When your education or talent makes you arrogant, downfall is certain ~ 12 Dec 2012

Jaya Guru Datta, Swamiji! In today’s world, we are all specialized. Even our doctors only treat one part of the body. We have lost sight of the great whole mystery that is before us. When I first began teaching at the college level I was very intimidated by my colleagues. Then I realized that they only knew a lot about one thing, but were ignorant in areas other than their own. It was a good lesson about how limited we are, even when we have advanced degrees. Your knowledge is so vast, so far beyond the boundaries of any human academy. We are so blessed to have you as our Guru. On this day when many believe the dawn of a new enlightened age is beginning, let us surrender all that we think we know to you, and empty ourselves on this day so that we may be filled with correct insight and knowledge. Sri Guru Datta!

Jaya Guru Datta

What is the purpose of education or talent other than to serve and benefit others, just like the fruit of the tree?
Using it for our egos and personal power is not in alignment with the true purpose.
Thank you Swamiji for showering your teachings and blessings on the world for the good of all beings.

Jai Guru Datta Appaji,
A very powerful message on 12-12-12! We are constantly taught by the world to ‘sell ourselves and our skills’ to succeed at the highest level! Our beloved SadhGuru is warning us from falling into that illusionary trap.
You have time and again made us realize that every bit of talent/skill/knowledge we possess has been bestowed to us out of the Lord’s compassion – to beneift the world around us… it is not meant for selfish ends OR to make us feel arrogant!
Appaji advised the Volunteers to feel that they are His body parts while they are involved in Service… and that by giving up our Egos and doership, we can really feel one with Swamiji serving our ‘Datta Mission collectively’. What a profound revelation!
It is said that “A tree full of fruits is always bent down with humility.” Likewise, let us commit to learn many virtues like Humility and selfless service from the trees and become His worthy instruments!
Forever grateful. Sri Guru Datta!

Jai guru Datta
Puttuji it is sure that when your education and talent makes you arrogant, downfall is certain.
This mms is so true we see all this happen every day but, we never think that we are very clever.
Somebody is watching you what we are doing.
Sri guru datta

Jaya Guru Datta! Thank You for the message, Puttuji. Reflecting on the message, it’s no surprise then that arrogance led to the downfall of even the greatest leaders, scientists, artists etc. We need to approach our tasks with humility and a good dose of confidence, but not arrogance. The humble Lord Rama always introduced himself as the son of King Dasaratha. Arrogance blinds us to the fact that there is always something more to learn, it leads us to believe that we are better than and know more than everyone else and that eventually leads to our downfall since there is always room to learn and more often than not, there is someone better than us. Like Puttuji said, may we always surrender all our knowledge at the Lotus Feet of our Sathguru so He may guide us. Any knowledge and success we experience is a blessing of the Sathguru. I pray that we always remember that. Obeisances at the Holy Lotus Feet!

jgd thanks for warning Swami Ji. This arrogance is caused by ego and it should never ever appear in a disciple’s thought. Its human’s right to achieve education and talents with Lord’s grace.It should not fruit arrogance, instead must be practiced as a moral duty to help fellow beings. May Lord as Satguru guide His children onhn sgd

Jai Guru Datta, dear Appaji thank you for this apt MMS….the intensity in your eyes communicates the significance of this lesson for me. With your grace, i will learn humility and simplicity, and cast of pride and arrogant tendencies. Sri Guru Datta

JGD Appaji
Whatever we possess is His grace. Without His Blessing no knowledge is possible. When we do not own anything in this world, how can we claim ownership and arrogance? Appaji, we do not want any knowledge or possessions, we pray only to be in Your selfless seva always.

May my education serve to help others,
may I put into action my talents
to engage humbly in Your mission,
so that my voice becomes Your voice,
my arms become Your arms,
my legs move where You want to have me,
my thoughts are directed to You,
my heart becomes all Yours.
May I be aware that all I am,
I know and succeed
is due to Your divine grace.
Thank You so much!

Yours Kambhoji

Jaya Guru Datta
Om Nagendraya Namah
When i studied physics the most profound lesson was what we all do not know. When watching Sri Swamiji it is clear that the knowledge we have is minute. And this little knowledge is His, not mine. i am so thankful that He bestows on us the wonderful droplets of wisdom through the great MMS project, His beautiful teachings and the deep going experience with Him.
Koti koti pranams to the Divine Lotus Feet of Sathgurudeva.
Sri Guru Datta
Om Namo Hanumate Namah

Jaya Guru Datta Puttuji,

During my teen age, acheivements used to boost my ego and failures used to depress me. When i look back now, i feel i am very lucky to have Sri Swamiji in my life.
Thank you Appaji for being part of our lives and for this great MMS messages.

Sri Guru Datta

Jaya Guru Datta. Dearest Mother Sri Swamiji, everything I have is a gift from You. Any education or talent is all Yours. Please lead me to make good use of it by serving others. Let me remember to never be arrogant because my wealth, health, children, and everything is thanks only to Sri Swamiji. I love you so much. Please help me to be truly humble and know how to surrender. I must be holding onto some kind of arrogance, because most of the time I feel a distance between me and You. Please save me from myself. Let there only be You. Sri Guru Datta.

How true Appaji. As a surgeon the last thing I want in my career is to bask in glory and then have a downfall. I pray Appaji, Dattatreya and Karya Siddhi Anjaneya to give humility all the time. The dividing line between confidence and arrogance is very thin

Jai Guru Datta, our education, our knowledge and everything is by your grace. It’s your kind gift to us. Guru’s grace should bring humbleness not arrogance. We need to remember this always. Pranam Gurudev

By seeing Appaji’s today ‘s MMS, I remember the Eight Slokas in GuruGeetha CD, namely The Guruashtakam ( Praising about Sadguru) . If you go through each sloka, we can realise that what ever may be your education, talent, wealth or good family, what is the benefit or use with these unless you don’t have the blessings from Sadguru. Particularly the sloka (4) is more or less related to this MSG. Further here the Mind is also another important factor for your even all behaviour. In otherwords if we are able to control our mind, we will get the quality of being humble, like the grown crops of paddy. But again to control our mind, we have to follow the spiritual path in our life. At the sametime in this kaiyuga most of the people are interested in worldly pleasures and they have no time to think aboutspiritual path. In such circumstances they will be more arrogant, pride etc. Thereforeto get rid of from this, we have to follow the spiritual path through our Sadguru, Who is the incarnation of Lord Datta himself in this kaiyuga .The photography and the Bhajan are very apt for this MSG. Particularly in the picture Appaji’s expression with His finger down and the Bhajan on Lord Datta says the importance of Sadguru. JGD.

Jaya Guru Datta!
My Humble Pranamams to YOUR Lotus Feet Gurudeva.
Om Sri Sadgurave Namah.
Om Namo Hanumate Namah.

jayagurudatta, sashtangapranams at lotus feet of poojya swamiji, this is a cautious message by poojya
swamiji to all of us, arrogance in any field leads to bad results, so we must pray at sadgurus, lotus feet
to make us in positve path, with his divine blessings – om namo hanumathenamhaa

Wow…… that was an excellent message to be followed by everyone to enjoy success in life personally or professionally. If we can understand and experience that all knowledge or talent is only because of HIS grace, then probably there is no chance for us to even presume to be arrogant or igoistic. But how to realise this always, again i feel one can only pray and it’s HIS grace that we can understand and experience the superiority of almighty. May lord bless us all to have humbleness in us like a tree with fruits similarly to bless us all to be humble by sharing our knowledge with others and use our merits to help others without selfishness.