The wise man excels in being without the sense of 'me'. Earth, a stone or gold are the same to him. The knots of his heart have been rent asunder, and he is freed from greed and blindness.॥88॥

निर्ममः शोभते धीरः

समलोष्टाश्मकांचनः।

सुभिन्नहृदयग्रन्थि-

र्विनिर्धूतरजस्तमः॥१८- ८८॥

धीर पुरुष की ह्रदय ग्रंथि खुल जाती है, रज और तम नष्ट हो जाते हैं। वह मिट्टी के ढ़ेले, पत्थर और सोने को समान दृष्टि से देखता है, ममता रहित वह सुशोभित होता है॥८८॥

The wise man excels in being without the sense of 'me'. Earth, a stone or gold are the same to him. The knots of his heart have been rent asunder, and he is freed from greed and blindness.॥88॥

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Who can compare with that contented, liberated soul who pays no regard to anything and has no desire left in his heart?॥89॥

सर्वत्रानवधानस्य न

किंचिद् वासना हृदि।

मुक्तात्मनो वितृप्तस्य

तुलना केन जायते॥१८- ८९॥

जो इस दृश्य प्रपंच पर ध्यान नहीं देता, आत्म तृप्त है, जिसके ह्रदय में जरा सी भी कामना नहीं होती - ऐसे मुक्तात्मा की तुलना किसके साथ की जा सकती है॥८९॥

Who can compare with that contented, liberated soul who pays no regard to anything and has no desire left in his heart?॥89॥

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Who but the upright man without desire knows without knowing, sees without seeing and speaks without speaking?॥90॥

जानन्नपि न जानाति

पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति।

ब्रुवन्न् अपि न च ब्रूते

कोऽन्यो निर्वासनादृते॥१८- ९०॥

कामनारहित धीर के अतिरिक्त ऐसा और कौन है जो जानते हुए भी न जाने, देखते हुए भी न देखे और बोलते हुए भी न बोले॥ ९०॥

Who but the upright man without desire knows without knowing, sees without seeing and speaks without speaking?॥90॥

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Let his body rise or fall. The great souled one gives it no thought, having forgotten all about samsara in coming to rest on the ground of his true nature.॥86॥

पततूदेतु वा देहो नास्य

चिन्ता महात्मनः।

स्वभावभूमिविश्रान्ति-

विस्मृताशेषसंसृतेः॥१८- ८६॥

जो अपने आत्मस्वरुप में विश्राम करते हुए सभी प्रपंचों का नाश कर चुका है, उस महात्मा को शरीर रहे अथवा नष्ट हो जाये - ऐसी चिंता भी नहीं होती॥८६॥

Let his body rise or fall. The great souled one gives it no thought, having forgotten all about samsara in coming to rest on the ground of his true nature.॥86॥

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The wise man has the joy of being complete in himself and without possessions, acting as he pleases, free from duality and rid of doubts, and without attachment to any creature.॥87॥

अकिंचनः कामचारो

निर्द्वन्द्वश्छिन्नसंशयः।

असक्तः सर्वभावेषु

केवलो रमते बुधः॥१८- ८७॥

ज्ञानी पुरुष संग्रह रहित, स्वच्छंद, निर्द्वन्द्व और संशय रहित होता है। वह किसी भाव में आसक्त नहीं होता। वह तो केवल आनंद से विहार करता है ॥८७॥

The wise man has the joy of being complete in himself and without possessions, acting as he pleases, free from duality and rid of doubts, and without attachment to any creature.॥87॥

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Supreme consciousness and reality of the entire universe

In Saiva philosophy of Kashmir "Pūrṇā", "Bhairava” or "Anuttara” is the supreme consciousness and reality of the entire universe. Bhairava, being pūrnā- full in every respect, protects this whole world bharanāta (bh); he is present in every object ramanāt (ra) and he has digested this whole universe in himself vamanāt (va). 'Srsti' means emanation not creation. Saṁhāra' means reabsorbation not destruction. All these are the unfoldment of the various energies of Lord signifying his “pūrṇatā”- fullness.

मलकर्मकलायैस्तु निर्मुक्तश्च यदा प्रिये। 

सर्वावसमतीतश्च मायामोहोज्झितश्चयः॥

निर्मलत्वं यदा याति पदं परममव्ययम्। 

परिपूर्ण तदा देवि प्रोच्यते प्रभुर्व्ययः॥

O Dear! one who is free from three types of impurities, who is beyond all Adhvā (pathways), who is devoid of Māyā and attachment and thus after attaining complete purity he achieves the supreme peace which is everlasting, Devi! that everlasting omnipotent lord is called by the name of 'Paripurna-Parmātma'. 

 ⁃ Svacchanda Tantra

प्रदेशोऽपि ब्रह्मणः सार्वरूप्यं 

अनतिक्रान्तश्च अविकल्प्यश्च

 एकैकत्र च तत्त्वेऽपि षट्त्रिंशत्तत्त्व रूपता॥

Even a little space in the world is the form of fullness of the creator, insurmountable and unimaginable. In the process of thirty six elements from Sivatattva to Prithivi (earth), all elements exist in each tattva. Every particle of this world is the form of fullness- Pūrnatā. 

यथा ब्रह्माण्डे तथा पिण्डे॥

Just his fullness is evident in this whole cosmos similarly in each and every physical form also. It is why God is named as omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, because from the cosmos to the minutest atom everything is covered by his fullness. 

ततोऽपि परमं ज्ञानमुपायादिविवर्जितम्। 

आनन्दशक्ति विश्रान्तमनुत्तरमिहोच्यते॥

Anuttara is that supreme state which is attainable without any means i.e. you have to do nothing to achieve it and it is rested in the energy of bliss. 

अयं रसो येन मनागवाप्तः 

स्वतन्त्र चेष्टानिरतस्य तस्य। 

समाधियोग व्रतमन्त्र मुद्रा 

जपादि चर्या विषवत् विभाति॥

Whosoever has tasted the taste of this state even in negligible way for him all types of meditation appear as venomous i.e. distasteful and harmful. 

एककोऽहमिति संसृतौ 

जनस्त्रास साहसरसेन खिद्यते। 

एककोऽहमिति कोऽपरोऽस्ति 

मे इत्थमस्मि गतभी र्व्यवस्थितः॥

I am alone in this world or in my home, this fear haunts one every time and he feels dejected. But I am "Aham", not other than him. This resolve makes one fearless because he is glorfied with his fullness.

 ⁃ Abhinavagupta

He who without hesitation views that world only as your form, is eternally joyful. Where lies fear then?

हरिरेव जगत् जगत् एव हरिः 

हरितो जगतो नहि भिन्नमणः। 

इति यस्य मतिः परमार्थगतिः 

स नरो भवसागरमुद्धरति॥

Harih (Lord) is universe, universe is Harih, so how can an individual be other than Harih? One who has developed this sort of thinking, he alone attains the state of super consciousness and this type of individual, crosses this fearful worldly ocean without any difficulty. Knower of this truth of fullness is the real knower of Siva Tattva. 

यत्र यत्र मनोयाति बाह्ये वाभ्यन्तरे प्रिये।

तत्र तत्र शिवावस्था व्यापकत्वात् क्वयास्यति॥

O dear one ! externally or internally where where our mind goes, there there is the state of fullness. So by going here and there, let it go, our mind at last will rest at fullness. 

सर्वातीतं परं तत्त्वं सर्वं व्याप्य व्यवस्थितम्। 

तत्र तत्र परं शून्यं सर्वं व्याप्य व्यवस्थितम्। 

तदेव भवति स्थूलं स्थूलोपाधिवशात् प्रिये॥ 

Pūrṇatā or Anuttara is the highest transcendental reality which is established everywhere. It is this śūnya which contains in itself everything and which materialises itself in the concrete form of this physical and subtle universe. 

 ⁃ Svacchanda Tantrā

This Pūrṇatā is free from all limiting conditions, absolutely free from an objective context. It absolute liberty and autonomy of consciousness.

Ganapati Atharvashirsa

ॐ नमस्ते गणपतये ॥१॥

त्वमेव प्रत्यक्षं तत्त्वमसि ।

त्वमेव केवलं कर्ताऽसि ।

त्वमेव केवलं धर्ताऽसि ।

त्वमेव केवलं हर्ताऽसि ।

त्वमेव सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्मासि ।

त्वं साक्षादात्माऽसि नित्यम् ॥२॥

Om. I offer salutation to that one, to Ganapati. You are, verily, the prime principle. You are verily the unswerving creator and the upholder. You are verily the unswerving destroyer. You are verily this assuredly absolute Brahman. You are verily the Eternal Self.

ऋतं वच्मि । सत्यं वच्मि ॥३॥

अव त्वं माम् । अव वक्तारम् । अव श्रोतारम् । अव दातारम् । अव धातारम् । अवानूचानमव शिष्यम् ।

I speak of the cosmic law, I speak of the prime existence. Let that one make me receptive. Let that one make the speaker receptive. Let that one make the listener receptive. Let that one make the donor receptive. Let that one make the supporter receptive. Let that one make the meditative student receptive as well.

त्वं वाङ्मयस्त्वं चिन्मयः । त्वमानन्दमयस्त्वं ब्रह्ममयः ।

त्वं सच्चिदानन्दाऽद्वितीयोऽसि । त्वं प्रत्यक्षं ब्रह्मासि । त्वं ज्ञानमयो विज्ञानमयोऽसि ॥५॥

You are the speech-incarnate. You are the intellect-incarnate. You are the bliss-incarnate. You are the effulgent Brahma-incarnate. You are second to none as existence, intelligence and bliss. You are verily unswerving Brahman. 

सर्वं जगदिदं त्वत्तो जायते । सर्वं जगदिदं त्वत्तस्तिष्ठति । सर्वं जगदिदं त्वयि लयमेष्यति । सर्वं जगदिदं त्वयि प्रत्येति। 

All this world is born unto You. All this world subsists in You. This entire world fades out in You. This entire world revert backs to You.

त्वं भूमिरापोऽनलोऽनिलो नभः । त्वं चत्वारि वाक् पदानि । त्वं गुणत्रयातीतः । त्वं अवस्थात्रयातीतः । त्वं देहत्रयातीतः । त्वं कालत्रयातीतः ।  त्वं मूलाधारस्थितोऽसि नित्यम् ।

त्वं शक्तित्रयात्मकः । त्वां योगिनो ध्यायन्ति नित्यम् ।  त्वं ब्रह्मा त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं रुद्रस्त्वमिन्द्रस्त्वमग्निस्त्वं वायुस्त्वं सूर्यस्त्वं चन्द्रमास्त्वं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवस्सुवरोम् ॥६॥

You are the earth, water, wind, fire, and space. You are four-fold speech. You transcend three attributes. You transcend three states of the body. You transcend three moments in time. You are the eternal one who abides as the foundation. You are the center of the three-fold energy. You are the one of whom the ascetics mediate upon. You are Brahma, You are Vishnu, You are Rudra, You are Indra, You are Fire, You are the Wind, You are the Sun, You are the Moon. You are effulgence as the Earth, the mid-region, and space above.

The Bhagavad Gita various teachings and insights

1.Arjuna Vishada Yoga: Arjuna's dilemma and reluctance to fight.

2.Sankhya Yoga: The nature of the eternal soul and the importance of self-realization.

3.Karma Yoga: The path of selfless action and fulfilling one's duties.

4.Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga: The relationship between knowledge and action.

5.Karma Sanyasa Yoga: Renunciation of the fruits of action and attaining liberation.

6.Dhyana Yoga: The practice of meditation and controlling the mind.

7.Gyaan Vigyana Yoga: The knowledge of the divine and the material energies.

8.Akshara Brahma Yoga: The eternal and imperishable nature of the Supreme Being.

9.Raja Vidya Yoga: The most confidential knowledge of the Supreme Self.

10.Vibhooti Yoga: The divine manifestations and glories of the Supreme Lord.

11.Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga: The universal form of the Supreme Lord revealed to Arjuna.

12.Bhakti Yoga: The path of devotion and surrender to the Supreme Lord.

13.Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga: The distinction between the body and the soul.

14.Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga: The three modes of material nature and their influence.

15.Purushottama Yoga: The Supreme Divine Personality and the eternal soul.

16.Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga: The divine and demonic qualities in human beings.

17.Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga: The three types of faith and their characteristics.

18.Moksha Sanyaas Yoga: The path of liberation through renunciation and surrender.

Mantra pushpanjali

The mantra pushpanjali given here is from the Vedas (Vedokta). This means that they have to be recited in a specific manner. It is advisable to learn the correct pronunciation of these mantras from the learned people and practice well before attempting to recite these mantras. The reason behind this being, if the mantras are recited incorrectly there is a possibility of experiencing distress.

Om yajnena yajnamayajanta devaastani dharmani prathamaanyaasan |

Te ha naakam mahimanah sachanta

yatra purve sadhyahsanti devah ||

Om raajaadhiraajaaya prasahyasaahine | namo vayam vaishravanaaya kurmahe |

Sa me kaamaan kaamakaamaaya mahyamkameshwaro vaishravano dadatu |

Kuberaya vaishravanaya

mahaarajaaya namah |

Om swasti |

samrajyam bhoujyam swaraajyam

Vairaajyam paarameshthyam raajyam mahaaraajyamadahipatyamayam

Samaamtaparyaeesyat saarvabhoumah saarvaayusha aantaadaaparaardhat |

Pruthivyaisamudraparyantaayaa ekaraaliti | tadapyeshashloko bhigito marutah pariveshtaaro maruttasyaa vasan gruhe | avikshitasyakaamaprervishvedevaah sabhaasada iti |

Mantras to boost Meditation

 

1. “Aham Prema” (ah-hem-pree-mah)

This mantra translates to “I am Divine Love,” a simple mantra to chant 108 times. “Aham Prema” helps us connect to the divine love we all have within. Affirming that we are pure love creates a purifying and calming effect on our mind, body, and soul. This mantra is a wonderful way to start your day, or to calm yourself down in any stressful situation.

 

2. “Aum Gum Shreem Maha Lakshmiyei Namaha” (ohm-guum-shreem-mah-ha-lok-shmee-yay-na-mah-ha)

Ganesh is known as the remover of all obstacles. This mantra is asking Lord Ganesh for help in removing obstacles around finding your life purpose. Reciting it for a full meditation also increases the flow of abundance.

 

“Aum” or “OM” is pure force – the sound of the Universe. “Gum” is the removal of obstacles, “Shreem” is the sound of abundance, “Maha” is the increase of energy, “Lakshmiyei” represents life purpose, and “Namaha” represents completion and praise. Use this mantra regularly to help align your path with your purpose and to bring greater abundance and prosperity into your life.

 

3. “Om Mani Padme Hum” (ohm-mah-nee-pahd-may-huum)

“Om Mani Padme Hum” is a commonly used mantra. It is fairly simple to recite, and very effective. This mantra connects with the blessings of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion. When we picture ourselves as the embodiment of compassion, we become more relaxed and we gradually reduce the fixation of our personal and physical being.

 

This energy allows us to become better able to expand our love and kindness towards our self and others. The practice of compassion creates greater fulfillment in our lives and helps bring ourselves closer to enlightenment.

 

How to Begin Your Mantra Meditation

Consistency always wins. Choose a time that works best for you, morning and night, and set aside about 15-20 minutes. “Aham Prema” may only need 5-10 minutes. Create a sacred space for yourself, be it in a specific chair, on your bed, or in your car before you leave the driveway.

 

Light a candle, hold an amethyst crystal, smell your favorite essential oil. Do whatever it takes for you to feel safe, relaxed and loved.

 

Mala beads are a great mantra meditation tool. In order to focus on the pronunciation of the mantra, which is very important, use a mala necklace as a way to keep count of repetitions. This creates a calm and more precise practice.

 

Start by draping the mala necklace between your middle and ring finger. Using your thumb to hold it in place, find the bead next to the guru (usually a tassel, crystal, charm, or bigger bead).

 

Begin your mantra meditation by focusing on your intention, goal or desire. Next, recite your mantra on the first bead. Then, use your thumb and middle finger to move to the next bead, recite your mantra again and continue for 108 repetitions, or beads. Once you have completed 108 repetitions, show gratitude to the Guru bead on your mala. Be thankful for your meditation practice and be open to the good energy coming your way.

 

Navkar mantra

namo arihantaanam |

namo siddhaanam |

namo aayariyaanam |

namo uvajjhaayanam |

namo lo-e savva sahunam |

eso pamca namokkaaro,

savva pavappa nasano

mangalaanam cha savvesim,

padamama hava-ee mamgalam ||

नमो अरिहंताणं |

नमो सिद्धाणं |

नमो आयरियाणं |

नमो उवज्झायणं |

नमो लोए सव्व साहूणं |

एसो पंच णमोक्कारो,

सव्व पावप्प णासणो

मंगलाणं च सव्वेसिं,

पडमम हवई मंगलं ||

Meaning : Salutations to the Arihantas. Salutations to the Siddhas. Salutations to the Acharyas (teachers). Salutation to the Gurus. (These) five salutations rid one of all the sins (hence) this mantra is the most propitious of them all.

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The wise man stands out by being free from anticipation, without attachment to such things as children or wives, free from desire for the senses, and not even concerned about his own body.॥84॥

निःस्नेहः पुत्रदारादौ

निष्कामो विषयेषु च।

निश्चिन्तः स्वशरीरेऽपि

निराशः शोभते बुधः॥१८- ८४॥

जो धीर पुरुष पुत्र-स्त्री आदि के प्रति आसक्ति से रहित होता है, विषय की उपलब्धि में उसकी प्रवृत्ति नहीं होती, अपने शरीर के लिए भी निश्चिन्त रहता है, सभी आशाओं से रहित होता है, वह सुशोभित होता है॥८४॥

The wise man stands out by being free from anticipation, without attachment to such things as children or wives, free from desire for the senses, and not even concerned about his own body.॥84॥

Ashtavakra Gita

Peace is everywhere for the wise man who lives on whatever happens to come to him, going to wherever he feels like, and sleeping wherever the sun happens to set.॥85॥

तुष्टिः सर्वत्र धीरस्य

यथापतितवर्तिनः।

स्वच्छन्दं चरतो देशान्

यत्रस्तमितशायिनः॥१८- ८५॥

जहाँ सूर्यास्त हुआ वहां सो लिया, जहाँ इच्छा हुई वहां रह लिया, जो सामने आया उसी के अनुसार व्यवहार कर लिया। इस प्रकार धीर सर्वत्र संतुष्ट रहता है॥८५॥

Peace is everywhere for the wise man who lives on whatever happens to come to him, going to wherever he feels like, and sleeping wherever the sun happens to set.॥85॥

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He neither longs for possessions nor grieves at their absence. The calm mind of the sage is full of the nectar of immortality.॥81॥

नैव प्रार्थयते लाभं

नालाभेनानुशोचति।

धीरस्य शीतलं चित्तम-

मृतेनैव पूरितम्॥१८- ८१॥

धीर का चित्त ऐसे शीतल रहता है जैसे वह अमृत से परिपूर्ण हो। वह न लाभ की आशा करता है और न हानि का शोक॥८१॥

He neither longs for possessions nor grieves at their absence. The calm mind of the sage is full of the nectar of immortality.॥81॥

Ashtavakra Gita

The dispassionate does not praise the good or blame the wicked. Content and equal in pain and pleasure, he sees nothing that needs doing.॥82॥

न शान्तं स्तौति निष्कामो

न दुष्टमपि निन्दति।

समदुःखसुखस्तृप्तः किंचित्

कृत्यं न पश्यति॥१८- ८२॥

धीर पुरुष न संत की स्तुति करता है और न दुष्ट की निंदा। वह सुख-दुख में समान, स्वयं में तृप्त रहता है। वह अपने लिए कोई भी कर्तव्य नहीं देखता॥८२॥

The dispassionate does not praise the good or blame the wicked. Content and equal in pain and pleasure, he sees nothing that needs doing.॥82॥

Ashtavakra Gita

The wise man does not dislike samsara or seek to know himself. Free from pleasure and impatience, he is not dead and he is not alive.॥83॥

धीरो न द्वेष्टि संसारमा-

त्मानं न दिदृक्षति।

हर्षामर्षविनिर्मुक्तो न

मृतो न च जीवति॥१८- ८३॥

धीर पुरुष न संसार से द्वेष करता है और न आत्म-दर्शन की इच्छा। वह हर्ष और शोक से रहित है। लौकिक दृष्टि से वह न तो मृत है और न जीवित॥८३॥

The wise man does not dislike samsara or seek to know himself. Free from pleasure and impatience, he is not dead and he is not alive.॥83॥

Ashtavakra Gita

Love always change?

Delhi, India,

5th November, 1998

Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change

Day 53 - Love (Continued)

Question - Gurudev, must love always change?

Gurudev Sri Sri - Love is your very nature. What is your nature cannot change. But the expression of love changes. Because love is your nature, you cannot but love. A mother has total love for her child. Sometimes she feeds the child, sometimes she is strict with the child. "Come on, sit and write". 

She does this out of love, and these are all different modes of love. So the expression of love changes. But love itself does not change, because love is your nature. When someone expresses love to you, what do you do?

- You do not know how to respond.

- You feel obliged and bound.

- You shrink or shy away.

- You feel foolish and awkward.

- You try to reciprocate even though it is not genuine.

- You doubt the love expressed and you doubt your own worthiness.

- You are afraid of losing respect because love does not allow distance and respect tends to keep a distance.

- Your ego hardens and does not allow you to receive and reciprocate.

The ability to receive genuine love comes with the ability to give love. The more you are centered and know by experience that you love, the more you feel at home with any amount of love being expressed in any manner, for deep inside, you know love is not an emotion. It is your very existence. Joy is love for what is. Sorrow is love for what is not. You feel love for someone and they do not accept it. What do you do?

- Get frustrated.

- Turn the love into hatred and wish for revenge.

- Again and again remind them how much you love them and how little they love you.

- Become fussy and cranky.

- Throw tantrums.

- Feel humiliated and try to protect your respect.

- Resolve never to love again.

- Feel hurt and mistreated.

- Try to be aloof and indifferent.

But you have seen that none of these work, they only make the

situation worse. What is the way out of this ? How do you maintain your lovingness?

- Have patience and change your expression of love.

- Be centered and limit your expression of love. Sometimes expressing too much love puts people off.

- Take it for granted that they love you too and just accept their style of expression. Like a mother with three kids -

- No one child talks, one child does not talk, one child throws tantrums - her love for each child is constant regardless of their behaviour.

- Genuinely acknowledge whatever love they have for you. This will turn your demand into gratefulness and the more grateful you are in life, the more love comes your way.

- Know that hurt is part of love and take responsibility for it. Realise that when you move away from your center, you will get hurt and the nature of worldliness is misery.

Ref

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Celebrating Silence

Inspires and brings confidence.

Jaipur, India,

13th November 1997

Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change

Day 54 - Love (Continued)

An example inspires and brings confidence in the application of

knowledge, and the visible sign of it is an undying smile. The self knows neither sorrow nor death, yet in it flow all the relative events. It is easy to be detached when you are not in love. 

Being in utter love and yet undisturbed, caring yet not worried, persistent yet not

perturbed, are all the obvious signs of the self shining through. Let love be. Do not give it a name. When you give love a name it becomes a relationship, and relationships restrict love. 

There is love between you and me. Just let it be. If you give love a name, such as brother, sister, mother, father, Guru - you are making it into a relationship. Relationship restricts love. What is your relationship to yourself? 

Are you your wife, brother, husband, Guru? Let love be. Do not give it a name. When love glows, it is bliss. When it flows, it is compassion. When it blows, it is anger. When it ferments, it is jealousy. When it is all 'no's', it is hatred. When it acts, it is perfection. When love knows, it is me. With whom do you feel really comfortable and at ease? 

You feel comfortable with someone who does not question your love, someone who takes for granted that you love them. If someone doubts your love and you constantly have to prove it. This becomes a heavy load on your head. They start questioning you and demanding explanations for all your actions. Explaining

everything you do is a burden. 

Your nature is to shed the burden, so because you do not feel comfortable. When you question the reason behind an action, you are asking for justice for yourself and you create a distance. Your whole intention is to come close, but by asking for justice you create a distance. 

When someone asks for an explanation, they are speaking from doership and are imposing that doership on you. This brings discomfort. If someone is just there with you, a part of you, they do not question you. They are like your arm. There is a closeness and unity that goes beyond all demands and questions. 

Neither demand an explanation nor give an explanation. You are the eternal witness. You are as mucha witness to your own actions as you are to someone else’s actions.

Ref

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Celebrating Silence

Who has renounced can love

Montreal Ashram, Quebec, Canada,

9th July, 1997

Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change

Day 55 - Love (Continued)

Only who has renounced can love. To the degree you have renounced, to that degree will you have the ability to love. Often people think those who renounce cannot love, and those who love cannot renounce. This is because renunciates do not seem to be in love, and so-called lovers are possessive and needy. 

True love is not possessive, it brings freedom, and renunciation is nothing but freedom. Only in freedom can love blossom fully. When you are in love you say, “I want nothing, I just want this”. Renunciation is, “I do not want anything. I am free”. In love there is no other need. Renunciation is having no need. Love and renunciation, although appearing to be opposites, are two sides of the same coin.

Question - Gurudev, does this mean the lover renounces his beloved?

Gurudev - You renounce the attachment, the possessiveness. Renunciation doesn’t diminish love, enhances it. Only renunciation can sustain love and joy. Without renunciation love turns into misery, possessiveness, jealousy and anger. Renunciation brings contentment and contentment sustains love. 

Without renunciation one gets discontented, frustrated, sad, fearful, suspicious, analytical and the whole soap opera begins and this is what we find in society don’t we? So-called renunciate have run away from life frustrated and disappointed. Real renunciation is born out of knowledge and wisdom, knowledge of life in the background of time and space and in the context of this magnanimous universe. 

You have to rejoice in the means. You have to love the means. Love is the goal but the means must also be lovable. Love springs forth when there is no effort, when all activities are shunned. Love is your nature. When love finds an expression, you often become ensnared get caught up in the object. 

Your sight is caught outside. To return to your nature, you need insight. Pain is the first insight. It takes you away from the object and turns you towards your body and mind. Energy is the second insight. A bolt of energy brings you back to your self. 

Divine love is the third insight. A glimpse of Divine love makes you complete and overrules all relative pleasures. Ecstasy is the fourth insight. An elevation of consciousness and partial awareness of the physical reality around you is ecstasy. Non dual awareness, that everything is made up of one and only one, is the fifth insight.

Ref

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Celebrating Silence

Love

Highway 25, Between Boulder & Denver, 

Colorad, United State

23rd July 1998

Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change

Day 51 - Love

I chant the name of my beloved in every breath. The beloved is

faultless, perfect. But being in love I have lost my reputation. When there is so much love, you take total responsibility for any misunderstanding. For a moment you may express dismay on the surface but when you do not feel that dismay in your heart, you

arrive at a perfect understanding. 

You are in a state where all problems and all differences slide away and only love shines through. Usually we are stuck in our differences because we have lost sight of ourselves. In the name of love we try to manipulate and control the other person. It is natural that when we love someone, we want them to be perfect. 

You can never see the holes in the ground from the top of a hill. From an airplane the earth looks so smooth. So also from a state of elevated consciousness, you do not see the pitfalls in others. But if

you come to the ground you always see the holes. When you want to fill the holes, you have to see them. 

You cannot build a home being airborne. You cannot till the land without looking at the holes, filling them, removing the pebbles. That is why when you love someone, you find faults in them but finding faults destroys love and instead of helping to fill the holes, we run away. When you love someone and see their faults, stay with them and help them fill the holes. This is wisdom.

Why do you love someone? Is it because of their qualities or

because of a sense of kinship or intimacy? You can love someone for their qualities and not feel a sense of kinship. This type of love gives rise to competition and jealousy. Such is not the case when love arises out of kinship. 

If you love someone for their qualities, when the qualities change or you get accustomed to their qualities, your love also changes. However, if you love someone out of kinship, because they belong to you, then that love remains for lifetimes. 

People say, “I love God because He is great”. What if God is found to be ordinary, just one of us? Then your love and God would collapse. If you love God because He is yours, then however God is, whether. He creates or destroys, you still love Him. The love of kinship is like love for yourself.

Question - Why do so many people have no love for themselves?

Gurudev - No. It is just the opposite. They love themselves so much that they want better qualities and a better appearance for themselves. This love of qualities makes them hard on themselves.

Ref

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Celebrating Silence

That love is not stable

Bangalore Ashram, India,

12th February 1999

Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change

Day 52 - Love (Continued)

If love is based on the qualities of a person, that love is not stable. After some time the qualities change and the love becomes shaky. Loving someone because of their greatness or uniqueness is third rate love. Loving someone because they belong to you, great or otherwise, is unconditional love. 

Knowledge, sadhana, seva and satsang, spiritual practice, service and coming together in celebration help to bring about a sense of belonging. When love springs from a sense of belongingness, then the actions and qualities do not overshadow the love. Neither qualities nor actions can be perfect all the time. Only love and a feeling of kinship can be perfect. 

Here are the signs of love. When you love someone you see nothing wrong with them. Even if you see a fault in them you justify it in some way “Everyone does that, it is normal”. You think you have not done enough for them and the more you do, the more you want to do for them. They are always in your mind. Ordinary things become extraordinary. 

A baby winking at its grandmother becomes an extraordinary event. You want them to be yours exclusively. You get hurt even over small things. When you love someone, you want to see them always happy and you want them to have the best. You wish someone what they don’t have, right? 

When you say, “Best wishes”, you imply that they are not best. Now, I tell you, now is the best. If you realise this, tomorrow can only be here are some who long for change. Feeling that every thing is stagnant in their lives, they want to change partners, careers, dwellings. There are some who are afraid of change. They feel security in the way they are. 

There are some who see change, but do not acknowledge it out of fear. There are some who do not notice change at all. There are

others who do not think there is anything to change. There are some who realise that everything is changing, yet see there is something that is non changing. Those who recognise the non changing amidst the change are the wisest of all.

Ref

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Celebrating Silence

Compassion

Montreal Ashram, Quebec, Canada

18th June, 1997

Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change

Day 48 - Compassion

There are 2 types of compassion. One is the compassion of the wise,

one is that of the ignorant. An ignorant person’s compassion is towards the fruit of an action to alleviate the sickness or suffering that he witnesses but a wise person’s compassion is toward the lack of knowledge to remedy the underlying reason for sickness or suffering. 

Compassion for suffering shows ignorance. Suffering comes because of karma and if you believe in karma, where is compassion? You reap the fruit of your actions. If a judge has compassion for offenders, then the jails will be empty. But are judges cruel to offenders? No. 

The judge’s compassion is for the lack of knowledge he sees, not for the suffering of the criminals. It is the criminal’s karma. Often people think compassion is an act, an action. Know that compassion is your very nature. Then you will see that karma and compassion are not contradictory but rather complement one another. 

Suppose two people come to a hospital. One is suffering from starvation, the other is ill from overeating. What type of compassion should the doctor have toward each of them? This is a riddle for you to solve.

Ref

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Celebrating Silence

Karmas

Bangalore Ashram, India

15th September 1999

Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change

Day 49 - Karmas

Some karma can be changed and some cannot. When you prepare a dessert, if sugar or ghee is too little, you can add more. If some other ingredient is too much, it can all be adjusted and repaired. But

once it is cooked, it cannot be reversed. 

Milk can become sweet yogurt or sour yogurt, and sour yogurt can be sweetened but neither can be reversed back to milk. Sanchita karma can be changed and adjusted by Spiritual practices. Prarabdha karma cannot be changed.

Satsang burns the seed of all negative karmas before they are given a chance to sprout. Strange are the ways of karma. The more you understand it, the more amazed you become. Karma brings people together and separates them. 

It causes some to be weak and some to be strong. It makes some rich and some poor. All the struggles in the world, whatever they may be, are the bondage of karma. It cuts across all logic and reasoning. This understanding lifts you and keeps you from getting stuck in events or personalities and helps you in your journey to the self.

Question - So a thief can say it is my karma to steal?

Gurudev - Yes, and then the police have the karma to catch him, too. Only human life has the ability to be free from karma and only a few thousand aim to be free from it. Performing actions cannot eliminate karma. Only through grace can the bondage of karma be burnt.

Ref

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Celebrating Silence

Mercy

Bangalore Ashram, India

24th April, 1996

Chapter 1 - The You That You Want To Change

Day 50 - Mercy

Mercy indicates lack of intimacy, a distance, a lack of belonging. You do not have mercy on your loved ones. You do not hear parents say, “I have mercy on my children”. You have mercy on those whom

you think are not yours. Mercy indicates anger, judgment and

authority. 

When you ask for mercy, you are self centered. You want to be excused from the law of cause and effect. It indicates lack of courage and valor. At times, mercy is an impediment to growth. Mercy, of course, brings some comfort and relief, but it can impair any transformation. 

If the leaves were to ask for mercy from falling, they would not be transformed and then what would happen to the tree? Two of our devotees, high on bliss, did not stop at a stop sign, so the police mercilessly gave them a ticket. Victoria said, “Thank you,” but the police woman told her to go to court and beg for mercy. 

You only ask for mercy if you think that God is angry and judging you. This is the small mind superimposing its nature on the Divine mind. The Divine is all knowing and all loving, there is no chance for mercy. When you know and trust the process of creation, you will simply rejoice. Do you know I have no mercy? When there is intimacy, there is no place for mercy.

Ref

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

Celebrating Silence

SEVA BLESSINGS

Weekly Knowledge 89

Guess Where?

19 Feb 1997

Guess Where?

SEVA BLESSINGS

When you do seva don't think you are doing a favor for somebody. You have done the seva and it has rewarded you immediately. Its reward is for sure and is always more than your doing. Your expectation of reward for the seva turns the seva into labor. If you think you have done a lot, you will do very little; if you see you have done a little, then you will do more. Seva is even when you don't see an immediate reward there is no complaint; labor is even after an immediate reward, there will be complaints. Be grateful for any opportunity to do the seva.

UNKNOWN KNOWLEDGE

Weekly Knowledge 87

Your Home Town

07 Feb 1997 

Your Country

 

UNKNOWN KNOWLEDGE

Do you recall this from last week's Knowledge sheet?

"P.S. Next week everyone write a knowledge sheet with your news flash and send it with your name on it. Fax or mail it to your national center."

It seems that Guruji was serious. He was asked last night about the missing Knowledge and He said that He was looking forward to reading other people's Knowledge sheets rather than sending out one. He said that people read the Knowledge and forget it so He wants people to write their own this time.

🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸

 

साप्ताहिक ज्ञानपत्र ०८७

३० जनवरी, १९९७

लॉस एंजेलेस, कैलिफ़ोर्निया 

अज्ञात ज्ञान 

पिछले सप्ताह गुरूजी का आदेश था कि सभी अपने अपने ज्ञान-पत्र बनायें।

और गुरुदेव अटल रहे। इस सप्ताह उन्होंने ज्ञान-पत्र नहीं भेजा। इनका कहना है कि ज्ञानपत्रों को लोग पढ़ते है और भूल जाते है। इसलिए इस बार सब अपना ज्ञानपत्र लिखें। वे दूसरों के ज्ञान-पत्र पढ़ना चाहते है।

भक्तों को ज्ञान-पत्रों में से एक...

"आप अभी तक हताश क्यों ?"

तुम्हारे पास एक प्याला है और तुम उससे पीते हो.. प्रेम, आनंद , शांति और संतुष्टि। "जीवन जीने की कला " कोर्स के उपरांत मानो तुम्हारा प्याला अब छोटा पड़ जाता है। क्योकि यह उत्तम पेय तुम्हें तुम्हारे प्याले के आकार से कही जयदा मिल जाता है, तुम बहुत खुश हो, सर्वत्र आनंद ही आनंद है। किन्तु कुछ समय बाद वापस थोड़ा क्रोध निराशा होने लगती है।

ऐसा क्यों ?

क्या तुमने सेवा की है?? तुम्हारा प्याला तुम्हारे लिए अब बहुत छोटा हो गया है। तुम्हें कुछ और चाहिए भी है , और तुम्हारे लिए वह आवश्यक भी है। साधना और सत्संग से प्याला भर जाता है किन्तु सेवा तुम्हे एक नया और बड़ा प्याला दिलाती है। कुछ ही घंटो की सेवा तुम्हारी चेतना को समाधी में ले जाती है ।

सेवा करो। अपने प्याले के आकार को बढ़ाओ। साधना और सत्संग से इसे भरो। फिर पीओ और मस्त हो जाओ। क्यों , ठीक है न ?

🌸जय गुरुदेव 🌸

BE LOVED

Weekly Knowledge 88

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

12 Feb 1997 

USA

BE LOVED

You don't need to worry to maintain knowledge. When knowledge is lodged in you as wisdom, it will never leave you. Wisdom lodges itself in your heart. Make the Divine your Valentine (your sweet Beloved). This is the last thing to do and the first thing to do. Keep your heart in a safe place; it is too delicate. Events, small things make strong impressions on it. And you cannot find a better place than the Divine to keep your heart safe and your mind sane. When you keep your heart in the Divine, the moving time, the passing events, will not be able to touch it, will not create a scar. A precious stone needs a setting around it, gold or silver, to hold it and to wear it; so wisdom and knowledge are that setting around the heart which will hold it in the Divine.

See the Divine in your Valentine and make the Divinity your Valentine (your sweet beloved). Just BE. . .and know that you are LOVED... That is BELOVED.

Guru bina gati nahin

*Guru bina gati nahin* 

There can be no progress without the Guru. Let us say you have a lot of water lying on the floor. It will take a lot of time for it to evaporate and disappear, but if you take a wiper and spread the water out on the floor then it will easily evaporate. Isn't it? Similarly on your own no matter how much you try to dissolve your karmas, you infact create more karmas. But if you are in the presence of a gyani, then no matter what they are doing, yoga, knowledge or may be they are in silence, all your karmas start disappearing and evaporating. That is why it is said “Guru Bina Gati Nahin”. 

~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji

CELEBRATION

Weekly Knowledge 82

Lake Lucerne

01 Jan 1997 

Switzerland

 

NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

The year 1997 is fortunate because you are living at this time. When you are living for the sake of the world, the world is fortunate. You are not living for yourself, but for the world. Whatever the world needs or wants, you are there for that. So the year is fortunate that you are on the earth at this point in time.

Let the time celebrate your presence. You keep smiling as ever. Usually people make a wish for the New Year. This year, make no wish. Let the New Year celebrate you. If it wants to bring you nicer things, let it. It's up to it.

Usually you are lost in celebration. When you let time celebrate you, you are a witness amidst celebration.

🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸

 

साप्ताहिक ज्ञानपत्र ०८२

१ जनवरी, १९९७

लेक लूसर्न, स्विट्ज़रलैंड 

नव-वर्ष का उत्सव

यह वर्ष १९९७, भाग्यशाली है, क्योकि आप सब इस समय है। जब आप संसार के लिए जीते है, संसार सौभाग्यशाली होता है। आप केवल अपने लिए नहीं जी रहे है , आप संसार के लिए जी रहे है। संसार को जो कुछ भी चाहिए , जिसकी भी आवश्यकता है, आप उसकी पूर्ति के लिए है। इसलिए यह वर्ष भाग्यशाली है कि आप इस समय पृथ्वी पर है।

प्रायः नव-वर्ष पर लोग संकल्प करते है। इस वर्ष मन में कोई इच्छा मत लाओ । नव-वर्ष को आपका उत्सव मनाने दो। यदि यह आपके लिए उत्तम उपहार लाना चाहता है , उसे लाने दो।

साधारणतः आप उत्सव में खो जाते है। जब आप काल को अपना उत्सव मनाने देते है , तब आप उत्सव में भी साक्षी रहते है।

काल को आपकी मौजूदगी का उत्सव मनाने दीजिये। आप हमेशा की तरह मुस्कुराते रहिये।

🌸जय गुरुदेव🌸

THE LOTUS NAVEL

Weekly Knowledge 83

Bad Antogast

08 Jan 1997 

Germany

PADMANABHA -- THE LOTUS NAVEL

Different organs of our body are governed by different devas. The solar plexus is connected with the sun, that's why it is called "solar" plexus. When the first rays of the sun fall on the solar plexus, it is very good for your body. Doing Surya Namaskar ("sun salutation") yoga asana in the early morning is very good. 

The solar plexus has a profound impact on the central nervous system, optic nerves, stomach, and what we usually call "gut feeling." It is the second brain in your body. Usually the solar plexus is slightly bigger than an almond. Studies have shown that with the practice of yoga, meditation, and Sudarshan Kriya, the solar plexus can become as a large as the size of the palm. Then it performs better. It balances the body functions. When the solar plexus expands, the intuitive mind works better. The mind becomes clear and focussed. When the solar plexus contracts, one feels horrible, sad, depressed, and all the negative feelings come.

Krishna was called Padmanabha, meaning "whose navel is the size of a lotus flower." If you become Padmanabha, you become absolutely creative. Brahma, the Creator, is born out of a blossomed solar plexus.

These days, the solar plexus remains small, but the tummy keeps getting bigger.

🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸

 

साप्ताहिक ज्ञानपत्र ०८३

८ जनवरी , १९९७

जर्मन अकादमी , बाद अन्तगसत , जर्मनी

पद्मनाभ: कमल-नाभि

हमारे शरीर के विभिन्न अंगो का सञ्चालन विभिन्न देवता करते है । सूर्य का प्रभाव सूर्य-चक्र पर पड़ता है, इसलिए इसे 'सूर्य' चक्र कहते है। सूर्य-चक्र पर सूर्य की पहली किरणों का पड़ना शरीर के लिए लाभदायक है। प्रातः काल सूर्य नमस्कार का आसन करना बहुत अच्छा होता है।

सूर्य-चक्र अत्यंत प्रभावशाली है- केंद्रित स्नायु प्रणाली पर, नेत्र तंतुओ पर व उदर पर। होने वाली घटना के विषय में सजग करने की अनुभूति भी सूर्य- चक्र द्वारा प्रभावित है। सूर्य-चक्र तुम्हारे शरीर का दूसरा मस्तिष्क भी कहलाता है।

साधारणतः सूर्य-चक्र एक बादाम से थोड़े बड़े आकार का होता है। योगासन, ध्यान और सुदर्शन क्रिया के निरंतर अभ्यास से यह एक खुबानी के आकर का बन सकता है। तब इसकी कार्यक्षमता अधिक प्रभावशाली हो जाती है, शरीर के विभिन्न अंगो के कार्यो में संतुलन आ जाता है।

सूर्य-चक्र के संकुचित होने पर दुःख और उदासीनता होती है, नकारात्मक भावों से मन भर जाता है।

सूर्य-चक्र के विस्तृत होने पर आध्यात्मिक चेतना जाग्रत होती है, मन स्वच्छ और केंद्रित होता है।

कृष्ण को पद्मनाभ कहा जाता है अर्थात जिसकी नाभि कमल के फूल जितनी बड़ी है। यदि तुम पद्मनाभ बन जाओ तब तुम बिलकुल रचनात्मक हो जाओगे। कहते है, सृष्टिकर्ता ब्रह्मा कमल की तरह खिली नाभि से जन्में है।

आजकल लोगो का सूर्य-चक्र छोटा रह जाता है , केवल उदर का आकार बढ़ता रहता है।

🌸जय गुरुदेव 🌸

ACCEPT THE WORLD AT ITS WORST

Weekly Knowledge 85

Dallas, Texas

22 Jan 1997 

USA

ACCEPT THE WORLD AT ITS WORST

Suppose the worst of the world is given to you; what would you do with it now? You cannot complain if you get the worst. You can only complain if you don't get the worst. If the world is at its worst, then it can only get better and you are here to make it better.

Jim: When things are at their very worst, then there is only time and space. (Laughter)

Patty: When you see that life is suffering then you go within.

Paula: It is like running out of breath and you have to inhale.

What happens when you have to do it all by yourself -- no one comes to help? You do everything by yourself?

There are three options:

1. Frustration and complaining.

2. Take credit that you did it by yourself -- thank others for not helping so that you could take all the credit. (Laughter)

3. Be grateful, pray deeply, and know that you get all the energy needed to do it all alone. There is only one doer.

🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸

साप्ताहिक ज्ञानपत्र ०८५

२२ जनवरी, १९६७

डलास , टेक्सास

सबसे बुरी अवस्था में भी संसार को स्वीकार करो

मान लो कि संसार सबसे बुरी अवस्था में तुम्हे सौंपा जाये। तब तुम क्या करोगे ?

जब संसार सबसे बुरी अवस्था में मिलता है, तुम तब शिकायत मत करो। यदि संसार सबसे बुरी अवस्था में है, तब उसमें केवल सुधार ही हो सकता है। तुम संसार को सुधारने के लिए ही यहाँ हो।

जिम: जब सब कुछ सबसे बुरी अवस्था में होता है , तब केवल काल होता है , और शुन्य (हंसी)

पैटी: जब तुम जीवन को दुखमय समझते हो, तब मन अंतर्मुखी हो जाता है।

पॉली: जैसे तुम्हारी साँस अवरुद्ध हो रही हो और तुम्हे साँस लेनी ही है। जब तुम्हे कोई काम अकेले ही करना हो- कोई सहायता के लिए नहीं आता , तब क्या होता है ?

तुम्हारे पास तीन उपाय है:

१. हताश हो जाओ और शिकायत करो;

२. दूसरों को सहायता नहीं करने के लिए धन्यवाद दो जिससे कि पूरा श्रेय तुम्हे मिले ( हंसी)

३. कृतज्ञ हो जाओ, अंतर्मन से प्रार्थना करो और यह जान लो कि वह सम्पूर्ण शक्ति तुम्हे मिलेगी जो उस काम को अकेले पूरा करने के लिए आवश्यक है। कर्ता केवल एक है।

🌸जय गुरुदेव 🌸

INDIGESTION OF KNOWLEDGE

Weekly Knowledge 86

City of Angels -- Los Angeles, California

30 Jan 1997 

USA

INDIGESTION OF KNOWLEDGE

Indigestion of knowledge leads to development of a false ego which has no cure. Knowledge must be digested properly.

Indigestion of knowledge leads to:

1. False ego

2. Disinterestedness; taking for granted; lack of awareness

3. Familiarity without understanding, without depth -- flakiness

4. Tendency to preach

5. "Heart" burn

6. Using knowledge for their own small ends

7. Adamancy

Your inability to do something (break a habit) can cause a pinch; when you are deeply pained by something, then that will rid you of that habit. If you are pained by your shortcomings, then you are sadhak. Pain takes you out of addiction.

If you are in love with the divine, then you can digest the knowledge. Love is the appetizer -- seva is the exercise -- without love and seva, knowledge becomes indigestible. So everyone list the loving seva you have done for the world.

Marielle: If love is the appetizer, what is the main course?

Guruji: Knowledge

Daniel: What is dessert?

Guruji: MYSELF!! (Laughter)

🌸Jai Guru Dev🌸

साप्ताहिक ज्ञानपत्र ०८६

३० जनवरी, १९९७

लॉस एंजेलेस , कैलिफ़ोर्निया

ज्ञान का अपच

ज्ञान का अपच सूक्ष्म अहंकार को बढ़ाता है, जिसका कोई इलाज नहीं है।

अहंकार ऐसी आदतों को जन्म देता है, जो जीवन के विकास के लिए सहायक नहीं। ज्ञान को अच्छी तरह मनन करके , पचा कर , आत्मसात कर लेना आवश्यक है।

ज्ञान के अपच के परिणाम :

उत्साह में कमी, मान्यता न देना , सजगता की कमी

  १. गहराई व समझ के बिना सतही जानकारी

  २. उपदेश देने की प्रवृति

  ३. हृदय में जलन

  ४.अपने तुच्छ स्वार्थ के लिए ज्ञान का प्रयोग

  ५.हठ

  ६. सूक्ष्म अहंकार

 किसी बुरी आदत को छोड़ने की असमर्थता तुम्हे तकलीफ देती है। जब तुम अपनी आदत से बहुत पीड़ित होते हो , वह व्यथा तुम्हे उस आदत से छुटकारा दिलाती है । जब तुम अपनी कमियों से व्यथा महसूस करते हो, तब तुम साधक हो। पीड़ा तुम्हे आसक्ति से दूर करती है।

  जब तुम ईश्वर से प्रेम करते हो तब तुम ज्ञान को पचा सकते हो , ग्रहण कर सकते हो। प्रेम भूख बढ़ाता है , सेवा व्यायाम है ; प्रेम और सेवा के बिना ज्ञान आपच हो जाता है।

आपने इस संसार में जिन सेवाओं को प्रेम से किया है , उसकी एक सूचि बनाए।

प्रश्न: प्रेम यदि भूख बढ़ाता है तो मुख्य भोजन क्या है?

श्री श्री: ज्ञान।

प्रश्न: और मिष्टान क्या है ?

श्री श्री: मैं (हंसी)

🌸जय गुरुदेव 🌸

My First Encounter With Gurudev At The Part 2 Program In Houston

I signed up for part 2 after my friend encouraged me to do so. Additionally, with Gurudev visiting Houston, I was curious to find out who this person was that had such a significant influence on people’s lives. The Part 2 program in Houston in October 2008 was nothing short of amazing. 

Gurudev came in three times, gave discourses, conducted meditation, and even led Sports Yoga! I was in silence, standing by, when he was walking out after the discourse. I wanted to see him up close and take a detailed look at him. As he passed by, he looked at me and asked, “What is your name?” I couldn’t explain what went through my mind. It was a great experience, and I was totally transfixed, but I thoroughly enjoyed his presence and blurted out my full name, forgetting that I was supposed to be in silence. That moment, that question from him, made so many changes in me. I was taken aback by his knowledge and his spontaneous responses to questions. I look forward to having more interactions with him. Jai Guru Dev. 

~ A Devotee 

My First Encounter with Gurudev at the Part 2 Program in Houston - Sri Sri Stories

The Divine Abode

Walking up the interlocked concrete roads, uphill, from the parking lot and past the divine stores, I am out of breath when I finally reach this sacred place. Grateful for a spot to sit and close my eyes, I take a moment to catch my breath as the cool breeze offers comfort to my wet back and shoulders. It has been quite a while since I last made eye contact with Gurudev, and I wait patiently, sometimes meditating with my eyes closed before opening them in anticipation of his arrival. 

And finally, Gurudev arrives, holding a lotus in his right hand and dressed in full white, his hair waving rhythmically in the breeze. I kneel and wait for him to approach. As he draws nearer, I look up to him and he acknowledges me with raised eyebrows, which then turn into a smile. He pats my head with the lotus and moves on, the white angavastram caressing my face. On another day, after playing cricket with my new bat that cost only Rs. 3, I take my bat proudly and head home. Running on the rough hard soil of the pitch, sweating all over, a few runs scored, and then it’s my turn to bowl and field. As the sun begins to set on the western horizon, I know it’s time to go home. Once home, I wash my face and legs randomly, and as I enter the kitchen, my mother scans me and takes the end of her saree to wipe the sweat and water from my face. Even though I resist, the touch of her cotton saree across my face gives me comfort and reminds me of her unconditional love for me. As Gurudev walks away, the white sheet of cloth reminds me of my mother’s love, and then he turns back and smiles at me, confirming and acknowledging that he too loves and cares for me in the same way. Overwhelmed with gratitude and happiness, tears roll down my eyes as I realize that Gurudev will always be there for me, and will love me regardless of my mistakes. I bow down my head, close my eyes and sit silently until the emotions pass.

~ Ramesh Jalihal, Bangalore

The Divine Abode - Sri Sri Stories

From Atheist To Priest: A Journey With Gurudev

I used to be an atheist and firmly believed that science alone created the world without the intervention of any god or guru. However, in April 1992, when my friends and I went to a nearby temple,

 I stumbled upon a discourse by Sri Sri, without knowing who he was. I saw the bearded man on the stage distributing prasadam and everyone was happy. I too was drawn into the positive energy and decided to take his blessings before leaving. Years later, I found myself in the ashram doing the Part 1 course, followed by Part 2, DSN, and Sahaj. I couldn’t believe that Gurudev had transformed me from an atheist to a priest. I am still awed by the power that he exudes with just a glance. How did it all happen? Who knows? But I am grateful to have such a wonderful master, and it’s his grace that keeps me going. I love my master because he pulled me towards him when I knew nothing about him. Jai Guru Dev. 

~ Ravi 

From Atheist to Priest: A Journey with Gurudev - Sri Sri Stories

Walking With Gurudev

Once in June 2014, as I walked from my room to the amphitheater for the evening Satang at the Art of Living Bangalore ashram, I stopped on the way as I noticed Gurudev’s car parked outside a hall which was under construction. Two people were waiting for him outside. I peeped in to take a look, there he was, small in height as compared to the tall men he was surrounded with, but towering above them all in demeanor. After a rather unhappy and emotionally turbulent day, I did not feel like going for Satsang. I just wanted to hide in my room and not bother anyone with the sadness and pain that I felt. But here I was, waiting for my Gurudev outside that hall. He was giving instructions for further construction of the hall. As he came out, a smile automatically came to my face and with folded hands, I just stood there looking at him. Once he was done with the inspection, he suddenly looked in my direction and gave a sweet smile and waved at me. I couldn’t utter a word. I continued to smile and stare at him. Then I thought he would just sit in his car and go for Satsang, as he usually does. He never ever walks down from that place to the amphitheater, due to the massive crowds that line up to greet him. But that day he decided to walk. “Ready for the chaos?” said my Master, turning around and laughing lovingly at us. He’s never been afraid for himself, for his own security. He just walks on with confidence! By that time, I was grinning and I was walking right behind him, following his footsteps to wherever he walked. There were only seven of us, so this could happen easily. After a point, I realized that I had come to walk right next to him. He was saying something to someone, but I never heard the words. I just looked at him silently. I felt that words were not needed at that moment. I was overwhelmed that Gurudev and I were walking together. He was walking down to the amphitheater silently, when some devotees turned around and finally took notice of his presence. “Oye” one devotee exclaimed. 

Many others turned around to see, equally surprised at seeing Gurudev walking down towards them. All of us walking with Gurudev burst out laughing at that devotee’s exclamation. Gurudev too, laughed along and gave the widest and most innocent grin. My gaze was fixed on him and I helped set aside the huge crowd that clamored around him. Being rather tiny and petite, I was lost amidst the crowd as Gurudev walked on. I didn’t struggle to go forward and meddle in the crowd. I was content. My heart was so full of love, as I watched Gurudev walk to his seat, smiling as ever. I can’t recall what bhajan played that moment to greet him for Satsang, but I can recall how good it made me feel. Then it struck me – HE KNOWS EVERYTHING! He knew that I would have pined in my loneliness, so he came to my rescue! The Divine worked in such mysterious ways. This was so much more than just a few beautiful moments spent with my Lord, it was a beautiful realization. His love was an instant healing balm on my self-inflicted wounds. As I sat down with the realization that I was being taken care of at all times, I felt tears of gratitude trickle down my face. This was Gurudev’s way of showing his love for me. When I had no expectations, he had given me the sweetest surprise. I felt so lucky to have him in my life and valued it beyond comprehension. 

~ Aashna

Walking with Gurudev - Sri Sri Stories

Arjuna Vishada Yoga Originally published on https://srisristories.com/arjuna-vishada-yoga/ | Sri Sri Stories

I was attending a 7-day Advanced Meditation Program with Bhagavad Gita Live discourse by Gurudev at our Bangalore Ashram. As I made my way to Saraswathi Hall for the Gita session, my mind and heart were at war. It seemed like I might have to forego serving the vision of my Guru due to a family situation. As I reached the hall, I found two corner chairs vacant in the second row, which was a wonder considering the hall was already overfull. Overcome with stress, 

I dozed off during the Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya chanting, missing the moment when Gurudev walked in and the discourse started. Suddenly, I felt a tap on my right shoulder, and when I turned to look, there was no one there. I was wide awake, and I felt Gurudev’s piercing eyes staring right at me, saying, “Arjuna, keep me with you and fight the war.” All my misery dissolved in that very instant, and I realized that He had heard my prayers. Although I may have to attend to family priorities for a short spell of time, my seva continues till date, and I am grateful for the skill Gurudev has given me to manage both my home front and my path as a seeker. It is the ultimate blessing to be part of the divine vision and contribute my bit, with my husband walking alongside me. Thanks to the love and compassion of my Guru, I am stronger, steadier, and more balanced. It has been the ultimate blessing, next only to the joy of motherhood. 

~ Leela Ramesh, Bangalore

Arjuna Vishada Yoga - Sri Sri Stories