Faith in God will cure all our ills

CHENNAI, AUG. 21. The success of an endeavour by a honest person depends on two factors - his own efforts and Divine grace which should accompany them. These elements are usually compared to the two wheels of a coach. Many will usually say that destiny rules a man. Certainly, it does play a part but without his own action, he can never help destiny to do its role. Both are powerful and potent and hence a combination of the two will ensure a smooth flow of a scheme conceived by a man. Likewise, anyone who wants to demonstrate his superiority and his administrative genius should possess or acquire two very important qualities. He should have compassion and be ready to listen and try to remove the distress of others. But his kindness should not be mistaken as weakness and hence he should not bend too much, lest his easy accessibility is taken undue advantage of.

More than all these virtues, everyone should realise that two very important factors govern his conduct. They form the basis for his success and a smooth journey. Desire and anger are the two evils responsible for making him a sinner. For the sake of achieving what he wants, man will begin to strive for it and when he fails in his attempts, he will get frustrated. From desire will flow the tendency to yield to consuming liquor, resorting to gambling and surrendering to covetousness. From anger arises several unfortunate tendencies like confusion in thinking, hypocrisy, jealousy of others' fame and prosperity and the itch to resort to violence and perverted judgements. Nearly 18 types of sins for which the roots are desires, covetousness and anger, are described in the Mahabharatam where the grandsire Bheeshma, lying in his death bed, gave a detailed talk on ``Dharma'' to the Pandavas.

In his lecture, Sri K. P. Arivanandam said, though several instances as to how God has rushed to His devotees' rescue are mentioned in all our holy texts to make us realise how faith in God will cure all our ills. One particular incident stands out to present before us how He is ready to be amidst us in a perilous situation. When the Kurukshetra war was over, the blind emperor, whose sons were destroyed, continued to harbour deep hatred against Bheema and in a bid to embrace him with the intention to reduce him to rubbles, stretched his arms but Krishna, who could sense his evil thoughts, pulled away Bheema and in his place, thrust an iron image of his, which when hugged by the blind king, was crushed to powder. The Lord advised Dhritarashtra to shed his hatred against the Pandavas and at least from then onwards show his affection.

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