Sri Sri: One of the rarest combinations in the human personality is the co-existence of confidence and humility. Often people who are confident are not humble and people with humility are not confident.
Confidence blended with humility is most appreciated by everybody.
Question: How can confidence be developed in one who is humble and humility in one who is confident?
Sri Sri: 1. When you see your life from a bigger context of time and space, then you realize your life is nothing.
2. When you are humble you need to see that you are unique and dear to the Divine, which brings confidence, and when you realize you are insignificant, that brings confidence.
3. When you have a guru, you cannot be arrogant. Your guru gives you confidence and also brings humility in you. The weakness in humility and the arrogance in confidence are removed.
You are left with confidence and humility!
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Guru of Joy!
When Guruji was 4 yrs old, Pitaji took him to Smt.Angamma, a retired teacher. She performed puja & chanted 1st line from Bhagavad Gita
PARTHAAYA PRATIBODHITAAAM. To her surprise, Guruji calmly uttered, BHAGAVATAM NARAYANENA SWAYAM.. She was sppechless. Guruji recited whole Gita.
Confidence blended with humility is most appreciated by everybody.
Question: How can confidence be developed in one who is humble and humility in one who is confident?
Sri Sri: 1. When you see your life from a bigger context of time and space, then you realize your life is nothing.
2. When you are humble you need to see that you are unique and dear to the Divine, which brings confidence, and when you realize you are insignificant, that brings confidence.
3. When you have a guru, you cannot be arrogant. Your guru gives you confidence and also brings humility in you. The weakness in humility and the arrogance in confidence are removed.
You are left with confidence and humility!
* * *
Guru of Joy!
When Guruji was 4 yrs old, Pitaji took him to Smt.Angamma, a retired teacher. She performed puja & chanted 1st line from Bhagavad Gita
PARTHAAYA PRATIBODHITAAAM. To her surprise, Guruji calmly uttered, BHAGAVATAM NARAYANENA SWAYAM.. She was sppechless. Guruji recited whole Gita.
That is wonderful a four year old reciting. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteVery good Kiran. Keep posting these. I don't know how much we follow these but something sticks around for sure.
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