Vritrasura: The Devout Demon

Once the asuras attacked the gods and defeated than in the war. With Lord Brahmaji’s consent the gods appointed Vishwarupa, the son of Twashta, as the celestial priest. Vishwarupa knew to wield the Narayanan Kavacha (A divine impregnable armourayuanan.) With the help of this kavachc, Indra became powerful and defeated the asuras. However Vishwarpa’s mother being the daughter o fan aura Indra suspected that while outwardly helping the gods he might be giving a part of the Sacrificial offerings to the auras as well. Therefore out of danger he killed Voshwarpua. Aggrieved at the loss of his son, Twashta perfumed an Abhichara yajna with a resolve to avenge his son’s death. Out of the uajna was born the terrible Vritrasura, who in his previous life was a king Lord the Ananta (infinite). He was born an asura account of a curse of the Divine Mother private. Though an asura by birth, he soon developed a deep devotion towards God due to his similar practice in the previous life.

Vritrasura practiced penance for 60000 years and acquired immense power. He then conquered the three words and began to enjoy the pleasures thereof. Vritra was an asura his body too resembled that of an asyra; but his heart was sinless. Besides being endowed with the virtue of dispassion he had an par and selfless devotional love fro God. He was aware of the transient nature of the sense pleasures. Once perchance his was defeated by the gods. Then Shark, the preceptor of the auras, came to him. The preceptor was disappointment on vrira’s face on account on having lost his kingdom or being defeated. On heing asked the reason thereof, the great asura send, Lord. By virtue of truth and penance I have the my stery of birth and death as well as that of sorrow and happiness experienced by the juvas. Therefore I and never elated or aggrieved in any situation. By God grace I have been blessed with the knowledge of the Ultimate Truth, and hence am not affected by the coming and passing away of the jives, or even by; the attainment or non attainment or sense pleasures. I attained affluence through severe penance only to destroy the same through severe penance only to destroy the same thought my own reckless activates. I am to at all aggrieve over my lost glory. While engaged in a war with Indra, I had the pious dragon of Sri Hair my Lord. So having no desire for planting else, I only entreat you to guide me as to how and by adapting what course of action I can God.”

Shmkeracherya praised Vrita for his decotion. Just then Rishi snaaka and his brothers reached there in the course of their wandering. Shmkeracherya and Vritra worshipped them reverentially. On being asked by Shmkeracherya senate Kumara said, “God who permeates the whole world who is the supreme Cause of Creation, preservation and Dissolution of the Universe, that Lord Narayan can not be attained through the learning of scriptures saves pancake of fire ceremonies. Only by diverting the mind and the sense form the objects of samara and fixing them on God can He be attained, They alone who through constant, determined and selfless efforts carry out the duties ordained by scriptures to propitiate God and purify their minds by the practice of shama dama etc. breaks themselves free form the cycle of rebirth. One putting in vigorous efforts congests his heart purified even in a single life. The vices of the intellect, such as the attachment repeated efforts. The pure hearted ones behold God in all with the visit of Knowledge. Through this vision of equanimity they attain to Barcmic Consciousness. They who remain unanimous in pleasure and pain by controlling their sense who aspire to realize the supremely pious divine sate with their pure mind realize the Braham and thereby go no to personified eternal supreme Brahamn.”

Vritasura them beheld the Lord in all and everywhere with a firm conviction. Indra and other gods tried all they could to kill him but faille. He would take away the radiance of attackers and swallow their Veapons. Then the gods took deluge in the Lord and eulogized Him with lolling words of wisdom. The Lord instantly appeared there and said,”O gods I am pleased with you. Once I am pleased their in nothing unattainable for the java but they whose intellects are devoted to Me with devotion Being do not desire for anything sleds father them me.”

The compassionate Lord was pleased with the gods forever. The Lord the; Ocean of boundless compassion noticed that they were desirous of sense enjoyments only. However He wanted to liberated body and calls him back to Himself. Therefore the Lord told back to Himself. Therefore the Lord told Indra well ten you k go to Masharshi Dashiki and ask for his dody form him. By using the thunderbolt made out of Dashiki’s bones you will able to Kill Vrita the king of assures.”

On Indri’s reques Masharhi Dashiki left his body using his illogic prowess. Vishwakarma (the god of construction) made a thunderbolt with his bones. Equipped with the thunderbolt and mounted Vrita with a large army. The great minded asurar with a large army. The great minded asura was not a bit scared when he saw Indra in that from. He stated to fight fearlessly with a confident smile on his face. As he stork Airavata with his mace the elephant was pushed about 15yeards back vomiting blood on the way. Sing his enemy this driecalaminty, Vrita consoled and encouraged him saying,” Farr not O Indra kill me with your infallible thunderbolt. I have been blessed with God real grace. By concentrating j my mind on the Lord lotus feet while being stucks by your thunderbolt, I Shall bark free from this physical bondage to attain the supreme Abode which is difficult for even the yogis to attain.indra God never give the riches of heaven earth or nether worlds to those devotees whose interests are absorbed in Him because those riches gives nothing but attachment hatred cannily arrogance grief agitation addiction diseases dispute toil an suffering.

Can the parents even administer poison to their innocent child who is totally dependent on them? My Lord immaterial pleasures to His delved devotes, He fails father efforts towards the attainment of wealth religious merits and fulfillment of desires. I have God grace upon me, that why He has snatched away my opulence ands sent you with the thunderbolyu to release me firm this body and thereby send me to His holy feet. But Indra send me to His holy remained deprived of the grace of God. That remained deprived of the grace of God Theta is why you are shaking after Aretha dharma and kama. Only the ascetic devotees of God know the secret of His grace.

Experiencing the benign grace of God the asura kin gigot absorbed indvotion.He started praying got God as though he was having a direct vision of Him. O Lord May I get refuge in your divine feet alone and be your servant even garter death. May my mind be ever engaged in the contemplation of your virtues my tongue ever sings your glories and may my body be ever engaged in your service. My mighty of Lord I don’t duster of heaven the studs of Lord Brahma a sovereign state Lordship over the netherworlds yogic or powers for ever loberation.All I want is to remain imbued with a fervent t desire to beholden You just as the young birds which arms yet to grow wings wait of theory mother to gorw wings wait for their mother to being food fro them, or jut as a hungry calf third of pest is restless suckle the mother cow’s udder or just as a jutiful wife waits to have a glimpse of her husband who has gone to a foreign county. Irrespective of wherever I may go un the wheel of samara due to my karmas may I develop friendship with your devotees and Amy my mind remain untouched by the attachment to this body family wife sums etc which is caused by your Maya As Vrita prayed, he became absorbed in meditation. After sometime, when he become alert he rushed at Indra with a trident in this right arm which was promptly severed by indri’s thunderbolt then packing up a spear with his left hand he dealt a blow to Indri caw the thunderbolt slipping out of the hands of Indra.

The king of dods stood crestfallen with shame. Seeing him ashamed, Vrituasura laughed and said, “Indra this in not the time to be sorry. So what if the thumderbolt has huddled has fallen out of your hands? Just pick it up throw it at me with accuracy. All jives function Lord. No on becomes by victory eveewhere. All jives are mar puppets in the hands of God. Those who do not know that nature Mahatattva ego can nothing without the grace of God consider the depended body as independent out of ignorance. It is Time that orchestrates the creation and destruction of loving beings. Just as sorrow, failure and poverty befall us inspired by Time and destiny even without out desiring faro them so also wealth, longevity success and glory fall to our lot by virtue of destiny. if such s the case why should on bee elevated or cae why should on elated or aggrieved n he face of fame and infamy. Victory an defeat sorrow and happiness, bright and death? Soorw an happiness are effects of the guans while the three guans sativa dramas and tamas belong to Nature and not the atamn.On who know himself as Atman the witness to tree Guans is not influenced by soorw or happiness.”

Indra praised Vritrasura’s guileless filings of divine love as he said o Lord of demons you have already attained to the state of perfection. You have transcended God Maya which has deluded all. It is simply amazing that despite having a raja sic disposition you have kept you mind firmly engaged in Lord Vaudeville, the personification of stove. It behooves of you to be unattached to the pleasures of heave. Why should one of Bliss be ever conceded about the slime dirty waters of heavenly pleasures accumulated in puddles?

Thereafter Vritra opened his month and swallowed Indrea along with Airavata like a python swallowing an elephant. Even after being swallowed up, Indra didn’t die on account of having the Narayana Kavacha. He came out tarring open the asura stomach with the thunderbolt and beheaded him using the some. Just then a divine light emanated Vritra body and got merged into God Absolute Being.

King Ramtidev did not got food and water for days together die to a terrible famine. Then one day he procured a little food and water through a lot of handwork. Just then a Brahmin guest came to his place. So the king fed the Brahmin with all faith and reverence. Next came a shard complaining of being hungry for several days sue to the famine. The King gave him the half of the famine. The king gave him the half f the reaming food. Just when king ranted thought to offer the remaining food to God, another amen came taking his dog along. He gave the food to that man.svrcely had thy let when a Candela visit water otherwise I shall die of thirst.”

The king gave him the water he had. After having put into much hard labor to obtain that merger food and a little water. The kin didn’t think even fro a second before giving it all to others. Externally, he had to suffer from the consequent physical agony: but the joy of alleviating the sufferings of others made him cheerful. Then the joy personified Lord who abide in every heart in the form to Truth Absolute consciousness Absolute and Bliss absolute manifested Himself in font ands ad Ran tide I an very much pleased with you. Ask for whatever you want.”

Rantidve replied:

“I do not seek from the Almighty Lord the highest positions attended by eight spiritual power nor emancipation from samara; I would rather prefer to dwell aim all beings and undergo sufferings for them whey they may be free form miseries.”

O Lord I experience immense peace mandibles in eradicating the mush factor let the peopleenjooy thepositve fruits of their merits but allow me to stay in their hertz to bear all lithe of their merits, but allow me to stay in their hearts to bear all the sorrows they are denied to get.”

The Lord then said, how would you enter the hearts of people for I myself am residing there already’?

He said,”O Lord I agree that you side in every heat but you do nothing. You are just a dispassionate witness to the hinges experiencing the frets of their good and bad deeds. You give sanction and provide the consciousness. Given a cannot stay thereon I will let them enjoy the retunes of their goods acts while accepting myself the consequents of her misdeeds. Relieving gives me great joy O lord please let me sit missive their heart.”

Jaydayal Goyandka said if god tells me to ask for some boon I would ask Him to liberate one and all.’

Then another saint told him if God liberates feveryone, He would be left jobless. With all jiva having attained liberation the world will becomes vacant nothing of the Lord to do. Goyandkaji said I don’t desire to render the Lord jobless while asking for this boon nor do I be liven in the possibility of collective liberation of all. Yet the very wish of having all emancipated surely emancipated my own heart doesn’t it?”

Just as fine can’t harm other simplify thinking ill of them but surely gets one’s own heart sullied in the process so also throne wading and doing good to other would definitely have one’s heart purified.

See Divinity in Snakes too: Nagapanchami

The festival of Nagapanchami is celebrated on the fifth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Shravana (11^th august this year). The Nagas i.e. snakes are worshipped on this day and there is a ritual of placing food items like milk etc. near the snake holes to please the snakes. Serpents are worshipped of alleviating the fear of snakebite. Some worship snaks booking the superme selfk in them.

As we can find from the available accounts of early history the glory of serpents is extolled by people from all quarters of the world. The ‘Varaha Purana’ hold that it was on this pious day that Lord Brahma had accorded his prassda his blessings to shushing and the people had sung praises to his glory in show of gratitude for his grand series of supporting the Earth upon his head. Since then this festival is celebrated as a mark respect of whole species of serpents.

The serpents \have been accorded a special place of importance in the Indian culture since the very begriming .Lord Vishnu looks after the needs of the whole by creation while reclaiming on the whole creation body of shesfhnaga. Then the fact of nagaraja Vasuki giving away his body to be used as a rope I the churning of the ocean for the purpose of deriving neater the from ,is know over. Even Lord Shiva I Known a Nagenendrahara (one who wears the Lord of Nagas around His neck). Numerous verses of the Vedas contain therapies jot the as also the rules and ritual of worshipping them. Nagas are worshipped in virtually every state a village of India.

Why are the Nagas Worshipped?

A serpent is generally considered to be a onerous creature that bites a man right at sight. However, this conception is not tire. Only a of breeds of snakes are actually venomous and more other than not a snake tends jot bite an man when it is stepppepon or disturbed in someway or the other. If people observe a little factiousness while walking in the jungle or corp. fields, they would not be bitten by a snake. The misconceptions abnout snakes have made such a stronghold in our hearts that we have come to take their whole species as jour arch enemy and consequently the sight of a snake sends a chill of fear down one’s spine as one is naturally inclined to search for a stick to kill it. The moment one fells like killing it this negatives into threat of that snake as well this alone turns the reptile violet.

The ritual of worshipping the serpents eliminated these negative feelings and misconceptions. The smakes are worshipped like duties with devotional faith offering fragrant flowers and milk on this auspicious day. Listening to the paeans sung in praise of their glorious attributes gradually purifies our hearts of the negative feelings against the serpents. This paves the way for us to forget all hostility and confide them as yet another species in the creation of God just like us. And then we will never get frighten or the festival of Naga Panchami has been instituted with view to eradicating that phobia of snkes form land awakening a pious sense of good will of them in the minds of people at large.

This legend is popular amongst the Sindhi brethren:

A poor girl had a great greed fro wealth. One night the god of serpents appeared in her deem and said, A large amount o wealth is lying buried at such and such place. Go there and take it I have no sister and you have no brother; form today onwards you are my sister and I am your brother.”

The girl found a great deal of wealth at the place indicated by eth snake god thus become rich overnight. The after she maze it a daily routine to place an artful of milk fro her snake brother. The snake god would come and dip its tail in to the milk before deicing it. One day out o hurry; the sister served the milk for her snake brother without cooling it properly. When the serpent came and sipped his tail into the milk it got scalded. He thought that he gave his sister so much wealth and yet she didn’t care to even sever milk to him in inappropriate manner. So he decided to teach her a lesson.

Once in the month of Shravana, the sister was playing wither relatives. The serpent her contemplated killing her husband to let her know as to how dreadful the results of carelessness an be. The snake gods hid himself fear her husband’s shoes. In the mean time the occurred a misunderamong the player about placing a four Anna coin; an order to prove the veracity of her words the sister said, I swear by the name my heloved brother the smake god that what I have said is true.”

As he heard his sister swearing by his name like people so by the name of God his other deities the snake god was very much impressed by her love and respect offer him. So he immediately appeared before her and said well you certainly had coated a faulty but I was going to make a greater mistake. However in fond recognition your love form I give you this boon that mad y sister who shall remember me on this day would find husband safeguarded against ankle bite ad untimely death.” Since then woman observes that day man worship the snake god or Naga devata.

Whatever may be the rationale behind the celebration of the nagapanchami festival, on thing is pretty clear that our colure has taught u not to harbor animosity and to develop good will even for the violent creatures so that they may move about fearlessly. The system of offering milk to the sankes and the vision of seeing God in then are unique features of sanatana dharma. A snake around the neck Lord Shiva that around the waist of Lord Ganesha and Shoshanna serving as the bed of Lord Vishnu singular point to the fact that if someone looks lovingly at a snake beholding this own self in it the snake is bound to forget its violent nature and behave like a somas dictated creature. All creatures other than human are too have their tendencies according to they lower nature. The nature and tendencies are subject to change, but on who is able to discover the dispassionate witness there of and there by to realize one ‘s true self become on with Lord Shiva and also gets established in the fearless self. This festival grieves us the pious message of beholding God even in a creature ins the religious system of the supreme ideal of turning death into like hatred into love and self will into liberation giving thoughts!

A Bond that Saves from Bondage

Rakshabandhan, as we know is the festival of brother and sisters a day for maintaining the bond of affection between a brother and his sister through a fond exchange of commitments. This day is meant of restraining our passions by conquering them over; while for sisters in particular this day sisters an opportunity to gin protection fro m their brothers. But in a broader sense this day is for making auspicious resolves, experiencing the blissful vicinity of the Lord and paying obeisance to the rishis.Borthers can only protect our material possessions while the saints and the Gurus not only protect our spiral treasure and sadhana, but also safeguard us against creating by way of teaching us right skill i.e. remaining unattached and unanimous in action. The excellent sadhakas believes in their Guru on the ground of their experience of peace and bliss. Lest the hard earned treasure of spiritual conception should get dissipated or looted by the robbers of lust anger greed, etc the sadhaka seeks protection from the Gurus. The pious festival of Raksha Bandhan also provides us with a chance to remind us of that protection.

This festival is a king of vow to be observed by the young girls and boys of a locality. Once a girls was file with passion at the sight of a neighborhood boy. But being wise she promptly took a thread and tried it on his hand to accept him as her avowed brother. The boy was grateful too, fro he didn’t like the indecent thoughts arising in his mind upon seeing g that unrelated gilts. So he thanked the girls and said,’O sister you have brought me great relief.’

This pious bond of brother ands sister is very much capable of saving g the youth form falling into the dirty abyss of lower passions. The innocent love between a brother and his sister effetely pacifies the passions of just anger while also giving raise to thoughts of equanimity.

This festival also serves as a golden uproar unity to reunite the estranged hearts of society. With the coming of theist festival family discords are saves heart to hart distance is diminished; and the power of enough to bring positives results. Rajahs Bondman teaches us to gives solace and affection to those who need it. Gives protection to your sister if she meds it, and don’t forget to let your mind be absorbed in the Consciousness personified Lord.

The sister should tie the rakhi on her brother’s hand with poi resolves like, May my brother be brilliant ands observe self restraint and rectitude even while leading a householder’s life. May he be equipped with all divine virtues? Through such positive resolves the sister should wish that the divine virtues of he brother may remain ever protected. Then a telepathic resolve of good wishes must also be dispatched for the brothers staying far away.Dunti had arch on the hand of her grandson Abhimanyu then even a whole gang of unscrupulous warriors who went out of third flay to violate all the laid down out of their wad to Villarreal the laid down ethic of war could not kill him until that impregnable shield in the form of that pious thread protected him. However, Abhimanyu was finally killed but not before that sacred thread was cut food. Lewis for us to let out good wishes sheep our near and dear to conquer their passions this festival is the occasion.

While fainting the rakhi make it a point to pray like this “O supreme Lord Pleases grant that my brother friends relatives neighbors and compatriots may have their minds fixed on you. The Brahmins cage their sacred threes ion this day and also resolve to renew their devotion knowledge and detachment. May your life be imbued with an ever new confluence of devotion, knowledge and dispassion. May you cultivate the divine virtues of velour magnanimity faith devotion knowledge and dispassion? May you cultivate the divine virtues of velour magnanimity purity act. In your life.

Then on this day there is a ritual of binding on the right hand of a pregnant woman a cloth bag that is full of rice rains colored in red. The science of physiology holds that on overcome by anxiety and fear develops palpitation. The rice bag fastened on the right hand plays a great role minimizing such problems according to the acupressure therapy. This measure cries the combined powers of both good wishes and acupressure. Make up your mind to serve those who deserve to be protected. On the other whom expect to protect us, while praying: I am going to be engaged in protecting those in mined but O Lord O Guru Deva! Please always protect my spiritual life through your benevolent resolves. In case I happen to sustain a downfallen samovar please make it a point to appear in my dreams and given appropriate instructions thought Your sassing.’ This protective thread enhances your longevity keeps you healthy helps you recover rapidly from some disease or so a driver rapidly form some disease or so and also helps you build character in greater way. When you make a soave after becoming perfectly calm such a resolve happens to originate form the very source of your I and hence is sure to fructify. The gross rakhi is essential in the external world but went it come to ht internal world the relations get naturally established between heart to heart.

When on world with the sense of doer ship on becomes entangled in bondage. A good deed binds on with a gold chain while a bad deed binds on with a chain is after all a chain. Unless and until one gets right understudying, bondage in not eliminated. As and when one comes by the right understanding and becomes firmly established in tore wisdom buy virtue of keeping gin the king company of the sat Guru and true sinus; his accumulated Karmas are destroyed and the new Karmas do not crate any bondage for him.

Those actions which are taken with iteration to belittle someone nurture the ego or satisfy some desire is bound to create bondages. However, if driven by a benevolent resolve one gets engaged in selfless actions and especially during pious festivals divine love and bliss within, attaining Real happiness getting the self effulgence and with the feeling of nourishing on another such acts actually release on form the bondages of past ejections an thus are diving.

Objective of Sri Krishna Avatara

How supremely great is human life that can bring about the avatara, i.e. incarnation of the Lord Almighty! With the incarnation of the Lord I one’s inner apparatus’ in tellect and self on attains self realization. The Lord incarnates Himself in the karma that is done selflessly, but on e doing karma selfishly is doomed jot end up in misery.

There things leads man to misery one is Kansa second is Kala and the third is ignorance. The people of Mathurea were miserable due to Kansa a verily this world itself is Matura. Kansa has two aspects one is getting involved neck deep kin the fluffiest of endless desires while paying no attention to the affected people around. This is the establishing ownership upon the things belonging to the Lord and nurturing vanity belonging to the Lord and nurturing vanity thinking, I am wealthy, I am powerful, I have a Kingdom I an glorious none is greater them me this happens to be the inner felling. There are three types of misery on the basis of cause therfo. Time object and place caucus different miseries. For example, this is the time of Kaliyauga.In this period there are specific times objects and lpacesthat bring misery to the people. One experiences misery ad pain during an impious stretch o time or prohibited period. Abar brothel or company of quarrelsome people does brig on misery. Objects like meat and other different intoxicants also prove detrimental and cause misery. Eating fast food will lead to diseases. One dancing a lot an then drinking cold drinks in the standing position will sufferer lain in the calves. It is time generated misery one does it now and areas its fruits after a period of time. Similarly one slanders or listens to slender at a certain point of time and faces its retribution I the due course of time I the forms of agitation sorrow, languishing in different hells fighting with one another and facing trouble.

The third type I ignorance generated misery. What is ignorance? We do not know our real identity and identify ourselves with what we are not so.

Wisdom is enveloped by ignorance hence it is that beings are constantly falling a prey to delusion.’

Despite having undergone so many childhoods’ births and deaths we are still there so we are constant consciousness personified eternal and deathless. Not knowing this fact is ignorance. However, we have developed a knowledge that is diametrically opposite to this truth a have came to accept the present body its actions and behaviors as real. So the objective of Lord Sri Krishna incarnation is relieving people e clutches of Kansa Kala and ignorance. Sri Krishna kill Kansa saves His devotees from Kala removes their ignorance through wisdom and endows them with self called Sri Krishna.

The incarnation of Lord Sri Krishna means to brig about the incarnation to the Lord in your heart. This festival of janmashtami aims tat effecting the incarnation of Lord Sri Krishna in your heart through satsang, so very luck you are What is the meaning of he name sir Krishna? That draws attracts and filled you with bliss then you are attracted to all those situations and things that bring you happiness and bliss and so also you find bliss nine them only. This gross incarnation of Lord Krishna draws attracts and gives bliss but the true Being of Sri Krishna plays His flute and people redraw Him. Then as He does something special they are filled with bills. However all these lissome to pass as singe but once the essential Being Lord Sri Krishna incarnated into the heart of Aruba he got delivered or ever. Then each and very gopi who experienced similar incarnation in her heart was also liberated once and for all.

So enmeshed in Kansa Kala and ignorance we need the incarnation of Lord Krishna for being freed therefore. In the ‘Vyasabhashya of patanjali Yogadarshan’ Vyasaji has written:

‘No enjoyment is ever possible without harming the beings n the process.’

Kansa is embodied in the felling, ‘Regardless of what ever happens to others I must get enjoyments fame post end finally all Such was the tyranny of Kansa that the gopis couldn’t even feed butter to heir children. One who is ready to do just anything’s for the same of one’s own enjoyment power and egotism is Kansa while on the other egotism is Kansa while on the other and is Krishna who is ever ready to do everything g that world ensure texture good of all and endow them with inner joy. In order to word for the good of the many as well as for the happiness of the many. He is ready to come as the son of Nahda Bada, Vasudevaji or Dasharathji And even as a saint born to the very ordinary parents, He is prepared to face all types of slanders as blemishes leveled against Him, but continues His works aimed at bridging the highest good of the people this is the incarnation of a true saint.

So now what? Make a firm resole to have incarnation of Lord Sri Krishna into your heart let thinner apparatus is imbued with divinity and with the effulgence of divine wisdom. The illuminating of divine bliss will give raise to the divine modes of the mind wherin on experience begins the Lord oneself. Just as on reestablished in the objectives mode of the mind perceives the objective mode of mind and Brahmin code thereof leads to the realization of The Brahman, The Lord supreme. The lord supreme. Thus the pious confluence of Divine wisdom, Divine Love and Divine repose will root out the miseries forever. Therefore on should listen to the satsang discourse on Self Knowledge try to experience the same through meditation and attain repose in the process.

Ganesha Chaturthi or Kalanki Chautha

Ganesha Chaturthi is also known as ‘Kalanki Chauth’ It is prohibited to took at the moon on this fourth lunar day This year Ganesha Chaturthi falls on 23rd August. That day which time one should avoid looking at it.

F one happens to chance upon the moon on this fourth lunar day even by mistake he should reverentially listen to the story of the theft of he ssyamntke described in the fifty sixth and fifty seventy chapters of the 10ths canto of the slimed Bhagawata. One should have darshan of the moon on the third or fifth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada, which will minimize the ill effects of looking at the moo o the fourth lunar day.

If on happens to chance upon the moon by mistake….

Drink water consecrated by the following mantra. Do japa of the following mantra for 21, 54 or 108 times:

Meaning: ‘O charming prince, for this gem has the lion charming prizeman Janbavanta has killed that lion hence do not cry. Now this staminate gambesons rightfully to you alone.

(The Brahmaavaivata Purana, Chapter; 78)

Classical Music

Music is a sublime gift presented by the Lord supreme to mankind. Through the medium of music man can establish contact with the Lord on the emotional place. He can even take rest in His very lap or if he so desires can also catch Him by is hand to bring Him right before himself like sent surds did. Man can attain repute from tension and find both physical and mental relief through music. But today the situation is quite the opposite. Instead of using music as a source of peace and happiness muse is largely being used in a way that leads to agitation and degeneration.

‘Pop’ and ‘Rock’ music play a vital role in vitiating and spoiling the hearts an mind to the younger ration. Such exiting music has an extremely detrimental impact on both mind and body. Those youths frequently vesting discothèques and rock concerts gradually develop various hearing problem. They tem to become short tempered and fall prey to pre mature old age. Dr. Diamond days, the typical rhythm of pop music Ad Ad Ad diminishes the vital energy of about two thirds of muscles of the body. This type of music gives which at times even leads to mental derangement.

The Olympia Music hall in Pais was packed to capacity by the audience. The music programmed started with a sweet melody making the audience wave joyoudh to its truce. But all of sudden the style of the music changed into a fat jarring one. The audience who blissfully engrossed I enjoying the soothing music, felt agitated. The agitation kept increasing with the passing tme and soon reached the climax.

People left their seas and appeared as if ready to fight with on another. They broke the chairs apart. Even the window panes were not spared.

Investigations revealed that verily the jarring music that day for the first time on an experimental basis was responsible for the whole episode. The Government has since prohibited the playing of that composition of music created through a synthesis of pop ands Rock Style of music.

This is a tangible proof of the tremendously detrimental influence that pop and rock music have on both our body and mind. Those enamored of such loud music only loves into the abyss of sorrow agitation.

This type of music stimulates the whole body and has a particularly detrimental impact on the stomach greatly disturbing its function. Moreover it excites the sexual centers trusting in a so sexual energy. After perusing the results of various expedients carried out on this subject, researchers have come to the conclusion that s amen an of music therapy Indian Classical music is more useful and effective than another music the world.

Indian classical music is scientific and most suitable for the human mind. It is based on the seven saris which pacify the vafious disorders off the human mind and body. Its different rages have a salutary impact on different diseases. For example the ragas Bhairavi and sohni cure headache and the disorders of the spinal cord. Multani, Ramakali and saranga alleviate tuberculosis; Basanta and soratha cure impotence Bhoopali and marava ragas are useful in intestinal disorders. The Asavari Raga is claimed to be capable of completely curing diseases as well.

Even different rhythms have their salubrious impart on different disease. The different rhythmus correlate the different spiritual chkras of the astral body; Kaharva is related to Muladhara, Dadra to swadhisthana, Jhaptala to Manipuri chautala to Anahata Tritala to Vishuddhakhya ect. Thus powered with a harmonious synthesis of rhythms and ragas, Indian classical music is positively and ragas Indian classical music is positively capable of even keeping the physical as well as mental health of man in erect tune.

The therapeutic value of Indian classical music in sonly a secondary or minor benefit. The prime benefit is that one can attach one’s heart to the supreme Lord through this sublime medium of classical music. The were medium maestros during the rein Emperor Samudragupta, as would cause even a piece to me4lt like a candle thorough there rendition. Those masters of music used there prowess to melt lifeless reds but you on your part should make good use of static classical and devotional songs to let your own heart melt. Then add the pious color of devoting thereto and cat it into the divine mould of satsang so that your heart becomes shared with the sublime experience of God consciousness.

. Brahman is the substratum of the projected worked of both mobile and immobile beings. Love the consciousness Aboslute Self of that Brahaman and repose in the Bliss Absolute self thereof .He who is four very Self at present form whom originates the ‘I’ consciousness is also the substratum of the infinite universe; and He alone is the supreme source of our body mind and intellect om peace om bliss repose in the guileless spontaneous and supreme Lord Almighty.

Self Knowledge is Superior to Yoga

Yogic science helps the mind become dissolved concentration gives power but in self Knowledge the mind is subated leading to the revelation of the Truth.

In the final stage of Yoga the verities, operative waves of the mind stuff, are dissolved into their originating source in the state of Samadhi. Samadhi does endow on with yogic powers, but the sense of individuality in not completely destroyed. One practicing yoga according to pathnjali Yoga or Kindling yoga conquers his mind experiences samdhi and gains power; but on emerging form Samadhi the sadhaka finds the world to be real. So that smash is called laya samashi or the dissolution of the mind.

Yogic science leads to the dissolution of the mind while Self Knowledge brings about the sudation of the mind.

What is the difference between sudation and dissolution of the mind?

Fro example you perceive a snake in a rope and get scared. Somebody consoles ad encourages you to be brave and fearless. This eradicates your far for the snake and you become engaged in your usual course of eating drinking and enjoying luxuries. So your fear reading the sale in theorem is gone; but when you go once again towards that snake of the row you develop palpitation. That means you forgot the reality of the sake only temporarily, but when you saw it again the same rope appeared to your as a snake. This is called dissolution of the mind.

Once you see the rope using a torch then despite appearing like sake it will not seem real to you become the snake is sublated.

Thus while self Knowledge sublets the snake of samara (appearing as the rope of Brahman); yagic scince lead to the dissolution of the mind where upon the sake of smsara become invisible. Without the help of self knowledge a seeker on the path of yoga can suffer a downfall. The fore Lord Krishna has said in the Gita; He who has fallen from yoga However, such a downfall is not like the one suffered by theworkdy people. The followers of Yogic scince are far more elevated than the worldly people but they jar just too small compared the lofty heights of Self knowledge.

So long as we do not understand self knowledge properly enough we are possessed by the shots of wealth learning, power of something else Then b superimposing virus ad vice of Nature on us unable to get joust it. We remain entangled in the boundaries of I am a Patel I am a Sindhi I am a Gujarati act. Let people say so and on too may overtly accept the same but deep within one should be aware I am neither patel nor sindhi nor Gujarati I am just what I A.M. I am the same as he supreme Being, Who is the immutable witness to the phenomena of Creation.

I am the consciousness personified am the Existence from which body mind intellect and ego have originated, who lends existence and vitality to them as also the power to change. The goal of Self Knowledge is to realize that Atman in is essential being.

Supernatural power and achievements are all confined to the realm of Nature. I have heard of Yogis who resurrecting the dead, ets are all good, but they are within the realm of Nature all the same Tattvajnana or knowledge of the Ultimate Trusth is far higher the hat. The only requirements for the attainment of the ultimate knowledge are a genuine curiosity of a man good moral character and the being grace of the Guru, that all. This much will suffice to bring about the final liberation the combination of Janaka curiosity and the grace of Self enlightened Ashtavakra bought froth the magic. Similarly curiosity of Pursuit and the grace of self enlightened shukadevaji led the former to self realization. The treasure of self knowledge far greater then the wealth of supernatural powers and riches. This is the supreme Treasure. Even lord Sri Krishna has praised it. Raman Maharshi and Ashtavakra Muni have attained this very Superme sate. Won’t you too like to attain it? For how long shall you continue to languish in the gutter of mundane troubles?

“Arise awake seek out the Self realized Guru and attain that glorious Self Knowledge.

“Understand the true nature of that knowledge by approaching illumined souls. If you prostrate at their feet render them service and question them with an open and guileless heart these wise seers of Truth will instruct you in that Knowledge.

Yogic scince hipless the mind become dissolved commiseration gives power but in Self Knowledge the mind its sublimated leading to the revelation of the Truth.

The dissolution of the mind in the self and sudation of the mind are two different things. Being assured by a reliable person that there was no real snake to fear abnout, you become fearless. But suppose another person comes and tells you to be careful on you part, despites the other person having assured you otherwise them your senses of reality in the snake will still prevail. Similary, no matter how high a state on attains through yogic scince more of less the fear of downfall will still linger in the yogi’s but jnami the enlightened soul has no fear whatsoever; because tee worked ha seen sautéed afro him. Just as the reality of the snake is sublated on knowing the rope a sit is with the help of a torch so also the snake in the from of this world is subated faor on who has attained self knowledge such an enlightened soul attains far state where he remains totally untouched by the work. Free form the untouched by the world. Free form the bondages of beings the doer or the experience He becomes a Jivanmukta liberated while still living. So all lather satiated of liberation become pretty small in comparison.

Just as the sum touches the world with the hands of its rays form its own place and yet remains sullied similarly the absolute consciousness’ the I comscuousene while permeating all bodies giving them Existence and vitality remains untouched by them. The sun caresses all tree and plants, it give life to all enables them to grow; but if they are destroyed the sun is not affected at all. Likewise the power that empowers even the sun reamisns fever unaffected all lathes same. The same Being sees hears speaks thinks and decides through the eyes ears tongue mingd and interest the eyes ears tongue and intellect respectively. It lends existence to ego the finite am mness. The goal of self knowledge is to realize that supreme Being as one own self.

It is the nature of the jiva to identify itself with the body it enters and considers the life to the body to be that of its own. As a matter of fact it has taken birth in thousand of bodied many times. It identified itself bodied many time with the body it entered though however that was not the real “I” the I would have departed along.

While the virtues and vices of Nature are fleeting the aim of self knowledge in to realize the non fleeting nature to your real self.

“Certainly there in no purifier in this world like Knowledge”.

If somebody remains ever engrossed in the thoughts of self Knowledge his desires attachments ect, will be eradicated. With his desires having gone the desired object start seeking him. The fame wealth and pleasures will dg him. Then fame wealth and pleasures will dog him even if the doesn’t desire for them. Somebody might say your Holiness we too do not desire for fame wealth or pleasures but still we have not attained fame. Hey even while saying I have o desire you have desire or fame in the depth of your mind. The desire should be eradicated from within. With objects will start chasing you this is the Law of Nature.

How can there be attachment or hatred in a min which so free form desires? One who being the witness has perfectly realized the Self in his hart always beholds his own self everywhere. There is absolutely no place fro attachment or hatred in the minds of such grace man.

Initially on has to steer clear of attachment and hatred and then n should strive to transcend the illusion of time and space as well. Attachment towards a particular place or time too is an illusion. This illusion too is dispelled with the attainment self knowledge.

One does attain success in the realm of yogic science upon steering clear and hatred however. Self knowledge helps on not only to transcend attachment and hatred but also to surpass the illusion of time and space to finally awaken one to the supreme self the Aboslute Braham, Such is the greatness of self knowledge

“He who engages his mind in self Knowledge or in thoughts of the supreme self even for a Monet actually happens to earn the merits of vesting al pilgrim centers, practicing’s all sorts of charity and perfuming all types of yajnas including that of Ashwamedha, etc.’

On the auspicious Occasion of Publication of 200th Issue of Rishi Prasad…

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Pure and Adulterated Happiness

Verily those who didn’t put their time and energy to good use when endowed with a human birth in their pervious with a human birth in their previous lives are see today living wretched and miserable lives in the species of trees ingests etc.

Did God want us to be miserable while endowing us with the human birth? He rather wanted us to partake of pure unadulterated and faired to get the pure bliss. The more one indulges in faulty pleasures, bliss. But we misused the opportunity and failed to get the pure bliss. The more he is condemned to Lowe life forms. By mindlessly indulging in faulty pleasures, we become so very corrupted that we have to be born all lover corrupted that we have to born all over again in the 8.4 millions of life forms. Those who completely become tree. They are them pecked by birds, hit by axes and have to suffer storms; and they scoot even complain or cannot ever complain or tell anything s to any body. Other become animals bright insects … why? They had been endowed with the human birth to attain the pure sinless joy but they did nothing towards away their precious life indulging in sinful animal pleasures.

Those who don’t indulge so such in sense enjoyments get the human birth again and if they move forward on the path of pure joy or devotion they become gods. But if on comes by a self realized saint and gets initiated in to the pure sinless joy, one becomes pure and sinless by avoiding such joy over a period of time. Them he is exonerated from the sufferings of 8.4 million births. An innocent man is never punished. He becomes Brahman Himself. Therefore one should imbibe the sinless joy. Pure joy is one own
Real self. One savoring the pure sinless joy does neither suffer himself manor exploit others. One indulging in sinful joy brigs pain and misery to himself as well as to others around him.

“An ideal saint doesn’t

Inflict pain on himself or other.

He lives in the garden of the world but

Never plucks the leaves or flowers there of

One should live in the garden of the world but should not do anything’s to cause pain and suffering to himself or to others. Hedonists is miserable himself and brings misery to other as well. Not only that he also cheaters and defrauds others.

You say Bapuji One has to resort to such things at times for the sake of one family.

Actually what you acquire by treachery and deceit will not accompany you at the time of death but the sins of treachery and deceit will. The body for the sake of which you indulged in sin will be cosigned to flames her itself, but the mind which has been sullied by that sin will go with your. What have you do done for providing coverts and luxuries to this body? You drank ate meat, resorted to lies this body has to be bunt one day. You have indulged in sin for the sake of what must be burnt and in the bargain sullied your hart, which will accompany you. Undue attachment to the grooms body will lead you to life forms like trees elephants buffaloes etc The more your attachment to ht einseticnet body more Slothful your mind becomes The more your love for the pure joy and sinless Atman, the more spiritualize your mind becomes. If you mix water with milk, it take the cooler of milk water with it with liquor it take the of milk and if you mix it with liquor similarly, if you engage themed in thoughts of the body it becomes body oriented. If you inculcate in it becomes body oriented. If you inflate in it the belief of being a Patel a sindhi a Gujarat it will accept the some accordingly. It isn’t a problem of you believe so outwardly while being aware within that all these are imagination and that you actually are the Atman, The absolute consciousness. However merge that very mind into the Supreme Brahman so that alit becomes the pure Brahman. Imbibing the pure sinless joy does not only make one blessed, but also delivers others who come into contact with him of the worldly bondage. How supremely virtuous was the life of Lord Rama, who rendered sever to His Guru obeyed his commands and thus realized His Truth consciousness Bliss Absolute self. He imbedded ad pure sinless joy which mad e Him blissful, and ever joy which blissful and even today thousands get peace and peace remembering Him. Ravenna, on Him Racana, on the other hand took the iniquitous joy of power and pelf and the result is that we burn his effigy year after year.

If you go full faith to any sell realized saint you will feel that the saint is your very own becomes he has become on with the Atamn and the Atamn is everybody ows. That is why we say Rama o my Ran We can never say Ravanan O My Reavana or even Alexander O my Alexander The pleasure which we seek through pandering to our vices and ego is impure sinful joy while the joy we seek by moving towards self realization is the pure sinless joy. There is poison innate worked dad there is festers too. It is your choice what you go for. You can opt for the ego centered living and get bound by custom and norm, bond with friends and relatives social rules and desire for appreciation and respect and you can also go for satang which helps you can also go fro by realizing helps you eraser the ego buy realizing that the pure consciousness permeates all things animate and inanimate and it He that the pure consciousness permeates all things am inmate and inanimate and it is he that gives life to your body. Ego is always centered in the body. Those hungering for bodily pleasures are anther impure sinful joy.

Some people ask snits too sleep on soft beds sit on cushioned seats wear garlands and travel by cars and aero lances Son’s they too indulge in sense enjoyments.?”

Well saints do travel in cars and atropines but important things are their motives behind becoming a sadhu.

Those who have put on saffron robes for getting honored and traveling by cars and aero planes nobody gives any respect to them. Those who have become saints for the sake of God seek no pleasure from traveling by cars and atropines and other things. They merely make use of these facilities for the sake of giving pure sinless joy to other. If a snit has to go overseas or to a distant place in the country, he cannot walk to that place. He will naturally have to use the available means of travel.

One persona is so fond of traveling by air that he is promising to offer sweets to the deity in the event of his being able to do so. He spends for his air fares and after that celebrates his air travel ad distributes Prasad as well. But the pilot and other members of the crew eager to get out of it. As soon as their duty hours are over. Traveling by plane is not a pleasure tip for them but a study. The passenger seeks pleasure from the trio the pilot doesn’t eve thought both are traveling by the same plane at the same time. Similarly the self realized and the ignitron; the enlightened and the unenlightened; both seem to be embodied riding the vehicle of the body. The ignorant seeks pleasure form living in the body, and the enlightened while living in the body uses it for a higher purpose. The pilot and the passenger both are sitting in the other son a pleasure his duty, while the other is on a pleasure trip. Do we live in the body and engage in activities of leisure or for saving other? If we are living eating and traveling by cars and aircrafts for the purpose of saving others, we reliving fro e skew of sense enjoyments we are living impure sinful life.

Human life is full of possibilities, you can become as high as you want; and you can also slide downwards as much as you want. You ca enrich your life with divine knowledge, dovetail love sever altruism and purity as mach as you want and then you can also make your life as hollow as you want devoid of these virtues. In human birth you have the privilege of dong tapasya in the form of elevating your life through virtuous deeds. Animals can’t do drugs deeds nor can they destroy their past sins. Man can destroy his past sins and also increate Karma. Animals can’t do virtuous deeds nor can they destroy their past sins. Man can destroy his past sins an also increase his karma.

“Sense enjoyments are not the purpose of this life.”

(Shri Ramacharitamanasa, Uttara Kanda: 43.1)

This body is not given to us for the sake of sense enjoyments. Instead it has been given to us to that we can imbibe the pure deeds gradually make the heart pure and the pure the heart the calmer it becomes. And the calmer is, the nearer it is to the peace personified God. Only and intense yearning for that blessed state is required. If one has that, the rest of the job is done God Himself.

Your Happiness in your Hands

If you face criticism without having committed my condemnable act, then why should you bottgher at all? If you do good and get praises, pass them on to Him, who made you do good. In case you happen to be involved in some sinful act, just atone for it and refrain from such acts in the future, but don’t get frightened by trivial things. This is samara. You will come by sorrow as happiness, honor and dishonor, respect and disrespect from time in your life. Your wife. You husband your son will accede to your wishes now and disregard them then. The husband will have his way at time and at others the wife will have an upper hand. At time both have to yield to the wishes of their son or ever neighbor. One political party will holy sway at on time and the other one will carry the day at another. This is the way of the world.

“Sweat your brows,

Or have a sound sleep;

The boat of life wills sail on,

Whether you laugh or weep”

For the self realized ones, this world is fun. Never mind if people are unfair to you, but make sure you are not unfair to yourself. Such things you get to know is sat sang. You may not become as greater as Kabirji yet you can definitely avid being influenced by sorrows to some extent at least. You defend yourself saying, By God I am innocent. So and so is making false allegations…. God damn him false allegations were leveled against Kabir as well. People blamed Guru Nanak also. Why should you worry if the some is done to you? The indweller lord knows everything’s. You are immutable as so should be your heart.

Saints like Guru Nanak, Kabirji, Tukaramji, and Narsimha Mehta, Who had attained the kingdom of equanimity didn’t get perturbed at all on being slandered by the people. They kept their cool intact. But general people get disturbed by slander and swear people get disturbed by slander and swear by God clarifications to defeat themselves.

One may behave the way one likes, whether or nor be miserable is verily in your own hands; whether or not to be enamored is in your own hand. What you do? You have given away your very own prerogatives to other. So very generous of you. It is your not physical objects you have given. It is you discretion to keep you heart in the desired stale. You have given that discretion to others. I would be happy if so and so person acts not slander me. Things should to such and such way and only them I will be happy… You have mad e your heart a German toy the key to which is in others” hands. People make you dance to their desired tunes. People may praise you but it is up to you whether or not to be conceited. People may slander you, but it depends on you whether or not to get angered, afraid or vexed. Suppose you area being maligned without a good cause and you have done nothing to deserve it. Is it in your hands to explain things to the millions? It is not possible for you to cover the entire earth with leather; it is definitely easy to wear shoes to protect your feet form thorns. In the same way take a lesson from the lives of great men and remain eqanimous in all situates. Take good care not to be involved in any condemnable ac, but it you are condemned in spite of that thanks God, “O God. It is verily your boundless grace.”

The Real God.

Perfection is achieved through our scriptures, Guru Mantra and the knowledge imparted by Gurus by way of disciple succession. If one acts according to the whims and fancies of his mind, he will get puffed up in success and fall into the pit of despair in he face of failure. Both ways, he will end in disaster. How to know whether one’sadhana is on the right rack You need somebody to el you whether your experience is really that of self realization or is just a face of your mind. I get visions of this goddess, that god and the Lord Himself. You imaginary God will be with you now and split with you the next moment. Who know you will be separated from gatekeepers of Lord Vishnu, had to suffer fall from, the Lord’s abode.

There was a highly educated man possessing a number of degrees B.A. B.Ed., M.A. M.Ed., Ph.D., D.Litt. etc. He had good jobs too but to save his life form beign wasted in worldly affairs he left the job ad become a sahib. He came to Viridian and Lord Krishan He had a fancy for His child from as the son of Nunda Baba. Once he came by a lovely child belonging to a poor man. He started worshipping ad rendering devotional services to the child as if it was Lord Krishna in the child form. He would wake him up into an adolescent youth of sixteen years. Still the sadhu would serve and worship him in the customary manner.

Once day thought of taking his Lord Krishna to one prabhudatta Brahmachari Mr. Brahmachari was a jovial; ad playful man. He had fun with even pundit ecru. He filed nomination and contested the election against Nehruji. He said to Nahruji, Never mind if I get fewer votes then you do but FI do am a well known personality after all. And he went on to obtain around fifty five thousand votes against pundit Nehru. He was so carefree and playful. Headhunt told his Lord Krishna to him prabhudatta Brahmachari advised and urged him to appreciate the difference between the fancied Lord Krishna and the real Lord Krishna, You believe this boy of sixteen years to be Lord Krishan but even with the real Lord Krishna for him, arjuna was in a miserable before him, Arjuna was in miserable state. Arjuna’s despondency was gone only when he assimilated the Knowledge of the Ultimate Truth imparted by Lord Krishna. “The sadhu was not prepared to see reason. This boy now the young Lord Krishan for me; he is my savior,” he in sited. Fun loving as he ways, prabhudatta Brahmachari took this poor boy enjoying life as Lord Krishna for a walk into the forest and on the way talked to him anchored his deposition. When the boy came back, his behavior was a bit changed. The sadhu said to the boy, “What has made you so insolent?”

The boy retorted,” A little while ago I was God for you and now dare call me an insolent you should feel ashamed. Don’t you know I am lord Krishan,?”

The sadhu too hit back,” Lord Krishna, you? No way.”

Now there was a veritable quarrel between the Lord and his devotee. The sadhu said, “Okay, I shall teach you a lesson.”

He took the boy to a secluded place and gave him a good beating. Till then the boy had been worshipped and pampered; he ate butter and candies, wore dupe red; borough him to he ound.omehow brought. He somehow pulled him free an ream to the railway station.

Prabhudatta Barahmanhari came to know of this. He went to he boy and said, “If you have had a quarrel with him never mind. You can live me. What is ht use of going back to your village to live in a hut? You will becomes dark complexioned wordking in the fields under the sun. Forget at May ashram as a student. God should also have knowledge of scriptures. The Lord is omniscient. You should know your omniscient nature too. It is stated in he slimed Bhagawata that in the sacrifices perfumed by Emperor Yudhishthira, Lord Krishna paid obeisance to saints washed their feet and picketed up plates of leaves they had eaten from.

The sixteen year old “God” found the proposal to be attractive. He lived at the scram of prahhudatta Barhmachari like other sadhakas living in the ashram.

This is not story of he ancient times. The incident relates to Modern era, to the period when pundit Nehru was the prime Minister of India; emotionalism is another devotee is one thing but the Truth is a thing apart. Such devotees are basically not bad; but they are only wandering in amaze beehive world of emotionalism. Namadeva used to talk to the Lord face to face. Yet Lord advised him to meet Visoba Khechar. Lord Shiva told His consort parfait sat to take Mantra Desha form Guru Vamdeva. The mother Kali told her purist Grandfather to takes Matra Desha form Hotspur who then transformed the priest Galahad into Ramakrishna pramahamsa. In boyhood, I used to worship Lord Shiva. Had I continued with that, I would Lord Shiva in the most have had dashing of Lord Shiva in the waking state, ad Lord Shiva would have disappeared after granting a boon t me. But I went to Guru Deva and persisted in sadhana under Guru it guidance and consequently was blessed with the teal bright experience.

Now my Lord is not far from me. He will not disappear o part with me after granting me a boon. He is neither far any difficult to attain.

“Without the grace of God one cannot attain a Guru. Without a Guru on cannot attain Knowledge. Without knowledge on connote attain the self. So declare the Vedas and the piranhas.”

If you are strict in perfuming your duty, if you believe that all this is Vasudeva (the innermost self) and this self is Brahman, you will succeed in all works. Even if by chance you fail, you will not grive.

The dueled people get provoked to persecute the saints who have love and the good of all in their heart. What a foolish act it is to cut the tree instead of getting relief from heat under is cooling shade. Why don’t you take benefit form the shade and protect yourself from the heart? Will that person to be called a fool who instead starts cutting its roots.