It is common to notice haughtiness and a change in the tone of speech in a person who has attained even small authority. He will forget compassionate words. He will have an arrogant behaviour towards his subordinates.
इति भक्त्या चिन्तयतां शुभकारी भवत्यलम् | तत्राsपि कुर्वतां द्वेषं तमःप्राप्त्यै तथा भवेत् || – भा.ता 10-15-34 || iti bhaktyA chintayatAM shubhakArI bhavatyalaM | tatra api… Read More »Punishment given by the Lord is good.
A person who is able to lecture to others on virtues and does not practice anything by himself is a fool and is laughed at by others.
His true and intrinsic form is the very personification of bliss, and has eternal and infinite attributes.
Kunti’s prayer to The Lord Jagannatha विपदः संतु नः शश्वत्तत्र तत्र जगत्पते । भवतो दर्शनं यत् स्यादपुनर्भवदर्शनम् ॥ vipadaH saMtu naH SaSvattatra tatra jagatpatE |… Read More »Wisdom capsules – I
आत्म शब्दः परे विष्णौ नाsन्यत्र क्वचिदिष्यते |गुणपूर्त्यभिधायी सः नाsन्यत्र गुणपूर्णता |अमुख्यात्मान एवाsतो ब्रह्माद्या सर्व एव हि || – (इत्यादि ब्रह्माण्डे ऐतरेय भाष्य २-२-७)Atma shabdaH parE… Read More »Sarvamoola Sandesha
Whenever paramAtma gives punishment, if one still thinks of it with devotion as a blessing (to improve) then only good accrues. There too, if one were to hate paramAtma, the same punishment leads to andhantamas (Eternal darkness).