Friday, May 6, 2011

A Divine flower in the bouquet God- Realized saints

His divine holiness sant sir asharamji bapu
Man is always endeavouring to attain inner peace. Those, who attain God-Realization, the supreme goal of human life, abide in God. Those who have nothing left to do, who don’t need to do anything for themselves , who live only for the sake of universal good; they are called saints. They are great because God manifests himself in them, because they always repose in their true self, in the atman, the greater of the great. The human form in which is realized the true self, the greater form in which is realized ,is in a league of its own as it happened in the case of maharshi vyas, adya shasnkaracharya, swami rama tirtha, kabirji and swami shri lilashahji maharaj. Not only their bodies, articles-clothes, sandals etc. Coming in contact with their bodies too are worshipped!
Form the time immemorial, such divine personalities have been incarnating on the earth and India has been exceptionally fortunate in this respect. Even in the modern be in operation. Even today the sacred land of India is not in devoid of such great saints. This is a great good fortune of India and of the world. Pujya ant sri asharamji bapu is a fully blossomed, fragrant flower in the bouquet of such saints. Pujya bapuji is a never drying spring of divine love. He has around him an aura of love and intimacy, which encourage the devotees coming to him to unburden themselves of their worries, sorrows and troubles. Some people say,” bapuji! You must have some magical powers that enchant us to come to you again and again,”
Pujya bapuji says,” dear one! I have no magical power or enchanting mantra. I have the enching mantra that tulsidasji and kabirji had . And that enchanting mantra is love. Everybody wants love. And I dispense love in profusion. Other things I have already dispensed with whereby I got the inexhaustible wealth of self – realization, of love. Howsoever openhandedly I give it, it is not exhausted, not even diminished. People ‘love’ to serve their selfish interest. All my selfish interest have been merged into the interest of my beloved lord. I have aligned with him, who holds the key to all love,all bliss. That is why I eve love in abundance. You too should learn to forgo self interest, to behold your true self in all beings and to love.
Such saints are always engrossed in divine bliss and dispense the same bliss to those around them. Those who recognize the divinity in them even to some extent get benefited and makes progress in spiritual sadhana. All the great deeds in the world are done by the pious men, who have erased their ego, who have thoroughly convinced themselves that they are atman, not bodies. All love and warmth on the earth is because of such great personages and whatever joy or cheerfulness is seen is on account of their presence on the earth. Swami Vivekananda once said, “ the day when saints are no more on the earth , this earth will become a horrible inferno and will be decimated.’
These saints bestow on men, in a light – hearted manner, the wealth of self knowledge, which is unequalled in the world. Pujya bapuji is a source for men on this earth ; he is an eternal spring of bliss. By his very presence , people’s hearts are filled with the bliss of knowledge, the serenity of divine peace, the nutriment of love , the piety of wisdom , the fragrance of equanimity , the effulgence of discrimination and the fortitude of faith and prudence. People get renewed vigour and energy by the listing to his satsang, by his kind glances; in fact by his very presence . every action , every movement of his is for the good of mankind . million of despaired and withered hearted are enlivened by the of his. Pujya bapuji lights the path for men lost in the labyrinth of worldly life like a light house guiding ship in the ocean . his divine fragrance makes every heart coming in the contact with him fragrant . Pujya bapuji is shadowing the world like a huge banyan tree and men tried by journey of thousands of lives and scorched by worldly afflictions take rest in the shade of a tree and leave for their real destination with renewed energy.
The celestial sage naradaji says
“ yoga is the perfect healer for people scalded by worldly affliction.” The yoga of Pujya bapuji”s satsang works like nectar for men seared by the three affliction of worldly life. Pujya bapuji ‘s grace is showered on one and all , from the impoverished to the royal and from the child to the old man , and takes to divine bliss . rich as well as poor and tha people from all castes, creeds sects and religions benefit from the gift of knowledge, self bliss, self realization and yogic prowess bestowed by Pujya bapuji. blessed is the land he treads; blessed is the mother who has given birth to him ; blessed are the people who come in contact with him ; blessed is the tongue that sings his praises ; blessed are the eyes that behold him ; and blessed indeed are the ears that listen to his nectarean discourses.
Reposed in the true self , Pujya bapuji is eves engaged in sending forth streams of knowledge , bhakti , yoga , kirtan , meditation and bliss to provide succor to men tormented by destroying ignorance which is at the root of all those troubles . from his mouth incessantly flows the nectar of knowledge and bliss . his discourses are a sacred treasur for mankind . his eyes exude the sweet effulgence of love . love and self bliss spring from his heart his mind glances consecrate the mind and intellect of people coming near him.
‘even the insentient things which God – realized saints touch by their by hands or look at with their eyes eventually attain moksha?
These saints are so full of bliss that they don’t feel like opening their eyes to look at the world for joy. Worldly men constantly hanker after happiness; they labour day night for happiness ; happiness is the sole purpose of all their endeavours; yet they only get glimpses of happiness ; real happiness always eludes them. God –Realized saints are fathomless ocean of that real happiness, the self bliss; and those listening to their satsang or having their darshan too are washed with joy.
Truly great are such saints who burnt down their selfishness, delusion attachment and ego and pursued the knowledge of ultimate truth attaining which they attained Self-Realized, the ultimate Goal of human life and became free from all fear. And they usher men tormented by the three afflictions of the world to the same fearless state. They forgo their bliss of solitude, of total abandon for the sake of rescuing us from the clutches of this world. Thousands of salutation to such Self-Realized saints! And we pray to them , “ May we repose in our True Self ; may we be calm and contented in self bliss ; may we look at episodes of pleasure and pain like features in a dream; may we know our real nature of “ I am that “; may we realize that we are free , even in control, even contented!”