NON-DUALITY
Ja hoye jay (Let what happens happen)
Apart from the literal meaning of "Ja hoye jay" mentioned above, it appears from Anandamayi literature that the implication of this aphorism has been variously expressed in English as:
(1) "Events take their own course"
(2) "Come what may" and
(3) "Whatever happens is equally welcome."
Each of these three versions brings out some aspect of the Bengali text which has a profound message, covering all those aspects and conveying something more.
First version:
“Events take their own course.”
means that what is destined to happen cannot but take place, and the pronoun 'their course' implies that events occur according to some course or plan
which cannot be stopped nor altered by us. It is God's Will that always prevails; not ours. It is our ego that makes us blind to the
fact that events take their course according to God's plan at His pleasure. It misleads us to believe that actions are done by us.
Second version:
"Come what may.”
With reference to events that happen, the first version of Ja hoye jay mentioned above seems to lay emphasis on their inevitability at the instance of God; the second on the attitude prescribed for the sadhaka, that is to say, it enjoins the sadhaka to remain untroubled by the course of events, whatever these happen to be.
(a) He whose mind is untroubled in the midst of sorrow and is free from eager desire amid pleasures, he from whom passion, fear and anger have passed away, he is called a sthita prajña (of settled intelligence).
(b) He who is without attachment of any side, who does neither rejoice nor feel dejected at good or evil, is well poised in wisdom.
c) Fruits of action should not be desired, nor
should you be attached to inaction.
(d) Fixed in Yoga, do thy work, abandoning
attachment with an even mind in success and failure.
Third version:
"Whatever happens is equally welcome.”
Why should we welcome everything
that happens? Because whatever happens in life or in the world has the sanction of God's Will and secondly, God's Will is strictly in accordance with the demands of justice, and truly auspicious.
The enigmatic aphorism, Ja hoye jay, appears to be the most wonderful among those often repeated by Ma. It is constantly illustrated in Her outer manifestation from day to day. Thus, the truth underlying Ja hoye jay is taught by Ma not only by precept but also by example. She has formulated the principle in Her characteristic tele-graphic style and has given practical demonstration thereof in all spheres. Theaphorism applies equally to all matters big and small. Incidentally, to Ma nothing is too big and nothing too small.
Ja hoye jay, faithfully followed, bridges the gulf between God and man and gives the latter a taste of other-worldliness in the midst of his worldly life.
Apart from the literal meaning of "Ja hoye jay" mentioned above, it appears from Anandamayi literature that the implication of this aphorism has been variously expressed in English as:
(1) "Events take their own course"
(2) "Come what may" and
(3) "Whatever happens is equally welcome."
Each of these three versions brings out some aspect of the Bengali text which has a profound message, covering all those aspects and conveying something more.
First version:
“Events take their own course.”
means that what is destined to happen cannot but take place, and the pronoun 'their course' implies that events occur according to some course or plan
which cannot be stopped nor altered by us. It is God's Will that always prevails; not ours. It is our ego that makes us blind to the
fact that events take their course according to God's plan at His pleasure. It misleads us to believe that actions are done by us.
Second version:
"Come what may.”
With reference to events that happen, the first version of Ja hoye jay mentioned above seems to lay emphasis on their inevitability at the instance of God; the second on the attitude prescribed for the sadhaka, that is to say, it enjoins the sadhaka to remain untroubled by the course of events, whatever these happen to be.
(a) He whose mind is untroubled in the midst of sorrow and is free from eager desire amid pleasures, he from whom passion, fear and anger have passed away, he is called a sthita prajña (of settled intelligence).
(b) He who is without attachment of any side, who does neither rejoice nor feel dejected at good or evil, is well poised in wisdom.
c) Fruits of action should not be desired, nor
should you be attached to inaction.
(d) Fixed in Yoga, do thy work, abandoning
attachment with an even mind in success and failure.
Third version:
"Whatever happens is equally welcome.”
Why should we welcome everything
that happens? Because whatever happens in life or in the world has the sanction of God's Will and secondly, God's Will is strictly in accordance with the demands of justice, and truly auspicious.
The enigmatic aphorism, Ja hoye jay, appears to be the most wonderful among those often repeated by Ma. It is constantly illustrated in Her outer manifestation from day to day. Thus, the truth underlying Ja hoye jay is taught by Ma not only by precept but also by example. She has formulated the principle in Her characteristic tele-graphic style and has given practical demonstration thereof in all spheres. Theaphorism applies equally to all matters big and small. Incidentally, to Ma nothing is too big and nothing too small.
Ja hoye jay, faithfully followed, bridges the gulf between God and man and gives the latter a taste of other-worldliness in the midst of his worldly life.