From "The Near and the Dear" by Dada Mukerjee

Faith in God

Babaji would sometimes wax eloquent while talking about contentment in life: " The real contentment comes only when there is no desire, no hankering in your mind for anything. How can you say that you have got everything and do not want anything more when you are holding an empty vessel in your hand? You might be saying this with your mouth, but there would always be the worry in your mind about how the pot could be filled, always looking from side to side with the expectation that somebody will come and fill it up. Well, how can you call this contentment? When one sees that when the pot before him is full to the brim, it is emptied, and when it is empty, it is refilled of its own - that is contentment. If anyone wanted to give him anything, he would show that the pot was full already. What would he do with anything more? Even if he wanted to share it with others, where would he put it? This is the real contentment and it comes only through the grace of God. When you have full faith in Him, full reliance on Him, when you can surrender everything to Him, then that grace comes to you by itself - you do not have to ask for it or make any effort. Such is the value of faith in God."


A Gift from Babaji | Baba, You are the Saint of Saints | Maharaj-ji's Surprising Appearance at Panki | Help for the Old Mother of the Maharaj of Vizianagrarn | Hanuman in Prayag | Police Superintendent Gets His Post | Maharaj-ji Saved the Governor | The Story of Bhabania | Babaji Leaves at Night | Talaya Baba | Sanctity of Prasad | Story of the Leaf Plates | The Temple is a Place of God | About the Role of Sadhus | About Asking God | Maharaj-ji Asks for a Car | An Old Lady Remembers Maharaj-ji from Long Ago | About Running Ashram | Faith in God | A Few Quotes

neem karoli baba,maharaj-ji,maharajji,saint,yogi,hindu,practice,hanuman,sri