Contentment can only be got through knowledge. That is why it is said that even if one or two people in a family meditate and practice samadhi.
*Chapter 4 - Contentment*
In the earlier days, it would take many years to build a house. It would take many generations to build a temple. An example is the Brihadeeshwara temple in Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
It took nearly 3 generations to complete its construction around 300 years? It is so surprising that it took 300 years to build a temple.
The task started by one has to be completed by somebody else. In the same way, if the father is an astrologer, the son continues as an astrologer.
If the father is a doctor, the son becomes a doctor too. The one, who continues the task started, is known as disciple, son or progeny.
It is said that children should give ablutions to elders, it implies that the elders should be made contented first.
If the elders wanted to do a task and if it is incomplete, then completion of the task was giving them ablutions. Completion of the task itself is equivalent to giving them ablutions.
If you have to give ablutions to
elders, it means that you have to make them contented. This is because they have a lot of faith in you.
Their faith is that the future generation will take the world forward, that they will uplift the society, strive for uplifting the country and continue the family tree.
Fulfilling this faith of the elders in you is giving ablutions. Just offering sesame seeds and water is not ablution. We have to get contented and give them knowledge.
Contentment can only be got through knowledge. That is why it is said that even if one or two people in a family meditate and practice samadhi.
Then seven generations before
you will get contentment. The karmas of the seven generations before you will be destroyed and their minds will be purified.
There is so much power in meditation. It is not an exaggeration. It is mentioned in the shastras (scriptures). Tarpan is telling the departed that we are contented here and that they should be contented where they are.
We have to be contented before we make them contented. Therefore in every satsang, meditation and knowledge session you attend, feel that you are contented.
The more our consciousness expands with love, the more the Gods are contented.
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji
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