(Anecdote from the life of Swami Chinmayananda)
There was a time when there was a major crisis in running the Mission, dissent amongst members. A devotee was discussing the difficulties the Mission was facing with Pujya Gurudev and finally managed to say, “Swamiji, but your life’s work, Chinmaya Mission, is itself in danger of being destroyed!”
“So, what?” was Pujya Gurudev’s reply. “The mission was established to serve a purpose. If that purpose has now been served, what’s to cry about? If it’s His will, the Lord will provide us with another vehicle for work.”
These few words of wisdom were a reminder about the absolute nature of Vedanta and the purity of the selfless Teacher who lives in detachment from all temporal events.
As Pujya Gurudev said Chinmaya Mission did survive the tests it passed through at that time and has emerged even stronger every passing year!
Why do we suffer?
“Suffering depends, not upon the factual happenings, but upon the texture of each one’s mind. Things happening around us are interpreted by our mind and we label them and come to experience them as great tragedies or wonderful blessings”. ~Swami Chinmayananda