Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 109

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 109 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

102

Sloka:
Hetave sarva jagatam samsararnava setave | 
Prabhave sarva vidyanam sambhave gurave namah ||

Let’s remember this over and over again. Obeisance to Sadguru who is the cause of all the worlds, who serves as a bridge to cross the ocean of Samsara, who is the Lord of all branches of knowledge, and who is the source of bliss and happiness.

Here, “Shambhu” refers to the place where all happiness is born. Happiness here refers to eternal happiness, not material happiness. Let’s recall the sloka again.

Dhyanamulam guror murtih puja mulam guroh padam, 

mantra mulam gurorvakyam moksha mulam guroh krpa.


Sloka:
Dhyanamulam guror murtih puja mulam guroh padam | 

Mantra mulam gurorvakyam moksham mulam guroh krpa ||

We cannot chant this sloka enough number of times. We cannot sing this sloka in enough number of ways. You just heard this in two different ways.

The image of Guru is the foundation for meditation. The feet of Guru form the foundation for worship. The word of Guru is the foundation for mantra. The grace of Guru alone is the foundation for redemption.

Sloka:
Haranam bhavararogasya taranam klesa varidheh | 

Bharanam sarvalokasya saranam carnam guroh ||

The foot of the Guru which roots out the disease of samsara and rebirths, which helps ferry me across the ocean of sorrow, and that which holds all the worlds, is my refuge.

While concluding this sloka, they are making a special mention of the power of Guru’s curse and Guru’s blessings.

Sloka: 
Siva ruste gurustrata gurau ruste na kascana | 

Tasmat paragurum labdhva tameva saranam vrajet ||

If Siva gets angry, Guru protects. But if Guru himself gets angry, there is no one in the entire creation that can protect. So, one should seek refuge in such a supreme Guru and in his blessings.

The slokas that have the refrain “Tasmai sri gurave namah” have concluded. Here begin the slokas with the refrain, “Sivaya gurave namah”.

In the above phrase, “Siva” refers not just to Siva, but to the trinity – Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara. To make this clear upfront, they have the following sloka.

Sloka: 

Atrinetrassiva saksat dvibhujasca paro harih Yo caturvadano brahma sri guruh kathitah priye 

Siva says to Parvati, that the Shastras proclaim the Guru is Siva without the three eyes, he’s Vishnu without the four hands and he is Brahma without the four faces. Slokas in praise of Guru continue.

Sloka: 
Nityaya nirvikaraya niravadyaya yogine | Niskalaya nirihaya sivaya gurave namah ||

Here Guru is glorified as one who is eternal, unwavering, blameless, a Yogi, untainted, desireless and auspicious and verily Siva himself.

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31 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 211

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 211 🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 60. You have to realize that you are not the body or the knowledge ‘I am’, you as the Absolute are neither, nor do you require them. 🌻

When the knowledge ‘I am’ arose, you did not know what it was, it was just a feeling ‘you are’ absolutely non-verbal. You did not even know whether it was real or unreal, it was just there.

When verbalization was thrust on you, you made the first mistake of believing the ‘I am’ to be real. The second mistake which was hammered onto you was to believe that you are a person born with a body and living in this world. That you would die one day you inferred by seeing people die around you and these beliefs grew stronger on seeing births and deaths occurring around you almost everyday.

What the Guru now tells you challenges all this, he tells you that you are neither the body nor the knowledge ‘I am’. He tells you that you are the formless Absolute and you do not require either of them, rather you were never them.

The Guru can say so as that is his realization and you have to have faith in his words.

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30 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 108

 

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 108 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

101

We were discussing that Siva and Parvati were extremely pleased with Ganapathy’s intellect, reasoning and presence of mind. Secondly, they commended his deep-rooted faith in them as Gurus. Because Ganapathy had strong faith in his Guru, Kumara Swamy encountered Ganapathy returning from every sacred place he was entering. One should have faith in Guru like Ganapathy Swamy did. 

Ganapathy had complete faith in his parents as Guru. Such complete faith is what leads to fulfillment of wishes. This is what leads to receiving Guru’s grace fully. This is what leads to victory in every task.

Sloka:
Bhavaranya pravistasya dingmoha bhranta cetasah | Yena sandaristah panthah tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Obeisance to Sadguru who shows the good path in the jungle of samsara, where I have been wandering aimlessly.

Sloka:
Tapatrayagni taptanam srantanam praninamume | Gurureva paraganga tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Guru is the most sacred water or Ganga for the living beings who are frayed and exhausted in the fire of anxieties. Obeisance to such a Guru.

Sloka:
Hetave sarva jagatam samsararnava setave | Prabhave sarva vidyanam sambhave gurave namah ||

Obeisance to Sadguru who is the cause of all the worlds, who serves as a bridge to cross the ocean of Samsara, who is the Lord of all branches of knowledge, and who is the source of bliss and happiness.

Here, “Shambhu” refers to the origin of happiness. Happiness here refers to eternal happiness, not material happiness. Let’s recall the sloka again: 

Dhyanamulam guror murtih puja mulam guroh padam, mantra mulam gurorvakyam moksham mulam guroh krpa.

Sloka:
Dhyanamulam guror murtih puja mulam guroh padam | Mantra mulam gurorvakyam moksham mulam guroh krpa ||

One cannot chant this sloka enough number of times. One cannot sing this sloka in enough number of ways. You heard this in two different ways. 

The image of Guru is the foundation for meditation. The feet of Guru form the foundation for worship. The word of Guru is the foundation for mantra. The grace of Guru alone is the foundation for redemption.

Sloka:
Haranam bhavararogasya taranam klesa varidheh | Bharanam sarvalokasya saranam carnam guroh ||

The foot of the Guru which roots out the disease of samsara and rebirths, which helps ferry me across the ocean of sorrow, and that which holds all the worlds, is my refuge.

While concluding this sloka, they are making a special mention of the power of Guru’s curse and Guru’s blessings.

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30 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 210

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 210 🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 59. Erroneously you have handed over this knowledge ‘I am’ to the body thereby reduced the limitless to the limited; hence you are afraid of dying. 🌻

Just try to recollect the moment when you came to know that ‘you are’ or the knowledge ‘I am’ appeared. Initially in that nascent stage you only knew that ‘I am’ and periodically you receded in the state of ‘I am not’.

This lasted for some time and then parents, people around you and the environs began encroaching on the purity of your ‘I am’. You were made to wear the uniform or garb of ‘so and so’ and here began the whole error.

The limitless was reduced to the limited and you became an individual encased in a body. You were told that you were born and you inferred you would die one day. You love this ‘I am’ this ‘beingness’, you do not want to loose it at any cost, and hence the fear of death prevails.

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29 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 107

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 107 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

100

Now, Ganapathy saw the mouse in the corner and thought to himself, “This mouse cannot carry me around on this trip”. He glanced towards Kumara Swamy, but Kumara Swamy had long flown away. He thought to himself, “I am still sitting here, staring at my pot belly.

My enormous belly extends all the way to the floor when I’m sitting down”. Of course, it is not an ordinary belly, the entire universe is in that belly. He sighed as he found it difficult to even get up from that corner.

Ganapthy’s intellect is extremely sharp. The Lord hit upon an idea. He immediately got up, bathed and went to this parents. “Mother, Father, I wish to worship you. Kindly take this seat here”, he said pointing to a seat. They didn’t understand this new behavior. They took the seat that Ganapathy was pointing to.

Ganapathy worshiped them with sincere devotion and dedication. He did circumambulations to them 7 times and prostrated to them saying “Please get me married”. The parents laughed at his proposition and said “Your little brother is on a tour of planet earth. You didn’t stir from here and are proposing we get you married first.

He will return soon from his trip. But you are right here, worshiping us, circumambulating us and prostrating to us. You also go around planet earth and come back, we’ll get your married. How can we get you married if you don’t even stir from here?”

Ganapathy Swamy replied, “Dear parents, you are the epitome of Dharma, you are all-knowing. There is nothing you do not know. I do not need to tell you, but for the sake of formality, I’m telling you:

Guru Madhye Sthitam Viswam

This whole universe is in the Guru. Guru pervades the entire universe. He is of the form of the Universe, and is formless too. Obeisance to such a Guru. You are both my Gurus. The entire universe is in you. By circumambulating you, I received the benefit of circumambulating the universe 7 times. So, get me married.“

Siva and Parvati were happy with his intellect, devotion and dedication. They were extremely pleased with Ganapathy’s intellect, reasoning, presence of mind and devotion. They appreciated his complete faith in them as Guru. Parents are our fist Gurus. Ganapathy had strong faith in his Guru. That is why, every sacred place Kumara Swamy went to, he would encounter Ganapathy returning from there. Kumara Swamy didn’t just circle the earth, he visited all the sacred places that he came upon. He even dipped in the sacred waters in those places.

As he did that, he saw that Ganapathy had already taken a dip in the sacred waters and had already visited the place. Kumara Swamy was surprised to see that Ganapathy Swamy always seemed to be ahead of him.

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29 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 209

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 209 🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 58. Just sit and know that ‘you are’, the ‘I am’ without words, nothing else has to be done; shortly you will arrive to your natural Absolute state. 🌻

There is no escape from the ‘Sadhana’ (Practice), you have to really get after this knowledge ‘I am’. In a sense there is nothing physically to be done, and do you require effort to know ‘you are’? It is self-evident.

The question is only to sit quietly and revert to the ‘I am’ without words. If this is earnestly and correctly done, that is by fully understanding the ‘I am’ and all its implications, it wouldn’t take you long to arrive to your natural Absolute state.

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28 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 106

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 106 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

99

We discussed that one day, Siva and Parvati were talking about getting Ganapathy and Kumara Swamy married. They loved the sons equally, so they were in a quandary about who to get married first. If they got one married first, the other would be angry.

This became a vexing problem for Siva and Parvati. So, they set up a competition between the two. The problem would be solved when one of them wins the contest. Then, there would no contention. Meanwhile, the word of marriage reached the sons. They approached the parents. Each one demanded that he be married first. They argued a lot. Siva and Parvati stopped the arguing and told their sons that they had a plan. Whoever follows the plan will get married first.

Ganapathy Swamy and Kumara Swamy found this agreeable. They were happy and asked for the plan, the requirements and challenges to be specified.

Then Siva and Parvati said, you are both equally noble in your character. There is no difference between you two. We love you both equally. That is why, we decided on a healthy contest between you two.

The one to circle the earth and return first will be married first. Instantly, Kumara Swamy boarded his peacock and dashed into the air. The peacock was already a bird to start with, it was Kumara Swamy’s vehicle. Kumara Swamy flew away like the wind on the back of the peacock. If small birds have so much power, if small birds can repeat after Swamiji, imagine the power in the God-like peacock that was the vehicle of Kumara Swamy.

The peacock had the power to fly like the wind. Don’t assume birds are ordinary. Once they fly away, it’s very difficult to catch them. These birds (around me) are not flying away only because they are bound by love.

Poor Ganapathy Swamy sat in a corner, wondering what he could do. Kumara Swamy flew away on his vehicle, the huge peacock. Even the feathers of the peacock were large enough to rest comfortably against.

Ganapathy Swamy sat in a corner wondering what he could do, he didn’t have a vehicle like that. He started using his intellect. His vehicle was Mooshika Raja (mooshika= mouse; Raja = king). The mouse was also powerful. It is not an ordinary mouse like the ones we see. It’s not like the mice that eat cockroaches and destroy crops.

The ordinary mouse eats the sweets in the house, nibbles on our clothes, nibbles on our head if we have coconut oil in our hair. It eats away the belly of someone that ate vadas (donut shaped savories). It loves people that eat vadas. Their breath smells up to three miles away. Those who eat vadas don’t stop at one vada. That smell draws mosquitoes, mice, cockroaches etc as if a huge platter of food is awaiting them.

Ganapathy’s mouse was not like that. It was a massive mouse that could carry anything. It was a divine, magical mouse, not one that squeaks or can be found in a laboratory. Still Ganapathy Swamy looked at the mouse once. The mouse was capable, but he thought this mouse was too big and it would be difficult to travel with it.

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28 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 208

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 208 🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 57. The One who abides in that principle by which he knows ‘I am’ knows all and does not require anything. 🌻

The One who has transcended the ‘I am’ is the Absolute, he knows the knowledge ‘I am’ has only spontaneously appeared on him and would spontaneously go and is utterly false.

He knows the root or the seed very well hence he knows all.

The One abiding in his True Self does not require anything at all, he is above needs and requirements.

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27 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 105

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 105 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

98

In the previous sloka, they referred to the Guru as the primordial (Adi) Guru.

Sloka:
Eka eva paro bandhuh visame samupasthite | Nissprahah karuna sindhuh tasmai sri gurave namah ||

In this sloka, they are referring to Guru as a “relative”. True. You are all drawn to the Guru because your relationship with the Guru has existed for several births. Others don’t have such a great fortune. That is why, they refer to the Guru as “Adi Guru”. He is also our relative since time immemorial.

Sloka:
Gurumadhye sthitam viswam viswamadhye sthito guruh | Viswarupo viruposau tasmai sri gurave namah ||

This whole universe is in the Guru. Guru pervades the entire universe. He is of the form of the Universe, and is formless too. Obeisance to such a Guru.

Lord Ganapathy, in the form of Guru, was able to see the entire universe. Let’s delve into that story.

Those who worship Lord Ganapathy will be blessed with great intellect. That is why, Ganapathy festival is very important to students. More so during examinations, when all students worship Ganapathy and Saraswati. It is said that whoever worships Ganapathy is very intelligent. They are intellectually blessed. Second, their intellect blooms.

The activities such people plan progress smoothly without any obstacles. Whatever they plan, whatever they are determined to do, progresses without obstacles. They have new ideas that bring them greater fortune. There is such greatness in Lord Ganapathy. He has with him, Siddhi (accomplishments/spiritual powers) and Buddhi (intellect). If one serves Ganapathy, one gains strength and intelligence.

Siva and Parvati have two sons – Ganapathy Swamy and Kumara Swamy. Both were highly accomplished in everything. One day, the parents talked about getting the sons married. They loved the sons equally, so they were in a quandary about who to get married first. If they got one married first, the other would be angry. This became a vexing problem for Siva and Parvati. Meanwhile, the word of marriage reached the sons.

They approached the parents. Each one demanded that he be married first. They argued a lot. After much thought, Siva and Parvati told their sons that they had a plan. Whoever follows the plan will get married first. They said, “We devised a plan. If you follow the plan, you will get married first”. Ganapathy Swamy and Kumara Swamy found this agreeable. They were happy and asked for the plan, the requirements and challenges to be specified.

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27 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 207

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 207 🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 56. When you remain in the ‘I am’ you will realize everything else is useless, and then you are Parabrahman, the Absolute. 🌻

Understanding the ‘I am’ and abidance in it is the only ‘Sadhana’ (Practice) that has to be done. As your ‘Sadhana’ comes of age you become a witness to the ‘I am’ and can very clearly see that it is false.

In the process you also see that everything has come out of the ‘I am’ and is thus based on falsehood and automatically everything else becomes useless.

You are or all along you always were the Parabrahman or the Absolute, how can anything ever be useful to the formless being?

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26 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 104

 

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 104 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

97

Sloka: 
Yasya jnanadidam viswam adrsyam bheda bhedatah | Satswarupavasesam ca tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Obeisance to Sadguru, the knowledge of whom destroys the duality of the mind and dissolves the universe that then only remains in the form of Sattva (purity, divinity). The state beyond non-duality is also the state beyond birth and death. This is the state of the Absolute which the Guru graciously grants.

That is also what you should pray to the Guru for. That state of non-duality is the state beyond birth and death. That is the state of the Absolute. That is what the Guru grants too.

Sloka:
Yayeva karyarupena karanenapi bhati ca | Karya karana nirmuktah tasmai sri gurave namah ||

The Guru appears in the form of action or in the form of Universe. He also appears in the form of the cause of that action or in the form of illusion. But in reality, he is beyond the cause and effect. Obeisance to such a Sadguru.

Sloka:
Jnana sakti swarupaya kamitartha pradayine | Bhukti mukti pradatreca tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Guru is the embodiment of knowledge and power, and who therefore fulfills all our desires. Obeisance to such a Saduguru who fulfills our material desires and also grants liberation.

Here, we need to understand clearly that “Bhukti” is karma. To a Guru, action, cause, inertia, consciousness, karma, liberation (“Mukti”) are all the same. Obeisance to such a Sadguru who is the one that encompasses everything.

Sloka:
Aneka janma samprapta karma koti vidahine | Jnananala prabhavena tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Obeisance to the Sadguru whose fire of knowledge destroys the karma that his disciples have been accumulating over several births.

Sloka: 
Na guroradhikam tattva na guroradhikam tapah | Na guroradhikam jnanan tasmai sri gurave namah ||

There is no concept superior to Guru, no penance superior to the Guru and no knowledge superior to the Guru. Obeisance to such a Sadguru.

Sloka: 
Mannathassri jagannatho madgurustri jagadguruh | Mamata sarva bhutatma tasmai sri gurave namah ||

My Lord is the Lord of all three worlds. My Guru is the Guru to all the three worlds. My soul is the soul of all beings. Obeisance to Sadguru who is in me. One should be aware that the Guru is capable of stirring such thoughts.

Sloka:
Gururadiranadisca guruh parama daivatam | Gurossamanah kovasti tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Guru is the beginning and the source of everything, he is the primordial one, he is the root of all, he is the creation. He has no beginning. Guru is the Paradevata (image of God). Who is a match to Guru? Obeisance to such a Guru.

Sloka:
Eka eva paro bandhuh visame samupasthite | Nissprahah karuna sindhuh tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Guru alone is the true relative in adverse circumstances because He is free from desires. He has no desire to take anything from you. You may think He does, but He needs nothing. But, the Guru is an ocean of compassion.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t offer him anything, he doesn’t even expect anything. But, because he is an ocean of compassion, he is a true relative. Obeisance to such a Guru.


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26 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 206

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 206 🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 55. This knowledge ‘I am’ has come out of the state prior to it and now is the cause of all suffering, before the ‘I am’ came you were happy, so revert. 🌻

If you are sensitive and observant enough you can very clearly discern that this knowledge ‘I am’ has arisen on the state prior to it. 

This sense of ‘being’, knowing that ‘you are’ or ‘I am’ has just spontaneously appeared and has become the cause of all suffering. 

You have experienced those states like the period from conception to the appearance of ‘I am’ or in deep sleep where the ‘I am’ lies dormant or is held in abeyance. 

During any of these states was there any suffering or worry? The Guru has made all this clear to you and now tells you to revert and abide in the ‘I am’ and transcend it forever and be happy.

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25 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 103

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 103 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

96

Sloka:
Yena cetayata purya cittam cetayate narah | Jagrat svapna susuptyadau tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Obeisance to Sadguru who stirs the mind, on account of which man remains dynamic in all the three states of wakefulness, dream and deep sleep; in other words is able to have thoughts in all three states.

Some think and plan a lot. Some people consider themselves inert, dull and tamasic. Tamasic also refers to an ignorant fool who knows nothing, or one who is filled with Tamas (inertia, darkness). The Guru is getting into the mind of even such an ignorant being and transforming him into a person filled with consciousness. The Guru resides in the minds of such people too.

The person may be inert and stupid. But, the Guru gets into his mind and fills him with consciousness. The Guru’s compassion is beyond the material cause and effect. Even those who think and plan a lot can do so only when they are awake. But, they cannot think and plan in the dream or deep sleep state, because their mind is inert at that time. Similarly, when one has interact with another, both need to be in the waking state.

Only when they are awake will the activity take place. But, the Guru alone has the power to stir and mind and create consciousness in the inert minds of people that are in the dream or deep sleep state. If the Guru can do this in inert minds that are in dream or deep sleep state, imagine what he could do in the minds in wakeful state. Obeisance to such a Sadguru.

Sloka:
Yasya jnanadidam viswam adrsyam bheda bhedatah | Satswarupavasesam ca tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Obeisance to Sadguru, the knowledge of whom destroys the duality of the mind and lets the whole universe become a non-entity that remains in the form of Sattva (purity, divinity). The state beyond non-duality is also the state beyond birth and death. This is the state of the Absolute which the Guru graciously grants.

That is also what you should pray to the Guru for. That state of non-duality is the state beyond birth and death. That is the state of the Absolute. That is what the Guru grants.

Sloka:
Yayeva karyarupena karanenapi bhati ca | Karya karana nirmuktah tasmai sri gurave namah ||

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25 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 205

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 205 🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 54. Keep focused on the ‘I am’ till you become a witness to it, then you stand apart, you have reached the highest. 🌻

Presently or as long as you believe that you are the body-mind you must continue with meditation.

During meditation, just keep yourself focused on the ‘I am’ without words, as your ‘Sadhana’ - Practice ripens you shall become a witness to the ‘I am’.

The moment this happens you stand apart from the ‘I am’ and this is the highest state up to which you can reach.

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24 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 102

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 102 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

95

We discussed that we experience happiness and sorrow for no reason. We will talk about what needs to be done once we understand the reason for these sudden emotions. We also talked about what these sudden emotions are caused due to.

Here, there was another question, let’s recall that too. Why couldn’t God give us knowledge of our past samskaras? Why didn’t he give us clarity on our samskaras? Why couldn’t he have given us the ability to recall a past birth, why couldn’t he give us memories of past births? That is not possible.

God kept us ignorant about our past births out of compassion for us. If we had knowledge of past births, we would have unbearable sorrow, realizing that the pigs, dogs and donkeys on the street were our relatives from a past birth.

Can we bear that sorrow? A dog alone can recall its past birth when it sits in a pit filled with ash. It is interesting. But, it also forgets right away. So, it’s clear to us that we are not able to find visible reasons for the happiness and sorrows brought about by our past samskaras.

We are unable to pinpoint visible reasons. We need to turn inward to determine the source of such happiness and sorrow. Then, you can see that the bliss and light are within you. You will realize that, in reality, you are that bliss and light.

You are that inner light. That is his (the Guru’s) light. That light is bliss. The bliss from that light is manifesting as your intelligence, and your happiness. Similarly, the veil of illusion in you in causing sorrow. Guru alone can bless you with this knowledge. Obeisance to such a Guru.

Guru is giving you the knowledge that will help you get rid of the sorrows yourself. By clearly pointing out to the reasons, by showing you the dangers from it, your Guru is giving you the strength to get rid of these feelings at the source. In the 50th sloka, they refer to “Daivatam”. That means, the Guru sows thoughts in your mind. This is stated formally in the scriptures.

If you need to clean something thoroughly, you need to use hot water or soap water or some strong cleaning agent to extract the dirt. If you think you don’t want to inflict any hurt on that item because it’s very valuable, it’s expensive, it’s a rare piece of siik, it should not be treated harshly, or that it would rip if put in the washing machine or that the color would run if you used soap on it, or that the threads would come loose if you washed it, what do you want to do with it? How do you extract that dirt?

Will you prostrate to it and kiss it and do circumambulations and and pray saying “Oh dirt, please go away”? Will it go away? At least, it does not work that way in my town. That is why you put soap, wash it, cause it some hurt to extract dirt. Let that be.

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24 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 101

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 101 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

94

We were talking about our happiness and sorrows. We discussed that sometimes, a person may be suddenly excited, enthused and happy.

Instead of just searching for the reasons by assuming there’s always a reason for happiness or sorrow, let’s talk about what needs to be done once we find out the reasons for our happiness or sorrow.

If you ask the person who is suddenly happy, “What is the reason you are so happy? Did you win a lottery?” he may reply saying, “No, I haven’t, I didn’t win a lottery, nor did I gain any agricultural land, nor did my son pass his grade, nor did my son get his visa…nothing has happened”.

“Then, why are you so happy?” He has no idea why, he has no answer. “I don’t know why I’m happy. Let me know whatever you want. I’ll give you”. Similarly, sometimes, sorrow envelops the mind for no apparent reason.

Just as someone is happy for no apparent reason, someone may be sad for no reason. He may suddenly sit in a corner by himself, overcome with sorrow, glancing around insecurely, biting his nails, or writing in sand.

All of a sudden, he’s drowned in sorrow, crying, sometimes breaking his head. He’s not insane, but he’s overcome with sorrow for no reason. “Did you hear of someone passing away?”. “No”. “Was your house burgled?” “No”.

“Did someone steal your wallet?” “No”. “Did you miss getting a ticket to the movies”. “No”. Sometimes, people are overcome with sorrow for no reason. Just as people are sometimes overcome with happiness for no reason, they may be overcome with sorrow for no reason.

The person is sad, but he doesn’t know why. Just as it was impossible to explain the reason for one person’s happiness, it is impossible to explain the reason for another person’s sorrow. Then, why should one feel happiness or sorrow without a reason?

There has to be a reason. That is what they refer to as the samskaras (impressions) carried over from past births. The man who is crying is sad, but he has no pain, no reason for his sorrow.

No one insulted him. That is because, these samskaras, unbeknownst to us, are carried over from past births. Here, there’s another question that comes up. Why did God keep us ignorant of our samskaras. One may say, “It’s my fate, my samskaras.

I am happy or sad owing to my samskara”. So, why couldn’t God give us knowledge of our past samskaras, why couldn’t he have forewarned us of these samskaras? That is not possible. God kept us ignorant of our past births out of compassion for us.

If we had that knowledge of past births, we would have unbearable sorrow, realizing, that the dogs, pigs and donkeys on the street were our relatives from a past birth. Let’s see what happens ahead.

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23 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 100

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 100 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

93

This is one of the greatest slokas in this scripture. Here, “Nandanam ca yadanandat” means that we see happiness in this creation because the bliss of the Guru pervades this universe. This is interesting. How do we know happiness and sorrow? Where are the happiness and sorrow coming from?

There is one thing everyone needs to think about in this context. When something makes us happy, we wish for that happiness to come again and again.

But, we don’t think about how that laddu (ball-shaped sweet) is causing happiness or where the happiness is coming from. We don’t care. We are just satisfied to be happy. Lot of people say, “If you are happy, just enjoy it, why are you analyzing it? Isn’t it enough to just be happy, why bother?”

We eat the delicious laddu, relishing its taste, but don’t care to ask, “Who paid for this laddu?” or “Where is this laddu coming from?” or, “What are the ingredients in this laddu?” You finish one laddu and then ask if you can find another.

Similarly, when something makes us sad, we cry for riddance from the sorrow, but don’t think about why the sorrow is affecting us. We may advise others, “Why remind yourself of your sorrows?

Whatever is gone is gone. Why think about it and be sad again?” So, if we are to find out where the delicious laddu came from or if we are to find out why we are sad, this is not what we are supposed to do.

We should always remember deep in our hearts when we are going through sorrows, that we should think about where the sorrows came from, we should understand why we are sad. Only when we analyze, “Why do we feel sorrow? Where does this sorrow come from?” do we understand.

Only then do we understand the source of sorrow. Once you understand the source of the sorrow, kill it right there. Then, your sorrow will never come to you.

“What is the source for this sorrow, what is the source for this thought?” Find out and kill it. Do the same with happiness. You should find the source for happiness. There’s a catch here to watch out for. Our mind may find worldly reasons for our happiness and sorrow, but these are not the real reasons.

The worldly sources of happiness and sorrow are not the real reasons. We may arrive at these reasons as the cause of our happiness and sorrow, but these are not real. Sometimes, a man may suddenly feel excited, enthused and happy.

”I am very happy today”, he announces first thing in the morning. When someone asks him why he’s so happy, he says he doesn’t know why. “I am very happy, I’ll give you anything you ask for”.

And he does give people what they ask for. Sometimes, the man is so happy, he’s crazy enough to give away the Rolex watch he has on his wrist.

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22 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 204

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 204 🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj


🌻 53. You feel the ‘I am’ due to the five elements and three qualities, they gone, the ‘I am’ goes, but you are still there. 🌻

This feeling that ‘you are’ or ‘I am’ is due to the body-mind that is a composite of the five elements and the three qualities.

The body along with the elements and the qualities is perishable, thus you can see that all these, the ‘I am’, the elements and the qualities are interdependent and destructible.

Judging from this criteria how can all these be real? The Truth or the real is never dependent nor is it destructible and that is what you are.

The body, the elements and the qualities may come and go but you are there forever because you are none of these.

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21 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 99

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 99 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

92

Sloka: 
Sthavaram jangamam ceti yatkincijjagati tale | Vyaptam yasya cita sarvam tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Obeisance to such Sadguru whose consciousness pervades everywhere among movable and immovable objects. Sthavaras include the immovable beings, trees etc. Jangamas are the mobile ones. 

Sloka: 
Tvam pita tvam ca me mata tvam bandhustvam ca daivatam | Samara priti bhangaya tubhyam sri gurave namah || 

You are my father, mother and relative. You are my only God. Oh Gurudeva! Obeisance to you who drives away my desire for samsara (worldly life). Mother is one who showers love. Father is one who feeds and nurtures. 

The divine causes thoughts in us. You are wallowing in the strange illusion of samsara. Guru is the only one who can remove the illusion. In this sloka, they are praising the Guru as, and proving that he is, the epitome of Sat, Chit, Ananda (knowledge, existence and bliss). 

Sloka: 
Yatsattaya jagatsattvam yatprakasena bhayutam | Nandanam ca yadanandat tasmai sri gurave namah || 

Obeisance to such Sadguru who is all pervading in the universe and on account of which it appears to exist, whose radiance pervading the universe causes brilliant shining of it, 

whose bliss spread in the universe makes it joyous. This is one of the greatest slokas in this scripture.

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21 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 203

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 203 🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 52. Presently you are sustaining the memory ‘I am’, you are not that ‘I am’, you are the Absolute prior to that ‘I am’. 🌻

For the continuance of your entire life as an individual you have to sustain the memory ‘I am’ and that is what you are exactly doing, although you may not be aware of it.

Now that it has been pointed out to you by the Guru come to the ‘I am’ and see how it has duped you into believing something that you are not! You are not the ‘I am’ but much before it – the Absolute!

Something that you have always been and would always be, it has just missed your attention.

Grasp this True Being and forget about everything else.

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20 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 98

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 98 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

91

Here, they are pausing the stotras in praise of the Guru and talking about what needs to be done to experience that change in heart. 

We already discussed that Sadguru alone can cause a change in the mindset, that he alone has the capability to do so. Here, in simple words, they are talking about how such a heart-changing message is received. 

Sloka: 
Sarva sruti siroratna nirajita padambujam | Vedantambuja suryabham sri gurum saranam vrajet || 

Obeisance to Sadguru to whose lotus feet the Vedas hold the holy camphor light and who is like the sun for the lotuses of Vedanta or the Upanishads. 

Since the Vedas are offering prostrations at his feet, the light shining from the diamonds decorating the heads of the Vedas (the Upanishads) are falling on the Guru’s feet giving the appearance of offering the holy camphor light at the Guru’s feet. 

They are teaching us as a principle here that for complete realization of knowledge, there is no other way except surrender at Guru’s feet. Here, Lord Shiva is explaining in this manner.

The stotras in praise of the Guru resume here. 

Sloka: 
Caitanyam sasvatam santam mayatitam niranjanam | Nada bindu kalatitam tasmai sri gurave namaha || 

The dynamic spirit is eternal, serene, beyond all illusion, and unaffected by anything. It is beyond Omkara, beyond anything that can be comprehended or conceptualized. Obeisance to the Sadguru who is of the form of this dynamic spirit. 

Sloka: 
Sthavaram jangamam ceti yatkincijjagati tale | Vyaptam yasya cita sarvam tasmai sri gurave namah || 

Obeisance to such Sadguru whose dynamism pervades everywhere among movable and immovable objects. Sthavaras include the immovable beings, trees etc. Jangamas are the mobile ones. 

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20 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 202

 

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 202 🌹

✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 51. Worship the knowledge ‘I am’ as God, as your Guru, the message ‘I am’ is there, the mind-flow is there, stay in the ‘I am’ and realize you are neither. 🌻

You must not only understand the ‘I am’ but also realize its extreme importance.

Everything is created by the ‘I am’, worship it as God and it is the only means for your way out so treat it like your guide or Guru.

To begin with what do you have but the knowledge ‘I am’ only without words?

Later comes the verbal ‘I am’ your gathering of concepts and thus begins the mind-flow.

Now revert this mind-flow, come to the verbal ‘I am’ and go past it and stabilize in the non-verbal ‘I am’. In this process you shall realize that you are none of these.
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19 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 97

🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 97 🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

90

If we analyze the meaning of the previous 3 slokas, what do we see? 

We see that TAT is indivisible, that TVAM is small, that TVAM merges into TAT and becomes one. This is a very great principle. The essence of all scriptures is in this. To help us understand this easily, let’s look at an example.

Say, there are two people Venkayya and Subayya. They have different names, but they are both human beings. Let’s assume one’s from Vijaywada and the other’s from Mysore. Although these are two different towns, both people live on earth. 

One speaks gently, the other speaks brashly. But, they both speak with their tongue. One eats vegetarian food, the other eats something else, but both are putting food in their stomach. 

Analyzing in this manner, even though we see a few differences between the two, if we broaden our minds and take a higher level perspective, we can see that they are both living on earth, they are both eating alike, talking and living as human beings. That means, there are no differences between them when viewed from that angle. 

But, for everyday affairs, we have to refer to them as two different people – Venkayya and Subayya. In reality, however, this small difference merges into the indivisible because they are both human beings and there is no difference between them. 

The TVAM and TAT are similar to this. Becoming one is what is ASI. Let’s examine this from a different angle. The sun, stars, time and yugas are all illuminated. We can see them all. Why can we see them? 

How do we see them? We should think carefully. Because, you, the one who is seeing, is illuminated, all these things are illuminated. If that is the case, why do we see darkness? Because you also have darkness in you, you can see darkness.

When you are really awake, when you are completely illuminated, there is no darkness. Everything is illuminated. This may sound like a stubborn argument, but think about it carefully, analyze it and meditate on it. Only then will you realize the truth in it. 

This is the meaning of the term ASI. Only the Guru is capable of teaching this concept. Here, teaching doesn’t mean theorizing or lecturing on the subject or just talking for 2-3 hours. 

“He can say whatever he wants to, he is a Guru. He knows everything, so whatever he says is the word of God”. True, while that may be the case, that may not be the right approach to talk or teach. 

So, how should one talk? The teaching should cause a change in heart. When the Guru talks, we will feel a change in our heart. 

Others may talk for 2 hours, or 3 hours or even 6 hours while standing. But, only Guru has the capability to move you, to bring a change in heart. Obeisance to such a Guru. 


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19 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 96

🌹   Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 96   🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

89

Lord Brahma saw hundreds of thousands of forms of Lord Krishna in place of the cows, calves and cowherds. All forms were His.

Lord Brahma realized upon seeing those forms that Lord Krishna was Parabrahman, that Lord Krishna was the Jagadguru (the Guru to all the universe). Subsequently, Lord Krishna withdrew his spell and became the cowherd he was again. Once Lord Krishna turned into a cowherd, Lord Brahma had the real vision of Sri Krishna.

Lord Brahma came down to earth, did circumambulation to little Krishna three times, prayed to him and after getting his permission, left for his abode.

Thus, Lord Brahma who was the master of all scriptures, the form of the Vedas Himself, the father to this universe, the creator and Guru taught the world that Sri Krishna was Parabrahman.

To benefit the disciple, the Guru goes through many difficulties and losses and tolerates insults. Lord Krishna who appeared as Guru also faced a lot of difficulties. The Guru purifies the disciple through appropriate means and helps him have a vision of the Parabrahman.

We should understand that Lord Shiva is educating us through this sloka about such great benefits the world receives due to the Sadguru.

Sloka:
Dehe jivatvam apannam caitanyam niskalam param | Tvam padam darsitam yena tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Obeisance to Sadguru who is omnipresent and who has entered into this body in the form of the other worldly spirit of energy, as Shiva, and who has enabled me to see that spirit embedded in TVAM (you)

Sloka:
Akhandam paramartham sadaikyam ca tvam tadossubham | Asina darsitam yena tasmai sri gurave namah ||

Obeisance to Sadguru who enables me to see through the term ASI (You Are) which reveals the ultimate goal by explaining that TVAM (you) and TAT (that) are not separate but stand for the indivisible quality of the Absolute.

If we analyze the meaning of the previous 3 slokas, we see that TAT is indivisible, that TVAM is small, that TVAM merges into TAT and becomes one. This is a very great principle. The essence of all scriptures is in this.

To help us understand this easily, let’s look at an example. Say, there are two people Venkayya and Subayya. There is a difference in their names, but they are both human beings. Let’s assume one’s from Vijaywada and the other’s from Mysore.

Two different towns, but both on earth. One speaks gently, the other speaks tough. But, they both speak with their tongue.

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17 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 201

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 201 🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 50. The very core of this consciousness is the quality ‘I am’, there is no personality or individual there, reside there and transcend it. 🌻

The feeling that ‘you are’ or ‘I am’ is the very core of this consciousness and common to all.

It is there at the core in its absolute purity with no appendages or add-ons and in that state there is no question of any individuality or personality.

All your efforts should be directed towards coming to that pure state of ‘I am’ and reside there only.

If you do this with great sincerity and earnestness you are bound to transcend the ‘I am’ one day.

So understand the importance of earnest ‘being’.

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17 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 95

 *🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 95 🌹*

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

88

We discussed that after Lord Krishna killed demon Aghasura, he rested by a lake along with the cows and the cowherds. The cows moved far away while grazing. The cowherds ate the leftover rice they brought with them and set out in search of the cows. 

When they did not find the cows after extensive search, they reported back to Krishna. Lord Krishna set  out in search of the cows even while holding the morsel of rice he was eating in his hand. He did not find the cows. 

When he returned to the lake, he couldn’t find the cowherds either. When he could find neither the cows  nor the cowherds, Lord Krishna got suspicious and used his divine vision to find out what really happened. 

He realized that the creator, Lord Brahma, got slightly envious and was responsible for these disappearances. Immediately, he took on the form of all the cows and cowherds that disappeared. 

The Lord’s behavior in the form of cows, calves and cowherds was true to those forms. He behaved exactly the way those cows, calves and cowherds would behave. 

Nobody in Gokulam suspected anything. What’s more, parents suddenly began feeling even more love for their children, because it was the Lord who was in the form of those children. 

They even began feeling more love for the cows and calves. Baladeva was the only one who noticed this. 

He wondered, “What’s happening to the parents, to the cows and calves? What is this? Everybody seems to have more love and affection.” Baladeva, who had the power of divine vision, was even more surprised when he saw Lord Krishna everywhere. 

He marveled at the illusion. He enquired with Lord Krishna and was pleased when he found out what happened. However, Lord Brahma, who was in the celestial world, got suspicious. He wanted to see what Lord Krishna would be doing since so many cows, calves and cowherds disappeared. 

He wondered what Krishna might be up to now, whether he would be crying. He was surprised to see the cows, calves and cowherds in Gokulam exactly as they were.  

“What is this? I made them disappear, but when I come here, they all seem to be right here”. Since, living beings are not born unless Lord Brahma creates them, he was puzzled as to which Brahma created these beings.  

As he was wondering, he noticed that all the cows, calves and cowherds bathing in the river appeared to him as the blue bodied Lord Vishnu in yellow robes, with four hands, holding the conch, discus, lotus and mace. He saw hundreds of thousands of forms of Lord Vishnu. All cows, calves and cowherds appeared as Lord Vishnu. 

Lord Brahma realized upon seeing those forms that Lord Krishna was Parabrahman, that Lord Krishna was the Jagadguru (the Guru to all the universe). Subsequently, Lord Krishna withdrew his spell whereupon the original cowherds and cows returned.  

Lord Brahma came down to earth, did circumambulation to little Krishna three times, prayed to him and after getting his permission, left for his abode. What a wonderful episode where Lord Brahma himself tested Lord Krishna.

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Seeds Of Consciousness - 200

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 200 🌹

✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 49. Putting aside everything, stabilize in the ‘I am’ - as you continue with this practice – in the process you will transcend the ‘I am’. 🌻

Just throw aside everything that does not go with the ‘I am’, get your self firmly established there.Again and again, repeatedly and tirelessly you have to continue with the practice of getting stabilized in the ‘I am’.Then, at some moment, when the God ‘I am’ is pleased with you, he will release his stranglehold and you would transcend it and become the Absolute.
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16 Oct 2020

Seeds Of Consciousness - 199

🌹 Seeds Of Consciousness - 199 🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 48. Sitting quietly, being one with the knowledge ‘I am’, you would lose all concern with the world, then the ‘I am’ would also go, leaving you as the Absolute. 🌻

*You have gone so far away from the primary ‘I am’ that you find it almost impossible to extradite yourself from the conceptual jungle that you are trapped in. Most of us are so deeply enmeshed in this world that there is no time to even think of all this.Only those who are sensitive and observant or have faced a crisis in life makes one realize the futility of it all. Thus begins the quest of your true identity and the meaning of life.The Guru’s advice is very simple, you have to first understand the ‘I am’ as the primary concept and root of all the trouble. Then you have to sit quietly and become one with knowledge ‘I am’, as you do so you would lose all concern with the world. Then, quite spontaneously, if you have been earnest in your abidance, the ‘I am’ would drop off leaving you free as the Absolute.
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15 Oct 20

Seeds Of Consciousness - 198

🌹   Seeds Of Consciousness - 198   🌹
✍️ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Gita
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 47. Try to stabilize in the primary concept ‘I am’ in order to lose that and be free from all other concepts, in understating the unreality of the ‘I am’ you are totally free. 🌻

You are in turmoil, you are in despair, you are afraid, you are troubled with all this mess that you see around yourself, you seek freedom from all this.

You meet the Guru, in whatever form, human or his words recorded in books and he explains to you all about the ‘I am’ and its implications.

Once he has done that, it is now up to you to do as he says. Come down to the primary concept ‘I am’, abide in it and understand its unreality and be totally free.

Always bear in mind that whatever the Guru says is from his own experience and not hearsay.

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13 Oct 2020

Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 94

🌹   Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 94   🌹

✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

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Realizing that the Paramatman, Lord Narayana alone was his savior, Gajendra surrendered his intellect to the Lord and cried out to Him. Lord Narayana, who was moved by the prayer, immediately came to the rescue of Gajendra. 

Then, Gajendra praised the Lord who is “Anatha-rakshaka” (one who protects those who have no one else) and “Aapadbandhava” (one who comes to the rescue of those in distress) saying “Universal Guru! Salutations to You. You are the Guru to this universe, Universal Guru!”. 

Lord Narayana was pleased; He immediately released Gajendra from the clutches of the alligator and blessed him with liberation. 

Just like the Universal Guru Narayana, the Guru too inspires and enables his disciples who are immersed in samsara to do many good deeds. He enables them do charitable deeds, he enables them to do Yajnas and other rituals. 

He ensures that the the disciple earns good karma and merit and that he is amply blessed by God and is able to rise from the ocean of samsara. The society thus benefits greatly due to the Sadguru. 

Sloka: 
Gurur brahma gurur visnuh gururdevo maheswarah | Gurureva param brahma tasmai sri gurave namah || 

Guru is Brahma. Guru is Vishnu, Guru is Shiva and the only Absolute. Obeisance to such a Guru. This has been stated earlier. 

Still, since you will keep forgetting, I am repeating. Since I am repeating it over and over and over and over, you should realize how important this is. The next 3 slokas are like the heart of Guru Gita. Listen carefully. 

Sloka: 
Akhanda mandalakaram vyaptam yena caracaram | Tatpadam darsitam yena tasmai sri gurave namah || 

Tat + Tvam + Asi means You are That. 

Tat = that, which is the indivisible cosmic form, pervading the animate and the inanimate as the Parabrahman. 

Obeisance to the Sadguru who has enabled me to perceive that. To better understand the meaning of this sloka, let’s learn about the story where Lord Brahma realized that Sri Krishna was Parabrahman Himself. 

After Lord Krishna killed demon Aghasura, he rested by a lake along with the cows and the cowherds. 

The cows moved far away while grazing. The cowherds ate the leftover rice they brought with them and set out in search of the cows. Jaya Guru Datta.

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13 Oct 2020