Ability to see

My dear reader!

For last few weeks I have been translating a manual for device I have in my shop. Not like other ones on same shelf, this unit has quite different user interface. I remember myself few month ago, figure out, how it works and how to set it up. My long years of selling mobile phones gave be confidence, that I can figure it out myself, but after 30 minutes I had to come to conclusion, that people, who made it, have completely different approach to button pressing. Only after translation was done and I was familiar to every line not only on user level, but also on level of understanding good enough for explaining in my native language, I was able to set it up with ease.

Few days ago I had a good fortune to listen to evening talk given by one elderly man, known by the name Prithu prabhu. He is visiting Riga temple for few days. Let me tell you one story from His class, which is simple but with deep and useful meaning.

Prithu prabhu told his own story of life, particularly his first weeks after he received first Vedic book, Sri Isopanishad. Reading it made him very interested and on the third day he decided to visit local center. There his experience of devotional lifestyle and kind attitude towards everyone, including animals, made him change his eating habits as well. Short time after that, he visited his mother and explained to her, how unconsidered is to be cruel to anyone, because everyone is creation of God, every living being – be it human, animal or bird – everyone is dear to their heavenly father as His child. If anyone at all wants to be in good books with God, why would he make anyone to suffer, just to feed oneself? After some time, his mother also became vegetarian – it just felt right thing to do! Week later, she walked up to the priest in their local church and with deep sense of discovery and joy, she told about her new lifestyle! You will be surprised to hear the priests answer! He told: “Great! You also have fallen in to Satan’s trap! This is demonic! Only demons are vegetarians!”. Unfortunately, she believed the priest and went back to her nonvegetarian habits.

As one of great and wise person, by the name Chanakya Pandit used to say:

“King see through the eyes of his spies,

Cow see through her nose,

Man see through his eyes and mind,

Saint see through the scriptures”.

King cannot be in all parts of his kingdom, so he relays on his man to bring him information. Cow cannot tell the difference between good and bad grass, so she uses her nose to understand, what to eat. Man rely on seeing and confides in his mind to tell what it is. Person, who takes advise of Good given scripture, is known to be wise and saintly.

Knowledge of the world, its purpose and his laws are well known to one, who has created it. It is like a manual for our benefit. Let us not be like Adam and Eve, who thought that they know better than their Creator, what is good for us and what not!

Why we fall for some concocted ideas, created by uneducated priests, who God is? Hear, what he is telling himself – about world, us and Himself! Dear brothers, use your intelligence, find pure person, pure scripture and you will see. God is not what most of current churches preach. Look with discrimination and find best source you can!

So, try to look at this world through the eyes of pure scriptures and pure saints. Do not be a child, in a sense, that you have to taste everything to find poison.

Wishing you nice weekend

Atmarama dasa.