*CAN WE GO BTG IN THIS LIFETIME?*

Once in morning rush hour, two friends were walking to the office on a crowded road while discussing the project with difficulty to hear each other due to other noise. Suddenly then one of them dropped few coins accidentally from his pocket and around five-six people checked their pockets whether it was their coins?

It's amazing the person said that there is so much noise around still, people could be able to hear the sound made by coins. That means it is their interest right, they are constantly thinking about it. 

Similarly, if we make it to our interest that in this very life we have to go BTG, then it is quite possible to do that.

 

 

BTG - Back To Godhead.

Bhagawat geeta Beautiful Message !

   Stay   Away   From   Anger... It   Hurts ....Only   You !

   If    You    Are    Right    Then     There    is     No    Need    to    Get    Angry ...

   And    If    You    Are    Wrong    Then    You     Don't     Have    Any    Right    to    Get    Angry.

   Patience    With    Family    is   Love .....

   Patience    With    Others    is   Respect.

   Patience     With     Self     is   Confidence   And   Patience   With   GOD   is   Faith.

   Never    Think    Hard    About    The    PAST ,    It    Brings    Tears...

   Don't    Think    More    About   The   FUTURE ,   It   Brings   Fear...

  Live   This   Moment   With   A   Smile ,  It    Brings   Cheer.

  Every     Test     in    Our    Life   Makes   Us   Bitter   Or   Better .....

   Every   Problem   Comes   To   Make   Us   Or   Break   Us  !

   The      Choice     is       Ours   Whether   We   Become   Victims   Or   Victorious.

   Beautiful   Things    Are    Not   Always   Good   But   Good  Things   Are   Always   Beautiful ......

   Do   You   Know    Why    God  Created   Gaps  between  Fingers ?  So     That     Someone ,    Who    is     Special    To    You ,   Comes    And   Fills   Those    Gaps ,   By   Holding   Your   Hand   Forever.

   " Happiness "   Keeps   You ....  Sweet   But   Being   Sweet   Brings   Happiness.

Do    Share    It  ,    With    All    The    Good    People   In   Your   Life..

Success from Ramayana.

Our vedic scriptures never gave regard to external success, it was all about internal success. Arjuna's success is not measured with how many he killed in the battlefield of Kurukshetra, it's by seeing how such a powerful warrior surrendered to the order of God and followed it as his life and soul through the battlefield. Any activity in life, how it is transforming you into a person with humility, grattitde and compassion for others is the true measurement of success. Every thing else that comes along like name, fame and wealth are by-products. 

Srila Bhakisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj beautifully explained who is a great and successful man. He told "A person who can remain virtuous and tolerates his senses in the most tempting situations in life is the greatest". Anyone who does not have any control on his mind and senses, he might win the whole world, but he will lose everything from within and remain unsatisfied. Again the best example is Ravana. He was a Brahman with highest knowledge, he was stonch devotee of Lord Shiva, He had the best children who could defeat the devatas, he had the most beautiful and chaste wife Mandodari, he had the richest kingdom made with Gold, he had the benediction that no one can kill him including Yamaraj, and much more. From material terms he was the most successful person ever.

But only problem was he had uncontrolled mind filled with lust. He kidnapped Sita who was others wife. All his knowledge could not stop him from such an act. His mind did not allow him to hear any advice from others. He remained in depression from within as he neither could enjoy his wifes nor could dare to touch Sita whom he kidnapped. His mind did not allow him to see what he already had in life. It kept on asking him to pursue for more. Finally he lost his life in such useless pursuit.

What I personally learned from Acharyas in our parampara of what  sucess is? Success is to have a "Satisfied Heart". Be greatful for what you have got and invest everything in purification of heart. That's our definition of success of life

Why do we need a Master?

Sharing a beautiful story of trust in master . Here it goes:*Why do we need a Master?* 

Once upon a time, a cow went out to graze in the jungle. 

Suddenly, she noticed a tiger racing towards her. 

She turned and fled, fearing that at any moment the tiger would sink his claws into her. 

The cow desperately looked for some place to escape and at last saw a shallow pond. 

Barely evading the tiger’s reach, she jumped into the pond, and in the heat of the chase, the tiger blindly leaped after her.

To their surprise, the pond was extremely shallow yet filled with deep recesses of mud.

After toppling over each other, the cow and the tiger found themselves a short distance apart, stuck in the mud up to their necks. 

Both had their heads above water but were unable to free themselves no matter how much they writhed.

The tiger repeatedly snarled at the cow and roared, “I am going to enjoy the sound of crunching your bones between my teeth!”

He thrashed about in a fury but soon became fretful as he found no prospect of escape.

The cow thoughtfully laughed as the tiger struggled to free himself and asked him, *“Do you have a Master?”*

The tiger disdainfully replied, “I am the king of the jungle. Why do you ask me if I have a master? I myself am the master!”

The cow said, “You may be the king of the jungle, but here all your power has failed to save your life.”

“And what about you?” Retorted the tiger. “You are going to die here in this mud too!”’

The cow smiled mildly and said, “No, I am not.”

“If even I, the king of the jungle cannot free myself from this mud”, snapped the tiger, “Then how can you, an ordinary cow?”

The cow gently replied, “I cannot free myself from this mud, but my *Master* can.

When the sun sets and he finds me absent at home, he will come looking for me. Once he finds me, he will raise me up and escort me home sweet home.”

The tiger fell silent and coldly glared at the cow.

Soon enough, the sun set, and the cow’s Master arrived. 

He immediately recognised the plight she was in and lifted her to safety. 

As they walked home, the cow and the Master both felt renewed gratitude for one another and pitied the tiger they both would have been happy to save *if only* the tiger *had allowed them*.

*MORAL...* 

The *COW* represents a *surrendered* heart, 

the *TIGER* represents an *egoistic* mind, and the *MASTER‍♂* represents the *Perfect GURU!*‍♂

The *mud* represents the *WORLD*, and the *chase* represents the *struggle* for existence therein.

No matter how many troubles appear to be created by the egoistic minds of the world, who are themselves as stuck as the surrendered heart, the *surrendered* heart has faith that the Guru is always going to come at the right time to save her and take her back “home” - the inner happiness in us is *our true home*. 

So when totally stuck and helpless, when one has already done all one can and has no more means left, when every other effort fails, the surrendered heart STILL does not give up hope. It will just wait patiently until Guru comes to deliver.

The Accepted Member of the Family

A few years after I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around from then on.

As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. In... my young mind, he had a special niche.

My parents were complementary instructors: Mom taught me good from evil, and Dad taught me to obey.

But the stranger... he was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies.

If I wanted to know anything about politics, history or science, he always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future! He took my family to the first major league ball game. He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking, but Dad didn't seem to mind.

Sometimes, Mum would get up quietly while the rest of us were shushing each other to listen to what he had to say, and she would go to the kitchen for peace and quiet. (I wonder now if she ever prayed for the stranger to leave.)

Dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions, but the stranger never felt obligated to honor them.

Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our home - not from us, our friends or any visitors. Our long time visitor, however, got away with four-letter words that burned my ears and made my dad squirm and my mother blush.

My Dad didn't permit the liberal use of alcohol but the stranger encouraged us to try it on a regular basis. He made cigarettes look cool, cigars manly, and pipes distinguished.

He talked freely (much too freely!) about sex. His comments were sometimes blatant, sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing.

I now know that my early concepts about relationships were influenced strongly by the stranger. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom rebuked

... And NEVER asked to leave.

More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. He has blended right in and is not nearly as fascinating as he was at first. Still, if you could walk into my parents' home today, you would still find him sitting over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures.

His name?

We just call him 'TV.'

He has a wife now....we call her 'Computer.'

Their first child is "Cell Phone".

Second child "I Pod”

And just born recently was a grandchild called “IPAD”

Dhirasanta Das Goswami