PashuPati Nath
17-18 January
Once there was a village in which a highly spiritual Guru arrived to show the path of spirituality to the people of that village. There lived two very close friends, one of them was a sincere spiritual man and the other was just a normal human being. The sincere friend said, “Have you heard the news!! Some very learned Guru has come to visit our village!! He is a true man of God. I will not eat or drink until I meet the Guru!” He was definitely going to visit the Guru. The average friend wasn’t as determined, “Yeah, if you say so, I think I might just go and accompany you”
The average friend told his wife, “Today I am going to visit Guru with my friend.” His wife gave him some money and said, “Please offer this into the holy feet of Guru Ji. We don’t have much but we must give some offerings to the Guru. Our children have also contributed their entire money to be offered into the holy feet of the Guru.” The average man told his wife, “Oh! You just bother too much and looks like you don’t trust me. Don’t worry, the Guru will definitely get this offering.”
Every day the two friends would walk home from work together. So, it was decided that after work, both of them will go to visit the Guru. As they were going towards their destination, the path split into two ways. As they stood and wondered which way to go, a woman started to convince them, “Don’t go that way, come this way with me. We can go and gamble your money, it will be fun! Come on, you can buy me some alcohol too.” The sincere friend was determined, “I don’t know about you but I’m going to see the Guru!” The average friend wasn’t sure. The woman asked him, “Do you like to smoke? Here have this cigarette. Your wife will never find out you were with me! Let’s go! There’s so much I want you to buy me!!”
The average friend felt so much attracted towards the woman that he went with her to waste all his wife’s and children’s money on cigarettes and alcohol and gambling. He got drunk and he smoked and he had fun with people who waste their lives doing nothing good. When he came home, he lied to his wife. She asked him, “What was it like to be in the presence of the master?” He said, “Oh Yes! The Guru, yes it was really blissful.” She asked her again husband, “Did he receive our offering?” However, he forgot, “What offering…. oh the money! Right, yes sure he received it. He blessed our family and all kinds of good stuffs.”
Meanwhile the sincere friend had spent his time with the Guru and the devoted saintly people. He begged the Guru, “Guru ji I have a request for you! Please accept my offering and use it to help the poor. I am ever at your service great Guru. Please let me be at your feet.”
Every day the two friends would walk home together and then they would split ways. One would go towards the Guru to listen to the Guru’s words, to sing and to give charity. The other friend would go with that woman. He lied to his wife and children and he wasted their offering. He spent their money gambling, drinking and smoking with that woman. He spent his time with bad, low people who waste their lives.
This happened every day for several days. Finally, the average friend said, “You always spend your time in the Guru’s court doing good deeds. I lie to my wife and kids and I waste all my time not doing anything good. But neither of our lives have changed. You are still the same you and I’m still the same me. So what does it matter if we do good or bad karmas, our lives are just the same anyways.” The sincere friend said, “Let us ask The Heavens this question! I’m sure we will get the right answer. Tomorrow, after I visit with the Guru, and after you do whatever you do, let us meet back here. We will meet under this tree and the answer shall come to us!” They agreed.
The next day the sincere friend went to sit in the presence of the Guru. The other friend went with the woman again and wasted his time. The average friend came back first, the sincere friend had not arrived yet. So he waited for a while and still his friend didn’t show up. He got bored and started drawing lines in the dirt with a stick. Sticking out of the dirt he heard a metallic sound which increased his curiosity. Digging further, he found something golden and shining. He dug more and found a golden pot and thought, “My lucky day!! Maybe there’s more gold in this jar!!” But inside the jar there was just coal, “That’s disappointing… well at least I found one gold piece. Nevertheless, I have some good luck for me!”
Then the sincere friend came from visiting the Guru. He was in pain and was limping, “Oh, my foot.” He explained, “I was walking back from being with the Guru and I slipped and oh, my foot, I stepped right on a big thorn. It pierced my foot, what a bad luck I have…”
Both of them were confused. They had asked The Heavens if it matters whether they do good or bad actions. The one who did bad was rewarded with gold and the one who did good was rewarded with an injury. They didn’t understand this answer from The Heavens so they decided to ask Guru.
They described the whole situation to the Guru. The sincere friend asked, “Guru ji, what is the message The Heavens are trying to tell us??” Guru ji explained with deep wisdom, “In a past life, you were a thief and stole from many people. You told many lies and did many corrupt things. In this life, you were destined to be killed by a spike… BUT, in this life you have made so much progress, you have used your time well and you have cleaned your heart with the Holy Naam. You have merged in the holy sangat and you have burned your karma. Because of this self-work, your karma has been reduced so much that instead of dying, all you received was a foot injury.”
The sincere friend was grateful to hear this. The average man still wanted to know about himself. Guru ji described his past life, “You were virtuous. You shared with others. Once you gave a holy man a piece of gold. Because of your devotion and sincerity, that gold coin multiplied many times. You were meant to come to a whole jar full of gold… but because of your deeds the gold turned to coal. You received only that one gold piece you first gave.” Both men were humbled and bowed down to the Guru in gratitude.
We all have karma. There is no good luck or bad luck. What we get in life is because of our past actions. We must not waste our precious life. Instead, we must spend our time being around saintly people as much as we can. Doing so will reduce the ill effects of the bad karmas that we did and the good karma will not only give us good credit rather it manifests multiple folds. And it our duty to do good karmas in life. Serving the poor and needy, helping others with whatever means, serving animals etc. are all good deeds in which one can engage some part of their time. Best of these is to serve the Guru as He is the one who can provide the most beneficial results in the life of His disciple. Thus every disciple must try the best to seek the guidance of Guru and take every opportunity to serve the great Lord.
18th January is one auspicious day for all of us as Gurudev Kailash Chandra Shrimali Ji incarnated on this very day to serve the human kind and guide them on to the path of eternal bliss. As a disciple, it is one of the most sacred days for us. This article is an invitation to all the disciples who wish to offer their prayers in the holy feet of Gurudev, who wish to celebrate this divine day, who wish to enjoy this festival. Gurudev will be meeting all the loving disciples on this day. And who knows, your which karma might get materialized on this very day and can grant you both spiritual as well as worldly boons. This year the incarnation day is being celebrated in the premises of Pashupati Nath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal. You all are welcome to participate in this divine ceremony and become a part of this divine celebration.
It is mandatory to obtain Guru Diksha from Revered Gurudev before performing any Sadhana or taking any other Diksha. Please contact Kailash Siddhashram, Jodhpur through Email , Whatsapp, Phone or Submit Request to obtain consecrated-energized and mantra-sanctified Sadhana material and further guidance,
