Seeker of the mystery of Supreme Being, Lord Braham engaged Himself in severe penance for one thousand years of gods (gods’ year = 365 human years). Please with Lord Brahma’s intense and severe penance, Lord Vishnu appeared before Him. Lord Brahman said to Lord Vishnu, “Lord! Instruct me in the mystery of the Supreme Being.”
Lord Vishnu was greatly pleased and praising Lord Brahma heartily with ‘Sadho-Sadho’ (well done), said, “There is an Upanishad by the name of ‘Param-Tattva-Rahasya’ in the Devadarshi branch of Atharva Veda. It contains the dialogue between a Guru and a disciple and is well known to all from ancient times. Listening to that dialogue destroys all bondage completely. The Knowledge of this Upanishad unravels all mysteries.
The disciple was calm and composed, in full control of his senses, immensely pure, devoted to the Guru and highly ascetic. He was fortunate to come by a Self-realized Guru. A true and worthy disciple circumambulated the Guru, prostrated before him and joining his hands in all humility said, “My Lord Gurudev! Instruct me in the supreme means of liberation.”
The Guru said, “When the virtuous deeds done in the course of a number of past lives fructify, one comes by the company of saints, which in effect is the essence of Vedas and other scriptures. Satsang tells us about the dos and don’t and one gets engaged in righteous conduct which eventually destroys all sins and one’s heart becomes extremely pure.
“The pure heart then yearns for Guru’s grace. With a minimal of Satguru’s grace all the psychic powers are attained, all bondage is destroyed and all obstacles to beatitude are gone. All virtues automatically come to him. One blind since birth has no idea of any form. Similarly, without Guru’s teaching, one cannot attain Knowledge of Supreme Being even in biliions of ages. And that Knowledge of Supreme Being is attained instantly with the minimal grace of Satguru.
“With Satguru’s grace alone one gets inclined towards and becomes devoted to listening to the narration of the Lord’s glory and practice of meditation. The knots of evil passions get destroyed thereby. With this one gets rid of all one’s desires and the heart becomes pure. In the pure heart, God is revealed. Intense devotion to Lord Vishnu is kindled in the heart and dispassion towards sense-enjoyments grows which in turn leads to Self-knowledge dawning in the intellect. With practice that Knowledge is perfected and stabilized.
With the experiential Knowledge being perfected and stabilized, one becomes liberated while living in the world. All good and evil deeds and desires are destroyed. Then there grows in the heart immensely strong, pure and sattivik desire leading to supreme devotion. By supreme devotion, the all-pervading Lord Narayana appears in all states. The entire universe appears then as a manifestation of Lord Narayana. One conducts oneself in the world imbued with the conviction that there is nothing apart from Lord Narayana.
This state of constant, natural and effortless Samadhi passed on by disciplic succession makes one behold the Lord in all states and beings.”
Lord Vishnu was greatly pleased and praising Lord Brahma heartily with ‘Sadho-Sadho’ (well done), said, “There is an Upanishad by the name of ‘Param-Tattva-Rahasya’ in the Devadarshi branch of Atharva Veda. It contains the dialogue between a Guru and a disciple and is well known to all from ancient times. Listening to that dialogue destroys all bondage completely. The Knowledge of this Upanishad unravels all mysteries.
The disciple was calm and composed, in full control of his senses, immensely pure, devoted to the Guru and highly ascetic. He was fortunate to come by a Self-realized Guru. A true and worthy disciple circumambulated the Guru, prostrated before him and joining his hands in all humility said, “My Lord Gurudev! Instruct me in the supreme means of liberation.”
The Guru said, “When the virtuous deeds done in the course of a number of past lives fructify, one comes by the company of saints, which in effect is the essence of Vedas and other scriptures. Satsang tells us about the dos and don’t and one gets engaged in righteous conduct which eventually destroys all sins and one’s heart becomes extremely pure.
“The pure heart then yearns for Guru’s grace. With a minimal of Satguru’s grace all the psychic powers are attained, all bondage is destroyed and all obstacles to beatitude are gone. All virtues automatically come to him. One blind since birth has no idea of any form. Similarly, without Guru’s teaching, one cannot attain Knowledge of Supreme Being even in biliions of ages. And that Knowledge of Supreme Being is attained instantly with the minimal grace of Satguru.
“With Satguru’s grace alone one gets inclined towards and becomes devoted to listening to the narration of the Lord’s glory and practice of meditation. The knots of evil passions get destroyed thereby. With this one gets rid of all one’s desires and the heart becomes pure. In the pure heart, God is revealed. Intense devotion to Lord Vishnu is kindled in the heart and dispassion towards sense-enjoyments grows which in turn leads to Self-knowledge dawning in the intellect. With practice that Knowledge is perfected and stabilized.
With the experiential Knowledge being perfected and stabilized, one becomes liberated while living in the world. All good and evil deeds and desires are destroyed. Then there grows in the heart immensely strong, pure and sattivik desire leading to supreme devotion. By supreme devotion, the all-pervading Lord Narayana appears in all states. The entire universe appears then as a manifestation of Lord Narayana. One conducts oneself in the world imbued with the conviction that there is nothing apart from Lord Narayana.
This state of constant, natural and effortless Samadhi passed on by disciplic succession makes one behold the Lord in all states and beings.”
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