Man should develop faith in God. Without that faith, life will be meaningless. Man can have no
happiness or satisfaction in life without the grace of God. Men today are too much immersed in
affairs of the world. The result is they have no peace of mind. They can have peace only from the
supreme embodiment of peace: God. He is the abode of infinite love and enduring peace. God's
love should be secured by chanting the Lord's name. You should be grateful to your mother for
endowing you with a body which enables you to chant the Lord's name. The greatness of the
Lord's name is illustrated by the following episode.
Once, Hanumaan's mother Anjana, went to Kaushalya because her son was a great devotee of
Raama. Kaushalya did not know Anjana and so she asked Anjana who she was in a sweet tone.
Anjana was proud about her valorous son.
She replied: "Mother! Have you not heard about me?
Hanumaan is my son. He leapt over the ocean in one jump. How is it that you did not know
about one who had performed such a great feat? Staying in this palace you did not know about
my son?"
Kaushalya replied in a soothing tone- "Dear mother! I now know that Hanumaan is a really great
hero."
While the two were conversing in this fashion, the mother of the sage, Agasthya came there.
Kaushalya made kind enquiries about her. She replied: "I am the mother of Agasthya. Don't you
know that my son drank in one gulp the ocean over which Hanumaan merely leapt? Are you not
aware that I am the mother of such a pious saint's son?"
Then, Kaushalya addressing the two ladies said: “For your son's leaping over the ocean and your
son's drinking the ocean in one gulp, it is the name of my son that enabled them to accomplish
these exploits. Because they remembered his name they could do these marvellous deeds."
By then, Raama arrived on the scene. He was apprehensive about disagreement among the three
ladies. Raama was totally free from pride and egoism. He was pure in heart and free from
selfishness. He told his mother: "Mother, it is not because of my name that Hanumaan and
Agasthya performed their great exploits. This body of mine was given the name of Raama. The
greatness of the name Raama enabled Hanumaan to leap over the ocean and Agasthya to drink it
one gulp. The power of the name is at the root of their achievement."
Thus, the power of the Lord's name is incalculable. However great a mother may be, if the son
does not have the grace of the Lord, he will not be able to accomplish anything great. For this
reason, mothers always pray to the Lord to shower His grace on the children.
(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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