IN CONVERSATION - AN ERUDITE ACHARYA AND A DISCIPLE - WHAT IS GRATITUDE?
Disciple : ( D ) Acharya Devo Bhava
Acharyan : ( A ) Blessings!
D : Acharyan What is Gratitude?
A : Gratitude is that beautiful ultimate act, where one, is eternally thankful and wholeheartedly acknowledges, the favour of a person , who has painstakingly ,during their times of distress, need and when in absolute state of helplessness rescued and helped to tide over their crisis.
D: Oh! Great ! How should one express gratitude ?
A: Gratitude can be expressed to one's parents, relatives, gurus, jagatacharyans, friends or any other. THE HIGHEST FORM OF GRATITUDE IS TO FALL HUMBLY AT THE DIVINE MOST LOTUS FEET OF OUR LORD SRIKRISHNA , THE ULTIMATE REFUGE.
GRATITUDE CAN NEVER BE RETURNED BACK, ONLY RECIPROCRATED.
ALL ONE NEEDS TO DO IS UTTER ONE WORD OF THANKS ,ONCE FROM THE INNERMOST CORE.
Also if an opportunity presents itself , then one need to help back , to those wonderful souls ;who have stood by us. Also to those who are unrelated to us, but highly deserving ,yet in need of our help , we need to run to their rescue.
GRATITUDE can also be shown through thoughtful gifts ( here cost of the gift is immaterial , the true value is only essentially captured ) .
D: What is the worst of worse sins ?
A :Along with stealing, attack on property and person, etc etc INGRATITUDE is the worst of worse sins which is definitely an irredeemable sin.
As per our scriptures, certain sins even when atoned, cannot be retrieved and one among them, is ingratitude for the act is an absolutely unworthy one..
The highest sin , as per our Kaisika ekadasi mahatmyam, is comparing our Lord Sri Krishna with any devatha , let alone treating them equal to our sole creator , sustainer and protector Lord Sriman Srinarayanaya. This sin has no redemption at all. NUMBER 1 UNPARDONABLE SIN.
Unequals can never be compared . A finite jeevaathma totally subservient to our Lord Sri Krishna who cannot move his little finger without our Lords grace , can never be ever compared with THE INFINITE SUPERSOUL, OUR PARMATHMA LORD SRI KRISHNA. JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
One has to be absolutely mindful of every of our act, the smallest of small, the simplest of simple too, for the consequences of an act against our scriptures,will only incur sin and sink our soul to lower Tamasic plane where raising it to a higher position becomes impossible.
D: Oh! Very dangerous .I realize !. Our karmas seal our fate. Our creator Lord Sri Krishna is impartial . What drives a person into the cruel vicious cycles of repeated birth and death is our ACT.
Worth pondering many times.
Mahanubhava, How to redeem ourselves from such sinful acts , which we involuntarily, are driven into without our own making? Is there an escape route ? Pray enlighten us?.
A : Everything has only, one most fantastic ultimate solution " GENTLY HOLD ON TO THE HOLIEST LOTUS FEET OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA." OUR LIFE STARTS THERE AND ALSO CULMINATES THERE".
EVEN THE IRREDEEMABLE SIN CAN BE EFFORTLESSLY WIPED OFF BY OUR LORD SRIKRISHNA IF WE SINCERELY SEEK HIS forgiveness. Our Lord Sri Krishna always does it very happily for us. Our cosmic father would never like us to sink to lowest planes of existence.
As our Lord Sri Krishna, himself,has very lovingly uttered, in our divine Srimadh Bhagavadh Gita " I am the root, directly surrender unto me, even if the vilest of vile were to approach me, I would treat him in the category of saints , for he has rightly resolved , to fall at my lotus feet , to seek REFUGE IN ME.
Anyone who approaches me with total surrender and devotion is never lost here or here after. I only have the capacity to clear your karmic slate and nullify your account and take you back to my beautiful abode SriParmapadam, never to return , SAT CHIT ANAND.
D: This divine conversation Acharya has made me realize how significant repurcussion can even our most insignificant act, have on our life , not only here but as a cascading spilling effect birth after birth. Tremendous !,Mind blowing !,the genius wheel of creation by our most compassionate Lord Sri Krishna.
Marvellous! Countless glories, prostrations and GRATITUDE to our Lord Sri Krishna!
Guruji countless GRATITUDE to your most exalted self too for enlightening us , leading us from darkness to light. Acharya Devo Bhava.
Jai Sriman Srinarayanaya.
Acharyan smiles very lovingly and goes into a meditative trance , focusing on the divine most lotus feet of our Lord Sri Krishna. SRI RAM KRISHNA HARI.
Sab iccha Sri Harika!
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