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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya 14 🌹
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Guru should not be ignored under any circumstance. He should never be treated or spoken of lightly. 🌻
We were discussing the story of Indra. In that story, we learned that Indra was living very happily and comfortably in his kingdom. His mind then turned towards sensual pleasures.
What happens to people when they become wealthy? They lose all their wealth in gambling, in consuming liquor, in various vices and evil habits.
Similarly, one day Indra in heaven was absorbed in witnessing the dance and relishing the pleasures given by the Apsaras, the celestial maidens.
At that time, while Indra was intoxicated with arrogance and immersed in the enjoyment of pleasures, his Guru Brihaspati came there.
Devendra ignored his presence. There is no greater misdeed than ignoring the arrival and presence of one’s Guru.
Observing this, Brihaspati left in fury. No one knew where he went. It was impossible to trace his whereabouts even through deep contemplation.
Indra got very angry at Brihaspati that he arrived at an inopportune time without any advance intimation, and also that he left so unceremoniously. ‘When I was immersed in my pleasures, he came in.
Even after seeing me, he left without accosting or greeting me. Is this the proper behavior for a guru and a respectable individual?” Indra was seething with displeasure at the behavior of Brihaspati.
Indra regarded him only as a minister and a priest. He forgot to acknowledge that Brihaspati was his Guru. Brihaspati was giving him guidance and advice as a minister.
Hence, Indra treated him only as a consultant, an astrologer, and as a fixer of schedules of important events, and as a casual counselor.
He never treated him as Guru should be treated. In truth, one who has been accepted as one’s Guru should not be used for such petty services.
It is not fair. It is not proper to treat him like an ordinary consultant. Guru is extremely special and exalted.
There are many qualified professionals who can set dates for marriages and house warming ceremonies. It is wrong to ask Guru for approval of such dates.
Guru is extremely powerful and competent in releasing one from bondage.
He brings about a transformation in an individual. Indra forgot that Brihaspati was his Guru. Because of this misdemeanor committed by him, Indra lost all his acquired merit.
There is no need to elaborate on this. All the accumulated merit and good fortune gets melted away the moment one rejects Guru.
It goes without saying that Guru should not be ignored under any circumstance. He should never be treated or spoken of lightly. It must never be said complainingly, “My Guru predicted something, but it turned out differently.”
Your line of thinking should be, “What if he had said something different, how much worse it would have been for me.”
Guru’s statements should be analyzed from different angles with the conviction, “It is for my benefit that he spoke such words.
My Guru, who knows all past and future lifetimes of all individuals, knows what is best for each one at any given time.” Even Indra, who was so knowledgeable, suffered the fate of losing all his glory because he treated his Guru with disrespect.
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Date: 26/Jul/2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 15 🌹
✍️. Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Do not hold your own arrogance and your sin as higher than the power of Guru 🌻
We have learned that because of rejecting Guru, Indra had lost all his power.
The demons observed this and decided to wage war against him, considering this to be an opportune time.
This reminds us of the story of Emperor Nala, who once neglected to wash his feet properly with water, and Sani (Saturn) at once seized the opportunity to enter his life.
One should never perform an incomplete job of washing one’s feet. Troubles will always be waiting in the wings to approach us the moment we fail to watch our actions.
The demons saw that Indra has now become weak, having lost the support of his Guru, who with his power would have crushed the wings of the demons had they attempted to attack Indra.
Now Indra has no one to give him proper timely advice. As if by the influence of Saturn, Indra met with defeat at every step, in his war against the demons, because of the absence of Guru in his life.
Indra, in his bad judgment decided that since Brihaspati had left him, he will go ahead and look for another Guru and priest who is even greater than Brihaspati. It was after all my decision in the past to choose him. He began his search.
Arrogance builds up due to position. Indra became egotistical. Some people act foolishly out of ignorance also.
Tvashta, a Prajapati, for certain reasons married a demon maiden named Rachana. They had two great sons, Roopa and Viswaroopa. Indra approached Roopa and requested him to be his Guru.
Roopa gave good advice to Indra that changing Guru is detrimental both to Indra and to the new Guru, should he accept the request. “Your request is inappropriate, Indra. Changing Guru will bring you misfortune.
The right approach is to plead with Brihaspati to forgive you and to be your Guru once again. Are you greater than Brihaspati, that you are displaying such arrogance?
If you are greater than your own Guru then why do you need another Guru? One must never change Guru. You confess to your Guru that you have underestimated his glory.
Do not hold your own arrogance and your sin as higher than the power of Guru. You are making a mistake. You must not change your Guru. I must not accept your request.” Indra then approached Visvaroopa.
There are those in this world who will not heed good advice. They will not attempt to understand the logic behind the good words. They say, “How do they know my plight? They do not understand.”
They get angry at people who give them good advice. They feel slighted when their request is rejected and fail to consider the reason or justification for the good counsel that has been offered to them.
Their line of thinking goes like this: “I gave you importance and asked you to be my Guru. Who are you to tell me that my action is wrong? If you do not wish to oblige me, simply say so and that is sufficient.
Who are you to offer me advice?” Let us see what happens next.
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Date: 27/Jul/2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 16 🌹
✍️. Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻. The Grace of Guru is enough for everything to achieve. Your actions in front of him are like childs play 🌻
What did Indra do? He left Roopa and went to Viswaroopa. Roopa had offered sane advice to Indra which was rejected.
But Viswaroopa had a different and a strange personality. He had three heads, while Roopa had only one head. Lord Dattatreya has three heads, but here this individual was a human with a demonic quality and sported three heads.
With one head he constantly consumed meat, with the second head he consumed liquor, and with the third head he continuously chanted the Vedas. It was very strange indeed.
By wrapping a silk saree on a pig can one make it look beautiful? While eating meat and drinking liquor, if one chants the Vedas, is it of any use? He felt flattered that he was being given the opportunity of being Guru to the gods themselves.
He also had a grudge against his brother. Now that Indra himself had approached him with the request, he felt happy that he got a chance to get even with his brother.
As his Guru, Viswaroopa had Indra perform several sacrificial rituals. In one of them he also had Indra invoke the presence of Lord Dattatreya and earned for him His grace.
Well and good. In addition, Visvaroopa initiated Indra into the Narayana Kavacha so that he would be blessed with victory in battles.
Visvaroopa had great love for his mother, who had much loyalty towards her parents. Secretly, in all the religious rituals, Viswaroopa was arranging for a portion of the fruits of the sacrifices to be distributed amongst the demons.
Outwardly he was having the deities perform great rituals, and as a result, his fame increased amongst them. That was quite natural. Let us see how his popularity is going to diminish soon.
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Date: 28/Jul/2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 17 🌹
✍️. Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 When they are beset with troubles caused by their own karma, begin studying the Guru Gita 🌻
Because of the insistence of his mother, Viswaroopa secretly began distributing a portion of the fruits of the sacrificial rituals (yajnas) to the demons, while outwardly having the gods perform the rituals for their own benefit.
The performance of so many wonderful yajnas by the celestials made Viswaroopa famous amongst them.
Indra, on one hand began to resent the popularity that his Guru was enjoying amongst gods, demons, and humans, whom he had brought into limelight from obscurity. On the other hand he was unaware of Viswaroopa’s deception.
One day, by the help of Narada, Indra learned of the secret goings on and understood the reason for his guru’s fame. By receiving the fruits of the rituals, the demons were now gaining strength.
In a fit of rage Indra cut off the three heads of Viswaroopa as if he were swatting mosquitoes, without any consideration that he happened to be his Guru. Will the sin of killing Guru spare Indra? Guru was also a brahmin.
The sin of killing a brahmin also accrued to him. In the meantime the demon Vritrasura began harassing Indra. Indra, who now lacked the support of Guru, was unable to withstand the attacks. One Guru he dismissed.
Another Guru he slaughtered. Now he had no help. Under dire circumstances, he somehow managed to obtain the Vajra weapon by the grace of Sage Dadheechi and managed to kill Vritrasura. That is a very big story; a beautiful story.
The sin of killing yet another brahmin befell him. Chased by the effects of these atrocious sins, in fright, Indra ran away from heaven and took shelter inside a lotus stalk within a pond.
Like a small insect he remained hidden inside that narrow stem for ten thousand years. Nahusha, in the meantime became the new Indra. While hiding inside the stalk, Indra spent his time in intense prayer.
Perhaps misfortune has its benefits. Many people, when they are beset with troubles caused by their own karma, out of desperation begin studying the Guru Gita, and the Bhagavatam. They memorize them.
They chant the Sri Vishnu Sahasranama, Sri Lalita Sahasranama, Sri Lalitha Trisati, and they try to learn the meaning of these prayers. Let us also study one more time, the meaning of Sri Lalita Trisati that we had learned earlier. During that time Indra composed several Indra Kavachas.
He composed prayers addressed to Goddess Lakshmi, and Lord Dattatreya also. Let us once again chant the Lakshmi Kavacham. Like this, many wonderful prayers came into existence while Indra remained inside the lotus stalk.
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Date: 29/Jul/2020
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✍️. Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌷 Only the Guru whom you have hurt and discarded, he alone can wash away your sins and can uplift you. 🌷
We have learned that, deprived of the strength of Guru, Indra was unable to bear the effects of the sins of killing brahmins, and hence ran away from heaven and took shelter inside a narrow lotus stalk where he spent 10,000 years composing and continuously singing innumerable prayers. Indra could have easily avoided this great calamity.
To this day we remember and chant the prayers composed by him, such as those addressed to Lakshmi, Datta, and other deities. Nahusha in the meantime became Indra, the Lord of Heaven.
See what plight Indra had to suffer because he rebelled against Guru? Because of the merit earned by presiding over all the sacrificial rituals performed under the guidance of Viswaroopa, and because of the merit earned by composing and chanting the innumerable prayers, Lord Dattatreya appeared before Indra inside the lake where he was hiding, and disclosed to him the truth which Indra had yet not realized, that the root cause of all his suffering was that he blamed and rejected his Guru Brihaspati.
Indra was fortunate that Datta gave Indra the clue to get over his predicament, “You knew that no one has the right to change Gurus as if exchanging vegetables. You were blinded by your arrogance. See how low you have had to fall because of your ego?
People who keep switching their loyalty towards Guru, incur curses, and seek the shelter of other Gurus can never escape this kind of a terrible downfall which results from sin.
Because you have sung my praises, I have appeared before you. But still, even if you surrender to me now, you will not be spared from the degradation caused to you by your rejection of Guru Brihaspati.
Since you have blamed and rejected your original Guru Brihaspati, and you have caused him intense grief, regardless of how much penance you perform, and how many deities shower their grace upon you, your situation will not improve.
The one and only means by which you can atone for your sins is to perform deep penance with unwavering devotion addressing your Sadguru Brihaspati, and to beg and plead with him fervently to forgive you for your sins. Only the Guru whom you have hurt and discarded, he alone can wash away your sins and can uplift you.”
By his immensely compassionate nature, Datta blessed Indra with the strategy for overcoming his dire situation. Up until now, there was no one else who cared to show Indra the way out.
Let us see how Indra, who has now realized his mistake, uses this knowledge to make amends, and what the future holds for him.
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Date: 30/Jul/2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - 19 🌹
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji Datta Vaakya
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌷 God determines Guru for each person, and the disciple has no right to find fault that his Guru 🌷
Indra realized the truth and meditated upon his Guru Brihaspati as per the instruction given by Lord Dattatreya. By the grace of Lord Dattatreya, Brihaspati appeared before Indra.
Indra was under the false impression that Brihaspati had concealed himself somewhere.
As a matter of fact Guru is all-pervasive. He does not go anywhere. That is the secret of the Guru principle. In truth Lord Datta and Brihaspati are one and the same.
Lord Datta, who knows this secret, summoned Brihaspati, and he at once came and stood before Indra.
Had Indra alone begged for Brihaspati to come, he would not have come. Because Lord Datta intervened and helped Indra, Brihaspati came.
Because of his repentance, his intense penance, and the exhaustion of the effects of his past bad karma, Brihaspati cleansed Indra of his sins and restored to him his past glory.
By the command and grace of Datta, and by the prayers of Indra whose eyes were now opened to his own past mistakes, Brihaspati gave Indra back his power and grandeur.
When one as great and powerful as Devendra could have suffered a fate such as this, it requires no mention how vulnerable the frail and weak-minded humans and other gods are.
During the incarnation of Lord Dattatreya as Sri Narasimha Saraswati, a similar incident occurred.
A spiritual aspirant, displeased at the short temper of his Guru, left him and approached Sri Nrsimha Saraswati. Many people mistakenly criticize that he, who cannot control his own temper is not eligible to be Guru.
Sri Narasimha Saraswati gave the seeker some good counsel and explained that each individual gets the Guru that he deserves, and sent him back to his previous Guru.
God determines Guru for each person, he said, and the disciple has no right to find fault that his Guru has either a short temper or that he is frivolous.
The story of Trisanku is a good example. Under no circumstance should Guru be changed. Similarly, one cannot have two or three gurus, one for the morning, one for the evening, and for the holidays.
Gurus are not restaurants that one can visit a different one each week and as per wish order a different item from the menu each time, such as masala dosa, etc.
One should have only one Guru. You cannot have one Guru for explaining scriptures, one Guru for singing songs, one Guru for performing rituals, and so on.
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Date: 31/Jul/2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 20 🌹
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌷 As long as you have your Guru, you should only follow his precepts 🌷
It has been stressed that under no circumstance should one change the Guru and also that one cannot have more than one Guru. The question arises whether holy persons who are not one’s Guru are not great souls worthy of reverence when they come into your life.
Yes, all great souls are worthy of reverence and worship. You must offer them service when required. See them all as different forms of your own Guru. You must accept the truth that Guru appears in many forms. You must adore and worship them, no doubt, but it is not acceptable that you should treat them as Guru and follow the principles or practices that they teach.
What your Guru has instructed is the only path for you to follow. Once you decide to follow the precepts of one Guru, you should never receive instructions from other gurus, regardless of the worth and eligibility of the other great souls.
You should only follow what your Guru has taught you. If what the others teach is in accordance with the teachings of your own Guru, there is no conflict and you can appreciate the similarity. It endorses that they also think along the same lines as your own Guru. But if there is any difference in the principles taught you must never say, “Oh, my Guru has failed to teach me this," or "oh, someday perhaps my Guru will also teach me the same thing, there is nothing great about this person.” One feeling expresses your ego, and the other sentiment is baseless.
To a true seeker, every single atom in Creation is Guru. Avadhoota has 24 gurus according to the Datta Purana. When any teaching from another guru differs from what your own Guru has taught you, such teaching should be rejected. Guru determines the instruction that is suited to each disciple, and customizes his teaching. That is where a spiritual seeker has to be extremely careful. That is the significance of the 24 gurus mentioned in Datta Purana. One must be very careful in following the specific instruction given to each disciple.
When a great soul enters your life, serve him as if he is another form of your own Guru, but never consider him to be yet another Guru in your life. Such a thought must never arise in the mind. It is only under circumstances where your Sadguru gives up his physical form, leaves for penance to some faraway place such as the Himalayas on an extended stay, or when he himself directs you to follow another Guru, that you are allowed to accept another Guru. This should be done only when there is absolutely no chance for you to follow your own Guru in the rest of your lifetime.
As long as you have your Guru, you should only follow his precepts. This is ordained and endorsed by the scriptures. You must not receive any initiation or yantras (ritual diagrams or images) from other gurus.
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Date: 01/Aug/2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 21 🌹
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌷 Praying the Guru, You are Praying all three primary deities Siva, Vishnu, and Brahma. Dattatreya Having 3 head is Symbol for that. 🌷
We have learned that when you have a Guru, you are not permitted to receive initiation, advice, spiritual images or talismans from other gurus. This is as per the direct counsel given by Lord Dattatreya to Lord Indra on the day he appeared before him (when Indra was hiding inside the lotus stalk). He had given this same instruction to King Kartaveeryarjuna also.
Some people express the doubt whether this tradition of following Guru applies more to the followers of Siva or to the followers of Vishnu.
The answer to this question has already been given during our earlier discussion. But does it really matter? In the early part of the Guru Gita, because it says, “Sivaya Gurave Namaha” some persons wonder whether this teaching belongs primarily to the followers of Siva. But in verse 141 it says, “Sachchidananda roopaya Krishnaya klesaharine
namo vedanta vedyaya gurave buddhisakshine.”
It is believed therefore that this instruction also belongs to the worshipers of Sakti because this came as an answer to the question posed by the Mother Goddess to Siva. However, one may question why in this scripture, in several instances Siva is referred to as Guru.
The primal reason is that Siva is giving this discourse to His consort Parvati. This clarifies that for a woman, the husband is the foremost guru.
When the husband is not eligible to be the guru to his wife, then both the husband and the wife should together seek initiation from the same Guru. Even then, Guru gives the initiation to the wife only through the husband, only after inquiring about the identity and whereabouts of the husband. Guru always honors that hierarchy. This is the tradition. Grace flows to the wife from Guru only through the husband. To make this point clear, it is shown that Siva, the husband of Parvati, is her true Guru.
There is another reason. Guru is easily pleased and grants boons quicker than any other deity. Siva, amongst all gods is the most easily pleased. He grants favors speedily. That is why in this scripture, Siva is presented as Guru. What is wrong in that?
The undivided Consciousness, by the turmoil caused by Maya (illusion) became split into two, as Nature and Soul (Prakriti and Purusha). Nature in turn divided itself into the three Gunas, Satva, Rajas, and Tamas. Consequently, Creation with name and form came into existence.
In this Creation, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, Devi and other deities came into being for performing the functions of Creation, Preservation, Destruction, and so on.
Brahma began creating the Universe using Rajo Guna, the creative force. But he found to his displeasure that the people who were being created were slipping gradually into Tamo Guna, ignorance.
Out of deep concern, to rescue his children from their plight and to uplift them, Brahma decided that an antidote for this had to be invented. He gave the issue some serious thought. The antidote had to raise their consciousness above and beyond the three Gunas.
He dedicated his attention towards this mission. He at once stimulated the intellects of his mind-born son Atri, and his shadow-born son Prajapati. This was done through contemplation alone. Let us see what the result of his effort was.
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Date: 02/Aug/2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 22 🌹
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌷 Guru principle transcends the three Gunas 🌷
At once Brahma stimulated merely through mental vibrations, the intellects of his mind-born son Atri, and his shadow-born son Prajapati. The marriage between Atri and Anasuya, and the birth of Lord Dattatreya, the embodiment of the Trinity were a result of this action.
The story of the incarnation of Lord Dattatreya gives direct proof that the Guru principle transcends the three Gunas. We are all familiar with the story of Datta. We are all asked to study the story of Datta as a ritual for seven days or for 40 days.
Therefore, this Guru principle is close to all traditions and is not in conflict with any. Lord Dattatreya is the fundamental principle who is at the root of all subsequent different philosophies which have evolved.
Hence, whether knowingly or unknowingly all those who meditate upon Guru contemplate on Lord Dattatreya who is the form of the Trinity, Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva, as they chant, “Gurur brahma, gurur vishnuhu gurur devo maheswaraha …”
When these philosophical ideas are presented, some of you may express another doubt.
The impression is entertained by many that in life a Guru should be approached only when all worldly desires have been satisfied, and when one is ready to renounce all involvements. Another false notion of some people is that Guru should be sought only after retirement, and that once a Guru is accepted, one has to give up everything, or will lose everything and will have to become a sanyasi.
This is a mistaken idea.
Why are we engaging in this discussion? We began with the premise that the countless desires that we experience stem from three basic desires which each individual wishes to fulfill.
You may think that today you have only this one desire. Not just from this lifetime, but since innumerable past lifetimes you have been entertaining a multitude of desires. Some people adhere to only one desire through many consecutive lifetimes.
Such a persistent single desire is tantamount to penance. But we do not follow that trend. We forget the old desires and come up with new desires each time.
God in His compassion, has to satisfy all of our desires, and as a result we are forced to be born over and over again to experience the fulfillment of all such desires.
Hence, it is better not to entertain any desires. You have heard the story of King Kartaveeryarjuna. It is the ultimate example of one who got all his desires fulfilled.
If you study the history of Datta you will understand. Is anyone capable of asking for any greater boons than what Kartaveeryarjuna had asked for? Guru’s compassion granted him all his desires and bestowed even more boons upon him.
Worship of Guru is the best worship. There are several different austerities and rituals of worship. But the facility with worship of Guru is that it is superior.
Other manners of worship procure for you only what you ask for.
But with worship of Guru you not only have all your worldly desires fulfilled, but you gain benefits that you had not even imagined. In addition, without your knowledge, your intellect develops towards the understanding of higher spiritual truths.
That is why, although Kartaveeryarjuna approached Guru with a desire for kingdom, he ended up by climbing the spiritual ladder up to the level of becoming merged with his Guru. Even though he began with worldly desires, he did not simply remain at that level.
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Date: 03/Aug/2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 23 🌹
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌷 More than what you had ever imagined will be your Reward when you follow Guru 🌷
Compared to other spiritual practices, the method of following Guru offers a great advantage.
The other pursuits grant only what you wish for, nothing else, and nothing more. In addition to satisfying your worldly desires, without your awareness your intellect will soar towards higher realms, and more than what you had ever imagined will be your reward when you follow Guru.
The worship of other deities bestows only the boons that you ask for, whereas Guru, while he gives you what you desire, also grants you liberation.
That is why, Kartaveeryarjuna, who approached Guru initially with a desire for kingdom, step by step rose to the highest spiritual level.
Swamiji is initiating all of you into this Guru Gita with the hope and desire that in addition to fulfilling all your desires, it would also open the doors to your blissful inner consciousness, the existence of which you never even imagined.
He is not only initiating you into this teaching, but he is also sharing with you all the secret inner meanings contained in it. You are indeed very fortunate and blessed. Utilize this great beneficence and fulfill the purpose of your lives.
Wishing for your welfare, for the satisfaction of all your wishes, and for granting you an experience of bliss, by meditating upon Guru Lord Dattatreya, he is now going to begin this spiritual journey.
We have to learn the detailed meaning of the verses that lead us into the contemplation of Guru.
Before commencing any good deed, one should remember Guru. Since we are going to be discussing the Guru Gita, an act that is unsurpassed in the world for its merit, let us begin with the contemplation of Guru.
The foremost Guru of all is Lord Dattatreya. He embodies the Trinity. Guru is Brahma, Guru is Vishnu, and Guru is Siva.
All Gurus who follow in this lineage are all also embodiments of all the three. Without question, Lord Dattatreya is the ultimate Supreme Soul. We offer him our prostrations.
In this context, let us learn how Guru Veda Dharma blessed his disciple Deepaka. It is an important incident in a short story. In the olden days, Deepaka, the disciple of Guru Veda Dharma believed that Guru was all in all.
He believed that all deities resided in his Guru. When Siva and Vishnu appeared before him and offered him boons, Deepaka remained unmoved in his dedication to Guru.
For possessing such intense devotion, let us find out what immense grace he received. Assuming that Deepaka’s devotion to Guru was not genuine, the other disciples created obstacles in every single effort of his. It is natural and commonplace that when one is trying to rise high, others try to pull him down.
Afraid that Deepaka may rise to dizzying heights by the grace of Guru, the rest of the disciples tried their level best to drag him down by placing hurdles in his path of devotion to Guru. Let us see what happened after they managed to drag him down.
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Date: 04/Aug/2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 24 🌹
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Compared to other spiritual practices, the method of following Guru offers a great advantage. The other pursuits grant only what you wish for, nothing else, and nothing more.
In addition to satisfying your worldly desires, without your awareness your intellect will soar towards higher realms, and more than what you had ever imagined will be your reward when you follow Guru.
The worship of other deities bestows only the boons that you ask for, whereas Guru, while he gives you what you desire, also grants you liberation.
That is why, Kartaveeryarjuna, who approached Guru initially with a desire for kingdom, step by step rose to the highest spiritual level.
Swamiji is initiating all of you into this Guru Gita with the hope and desire that in addition to fulfilling all your desires, it would also open the doors to your blissful inner consciousness, the existence of which you never even imagined. He is not only initiating you into this teaching, but he is also sharing with you all the secret inner meanings contained in it.
You are indeed very fortunate and blessed. Utilize this great beneficence and fulfill the purpose of your lives.
Wishing for your welfare, for the satisfaction of all your wishes, and for granting you an experience of bliss, by meditating upon Guru Lord Dattatreya, he is now going to begin this spiritual journey.
We have to learn the detailed meaning of the verses that lead us into the contemplation of Guru.
Before commencing any good deed, one should remember Guru. Since we are going to be discussing the Guru Gita, an act that is unsurpassed in the world for its merit, let us begin with the contemplation of Guru.
The foremost Guru of all is Lord Dattatreya. He embodies the Trinity. Guru is Brahma, Guru is Vishnu, and Guru is Siva. All Gurus who follow in this lineage are all also embodiments of all the three.
Without question, Lord Dattatreya is the ultimate Supreme Soul. We offer him our prostrations.
In this context, let us learn how Guru Veda Dharma blessed his disciple Deepaka. It is an important incident in a short story. In the olden days, Deepaka, the disciple of Guru Veda Dharma believed that Guru was all in all. He believed that all deities resided in his Guru.
When Siva and Vishnu appeared before him and offered him boons, Deepaka remained unmoved in his dedication to Guru. For possessing such intense devotion, let us find out what immense grace he received.
Assuming that Deepaka’s devotion to Guru was not genuine, the other disciples created obstacles in every single effort of his. It is natural and commonplace that when one is trying to rise high, others try to pull him down.
Afraid that Deepaka may rise to dizzying heights by the grace of Guru, the rest of the disciples tried their level best to drag him down by placing hurdles in his path of devotion to Guru. Let us see what happened after they managed to drag him down.
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Date: 05/Aug/2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 25 🌹
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻. Offering Service to Guru is Important in Sadhana 🌻
Deepaka continued his dedicated service to his Guru without any boredom, and without taking a single break. Veda Dharma continued to show his irritation towards him, not only in private, but in public as well.
He reeled off a list of false complaints against his disciple to all the outsiders, blaming Deepaka for lack of patience, short temper, lack of respect and regard, negligence, and incompetence. Deepaka was blamed if he ever stepped out.
Guru was tormenting Deepaka but gave the reverse impression to others that he was being ill-treated by his disciple. The more his Guru complained, the more Deepaka loved him.
Deepaka’s fame spread to all the four corners for his sincerity, patience, and unwavering devotion to Guru.
People spoke, not about the Guru, but about the disciple who, in spite of the stench that extended over the entire street, tolerated it, and served his Guru with steadfast love and extraordinary care.
Even Lord Viswanatha of Kasi learned about Deepaka’s exemplary service to Guru. He stepped out from the Jyotirlinga (in the temple) and stood before Veda Dharma’s hut and lovingly called out, “Deepaka!”
Deepaka responded to the call with a pleading tone, “O Lord of all the worlds, please lower your voice. My Guru is resting. Please do not disturb the peace here.
I prostrate to you, please do not disturb my Guru’s sleep.” Visveswara (the Lord of the Universe) felt extremely pleased with this reply.
He said, “Deepaka, I am thrilled to learn of your devotion to Guru. I am offering you a boon. Name your wish.”
Deepaka responded reverentially, “O Lord, I am grateful to you beyond measure for your compassion. I do not require any boon. You please speak with my Guru. Unless he bids, I take no decisions. Without his suggestion, I will not ask for anything. You please wait outside until he wakes up.”
Lord Siva got angry at Deepaka’s arrogance that his offer of a boon was being dismissed so lightly. He said, “I am giving you one last chance. Will you accept my boon or not?”
Deepaka begged, “O Lord of the Universe, please do not be angry. Under no circumstance will I ask for any boon without the approval of my Guru. After he wakes up, as he commands, I will act. I never act on my own accord. No matter how angry you may get, it does not matter.”
Lord Siva, feeling insulted, said, “If that be the case, I am not going to leave you alone. I will keep watching you.” He proceeded to see Lord Vishnu and appeared before him, vowing to see to the end of this matter.
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06/Aug/2020
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✍️ Sri GS Swami ji Datta Vaakya
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌹 Guru creates many doubts and temptations in the mind of the disciple. One should withstand and conquer them all. Then Guru showers his boons upon a disciple who fully and firmly believes in him. 🌹
Lord Siva, angry at Deepaka that he rejected his offer of a boon, vowing to continue to observe his attitude and to continue to subject him to tests, went to Lord Vishnu and remarked to him about the extraordinary and unique level of devotion Deepaka has for his Guru.
“I have been observing him for a while. It would be good if you also take a look at him,” persuaded Lord Siva. Vishnu’s interest was stimulated with these words of praise, and he also wished to see Deepaka.
At once he appeared at where Deepaka was located. He lovingly called out, “Deepaka!” Overwhelmed with joy at the sight of Lord Vishnu, Deepaka prostrated to him reverentially.
Lord Vishnu offered, “Deepaka, your devotion to Guru is indeed commendable. Name your wish. I will grant you the boon.” Deepaka repeated the same words to Lord Vishnu, as he had spoken with Lord Siva.
“O Lord, my Guru is sleeping. After he wakes up, I will consult with him and then only express my wish.” Lord Vishnu got very angry and left, unable to do anything else.
Veda Dharma called out, “Deepaka!” Deepaka went to his Guru. Guru asked him, “Who were you conversing with? I have been listening to the noise that was created. It has been disturbing my sleep. Who were you chitchatting with?”
Deepaka explained in detail the visits of Lord Siva and Lord Vishnu, and their offers of boons.
Guru asked, “What did you say to them?”
“I told them that until I consulted with you, I would not express any wish. “Why did you say that? Why did you not ask for any personal favor?”
Deepaka responded devoutly with closed eyes, “O Guru, you are my Siva. You are my Vishnu. I desire only the boons granted by you. Whatever you bless me with is the greatest boon for me.”
When he opened his eyes, Veda Dharma’s leprosy had completely vanished. His body glowed in perfect health.
He looked at Deepaka and exclaimed with compassion and showered his blessings, “Your faith in Guru is exemplary. That is why you were blessed with the darshan of Lord Siva and Lord Vishnu.
Whoever remembers you with reverence will be freed from difficulties. Their prosperity will increase.
Their faith in Guru will strengthen. You remain right here in Kasi. By my grace you will acquire all spiritual accomplishments (Siddhis) and you will become proficient in all branches of knowledge.
All the celestial energies (Siddha Ganas) will follow your command.” Deepaka received immeasurable grace. It is said that there is a temple built in Kasi in honor of Deepaka.
This shows how generously Guru showers his boons upon a disciple who fully and firmly believes in him. Guru administers many tests. He creates many doubts and temptations in the mind of the disciple. One should withstand and conquer them all.
Deepaka was intelligent. He could have asked Lord Siva for any boon or a boon such as, “Cure my Guru’s disease.” Or, he could have asked Lord Vishnu, “Free my Guru of his affliction.” He did neither of those. He was adamant that no one other than his Guru could grant him any boon.
Deepaka acknowledged the greatness of the two Lords and knew that they were gods of gods. Yet, he firmly believed that he would accept only the boons granted to him by his Guru and no one else.
He knew that even for his Guru they were gods. Still, they were not his gods. For Deepaka, his Guru alone was God. He would not receive any reward from any other god.
We have seen until now, how Deepaka declared his firm faith in Guru by rejecting boons from anyone else other than his Guru.
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📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌹 Guru creates many doubts and temptations in the mind of the disciple. One should withstand and conquer them all. Then Guru showers his boons upon a disciple who fully and firmly believes in him. 🌹
Lord Siva, angry at Deepaka that he rejected his offer of a boon, vowing to continue to observe his attitude and to continue to subject him to tests, went to Lord Vishnu and remarked to him about the extraordinary and unique level of devotion Deepaka has for his Guru.
“I have been observing him for a while. It would be good if you also take a look at him,” persuaded Lord Siva. Vishnu’s interest was stimulated with these words of praise, and he also wished to see Deepaka.
At once he appeared at where Deepaka was located. He lovingly called out, “Deepaka!” Overwhelmed with joy at the sight of Lord Vishnu, Deepaka prostrated to him reverentially.
Lord Vishnu offered, “Deepaka, your devotion to Guru is indeed commendable. Name your wish. I will grant you the boon.” Deepaka repeated the same words to Lord Vishnu, as he had spoken with Lord Siva.
“O Lord, my Guru is sleeping. After he wakes up, I will consult with him and then only express my wish.” Lord Vishnu got very angry and left, unable to do anything else.
Veda Dharma called out, “Deepaka!” Deepaka went to his Guru. Guru asked him, “Who were you conversing with? I have been listening to the noise that was created. It has been disturbing my sleep. Who were you chitchatting with?”
Deepaka explained in detail the visits of Lord Siva and Lord Vishnu, and their offers of boons.
Guru asked, “What did you say to them?”
“I told them that until I consulted with you, I would not express any wish. “Why did you say that? Why did you not ask for any personal favor?”
Deepaka responded devoutly with closed eyes, “O Guru, you are my Siva. You are my Vishnu. I desire only the boons granted by you. Whatever you bless me with is the greatest boon for me.”
When he opened his eyes, Veda Dharma’s leprosy had completely vanished. His body glowed in perfect health.
He looked at Deepaka and exclaimed with compassion and showered his blessings, “Your faith in Guru is exemplary. That is why you were blessed with the darshan of Lord Siva and Lord Vishnu.
Whoever remembers you with reverence will be freed from difficulties. Their prosperity will increase.
Their faith in Guru will strengthen. You remain right here in Kasi. By my grace you will acquire all spiritual accomplishments (Siddhis) and you will become proficient in all branches of knowledge.
All the celestial energies (Siddha Ganas) will follow your command.” Deepaka received immeasurable grace. It is said that there is a temple built in Kasi in honor of Deepaka.
This shows how generously Guru showers his boons upon a disciple who fully and firmly believes in him. Guru administers many tests. He creates many doubts and temptations in the mind of the disciple. One should withstand and conquer them all.
Deepaka was intelligent. He could have asked Lord Siva for any boon or a boon such as, “Cure my Guru’s disease.” Or, he could have asked Lord Vishnu, “Free my Guru of his affliction.” He did neither of those. He was adamant that no one other than his Guru could grant him any boon.
Deepaka acknowledged the greatness of the two Lords and knew that they were gods of gods. Yet, he firmly believed that he would accept only the boons granted to him by his Guru and no one else.
He knew that even for his Guru they were gods. Still, they were not his gods. For Deepaka, his Guru alone was God. He would not receive any reward from any other god.
We have seen until now, how Deepaka declared his firm faith in Guru by rejecting boons from anyone else other than his Guru.
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07/Aug/2020
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✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌹 I offer my prostrations Guru in the form of Sat, Chit, Ananda. 🙏🌹
Verse 1:
I offer my prostrations to the Guru lineage, beginning with Lord Dattatreya, continuing with countless incarnations such as Sri Narasimha Saraswati, proceeding all the way to my present Guru in the form of Sat, Chit, Ananda.
One must commence with this prayer:
Now, the method of absorbing the energy of the Gu Ru mantra by way of inhalation and exhalation while meditating upon Guru through the Guru mantra, is being explained.
Verse 2: Venerable Guru, who is – the cause of the Universe, the form is the Universe, the occupant of innumerable physical bodies, ever free, of countless forms, the cause of all, undivided, filled with Consciousness, whole and complete, endless, beneficent, directly manifested in the syllables Gu and Ru, and eternal, should be meditated upon in the lotus of one’s heart that has been purified by the revolution of the two swans, Hamsa and Soham.
This is the gist of the dhyana sloka (verse for contemplation)
It is evident to all that we live by breathing in and out.
Like inside a furnace, with inhalation and exhalation energy is generated, and that immeasurable energy that is created flows through all the internal organs and helps us to live.
The swan symbolizes breathing. Air goes in. The air that is breathed in does not come out unchanged. It enters the heart, purifies the blood inside, undergoes a change and then comes out.
Therefore, the swan that goes in is different from the swan that comes out. These are the two swans. We exist because of the swinging action of these two swans. One swan is called Hamsa. The other swan is called Soham.
Gu Ru is the divine mantra consisting of two syllables.
These syllables are the direct, comprehensible form of Guru. When these two syllables are linked to the two swans and breathing in and out is performed continuously absorbing the mantra into the heart, it is called Ajapa Japa.
To the one who performs this without break, in addition to the ordinary heart, the yoga heart that is located on the right side also gets cleansed.
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08.Aug.2020
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✍️ 𝕊𝕣𝕚 𝔾𝕊 𝕊𝕨𝕒𝕞𝕚 𝕛𝕚
📚. ℙ𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕒𝕕 𝔹𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕨𝕒𝕛
🌻 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞. 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝-𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖. 🌻
We have learned that the technique of Ajapa Japa links the breath which is in the form of two swans, continuously with the two syllables Gu and Ru, thus absorbing the Guru mantra into the heart.
In the individual who practices this without a break, in addition to the ordinary heart, the yoga heart that is located on the right side also gets cleansed.
To the one who contemplates on Guru as the manifestation of the two syllables of Gu and Ru following the Ajapa Japa method, the Guru out of his own accord reveals himself. Such meditation is the best kind.
How does Guru manifest himself? Does he appear in the form of a human being or a celestial being? Does he appear with a beard, or with a shaven head?
All the descriptive phrases used in the above verse explain Guru’s supreme status. Guru appears as the Supreme Master. The Universe consists of names and forms. Guru is the cause of the Universe. The Universe emerges out of Guru.
Hence, the entire Creation is His form. The substance of ornaments such as bracelets, necklaces and rings made of gold is essentially nothing but gold. The pieces of jewelry are all different forms of gold. Similarly, the countless forms that Guru possesses are all essentially the same substance as he.
Some people keep a small picture of their guru and refer to it as their Guru. It is not right. All forms are Guru’s forms.
That conviction must be followed and practiced. It is not enough if it is verbally expressed constantly. The principle must be kept in mind all the time. For normal worldly interaction a photo may be used as a reference.
We must observe one significant fact. We do not always enjoy complete freedom. We do not even have the freedom to die at will. It is not in our control. Why go that far? We have no control over our own nature or Nature. For that matter, we do not have control over our mind.
The mind insists on dwelling on a thought even if we will against it. Where do we have the freedom to control the mind? It acts as it wishes, against our commands.
Whatever we wish to forget, keeps coming back into the mind, including even in dreams. The mind does more and more of what we do not wish for it to do.
But, Guru is not like that. He is absolutely free. He is completely in control of his mind. He has the option of letting his mind function freely, or otherwise. We lack that ability. He can perfectly control himself.
Any life he can control. He can bind it or free it as he chooses. Not just that. He keeps this entire Creation under his control. How is it possible? It is possible because Guru is the Universe.
We have already described him as the cause, and the form of this endless Creation, and that his form is Bliss. He permeates the entire Universe. He is not limited to one picture or one substance.
One should keep contemplating on the concept that Guru is in all forms, all substances, all photographs, and all images. Guru must never be restricted to just one image or one form. Guru is all-pervasive.
He can manifest in any form and at the same time he can remain without appearing in any form.
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🌻 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 29 🌻
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji Datta Vaakya
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌹 Guru's form itself is bliss. He is a mass of joy. 🙏🌹
We have learned that Guru is absolutely free. He can completely be in control of himself. He can keep this entire Creation under his control. How is it possible? It is possible because Guru himself has taken form as the Universe. He has the power to permeate this entire Universe and to control it. Because he possesses these attributes, His form itself is bliss. He is a mass of joy.
That is why those who follow and worship him obtain pure, unadulterated bliss. Such bliss is the same as goodness which is auspicious, complete, endless, all-pervasive, and eternal. Let us understand this clearly. The scriptures have a phrase to describe this quality. It is “Akhanda chidghanarasam.” That is Guru’s unequivocally true nature. When Guru is contemplated upon with the Guru mantra, he reveals himself in his real principle. Guru mantra is the only means for achieving this. Now, it is being explained why Guru has to be meditated upon.
Verse: Namami sadgurum …
I bow down my head and worship Sadguru who is, ever peaceful, the manifested form of the giver of goodness and bliss (Siva), and fixed on the seat of Yoga, for the attainment of Liberation.
Sadguru is described as the actual manifestation of Siva. Here, Siva does not denote the common meaning. Siva means goodness and bliss. Siva also means liberation. All delusions and illusions get eliminated there. They all simply get extinguished. The karma of all lifetimes gets eradicated there. Such Guru should be contemplated upon.
Where should he be seated while he is being contemplated upon? On top of the head, in the lotus of the Sahasrara, the seat of Yoga he should be placed and meditated upon. Why? It should be done to fulfill that one desire. Which desire is it amongst the billions of desires that we entertain? Someday all the desires have to be fulfilled. Someday all desires have to end. How long does one go on generating desires? After the fulfillment of every single desire, it is realized that it is not the end of all desires.
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✍️ 𝑺𝒓𝒊 𝑮𝑺 𝑺𝒘𝒂𝒎𝒊 𝒋𝒊
🌷 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑, 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅. 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒅𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓. 🌷
We have learned that billions of desires may be entertained by us. Whatever desire it may be, someday it has to end. When all these desires are fulfilled, we will realize that it is not the end of desires. A new desire sprouts up. It suffers the same fate.
Each and every desire gets satisfied, dissolved and extinguished. It will not remain forever. One by one as each and every desire gets fulfilled and destroyed the very final wish that we entertain will be the desire for liberation.
It only happens after the fulfillment of each and every desire. You will not entertain the same desire again and again after it has already been satisfied. As long as the snake charmer is enticing you with the hissing snake inside the basket, you are excited and have the curiosity to see it.
But once you have seen what is inside the snake charmer’s basket, after you have heard the hissing, and your curiosity is satisfied, you no longer feel interested.
You move on. But until then, although you know that there is a snake inside the basket, and you know what it looks like, you still have the wish to see it. One day the curiosity of the snake and the snake charmer will wear off.
At that time if another snake charmer comes your way, you will no longer show any interest. This same process applies to every single desire until you reach the final desire for liberation, which is freedom from all desires. Thereafter there is nothing left to be satisfied. To achieve this end, this freedom from desires, Guru needs to be contemplated upon.
📚. 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒅 𝑩𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒋
🌷 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑, 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅. 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒅𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓. 🌷
We have learned that billions of desires may be entertained by us. Whatever desire it may be, someday it has to end. When all these desires are fulfilled, we will realize that it is not the end of desires. A new desire sprouts up. It suffers the same fate.
Each and every desire gets satisfied, dissolved and extinguished. It will not remain forever. One by one as each and every desire gets fulfilled and destroyed the very final wish that we entertain will be the desire for liberation.
It only happens after the fulfillment of each and every desire. You will not entertain the same desire again and again after it has already been satisfied. As long as the snake charmer is enticing you with the hissing snake inside the basket, you are excited and have the curiosity to see it.
But once you have seen what is inside the snake charmer’s basket, after you have heard the hissing, and your curiosity is satisfied, you no longer feel interested.
You move on. But until then, although you know that there is a snake inside the basket, and you know what it looks like, you still have the wish to see it. One day the curiosity of the snake and the snake charmer will wear off.
At that time if another snake charmer comes your way, you will no longer show any interest. This same process applies to every single desire until you reach the final desire for liberation, which is freedom from all desires. Thereafter there is nothing left to be satisfied. To achieve this end, this freedom from desires, Guru needs to be contemplated upon.
When a great treasure is coming your way, would you be hankering after small change? You certainly would not.
For the benefit of those who are unable to do the highest type of meditation, they are now teaching us how to contemplate upon Guru who is in an ordinary (human) form.
Verse: Pratassirasi …
Every morning upon waking up, visualize a white lotus with a thousand petals upon the head. Visualize Sadguru seated inside the white lotus flower.
Visualize clearly in the mind’s eye, his feet, and eyes, hands showing the gestures of protection and beneficence, and his peaceful countenance.
You should have a very clear mental picture of his feet, his eyes, his hands, his hand gestures indicating protection and invitation, as well as his entire presence.
That form should become fixed in the mind where he is inviting you to approach him and is offering you protection. Let us proceed ahead.
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For the benefit of those who are unable to do the highest type of meditation, they are now teaching us how to contemplate upon Guru who is in an ordinary (human) form.
Verse: Pratassirasi …
Every morning upon waking up, visualize a white lotus with a thousand petals upon the head. Visualize Sadguru seated inside the white lotus flower.
Visualize clearly in the mind’s eye, his feet, and eyes, hands showing the gestures of protection and beneficence, and his peaceful countenance.
You should have a very clear mental picture of his feet, his eyes, his hands, his hand gestures indicating protection and invitation, as well as his entire presence.
That form should become fixed in the mind where he is inviting you to approach him and is offering you protection. Let us proceed ahead.
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✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Every morning upon waking up, a white lotus with a thousand petals should be visualized upon the head. Sadguru should be visualized as being seated inside the lotus.
While doing this, the name of Guru should be chanted. In the mind’s eye, Guru’s feet, eyes, and hands showing the gestures of protection and beneficence, and his peaceful countenance should be visualized.
It should be believed that Guru encompasses everything, as if he manifests as the entire Universe. When you see a cow, all the deities should manifest in it.
Similarly in Guru all divinities should be visible. Every single moment this thought should be preserved.
Guru’s feet should be washed with pure water and it should be felt as if that water is flowing down all over you, cleansing you from top to bottom, inside and out, of all impurities. Visualize it as a flow of nectar that is clearing away all the dirt. This is a yoga procedure.
When this is done, in that very instant along with all the impurities, the Rajo Guna and Tamo Guna will also get washed away from the spiritual seeker. Both the gross body and the subtle body get purified of all sins.
Like clear crystal, the spiritual aspirant will feel absolutely clean. Every morning this exercise should be performed. This is an excellent process. We have already said that the Guru’s feet, eyes, and hands should be visualized.
The reason for doing that is given in the following verse:
Verse: Teerthaani …
In the right foot of Guru all sacred pilgrimage centers and holy rivers are contained.
His face is itself the Veda. When his face is visualized, the fruit of having chanted all the Vedas is obtained. His feet and hands are permeated with the nectar of immortality.
By the mere glance of Guru and the touch of his hands, that nectar of Yoga flows into and is absorbed by the devotee. This should be remembered again and again.
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His face is itself the Veda. When his face is visualized, the fruit of having chanted all the Vedas is obtained. His feet and hands are permeated with the nectar of immortality.
By the mere glance of Guru and the touch of his hands, that nectar of Yoga flows into and is absorbed by the devotee. This should be remembered again and again.
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✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Guru’s feet and hands are permeated with the nectar of immortality. By the mere glance of Guru and the touch of his hands, the nectar of Yoga flows into and is absorbed by the devotee. 🌻
By the mere grace of Guru a rock turns into a precious gem; Iron turns into gold; Poison turns into the nectar of immortality; a fool becomes a genius; an ignorant person becomes enlightened. That is why the elders urge us to find the proper Guru.
A mute person, meaning one who is ignorant although he may be articulate, will become brilliant. Many declare that although they have no poetic talent, after contemplation they suddenly have become very productive and creative.
Suddenly poetry begins to flow from them like a fountain. When Guru’s face is visualized, and when Guru’s grace is granted, immeasurable spiritual accomplishments are attained; the fruit of having chanted all the Vedas is obtained.
Once, Guru Dhaumya’s glance fell upon Upamanyu, his disciple. Let us learn this story. There are several stories that I am going to skip. But let us hear this story.
During the reign of king Janamejaya, Guru Dhaumya had two disciples. Of them, Aruni was very sharp and quick at learning.
He grasped all the knowledge taught by his Guru, graduated, and left. Upamanyu was very dull witted and slow. He did not learn a thing. One day he received the grace of Guru Dhaumya. Guru decided to make Upamanyu bright as a gem.
Guru Dhaumya called and asked Upamanyu, “Have you had your meal?”
Upamanyu answered, yes.
“From today you have to begin minding the cattle. You have to take them grazing in the forest.”
Upamanyu agreed and herded the cattle. After a long time he returned. Dhaumya was surprised to see that Upamanyu showed no signs of tiredness.
On the other hand, he looked very fresh and radiant. Guru asked Upamanyu, “You have traveled a long way. And yet, you look very relaxed and energetic. What makes you so fresh and contented? “
“O Guru, I went home and then went out to collect food as alms. I have eaten that food.” Let us see what the food contained and what happened next.
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🌹 Gυɾυ Gҽҽƚα - Dαƚƚα Vααƙყα - 33 🌹
✍️ Sɾι GS Sɯαɱι ʝι
📚. Pɾαʂαԃ Bԋαɾαԃɯαʝ
🌻. Following the austerity strictly means following the orders of Guru. 🌻
Upamanyu followed his Guru’s command. We have learned that Upamanyu was dull witted. He was asked to begin minding the cattle. He had to take them grazing.
Upamanyu agreed and herded the cattle. After a long time he returned. Dhaumya was surprised to see that Upamanyu showed no signs of tiredness, but looked fresh and radiant.
Guru asked Upamanyu, “You have traveled a long way. And yet, you look very relaxed and energetic. What makes you so fresh and contented? “
“O Guru, I went from one house to another to collect food as alms. I have eaten all that food. My stomach is full. Hence, I am contented.”
Guru said, “Why did you eat all the food yourself? Why did you not share it with me? Hereafter, whatever food you collect, you must give it all to me.”
Upamanyu obeyed Guru’s command and since then, daily he offered the food that he collected, to Guru Dhaumya. Days went by. Day by day Upamanyu grew more and more stout and heavy.
Guru thought, “I have told him to give all the food to me and he has been doing that. Still, he is looking so well nourished and happy. What could be the reason?” He was puzzled.
One day he asked Upamanyu, “What makes you so well-fed and strong in spite of giving away all the food to me?”
Upamanyu replied, “Whatever food I collect in the first round of begging, I am offering to you. Whatever I get when I go for a second round, I have been consuming.”
Dhaumya on one hand was amused at Upamanyu’s cleverness, and on the other hand felt sorry.
He told Upamanyu in an angry tone, “Whatever food you collect from begging, regardless of how many times you go out to beg, all the food must be surrendered to me. If anyone voluntarily offers you food, that food also must be given to me. You may eat food only upon permission granted by me.”
Upamanyu accepted the command. Upamanyu followed the austerity of strictly following the orders of his Guru.
Still, Upamanyu appeared well-rounded and well-nourished. He did not lose even an ounce of weight.
Dhaumya was surprised at this. He said, “Tell me the truth. What are you doing? I expected that you will begin to lose weight and become thin. But that is not happening. What are you up to?”
Upamanyu confessed, “I have been drinking the milk from a cow.”
Dhaumya thought about it. If he now tells Upamanyu to offer him whatever he milks from a cow, he may open up another bag of tricks. So he ordered, “You have to stop doing that altogether. You are forbidden from drinking cow’s milk.” Let us see what happens next.
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🌹 𝙶𝚞𝚛𝚞 𝙶𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚊 - 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊 𝚅𝚊𝚊𝚔𝚢𝚊 - 𝟹𝟺 🌹
✍️ 𝚂𝚛𝚒 𝙶𝚂 𝚂𝚠𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚓𝚒
📚. 𝙿𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚍 𝙱𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚠𝚊𝚓
🌻 If you are following Guru's orders sincerely You will be Protected always not only by Nature and Devas but by Guru directly 🌻
Guru Dhaumya asked Upamanyu, “In spite of giving away to me all the food that you collect, you are still looking smooth and stout. Tell me the reason.”
Upamanyu said, “There is no special trick here. I have been drinking cow’s milk.” Dhaumya thought, if he now tells Upamanyu to offer him whatever milk he obtains from a cow, he may come with some different strategy.
So he ordered, “You are forbidden from drinking cow’s milk.” Days went by. A fter several days Dhaumya saw Upamanyu again and saw that there was absolutely no change in him.
He questioned him, “What are you doing to remain so fat?” Upamanyu said, “After the calves have finished drinking all the milk, whatever foam remains, that is what I am consuming.”
Since there were hundreds of cows, the foam alone would perhaps fill two pots.
Dhaumya was totally losing patience. Yet, he controlled his anger and intolerance and said, “From today onwards I forbid you to touch any type of food.” He could have said this to begin with.
He had not anticipated that Upamanyu would resort to all kinds of strange tactics to circumvent his orders. Since that day Upamanyu did not touch any food. One day he took the cattle grazing in the forest. He was absolu tely starved.
All the stored food in his body got exhausted. He became thin. He was unable to withstand the pangs of hunger any longer. He somehow managed to wait until sunset.
Thereafter, he lost his selfwh control. In desperation, without even realizing at plant it was, he tore off some leaves from a tree and was about to consume them. As he was doing so, the milky sap from the leaves spilled and fell into his eyes.
He at once became blind. They were the leaves of the white arka plant. Unable to find his way, Upamanyu fell into an abandoned well. Dhaumya became concerned when his disciple did not return with the cattle.
He wondered if Upamanyu, unable to follow Guru’s impossible commands had absconded with the cows, wishing to eat to his heart’s content elsewhere in a different country. Guru became very anxious because his love for the disciple was boundless.
He did not send any other disciple to go looking for him. He himself set out looking for Upamanyu, calling out his name loudly. It was dark and to add to it, it began to rain heavily.
After some time, Guru heard Upamanyu’s voice, “O revered Guru, I am inside the well.” Guru said, “I am unable to find my way in this darkness.
You please offer prayers to the Aswini twins (celestial physicians). Guru already knew exactly what had happened. At once Upamanyu began chanting, “Stotum …
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✍️ 𝚂𝚛𝚒 𝙶𝚂 𝚂𝚠𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚓𝚒
📚. 𝙿𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚍 𝙱𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚠𝚊𝚓
🌻 If you are following Guru's orders sincerely You will be Protected always not only by Nature and Devas but by Guru directly 🌻
Guru Dhaumya asked Upamanyu, “In spite of giving away to me all the food that you collect, you are still looking smooth and stout. Tell me the reason.”
Upamanyu said, “There is no special trick here. I have been drinking cow’s milk.” Dhaumya thought, if he now tells Upamanyu to offer him whatever milk he obtains from a cow, he may come with some different strategy.
So he ordered, “You are forbidden from drinking cow’s milk.” Days went by. A fter several days Dhaumya saw Upamanyu again and saw that there was absolutely no change in him.
He questioned him, “What are you doing to remain so fat?” Upamanyu said, “After the calves have finished drinking all the milk, whatever foam remains, that is what I am consuming.”
Since there were hundreds of cows, the foam alone would perhaps fill two pots.
Dhaumya was totally losing patience. Yet, he controlled his anger and intolerance and said, “From today onwards I forbid you to touch any type of food.” He could have said this to begin with.
He had not anticipated that Upamanyu would resort to all kinds of strange tactics to circumvent his orders. Since that day Upamanyu did not touch any food. One day he took the cattle grazing in the forest. He was absolu tely starved.
All the stored food in his body got exhausted. He became thin. He was unable to withstand the pangs of hunger any longer. He somehow managed to wait until sunset.
Thereafter, he lost his selfwh control. In desperation, without even realizing at plant it was, he tore off some leaves from a tree and was about to consume them. As he was doing so, the milky sap from the leaves spilled and fell into his eyes.
He at once became blind. They were the leaves of the white arka plant. Unable to find his way, Upamanyu fell into an abandoned well. Dhaumya became concerned when his disciple did not return with the cattle.
He wondered if Upamanyu, unable to follow Guru’s impossible commands had absconded with the cows, wishing to eat to his heart’s content elsewhere in a different country. Guru became very anxious because his love for the disciple was boundless.
He did not send any other disciple to go looking for him. He himself set out looking for Upamanyu, calling out his name loudly. It was dark and to add to it, it began to rain heavily.
After some time, Guru heard Upamanyu’s voice, “O revered Guru, I am inside the well.” Guru said, “I am unable to find my way in this darkness.
You please offer prayers to the Aswini twins (celestial physicians). Guru already knew exactly what had happened. At once Upamanyu began chanting, “Stotum …
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✍️ 𝕊𝕣𝕚 𝔾𝕊 𝕊𝕨𝕒𝕞𝕚 𝕛𝕚
📚. ℙ𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕒𝕕 𝔹𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕨𝕒𝕛
🌻 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕞 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕚𝕟 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦. 𝕀𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕓𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖. 🌻
𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝔻𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕞𝕪𝕒 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕩𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕. ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦, 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕𝕝𝕪. 𝕀𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕙 𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕪. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖, 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦’𝕤 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖, “𝕆 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦, 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖, 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝.” 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕. 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕, “𝔻𝕠 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝕆𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕚 𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕤 (𝕔𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕡𝕙𝕪𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕤).”
𝔸𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕟 𝕔𝕙 𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘, “𝕆 𝔸𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕚 𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕤! 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕟𝕤. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕤. 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕖𝕪𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝. 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖. 𝔹𝕪 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕖, 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕣 𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥. ℙ𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕞𝕖.” 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕚 𝕕𝕖𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣𝕤.
𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕, “𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦, 𝕨𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕓𝕪 𝕪𝕠𝕦. ℍ𝕖𝕣𝕖, 𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕦𝕚𝕥. 𝔼𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕣, 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 ’𝕤 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕗𝕣𝕦𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦. 𝕃𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕦𝕡 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦. 𝕆𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟, 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕕.” 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦’𝕤 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕒𝕝. ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕓𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖.
𝕊𝕠 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕, “𝕆 𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕤, 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕖. 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝕞𝕪 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦. 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕦𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕗 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕪 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦. 𝕀𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕗 𝕀 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕕.”
𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔸 𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕚 𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕓𝕪 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕦𝕚𝕥.
𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥. 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦, 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕤𝕖𝕖, 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕝𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝔻𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕞𝕪𝕒. 𝔻𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕞𝕪𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕕 𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕘𝕖𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕖𝕕𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕍𝕖𝕕𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕊𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕤. 𝔹𝕪 𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦 𝕒𝕓𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕕𝕠𝕞. 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕠 𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖.
𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕚 𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕒 𝕗𝕣𝕦𝕚𝕥, 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕘𝕚𝕗𝕥 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞. ℍ𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖, 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥 𝕚𝕥, 𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕚 𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕓𝕪 𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦’𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦’𝕤 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕘𝕚𝕗𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕦𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕥. 𝕀𝕟 𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕥 𝕌𝕡𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕧𝕖. ℍ𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕨𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕓𝕦𝕥𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕘𝕖𝕞. ℍ𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕡𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕖𝕕𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕡𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕤.
𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕡 𝕓𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕡 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕤 𝕒 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕕. 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕞 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕚𝕟 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕦. 𝕀𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕓𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖.
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15.May.2020
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𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂 𝑽𝒂𝒂𝒌𝒚𝒂
✍️ 𝑺𝒓𝒊 𝑮𝑺 𝑺𝒘𝒂𝒎𝒊 𝒋𝒊
📚. 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒅 𝑩𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒋
🌻 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 🌻
Verse: Apadamauliparyantam …
Beginning with the feet all the way up to the head, the form of Guru should be visualized. By doing so, all obstacles and hurdles in the path will be removed, and de sires will be fulfilled. Your glance must first fall on Guru’s feet.
Guru’s first glance must fall on the disciple’s head. Spiritual knowledge will first be transmitted into the head. The reason for offering obeisance by bowing down the head is that.
It is not necessary to remain with a lowered head. Once Guru’s glance falls on the head, it is sufficient.
Step by step, the glance of the disciple should rise from the feet, to the stomach, chest, hands, neck, and head, taking in every detail, of his footwear, clothing, garlands, and ornaments worn.
After this visualization, after seeing the feet first, the head should be raised to look at Guru’s face. This is the proper procedure for contemplation. Hereafter follow this gradual sequence of careful observation. Learn this method.
Every time you see Swamiji, his footwear must be noticed. Each type of footwear carries a unique significance. Suddenly he will appear wearing some different type of footwear. It is not because he is afraid of thorns pricking his feet.
There is a special reason for his selection of wooden padukas, rubber slippers, or even going barefoot. On one occasion he wears red clothes, and on another occasion he wears ritual clothing meant for performing austerities.
One day he just wraps himself i n a lightweight towel and has only a Tshirt on. One day he wraps a saree and is decked in all types of ornaments and decorations.
All these must be carefully observed. For the mind to get a firm impression of his form, it is asked that Guru should be medi tated upon with all such various minute details.
What type of footwear is worn conveys a particular message and hence, this detail must be noticed.
What he will wear on which day of the week, or for which specific occasion is unpredictable. By each of thes e symbols he wears, it is as if he is conveying to us an unmistakable command.
Which deity he has invoked into himself on a certain day and which deity on that day is permeating the earth with a special influence, is indicated by what Guru wears.
It also shows what exact benefit he is intending for us by wearing certain special outfits.
To know what mantra he is chanting continuously, it is important for us to contemplate upon his form very carefully with clear scrutiny. His selection of clothes, footwear, and ornaments is never random.
They are not things that he has grabbed in a hurry and has put on himself. Sometimes, when a pair of sandals is offered to him, he rejects it and requests for a different pair.
He says, I will not wear this. I will wear that. It has a special meaning. Some people visualize Guru by starting from the head and step by step going down towards the feet. This is very special.
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16.Aug.2020
✍️ 𝑺𝒓𝒊 𝑮𝑺 𝑺𝒘𝒂𝒎𝒊 𝒋𝒊
📚. 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒅 𝑩𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒋
🌻 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 🌻
Verse: Apadamauliparyantam …
Beginning with the feet all the way up to the head, the form of Guru should be visualized. By doing so, all obstacles and hurdles in the path will be removed, and de sires will be fulfilled. Your glance must first fall on Guru’s feet.
Guru’s first glance must fall on the disciple’s head. Spiritual knowledge will first be transmitted into the head. The reason for offering obeisance by bowing down the head is that.
It is not necessary to remain with a lowered head. Once Guru’s glance falls on the head, it is sufficient.
Step by step, the glance of the disciple should rise from the feet, to the stomach, chest, hands, neck, and head, taking in every detail, of his footwear, clothing, garlands, and ornaments worn.
After this visualization, after seeing the feet first, the head should be raised to look at Guru’s face. This is the proper procedure for contemplation. Hereafter follow this gradual sequence of careful observation. Learn this method.
Every time you see Swamiji, his footwear must be noticed. Each type of footwear carries a unique significance. Suddenly he will appear wearing some different type of footwear. It is not because he is afraid of thorns pricking his feet.
There is a special reason for his selection of wooden padukas, rubber slippers, or even going barefoot. On one occasion he wears red clothes, and on another occasion he wears ritual clothing meant for performing austerities.
One day he just wraps himself i n a lightweight towel and has only a Tshirt on. One day he wraps a saree and is decked in all types of ornaments and decorations.
All these must be carefully observed. For the mind to get a firm impression of his form, it is asked that Guru should be medi tated upon with all such various minute details.
What type of footwear is worn conveys a particular message and hence, this detail must be noticed.
What he will wear on which day of the week, or for which specific occasion is unpredictable. By each of thes e symbols he wears, it is as if he is conveying to us an unmistakable command.
Which deity he has invoked into himself on a certain day and which deity on that day is permeating the earth with a special influence, is indicated by what Guru wears.
It also shows what exact benefit he is intending for us by wearing certain special outfits.
To know what mantra he is chanting continuously, it is important for us to contemplate upon his form very carefully with clear scrutiny. His selection of clothes, footwear, and ornaments is never random.
They are not things that he has grabbed in a hurry and has put on himself. Sometimes, when a pair of sandals is offered to him, he rejects it and requests for a different pair.
He says, I will not wear this. I will wear that. It has a special meaning. Some people visualize Guru by starting from the head and step by step going down towards the feet. This is very special.
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16.Aug.2020
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🌹 ĞÚŔÚ ĞĔĔŤĂ - ĎĂŤŤĂ VĂĂĶŶĂ - 38 🌹
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 48 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Jaya Guru Datta! We were talking about the style of chanting. Some people chant loudly. It is said that it is better to chant without letting out any sound, murmuring to yourself, while your lips are moving.
Feels like that is better. This gives mediocre results. But, chanting in your mind, without the lips or tongue moving is the best and yields benefits a thousand times over.
So, one way to chant is to loudly chant “Rama, Rama”, the second is to chant “Rama” without making any sound, just moving the lips and the third is to chant “Rama” in your mind, without moving your lips or tongue. While chanting, you should chant joyfully, without any sorrows or anxiety.
Lot of people think chanting joyfully means to have a wide grin on your face. Is that real happiness from within? When chanting, the mind should be free from all anxiety. If you chant while experiencing that happiness, it will automatically reflect in your face.
That is called “ajapa japam” (constant awareness of the mantra). Om Namo Hanumate Namaha. Om Namo Hanumate Namaha. Om Namo Hanumate Namaha.
While chanting, if you close your eyes and see Lord Hanuman’s life history, His divine form, His glories as sung by millions of people, as if He’s flying in the sky, visualizing His form from His feet to His head, as if His form spans from the lower most worlds to the higher most, that peace will automatically radiate on your face.
Continues...
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
28 Aug 2020
🌹 G͢u͢r͢u͢ G͢e͢e͢t͢a͢ - D͢a͢t͢t͢a͢ V͢a͢a͢k͢y͢a͢ - 4͢9͢ 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
So, Mother Goddess asked for such an initiation. Lord Shiva said that nobody ever asked him such a question. Those saints are not ordinary people.
They are very accomplished, wellversed in all Vedas and scriptures, capable of creating and sustaining life. Yet, they never asked such a question because arrogance comes naturally to spiritual seekers.
Some people who buy something new, like a new phone, approach someone to show them how to use the phone. When the person starts explaining, the owner of the phone cuts him off midway saying he’s understood how to use the phone.
A few days later, they realize they only know a little. But, they are too embarrassed to ask the same person, so they ask someone else. In the spiritual path, arrogance comes naturally. Let’s see what happens ahead.
So, Mother Goddess asked for such an initiation. Lord Shiva said that nobody ever asked him such a question. Those saints are not ordinary people.
They are very accomplished, wellversed in all Vedas and scriptures, capable of creating and sustaining life. Yet, they never asked such a question because arrogance comes naturally to spiritual seekers.
Some people who buy something new, like a new phone, approach someone to show them how to use the phone. When the person starts explaining, the owner of the phone cuts him off midway saying he’s understood how to use the phone.
A few days later, they realize they only know a little. But, they are too embarrassed to ask the same person, so they ask someone else. In the spiritual path, arrogance comes naturally. Let’s see what happens ahead.
Continues...
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
29 Aug 2020
🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 51 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Even though Sri Rama and Sri Krishna were incarnations of the Divine, they approached a Guru. They taught the world the importance of having a Guru in one’s life. 🌻
Sage Sandeepani was the Guru to Sri Krishna and his friend Sudhama. Since Sri Krishna and Sudhama were great souls, they knew the importance of a Guru.
They served the Guru like he was Lord Shiva. Let’s see how Sri Krishna and Sudhama served Sage Sandeepani and how he blessed them.
Sloka: Yo gurussa sivah prokto ya ssiva ssa guru ssmrtaha Vikalpam yastu kurvita sa bhavet pataki gurau
Sri Krishna and Sudhama came under Sage Sandeepani’s tutelage at a very tender age. As children, they played together a lot. We will observe from this story that even though they quarreled and fought a lot, they never separated.
However, if the Guru gave them any tasks, they would always carry out those tasks with great love and devotion. They never postponed the task given by the Guru. Any task given by the Guru was immediately attended to and completed.
They would always make Sage Sandeepani happy. They would also take on all the tasks given by the wife of Sage Sandeepani. Once, she called for Sri Krishna and Sudhama. They immediately went up to her and asked if they were called.
She said “Yes, my dear sons, we are out of sacrificial wood. Please bring some from the forest”. The forest she was referring to was not an ordinary forest. It was a dense forest that was covered in darkness even during day time.
It would be impossible to see anything. It was filled with poisonous trees and predatory animals. Sri Krishna and Sudhama were tender little children. They were excited to go to the forest. They were not afraid. They happily agreed to carry out her command.
Saying,”Mother, don’t worry. We will bring lots of sacrificial wood”, they set out for the forest. It was completely dark in that dense forest. Sri Krishna and Sudhama gathered up the wood they could find in the darkness.
They couldn’t just pick up the wood, they had to search and gather. Soon, there were gusts and pouring rain. As sunset approached, the little traces of sunlight disappeared.
Sri Krishna and Sudhama got scared. The held hands and walked in the rain. Soon, the forest was flooded. Without letting go of each other, they began swimming.
It was no more a forest to walk in; it was a forest to swim in. They couldn’t tell where the ups and downs in the forest were. They had no idea where they were going.
Slowly, they found a tree that they took shelter under. They spent the night under the tree shivering in the cold. It was so dark and cold that it felt like the night of doomsday.
They were very scared. Somehow, the night passed. In the morning, Sage Sandeepani set out in search of the little children, calling out their names.
He found them both under the tree shivering from cold. He trembled with compassion. Let’s see what happens ahead.
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31.Aug.2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Everyone needs a Guru. One’s life is incomplete without a Guru. When noble souls take refuge with a Sadguru, and walk the noble path, they will attain higher worlds. 🌻
We discussed that the little children – Sri Krishna and Sudhama – were shivering in the dark coldness of what looked like the night of doomsday.
They were terrified. Somehow the night passed. At dawn, Sage Sandeepani who had set out in search of the two children found them shivering in the cold. He was overcome with compassion.
He drew them close to him and lovingly wiped their bodies dry with his shawl. Isn’t it amazing! The Guru is like a mother, like a father. He commended the boys’ bravery.
He said that outstanding disciples like them sacrifice themselves completely in the service of the Guru. He said that one must be blessed to be able to serve the Guru. He was very pleased with them.
He blessed them generously with fulfillment of all their desires and said “All the Vedas and other scriptures you learn here will continue to grant you auspiciousness in all the other worlds you go to”. He held their hands and took them back home.
Thus, the little children, Sri Krishna and Sudhama immersed themselves completely in the service of the Guru without worrying about their mortal bodies, as a result of which they got blessed immensely by their Guru.
Once, when the Guru asked Sri Krishna for Guru Dakshina in the form of bringing his dead son back, Sri Krishna, along with his brother Balarama went to Lord Yama and got the Guru’s son back. This is a wonderful story.
By accomplishing such impossible feats, he greatly pleased his Guru. By the Guru’s grace, Sri Krishna achieved everlasting fame. Only one who has the Guru’s grace can find lasting peace.
Therefore, everyone needs a Guru. One’s life is incomplete without a Guru. When noble souls take refuge with a Sadguru, and walk the noble path, they will attain higher worlds.
Thus Lord Shiva, after explaining that the Guru has all the attributes of the Trinity and is none other than the Trinity, goes on to say that the Guru is the Parabrahman who’s beyond all attributes.
Sloka: “Durlabham trishu lokeshu”
Lord Shiva says, “Parvati, I will tell you the secret that no one in all the three worlds knows”. Lord Shiva is saying that Guru is Parabrahma. We’ll see what he says next.
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01 Sep 2020
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✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Sloka:
Durlabham trisu lokesu tacchrnu pravada myaham Gurum brahma vina nanyat satyam satyam varanane
Siva says to Parvati to hear Him say the secret that no one in the three worlds knows.
Guru is verily Parabrahman and there is nothing else besides this. This is an absolute truth. Here, the three worlds also indicate Brahma loka, Vaikuntha and Kailasa.
Let’s talk about the story of Matsya Narayana, who is Parabrahman, and a Guru to the Gurus. Eons ago, there used to be a king called Vaivasvata who ruled the earth. During his reign, there was a great deluge.
Once, when the king was offering his prayers by the river, Sri Hari appeared in the form of a little fish and slipped into the water that the king had cupped in his hands. Let’s talk about the ways of the divine. The fish implored the king to save its life. The king kept the fish in his sacred water pot.
Soon, the little fish grew too large for the pot, so the king moved the fish to a little pond. The fish quickly outgrew the pond and asked the king to take it to another place. The king moved the fish to a big lake. The fish soon grew too big for the lake as well.
Vaivasvata then released the fish in to the ocean. He realized that the fish was none other than Sri Hari and prayed to the Lord. Vaivasvata was also called Satyavrata (for his adherence to truth).
At the time of the deluge, Vaivasvata welcomed the Lord in the form of a Guru and diligently followed his commands. By the grace of Matsya Narayana (Lord Sri Hari in the form of a Sankhya Yoga and the Puranas as blessings.
He realized the absolute truth that Guru is Parabrahman and there is nothing else. He beautifully praised the Lord who appeared to him as a Guru.
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02 Sep 2020
🌹 G͎u͎r͎u͎ G͎e͎e͎t͎a͎ - D͎a͎t͎t͎a͎ V͎a͎a͎k͎y͎a͎ - 5͎4͎ 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 “Humans in this world live in illusion. Due to this illusion, they are mired in samsara and face many sorrows and difficulties. 🌻
But, when they take refuge with you to get away from their sorrows, they realize you are their inner self. You are Guru to the Gurus. You are pleased easily. You are the great one that grants liberation.
Therefore, please bless me with liberation”. Due to the Guru’s grace, he became the overlord of Manvantara (span of time measured in astronomical period).
The age we are living in now is Vaivasvata Manvantaram. Vaivasvata is Satyavrata (he adheres to truth or Satya).
One who adheres to truth like Satyavrat did and places complete faith in the Guru despite many difficulties will be blessed immensely. One who realizes that Guru is Parabrahman and serves the Guru will reap great benefits.
This sloka is asking us to place our faith in the Guru, to lead a noble life and to realize the absolute truth. The next 4 slokas say that if we are not mindful of the Guru Principle, all worship, prayers, rituals and meditation are futile.
Sloka: Veda sastra puranani cetihasadi kani ca mantra tantradi vidyasca smrti ruccata nadikam Saiva saktagama dini hyanye ca bahavo matah Bhramaka sarva evai te jivana malapa cetasam
Vedas, shastras, epics, puranas, studies in spells and rituals, smritis, necromancy (black arts) Saiva Agamas, Sakti Agamas, and other branches of knowledge delude the petty minds.
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03.Sep.2020
🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 56 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
On the other hand, Vedas and other scriptures help you see and understand your inner self and bring you closer to your Self. That is why, Vedic knowledge is greater than Science.
Deep study of great scriptures takes you on an inward journey to reveal your true self to you. In that respect, it feels as if Science may not be real knowledge. We can also infer that Vedas and other scriptures contain real knowledge.
But, even if you are well versed in both these kinds of knowledge, your ego leads you to believe you are very knowledgeable, thus drowning you in ignorance.
Regardless of how many PhDs you have, this is the fate. Why is this happening? Because, when one doesn’t concentrate on the Guru Principle, all knowledge leads to ignorance.
That is why these are called “Bhramakas”, or things that drown you in illusion. Lord Shiva says that people that revel in such knowledge are fools.
So, all these branches of knowledge that lead you toward illusion are together referred to as “lower worldly knowledge” (Apara vidya).
The other kind of knowledge that leads you to understand your inner self is divine knowledge (Para vidya).
This is obtained only by realizing the Guru Principle. Among those who studied the Vedas, there are some who do Anushthanam.
What is “Anushthanam”? Yagnas, donations for a good cause, service to mankind, rituals, vows, pilgrim trips, penance etc are different kinds of Anushthanam. We’ll talk about Anushthanam next.
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05.Sep.2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Understand that without knowledge of the Principle of Guru, everything is meaningless. 🌻
So, what is Anushthanam? We said that Anushthana comprises yagnas, donations, service to mankind, worship, vows, rituals, pilgrimages, chanting and penance etc. People observing Anushtanam and leading a dharmic way of life can show the path to others and act as Gurus.
Other people may even benefit from them. But while that may be true, they cannot uplift themselves unless they seek refuge with a Guru.
Lord Shiva says that people observing Anushthanam without understanding the Guru Principle are deceitful. He goes on to say that only when merged with the Guru Principle is there any meaning to Anushthanam. If not, such acts are deceitful.
These acts of Anushthanam cannot help them realize the Supreme Truth. Therefore they are futile. Lord Shiva is gently reprimanding that humans that are wallowing in such meaningless and deceitful conduct are like animals.
While observing Anushthanam is slightly better than engaging solely in education that’s meaningless, you must get education, observe Anushthanam and merge that with the Guru Principle.
So, we understand that without knowledge of the Principle of Guru, everything is meaningless.
A Guru’s actions might sometimes seem strange when He’s blessing a disciple or is transforming him. The ignorant that don’t understand this get fooled by the Guru’s actions. Such people cannot comprehend the Guru Principle.
They are thrown into doubt and confusion. In some instances, they even defame the Guru. This is a grave sin. One must try to understand the Guru’s actions and adapt to them.
Only then will the Guru’s actions be understood and knowledge of Guru Principle bestowed. Otherwise, regardless of how much mediation and penance you do, it yields not benefits.
Akrura understood the actions of the Supreme Lord Krishna and was blessed by Him.
Let’s delve in to the story a little. On the command of Kamsa, Akrura came to Gokulam to bring Krishna and Balarama back with him to Mathura. Akrura was a devotee of Sri Krishna.
He wondered if he could be blessed by Sri Krishna. Akrura conveyed the command of Kamsa to Krishna and Balarama who promptly boarded the chariot. Akrura rode the chariot, all the while pining for Sri Krishna’s grace.
Krishna and Balarama feigned ignorance of Akrura’s pinings and simply enjoyed the sights around them, admiring the beauty of Nature.
They came up on the sacred River Yamuna. They experienced great joy seeing the beauty of the sacred river. Let’s see what happens next.
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06.Sep.2020
🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 58 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
We discussed that Akrura conveyed Kamsa’s command to Balarama and Krishna to bring them to Mathura.
Balarama and Krishna agreed and boarded the chariot. Akrura drove the chariot, all the while pining intensely for the grace of Lord Krishna.
Balarama and Krishna, seated it the chariot, feigned ignorance, laughing and immersing themselves in the beauty of nature. They saw wonderful forests, strange and exotic birds and happy beasts along the way. They came up on the sacred Yamuna River.
Akrura promptly stopped the chariot and requested permission from Balarama and Krishna to worship the river saying “Rama, Krishna: Yamuna washes away sins. I worship River Yamuna.
I will offer my prayers to the river and come back”. He asked Balarama and Krishna to be seated in the chariot.
Akrura went up to the river and began reciting mantras while dipping in the water. To his great surprise, he saw the same Balarama and Krishna in the water, happy and smiling, looking exactly like they did in the chariot.
Even though Arkura was great devotee, his own ignorance prevented him from realizing that the Lord was seated right next to him in the chariot. So, to teach him a lesson, they appeared in the sacred water of Yamuna river.
Akrura stood up and shook his head. He found Balarama and Krishna seated in the chariot and smiling. They were in the water, but they were also outside in the chariot. He was confused.
He dipped in the water again and witnessed the same form and smiles in the water. Sri Krishna then appeared to him as Lord Vishnu and blessed him.
He gave him darshan of Vaikuntha. Did you see? The cowherd, Jagadguru Sri Krishna, appeared as Lord Vishnu in Vaikuntha, to clear the confusion and wipe away the sorrows of Arkura and bless him.
Similarly, the Guru also blesses the disciples who are devoted to him. Why is it that humans do not understand the Guru Principle despite many spiritual practices? What is preventing them from grasping that concept? What is it? Tell me, what is it?
[The bird says “Raga”]. Raga. It’s called Raga. Did you see, even Suka Brahma says so. RagaDvesha (like and dislikes) engulf us. That is why humans can’t comprehend Guru Tattva.
Suka Brahmam is the one that gave us the sacred Bhagavatam.
It is the great Principle advocated by him that Lord Shiva is now telling us through the question asked by Mother Parvati .
It is the same principle that Suka Brahma gave us. He said it one word. What is it? What did you call it? [Bird says “Raga”]. It’s called Raga.
That is why, through this sloka, Lord Shiva, on account of the question posed by Supreme Mother Parvati, is teaching us not to waste all the merit accumulated through one’s spiritual practices by forgetting Guru Tattva and doubting the qualities of the Guru.
Therefore, it becomes evident that one must explore the concept of Guru. So, who is Guru? Let’s get to the core of the matter. What can he do? What are his degrees and qualifications? There are many questions that come up. Questions always keep sprouting.
Many wonder and even ask about the degrees, certificates and the qualifications of a Guru. They also wonder if he’s capable of transforming them.
Those are not a good question to ask. The Guru’s qualifications, certifications, popularity and his ability to transform you are not the right questions to ask in search of a Guru.
To understand what really a Guru is, we should follow the next two slokas that provide a summary of the qualities of a Guru.
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07.Sep.2020
🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 59 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Sloka: Gurorvidhyatmano nanyat satyam satyam na samsayah Tallabhartham prayatna stu kartavyo hi manisibhih
There is nothing other than the Guru, a symbol of knowledge and wisdom.
That is true and beyond doubt. So, a virtuous person should try for awareness of the quality of Guru. Knowledge manifested in a physical form is Guru. In this Sloka, “this is truth (satyam)” is said twice. Why is it said twice?
When a mother is feeding her child, she may coax her child into drinking milk by telling her child that if he doesn’t drink milk quickly, a monster would show up.
That is a lie, but the child believes it to be true. The child believes what the mother is saying about the monster. But, the mother is lying. By lying about something that’s perceived as truth, the mother makes sure the baby is well fed.
The child quickly drinks the milk. Here, in contrast, this truth is really the truth. To reiterate that this is a not a lie that’s couched in the form of truth, the fact that is absolute truth is said twice.
Sage Vishwamitra is the Guru who imparted knowledge to Sri Rama. By the grace of Guru, Lord Rama received knowledge of the Guru Principle. Let’s learn a little bit more about this.
When Sage Vishwamitra requested King Dasaratha to send Sri Rama with him to the forests to protect his Yagnas, the king hesitated. Filled with intense love for his son, the king dilly dallied.
“How can I send my young son to the forests?” At that time, due to the divine intervention of Sage Vasishtha, King Dasaratha was saved from the fury of Sage Vishwamitra. But, Sri Rama was different.
He always stood by his words. A word once spoken was never taken back. He never lied and there was never a second thought. He was an ideal man. To set an example to mankind in dharmic behavior, he served Guru Vishwamitra.
Sri Rama very well knew the power and grace of Guru Vishwamitra. He was eager to learn from his Guru. Sri Rama knew how to receive the knowledge imparted by the Guru.
But, he served the Guru not just with a view to receiving knowledge, but with complete love and devotion. Sri Rama was overjoyed to hear of the arrival of Guru Vishwamitra. He was not afraid like King Dasaratha was about going to the forests to slay demons.
He didn’t even question his own capabilities about whether he would be able to fulfill the tasks. He was in fact very happy for the opportunity bestowed on him to learn from Sage Vishwamitra.
Sri Rama believed that the higher purpose of Sage Vishwamitra’s visit was to impart knowledge. The greatness of Sage Vishwamitra was that he was dharma personified. He was the best of the brave and very wise. He reached the pinnacle of spiritual practices.
He was well-versed with weapons and warfare of all the three worlds. Even the Gods and other sages did not have the knowledge that he did. Rama knew that Sage Vishwamitra had this great ocean of knowledge.
That is why he was very happy when he heard of Sage Vishwamitra visit. Due to the timely advice by Sage Vasishtha, King Dasaratha wisened up and sent his young son with Sage Vishwamitra. Let’s see what happens next.
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08.Sep.2020
🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 61 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
We discussed that Guru Vishwamitra ordered Rama to slay the demoness Tataka to protect the cattle, the learned and the rest of the people.
At that time, he imparted knowledge of many weapons including Brahma Astram (astram = weapon), Pashupata Astram etc.
Later, Sri Rama protected Sage Vishwamitra’s yagna by teaching the demons Mareecha and Subahu a fitting lesson. Pleased with this, Guru Vishwamitra wanted to bless Sri Rama with Laksmi devi.
He purified them by reciting the story of Ganga Devi. He helped Ahalya get relief from her curse. The Guru’s blessings didn’t stop there. Guru Vishwamitra took them to the kingdom of Mithila.
There, with the permission of Guru Vishwamitra, Rama broke the powerful bow of Lord Shiva and married Sita Devi. Who is Sita? She is Lakshmi Devi manifested in a physical form. She is the consort of Lord Vishnu. He got Sri Rama married to Sita Devi. That was Guru Vishwamitra’s will.
Like that, every step of the way, Guru Vishwamitra immensely blessed Rama who was an outstanding disciple. He poured all his knowledge into Rama.
The conduct of the disciple is very important. If the disciple observes all his duties like Sri Rama did, the Sadgurus bless generously every step of the way like Guru Vishwamitra did, pouring all their knowledge in to the disciples. What we discussed in the previous sloka is explained even better in this sloka. Sloka:
Rudha vidya jaganmaya dehesti dhvanta rupini tadwarakah prakasasca guru sabdena kathyate
That means, illusion took on the form of this world. She (illusion) herself is the ignorance and personification of TAMAS. That ignorance is embedded strongly in the body of every being.
The light that can dispel that ignorance is called Guru. Once the divine light of the Guru falls on a being, the darkness of ignorance vanishes. Illusion and ignorance mean the same. It refers to the darkness that envelops us. The difference is only in the expanse each refers to, but illusion and ignorance are the same.
The further we want to get away from it, the stronger and closer it gets. It is the nature of illusion. We may wonder why the darkness of illusion increases with our spiritual pursuit. There’s only one reason for this.
You are not really starting your spiritual life. You are just thinking about it, but procrastinating. You are putting it off to tomorrow. We just keep thinking “I will fast starting tomorrow”, “I will give up this addiction starting tomorrow”, “I will set myself right starting tomorrow” but not acting on it.
“I will read Bhagavatam starting tomorrow. Watch out, how disciplined I’m going to be”. But, we never start. We always postpone to tomorrow.
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10.Sep.2020
🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 62 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻. Illusion and ignorance are the same. It’s the darkness that envelops the mind. The further we want to get away from it, the stronger and closer it gets. It is the nature of illusion. We may wonder why the darkness of illusion increases with our spiritual pursuit. 🌻
There’s only one reason for this. You are not really starting your spiritual life. You are just thinking about it, biding time and putting it off to tomorrow.
Your mind will not let you embark on your spiritual journey. Will your mind let you give up your big house, wealth, fame, wife, children etc and embark on your spiritual journey? No, it will not.
Even at the time of death, the spirit is hankering after these possessions. This is what is called delusion. That’s the darkness. The only light that removes this darkness is the light of Guru.
The sloka continues to explain the qualities of a Guru.
Sloka:
Yadanghri kamala dvandvam dvanda tapa nivarakam
tarakam bhava sindhosca tam gurum pranamamyaham
This verse offers obeisances to such a Guru whose pair of lotus feet can wipe out the passions caused by the dualities of joys and sorrows, cold and heat and which can ferry across the ocean of life. Through this sloka, they are providing a definition for Guru as one Whose lotus feet can wipe out the passions caused by dualities.
Attachment and detachment manifest themselves in strange forms in life. Some people gain attachment from detachment. A person may renounce everything and build a big temple.
But, he’s always immersed in thinking about the temple, about how he built the temple, how tall the temple tower is, how many storeys it has, how many little temples he built around the main temple, how big the temple periphery is, how beautiful the decorations are and so on.
He’s only thinking about the temple and is absorbed in admiring it. It’s as if the temple takes precedence over the Guru. He considers himself an accomplished spiritual seeker. He brags to everyone about having built the temple.
Similarly, a distinguished person that made donations toward something is constantly bragging about being the donor. All these are attachments that come with detachment. They did some good deed, but they didn’t give up attachment.
Your donations were done with attachment. Your good deeds were done with attachment, you have desire to brag about it.
Some others are worried about not receiving all the ancestral rites after they die. Let’s see how to overcome such fears.
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11.Sep.2020
🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 63 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Only the feet of the Guru have the power to rid you of all the dualities, all sorrows and all attachments to ferry you across the ocean of Samsara. 🌻
We discussed that these were detachments that came coupled with attachments. Or, they can be called attachments that came coupled with detachments.
To each his own – the one who built a temple, the donor, some who are in fear of not receiving ancestral rites annually and so on. Owing to this fear, Some of these people wear a lot of gold jewelry and announce that people that perform the funeral rites will be given that jewelry.
They even provide this in writing. Is this called detachment? Tell me. Is it called sacrifice? Is it called attachment? This is also attachment coupled with detachment.
Then again, there is is that sinful attachment, just pure attachment. Due to this, we covet everything we see. This is sinful attachment, “It would be nice to have this”, “Oh, this would be very nice to have”. One desires to have the newer item even though he just bought a new item.
They don’t want to give anything to anyone under any circumstances. That attachment engulfs them. Such people don’t sacrifice anything for anyone.
Doesn’t matter if it rots and festers, they will not give it away. This is called sinful attachment. This attachment is a kind of passion. This is caused by dualities that are also otherwise known as the ocean of samsara.
It is being said here that only the feet of the Guru have the power to rid you of all these dualities, all sorrows and all attachments to ferry you across the ocean of Samsara.
Thus, after defining what a Guru is, they are talking about what one needs to do to cross the ocean of samsara once he takes refuge with a Guru.
Sloka :
Dehi brahma bhavedyasmat tadidanim prakasaye sarva papa visuddhatama sri guroh pada sevanat
When one falls upon the feet of the Guru, and serves him, his sins will be washed off and his mind gets purified. Then he becomes a part of the godhead. So, the panacea is service at the feet of the Guru.
The Lord is saying here that he will advise on what needs to be done for the soul that takes on a body to attain godhead. This body needs to be an outstanding chariot. We need this body.
You should not just grow your body, but you should make it an outstanding chariot. This body should become a temple . The Lord is revealing the secret one needs to know for the soul to attain liberation. Let’s recall a short story.
In Mahabharata, the fifth veda, Ganga was born to fulfill a greater purpose. Her son, Bheeshma was also born to fulfil a greater purpose. Let’s see what happens next.
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12.Sep.2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 60
We talked about service at the feet of the Guru. The next 4 verses talk about the method and the benefits of service at the feet of the Guru.
Sloka: Guroh padodakam pitva dhrtva sirasi pavanam Sarva tirthavagahasya samprapnoti phalam naraha
If one drinks the ablutions of the Guru and sprinkles it on his head, he derives the benefit of bathing in all the holy rivers.
In the previous verse, they used the word “Dehi”, which indicates a soul (jeevi) that has taken on a body. Body indicates the presence of anger, lust etc.
Therefore, if the jeevi ridden with anger, lust etc is to be purified, ordinary baths are not enough. So, what should we do? Lord Shiva commands that if we drink the ablutions of the Guru with devotion, the jeevi will be purified.
Sloka: Sosanam papa pankasya dipanam jnana tejasah Guroh padodakam devi samsararnava tarakam
Siva tells Parvati that with the ablutions of the Guru the mire of sins gets dried up.
The light of knowledge is lit and one crosses the ocean of life.
Sloka: Avidya mula nasaya janma karma nivrttaye Jnana vairagya siddhyartham guru padodakam pibet
If ignorance is to be rooted out, the actions which are the cause of birth and death are to be set aside, knowledge and detachment are to be attained, one must drink the ablutions of the Guru.
It is said that by drinking the ablutions of the Guru, one gets purified, that means the sins are washed away. The inner light of knowledge is enhanced. Due to this the jeevi is relieved from the ocean of samsara.
For all of this, first, ignorance should be removed. Some people have half-baked knowledge due to which they become superstitious. That should be eliminated. Then, the deep-rooted ignorance should be rooted out. There should be no rebirth.
Even if there is a birth, there should be no karma. We may wonder if it’s possible to take birth without any karma? Some great souls take birth without any karma. For example, Namadev. Let’s listen to the story of this great soul.
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15 Sep 2020
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✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 64
We were talking about Surya and about Hanuman. We discussed that it is because of Surya that we get rain, it is because of him that we have prosperity. While radiating fiercely, he fulfills all his duties.
He inspires everyone in the world to follow their duties. Such a great Sun God blessed many people with knowledge. All those blessed by him became great souls and kept up his fame. It is said that the best among those disciples was Hanuman.
Hanuman was associated with Surya right from his childhood. Hanuman’s father Vayu Deva (the God Wind) was a friend of Lord Surya. As soon as Hanuman was born, he had darshan of his Guru.
This is an unprecedented event for any disciple. No one ever had such a good fortune. He had darshan of his Guru as soon as he was born. Since he had darshan of his Guru, he wanted to merge with his Guru. He faced an obstacle on his path to reaching the Guru and lost consciousness.
In the story, they say that he jumped towards the Sun mistaking it for a fruit. He didn’t mistake it for a fruit. The true spiritual reason behind it was that he wanted to merge with his Guru. But, there was an obstacle and he wasn’t able to merge with his Guru.
After that incident, Anjaneya became Hanuman. Hanuman never forgot his Guru. His mother Anjana Mata perceived this and ordered her son to go learn all knowledge from Lord Surya. Hanuman’s joy knew no bounds. He was ecstatic. His mother’s command was exactly what he had desired.
Overjoyed to have darshan of his Guru and to be under his tutelage, Hanuman joyfully jumped and reached the Sun.
Then, Guru Surya wanted to show the world the strength and intelligence in his disciple. Earlier, when Hanuman had lost consciousness, Surya appeared before him and blessed him thus: “May he get one hundredth of own radiance.
May he be blessed him with the realization of all knowledge as soon as he grows up. May he become a great orator”. Both Anjana Devi and Vayu Deva were aware of these blessings. As soon as Hanuman reached Surya, Surya recalled his blessings. Imagine Hanuman actually reaching the Sun.
That has to be due to Surya’s blessings. According to the word he gave Hanuman, he had no choice but to impart knowledge to him. He had given his word to Hanuman. Even though he decided to put Hanuman to test, he already knew that Hanuman had all the qualities of an ideal disciple.
Speaking in the ways of the world, Lord Surya said “Son, it is my duty to always be on the move. If you move keep moving along with me, you will never gain knowledge”. Hanuman loved his mother very dearly.
When the Guru said this, he remembered his mother’s orders and decided to accomplish the task, come what may. His mother had ordered him to gain knowledge from Surya, no matter what. Without a second thought, he blocked Surya’s chariot and prayed to him to bless him with knowledge.
Surya got worried seeing the disciple block his chariot. He told Hanuman that he would impart knowledge, but that it would be difficult for Hanuman to hear Surya because of the sounds made by the moving chariot.
He said, “While I move, you won’t be able to hear me over the sounds made by my moving chariot”. Let’s see what happens next. Jaya Guru Datta.
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19 Sep 2020
Datta Vaakya
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 The real secret knowledge, the unknown principle, is God. That divine principle is fully explained in Guru Geeta. That is what is meant by its being secret. 🌻
Some people visualize Guru by starting from the head and going down step by step towards the fe et. This is another method.
However, it is not acceptable for the attention to hop from one part to another part of the form of Guru in a haphazard manner, like a monkey.
One must not look at Guru in this manner (while in his direct presence either). Prior to commencing any worthy task, the proper complete visualization of the form of Guru should be performed. If it is done, impediments will not occur and the aim will be accomplished.
For the study of Guru Gita there are prescribed hand gestures to be shown and different parts of the body to be touched (Anganyasa and Karanyasa) prior to commencement. The importance of this scripture and its essence may be assessed by us by considering the context in which it came into being.
This Guru Gita, which explains th e essence of Guru Principle came into being in the form of a dialog between sages Suta and Saunaka as they discussed the conversation that took place between Siva and Parvati.
The work begins with the interaction between Sage Suta and other rishis who were company of Sage Saunaka.
Verse: Guhyad … in the Once upon a time, Saunaka and some other sages addressed Sage Suta with their plea: “O Sage Suta, Guru Gita is full of essence and is yet undisclosed. We are eager to hear it and we pray to you to kindly ini tiate us.” Why is this considered secret knowledge?
Even the Bhagavad Gita is referred to as being undisclosed information. This is said to be top secret. Similarly, the one thousand names of Lalita are also referred to as a secret collection of divine des criptive names.
Our sacred scriptures often use this term secret. Does it mean that it is the intention of our celestial seers to keep this information undisclosed? Is it something like a trade secret? No. Not at all.
The real secret knowledge, the unknown principle, is God. That divine principle is fully explained here. That is what is meant by its being secret.
Verse: Kailasa …
Upon hearing the request of the sages, Sage Suta felt happy that he is being given an opportunity of sharing this precious inform ation with those sages who have the eligibility for hearing it. He spoke thus:
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✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 The real secret knowledge, the unknown principle, is God. That divine principle is fully explained in Guru Geeta. That is what is meant by its being secret. 🌻
Some people visualize Guru by starting from the head and going down step by step towards the fe et. This is another method.
However, it is not acceptable for the attention to hop from one part to another part of the form of Guru in a haphazard manner, like a monkey.
One must not look at Guru in this manner (while in his direct presence either). Prior to commencing any worthy task, the proper complete visualization of the form of Guru should be performed. If it is done, impediments will not occur and the aim will be accomplished.
For the study of Guru Gita there are prescribed hand gestures to be shown and different parts of the body to be touched (Anganyasa and Karanyasa) prior to commencement. The importance of this scripture and its essence may be assessed by us by considering the context in which it came into being.
This Guru Gita, which explains th e essence of Guru Principle came into being in the form of a dialog between sages Suta and Saunaka as they discussed the conversation that took place between Siva and Parvati.
The work begins with the interaction between Sage Suta and other rishis who were company of Sage Saunaka.
Verse: Guhyad … in the Once upon a time, Saunaka and some other sages addressed Sage Suta with their plea: “O Sage Suta, Guru Gita is full of essence and is yet undisclosed. We are eager to hear it and we pray to you to kindly ini tiate us.” Why is this considered secret knowledge?
Even the Bhagavad Gita is referred to as being undisclosed information. This is said to be top secret. Similarly, the one thousand names of Lalita are also referred to as a secret collection of divine des criptive names.
Our sacred scriptures often use this term secret. Does it mean that it is the intention of our celestial seers to keep this information undisclosed? Is it something like a trade secret? No. Not at all.
The real secret knowledge, the unknown principle, is God. That divine principle is fully explained here. That is what is meant by its being secret.
Verse: Kailasa …
Upon hearing the request of the sages, Sage Suta felt happy that he is being given an opportunity of sharing this precious inform ation with those sages who have the eligibility for hearing it. He spoke thus:
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🌹 ĞÚŔÚ ĞĔĔŤĂ - ĎĂŤŤĂ VĂĂĶŶĂ - 38 🌹
ĎĂŤŤĂ VĂĂĶŶĂ
✍️ ŚŔĨ ĞŚ ŚŴĂМĨ ĴĨ 📚. РŔĂŚĂĎ βĤĂŔĂĎŴĂĴ
Soota uvacha:
Verse: Kailasa …
Soota uvacha:
Verse: Kailasa …
Upon hearing the request of the sages, Sage Suta felt happy that he now has an opportunity to share the knowledge of Guru Gita with sages who have earned the eligibility to hear it. He spoke thus:
“O Sages, one day upon the beautiful peak of Mount Kailas, Parvati offered reverential obeisance and posed a question to her husband, with the intention of helping devotees.”
We may wonder why Sage Suta is engaging in this preamble, instead of directly broaching the subject matter. Prior to initiating the sages into the Guru Maha Mantra, he is first contemplating on the lineage of Guru. In this manner Guru is meditated upon.
By mentioning the prominence of the location where this highest of all mantras was delivered, the immense power of the mantra is indicated. Earlier, Parvati had taught Hayagreeva the procedure for Sri Vidya. Similarly now, Lord Siva is teaching Parvati the Guru principle.
Parvatyuvacha –
Verse: Namaste …
Mother of the Universe Parvati prayed, “O God of gods, Lord, the higher than the highest, the Universal Master, Supreme Siva, I offer my prostrations. Please initiate me into the worship of Guru. I surrender my mind to you with complete devotion.”
Verse: Bhagavan …
“O Lord, you are knowledgeable in all aspects of Dharma. You grant happiness to all, O Master.
Therefore, you are addressed as Sambhu. Please teach me the greatest amongst all austerities.
Out of immeasurable compassion, please teach me the Guru principle,” requested Mother Goddess. Mother is asking for that which excels everything else in greatness and power.
She is suggesting that she is seeking that over which nothing higher exists. The question may arise whether energies are of different levels.
The channels through which energy travels may have varying capacities, but are there greater and lesser energies? Let us wait for the Lord’s teaching.
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
“O Sages, one day upon the beautiful peak of Mount Kailas, Parvati offered reverential obeisance and posed a question to her husband, with the intention of helping devotees.”
We may wonder why Sage Suta is engaging in this preamble, instead of directly broaching the subject matter. Prior to initiating the sages into the Guru Maha Mantra, he is first contemplating on the lineage of Guru. In this manner Guru is meditated upon.
By mentioning the prominence of the location where this highest of all mantras was delivered, the immense power of the mantra is indicated. Earlier, Parvati had taught Hayagreeva the procedure for Sri Vidya. Similarly now, Lord Siva is teaching Parvati the Guru principle.
Parvatyuvacha –
Verse: Namaste …
Mother of the Universe Parvati prayed, “O God of gods, Lord, the higher than the highest, the Universal Master, Supreme Siva, I offer my prostrations. Please initiate me into the worship of Guru. I surrender my mind to you with complete devotion.”
Verse: Bhagavan …
“O Lord, you are knowledgeable in all aspects of Dharma. You grant happiness to all, O Master.
Therefore, you are addressed as Sambhu. Please teach me the greatest amongst all austerities.
Out of immeasurable compassion, please teach me the Guru principle,” requested Mother Goddess. Mother is asking for that which excels everything else in greatness and power.
She is suggesting that she is seeking that over which nothing higher exists. The question may arise whether energies are of different levels.
The channels through which energy travels may have varying capacities, but are there greater and lesser energies? Let us wait for the Lord’s teaching.
Continues...
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
18.Aug.2020
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𝒟𝒶𝓉𝓉𝒶 𝒱𝒶𝒶𝓀𝓎𝒶
🌻 Only Sadguru’s energy is spent with total unselfishness and total unblemished compassionate. 🌻
We have learned that Mother Goddess is asking for that which excels everything else in greatness and power. The question arises whether energy is of different types.
The channels through which energy travels may have varying capacities, but are there greater and lesser energies?
No. Energy is all the same. That is the absolute truth. When we observe the goings on in the world, it is noticed that all efforts using energy are put in to either gain selfish ends or to cause pain to others. When mild (Satvic) food is consumed, the behavior is mild.
For example, an elephant eats mild food and its actions are gentle. Its energy may be channeled to perform actions that are gentle. Observe a tiger. Its food is obtained through cruel means and what it eats is harsh. Therefore, we see that its energy is useful only to cause harm to other creatures.
Of these two, neither is capable of sharing its energy with the other. In this world such is the nature of energy of all beings, including that of the gods. Whenever energy is shared with others, it happens only with a selfish motive. Energy is expended to get personal requirements satisfied.
Any use of energy that is contaminated by the touch of selfishness has to be considered impure. Only Sadguru’s energy is spent with total unselfishness and total unblemished compassionate. Hence, it should be recognized as the highest type of energy.
Mother Goddess has asked in the first part of the verse to grant her that type of pristine energy. In the second half of the verse, she is more specifically asking to be taught the principle of Guru. She is praying for initiation into the means for attaining the highest and the purest form of energy.
She is requesting to be taught the principle of Guru. Mother Goddess is also describing the goal that she aims to achieve by the grace of Sadguru. Verse: Kena .. How does Man, who has occupied a human body become one with God?
He has to become saturated with divinity. But how is it possible? He may become absorbed into death, but how does he become merged with God? Let us see how it can be achieved.
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✍️ 𝒮𝓇𝒾 𝒢𝒮 𝒮𝓌𝒶𝓂𝒾 𝒿𝒾
📚. 𝒫𝓇𝒶𝓈𝒶𝒹 𝐵𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒹𝓌𝒶𝒿
🌻 Only Sadguru’s energy is spent with total unselfishness and total unblemished compassionate. 🌻
We have learned that Mother Goddess is asking for that which excels everything else in greatness and power. The question arises whether energy is of different types.
The channels through which energy travels may have varying capacities, but are there greater and lesser energies?
No. Energy is all the same. That is the absolute truth. When we observe the goings on in the world, it is noticed that all efforts using energy are put in to either gain selfish ends or to cause pain to others. When mild (Satvic) food is consumed, the behavior is mild.
For example, an elephant eats mild food and its actions are gentle. Its energy may be channeled to perform actions that are gentle. Observe a tiger. Its food is obtained through cruel means and what it eats is harsh. Therefore, we see that its energy is useful only to cause harm to other creatures.
Of these two, neither is capable of sharing its energy with the other. In this world such is the nature of energy of all beings, including that of the gods. Whenever energy is shared with others, it happens only with a selfish motive. Energy is expended to get personal requirements satisfied.
Any use of energy that is contaminated by the touch of selfishness has to be considered impure. Only Sadguru’s energy is spent with total unselfishness and total unblemished compassionate. Hence, it should be recognized as the highest type of energy.
Mother Goddess has asked in the first part of the verse to grant her that type of pristine energy. In the second half of the verse, she is more specifically asking to be taught the principle of Guru. She is praying for initiation into the means for attaining the highest and the purest form of energy.
She is requesting to be taught the principle of Guru. Mother Goddess is also describing the goal that she aims to achieve by the grace of Sadguru. Verse: Kena .. How does Man, who has occupied a human body become one with God?
He has to become saturated with divinity. But how is it possible? He may become absorbed into death, but how does he become merged with God? Let us see how it can be achieved.
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19.Aug.2020
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🌹 𝓖𝓾𝓻𝓾 𝓖𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓪 - 𝓓𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓪 𝓥𝓪𝓪𝓴𝔂𝓪 - 40 🌹
𝓓𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓪 𝓥𝓪𝓪𝓴𝔂𝓪
✍️ 𝓢𝓻𝓲 𝓖𝓢 𝓢𝔀𝓪𝓶𝓲 𝓳𝓲
📚. 𝓟𝓻𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓭 𝓑𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝔀𝓪𝓳
🌻 Verse: Kena margena … “O Lord, how does man, who occupies a body, become one with God? - 1 🌻
O Lord, I prostrate at your feet. Please shower your grace upon me. What is the method by which an ordinary man, who inhabits a body and experiences the results of his karma, becomes merged with the Supreme Soul while still residing in the body?” Is there any greater or more powerful transformation than that, than for man to transcend his human nature and turn into absolute divinity? We do not know how it has happened, but this body has come to us.
What is body? Since happiness and sorrow, heat and cold, cycles of karma, and series of births occur because of this body, it perhaps may be stated that all these constitute the body. All pains and pleasures are experienced by the body and hence, they all may be described as the body itself.
But, when the soul, which is none other than the Supreme Soul, descends into a body, should it not be aware that all these experiences belong to the body and not to the soul? Should it not retain the knowledge that the soul is not the body?
The soul that enters the body begins to identify itself with the body and as a result subjects itself to all kinds of miseries. When you feel, “I am this body, I am this nose; I am these ears; these hands and feet are mine; and this stomach is mine”, of course, all their pains become your pains.
When you keep thinking, “Me, me, me”, it is natural that when troubles come, you will keep thinking, “They are mine, they are mine, they are mine.” “Oh, why did I get into this difficulty?
O God, how will I endure this pain? How will I free myself from this misery?” If you experience and express such pains, it means that out of your affinity and love for the body you feel that your body should be spared from all such discomforts.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 41 🌹
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Verse: Kena margena … “O Lord, how does man, who occupies a body, become one with God? - 2 🌻
If the pains are felt by you, it means that you are experiencing them as your own pains.
You are under the delusion that you are the body. Hence, the pains are experienced by you as your own pains. “Is there no way to identify myself with God?
Is this pain unavoidable? Is there no way out of this? Should I continue under this illusion that I am the body? Should I keep claiming this pain as mine?
Even if I do not intentionally say so, are you making me say it? Is there not a way to escape this? How to be rid of this illusion? Is there no way for me to regain my identification with the Supreme Soul?
O Lord God, Please grant liberation to this being. I offer my prostrations at your feet. Please show mercy upon me.” Mother Goddess is offering prayers.
Mother Goddess is here repeatedly praying to the Lord. Just like humans who keep asking Guru, “O Guru, you still have not given me.” “What do you want?” “I asked you the other day. You still have not given it to me.
Please give it to me.” Mother Goddess is repeatedly falling at the Lord’s feet and is begging Him. Does it mean that the Lord has forgotten? No. He is not being reminded nor is he being subjected to demands.
That is not what it means. That is the way to pray. Mother Goddess is here speaking as if she has also fallen into the delusion of identifying herself with the body.
We may wonder why she is behaving like this. Has she also fallen into the delusion (Maya) that she is the body? It is not correct to think like that.
Mother Goddess knows that it is only when she also behaves like the rest of us, that the Lord will disclose to us the secret in its entirety. By this we understand what immense compassion Mother Goddess has (towards us).
Continues...
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✍️ 𝓢𝓻𝓲 𝓖𝓢 𝓢𝔀𝓪𝓶𝓲 𝓳𝓲
📚. 𝓟𝓻𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓭 𝓑𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝔀𝓪𝓳
🌻 Verse: Kena margena … “O Lord, how does man, who occupies a body, become one with God? - 1 🌻
O Lord, I prostrate at your feet. Please shower your grace upon me. What is the method by which an ordinary man, who inhabits a body and experiences the results of his karma, becomes merged with the Supreme Soul while still residing in the body?” Is there any greater or more powerful transformation than that, than for man to transcend his human nature and turn into absolute divinity? We do not know how it has happened, but this body has come to us.
What is body? Since happiness and sorrow, heat and cold, cycles of karma, and series of births occur because of this body, it perhaps may be stated that all these constitute the body. All pains and pleasures are experienced by the body and hence, they all may be described as the body itself.
But, when the soul, which is none other than the Supreme Soul, descends into a body, should it not be aware that all these experiences belong to the body and not to the soul? Should it not retain the knowledge that the soul is not the body?
The soul that enters the body begins to identify itself with the body and as a result subjects itself to all kinds of miseries. When you feel, “I am this body, I am this nose; I am these ears; these hands and feet are mine; and this stomach is mine”, of course, all their pains become your pains.
When you keep thinking, “Me, me, me”, it is natural that when troubles come, you will keep thinking, “They are mine, they are mine, they are mine.” “Oh, why did I get into this difficulty?
O God, how will I endure this pain? How will I free myself from this misery?” If you experience and express such pains, it means that out of your affinity and love for the body you feel that your body should be spared from all such discomforts.
Continues...
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20.Aug.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 41 🌹
Datta Vaakya
✍️ Sri GS Swami ji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Verse: Kena margena … “O Lord, how does man, who occupies a body, become one with God? - 2 🌻
If the pains are felt by you, it means that you are experiencing them as your own pains.
You are under the delusion that you are the body. Hence, the pains are experienced by you as your own pains. “Is there no way to identify myself with God?
Is this pain unavoidable? Is there no way out of this? Should I continue under this illusion that I am the body? Should I keep claiming this pain as mine?
Even if I do not intentionally say so, are you making me say it? Is there not a way to escape this? How to be rid of this illusion? Is there no way for me to regain my identification with the Supreme Soul?
O Lord God, Please grant liberation to this being. I offer my prostrations at your feet. Please show mercy upon me.” Mother Goddess is offering prayers.
Mother Goddess is here repeatedly praying to the Lord. Just like humans who keep asking Guru, “O Guru, you still have not given me.” “What do you want?” “I asked you the other day. You still have not given it to me.
Please give it to me.” Mother Goddess is repeatedly falling at the Lord’s feet and is begging Him. Does it mean that the Lord has forgotten? No. He is not being reminded nor is he being subjected to demands.
That is not what it means. That is the way to pray. Mother Goddess is here speaking as if she has also fallen into the delusion of identifying herself with the body.
We may wonder why she is behaving like this. Has she also fallen into the delusion (Maya) that she is the body? It is not correct to think like that.
Mother Goddess knows that it is only when she also behaves like the rest of us, that the Lord will disclose to us the secret in its entirety. By this we understand what immense compassion Mother Goddess has (towards us).
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🌹 G̼u̼r̼u̼ G̼e̼e̼t̼a̼ - D̼a̼t̼t̼a̼ V̼a̼a̼k̼y̼a̼ - 4̼2̼ 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda Swamiji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻. “Is there any way for me to regain my identification with the Supreme Soul? O Lord God, Please grant liberation to this being. 🌻
I offer my prostrations at your feet. Please show mercy upon me.” We heard that Mother Goddess was thus offering prayers repeatedly, pleading with the Lord.
Mother Goddess is speaking as if she has also fallen into the delusion of identifying herself with the body. Mother Goddess knows that it is only when she also behaves like one who has become victimized by delusion, that the Lord will openly disclose the secret in its entirety.
The Lord will then feel, “If Mother Goddess herself has begun to feel this way, I have no option but to reveal to Parvati the secret process by which liberation may be attained.”
When the Lord speaks of the method, the discourse is heard by all the assembled sages in a subtle manner.
That all of us should benefit by this teaching, and that all of us should transcend this illusion, Mother Goddess has appealed on behalf of all us.
We do not have the capacity to behold Lord Siva, who is the Supreme invisible energy. She has seen him. She is the Mother to all us.
She has recognised our plight and knew the only way by which this knowledge could be extracted from the Lord. She has immeasurable compassion towards us.
Hence she pretended as if she were also drowned in delusion like the rest of us. She has done this entirely for our benefit. She has expressed her question in a pleading tone. She has clearly stated her desire and the purpose of her questioning.
The Mother of the Universe has demonstrated to us the way an ideal disciple should behave.
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✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda Swamiji
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻. “Is there any way for me to regain my identification with the Supreme Soul? O Lord God, Please grant liberation to this being. 🌻
I offer my prostrations at your feet. Please show mercy upon me.” We heard that Mother Goddess was thus offering prayers repeatedly, pleading with the Lord.
Mother Goddess is speaking as if she has also fallen into the delusion of identifying herself with the body. Mother Goddess knows that it is only when she also behaves like one who has become victimized by delusion, that the Lord will openly disclose the secret in its entirety.
The Lord will then feel, “If Mother Goddess herself has begun to feel this way, I have no option but to reveal to Parvati the secret process by which liberation may be attained.”
When the Lord speaks of the method, the discourse is heard by all the assembled sages in a subtle manner.
That all of us should benefit by this teaching, and that all of us should transcend this illusion, Mother Goddess has appealed on behalf of all us.
We do not have the capacity to behold Lord Siva, who is the Supreme invisible energy. She has seen him. She is the Mother to all us.
She has recognised our plight and knew the only way by which this knowledge could be extracted from the Lord. She has immeasurable compassion towards us.
Hence she pretended as if she were also drowned in delusion like the rest of us. She has done this entirely for our benefit. She has expressed her question in a pleading tone. She has clearly stated her desire and the purpose of her questioning.
The Mother of the Universe has demonstrated to us the way an ideal disciple should behave.
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22.Aug.2020
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🌹 Gυɾυ Gҽҽƚα - Dαƚƚα Vααƙყα - 43 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Now the Lord begins to give his answer.
Iswara uvacha:
🌻 Verse: Mama … “O Devi, you and I are one. Out of love for you I will give an answer to your question that has been posed for the benefit of all the worlds. 🌻
No one has questioned me like this before.” It shows that Lord Siva was pleased by her posing the most valuable question. There are proper procedures for posing questions.
When it is done in a proper manner, those who have questioned, and those who hear the answer, will all receive benefit.
Asking irrelevant questions in an improper manner, and asking questions at inappropriate moments, will not fetch good results.
There is an Upanishad called Prasnopanishad. The first four questions deal with (Prana) the life force. The questions that follow deal with (Pranava) the syllable OM.
Parikshit, who was a good listener only asked questions that would benefit the worlds. He cleared many of his doubts from the highly devout Suka Yogi.
Sage Suka (Suka Brahma) has given us the Bhagavatam. It contains many secrets. Shall we discuss them?
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✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Now the Lord begins to give his answer.
Iswara uvacha:
🌻 Verse: Mama … “O Devi, you and I are one. Out of love for you I will give an answer to your question that has been posed for the benefit of all the worlds. 🌻
No one has questioned me like this before.” It shows that Lord Siva was pleased by her posing the most valuable question. There are proper procedures for posing questions.
When it is done in a proper manner, those who have questioned, and those who hear the answer, will all receive benefit.
Asking irrelevant questions in an improper manner, and asking questions at inappropriate moments, will not fetch good results.
There is an Upanishad called Prasnopanishad. The first four questions deal with (Prana) the life force. The questions that follow deal with (Pranava) the syllable OM.
Parikshit, who was a good listener only asked questions that would benefit the worlds. He cleared many of his doubts from the highly devout Suka Yogi.
Sage Suka (Suka Brahma) has given us the Bhagavatam. It contains many secrets. Shall we discuss them?
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23/Aug/2020
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🌹 𝙂𝙪𝙧𝙪 𝙂𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙖 - 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖 𝙑𝙖𝙖𝙠𝙮𝙖 - 44 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Parikshit, who was a superb listener, asked the best amongst speakers, important questions that would benefit all the worlds.
He cleared innumerable doubts from the highly devout Suka Yogi. Sage Suka (Suka Brahma) has given us the Bhagavatam.
It should be learned how to question properly with a deliberate intention, like Mother Goddess, so that it profits everyone in every way.
When that is done, Guru, just like Lord Siva, will feel pleased and will share many secrets. Through an exemplary disciple, the world reaps great benefits.
From the above verse we must understand how a disciple should ask questions that give pleasure to Guru and will elicit His grace to help great multitudes of people.
We must carefully consider a certain point. Why did Parvati pose the question to Lord Siva? Is it to learn something from Him that she had no knowledge of?
That is not possible, because Siva and Parvati are one and the same. She shares with Him equally one half of His body. She is inseparable from Him. What is known to one half must necessarily be known to the other half.
Parvati necessarily knows everything that Siva knows. Then why did she ask the question? She did it for our sake. In our Puranas, such strange incidents are mentioned frequently.
The sages are said to curse one another. But it is for the purpose of giving benefit to the world. It appears as if no one gets angrier than the sages. Of course, about sage Narada, it does not need any particular mention.
He is known to be a trouble-maker. How did such ones become great sages? There is a secret here that is hidden from the world. When one suffers a great loss, it means that another, at another place is getting greatly benefited.
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24.Aug.2020
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🌹 G͢u͢r͢u͢ G͢e͢e͢t͢a͢ - D͢a͢t͢t͢a͢ V͢a͢a͢k͢y͢a͢ - 4͢5͢ 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj🌻 Without some sacrifice made by one, another cannot be uplifted. 🌻
When sages exchange curses, it means that they are giving up huge amounts of their power gained by penance.
When they expend their powers thus, some gain is occurring elsewhere. This drama of exchanging curses is created by God only for achieving some beneficial purpose somewhere.
Unless such angry outbursts occur, this wheel of Creation will not rotate. All the expressions of anger and fury in the form of curses are meant only the welfare of the world.
Similarly, the marriages of sages and the stories of their progeny are also strange. They demonstrate the commitment of the sages to act only towards universal wellbeing.
Parvati Devi is here acting like an ignorant person, asking for information that she does not possess. It is an example of how she pretends as if she does not already know the answer.
How is it possible for her to be uninformed? How can Siva possibly educate her, when she has complete knowledge of everything? Let us find out.
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25.Aug.2020
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🌹 𝙶𝚞𝚛𝚞 𝙶𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚊 - 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊 𝚅𝚊𝚊𝚔𝚢𝚊 - 𝟺𝟼 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Jaya Guru Datta. Parvati Devi is here acting like an ignorant person, asking for information as if she does not possess it.
There is a huge gathering of great sages there in their subtle forms. They have not had the experience of the Guru Principle. If she asks Lord Siva to teach them about Guru, He may decline.
But if she herself pretends not to know and asks the question, she knew that He would certainly oblige. Lord Siva knows that Parvati has the knowledge and yet she is posing this question.
He acknowledges that she has asked the question to benefit the assembled sages and all the future generations of devotees.
Do the sages not all exist inside the heart of Siva? They certainly do. Siva knows that they are a part of Him and reside in His heart.
But the sages do not know have that direct experience. Some devotees declare that they are in Guru’s heart and that Guru is always in their heart. They claim that they have surrendered to Guru.
These are words that come from their lips, not from the heart. It is not spoken from experience. Merely giving a small donation or offering a small service does not equal total surrender.
Claiming to have fully surrendered, they yet approach Guru for solutions to their worldly problems and for the fulfillment of worldly desires.
Many are extremely lazy about serving Guru. They do not go to the physical presence of Guru saying that Guru is always in their heart.
It is not right to justify your laziness and disguise it with words. You are occupying a body, and so is your Guru.
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26 Aug 2020
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🌹 Ǥᑌᖇᑌ Ǥᗴᗴ丅ᗩ - ᗪᗩ丅丅ᗩ ᐯᗩᗩᛕƳᗩ - 47 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻. You should not disguise your laziness. You occupy a body. Your Guru also has taken a physical body. That is why it is inevitable that you offer physical service. 🌻
Until you experience the principle of non-duality that you and the Guru are one and the same, you have to continue this.
For the sake of the sages, to help the sages experience the principle of non-duality, Parvati Devi prayed to Lord Shiva. Therefore, She first prostrated to Lord Shiva.
To demonstrate the behavior towards Guru, she observed the rules of approaching a Guru honoring Lord Shiva as Her Guru.
All this is the Divine Mother Parvati’s play. Here, who is Guru to Parvati Devi? In reality, a woman’s Guru is her husband.
She must get initiation from her husband. But, when the husband is not qualified to do so, the scriptures stipulate that both the husband and wife should get initiated by the same Guru.
They should not go to different Gurus. Who is qualified to initiate? Only one who has attained the full power of the mantra is qualified; otherwise he is not.
Some people feel they received great initiation if they receive a small mantra after going through a lot of physical suffering, fasting, fussing and almost collapsing from weakness.
Some get a cold water bath, sleep on the bare floor and feel like their deeksha or vow was fulfilled. Some Gurus also support this behavior. The disciples of course follow the Guru.
In reality, he who gives initiation needs to have chanted the mantra millions of times. They should have experienced the power of the mantra. They should then pass on the energy and the mantra to the disciple.
Only then will the disciple benefit from it. That is why, great saints don’t give initiation very easily. They postpone asking you to come back tomorrow, or the day after, or may be another day.
They say that now is not a good time or that you will forget the mantra etc. They will not give initiation. They keep postponing. In this context, the style of chanting is also explained.
Some people chant their mantra so loudly that people living three blocks away are annoyed. Then there are people who chant without letting out any sound. Their lips are moving and they are murmuring to themselves. This silent chanting is better.
Instead of ostentatiously chanting aloud, it is better to chant silently in your mind with your lips moving. There’s not much benefit from chanting loudly. Even with lips moving, there may not be much benefit, we shall see.
This (chanting silently with lips moving)is called “madhyama”. This gives mediocre results.”
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27 Aug 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 48 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Jaya Guru Datta! We were talking about the style of chanting. Some people chant loudly. It is said that it is better to chant without letting out any sound, murmuring to yourself, while your lips are moving.
Feels like that is better. This gives mediocre results. But, chanting in your mind, without the lips or tongue moving is the best and yields benefits a thousand times over.
So, one way to chant is to loudly chant “Rama, Rama”, the second is to chant “Rama” without making any sound, just moving the lips and the third is to chant “Rama” in your mind, without moving your lips or tongue. While chanting, you should chant joyfully, without any sorrows or anxiety.
Lot of people think chanting joyfully means to have a wide grin on your face. Is that real happiness from within? When chanting, the mind should be free from all anxiety. If you chant while experiencing that happiness, it will automatically reflect in your face.
That is called “ajapa japam” (constant awareness of the mantra). Om Namo Hanumate Namaha. Om Namo Hanumate Namaha. Om Namo Hanumate Namaha.
While chanting, if you close your eyes and see Lord Hanuman’s life history, His divine form, His glories as sung by millions of people, as if He’s flying in the sky, visualizing His form from His feet to His head, as if His form spans from the lower most worlds to the higher most, that peace will automatically radiate on your face.
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
28 Aug 2020
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🌹 G͢u͢r͢u͢ G͢e͢e͢t͢a͢ - D͢a͢t͢t͢a͢ V͢a͢a͢k͢y͢a͢ - 4͢9͢ 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
So, Mother Goddess asked for such an initiation. Lord Shiva said that nobody ever asked him such a question. Those saints are not ordinary people.
They are very accomplished, wellversed in all Vedas and scriptures, capable of creating and sustaining life. Yet, they never asked such a question because arrogance comes naturally to spiritual seekers.
Some people who buy something new, like a new phone, approach someone to show them how to use the phone. When the person starts explaining, the owner of the phone cuts him off midway saying he’s understood how to use the phone.
A few days later, they realize they only know a little. But, they are too embarrassed to ask the same person, so they ask someone else. In the spiritual path, arrogance comes naturally. Let’s see what happens ahead.
So, Mother Goddess asked for such an initiation. Lord Shiva said that nobody ever asked him such a question. Those saints are not ordinary people.
They are very accomplished, wellversed in all Vedas and scriptures, capable of creating and sustaining life. Yet, they never asked such a question because arrogance comes naturally to spiritual seekers.
Some people who buy something new, like a new phone, approach someone to show them how to use the phone. When the person starts explaining, the owner of the phone cuts him off midway saying he’s understood how to use the phone.
A few days later, they realize they only know a little. But, they are too embarrassed to ask the same person, so they ask someone else. In the spiritual path, arrogance comes naturally. Let’s see what happens ahead.
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
29 Aug 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 50 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Lord Shiva said no one ever asked him such a question. We may wonder, why that is. The sages seated around them were not ordinary people.
They were extraordinary; they were great seers, well versed in Vedas, capable of creating and sustaining life. Didn’t they ever ask such a question? Did no one ever ask such a question? Was Mother Goddess the first one to ask this question?
Yes. Because, as we discussed before, arrogance comes naturally to spiritual seekers. That is why the Guru Principle doesn’t come easily. People think they know the Guru Principle – Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, that’s it.
Just as knowledge coupled with humility, wealth coupled with sacrifice and relatives with love are rare, devotion towards Guru is rare in the spiritual path. There’s no real love between relatives. There’s only humor, everything is said with humor.
That is why Shankara Bhagavdpada composed Guru Ashtakam to explain that regardless of all the wealth knowledge fame and other possessions one is blessed with, if there’s no devotion to the Guru, there’s no use. We will discuss the Ashtakam towards the end.
So, Lord Shiva is acknowledging that He knows Parvati Devi asked this question with a view to bless and benefit the sages. Let’s get to the core of the matter. Guru is not an ordinary human being. First, we need to define who Guru is.
Sloka: “Yo gurussa sivah prokto ya ssiva ssa guru ssmrtaha Vikalpam yastu kurvita sa bhavet pataki gurau”
Guru is Shiva. Shiva is Guru. All scriptures declare this. People who forget this truth and discriminate are great sinners. Here, “Shiva” actually means Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. This is the Dattatreya Principle.
Just because the Guru eats and walks like us, we mistake Him to be just human. Lord Shiva says that it is a sin to consider the Guru as just a human being.
Let’s talk about the story of Sri Krishna and Sri Dhama. Even though Sri Krishna is God incarnate, he approached a Guru. Incarnations like Sri Krishna and Sri Rama had Gurus. We’ll talk about this more.
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
30.Aug.2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Lord Shiva said no one ever asked him such a question. We may wonder, why that is. The sages seated around them were not ordinary people.
They were extraordinary; they were great seers, well versed in Vedas, capable of creating and sustaining life. Didn’t they ever ask such a question? Did no one ever ask such a question? Was Mother Goddess the first one to ask this question?
Yes. Because, as we discussed before, arrogance comes naturally to spiritual seekers. That is why the Guru Principle doesn’t come easily. People think they know the Guru Principle – Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, that’s it.
Just as knowledge coupled with humility, wealth coupled with sacrifice and relatives with love are rare, devotion towards Guru is rare in the spiritual path. There’s no real love between relatives. There’s only humor, everything is said with humor.
That is why Shankara Bhagavdpada composed Guru Ashtakam to explain that regardless of all the wealth knowledge fame and other possessions one is blessed with, if there’s no devotion to the Guru, there’s no use. We will discuss the Ashtakam towards the end.
So, Lord Shiva is acknowledging that He knows Parvati Devi asked this question with a view to bless and benefit the sages. Let’s get to the core of the matter. Guru is not an ordinary human being. First, we need to define who Guru is.
Sloka: “Yo gurussa sivah prokto ya ssiva ssa guru ssmrtaha Vikalpam yastu kurvita sa bhavet pataki gurau”
Guru is Shiva. Shiva is Guru. All scriptures declare this. People who forget this truth and discriminate are great sinners. Here, “Shiva” actually means Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. This is the Dattatreya Principle.
Just because the Guru eats and walks like us, we mistake Him to be just human. Lord Shiva says that it is a sin to consider the Guru as just a human being.
Let’s talk about the story of Sri Krishna and Sri Dhama. Even though Sri Krishna is God incarnate, he approached a Guru. Incarnations like Sri Krishna and Sri Rama had Gurus. We’ll talk about this more.
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
30.Aug.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 51 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Even though Sri Rama and Sri Krishna were incarnations of the Divine, they approached a Guru. They taught the world the importance of having a Guru in one’s life. 🌻
Sage Sandeepani was the Guru to Sri Krishna and his friend Sudhama. Since Sri Krishna and Sudhama were great souls, they knew the importance of a Guru.
They served the Guru like he was Lord Shiva. Let’s see how Sri Krishna and Sudhama served Sage Sandeepani and how he blessed them.
Sloka: Yo gurussa sivah prokto ya ssiva ssa guru ssmrtaha Vikalpam yastu kurvita sa bhavet pataki gurau
Sri Krishna and Sudhama came under Sage Sandeepani’s tutelage at a very tender age. As children, they played together a lot. We will observe from this story that even though they quarreled and fought a lot, they never separated.
However, if the Guru gave them any tasks, they would always carry out those tasks with great love and devotion. They never postponed the task given by the Guru. Any task given by the Guru was immediately attended to and completed.
They would always make Sage Sandeepani happy. They would also take on all the tasks given by the wife of Sage Sandeepani. Once, she called for Sri Krishna and Sudhama. They immediately went up to her and asked if they were called.
She said “Yes, my dear sons, we are out of sacrificial wood. Please bring some from the forest”. The forest she was referring to was not an ordinary forest. It was a dense forest that was covered in darkness even during day time.
It would be impossible to see anything. It was filled with poisonous trees and predatory animals. Sri Krishna and Sudhama were tender little children. They were excited to go to the forest. They were not afraid. They happily agreed to carry out her command.
Saying,”Mother, don’t worry. We will bring lots of sacrificial wood”, they set out for the forest. It was completely dark in that dense forest. Sri Krishna and Sudhama gathered up the wood they could find in the darkness.
They couldn’t just pick up the wood, they had to search and gather. Soon, there were gusts and pouring rain. As sunset approached, the little traces of sunlight disappeared.
Sri Krishna and Sudhama got scared. The held hands and walked in the rain. Soon, the forest was flooded. Without letting go of each other, they began swimming.
It was no more a forest to walk in; it was a forest to swim in. They couldn’t tell where the ups and downs in the forest were. They had no idea where they were going.
Slowly, they found a tree that they took shelter under. They spent the night under the tree shivering in the cold. It was so dark and cold that it felt like the night of doomsday.
They were very scared. Somehow, the night passed. In the morning, Sage Sandeepani set out in search of the little children, calling out their names.
He found them both under the tree shivering from cold. He trembled with compassion. Let’s see what happens ahead.
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
31.Aug.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 52 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Everyone needs a Guru. One’s life is incomplete without a Guru. When noble souls take refuge with a Sadguru, and walk the noble path, they will attain higher worlds. 🌻
We discussed that the little children – Sri Krishna and Sudhama – were shivering in the dark coldness of what looked like the night of doomsday.
They were terrified. Somehow the night passed. At dawn, Sage Sandeepani who had set out in search of the two children found them shivering in the cold. He was overcome with compassion.
He drew them close to him and lovingly wiped their bodies dry with his shawl. Isn’t it amazing! The Guru is like a mother, like a father. He commended the boys’ bravery.
He said that outstanding disciples like them sacrifice themselves completely in the service of the Guru. He said that one must be blessed to be able to serve the Guru. He was very pleased with them.
He blessed them generously with fulfillment of all their desires and said “All the Vedas and other scriptures you learn here will continue to grant you auspiciousness in all the other worlds you go to”. He held their hands and took them back home.
Thus, the little children, Sri Krishna and Sudhama immersed themselves completely in the service of the Guru without worrying about their mortal bodies, as a result of which they got blessed immensely by their Guru.
Once, when the Guru asked Sri Krishna for Guru Dakshina in the form of bringing his dead son back, Sri Krishna, along with his brother Balarama went to Lord Yama and got the Guru’s son back. This is a wonderful story.
By accomplishing such impossible feats, he greatly pleased his Guru. By the Guru’s grace, Sri Krishna achieved everlasting fame. Only one who has the Guru’s grace can find lasting peace.
Therefore, everyone needs a Guru. One’s life is incomplete without a Guru. When noble souls take refuge with a Sadguru, and walk the noble path, they will attain higher worlds.
Thus Lord Shiva, after explaining that the Guru has all the attributes of the Trinity and is none other than the Trinity, goes on to say that the Guru is the Parabrahman who’s beyond all attributes.
Sloka: “Durlabham trishu lokeshu”
Lord Shiva says, “Parvati, I will tell you the secret that no one in all the three worlds knows”. Lord Shiva is saying that Guru is Parabrahma. We’ll see what he says next.
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
01 Sep 2020
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🌹 Ｇｕｒｕ Ｇｅｅｔａ － Ｄａｔｔａ Ｖａａｋｙａ － ５３ 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Sloka:
Durlabham trisu lokesu tacchrnu pravada myaham Gurum brahma vina nanyat satyam satyam varanane
Siva says to Parvati to hear Him say the secret that no one in the three worlds knows.
Guru is verily Parabrahman and there is nothing else besides this. This is an absolute truth. Here, the three worlds also indicate Brahma loka, Vaikuntha and Kailasa.
Let’s talk about the story of Matsya Narayana, who is Parabrahman, and a Guru to the Gurus. Eons ago, there used to be a king called Vaivasvata who ruled the earth. During his reign, there was a great deluge.
Once, when the king was offering his prayers by the river, Sri Hari appeared in the form of a little fish and slipped into the water that the king had cupped in his hands. Let’s talk about the ways of the divine. The fish implored the king to save its life. The king kept the fish in his sacred water pot.
Soon, the little fish grew too large for the pot, so the king moved the fish to a little pond. The fish quickly outgrew the pond and asked the king to take it to another place. The king moved the fish to a big lake. The fish soon grew too big for the lake as well.
Vaivasvata then released the fish in to the ocean. He realized that the fish was none other than Sri Hari and prayed to the Lord. Vaivasvata was also called Satyavrata (for his adherence to truth).
At the time of the deluge, Vaivasvata welcomed the Lord in the form of a Guru and diligently followed his commands. By the grace of Matsya Narayana (Lord Sri Hari in the form of a Sankhya Yoga and the Puranas as blessings.
He realized the absolute truth that Guru is Parabrahman and there is nothing else. He beautifully praised the Lord who appeared to him as a Guru.
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02 Sep 2020
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✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 “Humans in this world live in illusion. Due to this illusion, they are mired in samsara and face many sorrows and difficulties. 🌻
But, when they take refuge with you to get away from their sorrows, they realize you are their inner self. You are Guru to the Gurus. You are pleased easily. You are the great one that grants liberation.
Therefore, please bless me with liberation”. Due to the Guru’s grace, he became the overlord of Manvantara (span of time measured in astronomical period).
The age we are living in now is Vaivasvata Manvantaram. Vaivasvata is Satyavrata (he adheres to truth or Satya).
One who adheres to truth like Satyavrat did and places complete faith in the Guru despite many difficulties will be blessed immensely. One who realizes that Guru is Parabrahman and serves the Guru will reap great benefits.
This sloka is asking us to place our faith in the Guru, to lead a noble life and to realize the absolute truth. The next 4 slokas say that if we are not mindful of the Guru Principle, all worship, prayers, rituals and meditation are futile.
Sloka: Veda sastra puranani cetihasadi kani ca mantra tantradi vidyasca smrti ruccata nadikam Saiva saktagama dini hyanye ca bahavo matah Bhramaka sarva evai te jivana malapa cetasam
Vedas, shastras, epics, puranas, studies in spells and rituals, smritis, necromancy (black arts) Saiva Agamas, Sakti Agamas, and other branches of knowledge delude the petty minds.
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03.Sep.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 55 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Sloka: yajno vratam tao danam japa stirtham tathaiva ca sarvesa meva jantunam sarve marga pratarakah
Rituals of the highest order (Yagnas), vows (Vratas), penances, worships, pilgrimages, the various path-ways for Sadhana (yogic practice) are all deceptive if one doesn’t concentrate upon one’s Guru.
It means that he who doesn’t bear devotion to the Guru will be confronted with evil effects in his yogic practice.
Sloka: Japa stapo vratam tirtham yajno danam tathaiva ca Gurutatva mavijnaya sarvam vyartham bhavet priye
Siva proceeds to say to Parvati that if one does not know the quality of Guru, all ritualistic practices, prayers, penances etc are all useless.
We consider ourselves very knowledgeable thinking “I’m a great scientist” or “I am wellversed in the Vedas” or “I did a lot of rigorous study”, or “I’m a great artist”. There are people that say, “I worked very hard, I worked for 5 years to earn this degree”.
But, what is Knowledge? Science, arts and the like comprise a kind of knowledge. Similarly, Vedas, Puranas and scriptures also comprise a kind of knowledge.
However, Science helps us understand and see things that are very far away, but it cannot help you see your inner self. Science tells you about several planets in the outer space. It also tells you about the precious stones and elements buried deep in the earth.
People that know a lot about this are considered great scientists. But, remember that Science cannot help you see or understand your inner self.
Not only that, it actually takes you even farther away from your self, because all this knowledge makes you egoistic. You think you’ve earned a lot of great knowledge.
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04.Sep.2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Sloka: yajno vratam tao danam japa stirtham tathaiva ca sarvesa meva jantunam sarve marga pratarakah
Rituals of the highest order (Yagnas), vows (Vratas), penances, worships, pilgrimages, the various path-ways for Sadhana (yogic practice) are all deceptive if one doesn’t concentrate upon one’s Guru.
It means that he who doesn’t bear devotion to the Guru will be confronted with evil effects in his yogic practice.
Sloka: Japa stapo vratam tirtham yajno danam tathaiva ca Gurutatva mavijnaya sarvam vyartham bhavet priye
Siva proceeds to say to Parvati that if one does not know the quality of Guru, all ritualistic practices, prayers, penances etc are all useless.
We consider ourselves very knowledgeable thinking “I’m a great scientist” or “I am wellversed in the Vedas” or “I did a lot of rigorous study”, or “I’m a great artist”. There are people that say, “I worked very hard, I worked for 5 years to earn this degree”.
But, what is Knowledge? Science, arts and the like comprise a kind of knowledge. Similarly, Vedas, Puranas and scriptures also comprise a kind of knowledge.
However, Science helps us understand and see things that are very far away, but it cannot help you see your inner self. Science tells you about several planets in the outer space. It also tells you about the precious stones and elements buried deep in the earth.
People that know a lot about this are considered great scientists. But, remember that Science cannot help you see or understand your inner self.
Not only that, it actually takes you even farther away from your self, because all this knowledge makes you egoistic. You think you’ve earned a lot of great knowledge.
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
04.Sep.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 56 🌹✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
On the other hand, Vedas and other scriptures help you see and understand your inner self and bring you closer to your Self. That is why, Vedic knowledge is greater than Science.
Deep study of great scriptures takes you on an inward journey to reveal your true self to you. In that respect, it feels as if Science may not be real knowledge. We can also infer that Vedas and other scriptures contain real knowledge.
But, even if you are well versed in both these kinds of knowledge, your ego leads you to believe you are very knowledgeable, thus drowning you in ignorance.
Regardless of how many PhDs you have, this is the fate. Why is this happening? Because, when one doesn’t concentrate on the Guru Principle, all knowledge leads to ignorance.
That is why these are called “Bhramakas”, or things that drown you in illusion. Lord Shiva says that people that revel in such knowledge are fools.
So, all these branches of knowledge that lead you toward illusion are together referred to as “lower worldly knowledge” (Apara vidya).
The other kind of knowledge that leads you to understand your inner self is divine knowledge (Para vidya).
This is obtained only by realizing the Guru Principle. Among those who studied the Vedas, there are some who do Anushthanam.
What is “Anushthanam”? Yagnas, donations for a good cause, service to mankind, rituals, vows, pilgrim trips, penance etc are different kinds of Anushthanam. We’ll talk about Anushthanam next.
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05.Sep.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 57 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Understand that without knowledge of the Principle of Guru, everything is meaningless. 🌻
So, what is Anushthanam? We said that Anushthana comprises yagnas, donations, service to mankind, worship, vows, rituals, pilgrimages, chanting and penance etc. People observing Anushtanam and leading a dharmic way of life can show the path to others and act as Gurus.
Other people may even benefit from them. But while that may be true, they cannot uplift themselves unless they seek refuge with a Guru.
Lord Shiva says that people observing Anushthanam without understanding the Guru Principle are deceitful. He goes on to say that only when merged with the Guru Principle is there any meaning to Anushthanam. If not, such acts are deceitful.
These acts of Anushthanam cannot help them realize the Supreme Truth. Therefore they are futile. Lord Shiva is gently reprimanding that humans that are wallowing in such meaningless and deceitful conduct are like animals.
While observing Anushthanam is slightly better than engaging solely in education that’s meaningless, you must get education, observe Anushthanam and merge that with the Guru Principle.
So, we understand that without knowledge of the Principle of Guru, everything is meaningless.
A Guru’s actions might sometimes seem strange when He’s blessing a disciple or is transforming him. The ignorant that don’t understand this get fooled by the Guru’s actions. Such people cannot comprehend the Guru Principle.
They are thrown into doubt and confusion. In some instances, they even defame the Guru. This is a grave sin. One must try to understand the Guru’s actions and adapt to them.
Only then will the Guru’s actions be understood and knowledge of Guru Principle bestowed. Otherwise, regardless of how much mediation and penance you do, it yields not benefits.
Akrura understood the actions of the Supreme Lord Krishna and was blessed by Him.
Let’s delve in to the story a little. On the command of Kamsa, Akrura came to Gokulam to bring Krishna and Balarama back with him to Mathura. Akrura was a devotee of Sri Krishna.
He wondered if he could be blessed by Sri Krishna. Akrura conveyed the command of Kamsa to Krishna and Balarama who promptly boarded the chariot. Akrura rode the chariot, all the while pining for Sri Krishna’s grace.
Krishna and Balarama feigned ignorance of Akrura’s pinings and simply enjoyed the sights around them, admiring the beauty of Nature.
They came up on the sacred River Yamuna. They experienced great joy seeing the beauty of the sacred river. Let’s see what happens next.
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06.Sep.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 58 🌹✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
We discussed that Akrura conveyed Kamsa’s command to Balarama and Krishna to bring them to Mathura.
Balarama and Krishna agreed and boarded the chariot. Akrura drove the chariot, all the while pining intensely for the grace of Lord Krishna.
Balarama and Krishna, seated it the chariot, feigned ignorance, laughing and immersing themselves in the beauty of nature. They saw wonderful forests, strange and exotic birds and happy beasts along the way. They came up on the sacred Yamuna River.
Akrura promptly stopped the chariot and requested permission from Balarama and Krishna to worship the river saying “Rama, Krishna: Yamuna washes away sins. I worship River Yamuna.
I will offer my prayers to the river and come back”. He asked Balarama and Krishna to be seated in the chariot.
Akrura went up to the river and began reciting mantras while dipping in the water. To his great surprise, he saw the same Balarama and Krishna in the water, happy and smiling, looking exactly like they did in the chariot.
Even though Arkura was great devotee, his own ignorance prevented him from realizing that the Lord was seated right next to him in the chariot. So, to teach him a lesson, they appeared in the sacred water of Yamuna river.
Akrura stood up and shook his head. He found Balarama and Krishna seated in the chariot and smiling. They were in the water, but they were also outside in the chariot. He was confused.
He dipped in the water again and witnessed the same form and smiles in the water. Sri Krishna then appeared to him as Lord Vishnu and blessed him.
He gave him darshan of Vaikuntha. Did you see? The cowherd, Jagadguru Sri Krishna, appeared as Lord Vishnu in Vaikuntha, to clear the confusion and wipe away the sorrows of Arkura and bless him.
Similarly, the Guru also blesses the disciples who are devoted to him. Why is it that humans do not understand the Guru Principle despite many spiritual practices? What is preventing them from grasping that concept? What is it? Tell me, what is it?
[The bird says “Raga”]. Raga. It’s called Raga. Did you see, even Suka Brahma says so. RagaDvesha (like and dislikes) engulf us. That is why humans can’t comprehend Guru Tattva.
Suka Brahmam is the one that gave us the sacred Bhagavatam.
It is the great Principle advocated by him that Lord Shiva is now telling us through the question asked by Mother Parvati .
It is the same principle that Suka Brahma gave us. He said it one word. What is it? What did you call it? [Bird says “Raga”]. It’s called Raga.
That is why, through this sloka, Lord Shiva, on account of the question posed by Supreme Mother Parvati, is teaching us not to waste all the merit accumulated through one’s spiritual practices by forgetting Guru Tattva and doubting the qualities of the Guru.
Therefore, it becomes evident that one must explore the concept of Guru. So, who is Guru? Let’s get to the core of the matter. What can he do? What are his degrees and qualifications? There are many questions that come up. Questions always keep sprouting.
Many wonder and even ask about the degrees, certificates and the qualifications of a Guru. They also wonder if he’s capable of transforming them.
Those are not a good question to ask. The Guru’s qualifications, certifications, popularity and his ability to transform you are not the right questions to ask in search of a Guru.
To understand what really a Guru is, we should follow the next two slokas that provide a summary of the qualities of a Guru.
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07.Sep.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 59 🌹✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Sloka: Gurorvidhyatmano nanyat satyam satyam na samsayah Tallabhartham prayatna stu kartavyo hi manisibhih
There is nothing other than the Guru, a symbol of knowledge and wisdom.
That is true and beyond doubt. So, a virtuous person should try for awareness of the quality of Guru. Knowledge manifested in a physical form is Guru. In this Sloka, “this is truth (satyam)” is said twice. Why is it said twice?
When a mother is feeding her child, she may coax her child into drinking milk by telling her child that if he doesn’t drink milk quickly, a monster would show up.
That is a lie, but the child believes it to be true. The child believes what the mother is saying about the monster. But, the mother is lying. By lying about something that’s perceived as truth, the mother makes sure the baby is well fed.
The child quickly drinks the milk. Here, in contrast, this truth is really the truth. To reiterate that this is a not a lie that’s couched in the form of truth, the fact that is absolute truth is said twice.
Sage Vishwamitra is the Guru who imparted knowledge to Sri Rama. By the grace of Guru, Lord Rama received knowledge of the Guru Principle. Let’s learn a little bit more about this.
When Sage Vishwamitra requested King Dasaratha to send Sri Rama with him to the forests to protect his Yagnas, the king hesitated. Filled with intense love for his son, the king dilly dallied.
“How can I send my young son to the forests?” At that time, due to the divine intervention of Sage Vasishtha, King Dasaratha was saved from the fury of Sage Vishwamitra. But, Sri Rama was different.
He always stood by his words. A word once spoken was never taken back. He never lied and there was never a second thought. He was an ideal man. To set an example to mankind in dharmic behavior, he served Guru Vishwamitra.
Sri Rama very well knew the power and grace of Guru Vishwamitra. He was eager to learn from his Guru. Sri Rama knew how to receive the knowledge imparted by the Guru.
But, he served the Guru not just with a view to receiving knowledge, but with complete love and devotion. Sri Rama was overjoyed to hear of the arrival of Guru Vishwamitra. He was not afraid like King Dasaratha was about going to the forests to slay demons.
He didn’t even question his own capabilities about whether he would be able to fulfill the tasks. He was in fact very happy for the opportunity bestowed on him to learn from Sage Vishwamitra.
Sri Rama believed that the higher purpose of Sage Vishwamitra’s visit was to impart knowledge. The greatness of Sage Vishwamitra was that he was dharma personified. He was the best of the brave and very wise. He reached the pinnacle of spiritual practices.
He was well-versed with weapons and warfare of all the three worlds. Even the Gods and other sages did not have the knowledge that he did. Rama knew that Sage Vishwamitra had this great ocean of knowledge.
That is why he was very happy when he heard of Sage Vishwamitra visit. Due to the timely advice by Sage Vasishtha, King Dasaratha wisened up and sent his young son with Sage Vishwamitra. Let’s see what happens next.
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08.Sep.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 60 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
We discussed that King Dasaratha wisened up on Sage Vasishtha’s advice and sent his sons to the forests with Sage Vishwamitra. The two boys served their Guru with utmost devotion and dedication.
Even the Gods come to the assistance of those that serve their Guru. Once Rama began serving Sage Vishwamitra, the God of Wind blew gentle breeze over them and soothed their minds. The two followed their Gurudeva diligently.
As Sage Vishwamitra walked, Sri Rama and Lakshmana walked right behind him. The scriptures stipulate that while walking, one must walk a few paces behind the Guru, not ahead of Him. Rama and Lakshmana knew how to walk with the Guru.
Pleased with how they were walking, Sage Vishwamitra initiated them into the knowledge of “Bala” and “Ati Bala”. By the power of Bala and Ati Bala, one is protected from hunger and thirst. Sri Rama needed this, you all know what happened in the future.
That is why Sage Vishwamitra blessed them with this knowledge so that they never feel hunger or thirst. Demons could never harm them. They got blessed generously by walking humbly with their Guru. As disciples, they observed all the duties stipulated by the scriptures.
They never left the company of their Guru. While traveling, they learned a lot about the forests from their Guru. Witnessing the eagerness of the two disciples to learn more, Sage Vishwamitra was excited and blessed them with even more knowledge.
He gave them more powers. While walking with Sage Vishwamitra, they heard a powerful sound. Upon enquiring, Sage Vishwamitra told them that it was “Manasa Sarassu” (manasa = relating to the mind; sarassu = lake).
“Kailasa parvate rama, manasa nirmitam saraha, brahmana narasaarthula, tene dam maanasam saraha” Lord Brahma created a lake on Mount Kailas with his mind (will) power.
Because it was created with the power of the mind, it was called Manas Sarovar (manas = relating to the mind; sarovar = lake). From that lake was born Sarayu river. Sage Vishwamitra told them what they heard was the Sarayu River.
He went on to explain the significant features of Manas Sarovar. Soon after, Guru Vishwamitra ordered Rama to slay the demoness Tataka to protect the cattle, the learned and the rest of the people.
At that time, he imparted knowledge of many weapons including Brahma Astram (astram = weapon), Pashupata Astram etc. Later, Sri Rama protected Sage Vishwamitra’s yagna by teaching the demons Mareecha and Subahu a fitting lesson.
Pleased with this, Guru Vishwamitra wanted to bless Sri Rama with Laksmi devi. He purified them by reciting the story of Ganga Devi. He helped Ahalya get relief from her curse. The Guru’s blessings didn’t stop there.
Guru Vishwamitra took them to the kingdom of Mithila. There, with the permission of Guru Vishwamitra, Rama broke the powerful bow of Lord Shiva and married Sita Devi.
Who is Sita? She is Lakshmi Devi manifested in a physical form. She is the consort of Lord Vishnu.
He got Sri Rama married to Sita Devi. That was Guru Vishwamitra’s will. Like that, every step of the way, Guru Vishwamitra immensely blessed Rama who was an outstanding disciple. He poured all his knowledge into Rama.
The conduct of the disciple is very important. If the disciple observes all his duties like Sri Rama did, the Sadgurus bless generously every step of the way like Guru Vishwamitra did, pouring all their knowledge in to the disciples. What we discussed in the previous sloka is explained even better in this sloka.
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09.Sep.2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
We discussed that King Dasaratha wisened up on Sage Vasishtha’s advice and sent his sons to the forests with Sage Vishwamitra. The two boys served their Guru with utmost devotion and dedication.
Even the Gods come to the assistance of those that serve their Guru. Once Rama began serving Sage Vishwamitra, the God of Wind blew gentle breeze over them and soothed their minds. The two followed their Gurudeva diligently.
As Sage Vishwamitra walked, Sri Rama and Lakshmana walked right behind him. The scriptures stipulate that while walking, one must walk a few paces behind the Guru, not ahead of Him. Rama and Lakshmana knew how to walk with the Guru.
Pleased with how they were walking, Sage Vishwamitra initiated them into the knowledge of “Bala” and “Ati Bala”. By the power of Bala and Ati Bala, one is protected from hunger and thirst. Sri Rama needed this, you all know what happened in the future.
That is why Sage Vishwamitra blessed them with this knowledge so that they never feel hunger or thirst. Demons could never harm them. They got blessed generously by walking humbly with their Guru. As disciples, they observed all the duties stipulated by the scriptures.
They never left the company of their Guru. While traveling, they learned a lot about the forests from their Guru. Witnessing the eagerness of the two disciples to learn more, Sage Vishwamitra was excited and blessed them with even more knowledge.
He gave them more powers. While walking with Sage Vishwamitra, they heard a powerful sound. Upon enquiring, Sage Vishwamitra told them that it was “Manasa Sarassu” (manasa = relating to the mind; sarassu = lake).
“Kailasa parvate rama, manasa nirmitam saraha, brahmana narasaarthula, tene dam maanasam saraha” Lord Brahma created a lake on Mount Kailas with his mind (will) power.
Because it was created with the power of the mind, it was called Manas Sarovar (manas = relating to the mind; sarovar = lake). From that lake was born Sarayu river. Sage Vishwamitra told them what they heard was the Sarayu River.
He went on to explain the significant features of Manas Sarovar. Soon after, Guru Vishwamitra ordered Rama to slay the demoness Tataka to protect the cattle, the learned and the rest of the people.
At that time, he imparted knowledge of many weapons including Brahma Astram (astram = weapon), Pashupata Astram etc. Later, Sri Rama protected Sage Vishwamitra’s yagna by teaching the demons Mareecha and Subahu a fitting lesson.
Pleased with this, Guru Vishwamitra wanted to bless Sri Rama with Laksmi devi. He purified them by reciting the story of Ganga Devi. He helped Ahalya get relief from her curse. The Guru’s blessings didn’t stop there.
Guru Vishwamitra took them to the kingdom of Mithila. There, with the permission of Guru Vishwamitra, Rama broke the powerful bow of Lord Shiva and married Sita Devi.
Who is Sita? She is Lakshmi Devi manifested in a physical form. She is the consort of Lord Vishnu.
He got Sri Rama married to Sita Devi. That was Guru Vishwamitra’s will. Like that, every step of the way, Guru Vishwamitra immensely blessed Rama who was an outstanding disciple. He poured all his knowledge into Rama.
The conduct of the disciple is very important. If the disciple observes all his duties like Sri Rama did, the Sadgurus bless generously every step of the way like Guru Vishwamitra did, pouring all their knowledge in to the disciples. What we discussed in the previous sloka is explained even better in this sloka.
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09.Sep.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 61 🌹✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
We discussed that Guru Vishwamitra ordered Rama to slay the demoness Tataka to protect the cattle, the learned and the rest of the people.
At that time, he imparted knowledge of many weapons including Brahma Astram (astram = weapon), Pashupata Astram etc.
Later, Sri Rama protected Sage Vishwamitra’s yagna by teaching the demons Mareecha and Subahu a fitting lesson. Pleased with this, Guru Vishwamitra wanted to bless Sri Rama with Laksmi devi.
He purified them by reciting the story of Ganga Devi. He helped Ahalya get relief from her curse. The Guru’s blessings didn’t stop there. Guru Vishwamitra took them to the kingdom of Mithila.
There, with the permission of Guru Vishwamitra, Rama broke the powerful bow of Lord Shiva and married Sita Devi. Who is Sita? She is Lakshmi Devi manifested in a physical form. She is the consort of Lord Vishnu. He got Sri Rama married to Sita Devi. That was Guru Vishwamitra’s will.
Like that, every step of the way, Guru Vishwamitra immensely blessed Rama who was an outstanding disciple. He poured all his knowledge into Rama.
The conduct of the disciple is very important. If the disciple observes all his duties like Sri Rama did, the Sadgurus bless generously every step of the way like Guru Vishwamitra did, pouring all their knowledge in to the disciples. What we discussed in the previous sloka is explained even better in this sloka. Sloka:
Rudha vidya jaganmaya dehesti dhvanta rupini tadwarakah prakasasca guru sabdena kathyate
That means, illusion took on the form of this world. She (illusion) herself is the ignorance and personification of TAMAS. That ignorance is embedded strongly in the body of every being.
The light that can dispel that ignorance is called Guru. Once the divine light of the Guru falls on a being, the darkness of ignorance vanishes. Illusion and ignorance mean the same. It refers to the darkness that envelops us. The difference is only in the expanse each refers to, but illusion and ignorance are the same.
The further we want to get away from it, the stronger and closer it gets. It is the nature of illusion. We may wonder why the darkness of illusion increases with our spiritual pursuit. There’s only one reason for this.
You are not really starting your spiritual life. You are just thinking about it, but procrastinating. You are putting it off to tomorrow. We just keep thinking “I will fast starting tomorrow”, “I will give up this addiction starting tomorrow”, “I will set myself right starting tomorrow” but not acting on it.
“I will read Bhagavatam starting tomorrow. Watch out, how disciplined I’m going to be”. But, we never start. We always postpone to tomorrow.
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10.Sep.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 62 🌹✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻. Illusion and ignorance are the same. It’s the darkness that envelops the mind. The further we want to get away from it, the stronger and closer it gets. It is the nature of illusion. We may wonder why the darkness of illusion increases with our spiritual pursuit. 🌻
There’s only one reason for this. You are not really starting your spiritual life. You are just thinking about it, biding time and putting it off to tomorrow.
Your mind will not let you embark on your spiritual journey. Will your mind let you give up your big house, wealth, fame, wife, children etc and embark on your spiritual journey? No, it will not.
Even at the time of death, the spirit is hankering after these possessions. This is what is called delusion. That’s the darkness. The only light that removes this darkness is the light of Guru.
The sloka continues to explain the qualities of a Guru.
Sloka:
Yadanghri kamala dvandvam dvanda tapa nivarakam
tarakam bhava sindhosca tam gurum pranamamyaham
This verse offers obeisances to such a Guru whose pair of lotus feet can wipe out the passions caused by the dualities of joys and sorrows, cold and heat and which can ferry across the ocean of life. Through this sloka, they are providing a definition for Guru as one Whose lotus feet can wipe out the passions caused by dualities.
Attachment and detachment manifest themselves in strange forms in life. Some people gain attachment from detachment. A person may renounce everything and build a big temple.
But, he’s always immersed in thinking about the temple, about how he built the temple, how tall the temple tower is, how many storeys it has, how many little temples he built around the main temple, how big the temple periphery is, how beautiful the decorations are and so on.
He’s only thinking about the temple and is absorbed in admiring it. It’s as if the temple takes precedence over the Guru. He considers himself an accomplished spiritual seeker. He brags to everyone about having built the temple.
Similarly, a distinguished person that made donations toward something is constantly bragging about being the donor. All these are attachments that come with detachment. They did some good deed, but they didn’t give up attachment.
Your donations were done with attachment. Your good deeds were done with attachment, you have desire to brag about it.
Some others are worried about not receiving all the ancestral rites after they die. Let’s see how to overcome such fears.
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11.Sep.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 63 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
🌻 Only the feet of the Guru have the power to rid you of all the dualities, all sorrows and all attachments to ferry you across the ocean of Samsara. 🌻
We discussed that these were detachments that came coupled with attachments. Or, they can be called attachments that came coupled with detachments.
To each his own – the one who built a temple, the donor, some who are in fear of not receiving ancestral rites annually and so on. Owing to this fear, Some of these people wear a lot of gold jewelry and announce that people that perform the funeral rites will be given that jewelry.
They even provide this in writing. Is this called detachment? Tell me. Is it called sacrifice? Is it called attachment? This is also attachment coupled with detachment.
Then again, there is is that sinful attachment, just pure attachment. Due to this, we covet everything we see. This is sinful attachment, “It would be nice to have this”, “Oh, this would be very nice to have”. One desires to have the newer item even though he just bought a new item.
They don’t want to give anything to anyone under any circumstances. That attachment engulfs them. Such people don’t sacrifice anything for anyone.
Doesn’t matter if it rots and festers, they will not give it away. This is called sinful attachment. This attachment is a kind of passion. This is caused by dualities that are also otherwise known as the ocean of samsara.
It is being said here that only the feet of the Guru have the power to rid you of all these dualities, all sorrows and all attachments to ferry you across the ocean of Samsara.
Thus, after defining what a Guru is, they are talking about what one needs to do to cross the ocean of samsara once he takes refuge with a Guru.
Sloka :
Dehi brahma bhavedyasmat tadidanim prakasaye sarva papa visuddhatama sri guroh pada sevanat
When one falls upon the feet of the Guru, and serves him, his sins will be washed off and his mind gets purified. Then he becomes a part of the godhead. So, the panacea is service at the feet of the Guru.
The Lord is saying here that he will advise on what needs to be done for the soul that takes on a body to attain godhead. This body needs to be an outstanding chariot. We need this body.
You should not just grow your body, but you should make it an outstanding chariot. This body should become a temple . The Lord is revealing the secret one needs to know for the soul to attain liberation. Let’s recall a short story.
In Mahabharata, the fifth veda, Ganga was born to fulfill a greater purpose. Her son, Bheeshma was also born to fulfil a greater purpose. Let’s see what happens next.
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12.Sep.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 64 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 58
We were talking about a story from Mahabharata – the fifth Veda. We said that Ganga was born to fulfill a greater purpose.
Ganga’s son Bheeshma was also born to fulfill a greater purpose. Bheehshma’s story is wonderful. He was a great Yogi.
He accepted joy and sorrow and heat and cold with equanimity of mind. He crossed the ocean of samsara and attained liberation while still alive.
Eventually, he attained godhead before he left his mortal body. Let’s learn a little about the greatness of Ganga’s son and the greatness of Mother Ganga.
Bheeshma’s mother was his first Guru. Her blessings were such that Bheeshma had no equal. His fame spread everywhere. He acquired such powers and fame.
All knowledge bore fruit in him. There were no obstacles to his bravery. He was a greatly realized soul. His mother’s grace was the key reason for such immense blessings.
By merely remembering Ganga, all sins and illusions get washed away.
Ganga gangeti yo bhruyaat, yo janaaanaam shatairapi Mucyate sarva paapebhyo Vishnu lokam sahacyati
By remembering Ganga, one gets purified instantly regardless of how far away they are. They even attain Vishnu Loka.
Such a great Ganga was earlier born to a couple called Mareechi and Kala. Her name in that life was Poornima.
Meditation was her life, meditation was her food. Meditation was everything to her, it was her greatest spiritual wealth.
She had such great power. That is why, through Brahma’s boon, she became capable of purifying the world.
Appearing at the feet of Trivikrama, she became Tripatha Gaamini. Tripatha Gaamini indicates that she flowed in the three worlds – heavens, earth and paatala (the lower worlds).
She purifies and uplifts the people living in these three worlds. That is why the name Tripathaga was befitting. Such a great Ganga Mata made a great resolve to uphold Dharma in the world and to prevent people from swerving from Dharma.
She resolved to increase Dharma in people. Let’s see what she does.
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13 Sep 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 58
We were talking about a story from Mahabharata – the fifth Veda. We said that Ganga was born to fulfill a greater purpose.
Ganga’s son Bheeshma was also born to fulfill a greater purpose. Bheehshma’s story is wonderful. He was a great Yogi.
He accepted joy and sorrow and heat and cold with equanimity of mind. He crossed the ocean of samsara and attained liberation while still alive.
Eventually, he attained godhead before he left his mortal body. Let’s learn a little about the greatness of Ganga’s son and the greatness of Mother Ganga.
Bheeshma’s mother was his first Guru. Her blessings were such that Bheeshma had no equal. His fame spread everywhere. He acquired such powers and fame.
All knowledge bore fruit in him. There were no obstacles to his bravery. He was a greatly realized soul. His mother’s grace was the key reason for such immense blessings.
By merely remembering Ganga, all sins and illusions get washed away.
Ganga gangeti yo bhruyaat, yo janaaanaam shatairapi Mucyate sarva paapebhyo Vishnu lokam sahacyati
By remembering Ganga, one gets purified instantly regardless of how far away they are. They even attain Vishnu Loka.
Such a great Ganga was earlier born to a couple called Mareechi and Kala. Her name in that life was Poornima.
Meditation was her life, meditation was her food. Meditation was everything to her, it was her greatest spiritual wealth.
She had such great power. That is why, through Brahma’s boon, she became capable of purifying the world.
Appearing at the feet of Trivikrama, she became Tripatha Gaamini. Tripatha Gaamini indicates that she flowed in the three worlds – heavens, earth and paatala (the lower worlds).
She purifies and uplifts the people living in these three worlds. That is why the name Tripathaga was befitting. Such a great Ganga Mata made a great resolve to uphold Dharma in the world and to prevent people from swerving from Dharma.
She resolved to increase Dharma in people. Let’s see what she does.
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
13 Sep 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 65 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 59
We discussed that Mother Ganga fulfilled the name Tripathaga given to her.
We also discussed that such a powerful Mother Ganga made a great resolve to uphold Dharma in the world and to help prevent people from swerving from Dharma.
According to that resolve, in Dwapara Yuga, she became wife to Shantanu. She dedicated her son to protecting Dharma. The original name given to this son of Ganga was Devavrata.
He inherited all her spiritual wealth. According to his mother’s orders, he learned all knowledge from Sage Vasishtha. He received knowledge of weaponry and warfare from Sage Parashurama, eventually becoming capable of defeating the sage himself.
To please his father, he undertook a vow of lifelong celibacy. He undertook such a fierce (bheeshana) vow that everyone in the world marveled at him.
That’s how he got the name Bheeshma (from bheeshana). He emerged victorious in many dangerous situations owing to his strict adherence to Dharma.
That is why his fame spread even wider. If we try to understand Mahabharata or read it or try to study the text, we understand the principle of Bheeshma. The blessing of Mother Ganga eternally shined on Bheeshma and he realized many powers, just like Mother Ganga did.
By pleasing his father, he received a boon of death-by-will. Bheeshma is credited with the virtue of having Lord Krishna pick up a weapon even though the Lord had resolved not to.
Wishing for victory to Dharma, he reclined on the bed the arrows during the Mahabharata battle. Even at that time, he didn’t forget his mother. Even though he became very powerful, he never forgot his god-like Mother.
At that time, to propagate Dharma in the world, he taught Dharmaraja many principles of Dharma. He blessed Dharmaraja with all siddhis and preached to him the Vishnu Sahasra Nama. He led the life of a Yogi. His life is a beautiful example to Yogis.
Such a brave and yogic state is highly commended. By the grace of his Guru who was also his mother, he was victorious in every situation, there was no question of defeat.
It is said that by merely remembering Ganga while taking a bath, one’s sins get washed away and one becomes victorious. So, would Ganga’s son not be victorious? Tell me.
Towards the end of his life, such a great Bheeshma was blessed with the fortune of Lord Krishna’s darshan. While in the presence of Lord Krishna, he became one with Him. He had such great fortune, that he merged with the Lord right there. That is why, Bheeshma became one among the greatest devotees of Vishnu.
Remembering him brings us merit. That is why elders observe the Bheeshma Ekadasi that occurs in February each year with great devotion and dedication. You can also go to Brahma loka like he did.
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14.Sep.2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 59
We discussed that Mother Ganga fulfilled the name Tripathaga given to her.
We also discussed that such a powerful Mother Ganga made a great resolve to uphold Dharma in the world and to help prevent people from swerving from Dharma.
According to that resolve, in Dwapara Yuga, she became wife to Shantanu. She dedicated her son to protecting Dharma. The original name given to this son of Ganga was Devavrata.
He inherited all her spiritual wealth. According to his mother’s orders, he learned all knowledge from Sage Vasishtha. He received knowledge of weaponry and warfare from Sage Parashurama, eventually becoming capable of defeating the sage himself.
To please his father, he undertook a vow of lifelong celibacy. He undertook such a fierce (bheeshana) vow that everyone in the world marveled at him.
That’s how he got the name Bheeshma (from bheeshana). He emerged victorious in many dangerous situations owing to his strict adherence to Dharma.
That is why his fame spread even wider. If we try to understand Mahabharata or read it or try to study the text, we understand the principle of Bheeshma. The blessing of Mother Ganga eternally shined on Bheeshma and he realized many powers, just like Mother Ganga did.
By pleasing his father, he received a boon of death-by-will. Bheeshma is credited with the virtue of having Lord Krishna pick up a weapon even though the Lord had resolved not to.
Wishing for victory to Dharma, he reclined on the bed the arrows during the Mahabharata battle. Even at that time, he didn’t forget his mother. Even though he became very powerful, he never forgot his god-like Mother.
At that time, to propagate Dharma in the world, he taught Dharmaraja many principles of Dharma. He blessed Dharmaraja with all siddhis and preached to him the Vishnu Sahasra Nama. He led the life of a Yogi. His life is a beautiful example to Yogis.
Such a brave and yogic state is highly commended. By the grace of his Guru who was also his mother, he was victorious in every situation, there was no question of defeat.
It is said that by merely remembering Ganga while taking a bath, one’s sins get washed away and one becomes victorious. So, would Ganga’s son not be victorious? Tell me.
Towards the end of his life, such a great Bheeshma was blessed with the fortune of Lord Krishna’s darshan. While in the presence of Lord Krishna, he became one with Him. He had such great fortune, that he merged with the Lord right there. That is why, Bheeshma became one among the greatest devotees of Vishnu.
Remembering him brings us merit. That is why elders observe the Bheeshma Ekadasi that occurs in February each year with great devotion and dedication. You can also go to Brahma loka like he did.
Continues....
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
14.Sep.2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 66 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 60
We talked about service at the feet of the Guru. The next 4 verses talk about the method and the benefits of service at the feet of the Guru.
Sloka: Guroh padodakam pitva dhrtva sirasi pavanam Sarva tirthavagahasya samprapnoti phalam naraha
If one drinks the ablutions of the Guru and sprinkles it on his head, he derives the benefit of bathing in all the holy rivers.
In the previous verse, they used the word “Dehi”, which indicates a soul (jeevi) that has taken on a body. Body indicates the presence of anger, lust etc.
Therefore, if the jeevi ridden with anger, lust etc is to be purified, ordinary baths are not enough. So, what should we do? Lord Shiva commands that if we drink the ablutions of the Guru with devotion, the jeevi will be purified.
Sloka: Sosanam papa pankasya dipanam jnana tejasah Guroh padodakam devi samsararnava tarakam
Siva tells Parvati that with the ablutions of the Guru the mire of sins gets dried up.
The light of knowledge is lit and one crosses the ocean of life.
Sloka: Avidya mula nasaya janma karma nivrttaye Jnana vairagya siddhyartham guru padodakam pibet
If ignorance is to be rooted out, the actions which are the cause of birth and death are to be set aside, knowledge and detachment are to be attained, one must drink the ablutions of the Guru.
It is said that by drinking the ablutions of the Guru, one gets purified, that means the sins are washed away. The inner light of knowledge is enhanced. Due to this the jeevi is relieved from the ocean of samsara.
For all of this, first, ignorance should be removed. Some people have half-baked knowledge due to which they become superstitious. That should be eliminated. Then, the deep-rooted ignorance should be rooted out. There should be no rebirth.
Even if there is a birth, there should be no karma. We may wonder if it’s possible to take birth without any karma? Some great souls take birth without any karma. For example, Namadev. Let’s listen to the story of this great soul.
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15 Sep 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 67 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 61
🌻 Those who serve the Guru should always work on gaining a better understanding of ignorance, birth, karma, knowledge and detachment. 🌻
We were discussing karma and what it is to take birth without any residual karma.
We discussed that some great souls take birth without any residual karma. We said Saint Namadev was an example.
He was a great soul who was in communication with Lord Pandareenatha (Lord Vishnu) at all times. He was always conversing with Lord Vishnu Himself.
He is the only one who used to converse with Lord Pandareenatha that we see references to these days. But, he wished for another birth. Why? Because, he had a little more karma left. That karma would be finished with just 9 months in the womb of a mother.
That means that he would spend the rest of his life as per the Lord’s command, free from all karma. If we have another birth, we should get a birth where we can finish all the karma.
It’s very difficult to get a birth without any karma. We need deliverance from ignorance and from karma. But, that in itself is not enough.
Knowledge and detachment should bear fruit in us. For these to bear fruit, the karma that is the cause of births should be destroyed.
How does it get destroyed? Can you Guru help you? Will he share some of your karma? He will not, whatsoever. You have to carry your own karma, there’s no escape. He will advise you on the ways to reduce your karma. That’s all he will do.
That is why those who serve the Guru should always work on gaining a better understanding of ignorance, birth, karma, knowledge and detachment.
There’s no other choice. They should always keep learning and understanding. Listening and understanding once is not enough.
As long as you have this birth, you should keep learning and understanding, that’s the only way to reduce your karma. You can’t move on to the next lesson assuming you are done with this lesson.
Regardless of how many lessons you learn and how much knowledge you acquire, knowledge and detachment need to be learned and understood over and over again.
Some people mistakenly think that knowledge alone is enough, that detachment is unnecessary. “We don’t need both knowledge and detachment. It’s enough to have knowledge”. But, knowledge without detachment is futile.
It is like serving someone an elaborate meal on a banana leaf and asking them to walk 10 miles to drink water. That does not work. For one that takes the ablutions of the Guru with devotion and complete surrender, all these will bear fruit.
Otherwise, regardless of the amount of devotion you have, knowledge and devotion will not bear fruit until you have had the ablutions of the Guru. What’s the use serving such an elaborate meal if there is no water to drink?
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16 Sep 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 61
🌻 Those who serve the Guru should always work on gaining a better understanding of ignorance, birth, karma, knowledge and detachment. 🌻
We were discussing karma and what it is to take birth without any residual karma.
We discussed that some great souls take birth without any residual karma. We said Saint Namadev was an example.
He was a great soul who was in communication with Lord Pandareenatha (Lord Vishnu) at all times. He was always conversing with Lord Vishnu Himself.
He is the only one who used to converse with Lord Pandareenatha that we see references to these days. But, he wished for another birth. Why? Because, he had a little more karma left. That karma would be finished with just 9 months in the womb of a mother.
That means that he would spend the rest of his life as per the Lord’s command, free from all karma. If we have another birth, we should get a birth where we can finish all the karma.
It’s very difficult to get a birth without any karma. We need deliverance from ignorance and from karma. But, that in itself is not enough.
Knowledge and detachment should bear fruit in us. For these to bear fruit, the karma that is the cause of births should be destroyed.
How does it get destroyed? Can you Guru help you? Will he share some of your karma? He will not, whatsoever. You have to carry your own karma, there’s no escape. He will advise you on the ways to reduce your karma. That’s all he will do.
That is why those who serve the Guru should always work on gaining a better understanding of ignorance, birth, karma, knowledge and detachment.
There’s no other choice. They should always keep learning and understanding. Listening and understanding once is not enough.
As long as you have this birth, you should keep learning and understanding, that’s the only way to reduce your karma. You can’t move on to the next lesson assuming you are done with this lesson.
Regardless of how many lessons you learn and how much knowledge you acquire, knowledge and detachment need to be learned and understood over and over again.
Some people mistakenly think that knowledge alone is enough, that detachment is unnecessary. “We don’t need both knowledge and detachment. It’s enough to have knowledge”. But, knowledge without detachment is futile.
It is like serving someone an elaborate meal on a banana leaf and asking them to walk 10 miles to drink water. That does not work. For one that takes the ablutions of the Guru with devotion and complete surrender, all these will bear fruit.
Otherwise, regardless of the amount of devotion you have, knowledge and devotion will not bear fruit until you have had the ablutions of the Guru. What’s the use serving such an elaborate meal if there is no water to drink?
Continues...
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
16 Sep 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 68 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 62
Guru padodakam panam gurorucchista bhojanam Gurumurtessada dhyanam guru stotram paro japah
We discussed that the Guru advises you on the ways to reduce your karma.
Those ways are explained in this sloka. Guru padodakam panam Your drink should be the ablutions of your Guru. That is not enough. You should do more. You should eat what has been left out by the Guru.
That means, you should learn to always consider whatever you are eating and drinking as Prasadam from the Guru (sacred blessing from the Guru).
You should inculcate the mindset: “Whatever I’m eating is the Guru’s Prasadam.
Whatever I have is His”. Even this is not enough. You should meditate upon the image of the Guru at all times and in all states. And singing in praise of Guru should be treated as the most important worship, in all states.
It is being said here that meditating on the image of the Guru and singing in praise of the Guru are of utmost importance.
Sloka:
Swa desikasyaiva ca nama kirtanam bhavedanantasya sivasya kirtanam Swa desikasyaiva ca rupa cintanam bhaved anatasya sivasya cintanam
The singing in praise of one’s Guru equates to singing the glory of the infinite Siva.
Meditating upon the image of one’s Guru equates to meditating upon the infinite Siva. One must meditate on the image of the Guru and sing his praises at all times.
That is equivalent to meditating on Siva and singing Lord Siva’s praises. This itself is meditating on the Infinite. This itself is meditating on Vishnu, singing in praise of Vishnu.
Let’s learn another secret:
While singing in praise of a deity, if we don’t sing the praise of the Guru at the beginning and at the end, such praise is worthless. If one doesn’t sing in praise of the Guru, doesn’t chant the name of the Guru and doesn’t talk about his greatness, all worship is futile.
A lot of people worship and sing in praise of a deity without any mention of the Guru or without any prayer to the Guru. Such prayers yield no fruits.
In fact, praises of a deity should be sung only after singing in praise of Ganapathy, Saraswati and Guru. The next two slokas talk about the greatness of the Guru.
Sloka:
Yatpada pansavah santah kepi samsara varidheh setubandhaya kalpante desikam tamupasmaha
Obeisance to Guru, the dust particles of whose feet are of utmost importance for building the bridge across the ocean of samsara(life).
What does it mean to build a bridge across the ocean of samsara?
This samsara is extremely terrifying. It is a massive ocean. In fact, it is more terrifying than an ocean. This ocean of samsara doesn’t have a shore on the other end.
We cannot grasp its depth. So, how do we cross it? We need to seek refuge in Guru. Guru is the only one who can help us cross the ocean of samsara.
Sloka:
Kasiksetram nivasasca jahnavi caranodakam Gurur visvevarah saksat tarakam brahma niscitam
The very dwelling of the Guru is the sacred Kashi (Benaras). His ablutions are the holy waters of the Ganges.
Lord Visweshwara who uplifts us from the world of life is Guru himself. This is certain.
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17 Sep 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 62
Guru padodakam panam gurorucchista bhojanam Gurumurtessada dhyanam guru stotram paro japah
We discussed that the Guru advises you on the ways to reduce your karma.
Those ways are explained in this sloka. Guru padodakam panam Your drink should be the ablutions of your Guru. That is not enough. You should do more. You should eat what has been left out by the Guru.
That means, you should learn to always consider whatever you are eating and drinking as Prasadam from the Guru (sacred blessing from the Guru).
You should inculcate the mindset: “Whatever I’m eating is the Guru’s Prasadam.
Whatever I have is His”. Even this is not enough. You should meditate upon the image of the Guru at all times and in all states. And singing in praise of Guru should be treated as the most important worship, in all states.
It is being said here that meditating on the image of the Guru and singing in praise of the Guru are of utmost importance.
Sloka:
Swa desikasyaiva ca nama kirtanam bhavedanantasya sivasya kirtanam Swa desikasyaiva ca rupa cintanam bhaved anatasya sivasya cintanam
The singing in praise of one’s Guru equates to singing the glory of the infinite Siva.
Meditating upon the image of one’s Guru equates to meditating upon the infinite Siva. One must meditate on the image of the Guru and sing his praises at all times.
That is equivalent to meditating on Siva and singing Lord Siva’s praises. This itself is meditating on the Infinite. This itself is meditating on Vishnu, singing in praise of Vishnu.
Let’s learn another secret:
While singing in praise of a deity, if we don’t sing the praise of the Guru at the beginning and at the end, such praise is worthless. If one doesn’t sing in praise of the Guru, doesn’t chant the name of the Guru and doesn’t talk about his greatness, all worship is futile.
A lot of people worship and sing in praise of a deity without any mention of the Guru or without any prayer to the Guru. Such prayers yield no fruits.
In fact, praises of a deity should be sung only after singing in praise of Ganapathy, Saraswati and Guru. The next two slokas talk about the greatness of the Guru.
Sloka:
Yatpada pansavah santah kepi samsara varidheh setubandhaya kalpante desikam tamupasmaha
Obeisance to Guru, the dust particles of whose feet are of utmost importance for building the bridge across the ocean of samsara(life).
What does it mean to build a bridge across the ocean of samsara?
This samsara is extremely terrifying. It is a massive ocean. In fact, it is more terrifying than an ocean. This ocean of samsara doesn’t have a shore on the other end.
We cannot grasp its depth. So, how do we cross it? We need to seek refuge in Guru. Guru is the only one who can help us cross the ocean of samsara.
Sloka:
Kasiksetram nivasasca jahnavi caranodakam Gurur visvevarah saksat tarakam brahma niscitam
The very dwelling of the Guru is the sacred Kashi (Benaras). His ablutions are the holy waters of the Ganges.
Lord Visweshwara who uplifts us from the world of life is Guru himself. This is certain.
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17 Sep 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 69 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 63
Sloka:
Kasiksetram nivasasca jahnavi caranodakam | Gurur visvevarah saksat tarakam brahma niscitam ||
The very dwelling of the Guru is the sacred Kashi (Benaras). His ablutions are the holy waters of the Ganges. Lord Visweshwara who uplifts us from the world of life is Guru himself. This is certain.
When one says he’s going to Kashi, it means he’s going to the Guru. Here, we can find another special meaning to “brahma niscitam”.
It means that Lord Siva is making a divine promise that Guru is verily the Taraka Mantra (“Sri Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama”).
In the previous verse, there was a reference to Kashi.
Now, to satisfy the devotees of Lord Vishnu, they are praising the Guru and referring to Gaya to remind them that Guru is the manifestation of the Trinity and is beyond all differences.
Sloka:
Guru padankitam yatra gaya sadhoksajodbhava | Tirtha rajah prayago sau guru murtyai namonamah ||
Where the imprints of Guru’s feet exist, that itself is the holy place of Gaya pertaining to Lord Vishnu. That itself is the greatest of holy places, Prayag. Obeisance to such a Guru.
Sloka:
Gurumurtim smarennityam gurornama sada japet | Gurorajnam prakurvita guroranyam na bhavayet ||
The image of the Guru should always be kept in mind and His name should always be chanted. Guru’s order should always be obeyed and there should be no other thought. If we give a form to these thoughts, that form will become Hanuman.
Let’s learn about the duties of Guru and disciple through the story of Surya (Sun God) and Hanuman. Here, the Guru is Surya – Guru to Hanuman.
And the disciple is the great Hanuman. In many scriptures, matters pertaining to knowledge are explained citing Surya as an example.
Similarly, when explaining the duties of a disciple, Hanuman is cited as an example. It was due to Surya that Dharma was established and this creation expanded.
He is the inner self, he is in everyone and is everywhere. Lord Surya is the reason this creation is sustained. A lot of seekers benefited from worshiping him.
Many others have walked the path shown by the Lord and have been uplifted. It is because of Surya that we get rain, it is because of him that we have prosperity. While radiating fiercely, he fulfills all his duties.
He inspires everyone in the world to follow their duties. Such a great Sun God blessed many people with knowledge. All those blessed by him became great souls.
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18 Sep 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 63
Sloka:
Kasiksetram nivasasca jahnavi caranodakam | Gurur visvevarah saksat tarakam brahma niscitam ||
The very dwelling of the Guru is the sacred Kashi (Benaras). His ablutions are the holy waters of the Ganges. Lord Visweshwara who uplifts us from the world of life is Guru himself. This is certain.
When one says he’s going to Kashi, it means he’s going to the Guru. Here, we can find another special meaning to “brahma niscitam”.
It means that Lord Siva is making a divine promise that Guru is verily the Taraka Mantra (“Sri Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama”).
In the previous verse, there was a reference to Kashi.
Now, to satisfy the devotees of Lord Vishnu, they are praising the Guru and referring to Gaya to remind them that Guru is the manifestation of the Trinity and is beyond all differences.
Sloka:
Guru padankitam yatra gaya sadhoksajodbhava | Tirtha rajah prayago sau guru murtyai namonamah ||
Where the imprints of Guru’s feet exist, that itself is the holy place of Gaya pertaining to Lord Vishnu. That itself is the greatest of holy places, Prayag. Obeisance to such a Guru.
Sloka:
Gurumurtim smarennityam gurornama sada japet | Gurorajnam prakurvita guroranyam na bhavayet ||
The image of the Guru should always be kept in mind and His name should always be chanted. Guru’s order should always be obeyed and there should be no other thought. If we give a form to these thoughts, that form will become Hanuman.
Let’s learn about the duties of Guru and disciple through the story of Surya (Sun God) and Hanuman. Here, the Guru is Surya – Guru to Hanuman.
And the disciple is the great Hanuman. In many scriptures, matters pertaining to knowledge are explained citing Surya as an example.
Similarly, when explaining the duties of a disciple, Hanuman is cited as an example. It was due to Surya that Dharma was established and this creation expanded.
He is the inner self, he is in everyone and is everywhere. Lord Surya is the reason this creation is sustained. A lot of seekers benefited from worshiping him.
Many others have walked the path shown by the Lord and have been uplifted. It is because of Surya that we get rain, it is because of him that we have prosperity. While radiating fiercely, he fulfills all his duties.
He inspires everyone in the world to follow their duties. Such a great Sun God blessed many people with knowledge. All those blessed by him became great souls.
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18 Sep 2020
---------------------------------------- x ----------------------------------------🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 70 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 64
We were talking about Surya and about Hanuman. We discussed that it is because of Surya that we get rain, it is because of him that we have prosperity. While radiating fiercely, he fulfills all his duties.
He inspires everyone in the world to follow their duties. Such a great Sun God blessed many people with knowledge. All those blessed by him became great souls and kept up his fame. It is said that the best among those disciples was Hanuman.
Hanuman was associated with Surya right from his childhood. Hanuman’s father Vayu Deva (the God Wind) was a friend of Lord Surya. As soon as Hanuman was born, he had darshan of his Guru.
This is an unprecedented event for any disciple. No one ever had such a good fortune. He had darshan of his Guru as soon as he was born. Since he had darshan of his Guru, he wanted to merge with his Guru. He faced an obstacle on his path to reaching the Guru and lost consciousness.
In the story, they say that he jumped towards the Sun mistaking it for a fruit. He didn’t mistake it for a fruit. The true spiritual reason behind it was that he wanted to merge with his Guru. But, there was an obstacle and he wasn’t able to merge with his Guru.
After that incident, Anjaneya became Hanuman. Hanuman never forgot his Guru. His mother Anjana Mata perceived this and ordered her son to go learn all knowledge from Lord Surya. Hanuman’s joy knew no bounds. He was ecstatic. His mother’s command was exactly what he had desired.
Overjoyed to have darshan of his Guru and to be under his tutelage, Hanuman joyfully jumped and reached the Sun.
Then, Guru Surya wanted to show the world the strength and intelligence in his disciple. Earlier, when Hanuman had lost consciousness, Surya appeared before him and blessed him thus: “May he get one hundredth of own radiance.
May he be blessed him with the realization of all knowledge as soon as he grows up. May he become a great orator”. Both Anjana Devi and Vayu Deva were aware of these blessings. As soon as Hanuman reached Surya, Surya recalled his blessings. Imagine Hanuman actually reaching the Sun.
That has to be due to Surya’s blessings. According to the word he gave Hanuman, he had no choice but to impart knowledge to him. He had given his word to Hanuman. Even though he decided to put Hanuman to test, he already knew that Hanuman had all the qualities of an ideal disciple.
Speaking in the ways of the world, Lord Surya said “Son, it is my duty to always be on the move. If you move keep moving along with me, you will never gain knowledge”. Hanuman loved his mother very dearly.
When the Guru said this, he remembered his mother’s orders and decided to accomplish the task, come what may. His mother had ordered him to gain knowledge from Surya, no matter what. Without a second thought, he blocked Surya’s chariot and prayed to him to bless him with knowledge.
Surya got worried seeing the disciple block his chariot. He told Hanuman that he would impart knowledge, but that it would be difficult for Hanuman to hear Surya because of the sounds made by the moving chariot.
He said, “While I move, you won’t be able to hear me over the sounds made by my moving chariot”. Let’s see what happens next. Jaya Guru Datta.
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19 Sep 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 71 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 65
We discussed that Surya got worried seeing Hanuman block his chariot. He told Hanuman, “I could impart knowledge to you, no problem.
But you won’t be able to hear me over the sounds made by my moving chariot. You tell me if you have a plan to overcome this obstacle”. Hanuman replied “Gurudeva, I will expand my body. I will place one foot on Udayadri and the other on Hastadri. I will only place my head in your chariot.
The sound made by the wheels of your chariot can be heard in all the worlds, but cannot be heard inside your chariot. As your chariot moves, my head will go along . Then, your chariot won’t stop, nor will the flow of your knowledge to me. Please bless me” .
The Guru agreed, blessed him and began imparting knowledge. Hanuman learned all knowledge from the Sun God in 7 days. He became an expert in the nine branches of grammar.
An ideal disciple always stays close to the Guru. He will only move with people associated with the Guru. Because Hanuman was the best of disciples, he never forgot his Guru.
He never abandoned people associated with his Guru. Sri Rama belonged to the Sun dynasty. Sugreeva was the son of Sun God. Hanuman made friends with them. He always stood by Sri Rama and Sugreeva. He accomplished the tasks for Sri Rama.
Surya, the Guru never forgot the disciple either. He helped Hanuman accomplish Sri Rama’s tasks every step of the way. He contributed to his disciple’s victory. The relationship between the Guru and the disciple is such.
Once the Guru decides that the disciple is his, he will never abandon him. A disciple should be like Hanuman, always wishing the Guru well. He should be content in the service of the Guru. Let’s look at the description of the next Sloka.
To underscore the importance of any matter, repeating that matter is the tradition followed in the scriptures. This is called “Abhyasam” (practice). Here, Lord Shiva is indicating that service to the Guru is most important.
That is why this matter is repeated. That is not all, they are reiterating that there should be no thought other than the Guru. This is explained even further in the next Sloka.
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✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 65
We discussed that Surya got worried seeing Hanuman block his chariot. He told Hanuman, “I could impart knowledge to you, no problem.
But you won’t be able to hear me over the sounds made by my moving chariot. You tell me if you have a plan to overcome this obstacle”. Hanuman replied “Gurudeva, I will expand my body. I will place one foot on Udayadri and the other on Hastadri. I will only place my head in your chariot.
The sound made by the wheels of your chariot can be heard in all the worlds, but cannot be heard inside your chariot. As your chariot moves, my head will go along . Then, your chariot won’t stop, nor will the flow of your knowledge to me. Please bless me” .
The Guru agreed, blessed him and began imparting knowledge. Hanuman learned all knowledge from the Sun God in 7 days. He became an expert in the nine branches of grammar.
An ideal disciple always stays close to the Guru. He will only move with people associated with the Guru. Because Hanuman was the best of disciples, he never forgot his Guru.
He never abandoned people associated with his Guru. Sri Rama belonged to the Sun dynasty. Sugreeva was the son of Sun God. Hanuman made friends with them. He always stood by Sri Rama and Sugreeva. He accomplished the tasks for Sri Rama.
Surya, the Guru never forgot the disciple either. He helped Hanuman accomplish Sri Rama’s tasks every step of the way. He contributed to his disciple’s victory. The relationship between the Guru and the disciple is such.
Once the Guru decides that the disciple is his, he will never abandon him. A disciple should be like Hanuman, always wishing the Guru well. He should be content in the service of the Guru. Let’s look at the description of the next Sloka.
To underscore the importance of any matter, repeating that matter is the tradition followed in the scriptures. This is called “Abhyasam” (practice). Here, Lord Shiva is indicating that service to the Guru is most important.
That is why this matter is repeated. That is not all, they are reiterating that there should be no thought other than the Guru. This is explained even further in the next Sloka.
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20 Sep 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 72 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 66
Sloka:
Guruvaktra sthita vidya prapyate tatprasadatah | Tasmattam desikam dhyayet yathatyosit priyam swakam ||
We gain the knowledge that’s on the Guru’s tongue only by the grace of the Guru. Hence, just as a woman is fixated on her lover, the disciple should always think of the Guru regardless of the task he is engaged in.
“Vidya” is knowledge. This has to be obtained only through the Guru. Such knowledge is never gained by reading books or listening to discourses or breaking our heads. We should pray to the Guru for His grace. How?
Just the way a woman is immersed in thoughts of her lover. A new bride may be doing all the chores at home and attending to relatives dutifully, but her mind is always immersed in thoughts of her husband.
Her thoughts are not interrupted due to the tasks she is engaged in. Similarly, one should learn to merge his mind with the Guru, regardless of the tasks he is engaged in. Next, the method to surrender oneself completely to the Guru is described.
Sloka:
Swasramam ca swajatim ca swakirtim pustivardhanam | Etat sarvam parityajya gurumeva samasrayet ||
That means, one should leave one’s caste, position, abode, fame, power, strength, wealth etc and seek the Guru’s grace.
Without the Guru, these things cannot give any knowledge of the Absolute. Here, in “pustivardhanam”, “pusti” doesn’t just mean strength, it also means wealth. “Vardhanam” is progress.
“Jati” indicates caste such as Brahman, Kshatriya etc. “Asrama” indicates Brahmacharyam (student life), Grihastasramam (household life) etc. What does giving up all of these mean?
It means to turn the affection he has for all these qualifications and possessions towards the Guru. People are always engaged in thoughts of these things…whether they are awake or asleep. If the object of affection is money, then the thoughts are always about money…
“How much has been gained and how much more is left to be gained, which banks should the money be invested in, which pockets should it be placed in, whom to entrust it to for hiding away” and so on. He’s so attached to the money that he won’t even reveal the accounts to his wife and children. He’s worried that they may take away the money.
Along with attachment, he also has fear that he may get nothing when he gets old if he tells them about his money. He jealously guards the money and keeps procrastinating telling his family, finally forgetting to tell them about it.
One should let go of all such affections without worrying about consequences. You need to turn all such affection that you placed on your wealth and money towards your Guru.
That means you should inculcate adherence to Guru and develop the concept that all these wealth and possessions are one dimension, but the Guru is another dimension.
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21 Sep 2020
🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 73 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 67
Sloka:
Ananyascintayanto ye dhruvam tesam param padam | Tasmat sarva prayatnena guroraradhanam kuru ||
Those who meditate upon the Guru with no other thought will certainly attain Parampad (the blissful state).
So worship Guru in all faith and by all means. “Sarva prayatnena” indicates you should serve the Guru in various ways.
Serve the Guru in all the various ways there are to please the Guru, in all the various ways there are to serve him so we can be redeemed from our sins, all the various ways we want the grace of the Guru.
We should meditate upon the Guru whenever we have a moment. We should offer salutations to the Guru every time we see Him. You can never do enough salutations to the Guru. Even a lifetime of salutations is not enough. Worshiping the Guru through all lifetimes is also not enough.
That is why, you should worship the Guru in various ways possible thinking, “May be this will work well”, “May be the Guru will be pleased with this”, “May be the Guru will bless me if I do this”, while dedicating everything to the Guru Principle. Regardless of how extensively we decorate our Lord, we are never satisfied.
That is why we keep thinking, “May be we can place this diamond necklace on the Lord”, “May be this garland will look good”, “May be this color garland will look good”. We keep trying various decorations for our own satisfaction. But, we are never satisfied.
There is a small difference when it come to service to the Guru, though. In the former case, you are decorating the Lord with a lot of affection. In the case of service to the Guru, you should give up all affections and serve. That is why they ask you to serve in every way possible.
You can’t just try one method of service and exclude everything else. You should take everything into account. You should dedicate every small task to the Guru. You should think for yourself about all the various ways you can serve the Guru.
No one will tell you. You cannot say, “No one tells me, I don’t know how to serve the Guru”. Once you figure out how to please the Guru, you should try all the possible ways to continue to please Him.
The Guru will not be annoyed, he will keep blessing when you tell him, “I did this task”, “I did that task”. All we need is to please him. That is why, we should have a volunteer mindset. We should be self-starters.
We should analyze and think for ourselves. We should do everything we can. But, that doesn’t mean you show off in the presence of the Guru. You should not boast or pretend in the presence of the Guru, “That’s not a big deal, I can do that”.
He is always witness to what you are doing whether or not he’s physically present. He’s witness to what you are doing in your life. He knows what you’ve done in your past, what you are doing now and what you are capable of doing in the future.
That’s why, all you need is to serve the Guru without any other thought. You should have no other thoughts. You should not even have expectations of praise. You should just surrender. You should do your tasks and surrender them.
If the Guru praises you, it will boost your ego. When that happens, you should immediately realize and be ashamed. That is why you should be very careful.
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
22 Sep 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 71
Sri Ganesaya Namaha
Sri Saraswatyai Namaha
Sri Pada Vallabha Narasimha Saraswati
Sri Guru Dattatreyaya Namaha
Sloka:
Gukarassyad gunatito rupatito rukarah | Guna rupa vihinatvat gururuityabhidiyate ||
GU stands for one who is beyond the three Gunas or qualities. RU stands for the one who is beyond Rupa or form.
Guru is the personification of the Absolute without attributes and form. We should inculcate the feeling that all forms belong to the Guru. You should realize that the Guru is beyond all form, beyond all qualities and beyond time.
Sloka:
Gukarah prathamo varno mayadi gunabhasakah | Rukarosti param brahma maya bhranti vimocakah ||
The first syllable GU belongs to the three Gunas which are the cause of illusion. The second syllable RU stands for the Parabrahman that destroys the delusion caused by illusion.
Sloka:
Evam gurupadam srestham devanamapi durlabham | Haha huhu ganaiscaiva gandharvairapi pujitam ||
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 66
Sloka:
Guruvaktra sthita vidya prapyate tatprasadatah | Tasmattam desikam dhyayet yathatyosit priyam swakam ||
We gain the knowledge that’s on the Guru’s tongue only by the grace of the Guru. Hence, just as a woman is fixated on her lover, the disciple should always think of the Guru regardless of the task he is engaged in.
“Vidya” is knowledge. This has to be obtained only through the Guru. Such knowledge is never gained by reading books or listening to discourses or breaking our heads. We should pray to the Guru for His grace. How?
Just the way a woman is immersed in thoughts of her lover. A new bride may be doing all the chores at home and attending to relatives dutifully, but her mind is always immersed in thoughts of her husband.
Her thoughts are not interrupted due to the tasks she is engaged in. Similarly, one should learn to merge his mind with the Guru, regardless of the tasks he is engaged in. Next, the method to surrender oneself completely to the Guru is described.
Sloka:
Swasramam ca swajatim ca swakirtim pustivardhanam | Etat sarvam parityajya gurumeva samasrayet ||
That means, one should leave one’s caste, position, abode, fame, power, strength, wealth etc and seek the Guru’s grace.
Without the Guru, these things cannot give any knowledge of the Absolute. Here, in “pustivardhanam”, “pusti” doesn’t just mean strength, it also means wealth. “Vardhanam” is progress.
“Jati” indicates caste such as Brahman, Kshatriya etc. “Asrama” indicates Brahmacharyam (student life), Grihastasramam (household life) etc. What does giving up all of these mean?
It means to turn the affection he has for all these qualifications and possessions towards the Guru. People are always engaged in thoughts of these things…whether they are awake or asleep. If the object of affection is money, then the thoughts are always about money…
“How much has been gained and how much more is left to be gained, which banks should the money be invested in, which pockets should it be placed in, whom to entrust it to for hiding away” and so on. He’s so attached to the money that he won’t even reveal the accounts to his wife and children. He’s worried that they may take away the money.
Along with attachment, he also has fear that he may get nothing when he gets old if he tells them about his money. He jealously guards the money and keeps procrastinating telling his family, finally forgetting to tell them about it.
One should let go of all such affections without worrying about consequences. You need to turn all such affection that you placed on your wealth and money towards your Guru.
That means you should inculcate adherence to Guru and develop the concept that all these wealth and possessions are one dimension, but the Guru is another dimension.
Continues....
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#ChaitanyaVijnanam #PrasadBhardwaj #చైతన్యవిజ్ఞానం #GuruGita #DattaVaakya
21 Sep 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 73 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 67
Sloka:
Ananyascintayanto ye dhruvam tesam param padam | Tasmat sarva prayatnena guroraradhanam kuru ||
Those who meditate upon the Guru with no other thought will certainly attain Parampad (the blissful state).
So worship Guru in all faith and by all means. “Sarva prayatnena” indicates you should serve the Guru in various ways.
Serve the Guru in all the various ways there are to please the Guru, in all the various ways there are to serve him so we can be redeemed from our sins, all the various ways we want the grace of the Guru.
We should meditate upon the Guru whenever we have a moment. We should offer salutations to the Guru every time we see Him. You can never do enough salutations to the Guru. Even a lifetime of salutations is not enough. Worshiping the Guru through all lifetimes is also not enough.
That is why, you should worship the Guru in various ways possible thinking, “May be this will work well”, “May be the Guru will be pleased with this”, “May be the Guru will bless me if I do this”, while dedicating everything to the Guru Principle. Regardless of how extensively we decorate our Lord, we are never satisfied.
That is why we keep thinking, “May be we can place this diamond necklace on the Lord”, “May be this garland will look good”, “May be this color garland will look good”. We keep trying various decorations for our own satisfaction. But, we are never satisfied.
There is a small difference when it come to service to the Guru, though. In the former case, you are decorating the Lord with a lot of affection. In the case of service to the Guru, you should give up all affections and serve. That is why they ask you to serve in every way possible.
You can’t just try one method of service and exclude everything else. You should take everything into account. You should dedicate every small task to the Guru. You should think for yourself about all the various ways you can serve the Guru.
No one will tell you. You cannot say, “No one tells me, I don’t know how to serve the Guru”. Once you figure out how to please the Guru, you should try all the possible ways to continue to please Him.
The Guru will not be annoyed, he will keep blessing when you tell him, “I did this task”, “I did that task”. All we need is to please him. That is why, we should have a volunteer mindset. We should be self-starters.
We should analyze and think for ourselves. We should do everything we can. But, that doesn’t mean you show off in the presence of the Guru. You should not boast or pretend in the presence of the Guru, “That’s not a big deal, I can do that”.
He is always witness to what you are doing whether or not he’s physically present. He’s witness to what you are doing in your life. He knows what you’ve done in your past, what you are doing now and what you are capable of doing in the future.
That’s why, all you need is to serve the Guru without any other thought. You should have no other thoughts. You should not even have expectations of praise. You should just surrender. You should do your tasks and surrender them.
If the Guru praises you, it will boost your ego. When that happens, you should immediately realize and be ashamed. That is why you should be very careful.
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22 Sep 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 74 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 68
Sloka:
Gurormukhacca samprapya devi brahmatma samvidam | Trailokya sphuta vaktaro devarsi pitr manavah ||
Those who attain knowledge “I am Parabrahman” through the grace of Guru, whether they are Gods, saints, manes (guardian spirits of ancestors), humans or anyone else, become unparalleled ones in all the three worlds. Such beings become Gurus themselves. We should realize this Principle.
The knowledge of such principle is obtained only through the Guru and nowhere else. Everyone has a Guru – the Gods have a Guru, Yakshas, Kinnaras, Kimpurushas etc., all have Gurus, humans have Guru, saints have Guru, all living beings have a Guru.
That is why they ask you to chant the name of the Guru. There’s a small insect, just like an earthworm that some of you may have seen. The insect lives in the soil and keeps tilling it.
There’s a fly that looks like a honey bee that’s got a very painful sting. The fly picks up the insect, places it in its dwelling and keeps poking at it. It’ll occasionally bring it some food to nurture it. The insect is always afraid of being poked. Living in constant fear of being poked, the insect is always thinking of the fly.
The insect is so immersed in thinking about the fly that it finally flies away like the fly, with the fly, with its Guru, with its mother, with its father. Similarly, by constantly chanting Guru mantra and meditating on the Principle taught by the Guru, one becomes Guru himself.
Contemplating on the syllables of the mantra and the meaning of the mantra is the next step up in meditation. That is why, they describe the meaning of the word “Guru” in the next 5 slokas. Let’s listen.
Sloka:
Gukarascandhakaro hi rukarasteja ucyate | Ajnana grasakam brahma gurureva na samsayah ||
Lot of people talk about GURU, but don’t really understand the principle of Guru. People explaining the meaning of the word GURU may explain the meaning of individual syllables, but they still are unable to grasp the Guru Principle.
That means they are unable to drive way the darkness. GU stands for darkness and RU stands for light.
So, light and darkness are in the word GURU. Undoubtedly GURU is the Parabrahman who swallows ignorance; RU indicates one who swallows darkness.
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23 Sep 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 68
Sloka:
Gurormukhacca samprapya devi brahmatma samvidam | Trailokya sphuta vaktaro devarsi pitr manavah ||
Those who attain knowledge “I am Parabrahman” through the grace of Guru, whether they are Gods, saints, manes (guardian spirits of ancestors), humans or anyone else, become unparalleled ones in all the three worlds. Such beings become Gurus themselves. We should realize this Principle.
The knowledge of such principle is obtained only through the Guru and nowhere else. Everyone has a Guru – the Gods have a Guru, Yakshas, Kinnaras, Kimpurushas etc., all have Gurus, humans have Guru, saints have Guru, all living beings have a Guru.
That is why they ask you to chant the name of the Guru. There’s a small insect, just like an earthworm that some of you may have seen. The insect lives in the soil and keeps tilling it.
There’s a fly that looks like a honey bee that’s got a very painful sting. The fly picks up the insect, places it in its dwelling and keeps poking at it. It’ll occasionally bring it some food to nurture it. The insect is always afraid of being poked. Living in constant fear of being poked, the insect is always thinking of the fly.
The insect is so immersed in thinking about the fly that it finally flies away like the fly, with the fly, with its Guru, with its mother, with its father. Similarly, by constantly chanting Guru mantra and meditating on the Principle taught by the Guru, one becomes Guru himself.
Contemplating on the syllables of the mantra and the meaning of the mantra is the next step up in meditation. That is why, they describe the meaning of the word “Guru” in the next 5 slokas. Let’s listen.
Sloka:
Gukarascandhakaro hi rukarasteja ucyate | Ajnana grasakam brahma gurureva na samsayah ||
Lot of people talk about GURU, but don’t really understand the principle of Guru. People explaining the meaning of the word GURU may explain the meaning of individual syllables, but they still are unable to grasp the Guru Principle.
That means they are unable to drive way the darkness. GU stands for darkness and RU stands for light.
So, light and darkness are in the word GURU. Undoubtedly GURU is the Parabrahman who swallows ignorance; RU indicates one who swallows darkness.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 75 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 69
🌻 The Guru doesn’t think much about the disciples’ merit. He’s worried only about their sins. 🌻
Sloka:
Gukarascandhakarastu rukarastannirodhakah | Andhakara vinasitvat gururityabhidiyate ||
GU is darkness. RU is that which drives it away. As he drives away darkness, he is called Guru. RU is knowledge as well as light.
When GU is driven way, only RU is left, only knowledge is left. In the previous two slokas, they talked about darkness twice. Why? Darkness also means sin.
A true Sadguru always thinks about the sins of his disciples, because it diminishes as he goes on thinking about it. He has that power. The Guru doesn’t think much about the disciples’ merit. He’s worried only about their sins, “This disciple is getting corrupted”, “He’s committed these sins”, “He may suffer for this”, “Oh, he lied about this, he may be punished for this lie”, “He deceived someone just as expected”,
“Oh, he deceived his parents”, “He deceived himself”. The Guru worries, “I thought he was such a wonderful child, thought he’d be set right, but he hasn’t been.
How do I make him a better person?” Guru will not remember any good deeds. He will only remember the disciples’ sins and mistakes all the time. We may even be annoyed. “Why does my Guru always think of my mistakes?
Why does he always point to them?” The more the Guru talks about it, the more he thinks about it, the more he reprimands us for it, the more he punishes us for it, the more the sins get diminished. The Guru is the only one with such power. Merely by thinking about our sins, the Guru is able to diminish the sins. But, we should not think about those sins ourselves.
The more we think about our sins, the more they increase. So, when the Guru reprimands you for those sins, you should not feel bad about it. Guru remembers the sins so they can be diminished and wiped away. The sculptor pounds on the stone over and over again.
The more he pounds and chisels, the better it looks. The stone shouldn’t think that just because it’s going to be worshiped in a temple, the sculptor should not cut and chisel the stone. It is only from repeated pounding that the sculpture sits in the temple as a representation of the divine, blessing us.
If the stone had broken down after two days of sculpting saying it can’t take the pain anymore, they would have thrown away the unsculpted and broke stone. It would probably be used as a place to leave footwear on. What use is that sculpture?
That is why the stone takes all the cutting and chiseling, gets carved beautifully and becomes Parabrahman once it gains a beautiful from. That is why the sculptor keeps pounding over and over again. The goldsmith repeatedly exposes the gold to fire to shape it.
He burns it over and over again, and pounds it. To create sharp instruments out of iron, the metal is exposed to fire, thrown in water and pounded on repeatedly. Only when placed in fire will it become malleable.
Otherwise, it won’t. That is why, by reminding you of the sin and the punishment, the sin will melt away and you will have the realization to not repeat those sins in all lifetimes.
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24 Sep 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 69
🌻 The Guru doesn’t think much about the disciples’ merit. He’s worried only about their sins. 🌻
Sloka:
Gukarascandhakarastu rukarastannirodhakah | Andhakara vinasitvat gururityabhidiyate ||
GU is darkness. RU is that which drives it away. As he drives away darkness, he is called Guru. RU is knowledge as well as light.
When GU is driven way, only RU is left, only knowledge is left. In the previous two slokas, they talked about darkness twice. Why? Darkness also means sin.
A true Sadguru always thinks about the sins of his disciples, because it diminishes as he goes on thinking about it. He has that power. The Guru doesn’t think much about the disciples’ merit. He’s worried only about their sins, “This disciple is getting corrupted”, “He’s committed these sins”, “He may suffer for this”, “Oh, he lied about this, he may be punished for this lie”, “He deceived someone just as expected”,
“Oh, he deceived his parents”, “He deceived himself”. The Guru worries, “I thought he was such a wonderful child, thought he’d be set right, but he hasn’t been.
How do I make him a better person?” Guru will not remember any good deeds. He will only remember the disciples’ sins and mistakes all the time. We may even be annoyed. “Why does my Guru always think of my mistakes?
Why does he always point to them?” The more the Guru talks about it, the more he thinks about it, the more he reprimands us for it, the more he punishes us for it, the more the sins get diminished. The Guru is the only one with such power. Merely by thinking about our sins, the Guru is able to diminish the sins. But, we should not think about those sins ourselves.
The more we think about our sins, the more they increase. So, when the Guru reprimands you for those sins, you should not feel bad about it. Guru remembers the sins so they can be diminished and wiped away. The sculptor pounds on the stone over and over again.
The more he pounds and chisels, the better it looks. The stone shouldn’t think that just because it’s going to be worshiped in a temple, the sculptor should not cut and chisel the stone. It is only from repeated pounding that the sculpture sits in the temple as a representation of the divine, blessing us.
If the stone had broken down after two days of sculpting saying it can’t take the pain anymore, they would have thrown away the unsculpted and broke stone. It would probably be used as a place to leave footwear on. What use is that sculpture?
That is why the stone takes all the cutting and chiseling, gets carved beautifully and becomes Parabrahman once it gains a beautiful from. That is why the sculptor keeps pounding over and over again. The goldsmith repeatedly exposes the gold to fire to shape it.
He burns it over and over again, and pounds it. To create sharp instruments out of iron, the metal is exposed to fire, thrown in water and pounded on repeatedly. Only when placed in fire will it become malleable.
Otherwise, it won’t. That is why, by reminding you of the sin and the punishment, the sin will melt away and you will have the realization to not repeat those sins in all lifetimes.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 76 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 70 - 1
We discussed that a real Sadguru will ponder over the disciple’s sins because the more he thinks about them, the more the sins diminish. We discussed that the Guru is the only one with such powers.
We also discussed a few analogies such as iron being exposed to fire and pounded on to make sharp implements, or gold placed in fire and shaped to increase its shine or the sculptor cutting and chiseling to sculpt a figure. That is why, the Guru doesn’t think much about the merit of the disciples.
Once the sculptor chisels the face of the figure, he doesn’t pay much attention to how it looks. People praise the figure half way through the sculpting, but he doesn’t give it much thought. He only sees its flaws.
Even after sculpting the figure completely, he doesn’t give much thought to the praise and appreciation he gets. He’s not satisfied. He knows what else needs to be done to improve the sculpture. But, the onlookers praising the work don’t know the flaws.
They praise, “How beautiful is this art !” The sculptor feels ashamed hearing this. He alone knows where the flaws are. The onlookers don’t know. The more they praise, the more he’s ashamed. Similarly, when the Guru praises us, we should realize our mistakes and resolve to set ourselves right.
Your thoughts should be along the lines of, “I should correct my mistake, I am ashamed, I am ashamed of what I did yesterday, I can’t even lift my head up in the presence of the Guru”.
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25 Sep 2020
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Part 70 - 1
We discussed that a real Sadguru will ponder over the disciple’s sins because the more he thinks about them, the more the sins diminish. We discussed that the Guru is the only one with such powers.
We also discussed a few analogies such as iron being exposed to fire and pounded on to make sharp implements, or gold placed in fire and shaped to increase its shine or the sculptor cutting and chiseling to sculpt a figure. That is why, the Guru doesn’t think much about the merit of the disciples.
Once the sculptor chisels the face of the figure, he doesn’t pay much attention to how it looks. People praise the figure half way through the sculpting, but he doesn’t give it much thought. He only sees its flaws.
Even after sculpting the figure completely, he doesn’t give much thought to the praise and appreciation he gets. He’s not satisfied. He knows what else needs to be done to improve the sculpture. But, the onlookers praising the work don’t know the flaws.
They praise, “How beautiful is this art !” The sculptor feels ashamed hearing this. He alone knows where the flaws are. The onlookers don’t know. The more they praise, the more he’s ashamed. Similarly, when the Guru praises us, we should realize our mistakes and resolve to set ourselves right.
Your thoughts should be along the lines of, “I should correct my mistake, I am ashamed, I am ashamed of what I did yesterday, I can’t even lift my head up in the presence of the Guru”.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 77 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 70 - 2
You should not be proud. You must not be complacent assuming everybody else makes these mistakes too. Or you shouldn’t be nonchalant assuming the Guru has forgotten. That is why, the Guru only thinks about the disciple’s sins, not his merits.
The Guru will not think about your merits, the Guru will not praise you. If the Guru praises the disciple, the merits will diminish. If the Sadguru praises you for your work, your ego will be boosted and your work will be ruined.
You will not be able to do anything else. That’s why he’s always chiding you. Every time the Guru chides you, you should be ashamed and should correct your mistakes.
Once you get to the stage where you cannot leave the Sadguru, he will keep chiding you all the time. He knows you will never be annoyed.
If he knows right upfront that you will be annoyed, he will not chide you at all. He will leave you to your fate. Some people who don’t know this secret are disappointed when the Guru doesn’t praise them. They keep pestering him till he praises them. That is a huge mistake.
Doing something solely to win the Guru’s appreciation is also a mistake. You should work till you are satisfied with it first. “I cooked this well, with all my love and I am dedicating this to the Guru. It tastes good now. I should do better next time. I should do even better the next time”. I should do even better the next time”.
You should work day in and day out, with humility, thinking about it and wanting to do even better. If the Guru still finds fault after all the hard work, you should realize your mistake and fix it, but you should not be disappointed.
You should not say “I worked day in and day out, but my Guru didn’t accept”. You should be thankful that your ego was reigned in and you should work on correcting yourself. If the Guru doesn’t accept whatever we dedicate to Him, that is not good for us.
But, if He appreciates what He accepts, that is not good for us either. Understand this: If He doesn’t accept our offering, that’s not good for us. But, if He accepts and then praises us for it, that is also not good for us.
That is why, real Gurus some times chide you while accepting what you offer. They will say that you could have done better. Some people suffer from ego and disappointment after the Guru chides them.
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26 Sep 2020
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Part 70 - 2
You should not be proud. You must not be complacent assuming everybody else makes these mistakes too. Or you shouldn’t be nonchalant assuming the Guru has forgotten. That is why, the Guru only thinks about the disciple’s sins, not his merits.
The Guru will not think about your merits, the Guru will not praise you. If the Guru praises the disciple, the merits will diminish. If the Sadguru praises you for your work, your ego will be boosted and your work will be ruined.
You will not be able to do anything else. That’s why he’s always chiding you. Every time the Guru chides you, you should be ashamed and should correct your mistakes.
Once you get to the stage where you cannot leave the Sadguru, he will keep chiding you all the time. He knows you will never be annoyed.
If he knows right upfront that you will be annoyed, he will not chide you at all. He will leave you to your fate. Some people who don’t know this secret are disappointed when the Guru doesn’t praise them. They keep pestering him till he praises them. That is a huge mistake.
Doing something solely to win the Guru’s appreciation is also a mistake. You should work till you are satisfied with it first. “I cooked this well, with all my love and I am dedicating this to the Guru. It tastes good now. I should do better next time. I should do even better the next time”. I should do even better the next time”.
You should work day in and day out, with humility, thinking about it and wanting to do even better. If the Guru still finds fault after all the hard work, you should realize your mistake and fix it, but you should not be disappointed.
You should not say “I worked day in and day out, but my Guru didn’t accept”. You should be thankful that your ego was reigned in and you should work on correcting yourself. If the Guru doesn’t accept whatever we dedicate to Him, that is not good for us.
But, if He appreciates what He accepts, that is not good for us either. Understand this: If He doesn’t accept our offering, that’s not good for us. But, if He accepts and then praises us for it, that is also not good for us.
That is why, real Gurus some times chide you while accepting what you offer. They will say that you could have done better. Some people suffer from ego and disappointment after the Guru chides them.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 78 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
Part 71
Sri Ganesaya Namaha
Sri Saraswatyai Namaha
Sri Pada Vallabha Narasimha Saraswati
Sri Guru Dattatreyaya Namaha
Sloka:
Gukarassyad gunatito rupatito rukarah | Guna rupa vihinatvat gururuityabhidiyate ||
GU stands for one who is beyond the three Gunas or qualities. RU stands for the one who is beyond Rupa or form.
Guru is the personification of the Absolute without attributes and form. We should inculcate the feeling that all forms belong to the Guru. You should realize that the Guru is beyond all form, beyond all qualities and beyond time.
Sloka:
Gukarah prathamo varno mayadi gunabhasakah | Rukarosti param brahma maya bhranti vimocakah ||
The first syllable GU belongs to the three Gunas which are the cause of illusion. The second syllable RU stands for the Parabrahman that destroys the delusion caused by illusion.
Sloka:
Evam gurupadam srestham devanamapi durlabham | Haha huhu ganaiscaiva gandharvairapi pujitam ||
Sloka:
Dhruvam tesam ca sarvesam nasti tatvam guroh param | Guroraradhanam karyam swajivatvam nivedayet ||
The term GURU is of utmost importance. The term is so important that it should be used only in specific situations.
We keep using the word Guru loosely. It is said that children should not be given the name “Guru”. It’s okay to join the word Guru with another word while christening the baby, but the name “Guru” alone should not be used.
These days, “Guru” has become a generic term we use to flag down someone in bus stations, train stations or restaurants. I have pointed out many times that the term “Guru” is a very holy mantra. It is “Gunatitam” – beyond all qualities. It is “Mayatitam” – beyond all form. This is beyond the comprehension of even Gods.
The songsters of heaven such as Haha, Huhu and Gandharvas (heavenly beings) respect this term the most; for there is no sublime concept even for them other than this. Hence, the Guru must be worshiped.
While worshiping the Guru one has to offer one’s life which means all that he possesses as a living being. In the same way, the feeling “I am the being” should be sacrificed and one should dwell in the state of eternal consciousness in the form of pure bliss This is what is called a total offering.
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27 Sep 2020
The term GURU is of utmost importance. The term is so important that it should be used only in specific situations.
We keep using the word Guru loosely. It is said that children should not be given the name “Guru”. It’s okay to join the word Guru with another word while christening the baby, but the name “Guru” alone should not be used.
These days, “Guru” has become a generic term we use to flag down someone in bus stations, train stations or restaurants. I have pointed out many times that the term “Guru” is a very holy mantra. It is “Gunatitam” – beyond all qualities. It is “Mayatitam” – beyond all form. This is beyond the comprehension of even Gods.
The songsters of heaven such as Haha, Huhu and Gandharvas (heavenly beings) respect this term the most; for there is no sublime concept even for them other than this. Hence, the Guru must be worshiped.
While worshiping the Guru one has to offer one’s life which means all that he possesses as a living being. In the same way, the feeling “I am the being” should be sacrificed and one should dwell in the state of eternal consciousness in the form of pure bliss This is what is called a total offering.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 79 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
72
We discussed that the term “Guru” is of utmost importance in one’s life. There is no one greater than the Guru. We also discussed that Guru is also Lord Krishna.
Let’s understand the qualities of the Guru through some stories of Lord Krishna. If compassion and sacrifice were to take a form, that form would become Guru. That itself is the divine form of Lord Krishna.
Wandering in Gokulam as a cowherd, Krishna displayed many miracles that amazed even the Gods. We’ll understand them if we read the Bhagavatam. Recently, Swamiji went to Mathura and Vrindavan for the volunteer camp with children from Sri Datta Humane Services.
There, I remembered a lot of Krishna’s childhood leelas. I recalled every incident. The songs from the Kannada Bhagavatam that revered Jayalakshmi Mata composed were ringing in my ears. Appaji was 5 years old when He went to Gokulam with Jayalakshmi Mata and the rest of the family.
Back then, it was not as chaotic as it is now. People used to always chant “Radhe” or “Radhe Shyam”. Not only that, they would serve milk, yogurt and food in every house. These days, they keep demanding money instead.
Back then, Jayalakshmi Mata wrote the song “Mathura Nagaravu…” after seeing the city where Lord Krishna grew up. I still cannot forget the song. I keep singing the song once a while. Even today, I remember the place where Lord Krishna grew up.
Nanda Gokulam, Govardhana mountain are all located fairly close to each other, about 16-17 kilometers apart from each other. Lord Krishna worked very hard. He worked very hard to uphold Dharma. Lord Krishna stood by every being, in every instance and in every situation as a Guru.
That is why, Sri Krishna is hailed as the best among the best and is the only one that can be called Jagadguru. Merely traveling to foreign lands doesn’t make one a Jagadguru.
Lord Krishna is worshiped as Guru in all the worlds, in the entire cosmos. Nowadays, traveling to 2-3 continents seems to qualify someone as Jagadguru. That is not correct.
Beings in all the worlds in the cosmos, from gods to Yakshas, Kinnaras and Kimpurushas, all worshiped Lord Krishna. That is why the Lord was Guru to everyone. He remained a Guru even in Golokam.
Taking on a body, discarding the body, Lord Krishna worked very hard. You will see this when you read his life history. All divine incarnations worked very hard. Didn’t the Lord work hard in Matsya (fish) Avatara? Appearing as a gigantic fish, he had to work very hard.
As Kurma (tortoise) Avatara, as Varaha (boar) Avatara, he worked very hard. Just when we thought that the Lord would not have to work so hard in a human form, he had to work very hard in his incarnation as Lord Rama.
And as Lord Krishna, he had to work very, very hard. As Guru to all the worlds, he wandered as a cowherd in Gokulam, displaying miracles and causing amazement to everyone including the Gods.
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28 Sep 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
72
We discussed that the term “Guru” is of utmost importance in one’s life. There is no one greater than the Guru. We also discussed that Guru is also Lord Krishna.
Let’s understand the qualities of the Guru through some stories of Lord Krishna. If compassion and sacrifice were to take a form, that form would become Guru. That itself is the divine form of Lord Krishna.
Wandering in Gokulam as a cowherd, Krishna displayed many miracles that amazed even the Gods. We’ll understand them if we read the Bhagavatam. Recently, Swamiji went to Mathura and Vrindavan for the volunteer camp with children from Sri Datta Humane Services.
There, I remembered a lot of Krishna’s childhood leelas. I recalled every incident. The songs from the Kannada Bhagavatam that revered Jayalakshmi Mata composed were ringing in my ears. Appaji was 5 years old when He went to Gokulam with Jayalakshmi Mata and the rest of the family.
Back then, it was not as chaotic as it is now. People used to always chant “Radhe” or “Radhe Shyam”. Not only that, they would serve milk, yogurt and food in every house. These days, they keep demanding money instead.
Back then, Jayalakshmi Mata wrote the song “Mathura Nagaravu…” after seeing the city where Lord Krishna grew up. I still cannot forget the song. I keep singing the song once a while. Even today, I remember the place where Lord Krishna grew up.
Nanda Gokulam, Govardhana mountain are all located fairly close to each other, about 16-17 kilometers apart from each other. Lord Krishna worked very hard. He worked very hard to uphold Dharma. Lord Krishna stood by every being, in every instance and in every situation as a Guru.
That is why, Sri Krishna is hailed as the best among the best and is the only one that can be called Jagadguru. Merely traveling to foreign lands doesn’t make one a Jagadguru.
Lord Krishna is worshiped as Guru in all the worlds, in the entire cosmos. Nowadays, traveling to 2-3 continents seems to qualify someone as Jagadguru. That is not correct.
Beings in all the worlds in the cosmos, from gods to Yakshas, Kinnaras and Kimpurushas, all worshiped Lord Krishna. That is why the Lord was Guru to everyone. He remained a Guru even in Golokam.
Taking on a body, discarding the body, Lord Krishna worked very hard. You will see this when you read his life history. All divine incarnations worked very hard. Didn’t the Lord work hard in Matsya (fish) Avatara? Appearing as a gigantic fish, he had to work very hard.
As Kurma (tortoise) Avatara, as Varaha (boar) Avatara, he worked very hard. Just when we thought that the Lord would not have to work so hard in a human form, he had to work very hard in his incarnation as Lord Rama.
And as Lord Krishna, he had to work very, very hard. As Guru to all the worlds, he wandered as a cowherd in Gokulam, displaying miracles and causing amazement to everyone including the Gods.
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✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
73
🌻 By performing countless divine deeds to benefit the worlds, Lord Krishna became known in all the worlds as a Guru. That is why he’s called Jagadguru (Guru to all the worlds) 🌻
We discussed that Krishna wandered in Gokulam as a cowherd and displayed many miracles that left even the Gods amazed.
After each wondrous act of Lord Krishna, all Gods, all kinds of Gods came down to earth and sang and danced in joy. Lord Krishna’s miracles were myriad – he lifted Govardhana mountain with his little finger, he removed Indra’s arrogance, he received Abhishekam from Kamadhenu (the cow that gives whatever one desires) and became “Govinda”.
That is why, Lord Krishna very much loves milk. You also heard the story of Lord Venkataramana. He drank the milk offered to him while sitting in an anthill.
That is why milk is considered the nectar of Kaliyuga. When the creator, Brahma, had the cattle in Gokulam disappear, Lord Krishna displayed a bigger miracle and took the form of all the cows and calves in Gokulam.
Brahma himself came down and praised Krishna as the Guru to all the worlds. Krishna cured the residents of Gokulam of all their illusions. Good doctors first help surface the hidden ailments. We may wonder, “We came to this doctor trusting Ayurveda, but there are additional ailments I am now suffering from”.
But, after all the hidden ailments are surfaced, the doctor gives you the medicines to clean up your system. Similarly, what Krishna did was to first create illusion in the minds of everybody in Gokulam.
Then, he removed all their illusion, so that there was nothing else left inside. He did not stop at that. He taught them lessons in self-realization. From Gokulam, he came to Mathura and vanquished and killed Kamsa, who was a manifestation of ignorance.
He blessed lifelong devotees and parents Devaki and Vasudeva. It’s impossible to single out one miracle. There are countless. Bhagavatam is full of Krishna’s miracles. We can talk about Bhagavatam endlessly.
The Lord who was patiently biding time in Gokulam, came to Mathura and spread divine knowledge among his devotees to benefit all the worlds. Why are we repeating this over and over? So that we can remember it.
Krishna generously blessed Kuchela, who is also known as Sri Dhama. He blessed Sri Dhama with several boons. By performing countless divine deeds to benefit the worlds, Lord Krishna became known in all the worlds as a Guru.
That is why he’s called Jagadguru (Guru to all the worlds). He helped the righteous Pandavas. He became Geetacharya (the teacher of Bhagavad Gita) by blessing Arjuna, the third of the five Pandavas with Bhagavad Gita.
Today, Gita is known the world over. People that have recited or heard the Gita have undergone very positive transformations in their lives. Many of them have become Yogis.
So many have become rulers of their countries. So many of these rulers cite the Bhagavad Gita. This is an extraordinarily sacred scripture we are blessed with.
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29 Sep 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
73
🌻 By performing countless divine deeds to benefit the worlds, Lord Krishna became known in all the worlds as a Guru. That is why he’s called Jagadguru (Guru to all the worlds) 🌻
We discussed that Krishna wandered in Gokulam as a cowherd and displayed many miracles that left even the Gods amazed.
After each wondrous act of Lord Krishna, all Gods, all kinds of Gods came down to earth and sang and danced in joy. Lord Krishna’s miracles were myriad – he lifted Govardhana mountain with his little finger, he removed Indra’s arrogance, he received Abhishekam from Kamadhenu (the cow that gives whatever one desires) and became “Govinda”.
That is why, Lord Krishna very much loves milk. You also heard the story of Lord Venkataramana. He drank the milk offered to him while sitting in an anthill.
That is why milk is considered the nectar of Kaliyuga. When the creator, Brahma, had the cattle in Gokulam disappear, Lord Krishna displayed a bigger miracle and took the form of all the cows and calves in Gokulam.
Brahma himself came down and praised Krishna as the Guru to all the worlds. Krishna cured the residents of Gokulam of all their illusions. Good doctors first help surface the hidden ailments. We may wonder, “We came to this doctor trusting Ayurveda, but there are additional ailments I am now suffering from”.
But, after all the hidden ailments are surfaced, the doctor gives you the medicines to clean up your system. Similarly, what Krishna did was to first create illusion in the minds of everybody in Gokulam.
Then, he removed all their illusion, so that there was nothing else left inside. He did not stop at that. He taught them lessons in self-realization. From Gokulam, he came to Mathura and vanquished and killed Kamsa, who was a manifestation of ignorance.
He blessed lifelong devotees and parents Devaki and Vasudeva. It’s impossible to single out one miracle. There are countless. Bhagavatam is full of Krishna’s miracles. We can talk about Bhagavatam endlessly.
The Lord who was patiently biding time in Gokulam, came to Mathura and spread divine knowledge among his devotees to benefit all the worlds. Why are we repeating this over and over? So that we can remember it.
Krishna generously blessed Kuchela, who is also known as Sri Dhama. He blessed Sri Dhama with several boons. By performing countless divine deeds to benefit the worlds, Lord Krishna became known in all the worlds as a Guru.
That is why he’s called Jagadguru (Guru to all the worlds). He helped the righteous Pandavas. He became Geetacharya (the teacher of Bhagavad Gita) by blessing Arjuna, the third of the five Pandavas with Bhagavad Gita.
Today, Gita is known the world over. People that have recited or heard the Gita have undergone very positive transformations in their lives. Many of them have become Yogis.
So many have become rulers of their countries. So many of these rulers cite the Bhagavad Gita. This is an extraordinarily sacred scripture we are blessed with.
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29 Sep 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 81 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
74
There are many miraculous deeds that Jagadguru Lord Krishna performed.
We were talking about his miraculous deeds. Just as Lord Krishna stood by the Pandavas, the Jagadguru stands by his devotees as a mother, as a father, as a son, as a friend, as a relative, and constantly protects those who have faith in him.
He enables and ensures that they walk the dharmic path. He ensures that his disciples have positive resolutions, that their minds are filled with good thoughts, that their minds are centered on God and stay pure.
He ensures that the disciples do not have speech problems and that their words do not carry blame for others. He makes sure that whatever the disciples utter is pure. He ensures that the disciples earn the merit they deserve for their service. He does this, no matter what.
That is why, in this Sloka, the Guru clearly explains that there is no one greater than the Guru, that there is no Principle greater than the Guru. Let’s suppose someone declared that he is giving away his wealth and even his children.
Then, even though his wealth and children are given away, the feeling of “I” and “mine” are still with him. Some are only paying lip service saying, “Swamiji, you put Your foot in this house, this house is Yours”.
It is clear that this is not the right kind of offering. You should surrender “I” and “mine”.
There is the ego or the feeling of “I” due to which there is “mine” and “yours”. Whatever is impermanent, we refer to as “mine”. Whatever is permanent, the eternal state of bliss, the Paramatman, that is who I want to merge into. He is me and I am Him.
They won’t even jokingly say “I am Him”. It’s always “Mine”, “My bank balance”, “My house”, “My goat”. The “I” and “mine” should also be surrendered along with the offering. He said, children, house, wealth are “mine”.
He gave up everything related to “mine”, but kept the feeling “mine”. It implies that he can earn it back again after he offers it. I gave him whatever was mine. But, I didn’t give him the feeling of “mine”. So, there’ll be things I can call “mine” again.
So, when you make an offering, you should offer the feeling of “I” and “mine”. That is the right kind of offering. “I am giving everything I have” would mean that you are giving all that belongs to you, but “you” are still there .
If you say you are giving everything that belongs to you besides the feeling of “mine”, you are offering everything material that belongs to you. You couldn’t see the invisible “I” in you that you won’t offer. Because of that, you leave the door open to earning karma again.
You are not offering the feeling of “mine”. If you did, you cannot do anything else. That’s the Guru’s command. Eating, swallowing, sleeping would all be the Guru’s commands. That’s it.
There is no vow beyond this. That is why, saying “I am offering” is also not right. When you say “I am offering”, it implies that the recipient does not have the item you are offering.
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30 Sep 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
74
There are many miraculous deeds that Jagadguru Lord Krishna performed.
We were talking about his miraculous deeds. Just as Lord Krishna stood by the Pandavas, the Jagadguru stands by his devotees as a mother, as a father, as a son, as a friend, as a relative, and constantly protects those who have faith in him.
He enables and ensures that they walk the dharmic path. He ensures that his disciples have positive resolutions, that their minds are filled with good thoughts, that their minds are centered on God and stay pure.
He ensures that the disciples do not have speech problems and that their words do not carry blame for others. He makes sure that whatever the disciples utter is pure. He ensures that the disciples earn the merit they deserve for their service. He does this, no matter what.
That is why, in this Sloka, the Guru clearly explains that there is no one greater than the Guru, that there is no Principle greater than the Guru. Let’s suppose someone declared that he is giving away his wealth and even his children.
Then, even though his wealth and children are given away, the feeling of “I” and “mine” are still with him. Some are only paying lip service saying, “Swamiji, you put Your foot in this house, this house is Yours”.
It is clear that this is not the right kind of offering. You should surrender “I” and “mine”.
There is the ego or the feeling of “I” due to which there is “mine” and “yours”. Whatever is impermanent, we refer to as “mine”. Whatever is permanent, the eternal state of bliss, the Paramatman, that is who I want to merge into. He is me and I am Him.
They won’t even jokingly say “I am Him”. It’s always “Mine”, “My bank balance”, “My house”, “My goat”. The “I” and “mine” should also be surrendered along with the offering. He said, children, house, wealth are “mine”.
He gave up everything related to “mine”, but kept the feeling “mine”. It implies that he can earn it back again after he offers it. I gave him whatever was mine. But, I didn’t give him the feeling of “mine”. So, there’ll be things I can call “mine” again.
So, when you make an offering, you should offer the feeling of “I” and “mine”. That is the right kind of offering. “I am giving everything I have” would mean that you are giving all that belongs to you, but “you” are still there .
If you say you are giving everything that belongs to you besides the feeling of “mine”, you are offering everything material that belongs to you. You couldn’t see the invisible “I” in you that you won’t offer. Because of that, you leave the door open to earning karma again.
You are not offering the feeling of “mine”. If you did, you cannot do anything else. That’s the Guru’s command. Eating, swallowing, sleeping would all be the Guru’s commands. That’s it.
There is no vow beyond this. That is why, saying “I am offering” is also not right. When you say “I am offering”, it implies that the recipient does not have the item you are offering.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 82 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
75
You are referring to “I”; that is, you are saying that “I” am offering. It indicates that your feeling when you do the offering is that you are offering an item that the recipient doesn’t have, that it doesn’t actually belong to the recipient, that the offering is subject to your desire to give.
“I am giving what belongs to me”. It indicates a feeling of, “this is actually mine, it’s not yours”. It’s the ego. It means that the feeling of “mine” is rooted in your mind, it’s entrenched deep in your heart.
You may offer things that may be superficial, but you are not able to give up the feeling of “mine”. It shows that the feeling of “I” and “mine” are entrenched in your heart. Needless to say, this feeling is highly undesirable when it comes to interactions with the Sadguru.
That is why, to say to the Sadguru “I am offering” is not right. It is not good to say that. The feeling “I am giving” does not work with the Sadguru. It is better to say “You take it yourself”. He is taking whatever belongs to him.
So, the sin of believing that you are offering him what he doesn’t have will not accrue to you. We should genuinely feel, “Why are you asking me? This is yours. You just kept it here, that’s it”.
Your mindset for serving the Guru should say that you are only guarding whatever the Guru asked you to guard. “Why are you asking me? You don’t need to ask me. This is yours. You take it”. The Guru will take it and will take you along with it.
Then, you will not be tied down to any future karma. Thus, you should be prepared not just to offer what seems to belong to you, but also yourself. That is what offering yourself means, that is what we have been talking about. If you listen to this over and over a few times, you will understand.
The feeling of complete surrender is the real offering. When such an offering occurs, you actually become the Guru yourself. See what a great statement this is. If you actually get such a feeling, you become the Guru yourself .
Because the Guru is the form of pure consciousness, you become pure consciousness yourself. When that happens, everything you have – your body, your sense organs, your karma, all become his.
Therefore, they all become pure consciousness. Thereby, whatever tasks you do in service to the Guru will not accrue any merit or sin. When you have such firm determination – that you are pure consciousness – it becomes clear that you have offered yourself.
This is such a beautiful explanation. To determine if you have offered yourself completely or not, you just need to check for the feeling of complete surrender in you. Based on this test, you will be able to determine for yourself the status of your offering. No one needs to tell you.
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01 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
75
You are referring to “I”; that is, you are saying that “I” am offering. It indicates that your feeling when you do the offering is that you are offering an item that the recipient doesn’t have, that it doesn’t actually belong to the recipient, that the offering is subject to your desire to give.
“I am giving what belongs to me”. It indicates a feeling of, “this is actually mine, it’s not yours”. It’s the ego. It means that the feeling of “mine” is rooted in your mind, it’s entrenched deep in your heart.
You may offer things that may be superficial, but you are not able to give up the feeling of “mine”. It shows that the feeling of “I” and “mine” are entrenched in your heart. Needless to say, this feeling is highly undesirable when it comes to interactions with the Sadguru.
That is why, to say to the Sadguru “I am offering” is not right. It is not good to say that. The feeling “I am giving” does not work with the Sadguru. It is better to say “You take it yourself”. He is taking whatever belongs to him.
So, the sin of believing that you are offering him what he doesn’t have will not accrue to you. We should genuinely feel, “Why are you asking me? This is yours. You just kept it here, that’s it”.
Your mindset for serving the Guru should say that you are only guarding whatever the Guru asked you to guard. “Why are you asking me? You don’t need to ask me. This is yours. You take it”. The Guru will take it and will take you along with it.
Then, you will not be tied down to any future karma. Thus, you should be prepared not just to offer what seems to belong to you, but also yourself. That is what offering yourself means, that is what we have been talking about. If you listen to this over and over a few times, you will understand.
The feeling of complete surrender is the real offering. When such an offering occurs, you actually become the Guru yourself. See what a great statement this is. If you actually get such a feeling, you become the Guru yourself .
Because the Guru is the form of pure consciousness, you become pure consciousness yourself. When that happens, everything you have – your body, your sense organs, your karma, all become his.
Therefore, they all become pure consciousness. Thereby, whatever tasks you do in service to the Guru will not accrue any merit or sin. When you have such firm determination – that you are pure consciousness – it becomes clear that you have offered yourself.
This is such a beautiful explanation. To determine if you have offered yourself completely or not, you just need to check for the feeling of complete surrender in you. Based on this test, you will be able to determine for yourself the status of your offering. No one needs to tell you.
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✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
76
Sloka:
Asanam sayanam vastram vahanam bhusanadhikam | Sadhakena pradatavyam gurossantosa karanam ||
Seats, cots, clothes, vehicles, ornaments are some of the things which should be offered to Guru for they are the means to please him. We discussed what a real offering should be like. But, for beings that are tied down in karmic bondages, such an offering is not at all easy.
So, what should one do then? We discussed how the creator, Brahma, made this creation. It was a big question even back then. There is also another question. Are you pure now? Or, are you impure? You are a being that is struggling in the web of karma.
That is why, you cannot proclaim that you are pure consciousness. You cannot say “I am pure consciousness”. That is because you are always faced with karma, whether your eyes are open or close. You have so many anxieties. You have adhi (psychic) vyadhi (illness) anxieties. So many varieties of anxieties.
You have Adi-bhautika (miseries caused by other living beings), Adi-atmika (miseries caused by one’s own body and mind) anxieties and so on…all form of adhi vyadhi. They appear whether your eyes are open or closed. So, would it be right then, to say that your mind is filled with crystal clear pure consciousness? Wouldn’t that be a lie?
Okay, let’s assume you offered yourself along with your karma to the Guru. You offered yourself along with your karma that appears whether your eyes are open or close, your karma and difficulties under whose weight the mind crumbles.
Then, should he (the Guru), along with you, accept experience and pay for your sins and bad karma? Does it mean that he accepted everything as soon as you announced your offering.
Just because you offered yourself to him completely, you expect him to go to great lengths and suffer for your karma to alleviate it? A lot of people say “I am offering myself completely to you Swami, along with all my karma”. So, who will experience the karma? Is it the Sadguru?
Just because he merged you into him, does the pure milk have to be curdled due to the impurity. He (the Guru) set aside some pure milk. If he brings you into the mix, the milk will be curdled due to the impurity. Did you pour the milk into a clean container? If not, then the pure milk set aside by the Guru will curdle when mixed.
The milk you brought is impure. It’s placed in an unwashed container. You want it mixed with the pure milk. As soon as you do so, it’ll curdle. Whose fault is it? You expect the Sadguru to blindly trust the disciple and mix the milk?
Even though a person offered himself completely along with his karmic bondages to the Sadguru, even though the Sadguru is pure consciousness, once the impurity is brought in, the purity will be tainted. Would that be good? That is not good.
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02 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
76
Sloka:
Asanam sayanam vastram vahanam bhusanadhikam | Sadhakena pradatavyam gurossantosa karanam ||
Seats, cots, clothes, vehicles, ornaments are some of the things which should be offered to Guru for they are the means to please him. We discussed what a real offering should be like. But, for beings that are tied down in karmic bondages, such an offering is not at all easy.
So, what should one do then? We discussed how the creator, Brahma, made this creation. It was a big question even back then. There is also another question. Are you pure now? Or, are you impure? You are a being that is struggling in the web of karma.
That is why, you cannot proclaim that you are pure consciousness. You cannot say “I am pure consciousness”. That is because you are always faced with karma, whether your eyes are open or close. You have so many anxieties. You have adhi (psychic) vyadhi (illness) anxieties. So many varieties of anxieties.
You have Adi-bhautika (miseries caused by other living beings), Adi-atmika (miseries caused by one’s own body and mind) anxieties and so on…all form of adhi vyadhi. They appear whether your eyes are open or closed. So, would it be right then, to say that your mind is filled with crystal clear pure consciousness? Wouldn’t that be a lie?
Okay, let’s assume you offered yourself along with your karma to the Guru. You offered yourself along with your karma that appears whether your eyes are open or close, your karma and difficulties under whose weight the mind crumbles.
Then, should he (the Guru), along with you, accept experience and pay for your sins and bad karma? Does it mean that he accepted everything as soon as you announced your offering.
Just because you offered yourself to him completely, you expect him to go to great lengths and suffer for your karma to alleviate it? A lot of people say “I am offering myself completely to you Swami, along with all my karma”. So, who will experience the karma? Is it the Sadguru?
Just because he merged you into him, does the pure milk have to be curdled due to the impurity. He (the Guru) set aside some pure milk. If he brings you into the mix, the milk will be curdled due to the impurity. Did you pour the milk into a clean container? If not, then the pure milk set aside by the Guru will curdle when mixed.
The milk you brought is impure. It’s placed in an unwashed container. You want it mixed with the pure milk. As soon as you do so, it’ll curdle. Whose fault is it? You expect the Sadguru to blindly trust the disciple and mix the milk?
Even though a person offered himself completely along with his karmic bondages to the Sadguru, even though the Sadguru is pure consciousness, once the impurity is brought in, the purity will be tainted. Would that be good? That is not good.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 84 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
77
So, just because you decided to offer yourself to the Guru, should the Guru go to great lengths and take on your karma to alleviate it? People keep saying that they are offering themselves completely. So, just because he merged you into him, should the pure milk that he set aside – the milk that is free from all sins – get curdled?
Because the milk that contains the impurity of your sins is mixed with the pure milk, should the pure milk get curdled? So, should offerings that yield such extreme results be made? Even if such an offering is made, will the Guru accept it?
As an answer to both these questions, Lord Shiva provides the following solution: First, cleanse yourself. Reduce the burden of your karma gradually. Let’s see if they are asking us to only make pure offerings to the Guru.
First, you should start with making small offerings to the Guru. As you do that, you will slowly start breaking free of your karmic bondage. In parallel, you will gain more purity.
Slowly increase your offerings. Keep worshipping the Guru in his physical presence over and over again. As you keep doing this, one day, you will gain the eligibility and purity of mind to offer yourself completely to the Guru.
That means that you need to go step-by-step in your offerings. Lot of people are over excited, jumping up and down when they meet a Sadguru saying, “Oh, my Guru! I found him! My search has ended! I am going to be liberated!
Ohhh…I am going to give him everything I have! I was searching for him. I found him after a lot of search” and so on. Such people would have disappeared the next day. Is this devotion to the Guru? It’s not.
That means, the mindset to sacrifice yourself completely and the purity you need to be accepted by the Sadguru are gained little-by-little, step-by-step,. Only when you go step-by-step like this do you gain the eligibility. Otherwise, you won’t reach that state.
The Guru will accept your offering at the same time that you reach that state. Only when you make such a big, whole-hearted offering will the Guru accept. Otherwise, sometimes, he will not even accept everyone’s offerings.
This way, as your purity grows, the tiny offerings you make cause more and more happiness in the Guru. It’s not the value of the offering that makes the Guru happy.
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03 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
77
So, just because you decided to offer yourself to the Guru, should the Guru go to great lengths and take on your karma to alleviate it? People keep saying that they are offering themselves completely. So, just because he merged you into him, should the pure milk that he set aside – the milk that is free from all sins – get curdled?
Because the milk that contains the impurity of your sins is mixed with the pure milk, should the pure milk get curdled? So, should offerings that yield such extreme results be made? Even if such an offering is made, will the Guru accept it?
As an answer to both these questions, Lord Shiva provides the following solution: First, cleanse yourself. Reduce the burden of your karma gradually. Let’s see if they are asking us to only make pure offerings to the Guru.
First, you should start with making small offerings to the Guru. As you do that, you will slowly start breaking free of your karmic bondage. In parallel, you will gain more purity.
Slowly increase your offerings. Keep worshipping the Guru in his physical presence over and over again. As you keep doing this, one day, you will gain the eligibility and purity of mind to offer yourself completely to the Guru.
That means that you need to go step-by-step in your offerings. Lot of people are over excited, jumping up and down when they meet a Sadguru saying, “Oh, my Guru! I found him! My search has ended! I am going to be liberated!
Ohhh…I am going to give him everything I have! I was searching for him. I found him after a lot of search” and so on. Such people would have disappeared the next day. Is this devotion to the Guru? It’s not.
That means, the mindset to sacrifice yourself completely and the purity you need to be accepted by the Sadguru are gained little-by-little, step-by-step,. Only when you go step-by-step like this do you gain the eligibility. Otherwise, you won’t reach that state.
The Guru will accept your offering at the same time that you reach that state. Only when you make such a big, whole-hearted offering will the Guru accept. Otherwise, sometimes, he will not even accept everyone’s offerings.
This way, as your purity grows, the tiny offerings you make cause more and more happiness in the Guru. It’s not the value of the offering that makes the Guru happy.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 85 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
78
Sloka:
Karmana manasa vaca nityamaradhayet gurum | Dirghadandam namaskuryat nirlajjo guru sannidhau ||
When you offer your obeisance to Guru, you should always learn to think that you and your Guru are alone even if he is surrounded by several people. You should not look at the people around you, at how many people there are or at who is looking at you. No one else cares if you are offering your obeisance. It’s when you glance around to see who’s looking at you that people think you are crazy.
People will think you are crazy because you are glancing in random directions while offering your prostrations. If you quietly offer offer your obeisance without getting distracted, no one will care. It is you, not others, who makes yourself look silly.
A person who sees two people having a conversation has a nagging feeling that those two are talking about the insult meted out to him last evening.
It’s purely psychological. He thinks that people are pointing to him and laughing. Oh yes, you are the most beautiful person in all the worlds, you dropped from the sky, that is why they are looking at you.
Or, you are so great, like Sage Valmiki, that’s why they are talking about you. You are a great banker, that’s why they are looking at you! That’s silly. No one cares about you. They don’t even care about themselves, let alone care about you.
They are just having a jolly good time forgetting everything else around them, or they are having a jolly conversation about a movie they saw, about the dialogues in the movie.
We think too highly of ourselves. Who are we? A lot of people are looking around before they prostrate. By doing that, you are drawing the attention of even those who are quietly doing their own meditation.
You know what the prescribed way to offer prostrations is? You should offer prostrations thinking, “There is nobody here. There’s only the omnipresent Guru.
And there is me. We are the only two”. Even when the Guru is giving you a mantra, you are worried about others listening in, you are wondering “Are they listening to what the Guru and I are talking about?”. Your concentration is all on them, not on the words of the Guru.
If your concentration is on the Guru, the others won’t even hear the conversation. They won’t even feel the need to hear the conversation. You should learn to think that there is no one except you and the Guru. How many conversations can the people around you focus on? How many conversations will they care to remember?
Don’t you think they have better things to think about? We should learn to think this way – that only you and your Guru are present. You should offer obeisance with purity of thought, word and deed. Your mind is somewhere, you are cursing someone else while you are offering your prostrations. There’s no use.
You should fill your mind with the Guru and offer prostrations. You should worship the Guru. When you see the Guru, you should cast off all shyness and offer prostrations on the floor. This is the way to prostrate to the Guru.
Every time you see the Guru, the first thing you do should be to prostrate while casting of all shyness and not even thinking about who else is around. You should do it as many times as necessary.
Sloka:
Sarira martham pranamsca sadgurubhyo nivedayet | Atmanamapi dasyaya vaideho janako yatha ||
Your body wealth and even life should be offered to your Guru. Just like Janaka, the Videha, you should offer yourself and surrender to Him like a servant. Means self-surrender.
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04 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
78
Sloka:
Karmana manasa vaca nityamaradhayet gurum | Dirghadandam namaskuryat nirlajjo guru sannidhau ||
When you offer your obeisance to Guru, you should always learn to think that you and your Guru are alone even if he is surrounded by several people. You should not look at the people around you, at how many people there are or at who is looking at you. No one else cares if you are offering your obeisance. It’s when you glance around to see who’s looking at you that people think you are crazy.
People will think you are crazy because you are glancing in random directions while offering your prostrations. If you quietly offer offer your obeisance without getting distracted, no one will care. It is you, not others, who makes yourself look silly.
A person who sees two people having a conversation has a nagging feeling that those two are talking about the insult meted out to him last evening.
It’s purely psychological. He thinks that people are pointing to him and laughing. Oh yes, you are the most beautiful person in all the worlds, you dropped from the sky, that is why they are looking at you.
Or, you are so great, like Sage Valmiki, that’s why they are talking about you. You are a great banker, that’s why they are looking at you! That’s silly. No one cares about you. They don’t even care about themselves, let alone care about you.
They are just having a jolly good time forgetting everything else around them, or they are having a jolly conversation about a movie they saw, about the dialogues in the movie.
We think too highly of ourselves. Who are we? A lot of people are looking around before they prostrate. By doing that, you are drawing the attention of even those who are quietly doing their own meditation.
You know what the prescribed way to offer prostrations is? You should offer prostrations thinking, “There is nobody here. There’s only the omnipresent Guru.
And there is me. We are the only two”. Even when the Guru is giving you a mantra, you are worried about others listening in, you are wondering “Are they listening to what the Guru and I are talking about?”. Your concentration is all on them, not on the words of the Guru.
If your concentration is on the Guru, the others won’t even hear the conversation. They won’t even feel the need to hear the conversation. You should learn to think that there is no one except you and the Guru. How many conversations can the people around you focus on? How many conversations will they care to remember?
Don’t you think they have better things to think about? We should learn to think this way – that only you and your Guru are present. You should offer obeisance with purity of thought, word and deed. Your mind is somewhere, you are cursing someone else while you are offering your prostrations. There’s no use.
You should fill your mind with the Guru and offer prostrations. You should worship the Guru. When you see the Guru, you should cast off all shyness and offer prostrations on the floor. This is the way to prostrate to the Guru.
Every time you see the Guru, the first thing you do should be to prostrate while casting of all shyness and not even thinking about who else is around. You should do it as many times as necessary.
Sloka:
Sarira martham pranamsca sadgurubhyo nivedayet | Atmanamapi dasyaya vaideho janako yatha ||
Your body wealth and even life should be offered to your Guru. Just like Janaka, the Videha, you should offer yourself and surrender to Him like a servant. Means self-surrender.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 86 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
79
Sloka:
Sarira martham pranamsca sadgurubhyo nivedayet | Atmanamapi dasyaya vaideho janako yatha ||
We discussed that in this mantra, they cited the Videha, king Janaka as an ideal for selfsurrender. There are many stories that talk about his devotion to the Guru.
In one story, king Janaka’s Guru ordered the king that he pull the chariot the Guru is seated in. See how many tests the Guru put his disciple to, to teach devotion to the Guru. King Janaka had prostrated to the Guru saying that he was surrendering his entire kingdom and himself to the Guru.
As soon as the king prostrated, the Guru said, “Okay, since there is nothing that belongs to you, why don’t you pull this chariot with your body. There is nothing that belongs to you anyway; I will sit in the chariot, you will pull the chariot with your body.” King Janaka did exactly as ordered.
Then, the Guru asked him to stop pulling the chariot and asked him to carry the Guru on his shoulders and parade through the streets in the town. The Guru said, “It’s not enough to just pull the chariot outside the town, now I will sit on your shoulders”.
The Guru was not thin like me. The Guru sat on the king’s shoulders. “Now, you should walk through the streets in the town”, the Guru ordered. In the streets of the town, everybody would be watching.
“You pulled the chariot so far, now carry me on your shoulders”. King Janaka did this very happily. He was very pleased to do this. This is the king’s greatness. Self-surrender needs to be practiced. It’s not enough to pay lip service, “I am surrendering myself to you”.
What does that mean? Does it mean to just provide it in writing? Here, let’s recall another story. Guru appears as an ordinary human being, but he is a manifestation of the divine and a representative of God.
King Janaka surrendered himself to Sadguru Ashtavakra and earned his blessings. Saint Lomasa relates this story to Dharmaraja. Let’s delve in to this story. A long time ago, Ashtavakra was born to the couple Sujata and Kahola.
Ashtavakra was born with eight physical deformities. It is said that, Ashtavakra who was in the womb of his mother, couldn’t bear to hear the off-key chants of the vedic verses by his father causing Ashtavakra to cringe. You cringe and deform when you hear something jarring on the ear and in some instances, that deformity stays.
A lot of people close their ears when they hear mantras that are off-key. They won’t be able to hear afterwards, because they are shutting off the Lord’s names. Even if it is off-key, it is the names of the Lord that are being chanted.
You should not close your ears. You can quietly leave that place, but you should not close your ears. You should not be annoyed. When the baby in the womb heard the off-key chanting by the father, the baby cringed and deformed, unable to bear hearing the recitation.
He was born with those 8 deformities giving him the name Ashtavakra (ashta=8; vakra=deformity). Jaya Guru Datta.
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05 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
79
Sloka:
Sarira martham pranamsca sadgurubhyo nivedayet | Atmanamapi dasyaya vaideho janako yatha ||
We discussed that in this mantra, they cited the Videha, king Janaka as an ideal for selfsurrender. There are many stories that talk about his devotion to the Guru.
In one story, king Janaka’s Guru ordered the king that he pull the chariot the Guru is seated in. See how many tests the Guru put his disciple to, to teach devotion to the Guru. King Janaka had prostrated to the Guru saying that he was surrendering his entire kingdom and himself to the Guru.
As soon as the king prostrated, the Guru said, “Okay, since there is nothing that belongs to you, why don’t you pull this chariot with your body. There is nothing that belongs to you anyway; I will sit in the chariot, you will pull the chariot with your body.” King Janaka did exactly as ordered.
Then, the Guru asked him to stop pulling the chariot and asked him to carry the Guru on his shoulders and parade through the streets in the town. The Guru said, “It’s not enough to just pull the chariot outside the town, now I will sit on your shoulders”.
The Guru was not thin like me. The Guru sat on the king’s shoulders. “Now, you should walk through the streets in the town”, the Guru ordered. In the streets of the town, everybody would be watching.
“You pulled the chariot so far, now carry me on your shoulders”. King Janaka did this very happily. He was very pleased to do this. This is the king’s greatness. Self-surrender needs to be practiced. It’s not enough to pay lip service, “I am surrendering myself to you”.
What does that mean? Does it mean to just provide it in writing? Here, let’s recall another story. Guru appears as an ordinary human being, but he is a manifestation of the divine and a representative of God.
King Janaka surrendered himself to Sadguru Ashtavakra and earned his blessings. Saint Lomasa relates this story to Dharmaraja. Let’s delve in to this story. A long time ago, Ashtavakra was born to the couple Sujata and Kahola.
Ashtavakra was born with eight physical deformities. It is said that, Ashtavakra who was in the womb of his mother, couldn’t bear to hear the off-key chants of the vedic verses by his father causing Ashtavakra to cringe. You cringe and deform when you hear something jarring on the ear and in some instances, that deformity stays.
A lot of people close their ears when they hear mantras that are off-key. They won’t be able to hear afterwards, because they are shutting off the Lord’s names. Even if it is off-key, it is the names of the Lord that are being chanted.
You should not close your ears. You can quietly leave that place, but you should not close your ears. You should not be annoyed. When the baby in the womb heard the off-key chanting by the father, the baby cringed and deformed, unable to bear hearing the recitation.
He was born with those 8 deformities giving him the name Ashtavakra (ashta=8; vakra=deformity). Jaya Guru Datta.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 87 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
80
Ashtavakra’s father once went to Mithila and lost a debate against scholars. He subsequently sacrificed his mortal body. Ashtavakra found out about this through his mother. He studied the Vedas and completed his education by the age of 12 years. He remembered the insult his father was met with.
At exactly that time, he heard about a great Yajna that king Janaka was organizing. So, he went to Mithila, the city of scholars. Mithila was referred to as the city of scholars. Perhaps, all the scholars were there. At the main entrance to the kingdom, the highly-educated guards stopped the saint and questioned him per the scriptures. The guards were also learned in the scriptures.
All the citizens of the kingdom were learned in the scriptures. So, when Maharishi Ashtavakra reached the entrance to the kingdom, the guards stopped him and questioned him in a logical manner as prescribed in the scriptures.
The Maharishi imparted wisdom to them saying, “The king himself should step aside and give way to the physically handicapped, to the blind and to women. I am physically deformed. When scholars like me enter, even the king shouldn’t come in the way, correct? He should give way, correct? I am not saying this. The scriptures say this”.
Saying this, Ashtavakra stepped in to the kingdom. This news instantly reached the ears of king Janka. King Janaka was happy. He ordered the guards to send the saint in. There, another guard stopped the saint and said, “Children like you should not be coming here.
Only those highly proficient in the Vedas should come here”. To this, the saint skilfully replied, “I am not a child. I too studied the Vedas. Don’t go by my appearance. You should not judge anyone as big or small based on age or appearance. Proficiency doesn’t come to one based on appearance.
On the other hand, just because someone is aged, they don’t become elderly. Don’t assume that someone with white beard, white hair and matted locks is well versed in the scriptures.
Don’t assume that someone in their ripe old age is a Sanyasin. Not everyone that is aged is elderly. Only those ripened by wisdom are the elderly. The elderly are those that are ripened completely by knowledge.
That means, only one with intelligence can be considered a human being”. Saying this, the saint crossed that gate too. By then, king Janaka who had already heard about the brilliance of Maharishi Ashtavakra quickly came down to receive and worship him.
The king knew which scriptures the sage was quoting from and which scriptures the guards were referring to. The king was eager to see such a great saint, so he himself came running down to honor and worship the saint.
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06 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
80
Ashtavakra’s father once went to Mithila and lost a debate against scholars. He subsequently sacrificed his mortal body. Ashtavakra found out about this through his mother. He studied the Vedas and completed his education by the age of 12 years. He remembered the insult his father was met with.
At exactly that time, he heard about a great Yajna that king Janaka was organizing. So, he went to Mithila, the city of scholars. Mithila was referred to as the city of scholars. Perhaps, all the scholars were there. At the main entrance to the kingdom, the highly-educated guards stopped the saint and questioned him per the scriptures. The guards were also learned in the scriptures.
All the citizens of the kingdom were learned in the scriptures. So, when Maharishi Ashtavakra reached the entrance to the kingdom, the guards stopped him and questioned him in a logical manner as prescribed in the scriptures.
The Maharishi imparted wisdom to them saying, “The king himself should step aside and give way to the physically handicapped, to the blind and to women. I am physically deformed. When scholars like me enter, even the king shouldn’t come in the way, correct? He should give way, correct? I am not saying this. The scriptures say this”.
Saying this, Ashtavakra stepped in to the kingdom. This news instantly reached the ears of king Janka. King Janaka was happy. He ordered the guards to send the saint in. There, another guard stopped the saint and said, “Children like you should not be coming here.
Only those highly proficient in the Vedas should come here”. To this, the saint skilfully replied, “I am not a child. I too studied the Vedas. Don’t go by my appearance. You should not judge anyone as big or small based on age or appearance. Proficiency doesn’t come to one based on appearance.
On the other hand, just because someone is aged, they don’t become elderly. Don’t assume that someone with white beard, white hair and matted locks is well versed in the scriptures.
Don’t assume that someone in their ripe old age is a Sanyasin. Not everyone that is aged is elderly. Only those ripened by wisdom are the elderly. The elderly are those that are ripened completely by knowledge.
That means, only one with intelligence can be considered a human being”. Saying this, the saint crossed that gate too. By then, king Janaka who had already heard about the brilliance of Maharishi Ashtavakra quickly came down to receive and worship him.
The king knew which scriptures the sage was quoting from and which scriptures the guards were referring to. The king was eager to see such a great saint, so he himself came running down to honor and worship the saint.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 88 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
81
We discussed that King Janaka who found out about the greatness of Sage Ashtavakra came down to honor and worship the sage.
The sage then told the king about theinsult meted out to his father and asked the king to summon all the scholars. The sage vowed that he would jump in to the ocean if he failed to answer the questions posed by the scholars.
He said, “This was the place my father was insulted, so please invite all the scholars here. I will have a debate with them right here. If I lose, I will jump in to the ocean”. The king didn’t say a word. He immediately called for a conference. All the egoistic scholars lost miserably to Sage Ashtavakra.
Ashtavakra defeated all the scholars who had insulted his father. He won the debate on scriptures. The scholars lost miserably. Subsequently, king Janaka accepted sage Ashtavakra as Guru and surrendered himself along with his body, mind and wealth.
He received knowledge and blessings from the sage. Regardless of how highly educated one is, he should not be arrogant about his knowledge when he meets a Sadguru.
Lord Shiva is teaching us through this sloka that one should be humble, should serve the Guru and earn the blessings of the Guru. To help seekers improve their dedication to the Guru, they are once again talking about the greatness of the Guru Principle.
Sloka:
Gurureva jagatsarvam brahma visnu sivatmakam | Guroh parataram nasti tasmat sampujayedgurum ||
The entire universe and the Trinity of Godhead – Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva – are the image of the Guru. There is nothing other than Guru. There is nothing more important. So, Guru should be worshipped well.
Arjuna worshipped Dronacharya with this same feeling. He became a beloved disciple and the best disciple of Guru Dronacharya. Through the story of this Guru and disciple, let us learn about the greatness of the Guru.
Because Arjuna was of noble character, he received initiation to Bhagavad Gita directly. Arjuna was so blessed that God Himself came as Guru and initiated him to the Bhagavad Gita. Arjuna was very dear to Dronacharya.
Arjuna earned a special place in Dronacharya’s heart. Dronacharya, who noticed the great focus that Arjuna had, removed the veil of illusion that Arjuna was faced with in several instances. In many stories in the Bhagavatam and Mahabharata,
Lord Krishna stood by Arjuna, removed his ignorance and imparted wisdom. Similarly, the Guru (Dronacharya) also lifted the veil of ignorance several times.
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07 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
81
We discussed that King Janaka who found out about the greatness of Sage Ashtavakra came down to honor and worship the sage.
The sage then told the king about theinsult meted out to his father and asked the king to summon all the scholars. The sage vowed that he would jump in to the ocean if he failed to answer the questions posed by the scholars.
He said, “This was the place my father was insulted, so please invite all the scholars here. I will have a debate with them right here. If I lose, I will jump in to the ocean”. The king didn’t say a word. He immediately called for a conference. All the egoistic scholars lost miserably to Sage Ashtavakra.
Ashtavakra defeated all the scholars who had insulted his father. He won the debate on scriptures. The scholars lost miserably. Subsequently, king Janaka accepted sage Ashtavakra as Guru and surrendered himself along with his body, mind and wealth.
He received knowledge and blessings from the sage. Regardless of how highly educated one is, he should not be arrogant about his knowledge when he meets a Sadguru.
Lord Shiva is teaching us through this sloka that one should be humble, should serve the Guru and earn the blessings of the Guru. To help seekers improve their dedication to the Guru, they are once again talking about the greatness of the Guru Principle.
Sloka:
Gurureva jagatsarvam brahma visnu sivatmakam | Guroh parataram nasti tasmat sampujayedgurum ||
The entire universe and the Trinity of Godhead – Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva – are the image of the Guru. There is nothing other than Guru. There is nothing more important. So, Guru should be worshipped well.
Arjuna worshipped Dronacharya with this same feeling. He became a beloved disciple and the best disciple of Guru Dronacharya. Through the story of this Guru and disciple, let us learn about the greatness of the Guru.
Because Arjuna was of noble character, he received initiation to Bhagavad Gita directly. Arjuna was so blessed that God Himself came as Guru and initiated him to the Bhagavad Gita. Arjuna was very dear to Dronacharya.
Arjuna earned a special place in Dronacharya’s heart. Dronacharya, who noticed the great focus that Arjuna had, removed the veil of illusion that Arjuna was faced with in several instances. In many stories in the Bhagavatam and Mahabharata,
Lord Krishna stood by Arjuna, removed his ignorance and imparted wisdom. Similarly, the Guru (Dronacharya) also lifted the veil of ignorance several times.
Continues...
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 89 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
82
Drona noticed the focus Arjuna had, and in several instances lifted the veil of illusion that Arjuna encountered. He imparted the light of knowledge to Arjuna and enabled him to reach his destination.
He shaped Arjuna into one of the best. Kauravas couldn’t bear to see Drona’s affection towards Arjuna. Some people are envious. Even though they were first cousins, they couldn’t bear to see Arjuna’s progress. They found his progress strange. Arjuna’s focus was such.
They (the Kauravas) made many foiled times to disrupt his focus. This revealed the jealousy that the Kauravas were nurturing. Their character was revealed through their actions.
Guru Dronacharya noticed how jealous the Kauravas were. He planned to remove the jealousy and impart wisdom to Kauravas and demonstrate to everyone how good of a marksman Arjuna was.
Through this story, we can see the trust that a Guru can have in his disciple and his disciple’s sadhana. Dronacharya summoned all his disciples and said, “Children, I am going to give you a test. You should win that test”.
Everybody agreed happily. They were excited to have the opportunity to show off their skill. They were very confident. They thought it was the right time to humiliate Arjuna by showing off their skill and and knowledge using the opportunity the Guru gave them.
Drona placed a magical bird on the branch of a tree and asked everyone to narrate what they see as they take aim at the bird. He placed a magical bird, like the one you are seeing, the one that’s walking over me. He placed a magical bird like that on the tree. Everybody described the tree and birds as they took aim.
However, Arjuna alone said he could see only the bird and nothing else. The Guru asked him to take aim. Arjuna shot his arrow and hit the bird. The bird fell to the ground, because it was a magical bird. By Guru’s grace, such aim, focus and marksmanship was made possible.
Even after all this, the wicked Kauravas continued to be jealous, even more jealous of Pandavas, especially Arjuna. They found it difficult to digest that Arjuna was that skilled. Drona again wanted to show the skill and knowledge of his disciple to the world.
He was very proud that he got a disciple of such great character. Did you see, how happy the Guru gets about the disciple?
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08 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
82
Drona noticed the focus Arjuna had, and in several instances lifted the veil of illusion that Arjuna encountered. He imparted the light of knowledge to Arjuna and enabled him to reach his destination.
He shaped Arjuna into one of the best. Kauravas couldn’t bear to see Drona’s affection towards Arjuna. Some people are envious. Even though they were first cousins, they couldn’t bear to see Arjuna’s progress. They found his progress strange. Arjuna’s focus was such.
They (the Kauravas) made many foiled times to disrupt his focus. This revealed the jealousy that the Kauravas were nurturing. Their character was revealed through their actions.
Guru Dronacharya noticed how jealous the Kauravas were. He planned to remove the jealousy and impart wisdom to Kauravas and demonstrate to everyone how good of a marksman Arjuna was.
Through this story, we can see the trust that a Guru can have in his disciple and his disciple’s sadhana. Dronacharya summoned all his disciples and said, “Children, I am going to give you a test. You should win that test”.
Everybody agreed happily. They were excited to have the opportunity to show off their skill. They were very confident. They thought it was the right time to humiliate Arjuna by showing off their skill and and knowledge using the opportunity the Guru gave them.
Drona placed a magical bird on the branch of a tree and asked everyone to narrate what they see as they take aim at the bird. He placed a magical bird, like the one you are seeing, the one that’s walking over me. He placed a magical bird like that on the tree. Everybody described the tree and birds as they took aim.
However, Arjuna alone said he could see only the bird and nothing else. The Guru asked him to take aim. Arjuna shot his arrow and hit the bird. The bird fell to the ground, because it was a magical bird. By Guru’s grace, such aim, focus and marksmanship was made possible.
Even after all this, the wicked Kauravas continued to be jealous, even more jealous of Pandavas, especially Arjuna. They found it difficult to digest that Arjuna was that skilled. Drona again wanted to show the skill and knowledge of his disciple to the world.
He was very proud that he got a disciple of such great character. Did you see, how happy the Guru gets about the disciple?
Continues...
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 90 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
83
Drona once again wanted to show the world the eligibility of the disciple he picked. Once in a while, the Guru wanted to show the greatness of his disciple to the world. He took everyone to a river. He asked everyone to bathe in the river and entered the water himself. The Guru who entered the river was not coming back. He seemed to be sinking deeper.
Those on the shore did not understand what was going on. The Guru was getting sucked into a whirlpool. The Guru then shouted, “A crocodile has caught hold of me! Someone save me!”. Not only was he getting sucked into a whirlpool, there was a crocodile that caught him. That’s it.
Everybody came up with their plans to save the Guru. Some wanted to get knives, some wanted to get other weapons. Their plans were numerous. But, no one dared to jump into the water.
Even if one disciple entered the water, the crocodile would let go of the Guru and catch hold of the disciple. Thus the Guru would be saved. But no one did that. Then, Arjuna alone jumped into the water and saved the Guru from the clutches of the crocodile.
The Guru was pleased with Arjuna who saved the Guru at the risk of losing of his own life. He came to the conclusion that the gem he picked was the right one. He gave to Arjuna all knowledge of weaponry and warfare. He taught Arjuna the way to launch as well as the way to withdraw the powerful Brahmashironamakastram.
Upon the insistence of his own son Ashwatthama and knowing his son’s nature, the Guru taught him how to launch Brahmashironamakastram, but did not teach him how to withdraw it.
All disciples continued to gain proficiency in various disciplines. When the Guru considered Arjuna as the most outstanding disciple even at that time, the other disciples couldn’t stand it.
Drona noticed this. He summoned all the senior disciples and told them about Drupada’s insult to him. He asked them to capture Drupada and bring to him. The Kauravas went with much bravado and returned after being pounded by Drupada.
The Pandavas then went and ransacked Drupada’s army. Arjuna confronted Drupada and tied him down with ropes and presented him to the Guru, thus fulfilling the Guru’s desire. He dragged Drupada to the presence of the Guru.
Like this, an outstanding disciple will pick up on the signals given by the Guru and will work towards them. He will break through to his destination and achieve victory like Arjuna did.
Similarly, the Guru, at every step, will protect the disciple that trusts him. Even if he (the Guru) is wrongly blamed, the Guru always strives for the disciple’s progress. That is the greatness of the Guru.
So far we discussed that in the Guru-disciple relationship, despite many difficulties, the Guru pours all his knowledge into the disciple and strives to make the disciple greater than himself.
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09 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
83
Drona once again wanted to show the world the eligibility of the disciple he picked. Once in a while, the Guru wanted to show the greatness of his disciple to the world. He took everyone to a river. He asked everyone to bathe in the river and entered the water himself. The Guru who entered the river was not coming back. He seemed to be sinking deeper.
Those on the shore did not understand what was going on. The Guru was getting sucked into a whirlpool. The Guru then shouted, “A crocodile has caught hold of me! Someone save me!”. Not only was he getting sucked into a whirlpool, there was a crocodile that caught him. That’s it.
Everybody came up with their plans to save the Guru. Some wanted to get knives, some wanted to get other weapons. Their plans were numerous. But, no one dared to jump into the water.
Even if one disciple entered the water, the crocodile would let go of the Guru and catch hold of the disciple. Thus the Guru would be saved. But no one did that. Then, Arjuna alone jumped into the water and saved the Guru from the clutches of the crocodile.
The Guru was pleased with Arjuna who saved the Guru at the risk of losing of his own life. He came to the conclusion that the gem he picked was the right one. He gave to Arjuna all knowledge of weaponry and warfare. He taught Arjuna the way to launch as well as the way to withdraw the powerful Brahmashironamakastram.
Upon the insistence of his own son Ashwatthama and knowing his son’s nature, the Guru taught him how to launch Brahmashironamakastram, but did not teach him how to withdraw it.
All disciples continued to gain proficiency in various disciplines. When the Guru considered Arjuna as the most outstanding disciple even at that time, the other disciples couldn’t stand it.
Drona noticed this. He summoned all the senior disciples and told them about Drupada’s insult to him. He asked them to capture Drupada and bring to him. The Kauravas went with much bravado and returned after being pounded by Drupada.
The Pandavas then went and ransacked Drupada’s army. Arjuna confronted Drupada and tied him down with ropes and presented him to the Guru, thus fulfilling the Guru’s desire. He dragged Drupada to the presence of the Guru.
Like this, an outstanding disciple will pick up on the signals given by the Guru and will work towards them. He will break through to his destination and achieve victory like Arjuna did.
Similarly, the Guru, at every step, will protect the disciple that trusts him. Even if he (the Guru) is wrongly blamed, the Guru always strives for the disciple’s progress. That is the greatness of the Guru.
So far we discussed that in the Guru-disciple relationship, despite many difficulties, the Guru pours all his knowledge into the disciple and strives to make the disciple greater than himself.
Continues....
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09 Oct 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 91 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
84
In the previous sloka, it was said that one who is worshiping and the one who is worshiped are both the Guru. It’s true. Only the Guru has the power to worship the great Gods. The Guru also has the power to assume the divine form of God and be worshiped. We don’t have enough power to worship.
They talk again about the oneness of the Guru and the disciple, the oneness of the Guru and Lord Shiva and this is what is the final attainment in worshiping the Guru. That means, the disciple worshiping the Guru will become like the Guru himself, he’ll become Shiva.
That’s why, here, talking about the Guru-disciple relationship with reference to an outstanding disciple is the same as talking about the Guru-Shiva relationship. They are talking about the final attainment in worshiping the Guru.
Sloka :
Yasyanugraha matrena hrdyutpadyeta tatksanat | Jnanam ca paramanandah sadgurussiva eva sah ||
Siva is that Sadguru by whose grace the disciple sees the light of knowledge and bliss is kindled at once in his heart. In this sloka, they are subtly teaching us the principle by which to identify a Guru. By the Guru’s grace, the heart is immediately filled with knowledge and bliss.
That means divine knowledge will shine like lighting in our hearts just by the Guru’s glance, by his touch or by his will. That is why, even though the knowledge may not be fully grasped by the intellect, it causes inexplicable joy in the heart.
If we learn a little more about the churning of the ocean (Amruta mathanam), we will learn about the extreme compassion of the Guru. Guru is an epitome of patience and sacrifice. That is why, Lord Kurma (the incarnation of Lord Vishnu as tortoise) was worshiped as Guru. During the churning of the ocean, he treated all his children – Gods and Demons equally.
To keep all his children happy, he bore the massive weight of Mandara mountain on his back. He took on a lot of pain in that incarnation. Taking on various forms, he appeared as divine supporting implements used by the Gods and the Demons in churning the ocean.
He taught them that during sadhana, one should not give in to any illusion or develop affection. The Gods followed this instruction and attained a desire-less state. The Demons didn’t follow this instruction and were filled with desires.
Those with desire will never get the nectar. Only those without desire get it. By the grace of Lord Kurma, only the Gods that gave up desires received the divine gifts. They even got the nectar. Those who place their faith in Guru Kurma will be blessed greatly.
The Gods were strengthened with just the Guru’s glance. They became prosperous. But, the Demons, not heeding the Guru’s advice became weak and were punished appropriately.
Continues...
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10 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
84
In the previous sloka, it was said that one who is worshiping and the one who is worshiped are both the Guru. It’s true. Only the Guru has the power to worship the great Gods. The Guru also has the power to assume the divine form of God and be worshiped. We don’t have enough power to worship.
They talk again about the oneness of the Guru and the disciple, the oneness of the Guru and Lord Shiva and this is what is the final attainment in worshiping the Guru. That means, the disciple worshiping the Guru will become like the Guru himself, he’ll become Shiva.
That’s why, here, talking about the Guru-disciple relationship with reference to an outstanding disciple is the same as talking about the Guru-Shiva relationship. They are talking about the final attainment in worshiping the Guru.
Sloka :
Yasyanugraha matrena hrdyutpadyeta tatksanat | Jnanam ca paramanandah sadgurussiva eva sah ||
Siva is that Sadguru by whose grace the disciple sees the light of knowledge and bliss is kindled at once in his heart. In this sloka, they are subtly teaching us the principle by which to identify a Guru. By the Guru’s grace, the heart is immediately filled with knowledge and bliss.
That means divine knowledge will shine like lighting in our hearts just by the Guru’s glance, by his touch or by his will. That is why, even though the knowledge may not be fully grasped by the intellect, it causes inexplicable joy in the heart.
If we learn a little more about the churning of the ocean (Amruta mathanam), we will learn about the extreme compassion of the Guru. Guru is an epitome of patience and sacrifice. That is why, Lord Kurma (the incarnation of Lord Vishnu as tortoise) was worshiped as Guru. During the churning of the ocean, he treated all his children – Gods and Demons equally.
To keep all his children happy, he bore the massive weight of Mandara mountain on his back. He took on a lot of pain in that incarnation. Taking on various forms, he appeared as divine supporting implements used by the Gods and the Demons in churning the ocean.
He taught them that during sadhana, one should not give in to any illusion or develop affection. The Gods followed this instruction and attained a desire-less state. The Demons didn’t follow this instruction and were filled with desires.
Those with desire will never get the nectar. Only those without desire get it. By the grace of Lord Kurma, only the Gods that gave up desires received the divine gifts. They even got the nectar. Those who place their faith in Guru Kurma will be blessed greatly.
The Gods were strengthened with just the Guru’s glance. They became prosperous. But, the Demons, not heeding the Guru’s advice became weak and were punished appropriately.
Continues...
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 92 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
85
We discussed that the Gods were strengthened just by the Guru’s glance. The Gods became prosperous. But, the Demons, not heeding the Guru’s advice lost their strength and were punished appropriately.
The divine form of Lord Kurma contains all the planets and constellations, so by worshiping Guru Kurma, all evil planetary effects were removed. The malefic planets were pacified and drawn to auspiciousness. That is why, in all the temples, you can find a small temple or an idol of Lord Kurma.
You should understand that through this sloka, Lord Siva is indicating that, like Lord Kurma’s grace, the Guru’s grace eternally flows to the disciples and grants many benefits. Our attention is not going towards the Guru. The reason for this is attachment to the body. They are describing the quality of this body here.
Sloka:
Bhasma kita vidantam hi deham sthulam varanane | Tvanmutra rudhirantrasthi mala mamsadi bhajanam ||
Siva says to Parvati that the flesh, excretions, puss, blood, intestines, bones etc., are the ingredients of this gross body. What happens to this body in the end?
If it is put to fire, it is reduced to ashes, if buried, it is decomposed, or if it is thrown away, it is infested with worms. Many great sages were witness to this conversation between Siva and Parvati.
Among them were some who had consumed the divine nectar. But, their bodies were made of the five elements. Withering away is imminent to a body made of the five elements. Lord Siva particularly addressed this matter to them.
Then, what can be said of our mortal bodies? Attachment to the body is the root cause of this samsara. That is what leads to destruction. In this sloka, they are advising on what needs to be done to escape from that. This instruction is in the form of worship to the Guru.
Sloka:
Samsara vrksha marudhah patanto narakarnave | Sarve yenoddhrta lokah tasmai sri gurave namah ||
Obeisance to Sadguru, the uplifter of all worlds sinking into the sea of hell from the tree of samsara.
We think of our body as our world. We go about our daily activities with this feeling. The elders have compared this samsara with a tree, it’s been variously called the “tree of samsara” or the “poisonous tree”. This tree of samsara grows with unstinted velocity.
Samsara vruksa maghabeejamananta karma This is a massive tree. It is growing exponentially – branches, more branches, branches of branches, flowers, fruits, more branches – into a massive tree.
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11 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
85
We discussed that the Gods were strengthened just by the Guru’s glance. The Gods became prosperous. But, the Demons, not heeding the Guru’s advice lost their strength and were punished appropriately.
The divine form of Lord Kurma contains all the planets and constellations, so by worshiping Guru Kurma, all evil planetary effects were removed. The malefic planets were pacified and drawn to auspiciousness. That is why, in all the temples, you can find a small temple or an idol of Lord Kurma.
You should understand that through this sloka, Lord Siva is indicating that, like Lord Kurma’s grace, the Guru’s grace eternally flows to the disciples and grants many benefits. Our attention is not going towards the Guru. The reason for this is attachment to the body. They are describing the quality of this body here.
Sloka:
Bhasma kita vidantam hi deham sthulam varanane | Tvanmutra rudhirantrasthi mala mamsadi bhajanam ||
Siva says to Parvati that the flesh, excretions, puss, blood, intestines, bones etc., are the ingredients of this gross body. What happens to this body in the end?
If it is put to fire, it is reduced to ashes, if buried, it is decomposed, or if it is thrown away, it is infested with worms. Many great sages were witness to this conversation between Siva and Parvati.
Among them were some who had consumed the divine nectar. But, their bodies were made of the five elements. Withering away is imminent to a body made of the five elements. Lord Siva particularly addressed this matter to them.
Then, what can be said of our mortal bodies? Attachment to the body is the root cause of this samsara. That is what leads to destruction. In this sloka, they are advising on what needs to be done to escape from that. This instruction is in the form of worship to the Guru.
Sloka:
Samsara vrksha marudhah patanto narakarnave | Sarve yenoddhrta lokah tasmai sri gurave namah ||
Obeisance to Sadguru, the uplifter of all worlds sinking into the sea of hell from the tree of samsara.
We think of our body as our world. We go about our daily activities with this feeling. The elders have compared this samsara with a tree, it’s been variously called the “tree of samsara” or the “poisonous tree”. This tree of samsara grows with unstinted velocity.
Samsara vruksa maghabeejamananta karma This is a massive tree. It is growing exponentially – branches, more branches, branches of branches, flowers, fruits, more branches – into a massive tree.
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 93 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
86
We discussed that the elders compared this samsara with a tree, it’s been variously called the “tree of samsara” or the “poisonous tree”. This tree of samsara grows with unstinting velocity.
The infant grows up in to a little girl right in front of our eyes, wearing cute little dresses and then grows up to be a mother, and eventually turns into an old woman without any teeth. This is how the tree of samsara is. It doesn’t stop there. She also dies one day. Who is dying here? It means, she drops off from the tree.
The tree doesn’t die, she just falls off from the tree of samsara. The only one who can save from this fate is the Guru. That is why, we should focus attention on the Guru.
Everybody should prostrate to the Guru without fail. Many wonder how a Guru can help someone who is caught in the shackles of samsara. The story of the animal, Gajendra (elephant), is enough to answer this question.
Let us learn this story. Gajendra was the king of Mount Trikoota. He had many wives. When he wandered the forests with his wives and sons, he was very pleased seeing his own grandeur and his great retinue.
Filled with ego and immersed in the pleasures of life, he once went to the forests with his entire family, charged through the forest recklessly, uprooting trees, trampling with arrogance, leaving a trail of destruction in the entire forest.
He entered a territory that didn’t belong to him. He lost all discretion. Without any caution, he entered a lake and got caught in the jaws of an alligator.
Once the alligator caught him, he struggled a lot. He fought for a thousand years. His arrogance, strength and ego diminished. He realized he was caught in the clutches of time. “I am finished. I couldn’t win even after fighting a thousand years. So, I am going away now.”
He realized that his wives, sons and relatives were not able to help, he knew they could not save him. “Even though I have so many relatives and so many children, no one is able to save me. There is no use anymore. I am succumbing to death.
No one is able to help”. Realizing that Lord Narayana was his only savior, he surrendered his intellect and cried out to the Lord. “You are my intellect, O Lord, there is nothing I can do. Please save me!” The Lord, moved by this prayer, immediately came to Gajendra.
“Gajendra moksham (moksham=liberation) is a great episode. Even if we recalled this episode countless number of times, it will not be enough.
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12 Oct 2020
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
86
We discussed that the elders compared this samsara with a tree, it’s been variously called the “tree of samsara” or the “poisonous tree”. This tree of samsara grows with unstinting velocity.
The infant grows up in to a little girl right in front of our eyes, wearing cute little dresses and then grows up to be a mother, and eventually turns into an old woman without any teeth. This is how the tree of samsara is. It doesn’t stop there. She also dies one day. Who is dying here? It means, she drops off from the tree.
The tree doesn’t die, she just falls off from the tree of samsara. The only one who can save from this fate is the Guru. That is why, we should focus attention on the Guru.
Everybody should prostrate to the Guru without fail. Many wonder how a Guru can help someone who is caught in the shackles of samsara. The story of the animal, Gajendra (elephant), is enough to answer this question.
Let us learn this story. Gajendra was the king of Mount Trikoota. He had many wives. When he wandered the forests with his wives and sons, he was very pleased seeing his own grandeur and his great retinue.
Filled with ego and immersed in the pleasures of life, he once went to the forests with his entire family, charged through the forest recklessly, uprooting trees, trampling with arrogance, leaving a trail of destruction in the entire forest.
He entered a territory that didn’t belong to him. He lost all discretion. Without any caution, he entered a lake and got caught in the jaws of an alligator.
Once the alligator caught him, he struggled a lot. He fought for a thousand years. His arrogance, strength and ego diminished. He realized he was caught in the clutches of time. “I am finished. I couldn’t win even after fighting a thousand years. So, I am going away now.”
He realized that his wives, sons and relatives were not able to help, he knew they could not save him. “Even though I have so many relatives and so many children, no one is able to save me. There is no use anymore. I am succumbing to death.
No one is able to help”. Realizing that Lord Narayana was his only savior, he surrendered his intellect and cried out to the Lord. “You are my intellect, O Lord, there is nothing I can do. Please save me!” The Lord, moved by this prayer, immediately came to Gajendra.
“Gajendra moksham (moksham=liberation) is a great episode. Even if we recalled this episode countless number of times, it will not be enough.
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12 Oct 2020
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🌹 Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 94 🌹
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
87
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
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🌹 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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