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Brahma Chaitanya Brahmachari |
Chapter - 2 from the book "The WholeThing - The Real Thing" |
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Posted On: 24/09/2005 |
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Author: Admin [Shrigurudevji.com] |
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On reaching home he tried to win over his elders to his ideas of world renunciation and God-knowledge. They dismissed his talk as childhood obduracy. To the extent that he entreated them not to bind him to the materialistic life, they went ahead with matching speed to entwine him in wedlock. They were afraid that he might again slip out of their hands. On the child's side, however was his unshakable faith and steadfast resolve. He stood firm on his earlier decision and totally refused to get himself hooked. It worried the elders very much, even though they realized that God willing, the elevated path which the child wanted to traverse would one day benefit not only him but the whole family, perhaps the whole world. But lifelong celibacy, the rigours and tribulations of the ascetic life and at his tender age - just this one thought was enough to make them shudder. They tried their level best to dissuade him but the young Mahatma was not to be swayed. Without God-perception, without intrinsic self realization was anything of any use?
The most highly respected man in the village, the guru of the family clan, was called. Panditji, experienced and learned , came, confident that he would be able to change the little boy's mind very easily, but all his erudition and diplomacy came to nought. Logic was met with logic, reason with reason. Panditji just couldn't win in his battle of wits with the young intellectual. Appealing to emotion, he said, "Son, you are the sole offspring of your parents. All their hopes and aspirations are hinged on you. To serve them in their old age, it is your sacred duty. Don't leave them helpless and forlorn to spend the rest of their lives in darkness and sorrow. You are still a child. This is not the age to meditate in the jungles. Even if you have decided to renounce the world and practice ascetism, this is not the age to do so. First fulfill your filial responsibilities. Get married and obtain the experience of the worldly life. Then when the time is ripe you can leave the humdrum and retire to the jungles. You will not be able to practice yoga properly if you go now with no experience whatsoever of the sensual life."
But who can mislead one whom Destiny has chosen to rule over a spiritual realm? The reply came, full of confidence, "Panditji, your age is well nigh eighty, yet it's not matter of great regret that till now you have not had the desire to acquire knowledge of the essence. It's a matter of shame that you are so much entangled in the worldly snare that you have not even thought of freeing yourself. If as a child it is my duty to stay at home, then as a grown-up you should depart o the jungle. I sense that I have reached the right decision and that it is my duty to go and that is why I insist on doing so. You had once said that the Scriptures say that even if one individual in the family attains to Truth-realization, the whole family is redeemed. If what is written is truth then with Brahma-realization, I shall bring about the salvation of the whole family."
This sagacious reply had a salutary effect on the elderly priest who now relapsed into silence. Gradually, it dawned on him that the ignorant and upstart child whom he had been trying to reform was in reality a spiritual prodigy. Panditji called in all the members of the family to his side and said with intense religious feeling. "God has blessed your family with a saint child who shall bring great honor to it." He stood up, folded his hands and bowed his head in veneration to the child Mahatma. Then, all of the members, young and old, turn by turn, did the same.
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CHAPTER - II |
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Excerpts from book - THE WHOLE
THING - THE REAL THING
Chapter II - Brahma Chaitanya Brahmachari:
On reaching home he tried to win over his elders to his ideas of world renunciation and God-knowledge. They dismissed his talk as childhood obduracy. To the extent that he entreated them not to bind him to the materialistic life, they went ahead with matching speed to entwine him in wedlock. They were afraid that he might again slip out of their hands. On the child’s side, however was his unshakable faith and steadfast resolve. He stood firm on his earlier decision and totally refused to get himself hooked. It worried the elders very much, even though they realized that God willing, the elevated path which the child wanted to traverse would one day benefit not only him but the whole family, perhaps the whole world. But lifelong celibacy, the rigours and tribulations of the ascetic life and at his tender age – just this one thought was enough to make them shudder. They tried their level best to dissuade him but the young Mahatma was not to be swayed. Without God-perception, without intrinsic self realization was anything of any use? |
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