One day Nana Saheb Chandorkar bowed to Sri Sai Baba and asked – ‘Enough of this Samsara for me. Samsara is really ‘Nissara’. Break its fetters off from me. What first seems to be joy is seen to be but sorrow at the end. Fate leads us to a nice dance here and there. I cannot discover even a bit of happiness in this Samsara. I am quite disgusted. I do not wish to touch it any further’.
Baba explained to Nana- ‘What crazy and delusive talk is yours. There is some truth in it, but mixed up with error. As long as the body remains, Samsara remains. None escapes it. How can you? Samsara is of various sorts. It is like the surface of the body. Kama, Krodha etc and any mixture of these is Samsara. All mental and bodily process is Samsara. The contact of any two things is Samsara. By going away to a forest, can you escape Samsara? Your present condition has been brought about by yourself. What is the use of irritation at it? This deha – prarabhda is the result of Karma done by you in your former births. This body was therefore born. The Jiva takes birth in body to work out former Karma. Without suffering the results of Prarabhda Karma, you cannot get rid of it. All persons, all creatures differ in form. Why? That is because of previous Karma of each. Difference between the rich men’s dog sitting on a sofa and the poor man’s dog running about in search of food. That is the Deha Prarabhda
Topic: Is Samsara Really Necessary? (Read 1296 times)