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By Kamlesh Tripathi
By Kamlesh Tripathi
INCOMPLETE
KNOWLEDGE
Long time
ago there lived a Maharishi by the name of Shandilya. He had many pupils, who regularly
attended his gurukul (a type of residential school in India) to acquire
knowledge. And, simultaneously they also prayed to the Maharishi to bless them
with Brahma-Gyan (divine knowledge). But Maharishi as of now was reluctant in accepting
their humble request, for teaching them divine knowledge. And after some time,
some of his pupils got quite impatient and they asked Maharishi the reason for not
enlightening them with divine knowledge.
Maharishi
in a soft tone said, ‘Dear students, I know all of you are very eager for to
learn and imbibe divine knowledge, but I feel this is not the right time to
teach you this.
“How is
that possible?’said one pupil in a stern tone. ‘Guruji, you only told us knowledge
will take us to divine knowledge. You have given us enough knowledge, and now
what stops you know from giving us divine knowledge?’
‘Is it, have
you gained a lot of knowledge?’ Maharishi questioned in a sarcastic manner and then
said, ‘arrogance and impatience have blurred your vision and in your expression
there is also dearth of love, even when I love you all so much. Okay, I will
give you all, whatever you are worth giving. So, please close your eyes and
witness a glimpse of your wishes being fulfilled.
And when everyone
had closed their eyes, the pupils saw they were are flying in the space-galaxy.
And their flight ended in front of a splendid gate. And as they reached there, the
gate opened slowly and they heard a voice saying, ‘you are welcome, and from
here you can start your onward journey.’
And after
getting inside this time they reached the golden space-galaxy about which they
had neither heard nor seen. And, the way further, took them to another golden gate
close by. And as they reached there, this gate also opened. And as they entered,
they found it to be pitch-dark, all over. They, then forgot their way and start
stumbling in the dark, and started losing their courage.
In the end, they were unable to withstand the pain
and they all started groaning, ‘Gurudev have mercy on us,
and save us. We don’t know where we are, and where we have to go, and it’s is
pitch-dark here.’ And at that very moment, their illusion broke and their eyes
opened, and they saw the smiling and pleasant face of Maharishi. Scared they
ask, ‘What had happened to us Gurudev, why couldn’t we go ahead and why all of
a sudden everything around us became so abnormal?
Gurudev, in a sombre tone said, ‘it happened,
because, you all had the potential to go only up to halfway, and you did not
have the potential to go any further than that.The first door was the knowledge
door, which took you to the second door. The second door was the door of love that
was getting you to the ocean of love. But your arrogance and impatience stopped
the progress of your moving ahead, to the ocean of love.
‘You all need
to remember, half-knowledge will only take you half-way to ultimate-happiness.
And, the balance you need to cover with love. Knowledge and love together, will
take you to the high echelons of divine knowledge.
‘That’s
why you should stay in the domain of knowledge and you should shun arrogance
and impatience. Look up to God with immense devotion, and serve his universe with
extreme reverence. Supreme knowledge and love are two sides of the same coin
that alone takes us to extreme bliss, so go and serve the world with love and humility.
And, after that, come to me for divine progress.
This story tells while
we must stay in the domain of knowledge, we must shun arrogance. And along with
knowledge, sense of serving the community is equally important. Humility and love
are signs of holiness.
On hindsight
the story also tells us that love is an essential link in the chain of human
relations, be it physical or human psyche. And Guru plays an important role in
unifying the unique relation between love and knowledge.
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