Spiritual Import of Religious Festivals :Ch-3. Part - 21.
Chapter-3. Rama – The Apotheosis of Human Perfection ( Sri Ramanavami ) Part-21. This seems to be a necessary outcome of turning one's face towards God. "Yasyaham anugrihnami tasya vittam haramyaham." "When I want to shed My grace on any person, I deprive him of all his pleasurecentres," is a famous statement reported to have been made by Lord Narayana Himself as recorded in the Srimad Bhagavata. What are our pleasure-centres? We know them very well. The greatest fortress of our pleasure is our own personality-consciousness, our egoism. We have many other pleasure-centres, no doubt, but the greatest among all of them is what we call, in common parlance, Izzat, dignity of personality, self-respect. This self-respect was unknown to great masters and saints. Swami Krishnananda To be continued ...