Namaste,
Many a times very useful and practical sermons are given at different mandirs that I visit, and after some time the message gets forgotten and lost for ever. I am starting this thread to chronicle them so that I may be able to go back and read them to refresh my memory about the valuable advice given. Perhaps it might be useful to other members too. It would be good if members don't turn this thread into a discussion thread and rather see what they can get out of the wisdom coming from the mandir Pandits. So, here we go with the first one,
Trishna Agan - fire of desire
According to an old parable, a businessman became very rich and one day asked his accountant to compute his net worth. The accountant, being the smart man that he was, replied, ‘Counting every penny would be a big chore, but in gross terms I can assure you that your wealth will help your next seven generations to enjoy an affluent life style without ever having to lift a finger for it’. The businessman was both pleased and irritated. He replied, ‘It is good that my next seven generations have been taken care of, but what about the eighth one? I must get back to work to make more money to take care of them too’. There is no end to our desire to accumulate wealth. It is never enough.
Trishna agan (fire of desire) burns within each one of us. Many a times we pray to God for something with the intent that, that would be our last petition. But as soon as our wish is fulfilled, we make a petition for something new. It is a never ending cycle. We stay mired in collecting ‘things’ all our lives. The only way to break this cycle of trishna is to seek refuge in the Lord. We have to try to yoke with Him and desire for something more than material objects. We have to rise above the material into the realm of divine to elevate our consciousness. This trishna fueled accumulation game keeps us from the real purpose of life which is to become more God conscious and become more spiritual.
Pranam
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