A Great Tool For Improving Relationships
Forgiveness has always been helpful in building strong, stable and good relationships. According to great nets of all traditions, a definition of e is the capacity to endlessly forgive. e love of parents is that they forgive eir child no matter what he has done. rgiveness does not necessarily mean t a person should not pay a particular ce to learn the lesson. Forgiveness ans to be the well-wisher of even our secutors and to think in terms of welfare. Inner peace, the Bhagwad a teaches, is to change oneself. Inner ice will never come by changing the ice of those who have cheated or hurt We cannot succeed unless we change row attitudes and perceptions. A great thinker has said, "If we do forgive, we are breaking the bridge twe must cross in order to be forgiven improper things that we have done." We see in the West that the divorce rate is 71% within three years of marriage. We see fighting between brothers. friends, people of the same spiritual mission and among races. The inability to choose to forgive creates pain, suffering and chaos. It can last for generations; even centuries. People cannot forgive what someone had done to their forefathers a thousand years ago-they still hate and want revenge. That is the world we live in. Without forgiveness, no relationship can survive. This is a foundational universal principle of all spiritual teachers in all spiritual paths. The Supreme is all-forgiving. He has the power to forgive anyone of sins, abuses and blasphemy. Krishna says in the Gita, "Abandon allvarieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear." The Supreme Absolute Truth is all-forgiving and we have been given the power to forgive because we are part of the Supreme. In the New Testament Jesus Christ taught his devotees how to pray: "My Lord, please forgive me as I forgive others who have trespassed me."In forgiving, we are forgiven. In forgiving is the bridge that we must cross to be forgiven. We should not burn down that bridge. hen Jesus was on the crucifix after being beaten, tortured and blasphemed. just his last prayer was, "Mydear father, please forgive them. They do not know what they do." That is a spiritual principle. It is said, "Forgiveness is the fragrance that a sweet smelling flower like a rose or violet leaves on the heel that has just crushed it." The Mahabharata describes how thPandavas were exiled to the forest by tenvious Duryodhana who tried to killed defame them. He cheated them of alltheirrightful property and their service to humanity. He took everythiraway. They were meant to be living in the palace as kings andqueens, but the were struggling in the forest. One day Draupadi said to Yudhisthiin a distressed voice, "You are meant Tobe king. I can't tolerate that you have to eat wild fruits and are sleeping on grass. You should be on the throne. Thiis unbearable. We should go and do something to Duryodhana. Yudhisthirreplied, "If we become envious, then we have caught the contagious disease of Duryodhana. To be forgiving is real victory."
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A Great Tool For Improving Relationships
Forgiveness has always been helpful in building strong, stable and good relationships. According to great nets of all traditions, a definition of e is the capacity to endlessly forgive. e love of parents is that they forgive eir child no matter what he has done. rgiveness does not necessarily mean t a person should not pay a particular ce to learn the lesson. Forgiveness ans to be the well-wisher of even our secutors and to think in terms of welfare. Inner peace, the Bhagwad a teaches, is to change oneself. Inner ice will never come by changing the ice of those who have cheated or hurt We cannot succeed unless we change row attitudes and perceptions. A great thinker has said, "If we do forgive, we are breaking the bridge twe must cross in order to be forgiven improper things that we have done." We see in the West that the divorce rate is 71% within three years of marriage. We see fighting between brothers. friends, people of the same spiritual mission and among races. The inability to choose to forgive creates pain, suffering and chaos. It can last for generations; even centuries. People cannot forgive what someone had done to their forefathers a thousand years ago-they still hate and want revenge. That is the world we live in. Without forgiveness, no relationship can survive. This is a foundational universal principle of all spiritual teachers in all spiritual paths. The Supreme is all-forgiving. He has the power to forgive anyone of sins, abuses and blasphemy. Krishna says in the Gita, "Abandon allvarieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear." The Supreme Absolute Truth is all-forgiving and we have been given the power to forgive because we are part of the Supreme. In the New Testament Jesus Christ taught his devotees how to pray: "My Lord, please forgive me as I forgive others who have trespassed me."In forgiving, we are forgiven. In forgiving is the bridge that we must cross to be forgiven. We should not burn down that bridge. hen Jesus was on the crucifix after being beaten, tortured and blasphemed. just his last prayer was, "Mydear father, please forgive them. They do not know what they do." That is a spiritual principle. It is said, "Forgiveness is the fragrance that a sweet smelling flower like a rose or violet leaves on the heel that has just crushed it." The Mahabharata describes how thPandavas were exiled to the forest by tenvious Duryodhana who tried to killed defame them. He cheated them of alltheirrightful property and their service to humanity. He took everythiraway. They were meant to be living in the palace as kings andqueens, but the were struggling in the forest. One day Draupadi said to Yudhisthiin a distressed voice, "You are meant Tobe king. I can't tolerate that you have to eat wild fruits and are sleeping on grass. You should be on the throne. Thiis unbearable. We should go and do something to Duryodhana. Yudhisthirreplied, "If we become envious, then we have caught the contagious disease of Duryodhana. To be forgiving is real victory."
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Radhanath Swami views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Radhanath Swami and Speaking Tree,Times of India