---------- Forwarded message --------- From: N Sekar <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 4:01 PM Subject: Re: Sharing a post To: <[email protected]>, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]>, Ravi mahajan <[email protected]>, Chittanandam V R < [email protected]>, gopala krishnan <[email protected]>, APS Mani < [email protected]>, YM <[email protected]>, Jambunathan Iyer < [email protected]>, Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]>, SRIRAMAJAYAM <[email protected]>, Venkat Giri <[email protected]>, Bala N. Aiyer <[email protected]>, A R RANGANATHAN < [email protected]>, Vanakkam Subbu <[email protected]>, Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]>, Yeddanapudi Markandeyulu < [email protected]>, Dr Sundar <[email protected]>, Narayanaswamy Sekar <[email protected]> Cc: Suryanarayana Ambadipudi <[email protected]>, Mathangi K. Kumar < [email protected]>, Kerala Iyer <[email protected]>
Thank you and I can understand and appreciate your feelings. I too refused the " recommendation" route but opted for the payment Darshan. My justification was the payment route is available to all who can afford it unlike the VIP darshan where one uses / misuses his position. I felt that even the payment route was an injustice to the normal, non paying crowd as I met several of them where both the queues converged at one place and i heard their stories of waiting for more than 10 hours - with small children, some fast asleep, some crying with their mothers trying to pacify them in spite of their own fatigue. The name Govinda is the mantra that gives these people the strength to go thru that gruelling wait. I prayed for forgiveness for having played a part in delaying their Darshan. When you wait for more than 10 hours every minute is a burden. Just because we can afford to pay, we get that waiting time reduced but this results in them having to wait that bit longer. I hope a day comes when there is no special Darshan - no vips, no tickets etc but only some categories like mothers with babies, handicapped, sr or very senior citizens being given a somewhat direct access. Rest must share the same route. My Guru used to say " it does not matter whether you saw Balaji but the more important factor is whether He saw you". Balaji does not care whether you are a VIP or an ordinary soul but what matters to Him is how genuine is your Bhakthi. It may sound to be a case of sour grapes but the VIP crowd - real, with recommendations etc. should realize this. They make the ordinary folks lives that bit more miserable. It is also a form of corruption - misusing one's position for special privileges one is not entitled to. I have heard people in my circle brag as to how they spent only a few minutes waiting in the queue and how they were allowed to have an extended period of Darshan. They have no sense of remorse but feel others should know they are in a different, privileged category. The old boys network is omnipresent. Rest of us, ordinary mortals, just have to grin and bear it. Balaji is watching all these though we may not realize it. When our turn comes to face Him, we cannot flaunt our VIP card or their recommendation letters. There we will all be equal. It is better we get used to it while being here. N Sekar Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=NativePlacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_EmailSignatureGrowth_YahooMail:Search,Organize,Conquer&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000945&af_sub5=OrganizeConquer__Static_> On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 1:36 PM, Rama <[email protected]> wrote: <https://www.quora.com/profile/Veeren-Tech-Savvy> What are the miracles of Tirupati Balaji temple? <https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-miracles-of-Tirupati-Balaji-temple> *A post from linkedin ..great to read* There was a long line in Tirupati Balaji. My father refused to take VIPs and asked me to stand. He was 78 so I had no choice but to cooperate. for 6.5 hours in line we spoke many things. Maybe the highest we spoke ever any day. I loved that time. I also didn’t know my father speaks so much. The sanctum sanctorum came and I saw the magnificent glorious deity. Spellbound I was frozen. The time I felt was moving in slow motion. I was hearing the recitation of the crowd. And after some time all became quiet. I stared at the idol. Didn’t feel like asking for anything. Just felt blessed for being in its presence and felt oneness with the supreme. There were tears in my eyes. A feeling of contentment in my heart. I felt I have lived a blessed life. After a while I again came to reality. Saw the bouncer has chosen not to touch me while making others move faster. I said thanks to him. He said nothing. And we came out of the temple slowly. My father asked how did you feel? And I said wish this is life. He said that’s why there is hard work. A short cut, compromising principles, a vip treatment, or money can buy you Quick Look at your goal. But you will not feel anything worthwhile. A photo reel, some feed for ego, some publicity will make an illusion of your success and happiness to the world. But when you work hard. Give your blood and sweat. And get something. Life becomes this moment of content. What you get is truly deserving. It’s not for others. It’s for yourself. And that gives a perfect silence. A bliss. The true happiness of living life. True taste of success is in truly deserving it. Our heart knows when we deserve it. We need to truly work for it. Cheers Rama -- *Ramaswamy* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZecpMjD-c7vJD8Y99bK6FnJ5nScbshJRyhYtcpa_oD06w%40mail.gmail.com.
