The Relevance of the Bhagavadgita to Humanity : 4.6. Swami Krishnananda

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Friday, May 08, 2020.
The First Six Chapters of the Bhagavadgita

Chapter 4: Stories from the Aranya Parva - 6.

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So this incident in the Mahabharatam, where a little leaf that was eaten by a mighty person like Krishna satisfied the stomachs of thousands of people, means he was universally commensurate with all the forces of nature. 

He was a master yogin, and so when something went in, it went to everybody. His prana was universally spread out, Hiranyagarbha prana, and that is the reason why we believe that the service done to a saint is greater than service done to millions of others. 

The satisfaction of one spiritual genius is to be considered as of greater value than the satisfaction of many animals and subhuman levels. It is good to give satisfaction to every living being. It is necessary. 

#The Upanishad mentions that. In a very astonishing statement, the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad tells us we should not disturb even an ant moving in the house. 

##This is one passage which touched me very much. Even an ant in the house we should not disturb. And if you do not disturb a living being, even an ant in your house, it will one day protect you in the same way as you have protected it. 

###A day will come when a mouse will save a lion. No one believes that a mouse can save a lion.

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*Do you know the story of how a mouse saved a lion? A lion was caught in a net of a hunter and, without going into the details of it, a little mouse said, “I shall be of some help to you, if you do not harm me.”

#The lion inside the net laughed, “You can help me, a little mouse?”

##“I may be able to do something.” What did it do? It was waiting for the time when the hunter will come to catch the prey. Every day he used to come at a particular hour. So a few minutes before the time when the hunter was to arrive, the mouse started nibbling at that net, and cut all the knots, and the lion immediately ran out. So a mouse can save a lion.

###Therefore, even little animals are not to be neglected. They also have to be taken care of. But, nevertheless, the satisfaction of a spiritually elevated soul is greater. If you satisfy a Christ or a Krishna or a Buddha, it is a greater service than satisfying many others in the world. Well, this is a lesson for us, and also an instruction in the mysteries of creation. There is nothing impossible. In a minute, a miracle can take place.

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To be continued ....

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