Thread by @hormndoc

A person who wanted to improve the world came once to jagadguru sri sri chandrasekara bharathi mahaswamigaL and explained his plans for the world. Sri AcharyaL listened patiently. Then..
SA: You are saying many things. Won't it be difficult to implement? Forget funds don't you 1/

need people? They have to be dharmic. They have to be educated. They have to practitioners of AcAra. They should be able to communicate in a way that people understand
Devotee: i am happy to start this first
SA: oh! Very good. Do you have time to be involved in this?
D: i have

enough to eat and live. My son will take care of my wealth. I am prepared to spend the rest of my life on this task
SA: have u studied Sanskrit?
D: yes
SA: how much?
D: i have read the kaavyaa raghuvamsam kumArasambhavam and mAgam
SA: Have u studied tarka or grammar?
D: no
SA:

vedanta prakaraNa?
D: a bit of vAsudevI mananam and viveka choodAmaNi
SA: you tell me that you don't have no worries about family and have plenty of time. It is evident that you have deep interest in our religion. Why not use this luxury and time to learn more? You can do many

karmAnuStAnas and achieve Sreyas? When you have the need and opportunity to improve yourself instead of concentrating on that why embark into other's sphere?

Also if you try to influence others wont they enquire how much you are practicing what your intend to preach?

Will your

upadeSa be imprinted in their mind? Only after changing ourselves - shouldn't we start trying to change others?

There is a nyAya: Can a person who does not have the strength to swim across the river help others do the same?

Therefore make efforts to search for your kSema.

It is fit that everyone tries to take care of their adhyAtmika Sreyas.

The society is a group of individuals. If each person practices his swadharma and makes effort to remove his ajnAna that will lead to progress of society.

If everyone tries to preach to others not only

Is it useless it will also lead to unnecessary misunderstandings . Society will lose peace. Sri Sankara asks - who is more foolish than one who is incompetent in his own work?

We have limited life. To emancipate ourselves itself it takes so many janmaas.

It is neither just nor feasible to emancipate others. The only outcome will be the destruction of our progress
#sringeri
To continue..

Contd..
In addition to think that people will listen to us is itself wrong. Each persons pUrva janma vaasana will be different. By observing our actions people may change. If we do not follow the path of righteousness there is a chance that people may choose the wrong path

because of us. We must be careful. In addition if someone has earned repute in a family community or nation then his responsibility is greater. In politics one can change people's outlook by arranging meetings. This is not fruitful in adhyAtma. If u want a 100 people to pull a

chariot you can call a crowd. To satiate hunger calling for a crowd is futile. Only those who are hungry will come. Even then they have to eat alone. Similarly in matters of adhyAtma the hungry may seek help of ways to satiate the hunger but after they find out the way they have

to satiate it themselves. Those who have adhyaatma hunger will seek their guide themselves. Bringing together those who do not have that hunger is a futile exercise. Therefore
It is said
नापऌष्टः कस्यचित् ब्रूयात्।
Do not tell unless asked

The method of asking will indicate if

it is for a fashion or hunger.
The way to ask
तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया
Prostrate well do seva and learn by repeatedly asking

Is indicated in the gItA.

Therefore it is nyAya that based on ones hunger and credibility each one has to search and bring to practice

#sringeri
From gurukrupa vilaasam vol 2