affection and attachment you have for your family, if you have it for the Guru, nothing can stop you from attaining to Supreme Beatitude.’
Janak attained God-Realization when he had one foot in the stirrup and was abut to mount himself on the horseback. Prikshit attained God Realization in seven days, someone did so in 40 days, Dhruve in six months, eight year old Ramdas in a few months, Mirabai in a few years. There are no rules as to qualification or time required for God Realization. The more is the yearning for God Realization; competence of the Sadguru; concentration, non attachment, earnestness and resoluteness of the disciple; the faster and more effectively does divine grave work on the disciple.
Daduji showered his grace and Tilaji received it with earnestness. Tilaji realized the futility of transient worldly wealth. Worldly wealth, worldly power and the physical body made of worldly matter are ephemeral. The eternal wealth, eternal power and eternal joy that never goes awau; that alone is worth attaining. Tilaji gained this insight and surrendered himself completely to Daduji.
Tilaji would get engrossed listening to satsang and would look at Daduji with a fixed gaze. Noticing Tilaji earnest ness and concentration. Daduji bestowed Mantra Diksha on him and allowed him to render personal service to him.
From the day Daduji came to Sambhar, he was living under an umbrella. Rainwater did no harm to him. He was a Siddha! Once it rained heavily. Water came into the umbrella as well. Daduji said to all, ‘’Go on repeating the name of the Lord, ‘Satya Rama’ and you will easily go across this pond of water.’’ Tilaji started repeating ‘Satya Rama’ and he walked on the pond as if he was walking on the ground. Tilaji thought, ‘Gurudev has told us to repeat ‘Satya Rama’ but he himself is not doing so.’ Little did he know about the spiritual height Daduji had attained. It was immaterial whether or not he repeated the name of the Lord. Lord. One who entertain doubts about the Guru, the Shastras or the God gets drowned. Tilaji began to drown. He prayed to Gurudev, ‘’O Gurudev! Save me.
Daduji said, ‘’Tila! You enter tained doubt in your mind. One should never have doubt in Guru’ s words. They are always true. Get rid of doubt; and you will get across water as also across the ocean of Samsara.’’
Tilaji got across the pond of water.
‘Doubt harms all; are overcome by doubt. One who destroys his doubt is a saint.’
Tilaji became free doubt and became a saint. Selfish and covetous Tilaji had come to Daduji to learn the technique of making gold but he listened to Daduji’s satsang and assimilated his teachings and that made a saint. Who had once been hankering after wealth was now being worshipped by many wealthy people.
A Glimpse into Tilaji’s Spiritual poetry
‘How can we attain to the Lord and love him wholeheartedly without the tutelage of the Guru? Alone can show us the path and how can we negotiate the rough terrain of worldly life without knowing the correct path? How can we love the Love single- mindedly (with mind devoted to nothing else) without the grace of the Guru? who else but the Guru can save from death? The only means overcome death is the grace of God and that comes by guru’s grace. Tilaji says one should hold the Guru in ut most reverence, take refuge with Gurudev and make endeavours on the spiritual path so that the Supreme lord of the Universe blesses him with Supreme Beatitude.
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Sahajobai says, ‘’Remember the name of God renouncing all worldly attachments. Nobody is ours, not even the body.’’
God creates the world sustained by birth and death, bondage and liberation; but Guru creates only liberation for his disciples. Even the body betrays us. God alone One who never abandons us.
Works of Sahajobai have been pub lished in book from and are read with great respect. She helped many virgins scale great heights in spiritual life. This eleven year old virgin became a great woman Yogi, who filled the hearts of a number of women with Bhakti reliving them of afflictions, sorrows and sins, on hearing the words of a saint for once. But here are the people who are leading the worldly life even after suffering hundreds of insults and keep on flattering ordinary mortals. God alone knows when good sense will prevail on us…
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