A twenty-one-year-old man goes to Kabir Das Ji for guidance. He has completed his studies and is in a dilemma whether he should get married or live like a sannyasi. Man: Greetings to Thee. I wish to seek some guidance about my future. Should I get married or become a sannyasi? Kabir Das Ji remains silent. The man approaches him every …
1. Air- Detachment 2.Fire- Contentment 3.Water- seeing goodness in all 4.Earth- Tolerance 5.Ether- It is the Lord, the Eternity. 6.Sun- We should burn the ‘I’ to find the true self, by persistent practice. 7.Moon– The moon is one, similarly, the soul is one, it just becomes hazy due to the mind. 8.Ocean- The ocean receives …
Dattatreya Ji told about his twenty-first Guru, a little girl wearing several bangles and stamping paddy in the mortar. Once there was a girl who stamped paddy seeds for dehusking them in a mortar. She had to dehusk the paddy seeds classically, viz, using mortar and pestle. She often wore several bangles in both hands. When she used to …
King Yadu continued listening to the Divine words of Dattatreya Ji. Seeing a spider, Dattatreya Ji quoted that the spider was his eighteenth Guru. The king felt puzzled. Dattatreya Ji told about the life cycle of spiders. He said that the spider produced long threads from the secretions it secreted. The spider lived in the web it had built. After completing its life span, it …
Dattatreya Ji talked about the twelfth Guru, the elephant. While wandering along the trails in the forest, he observed an energetic elephant walking valorously. A group of hunters had dug a deep trench. They even placed a wooden female elephant into the trench and scented the dummy with the volatile secretions produced by the female counterparts. As the elephant …
Dattatreya Ji elaborated on the honey bee. He said that it worked very hard under the leadership of the queen of the swarm. It went to search for the best nectar and prepared the best quality honey, but it could not use it. But, it could not use the honey for itself but died. Other beings used …
After explaining the eight Gurus to King Yadu, Dattatreya Ji talked about the ninth Guru, the pigeon. He recollected an incident and narrated the same. Once there lived a pigeon couple on a tree in their nest. In spring, Mrs. pigeon laid eggs and, soon baby pigeons emerged. One day, the couple left their baby pigeons in the nest to collect …
After elucidating the Penta-elemental constitution and its glories to King Yadu, Dattatreya Ji told about the other Gurus. Sun- The sun burns itself to illuminate others. Similarly, until and unless we practice penance to mold ourselves into precious jewels, we cannot enlighten others. Obedience and persistent practice are essential. We may think that the external surroundings burn us. But, …