{"id":36939,"date":"2017-02-14T14:11:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T08:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=36939"},"modified":"2017-02-14T14:11:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T08:41:37","slug":"surrender-energy-capacity-transform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=36939","title":{"rendered":"Surrender has the energy and the capacity to transform you."},"content":{"rendered":"

A Story from Ramakrishna\u2019s Parables
\nA scholar lived on the banks of the river Yamuna. Everyday a milkmaid supplied him with milk. One day she was late.
\nThe scholar asked, \u2018Why have you brought the milk so late? How can I follow my regular routine if you come late?\u2019
\nThe maid replied, \u2018I come from the other side of the river. The river has flooded and no boats could bring me here. That\u2019s why I am not on time.\u2019
\nThe scholar casually asked, \u2018What flood? People even cross the ocean of life by chanting the name of Krishna. Can\u2019t you cross a small river?\u2019
\nThe maid was an innocent lady. She was neither very intellectual nor logical. The next day she brought his milk right on time. Everyday she continued to arrive without any delay.
\nAfter a week the scholar asked her, \u2018Now you are coming on time. How? Has the flood receded?\u2019
\nShe replied, \u2018No, even now the river is flooded. Boats are still not going across. But you taught me that I could cross the river by repeating Krishna\u2019s name. You said I could even cross the ocean of life that way. So that\u2019s how I am doing it.\u2019
\nThe scholar was amazed! At first he was unable to believe her. He said, \u2018How can this be? Come and show me.\u2019
\nThe milkmaid took him to the river and started walking on the river as she chanted, \u2018Krishna, Krishna, Krishna…\u2019
\nThe scholar thought, \u2018If she can do this, why not me? Let me try.\u2019 He went near the river and lifted his dothi (waist cloth), and started saying, \u2018Krishna, Krishna, Krishna…\u2019
\nHis lips were saying, \u2018Krishna, Krishna, Krishna,\u2019 but at the same time he lifted his cloth so that it would not get wet! Such was his surrender to Krishna! He fell into the river and was carried away by the current.
\nYou can learn one thing from this story: you need not bother about whom you learn from or to whom you surrender. The milkmaid was innocent. She surrendered to the idea given to her by the scholar. You don\u2019t need to bother about whom you surrender to, or to whom you offer yourself. The very offering has a tremendous power to transform you.
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\n-Excerpt from the book <\/strong>‘Bhagavad Gita\u2019 demystified<\/a> by Mahavatar Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda<\/a> Swamiji.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Story from Ramakrishna\u2019s Parables A scholar lived on the banks of the river Yamuna. Everyday a milkmaid supplied him with milk. One day she was late. The scholar asked, \u2018Why have you brought the milk so late? How can I follow my regular routine if you come late?\u2019 The maid replied, \u2018I come from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1948],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}