From childhood, I always had a lot many questions in mind. About Tukaram and the Varakari,
- How the devotees with self discipline travels yearly together ?.
- What drives them so crazy to walk hundreds of kilometers with the name of Lord Vittal the god of vaishnava’s ..
- Who inspired them about love, humility and peaceful co-existence.
- How there mindset has become so tranquil to visit to god with minimum requirement.
- What is the essence of there peaceful happy life.
When I started reading the Tukaram Gatha, I realized the essence of sayings of Saint Tukaram. The originator of vaishanavas, bhakti tradition. His below Abhang (Poem) is the true form of all motivating self help books. It gives a true sense of how to have positive mindset. How mind can help you to achieve the results with tranquil mindset.
Meaning -Make your mind pristine and tranquil, it is the only way of achieving all Perfection.
So about happiness, Peace, and all accomplishment.
Either haven or turmoil both are possible with the mind use.
Mind is like a god, you can make a frame of God in mind, You can pray the god in mind the wish will be completed by the god in mind. Thus a mind is a like mother of all almighty thoughts.
Mind is your teacher, Mind is your disciple, Mind can become a slave of you and give you tranquility. But if you become a slave of mind you can downgraded,
There is no god like your mind. Says Tuka…
Tukaram wrote these lines, about 600 years ago, it is true forever. You can’t live lively without positive mindset. No matter you have money fame , or all amenities , but it matters most if you have a tranquility of mind.
I still remember, the story of a saint and a king.
While King is going on his way to fort, he sees a saint on the road in tranquil mood and chanting the name of god.
King observes that while chanting saint is not saluting him. Even after guards asking saints to salute the king. The saint says he only salutes to lord almighty and he is happy with that. Annoyed with the remark from saint, King asks his guards to keep the saint in jail.
After 2 days, king goes in jail to see what the saint is doing. He thinks that two days jail,must have made morale of saint down. And saint can easily salute him. But king find that the saint is still enchanting the name of god. King asks to saint ‘Are you still happy ? ‘ the saint says ‘ Yes ! I am ! and with the name of god; . Ashamed king releases the saint and start a new life with tranquil thinking.
Thus I realized that if you have a pristine and tranquil mind you can win anything. No need to think about the negative sentiment.
The only part remain is how to make a mind tranquil from the dust of negativity and worries.
The major thing I observed myself it I tend to think about more about future based on past.
The best quote I find out about it that.
` Look at life through the wind-shield not the rear-view mirror.’
I must say, Tranquility of the mind which drives those all warkaris, who are visiting with devotion of god would be having in there mind ? No matter , what sun and rain and cold affect on there mind.
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