Jai Shri Krishna

We always find that a change in thought changes the feeling and then comes a change in action in our action. Human beings live by thoughts, feelings and actions. Purification of these three purifies the character.In Kalyuga, Shuddhi is Siddhi and Siddhi is Sadhana. From Purity rises calm and peace. The purity of the life of great men attracts us. There are many famous shrines in Saurashtra. The shrine of Sant Devi Das is one of them. Ma Amar Bai was inspired by Sant Devi Das and devoted herself to service at a young age. She was very beautiful. When she was finally proceeding to her husband's home after marriage, she was so enamoured of the purity of Sant Devi Das that she told her husband to find some other life companion because her path in life had undergone a transformation. She devoted herself to the service of lepers along with Sant Devi Das. She begged for food for them, served them and fed them. It is a blessing for a young and beautiful woman to be impressed by the purity of a great man's life and to change the course of her life.Thus, purification (Shuddhi) attracts. This purification is power (Siddhi). If no other power is attained, purity in life is self sufficient. It is for this purification that all these Gyan Yajna, Holy Saints, Shrines and Scriptures exist. All these are means to purification. Intelligence is not to be decried; but purity is more important. Bhagwan Ved Vyasa, while invoking The Lord in the beginning of Shrimad Bhagwat writes:"Sachchidaananda roopaaya vishvotpattyaadihetveTaaptraya vinaashaaya Shri Krishnaaya vayam numah"(We bow to Shri Krishna, embodiment of eternal and conscious joy, and the initial cause of all creation, for annihilation of the three kinds of agony.)Bhagwan is Sachchidaananda personified. The three parts Sat, Chit and Anand hold Action, Thought and Feeling respectively. These three: Action, Thought and Feeling together make a character. We are a part of the Almighty. Thus we should aspire to be Sachchidaananda. Our actions can be pure if our feelings are pure and that requires pure thoughts. Let us, therefore, try to be nearer to God, and pray for the purification of our character.