Amma's Advices For Me - Satsang by Swami Amritageetananda Puri

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Summary

TLDRThe video presents spiritual teachings from Amma, focusing on progressing courageously in life, the intolerance of ego, and learning through worldly challenges. It outlines the qualities of ideal parents and gurus through storytelling, illustrating the balance between discipline and affection. The discourse stresses that true spiritual growth requires engaging with life's trials, beyond mere meditation. Moreover, it encourages spreading Amma's teachings as part of one's spiritual duty, emphasizing the role of family and education in imparting moral values.

Takeaways

  • 🧘‍♂️ Always move forward and face life's challenges head-on.
  • 🚫 Ego is intolerable—humility is key.
  • 💪 Growth happens through life’s challenges, not just meditation.
  • 🎓 Ideal parents and gurus guide through strength and values.
  • 🤝 Balance discipline and affection in parenting.
  • 👨‍👩‍👦 Family relationships are crucial for cultural and spiritual teachings.
  • 🙏 Spiritual practices should be shared and spread.
  • 📜 Stories and lore offer guidance and learning.
  • 🧠 Spiritual growth requires both introspection and worldly engagement.
  • 🌍 Cultural teachings often stem from family and educational influences.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video begins with an introduction of a series featuring devotional songs, spiritual discussions, and talks by various individuals associated with a spiritual institution. The practice of having disciples repeat what they learn from a guru is mentioned as a technique used both in ancient times and today. The speaker opens the session with a respectful greeting to his guru, spiritual teacher, and viewers.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The speaker recalls important points left from the last session, highlighting advice from Amma (spiritual leader) on facing life courageously, referred to through a story about a prince receiving an arrow to his chest. This story is used to illustrate the quality of fearlessness and the ideal traits of a mother exemplified by the queen in the story.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Amma's first advice is to always move forward and face challenges head-on, as depicted in the story of the princely battle. The speaker emphasizes the importance of courage, facing one's challenges directly without retreating, and how this attitude leads to growth and eventual success.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Continuing with the messages from Amma, the second advice focuses on overcoming ego. A story illustrates that ego can be more repulsive than any physical impurity, urging the renouncement of pride. The lesson is emphasized by describing an incident where the ego of a disciple prevented a positive action.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The third piece of advice from Amma warns that spiritual advancement requires interacting with the world and enduring its challenges. Only by facing and learning from external adversity can one truly measure personal growth. The speaker encourages embracing worldly interactions and subsequent experiences as part of spiritual learning.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    The speaker discusses the dual experiences of receiving honor and insult, emphasizing the importance of remaining even-minded in both circumstances. These lessons from Amma underline the need for humility and emotional resilience, sharing personal anecdotes about public interactions and inner spiritual balance.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    The narrative introduces figures exemplifying ideal maternal, paternal, and filial virtues, illustrating broader philosophies with stories of exemplary parents and children demonstrating selfless love, courage, and respect in adversity. These stories reflect the qualities that should be inherent in spiritual and familial roles.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:35

    Concluding with the wisdom of a guru, who advocates forgiving severe challenges and enmity, the video reflects a holistic spiritual vision. The speaker includes reflections on Hindu identity, cultural education shortcomings, and the importance of understanding personal strength against communal challenges. The piece closes with a call to propagate Amma's teachings.

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Frequently Asked Question

  • What is one key teaching of Amma mentioned in the video?

    One key teaching is to always move forward and face challenges head-on.

  • How does the speaker describe the ideal parent?

    The ideal parent balances discipline and affection, training children to be courageous and principled.

  • Why is ego considered intolerable in the teachings?

    Ego is seen as a major hindrance to spiritual growth and harmony, thus intolerable.

  • What role does storytelling play in the discourse?

    Storytelling is used to convey spiritual lessons and illustrate the qualities of ideal parents and individuals.

  • How is spiritual growth achieved according to the video?

    Spiritual growth is achieved through engagement with the world and enduring its challenges, not just isolated meditation.

  • What is the importance of cultural teachings in the discourse?

    Cultural teachings help impart spiritual values and moral responsibilities, traditionally through family and education.

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    Nuru
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    [Applause]
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    om Ames namaha welcome to
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    amam this is a series of talks
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    devotional songs spiritual discussions
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    and symposiums by swamis swaminis
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    brahmacharis brahmacharinis householder
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    devotees staff and students of am
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    institutions in tiri opan it is
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    mentioned that the guru imparts his
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    knowledge and to check how much was
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    grasped by his disciples he would choose
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    one or two of them and ask them to
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    repeat what was discussed the same
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    technique is being implemented in modern
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    institutions as well Amma also uses the
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    same technique with this in mind let's
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    watch today's episode om Ames
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    Nam oh
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    oh oh
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    my infinite protion of the l s of my
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    sguru
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    srii Universal teacher Universal mother
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    my humble pronoun most beloved children
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    watching this program
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    we will continue from last session
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    episode The this
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    week a few important points I left out
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    going to lack of time last week I will
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    elaborate on this though those points
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    also today so today the
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    four very important advices Sama gave me
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    that I will tell you just to say the who
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    is the ideal mother who is the ideal
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    father who is the ideal son who is the
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    ideal Guru because the the topic is we
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    know the
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    responsibilities the
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    the responsibilities so first one we
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    will
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    say long time back I asked which is the
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    which area of work is good for
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    me so gave me a very brief answer
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    the answer is Amma Amma told
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    me you in your story you said that the
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    prince received the arrow on his
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    chest that is the that is the answer
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    which Amma gave me when I asked her
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    which area of work is best for me Amma
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    gave simple answer Amma said you told
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    the story long time back that the prince
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    received arrow on his chest I was
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    shocked because I had told this story
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    story couple of times in some other
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    places outside the the
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    am but I I was surprised how Amma came
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    to know about the story that is the one
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    good example how Amma knows everything
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    somewhere I told the story a few times
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    in some places about Amma knew the story
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    the story goes like this this is the
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    ideal
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    mother in a kingdom the king had died
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    and the the Young Prince the the queen
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    was ruling the kingdom and the prince
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    prince was very young just about the the
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    maybe 20 25 years of old and the
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    neighboring Kingdom attacked this this
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    Kingdom therefore the prince had to go
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    for war so he the Young Prince went to
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    battle and in the afternoon a soldier
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    came back running and he informed the
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    queen oh Queen I have very sad news I
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    come to tell you that our princess our
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    Prince has died I saw him I I saw his
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    body he had a wound on his back and he
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    is lying dead on the battlefield he had
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    a wound on his back the queen very
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    calmly replied I refused to believe but
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    the soldier again said no Queen I have
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    seen your son with the the with a the
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    the dead body of your son with a wound
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    on his back the queen said I will come
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    to the battlefield show me so the queen
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    and the soldier they went to the
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    battlefield and sure enough the prince
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    was lying dead on the battlefield but
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    his the wound was not on his back but
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    the wound was on his
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    chest and the queen told the soldier see
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    that is my son
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    you said that the wound is on his back
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    my NE my son will never receive a wound
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    on his back he will receive the wound on
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    his chest he will face the enemy and he
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    will receive he has the courage and
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    fearlessness to receive the wound on his
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    chest and that is what amama said always
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    move forward be ready to to
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    receive bounds on our chest not on not
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    not on our backs never run away
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    so that is the one first story first
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    advice by Amma is always move forward be
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    ready to face any challenges Amma with
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    us and therefore we should be ready to
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    face any challenges a very beautiful SLO
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    comes to my mind the is it says
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    this is the beautifula unfortunately I
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    forgot from where I read it it
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    says ones they never they never take any
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    undertaking they never do anything
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    because what
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    they
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    never attempt anything in their life
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    because for for fear of obstacles
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    fearing obstacles they never do anything
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    they they never venture to for move
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    forward that is the Bas ones then come
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    the second one
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    is the medoc ones they start something
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    some some some Venture but when they
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    face obstacle
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    they
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    Retreat the they Retreat because they
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    when they face obstacle they get fighted
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    they run away but now come to the best
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    ones will never they will never the The
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    Retreat what how many obstacles come
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    what any number of obstacles come in
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    their way they will always move forward
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    and finally they will reach their gold
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    that is what our taught us that is the
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    first advice which Tau taught us taught
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    me the always my my son move forward
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    pray let us pray for us let us pray to
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    for all of us give to let us pray to AMA
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    to give Str to always move forward that
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    is the first
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    one first
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    first advice number one for all of
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    us and I surprised when said that you
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    you told the story that the prince
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    received the the wound on his chest so I
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    was shocked because I was that is why
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    you know Amma knows everything I told
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    the story somewhere outside but Amma
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    knew that she that was advice she gave
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    me so that is first number one advice
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    then the second advice second advice am
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    told she in s General she was saying I
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    remember say I can tolerate anything but
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    the only thing I cannot tolerate is
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    ego I can tolerate anything but I cannot
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    tolerate ego so there was one one
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    incident the in the in asham the guru
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    was sitting outside and he could see one
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    of his senior disciples near the Gate of
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    the Asam a man was trying to come inside
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    but the disciple stopped him and pushed
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    him out and closed the gate and came
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    away the the the the man from outside
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    made many attempts to come inside but
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    the disciple went on pushing him he
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    closed the gate and came back and
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    he little with pride he told the
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    guru guru that man was drunk he was
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    trying to come inside I pushed him I
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    pushed him away he's drunk he was Sting
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    sing he was he was stinking I knew he
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    was
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    drunk then there for a moment the
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    guru remained quiet then the guru said
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    there is something more stinking
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    here there is something more sinking
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    here and then the disciple
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    surprised Guru what is that I don't feel
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    anything stink then the guru said yes
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    the stinking your
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    ego your ego is more stinking than his
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    the what do you call it
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    liquor that man was coming to see me he
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    wanted to somehow stop drinking he was
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    desperately he was coming to see me but
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    you thought you are very you're pure and
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    that man is a dirty man therefore you
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    pushed him away and therefore I remember
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    the the dirt dirtiest thing in this
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    world is the Pride the ego that I am a
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    great SAA if I think have I have chanted
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    one person told me I
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    was sad and surprise also Sam I have
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    chanted 60 lakhs gatri manra fine but I
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    should not say that okay that is the
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    second one second advice which gave me
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    so the two advisor have seen now the
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    third
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    advisor you can see the
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    by usually in the olden days yes I used
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    to do a lot
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    of lot of japa sitting in my sitting in
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    my room I used to do a lot of japa and
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    so when I went to then I said I'm doing
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    lot of japa Etc I told Amma then Amma
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    said said very good my son but
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    remember remember if
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    unless you get the beating of the world
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    your your ego will not go if said even
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    if you sit for 100 years unless you get
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    the kicking and the beating of the world
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    you will not the Y will not go so so
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    Amma said we may do a lot of japa that
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    is that is of course necessary
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    lot of Ja lot of Etc lot of AR lot of s
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    necessary but at the same time we have
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    to know how much we have improved it
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    doesn't
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    mean I cannot I should never say I have
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    improved you should never say that at
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    the same time I should I should know
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    that now okay now my the my Mantra is
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    working now the that way I have to when
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    even only when I work work in the
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    outside Work World when I interact with
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    people the devotees or even the outer
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    world only then I can I can understand
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    how much I have progressed in spiritual
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    life so that that it's only for
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    awareness not not ego I don't mean ego
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    that awareness should be there okay now
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    okay better now I feel better now that
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    is that thing that the third advice said
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    that you have to get the
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    beating and kicking of the outer world
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    of the of the of the
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    world unless 100 years we may s for
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    meditation and but unless we get the the
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    beating and kicking of the world we
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    cannot improve that that Amma told me
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    and within a few months from amuri I was
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    in Bangalore
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    it happened that's happened so and so I
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    will tell you the the fourth one also so
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    we know that we sasis brah
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    brah
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    swach they they get lot of namaskaram so
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    we used to get lot of namaskaram and
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    when when we gotas The namaskar
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    increased so then I
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    told feeling very
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    uncomfortable people coming in doing
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    namaskar like this so the ego will come
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    I told go doing namaskar form long long
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    queue and they come and do namaskara
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    feeling Comfort Inc comfortable
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    uncomfortable you go make come said
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    don't worry son you will get not only
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    namaskar you will get lot of insults
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    also they will abuse you also they will
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    insult you and abuse also you will get
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    both so the yeah and is very correct
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    also we are getting both now
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    so so we should be equal minded in in
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    honor and dishonor so when people insult
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    me or when they honor me it doesn't mean
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    I I give the example of this the son and
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    Amma the son says your stti does not
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    increase my glory your indifference does
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    not decrease my glory in the same way
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    that is how trained me the four advices
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    one is receive the arrow go forward
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    advice on the chest second advice
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    is the what do you call it the ego never
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    your ego is the only thing I cannot
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    tolerate that is a second advice third
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    advice of is the the when we go into the
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    outside world only then we can we
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    can understand how much we have grown
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    spiritually and
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    lastly said that you will get both don't
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    worry you will get both so we should be
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    ready when we go to work in the field
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    especially traveling trains or trains
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    Etc or bus Etc people will always we can
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    see the they will talk some nonsense
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    against us about about
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    andam we should be ready we should be
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    very trained and we should be able to
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    give them good answers that is the thing
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    so I have told you the best mother the
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    best mother is he was seeing her own son
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    lying dead on the battle field but she
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    was happy she did not cry she may be sad
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    feeling inside but she was not crying
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    she was look at my mother that is the
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    way that is the ideal mother how a
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    mother should train her children now we
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    see only blind attachment I don't say
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    all of all but most of us know the
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    mothers they they should have that the
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    the balance of affection and training
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    also discipline also affection and
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    discipline that balance is what we want
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    that is the ideal mother now I will give
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    you the example of an ideal
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    father
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    once the king the King was going in his
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    Chariot The Chariot was there and the
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    King was The Chariot and behind the
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    Chariot was the king's bodyguard it was
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    a young man so the King was going on the
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    road and then when he stopped
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    they they were prisoners prisoners were
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    on the road so they were sleeping the
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    roads the prisoners were made to clean
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    the roads so they thly The Bodyguard he
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    stepped down from The Chariot he went up
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    to up up to prisoner
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    prisoner was sweeping The Bodyguard went
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    up up to the prisoner and he touched the
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    feet of the
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    prisoner the King was
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    shocked his own bodyguard getting down
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    from The Chariot going up up to pris
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    prisoner is a prisoner sweeping the
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    street and the the body guard touching
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    the feet of pris prisoner the King was
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    shocked then when the body came back the
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    king asked why did you do that
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    The Bodyguard said oh King that is my
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    father King was again surprised he told
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    his Minister go and find out what is the
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    crime that man has
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    committed the king asked the minister go
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    and find out what what crime that man
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    has been committed so he
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    wasis the minister came went and found
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    out he came back and he told the king oh
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    King the prisoner has been has committed
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    murder that is why he has been
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    imprisoned but the king said no it is
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    not possible a man who has trained his
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    son so wonderfully cannot be guilty of
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    any serious crime release him the king
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    said
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    remember a man who has trained his son
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    so beautifully in public The Bodyguard
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    shamed ly went went down and touched the
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    feet of his father who was a prisoner
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    sweeping the road king the king said
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    that man is not capable of any serious
  • 00:20:08
    crime is something wrong release
  • 00:20:11
    him release him and the pris was
  • 00:20:15
    released so that is the ideal father a
  • 00:20:18
    father who had trained his son so
  • 00:20:21
    wonderfully that is that is how his
  • 00:20:23
    father should be now let us see you seen
  • 00:20:25
    how a mother should be how a father
  • 00:20:28
    should be now let us see how his son
  • 00:20:31
    should be during the second world war we
  • 00:20:34
    we know that when the the the I don't
  • 00:20:38
    want to name the people in in public
  • 00:20:40
    when the Burma was attacked the enemies
  • 00:20:43
    there was a lot of all the B they had to
  • 00:20:47
    they have to leave their homes and they
  • 00:20:49
    had to run away so for for so many of
  • 00:20:52
    the families they died of starvation
  • 00:20:54
    there was the famine there was
  • 00:20:55
    starvation there was no food and in in
  • 00:20:58
    one house there was a mother and her
  • 00:21:01
    only son so they had no food for for
  • 00:21:04
    many for three four or five days they
  • 00:21:06
    starving the mother was dying so the son
  • 00:21:10
    may be around 15 years old he he said
  • 00:21:14
    let me see where that I can find out
  • 00:21:15
    food he went from house to house nobody
  • 00:21:17
    had food but he walked on and finally
  • 00:21:21
    luckily he went to he came to the house
  • 00:21:23
    there was a big house that was the house
  • 00:21:26
    of the zamindar you know Z landlord and
  • 00:21:29
    the landlord was happily sitting there
  • 00:21:31
    and he was reading the
  • 00:21:32
    newspaper the boy ran inside and said oh
  • 00:21:36
    oh sir please give me some food my
  • 00:21:39
    mother's dying fortunately the landlord
  • 00:21:42
    very very kindhearted the he looked at
  • 00:21:45
    the boy and said yes I will give you
  • 00:21:46
    certainly I will give you food but you
  • 00:21:48
    you also tired and hungry you first eat
  • 00:21:50
    something then I will give food for your
  • 00:21:52
    mother but the boy said no I will not
  • 00:21:56
    eat until my mother eats
  • 00:21:58
    this the landord again said no you first
  • 00:22:01
    eat first because you're tired the boy
  • 00:22:03
    said no until unless my mother eat I
  • 00:22:06
    will not eat you give me food I will
  • 00:22:08
    first feed my mother then I will eat
  • 00:22:11
    then the landlord give food food and
  • 00:22:14
    then the boy than and he slow he was
  • 00:22:16
    struggling back he went he walked long
  • 00:22:19
    time then he he felt very very tired he
  • 00:22:21
    said let me rest for some time here and
  • 00:22:25
    then I will walk so he put Place food
  • 00:22:28
    there and then he laid down and he laid
  • 00:22:31
    down he laid down just like that after
  • 00:22:34
    some time after one or two hours the
  • 00:22:36
    land lord was passing through through
  • 00:22:38
    through that way and he the boy he saw
  • 00:22:41
    the he saw the boy was was lying on the
  • 00:22:44
    street he recognized the boy oh my God
  • 00:22:47
    he took food he the landlord ran to the
  • 00:22:50
    boy he was the landlord the boy was the
  • 00:22:54
    still like that so the landlord he kept
  • 00:22:58
    to see
  • 00:22:59
    on the boy's chest but the heart had
  • 00:23:02
    stopped
  • 00:23:04
    beating and the F food food was still
  • 00:23:07
    there behind him you see The
  • 00:23:12
    Boy The Boy has passed away but he
  • 00:23:16
    refused to eat he had determined unless
  • 00:23:19
    my mother ate I will not eat that is the
  • 00:23:25
    sun understand we have seen the ideal
  • 00:23:28
    mother we have seen the ideal father we
  • 00:23:30
    have seen the ideal son now let us see
  • 00:23:33
    the ideal
  • 00:23:34
    Guru there's a great Guru who had
  • 00:23:36
    married disciples and among the
  • 00:23:39
    disciples the one disciple was the
  • 00:23:42
    prince of the
  • 00:23:43
    Kingdom so when they were taking class
  • 00:23:46
    the the king entered the Asam and the
  • 00:23:50
    guru continued to take class and the
  • 00:23:53
    King got very very angry this man I am
  • 00:23:57
    the I am the king I entered the Asam and
  • 00:24:00
    he did not stand up he did not get up to
  • 00:24:03
    receive me he was continuing his class I
  • 00:24:06
    will show
  • 00:24:08
    him but he went back and then what
  • 00:24:11
    happened usually can see that the King
  • 00:24:14
    was ignorant the guru is the guru is God
  • 00:24:19
    himself and when he is taking
  • 00:24:22
    class he talking about God shatas and
  • 00:24:26
    the King himself should be a disciple
  • 00:24:28
    the king did not know that he not not
  • 00:24:30
    have that kind of wisdom he got very
  • 00:24:33
    angry he said I will show the king so he
  • 00:24:36
    waited till the son's studies were
  • 00:24:40
    over after the Amma told the story once
  • 00:24:44
    long time back I remember Amma told the
  • 00:24:46
    story after this after the the some
  • 00:24:50
    studies here over and the son the prince
  • 00:24:54
    the prince studies are over and the
  • 00:24:55
    prince was going back the prince ask the
  • 00:24:58
    Guru Guru please tell me what Guru dakna
  • 00:25:02
    I can give
  • 00:25:04
    you the the guru said I will tell you
  • 00:25:06
    later I will call you not now I will
  • 00:25:09
    tell you what gur dakna later I will
  • 00:25:11
    tell you and then you go back now later
  • 00:25:14
    I will tell you so the prince went back
  • 00:25:17
    once the prince left the kingdom the
  • 00:25:19
    King s the soldiers and he burn down the
  • 00:25:24
    Assam he burned down the Assam after the
  • 00:25:28
    the prince has left now when the prince
  • 00:25:31
    came to know about this he said my
  • 00:25:34
    father is not fit to be a king I will
  • 00:25:36
    punish him he may be my father but he he
  • 00:25:40
    is not fit to be a king he has destroyed
  • 00:25:42
    an Asam my Guru Asam my Guru everything
  • 00:25:45
    for me I will punish my father at a time
  • 00:25:49
    some somebody from the Asam came and
  • 00:25:51
    said you oh Prince your Guru is calling
  • 00:25:54
    you so the prince immedately came back
  • 00:25:57
    to the guru and he said oh Guru you
  • 00:25:59
    called me yes I called you I want my
  • 00:26:03
    gurak prin Guru G please tell me what
  • 00:26:06
    you want my G my your GNA to me is I
  • 00:26:11
    tell you do not do anything against your
  • 00:26:15
    father spare your father do not do
  • 00:26:18
    anything against your father that can
  • 00:26:20
    that should be your G to me what a
  • 00:26:23
    wonderful
  • 00:26:24
    Guru what a wonderful Guru
  • 00:26:29
    that is that Guru is
  • 00:26:31
    Sama so you see wonderful mother
  • 00:26:34
    wonderful father wonderful son wonderful
  • 00:26:36
    gurus these are the those who have the
  • 00:26:40
    responsibilities these are the Quality
  • 00:26:42
    quality son quality father
  • 00:26:45
    quality uh mother the quality father
  • 00:26:48
    quality son
  • 00:26:49
    quality uh son and Guru so this is how
  • 00:26:54
    we should be that is what we have to
  • 00:26:56
    understand so now let me me let me see
  • 00:27:01
    the the
  • 00:27:02
    the uh the the points I missed last last
  • 00:27:07
    week I tell you one by one
  • 00:27:15
    one yeah this let me tell you something
  • 00:27:19
    the why this is the time the my main
  • 00:27:25
    ment we have we had already mentioned a
  • 00:27:28
    few time that we we received very little
  • 00:27:31
    spirituality and morality from our from
  • 00:27:35
    from our from our from our school we got
  • 00:27:37
    up to sixth standard one moral science
  • 00:27:40
    period was the weekly ones that's all we
  • 00:27:43
    got we got very about our culture from
  • 00:27:45
    our school and nothing from our
  • 00:27:48
    college and that's the time maybe very
  • 00:27:50
    very little whatever I got from my
  • 00:27:53
    grandfather my grandfather was retired
  • 00:27:57
    army army officer he he told me a lot of
  • 00:28:02
    things give me he taught me lot of
  • 00:28:05
    things about the what about our our
  • 00:28:08
    culture and the second person who taught
  • 00:28:11
    me was our our my the nth nth stand nth
  • 00:28:16
    standard and 10th standard he was our
  • 00:28:18
    class teacher we still called him man
  • 00:28:22
    Manon sir we never we have
  • 00:28:25
    sir we call him Manon sir he was he he
  • 00:28:29
    told us a lot of things I told I tell
  • 00:28:32
    you something very seriousness very very
  • 00:28:36
    humorous but at the same time very sad
  • 00:28:39
    also he
  • 00:28:41
    told yesterday
  • 00:28:50
    said only resulted in the the ego of man
  • 00:28:56
    so our man man he told us a very sorry
  • 00:29:00
    our my grandfather he was in the army
  • 00:29:03
    army officer he told me a very hum
  • 00:29:06
    story he said that you know the north
  • 00:29:10
    India we have the Rana the Raja was
  • 00:29:12
    called Rana and they
  • 00:29:14
    had going to
  • 00:29:18
    Temple and after worshiping when he was
  • 00:29:21
    entering the temple he saw there were
  • 00:29:24
    the Stalls there the fruit stall flower
  • 00:29:28
    stall Etc and then all the camper all
  • 00:29:31
    the things there so the he had they had
  • 00:29:34
    a special
  • 00:29:36
    mustache R mustache so at the time only
  • 00:29:40
    Ras allowed to grow this kind of this
  • 00:29:44
    kind of nice mustache so theana was to
  • 00:29:47
    enter the temple he saw the flower
  • 00:29:51
    vender in the stall the flow stall and
  • 00:29:55
    fruit stall the fruit he sitting there
  • 00:29:58
    and he also having the same
  • 00:30:01
    mustache my grandfather told me the
  • 00:30:03
    story so the got very angry we went said
  • 00:30:08
    how dare you make this this mustache
  • 00:30:11
    this you are only
  • 00:30:15
    you you flow vend fruit fruit you making
  • 00:30:20
    this mustache tomor when I come I should
  • 00:30:23
    not see should cut cutting mustache this
  • 00:30:25
    only for anas do you understand he said
  • 00:30:28
    yes sir so he went to the temple next
  • 00:30:30
    when he came back the same same person
  • 00:30:34
    with
  • 00:30:35
    mustache like
  • 00:30:38
    that mean now the kingdom is gone but
  • 00:30:42
    the the name
  • 00:30:45
    is some some name
  • 00:30:47
    and some name
  • 00:30:50
    andame they
  • 00:30:53
    called I had in my class had two
  • 00:30:58
    an and
  • 00:30:59
    Madan but they humbl my my classmates
  • 00:31:03
    very humble madana and the the
  • 00:31:08
    brother this he said I told you to cut
  • 00:31:12
    your
  • 00:31:13
    mustache why didn't you do that I'm
  • 00:31:15
    sorry tomorrow I cut see every day this
  • 00:31:18
    this happened and the person was
  • 00:31:21
    very was very very angry tomorrow I I
  • 00:31:24
    will show you if you don't tomorrow but
  • 00:31:27
    said I will cut my the the
  • 00:31:30
    flower the flower vend he said sir I
  • 00:31:34
    will do I need money I will cut my
  • 00:31:37
    mustache only if you can give me 500
  • 00:31:40
    rupees but it was it was in 1940s so 500
  • 00:31:44
    rupes big very big
  • 00:31:46
    amount
  • 00:31:48
    1940s the 5 the 500 rupes very big
  • 00:31:51
    amount so the flower V sir I need money
  • 00:31:54
    Bradley if you guys give me the money I
  • 00:31:57
    will cut my mustache the said I will
  • 00:31:59
    give you so he was so angry he said I
  • 00:32:02
    will do anything to see that your
  • 00:32:04
    mustache is cut
  • 00:32:06
    off yes sir so then the next day is
  • 00:32:09
    somehow he went to friend and borrowed
  • 00:32:11
    money somehow borrowed money bought 500
  • 00:32:15
    rupees and he said
  • 00:32:17
    here now this is here here the money cut
  • 00:32:20
    it cut off M so the flower vendor he
  • 00:32:25
    took the money he said and said my dear
  • 00:32:28
    sir I'm happy to tell you that I also
  • 00:32:32
    belong to Rana
  • 00:32:35
    family I also I also belong to Rana
  • 00:32:39
    family but my property everything is
  • 00:32:41
    gone I am I'm reduced to a flower vender
  • 00:32:46
    so the the other theana he started
  • 00:32:49
    crying and said my God what what a
  • 00:32:52
    tragedy so I hope you understand the
  • 00:32:54
    story The Flower now our Kings Kings ETA
  • 00:32:59
    they have been they lost their Kingdom
  • 00:33:02
    because of their bad negative negative
  • 00:33:07
    K some of the some of the kings in car
  • 00:33:10
    you can see they have nothing everything
  • 00:33:13
    they reduced to the
  • 00:33:16
    pen that is what my grandfather told me
  • 00:33:20
    and one more thing I want to tell about
  • 00:33:22
    what my man man I also remember he told
  • 00:33:26
    me lot of things so we
  • 00:33:28
    just outside our school we had the our
  • 00:33:31
    the playground the common playground and
  • 00:33:35
    our school was playing football within
  • 00:33:38
    another school and we of course we won
  • 00:33:40
    the we won the match I was
  • 00:33:43
    watching the man sir was standing behind
  • 00:33:46
    me we all watching and Manon sir made a
  • 00:33:50
    very very beautiful remark I was shocked
  • 00:33:52
    I was only 15 years old he was telling
  • 00:33:56
    the the so for we we won the our school
  • 00:33:59
    won St St Michaels we won the match
  • 00:34:02
    because we we scored three goals and the
  • 00:34:06
    31 we got one gold we gave them three
  • 00:34:08
    Golds so we won and man s was
  • 00:34:13
    telling even a football
  • 00:34:16
    team and hockey team
  • 00:34:19
    knows that the forwards and the
  • 00:34:22
    backwards are one
  • 00:34:24
    team when will we Hindus know this
  • 00:34:28
    understand
  • 00:34:29
    this I did not take it seriously because
  • 00:34:31
    I was only 15 years old I I yeah it is
  • 00:34:35
    correct yes yes correct he was
  • 00:34:38
    indicating if a football team knows the
  • 00:34:41
    forwards the the center
  • 00:34:44
    forward
  • 00:34:46
    left left inside right inside the left
  • 00:34:50
    out right out like that then we have the
  • 00:34:52
    backs so the forwards back the half the
  • 00:34:56
    backs and goalkeeper so the football
  • 00:34:58
    team and the HCK team know that the
  • 00:35:01
    forwards and the back backs they on one
  • 00:35:04
    field if the forwards are very strong
  • 00:35:06
    but we have a weak back the the team
  • 00:35:10
    will lose the game The Backs also very
  • 00:35:13
    strong so since I was 15 years old I did
  • 00:35:16
    not take it seriously now I am thinking
  • 00:35:19
    it is how my our man Manon sir in the 19
  • 00:35:24
    1970s he told told me even a football
  • 00:35:29
    team and a hockey team know that
  • 00:35:31
    forwards and back backs are one team
  • 00:35:35
    when will we Hindus know now I am
  • 00:35:38
    understanding the real the seriousness
  • 00:35:41
    of what my master said 50 years
  • 00:35:46
    back0 50 years back you see how correct
  • 00:35:49
    it is when when we Hindus know that the
  • 00:35:52
    forwards and the backs are one team we
  • 00:35:55
    are all we are all Hindus Sarma when
  • 00:35:57
    will we realize that now I am realizing
  • 00:36:00
    realizing the the serious of of my
  • 00:36:03
    master who Tau told me that at that time
  • 00:36:06
    I was 15 years old I did not take it
  • 00:36:08
    seriously now I understand the
  • 00:36:11
    seriousness so let us understand this
  • 00:36:14
    also one more point I left
  • 00:36:18
    this this regarding the the in
  • 00:36:25
    the you know the the the the what you
  • 00:36:28
    call it the five P they were thirsty you
  • 00:36:32
    know the story very well they first
  • 00:36:34
    first the S went in search of water and
  • 00:36:38
    then he he found the the the pool of
  • 00:36:41
    water he the he he started when he start
  • 00:36:46
    drinking he heard a voice the voice said
  • 00:36:49
    do not drink it's my water first answer
  • 00:36:51
    my questions then drink but the the S
  • 00:36:54
    did not listen he drank and he fell down
  • 00:36:57
    died n also same thing we know the
  • 00:37:02
    story in mahabarata Aruna and all four
  • 00:37:06
    of them they came they drank the water
  • 00:37:08
    and they died then yudish came and when
  • 00:37:10
    yudish was about to drink the water the
  • 00:37:12
    voice said
  • 00:37:14
    stop so you stop and what what you want
  • 00:37:17
    to do the the said I will ask you
  • 00:37:20
    questions you know we know the story I
  • 00:37:22
    not elaborate there many stories and
  • 00:37:25
    then the the most important question
  • 00:37:27
    question we remember is that the will
  • 00:37:30
    ask him what is the most surprising
  • 00:37:33
    thing in this world what is the most
  • 00:37:36
    surprising thing in this this world and
  • 00:37:38
    then will
  • 00:37:52
    say
  • 00:37:54
    so said he every day they see people
  • 00:37:59
    dying and going to yamao but those who
  • 00:38:02
    remain here think they are going to stay
  • 00:38:04
    here forever what is more surprising in
  • 00:38:07
    that than that that is important
  • 00:38:09
    question and one one other question he
  • 00:38:12
    asked
  • 00:38:14
    was the asked him what makes a Brahman
  • 00:38:19
    is it birth or learning or conduct what
  • 00:38:23
    makes the Brahman is it birth or is it
  • 00:38:26
    learning or
  • 00:38:29
    conduct remember Ban's words what was
  • 00:38:34
    speaking Vasa it is Vasa vas's words
  • 00:38:38
    yudish said it is neither birth nor
  • 00:38:41
    learning which make Brahman it is it is
  • 00:38:44
    neither birth nor learning which make
  • 00:38:46
    the Brahman it is only the Good Conduct
  • 00:38:49
    only character and culture that make the
  • 00:38:52
    Brahman that also we have SE now so I
  • 00:38:55
    think I have answered all the questions
  • 00:38:59
    the yes so the you have seen the the
  • 00:39:03
    ideal mother ideal father ideal son
  • 00:39:06
    ideal Guru and the four advices has
  • 00:39:09
    given me is more important and
  • 00:39:12
    our so let
  • 00:39:15
    us yeah I think I have covered all the
  • 00:39:17
    points so the let
  • 00:39:20
    us
  • 00:39:23
    the let us pray to Amma to give us the
  • 00:39:26
    wisdom
  • 00:39:28
    the clarity of vision to come together
  • 00:39:32
    to sit together to pray together and
  • 00:39:35
    know more about our culture and
  • 00:39:37
    scriptures and then let us go and
  • 00:39:39
    propagate am's teachings that is one of
  • 00:39:42
    our important sadas we have a sadas we
  • 00:39:45
    have the Arana we have the japa we
  • 00:39:48
    have meditation we have sa one very
  • 00:39:51
    important sad we had to do is propagate
  • 00:39:54
    amma's teachings go from door to door
  • 00:39:56
    and and and try to explain amma's
  • 00:40:00
    teachings that is that is our most
  • 00:40:02
    important the very important duty let us
  • 00:40:05
    letma give us the strength to do that
  • 00:40:08
    let I offer these words at the L feet
  • 00:40:11
    ofma om
  • 00:40:28
    see
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