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When you have a certain emotion, let's say fear. I said one day if you identify with the emotion it will disappear. What I mean is this. When there is a hurricane and you go to the centre of the hurricane what do you find? (S: Silence?) Peace and silence. At the centre of the hurricane there's total peace, total silence. When you see the ocean and the turmoil. Giant waves hurricane size hitting the shore, destroying property but when you go deep into the centre of the ocean what do you find? Total peace, total quietness.
This is true of every emotion you have. If you can only become quiet enough and identify with the centre by going deep within the Self, deep deep within. The deeper you go the quieter you become. And if you go to the centre of the emotion, the emotion will disappear in its entirety and you will never have it again. I can assure you of this.
I'll explain it to you again. If you have anger or greed or any kind of emotion. If you sit still and you observe the emotion, you look at the emotion, you go through the emotion deeper and deeper to it's centre. When you reach the centre there will no longer be an emotion left. You've destroyed it and it will never bother you again.
You get the same result with self-inquiry. By inquiring, "Who has this emotion?" You will come to the conclusion that I have it. Where does this I reside? What is the home of the I? The heart. When you follow the I to the heart it'll be dissolved in absolute reality. This is the way to work on yourself. If you try to get rid of the emotion by any other method you will fail. Do no try to change the emotion or change it to something positive. All the emotion is doing is abeyance. Waiting to sprout once more at a certain time.
So again, you either follow the emotion to the centre by identifying with it deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper and when you get to the centre it will be gone forever. Or in self-inquiry you inquire, "To whom does it come? It comes to me I am experiencing this emotion. What is the source of the I?" The heart. You follow the I to the heart where it will be totally dissolved and obliterated.
.... Dive deep, deep, deep within the pain. Deep, real deep, feel yourself diving deep to the centre of the pain. At the centre there is no pain and you'll be at peace. ...
Or again you can inquire, "To whom does the pain come? The pain comes to me, to the I. I am not the I. I have nothing to do with that I. The I has the pain not me." Follow the I to the heart centre and it will all be dissolved, assimilated and eliminated. The more you work on yourself spiritually the easier these things will be for you to do.
... ry to remember also that to the extent that we bring peace to our self to that extent do we bring peace to the world. This is why even today there are many Sages, many Jnanis, many Saints that you never even heard about who are today sitting in caves, on top of mountain tops, in forests simply being themselves. And that Self becomes the world. If it weren't for these beings we would be back in the dark ages.
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like the mirage that produces an illusory oasis in the desert, the senses create the impression that there is a real world in front of us that is being perceived by the mind. The apparent reality of the world is an illusion. It is merely a misperception. ...
Self inquiry is the process by which attention is put on the substratum, instead of on the names and forms that are habitually imposed on it. Self is the substratum out of which all things appear to manifest and the Jnani is the one who is continually aware of the real substratum.
Annamalai Swami
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personal interpretation; in this picture the mirage is already dissolving because the focus of attention is slowly retreating to it's source.
Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world. Ramana Maharshi.
Ramana Maharshi (30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950) was a Hindu sage and jivanmukta. He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but is most commonly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.
He was born in what is now Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu, India. In 1895, an attraction to the holy hill Arunachala and the 63 Nayanars was aroused in him, and in 1896, at the age of 16, he had a "death-experience" where he became aware of a "current" or "force" (avesam) which he recognised as his true "I" or "self", which he later identified with Ishvara. This resulted in a state that he later described as "the state of mind of Iswara or the jnani". Six weeks later he left his uncle's home in Madurai, and journeyed to the holy mountain Arunachala, Tiruvannamalai, where he took on the role of a sannyasin (though not formally initiated), and remained for the rest of his life.
He soon attracted devotees who regarded him as an avatar and came to him for darshan ("the sight of God"), and in later years an ashram grew up around him, where visitors received upadesa ("spiritual instruction") by sitting silently in his company and raising their concerns and questions. Since the 1930s his teachings have been popularised in the West, resulting in worldwide recognition as an enlightened being.
Ramana Maharshi approved to a number of paths and practices, but recommended self-enquiry as the principal means to remove ignorance and abide in Self-awareness, together with bhakti (devotion) or surrender to the Self. Source Wikipedia.
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To all hindhu religion i would like to wish Vinayagar Charthuthi
Vinayagar
Vinayaga Chathurthi
Hinduism is not merely a way of life. It is also a science of life. Its concepts are scientific and based on truths discovered by the Rishis and Jnanis. People are confused by the "many gods" of Hinduism. According to Hinduism, God or Paramporul or Sivam or Brahmam or the Supreme is Absolute. He is Infinite. However, He can and does appear and respond in a form. The different deities of Hinduism are different facets of God. They show His functions, powers or aspects. The forms of the Hindu deities are highly symbolic and they contain many meanings and messages.
Vinayagar
The first prayer of a Hindu is always to Vinayagar. Vinayagar is invoked at the beginning of all ritualistic worship. He is invoked before a family moves into a house. Recitation of holy songs begin with the recitation of a Vinayagar mantra or song.
Vinayagar has a place in the Buddhist temple and among the Jains. The Chinese too worship Vinayagar but with a different name. Vinayagar or Vinayagar-like deities are found in Indonesia, Japan, Afghanistan, Mexico, Brazil, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Tibet, Mongolia and Polynesia, among other places.
Vinayagar or Ganesha or Ganapati is otherwise called as Vigneshwara or Vighnaharta, the Lord of and destroyer of obstacles. When we do evil things or when the time is not right, He places obstacles in our path. When we take the correct path, He removes the root of our troubles.
Vinayagar is also one of the five Gods the worship of whom was popularized by Adi Shankaracharya; the other four being Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti and Surya. The worship of these five deities is called the panchaayatana puja. In some cases, Skanda is also worshipped.
It is said that Ganesha was born when the eternal couple contemplated on AUM. If you view Lord Ganesha sideways, then you will see the symbol AUM in sanskrit. That's why Ganesha is called AUMkara and worshipped first. AUM is praNava. What is meant by praNava. pra is short for prakriti and navam means excellent boat. That is, AUM is the way to cross the ocean of worldly existence.
Chathurthi Festival
Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Ganesha (Vinayaka), the God of Wisdom and Prosperity. God Vinayaka is the Son of God Shiva and Goddess Parvathi. The principal annual festival of 'Vinayaka' or 'Ganesha' falls on the fourth day of the bright fortnight of 'Bhadrapada' (August-September). Constellation with the appearance of the elephant head is brightly visible on this very night. In Tamil Nadu, 'Vinayaka Chaturthi' (as it is known) is very widely celebrated with special rituals in people's homes, as well as at Vinayaka's temples and shrines.
Birth of Vinayaga
According to a legend, Goddess Parvati created an image of a boy made of clay and gave him life. She made him guard the door when she was taking a bath. The boy was guarding the door without letting anyone inside. When God Siva, Parvati's husband came home, the boy didn't allow him inside, which enraged God Siva who cut off the boy's head. The boy fell dead on the ground. God Siva went inside and Goddess Parvati was terrified by this news. On Goddess Parvati's request, God Siva went looking for a replacement head, when the first living thing he came across was an elephant. He cut off the elephant's head, affixed it to the torso of the boy and gave him new life.
Lord Vinayaka has got an elephant face and human body. He is worshipped by many names like Vinayaka, Ganesha, Pillayar, Vigneshwara, Gajanana, Ganapathy, Mooshika Vahanaa, Modhaga priya etc. He rides on an animal called mooshika (a large kind of rat).
Celebration
In our houses we celebrate this pooja in a grand manner. We decorate the floor with kolams using rice flour. On that day we buy a new Vinayaka idol (made of clay). We also buy a decorated umbrella to place behind the idol. On a wooden plank, plantain leaf is placed and raw rice is spread over it. We place the idol on this and decorate with flowers and perform pooja.
Vinayaka likes a dish called mothagam (kozhukkattai). So different varieties of kozhukkattai are prepared and offered to the lord on this day. It is the special item on this day.
On the next day, punar pooja is done. This is the pooja, which acts as an ending to the festival. After this we remove the idol from its place. On the next day after punar pooja, we immerse the idol in water in the sea, well or pond.
For this pooja, different flowers are used. Erukkampoo (calotropis), thumbaipoo (white small flowers and arugampul (a type of grass) is very special for the lord. Different varieties of fruits are also offered.
Vinayaga - Master of Knowledge
Vinayaka is one who drives away all sorrows, difficulties and miseries. He is the enemy of all obstacles. He will not allow any obstacle to come in the way. He is the destroyer of obstacles. He confers happiness and peace (on his devotees). He is the master of all those powers (Buddhi and Siddhi). What is this Siddhi? When there is purity of mind, you achieve peace (which is Siddhi). Vinayaka is thus the Lord of Buddhi and Siddhi (the Intellect and Self-Realisation). Hence, every human being should acquire control over the mind.
Ganesha is the embodiment of intelligence (Buddhi) and achievement (Siddhi). He was approached by sage Vyasa with a prayer to write down the Mahabharatha even as he composed the hundreds of thousands of its verses! Ganesha agreed immediately, He brooked no delay, even to secure a writing too, he broke his pointed tusk and was ready to start.
Arukkampul Priyan (Fresh Green Grass)
There is a mythological story which reveals how the practice of offering Arukkampul (fresh green grass) to Ganapathi during the Vinayaka Chathurthi festival originated.
Once, the story goes, Parvathi and Parameswara were playing a game of dice with Nandiswara (Parameswara's vehicle, the bully as the umpire). Although Iswara lost the game, Nandi declared Him as the winner. Enraged at this unfair decision Parvathi cursed Nandi that he would be afflicted with an incurable disease. Nandi, seeking Parvathi's forgiveness, explained that he gave the verdict in Parameswara's favour because the latter was his master and his duty as a servant was to serve him. Parvathi relented and said that Nandi would be freed from the curse if he offered to her son Ganapathi what was most relished by Nandi. Nandi pondered for a moment and declared that what he loved most as a bull was fresh green grass. He would offer that to Ganapathi. That was how the practice of including fresh green grass among the offerings made to Ganapathi during festival occasions came into vogue.
Elephant Faced Mushika Vahanan
The esoteric significance of the Elephant headed Ganesha image is: Ganapati has been given the head of an elephant because He is known for His extraordinary intelligence. The elephant is symbolic of extreme intelligence. Vinayaka is the embodiment of intelligence. He is described as Buddhi Vinayak and Siddhi Vinayaka (Vinayaka - the Wise and Vinayaka - the Accomplished)."
The rat runs hither and tether, Man's mind too, ruled by impulses, runs hither and thither. However, he is also capable of being wise, hardworking and strong like the elephant. Man's goal then is to remove his mouse qualities and enter the elephant stage. The huge elephant sitting on a tiny mouse also indicates the truth that the Atman is the same in all, irrespective of size or birth or race.
Another meaning is also given to the mouse. It moves everywhere unnoticed and steals or destroys food. Like the mouse, egoism too exists unnoticed in our minds and silently wrecks havoc in our lives. When controlled by divine wisdom, however, the ego can aid progress.
The Trunk
The elephant trunk is very significant. The trunk is also its nose. The elephant nose is its greatest weapon and tool. Similarly, Vinayagar having the elephant form shows that man's nose is his greatest weapon and tool. How? Breath-control. Through breath control man can attain powers. It can help him expand his consciousness and move towards Sivagati.
Large Ears
Vinayagar has large ears. Why? It is to teach us to talk less and listen more. Many of our problems with people arise because we listen little but talk a lot. Before someone can finish saying what he wants to say, we interrupt. This truth can be verified at home and at meetings. Ears are used to gain knowledge. The large ears indicate that when God is known, all knowledge is known.
The Pot-Belly
Vinayagar has a huge pot-belly. Why? Vinayagar's pot-belly suggests that it can contain anything and everything. His belly is considered to be the womb of the world. We notice that His belly is something like that of a pregnant woman who holds life in her. The difference is that while the pregnant woman supports one life or perhaps two or three, Vinayagar supports and sustains all life. He is the creative energy that brings forth life. Vinayagar's protruding belly and stories about His voracious appetite show that He can digest anything. This indicates that a man of perfection, the highly evolved man, can digest anything whether it is pain or pleasure, good or bad, honor or dishonor. He has attained equilibrium.
The Hand
The right hand of the deities in almost all representations is held in the Abaya posture with palm facing us. It indicates that he who surrenders unto Him need not fear anything. Vinayagar assures us that we should be brave as He is with the good and noble.
The Foot
One foot of Ganesa touches the ground while the other is folded and rests on the other thigh. Why? This suggests that while we live in this world, we must tread the middle path and not go to extremes. Moderation should be our guide.
The Modakam
In representations of Vinayagar, He is depicted as holding the modakam, a sweet cake, in one hand. There are usually modakam placed in a tray in front of him or held by His trunk. This is to show that the spiritually wise man always finds the world and life sweet as it enables him to be of service to his fellow beings of God. It also affords him an opportunity to improve himself and progress towards Sivagati. The modakam consists of the outer flour portion and the inner sweet portion. The inner sweet portion represents the Supreme. The message is that man must dive within himself, transcend the outer, in order to find the inner treasure.
The Pasam
Vinayagar, just like most other deities, is always shown holding a Pasa or rein/noose in one hand. The pasa has been given several interpretations. The pasa represents desires and feelings that bind. Uncontrolled desires are the seeds of bondage. Like the noose they strangle us.
The pasa shows that attachment is the cause of birth. It also shows the creative aspect of divinity. It is said that with the pasa (reins), Vinayagar guides us on the right path. With the pasa too He maintains obstacles in our path when we take a wrong turning or when the time is not right for us to do something. The pasa tells us we must bind ourselves to God for material and spiritual progress. For unfoldment we must bind ourselves through love, thavam and service to God. It suggests too that we should use our discrimination to control our desires as this conserves energy and helps us move upward. The pasa shows He binds us with His love and will guide us.
Ankusa
The ankusa is a hook-like instrument. This too has various related interpretations. The ankusa symbolizes discrimination, which can pierce through delusions. It is said that Vinayagar removes obstacles and troubles in our path using the ankusa. He helps us be rid of delusions. The ankusa indicates that we must check our emotions and passions through strict self-control and thavam. Like a hook pulling at our flesh, self-control and thavam will cause pain but it must be done. We must use our discrimination to control our lower nature. The ankusa reminds us to break away from the grip of material entanglements. The ankusa is also said to stand for anger, which hurts us. The pasa (attachment) and ankusa (anger) will not help in spirituality. So we have to get rid of anger and attachment by surrendering to Vinayagar. As the ankusa is used for destruction, it is also said that it shows the destructive or dissolving power of God.
The Snake
Vinayagar is the presiding deity of the Mooladhara Chakra which is the foundation of the evolutionary, creative or primeval energy called the Kundalini Sakti. It is coiled up like a snake when dormant. When activated, this energy is said to result in an expansion of consciousness and the unfoldment of man into Godman. This results in various siddhis (powers) and therefore we have Siddhi Vinayagar. Raising this energy to the Sahasrara will bring enlightenment. A snake normally coils around Vinayagar's belly. This represents the Kundalini sakti. It reminds us that we have to awaken this energy to reach the state of expanded consciousness. The snake around the belly also shows that everything in nature (the pot-belly) is supported by energy.
The Broken Tusk
Vinayagar's right tusk is broken. There are a few interpretations of this. Some suggest that it means we should not be trapped between the pairs of opposites like pleasure and pain but that we should with conscious effort break its grip on us. Vinayagar uses the broken tusk as a writing instrument. This shows that a man who transcends the pair of opposities becomes creative. Our right side represents Siva (spiritual) and the left is Sakti (material). The broken right tusk indicates that one must break-off the ego for spiritual fulfillment. In worldly life however, we need the ego as otherwise we cannot live. But the ego is worldly life must be controlled by divine wisdom. The story runs that Vinayagar and Vyasa participated in a challenge whereby Vyasa would recite the Mahabharatam without a pause and Vinayagar would write it down without stopping. In those days they wrote on palm leaves with a thick stylus. However, halfway, Vinayagar's stylus broke but he quickly broke off His tusk to continue, writing without stopping. This story indicates that we should be willing to make sacrifices for any noble cause.
Stotras And Mantras
It is said that by reciting Vinayaga Stotras, mantras and Thevaram songs we create energy which activates divine faculties in our consciousness. This helps remove obstacles that hamper our material and spiritual progress. What is required is patience and perseverance. We must apply the Pasa and Ankusa. Also, when we concentrate on Vinayagar and sing His praises, we awaken the divine potential in us. Reciting the following mantra is said to bring auspiciousness:
Aum Sri Ganesaya Namah
Aum Sri Ganesaya Namah
Aum Sri Maha Ganapathiyae Namah
Aum Sri Gam Ganapathiyae Namah.
Vinayagar Forms
Vinayagar is usually said to have 32 different forms. Among the important forms are: Bala Ganapati, Taruna Ganapati, Bhakti Ganapati, Vigheswara, Veera Ganapati, Sakti Ganapati, Dvaja Ganapati, Siddhi Vinayagar, Uchista Ganapati, Ekatanta Ganapati, Shristi Vinayagar, Thundi Vinayagar, Yoga Vinayagar, Vighnaraja, Kshipra Ganapati, Heramba Ganapathi.
Vinayagar Worship
Vinayagar worship is very simple. It is the most informal too. If we do not have a statue or picture of Him, no problem. We can make a conical shape out of clay, earth, wet turmeric powder or santhanam (sandalwood) paste and it becomes Vinayagar automatically. Even a rock or a tree with some bearing to his shape can be worshipped.
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"I exist and will continue to exist and will guide you in the same manner even after I leave my mortal body. I remain guru for all the time to come. I will not get salvation until my last devotee attains salvation."-Swami Nigamananda
38. Spiritual Practice is Will Asserted and Reasserted
Questioner: The Westerners who occasionally come to see you are faced with a peculiar difficulty. The very notion of a liberated man, a realised man, a selfknower, a God-knower, a man beyond the world, is unknown to them. All they have in their Christian culture is the idea of a saint: a pious man, law-abiding, God-fearing, fellow-loving, prayerful, sometimes prone to ecstasies and confirmed by a few miracles. The very idea of a jnani is foreign to Western culture, something exotic and rather unbelievable. Even when his existence is accepted, he is looked at with suspicion, as a case of self-induced euphoria caused by strange physical postures and mental attitudes. The very idea of a new dimension in consciousness seems to them implausible and improbable. What will help them is the opportunity of hearing a jnani relate his own experience of realisation, its causes and beginnings, its progress and attainments and its actual practice in daily life. Much of what he says may remain strange, even meaningless, yet there will remain a feeling of reality, an atmosphere of actual experiencing, ineffable, yet very real, a centre from which an exemplary life can be lived.
Maharaj: The experience may be incommunicable. Can one communicate an experience?
Q: Yes, if one is an artist. The essence of art is communication of feeling, of experience.
M: To receive communication, you must be receptive.
Q: Of course. There must be a receiver. But if the transmitter does not transmit, of what use is the receiver?
M: The jnani belongs to all. He gives himself tirelessly and completely to whoever comes to him. If he is not a giver, he is not a jnani. Whatever he has, he shares.
Q: But can he share what he is?
M: You mean, can he make others into jnanis? Yes and no. No, since jnanis are not made, they realise themselves as such, when they return to their source, their real nature. I cannot make you into what you already are. All I can tell you is the way I travelled and invite you to take it.
Q: This does not answer my question. I have in mind the critical and sceptical Westerner who denies the very possibility of higher states of consciousness. Recently drugs have made a breach in his disbelief, without affecting his materialistic outlook. Drugs or no drugs, the body remains the primary fact and the mind is secondary. Beyond the mind, they see nothing. From Buddha onwards the state of self-realisation was described in negative terms, as 'not this, not that'. Is it inevitable? Is it not possible to illustrate it, if not describe. I admit, no verbal description will do, when the state described is beyond words. Yet it is also within words. Poetry is the art of putting into words the inexpressible.
M: There is no lack of religious poets. Turn to them for what you want. As far as I am concerned, my teaching is simple: trust me for a while and do what I tell you. If you persevere, you will find that your trust was justified.
Q: And what to do with people who are interested, but cannot trust?
M: If they could stay with me, they would come to trust me. Once they trust me, they will follow my advice and discover for themselves.
Q: It is not for the training that I am asking just now, but for its results. You had both. You are willing to tell us all about the training, but when it comes to results, you refuse to share. Either you tell us that your state is beyond words, or that there is no difference; that where we see a difference, you see none. In both cases we are left without any insight into your state.
M: How can you have insight into my state when you are without insight into your own? When the very instrument of insight is lacking, is it not important to find it first? It is like a blind man wanting to learn painting before he regains his eyesight. You want to know my state — but do you know the state of your wife or servant?
Q: I am asking for some hints only.
M: Well, I gave you a very significant clue — where you see differences, I don't. To me it is enough. If you think it is not enough, I can only repeat; it is enough. Think it out deeply and you will come to see what I see. You seem to want instant insight, forgetting that the instant is always preceded by a long preparation. The fruit falls suddenly, but the ripening takes time. After all, when I talk of trusting me, it is only for a short time, just enough time to start you moving. The more earnest you are, the less belief you need, for soon you will find your faith in me justified. You want me to prove to you that I am trustworthy! How can I and why should l? After all, what I am offering you is the operational approach, so current in Western science. When a scientist describes an experiment and its results, usually you accept his statements on trust and repeat his experiment as he describes it. Once you get the same or similar results, you need not trust him any more; you trust your own experience. Encouraged, you proceed and arrive in the end at substantially identical results.
Q: The Indian mind was made ready for metaphysical experiments by culture and nurture. To the Indian words like 'direct perception of the Supreme Reality' make sense and bring out responses from the very depths of his being. They mean little to a Westerner; even when brought up in his own variety of Christianity, he does not think beyond conformity with God's commandments and Christ's injunctions. First-hand knowledge of reality is not only beyond ambition, but also beyond conceiving. Some Indians tell me: 'Hopeless. The Westerner will not, for he cannot. Tell him nothing about self-realisation; let him live a useful life and earn a rebirth in India. Then only will he have a chance'. Some say: 'Reality is for all equally, but not all are equally endowed with the capacity to grasp it. The capacity will come with desire, which will grow into devotion and ultimately into total self-dedication. With integrity and earnestness and iron determination to overcome all obstacles, the Westerner has the same chance as the Oriental man. All he needs is the rousing of interest. To rouse his interest in self-knowledge he needs to be convinced about its advantages.
M: You believe it is possible to transmit a personal experience?
Q: I do not know. You speak of unity, identity of the seer with the seen. When all is one, communication should be feasible.
M: To have the direct experience of a country one must go and live there. Don't ask for the impossible. A man's spiritual victory no doubt benefits mankind, but to benefit another individual, a close personal relation is required. Such relation is not accidental and not everybody can claim it. On the other hand, the scientific approach is for all. 'Trust-test-taste'. What more do you need? Why push the Truth down unwilling throats? It cannot be done, anyhow. Without a receiver what can the giver do?
Q: The essence of art is to use the outer form to convey an inner experience. Of course, one must be sensitive to the inner, before the outer can be meaningful. How does one grow in sensitivity?
M: Whichever way you put it, it comes to the same. Givers there are many; where are the takers?
Q: Can you not share your own sensitivity?
M: Yes, I can, but sharing is a two-way street. Two are needed in sharing. Who is willing to take what I am willing to give?
Q: You say we are one. Is this not enough?
M: I am one with you. Are you one with me? If you are, you will not ask questions. If you are not, if you do not see what I see, what can I do beyond showing you the way to improve your vision?
Q: What you cannot give is not your own.
M: I claim nothing as my own. When the 'I' is not, where is the 'mine'?. Two people look at a tree. One sees the fruit hidden among the leaves and the other does not. Otherwise there is no difference between the two. The one that sees knows that with a little attention the other will also see, but the question of sharing does not arise. Believe me, I am not close-fisted, holding back your share of reality. On the contrary, I am all yours, eat me and drink me. But while you repeat verbally: 'give, give', you do nothing to take what is offered. I am showing you a short and easy way to being able to see what I see, but you cling to your old habits of thought, feeling and action and put all the blame on me. I have nothing which you do not have. Self-knowledge is not a piece of property to be offered and accepted. It is a new dimension altogether, where there is nothing to give or take.
Q: Give us at least some insight into the content of your mind while you live your daily life. To eat, to drink, to talk, to sleep — how does it feel at your end?
M: The common things of life: I experience them just as you do. The difference lies in what I do not experience. I do not experience fear or greed, hate or anger. I ask nothing, refuse nothing, keep nothing. In these matters I do not compromise. Maybe this is the outstanding difference between us. I will not compromise, I am true to myself, while you are afraid of reality.
Q: From the Westerner's point of view there is something disturbing in your ways. To sit in a corner all by oneself and keep on repeating: 'I am God, God I am', appears to be plain madness. How to convince a Westerner that such practices lead to supreme sanity?
M: The man who claims to be God and the man who doubts it — both are deluded. They talk in their dream.
Q: If all is dreaming, what is waking?
M: How to describe the waking state in dreamland language? Words do not describe, they are only symbols.
Q: Again the same excuse that words cannot convey reality.
M: If you want words, I shall give you some of the ancient words of power. Repeat any of them ceaselessly; they can work wonders.
Q: Are you serious? Would you tell a Westerner to repeat 'Om' or 'Ram' or 'Hare Krishna' ceaselessly, though he lacks completely the faith and conviction born of the right cultural and religious background. Without confidence and fervour, repeating mechanically the same sounds, will he ever achieve anything?
M: Why not? It is the urge, the hidden motive that matters, not the shape it takes. Whatever he does, if he does it for the sake of finding his own real self, will surely bring him to himself.
Q: No need of faith in the efficacy of the means?
M: No need of faith which is but expectation of results. Here the action only counts. Whatever you do for the sake of truth, will take you to truth. Only be earnest and honest. The shape it takes hardly matters.
Q: Then where is the need of giving expression to one's longing?
M: No need. Doing nothing is as good. Mere longing, undiluted by thought and action, pure, concentrated longing, will take you speedily to your goal. It is the true motive that matters, not the manner.
Q: Unbelievable! How can dull repetition in boredom verging on despair, be effective?
M: The very facts of repetition, of struggling on and on and of endurance and perseverance, in spite of boredom and despair and complete lack of conviction are really crucial. They are not important by themselves, but the sincerity behind them is all-important. There must be a push from within and pull from without.
Q: My questions are typical of the West. There people think in terms of cause and effect, means and goals. They do not see what causal connection can there be between a particular word and the Absolute Reality.
M: None whatsoever. But there is a connection between the word and its meaning, between the action and its motive. Spiritual practice is will asserted and re-asserted. Who has not the daring will not accept the real even when offered. Unwillingness born out of fear is the only obstacle.
Q: What is there to be afraid of?
M: The unknown. The not-being, not-knowing, not-doing. The beyond.
Q: You mean to say that while you can share the manner of your achievement, you cannot share the fruits?
M: Of course I can share the fruits and I am doing so all the time. But mine is a silent language. Learn to listen and understand.
Q: I do not see how one can begin without conviction.
M: Stay with me for some time, or give your mind to what I say and do and conviction will dawn.
Q: Not everybody has the chance of meeting you.
M: Meet your own self. Be with your own self, listen to it, obey it, cherish it, keep it in mind ceaselessly. You need no other guide. As long as your urge for truth affects your daily life, all is well with you. Live your life without hurting anybody. Harmlessness is a most powerful form of Yoga and it will take you speedily to your goal. This is what I call nisarga yoga, the Natural yoga. It is the art of living in peace and harmony, in friendliness and love. The fruit of it is happiness, uncaused and endless.
Q: Still, all this presupposes some faith.
M: Turn within and you will come to trust yourself. In everything else confidence comes with experience.
Q: When a man tells me that he knows something I do not know, I have the right to ask: 'what is if that you know, that I do not know?'
M: And if he tells you that it cannot be conveyed in words?
Q: Then I watch him closely and try to make out.
M: And this is exactly what I want you to do! Be interested, give attention, until a current of mutual understanding is established. Then the sharing will be easy. As a matter of fact, all realisation is only sharing. You enter a wider consciousness and share in it. Unwillingness to enter and to share is the only hindrance. I never talk of differences, for to me there are none. You do, so it is up to you to show them to me. By all means, show me the differences. For this you will have to understand me, but then you will no longer talk of differences. Understand one thing well, and you have arrived. What prevents you from knowing is not the lack of opportunity, but the lack of ability to focus in your mind what you want to understand. If you could but keep in mind what you do not know, it would reveal to you its secrets. But if you are shallow and impatient, not earnest enough to look and wait, you are like a child crying for the moon.
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Excerpt from I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj
I Am That is a compilation of talks on Shiva Advaita (Nondualism) philosophy by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, a Hindu spiritual teacher who lived in Mumbai. The English translation of the book from the original Marathi recordings was done by Maurice Frydman.
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Illustration: Purusa - Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques.
'When a drum or a conch or a vina resounds, the particular notes or sounds cannot be distinguished from the wholeness of the great sound, for the individual notes are nothing but indistinguishable components of the overall music. Similarly, all particulars perceived in the waking and dream states are underpinned by the Intelligence or Consciousness which is the very nature of the Atman. So waking and dream states do not exclude the omnipresent Atman; rather, these two states merge into the all-pervading Atman.
GREAT REVELATIONS BY SPH NITHYANADA PARAMASHIVAM ON THE PARALYA & THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD ON 5th June 2021
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English Translation of Parashakti Arulvaaku by Bhagavan Kailasa's Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam - Special Akashic Reading on Pralaya and future of the world.
05 Jun 2021
Translation available at the end of the video. Nithyanandam
The Source of Omkara- Paramashiva, Angaali Parameshwari Parashodasi who rules being part of Paramashiva, Paramashakti, The Source of Jnana, Yoga, Kaarana, Kaariya; The Source Naadhantha, Vedantha, Sidhantha, Parameshwari Parashodasi, Vaalai Shakti, Parashodasi, Meenakshi, Paramashakti, I blossomed My Eyes to do good to the whole world.
For all the beings of the world, to tell the truth, to give enlightenment, to give all boons, to give all life, Shankari Paramashakthi Parashodasi Meenakshi taking the real form of Nithyananda, I came as Nijavatara. Sidhars, Yogis, Jnanis, Devas, Kinnarva, Kimburuda, Gandharva, Gaandhara, Yaksha, Rakshasa, Predha Pichacha, Manushya, Sthavara, Jangama, for all beings, The Adi Moola Hiranya Garba Swaroopini, Brahmanda Yoni, making all the Universes into Me, keeping it as my form, to give goodness to the world, I came to give boons.
Om Om Om
Listen Humans! I am telling the Truth. I will solve sufferings. I will give all goodness. I will give bliss. I am the Paramashakti who blossomed as four Vedas, as the four Paadhas of Agama which is Chariya, Kriya, Yoga, Jnana; I am Anandaswaroopini who does all the Five Jobs such as Creation, Maintenance, Destruction, Putting into Delusion, Liberation; I am the Paramashakthi who is sitting as part of Paramashiva; I am the Parama Aushada Swaroopini who gives Jnana Siddhi and Shakthi to all the Sidhars, Parashakthi Meenakshi, Amba Shambavi, Chandramouli, Anandaswaroopini , blossoming as Dasa Maha Vidya, filling as Navadurga, being as Ashta shakthis, living as Sapthamaadhars, being as six Karthigai women, filled as Pancha shakthis, giving four Vedas which are the best of all worlds, blossoming as three Shakthis-Ichcha, Kriya, Jnana; Being as two- Paramaprakruthi Paramapurusha; being as Paramashiva Paramporul which is beyond these two, Beyond One, Beyond Two, Beyond anything that never existed, beyond any remembrance of forgetting, beyond form and formless, Paramashakthi who blossomed and blesses as Paramashiva, I came here to give all boons, to bestow all goodness, giving the four Purusharthas which is Dharma, Artha, Kaama, Moksha; giving the four Mukthis- Salokyam, Sameepyam, Saroopyam, Sayujyam, giving all goodness, giving good grace, giving complete punya, giving Yoga along with Jnana, to give all goodness, I came and blossomed here.
Om Om Om
Oh Best Ones! To live the truth as life, I am telling the Science of Eternal Enlightenment, listen completely. With goodness multiplied, with Yaaga and Yagnas(Homa- Fire rituals) multiplied, with the Sathva nature of Brahmanas overflowed, having the explanation of Tatvas that comes because of the overflowed nature of Sathva, doing all the Pooja, Kriya, Yaaga, Yagnas, that does good to the world; because of that they receive good and do good to the world, this common shakthi getting overflowed is what is called Sathya Yuga.
This has changed completely, the demon groups for their selfishness, killing people in bunches, not bothered about the dying people and the amount of deaths that is happening, souls dying, minds collapsing, even after seeing this, not worried about them, with their demonish nature, ruling the countries, cities, for the sake of their power and fame, not worried about the lives of people, not thinking about others even for a second, the demons who are living like this, their terrible Thamo guna come into life, through that controlling and ruling the world is Kali Yuga.
Listen carefully People! The Pralaya has grown and overflowed and it has made the Thamo Guna of all the Rakshasas, come into life. The Cosmic deluge is over, but as the Thamo Guna of Rakshasa has come into life, the humans who are in power lose their nature, lose their honesty, with the intoxicated delusion of authority and power, with the intoxication of name and fame, they just ignore the action of common people being killed in bunches, without any worries, they make it happen and ignore the happening- People you will see this directly. You will directly see the arrival of Kali Yuga.
The courts that are supposed to give honest judgements with the nature of Brahmana, the media that is supposed to tell, changing their nature, destroying their honesty- you will see them fall in Kali Yuga.
The People in Power who are supposed to protect people with the nature of Kshatriya, officers, police department, politicians, losing their nature, forgetting honesty, ignoring the deaths of people dying in crores, even helping directly and indirectly for it to happen- you will see them destroying the world and also, they themselves getting destroyed.
The great rich people, who are supposed to protect the Vaishya Dharma, becoming as an eagle that eats dead bodies, even when large amount of people are dying, thinking only their property and money as only pleasure- you will see them betray the world.
Common poor people, middle class people, everyone listen. You should protect yourself. With good love and friendship, you help among yourselves. You protect yourself from this Corona. You yourself help each other. It is foolishness if you think that somebody else will protect you. You are responsible for your life.
Om Om Om
With the overflowing honesty, with love for public interest, be alive and truly help yourself and those around you. Through all of you, Paramashakti I Myself will manifest and do goodness. Listen carefully, I am telling good. With overflowing love, your heart will get strengthened, your heart will be fulfilled. With the good seva that is done, body will get strengthened, consciousness will blossom.
Know properly; Strengthened mind, body and consciousness is the only way to protect you from this great Cosmic deluge. Money, fame, position and authority are not the way for protection. It will not protect. It will not keep the body and soul together.
Mother Meenakshi who gives Powers and Aushadas to Sidhars, Jnanis, Sivaganas is gracing, all of you Listen. Good Enlightenment life, love and bliss, yogic life that is strengthened with enlightenment- only this will protect you. Only the Veda Agama Chariya Lifestyle graced by Mother Parashakthi is the protection in these times of Cosmic deluge.
Om Om Om
Not only people dying in crores, financial and mental retardness, you will also see minds getting collapsed. Freedom from all this suffering is the life of Living Enlightenment. First, prevent yourself from this deadly Corona, Oh People! Do the job of saving your life as first priority.
The work that you came for, your personal work, is the life of Living Enlightenment. Till you attain it, save your body from destruction. Nurturing your body is nurturing your soul, for now. Nurture your body, nurture your soul, and first do the job of protecting your life.
Listen properly People! The only way to protect yourself from this Overflowing Cosmic Pralaya and from the demonic people who search for destruction for themselves and for others because of Pralaya, go to Adi Kailasa, getting shelter at the feet of Paramashiva, save yourself from Corona and death, economic crisis, and mental collapse that is formed because of Corona, save yourself and move towards Living Enlightenment, move towards Paramshiva Paramporul, doing Yoga and Tapas, doing seva to all the devotees of Paramashiva, live a good life. Just for that I have opened the doors of Adi Kailasa. For all those in the Universe, not only human beings, as even Sidhars, Jnanis, and Yogis have come and are doing penance in Adi Kailasa, for everyone who come, goodness, prosperity, Jnanam and Yogam will overflow. Do not have fear. Bliss is there. Do not have worry. I will protect with goodness.
Om Om Om
Happiness is there. Enlightenment is there. Do not have fear. Bliss is there. I am solving sufferings. I am the Samayapurathu Kannathal who comes and helps at the right time.
Om Om Om
People! Humans! Listen carefully. As the ruling people keep quiet even after seeing people dying in crores, the demonic nature inside the ruling people have come into life. Their terrible Thamo Gunam has come into life because of them holding on to their power and position not bothering whether people die or get destroyed. Ignoring the deaths of people for the sake of their power, they have even converted into an indirect reason for this happening.
Listen carefully! Poor People, Middle Class People, Common people, we are protection for ourselves. With the overflowing love in all of us, with the goodness, with the Sathva Guna, let us help each other.
Listen carefully, People! Mother I Myself blossomed and graced fully. There is no worry. There is no anger. There is no fear. There is no greed. Having only grace, bliss, and compassion, to give goodness to all of you, to do goodness to all of you, Paramashakthi, Parashodasi Meenakshi Blossomed and Graced here. For everyone who are watching now, overflowing and manifesting as Kumkum, Vibhooti, Chandan, Jnananjana, I am doing grace to you all, have it. Bliss is there for all of you. Giving you the boons you have asked, giving fame of harmless enlightenment, I am bestowing Fortune, Happiness, and Powers.
For all of you who have come, I gave the boon as you asked. Thathasthu. Thathasthu. Thathasthu. Thathasthu. Along with the Purusharthas- Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha, I gave all goodness. Paramashakthi who does Panchakritya, I gave goodness to all of you.
Om Om Om
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The mind tries to get rid of itself, to find peace and freedom as it idealizes. The mind spends a lifetime trying to achieve it. This entire spiritual search rests in this illusion, rests in this hypothesis, in the belief that the seeker can find what is sought. This seeker is a separated person who will reach one day this Liberation, this Peace or this Enlightenment. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It is always like this: "one day I get there". The question is: where is this "I"? The question is: Where is this "me"? The question is: Where is this mind? The question is: Who are you?~M. Gualberto ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Isso é um círculo vicioso, nunca termina..." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A mente procura se livrar dela mesma para encontrar uma paz e uma liberdade que ela idealiza. A mente passa uma vida inteira tentando alcançar isso. Toda essa busca espiritual descansa nessa ilusão, repousa sobre essa hipótese, sobre essa crença de que o buscador pode encontrar aquilo que busca. Esse buscador é uma pessoa separada que um dia vai chegar a essa Libertação, a essa Paz ou essa Iluminação. Isso fica sempre assim: “algum dia eu chego lá”. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A questão é: Onde está esse “eu”? A questão é: Onde está esse “mim”? A questão é: Onde está essa mente? A questão é: Quem é você? ~Mestre Gualbert ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #ramanashramgualberto #mestregualberto #satsang #ramana #ramanamaharshi #byronkatie #awakes #spiritualgrowth #lightworker #ubuntu #lifequotes #arunachala #iamthat #nisargadattamaharaj #wuhsin #advaitavedanta #jnani #amma #adyashanti #sadhguru #gurdjieff #jiddukrishnamurti #darshan #alanwatts #rebirthing #abrahamhicks #matrix #innerjourney
by Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
Vrndavana: August 12, 2003
Just before class on August 19th – Srila Narayana Maharaja worships Sri Sri Radha-vinodabihari, in their new white outfits, given to them in honor of Sri Baladeva's appearance day.
Lord Sri Krsna appeared as Sri Baladeva Prabhu, to give instructions on how to serve Himself. As one may massage his feet by his own hands, so Baladeva is Krsna Himself, in the form of the supreme Guru, to teach others how to serve His lotus feet. They are one, but there is a slight difference in their forms; Krsna is black and Baladeva is white, and Krsna carries a flute whereas Baladeva carries a buffalo horn. Because Baladeva teaches service to Krsna, he is called akanda-guru-tattva, the complete and undivided principle of Guru.
When Sri Baladeva killed the donkey-shaped demon named Denukasura, He showed that only Guru can remove our ignorance. When he killed the demon Pralambasura, he showed that only the bona fide Guru can remove our hypocrisy and tendency towards political diplomacy. During the battle of Kuruksetra, when Bhima was fighting with Duryodhana, Bhima "cheated", according to the codes of a ksatriya, by striking Duryodhana on his thigh. Baladeva became angry because Duryodhana was his disciple. However, when he understood that Bhima had gotten the indication from Krsna to do what he did, Baladeva didn’t say anything and simply left to go on pilgrimage.
While on pilgrimage He went to Naimisaranya, where Romaharsana was speaking the Puranas to 88,000 sages. The sages all stood up to show him respect and honor, but Romaharsana did not; he did not even fold his palms. Lord Baladeva is the personification of religion, and He wanted to establish the religious etiquette between Guru and disciple. If one tries to teach others and at the same time is offensive to the bona fide Guru, he is destroyed. Romaharsana was a prominent disciple of Srila Vyasadeva, who’s Guru is Sri Baladeva Prabhu.
Sri Baladeva touched Romaharsana with a piece of kusa grass and he immediately died. The sages lamented and asked, "Who will speak the Puranas?" Baladeva replied, "Don't worry. I can bring him back to life." They said, "No, what you have done is proper, but we need a speaker." Baladeva then called for Romaharsana's son Ugrasrava, and blessed him to be the speaker. Ugra means tenacious and srava means hearing. Because Ugrasrava was blessed by Baladeva Prabhu, he had a great capacity for hearing hari-katha.
In Rama-lila there was a gorilla named Dvivida, who performed profuse service to Rama. He helped build the bridge to Lanka and he helped in the war against Ravana. Although he was devoted to Rama, he was offensive to Laksmana, Rama's younger brother, who is a manifestation of Baladeva and is therefore a manifestation of akanda-guru-tattva. Dvivida gorilla was against Laksmana, and during krsna-lila, he was also against Sri Baladeva Prabhu. If one is against asraya-bhagavan (Sri Krsna in the form of His servant), then visaya-bhagavan (Krsna as the Supreme Enjoyer) will not protect or forgive him. The only fruit of that person's offense to Guru is his destruction by the club and plow of Baladeva Prabhu.
If there is no guru-bhakti, life is useless. Guru-nistha (steady faith in Guru) is the backbone of bhakti, and without it life has no use. Suppose a person comes to you, speaks hari-katha, and then says, "Come with me; I will take you to a bona fide Guru.” If you then you go to that Guru and receive the initiation mantras, can you ever repay that person who brought you? Even if that person is a kanistha-adhikari, the third class of Vaisnava, if he is telling you what is bhakti and you are not grateful, you lose your bhakti. Is it possible to repay the debt accrued for receiving transcendental knowledge? Even if your teacher is kanistha, it is an offence not to repay him – and what to speak if he is an uttama-maha-bhagavata, a bona fide Guru who is a manifestation of Krsna, and he is looking after you. If you go against him, Sri Krsna will create a hell worse than anything He has already made, and that hell will be waiting for you. If one offends a bona fide Guru, millions upon millions of his future lives are lost and wasted.
If a person rejects a bona fide Guru, don’t maintain any friendship with him. This is not a laughing matter. If you keep association with karmis, jnanis and yogis, even those in the dress of Vaisnavas, you will lose your bhakti very quickly. Don't praise them and don't criticize them, or you will lose your bhakti. Don't associate by body or mind. Criticizing them is to associate by the mind. Keep such persons out of your mind; otherwise you will very quickly get their qualities. If you throw water on an electric wire, the electrified water will splash back on you and you will get electrocuted. So don't criticize even one who is offensive to Guru. If you associate with those who are offensive or sinful, their qualities will reflect in your own heart. So be careful.
Don't associate with them, even in dreams. If anyone is against Guru, don't even see his shadow; otherwise your bhakti will not manifest for millions upon millions of lives. Bhakti can only manifest by Guru's mercy. With this consideration, move on in life.
This evening we will again sit together and discuss the tattva of Sri Baladeva Prabhu.
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...Narada Rsi said there is only one way:
“guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā sarva-labdhārpaṇena ca saṅgena sādhu-bhaktānām īśvarārādhanena caśraddhayā tat-kathāyāṁ ca kīrtanair guṇa-karmaṇām tat-pādāmburuha-dhyānāt tal-liṅgekṣārhaṇādibhiḥ”(Srimad Bhagavatam 7.7.30-31)
“One must accept the bona fide spiritual master and render service unto him with great devotion and faith. Whatever one has in one’s possession should be offered to the spiritual master, and in the association of saintly persons and devotees one should worship the Lord, hear the glories of the Lord with faith, glorify the transcendental qualities and activities of the Lord, always meditate on the Lord’s lotus feet, and worship the Deity of the Lord strictly according to the injunctions of the śāstra and guru.”
“Guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā sarva-labdhārpaṇena ca”; by rendering service to guru you can conquer all of your senses and attain the Lord.
Srimad Bhagavatam very clearly discusses how we will enter into spiritual life. If someone properly follows grhasta jivana, that grhasta will be higher than the brahma jnani, yogi and tapasvi. I will give an example, sastra gives evidence. If you read Caitanya Caritamrta, the dialogue between Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Raya Ramananda. Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself asked Raya Ramananda:
“prabhu kahe, — “pa a śloka sādhyera nirṇaya” rāya kahe, — “sva-dharmācaraṇe viṣṇu-bhakti haya” ” (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya lila 8.57)
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ordered Rāmānanda Rāya, “Recite a verse from the revealed scriptures concerning the ultimate goal of life.””
“Prabhu kahe “pa a śloka sādhyera nirṇaya”” Lord Caitanya asked Raya Ramananda “Can you explain what is our goal and what is our process?” What is our goal? How to attain Krsna prema, but in the beginning what should we do?
“varṇāśramācāra-vatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumānviṣṇur ārādhyate panthā nānyat tat-toṣa-kāraṇam”(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya lila 8.58/ Viṣṇu Purāṇa (3.8.9))
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, is worshiped by the proper execution of prescribed duties in the system of varṇa and āśrama. There is no other way to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One must be situated in the institution of the four varṇas and āśramas.”
“Varṇāśramācāra-vatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān” If someone follows all of the rules and regulations of Varnasrama dharma then Bhagavan Visnu will be very pleased. Our aim and object is what? How the Lord will be pleased. ‘Bhagavat prasannata’- This is our aim and object, how the Lord will be pleased.
So the first sloka explains this:
“varṇāśramācāra-vatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumānviṣṇur ārādhyate panthā nānyat tat-toṣa-kāraṇam”
There are no other ways to please the Lord. First follow varnasrama dharma. If you follow varnasrama dharma then you will be higher than the yogis, jnanis and others.
I will give an example. Once one brahmacari performed hard austerities; ‘chator tapasya’. For about 30 years he left his house and he went into the jungle. For thirty years he performed hard austerities. He stood on the tips of his toes and raised his two hands. His hair turned into jata, dreadlocks. Big, big jata grew, but still he performed hard austerities for thirty years. Even some birds built a nest in his dreadlocks. Then one day, after thirty years, he opened his eyes. In the meantime, one bird came out from the nest and passed stool on his nose. At that time he became very angry, he opened his red eyes and the bird was burned into ashes. Then he realized “By the strength gained by my austerities, I have destroyed that bird”.
Then he left the jungle, and he arrived in the countryside. First he went to the house of one householder, a very perfect grhasta, not ‘cats and dogs’ householder. A perfect grhasta. Try to understand the meaning of grhasta. Grhasta and grhamedi are not the same thing. What is the meaning of grhasta? ‘Householder’ means what?
“na gṛhaṁ gṛham ity āhurgṛhiṇī gṛham ucyatetayā hi sahitaḥ sarvān puruṣārthān samaśnute”( Sri Caitanya Caritamrta, Adi Lila, 15.27)
“Merely a house is not a home, for it is a wife who gives a home its meaning. If one lives at home with his wife, together they can fulfill all the interests of humanlife.”
If you live in a house, this is not called ‘grha’. Grha means ‘patni saha, bharya saha nivashet’. When someone lives in his house with his wife and performs bhajana and sadhana to the Lord, that is called a grhasta. That is called grha; grha mandir. If you stay with your wife and perform bhajana and sadhana in the proper way that is called grhasta jivana.
Another type of person who lives in a house is called ‘grhamedi’. ‘Medi’ means those who are so much attached and who are only moving around their house. Grhamedi. In the past, some farmers took the seeds of wheat or mustard and put one stick in the middle and a rope, and all of the cows would walk around the stick, around one place, that is called medi. Those who are only staying in their house, who are not chanting, not doing any bhajana or sadhana, and who are only attached to their wife and children are called grhamedi.Srimad Bhagavatam and also the Vedas explain that their lives are completely useless. ‘Grhasta’ means they perform bhajana and sadhana to Krsna. The centre is only Krsna....
~ excerpt of Varnasrama Dharma on Vedic Culture by Guru Maharaj
May, 2012
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Śuddha-bhakti, the activity of the soul proper, in other words,
engagement in the transcendental loving service of the Lord,
is performed in a liberated condition.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
māḿ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa
bhakti-yogena sevate
sa guṇān samatītyaitān
brahma-bhūyāya kalpate
"One who engages in full devotional service,
who does not fall down in any circumstance,
at once transcends the modes of material nature
and thus comes to the level of Brahman."
(B.G.14:26).
Avyabhicāriṇī bhakti means unalloyed devotion.
A person engaged in devotional service must be free from material motives.
In this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, one's consciousness must be changed.
If consciousness is aimed toward material enjoyment,
it is material consciousness,
and if it is aimed toward serving Kṛṣṇa,
it is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
dṛṣṭaiḥ svabhāva-janitair vapuṣaś ca doṣair
na prākṛtatvam iha bhakta janasya paśyet
gańgāmbhasāḿ na khalu budbuda-phena-pańkair
brahma-dravatvam apagacchati nīra-dharmaiḥ
Being situated in his original Kṛṣṇa conscious position,
a pure devotee does not identify with the body.
Such a devotee should not be seen from a materialistic point of view.
Indeed, one should overlook a devotee's having a body born in a low family,
a body with a bad complexion, a deformed body, or a diseased or infirm body.
According to ordinary vision, such imperfections may seem prominent in
the body of a pure devotee, but despite such seeming defects,
the body of a pure devotee cannot be polluted.
It is exactly like the waters of the Ganges,
which sometimes during the rainy season are full of bubbles, foam and mud.
The Ganges waters do not become polluted.
Those who are advanced in spiritual understanding will bathe in the Ganges
without considering the condition of the water.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
syāt kṛṣṇa-nāma-caritādi-sitāpy avidyā-
pittopatapta-rasanasya na rocikā nu
kintv ādarād anudinaḿ khalu saiva juṣṭā
svādvī kramād bhavati tad-gada-mūla-hantrī
The holy name, character, pastimes and activities of Kṛṣṇa
are all transcendentally sweet like sugar candy.
Although the tongue of one afflicted by the jaundice of avidyā (ignorance)
cannot taste anything sweet, it is wonderful that simply by carefully chanting
these sweet names every day, a natural relish awakens within his tongue,
and his disease is gradually destroyed at the root.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
When a man in the material world takes more interest in the materialistic way of life
than in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he is considered to be in a diseased condition.
The normal condition is to remain an eternal servant of the Lord
(jīvera 'svarūpa' haya — kṛṣṇera 'nitya-dāsa' -CC: Madhya 20.108).
This healthy condition is lost when the living entity forgets Kṛṣṇa
due to being attracted by the external features of Kṛṣṇa's māyā energy.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
The real disease is in the heart. If the mind is cleansed, however,
if consciousness is cleansed, a person cannot be harmed by the material disease.
To cleanse the mind and heart from all misconceptions,
one should take to this chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
This is both easy and beneficial. By chanting the holy name of the Lord,
one is immediately freed from the blazing fire of material existence.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
When a person is relieved from unwanted things, he becomes fixed in
executing his Kṛṣṇa activities. Indeed, he becomes attached to such activities
and experiences ecstasy in executing devotional service. This is called bhāva,
the preliminary awakening of dormant love of Godhead.
Thus the conditioned soul becomes free from material existence
and loses interest in the bodily conception of life, including material opulence,
material knowledge and material attraction of all variety. At such a time
one can understand who the Supreme Personality of Godhead is and what His maya is.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
Although māyā may be present, it cannot disturb a devotee
once he attains the bhāva stage. This is because the devotee
can see the real position of māyā. Māyā means forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa,
and forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa consciousness stand side by side
like light and shadow. If one remains in shadow, he cannot enjoy
the facilities offered by light, and if one remains in light,
he cannot be disturbed by the darkness of shadow.
By taking to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one gradually becomes liberated
and remains in light. Indeed, he does not even touch the darkness.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
kṛṣṇa — — sūrya-sama; māyā haya andhakāra
yāhāń kṛṣṇa, tāhāń nāhi māyāra adhikāra
"Kṛṣṇa is compared to sunshine, and māyā is compared to darkness.
Wherever there is sunshine, there cannot be darkness.
As soon as one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
the darkness of illusion, the influence of the external energy,
will immediately vanish."
(CC-Madhya 22.31).
When a jñānī takes to devotional service,
he rapidly becomes superior to an ordinary jñānī.
Such an advanced person is described asjñāna-vimukta-bhakti-parama.
How a jñānī takes to devotional service is mentioned
in Bhagavad-gītā, wherein Kṛṣṇa says:
bahūnāḿ janmanām ante
jñānavān māḿ prapadyate
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti
sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ
"After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge
surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is.
Such a great soul is very rare." (B.G.7:19).
Actually a person is wise when he surrenders
unto the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, but such a mahātmā,
great soul, is very rare.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
After taking to devotional service under the regulative principles,
a person may come to the platform of spontaneous love of Godhead,
following in the footsteps of great devotees like Nārada and Sanaka and Sanātana.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead then recognizes him to be superior.
The devotees who have developed love of Godhead are certainly in an exalted position.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
Of all these devotees, the gopīs are recognized as superior because
they do not know anything other than satisfying Kṛṣṇa.
Nor do the gopīs expect any return from Kṛṣṇa. Indeed, sometimes
Kṛṣṇa puts them into extreme suffering by separating Himself from them.
Nonetheless, they cannot forget Kṛṣṇa. When Kṛṣṇa left Vṛndāvana for Mathurā,
the gopīs became most dejected and spent the rest of their lives
simply crying in separation from Kṛṣṇa. This means that in one sense
they were never actually separated from Kṛṣṇa.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
There is no difference between thinking of Kṛṣṇa and associating with Him.
Rather, vipralambha-sevā, thinking of Kṛṣṇa in separation,
as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu did, is far better than serving Kṛṣṇa directly.
Thus of all the devotees who have developed unalloyed devotional love for Kṛṣṇa,
the gopīs are most exalted, and out of all these exalted gopīs,
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the highest.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
No one can excel the devotional service of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
Indeed, even Kṛṣṇa cannot understand the attitude of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī;
therefore He took Her position and appeared as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
just to understand Her transcendental feelings.
(The Nectar of Instruction).
Lord Balaji of Tirupati..
Lord Venkateswara is the Lord for this kali yug. He is famous with other names like lord balaji and govinda. Lord venkateswara is very kind to help any one who prays to Him for help. Tirupathi temple is the abode of lord venkateswara and this tirupati (tirumala) has highest earnings in the world and larger than vatican city. The miracles that lord balaji shows are innumerable. The sorroundings of tirupathi awoke the waves of bhakti on lord venkateswara swamy and the name govinda will be always sung on the tongues of the bhaktas of lord venkateswara. No other God to protect all the people other than lord venkateswara in this kali yuga, as said vina venkatesam na naatho na natha..
lord venkateswara in tirupathi also known as balaji and malayappa swamyTo know thyself properly , some of the common principles should be understood clearly. These common things will be complicated when analyze to understand. For example , great gurus, teachers say that you can not do business with God, or can not have a deal with God that you will offer some portion of your unexpected profits to him if He helps you. They strongly discourage this habit and they say it is foolishness to offer that way.
But if you see in daily life, the pilgrims and devotees to Tirupathi balaji (Lord venkateswara) are increasing day by day by hundreds and the offerings to Lord venkateswara is raising millions by millions. No other God or temple in the world is getting that much income as Lord Venkateswara do,for the past hundred years. The reason is this: Tirupathi (tirupati) balaji is very famous as aapada mokkula vadu, vaddi kasula vadu, which means that he is the lord who hears to help you in misfortunes, Lord Venkateswara is the lord who likes to take interest, money as a tribute for his help. Normal pundits, normal preachers can not explain how god takes money from devotees. But the cosmic creation is such a wonderful thing that there are many places which human pundits can not explain.
lord venkateswara in deepotsawam
Lord venkateswara or lord balaji listens to bhaktas of three types.. aarthi, artharthi, jnani. He favours specially jignasu also.. when ever there is a danger or problem, people cry , plead for the help of venkateswara of tirupathi (govinda.. govinda). He listens to their call with lot of attention and helps them to come out of the danger easily. Thats why tirupathi balaji has thousands of bhakatas coming to him, by walk or by bus and paying their tribute or offering with lot of bhakti. If you want to know the bhakti you must see tirupathi.
lord venkateswara swamy to grace all of us, tirupathi idol
Lord Venkateswara Speciality
Lord venkateswara has taken loan from the god of riches kubera so much money for his marriage and pledged that he would be paying off the interest on the loan from the collections of tirupati temple. So, if you pray to Him that you will offer some portion of the money from the doubtful deal , you may get it in such a way that it was possible only through his help and grace. So the devotee , who got such a benefit come and secretly drops millions of money in the donation box. This became a regular feature which became common to common man. But, we have to analyze and learn some thing from this. Though religious gurus say this is not possible, Lord venkateswara, or Tirupathi balaji likes to help his devotees in their business deals . This is possible only through the form of Lord venkateswara of Tirupathi and he is pleased when they visit Him and pay off his portion. No body can command God to be like this way or that way. We have to observe what is happening around and learn about His ways.This balaji temple is in Tirupathi, andhra pradesh, India. It is Vatican city of Hindu religion.
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