Vedas,yoga and meditation

[Rashmi]

Dear Friends,
Namaste,

I have less time to spent with you all. In this short time i am sharing with you certain incidents from Swami Nityananda of Ganeshpuri’s Biography which i have downloaded almost four years back:
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[li]On one occasion, the Sub-Inspector of Police took him to the Police Station for interrogation and search. Interrogation had no effect on Swamiji. With a sweet smile on his face, he told the Sub-Inspector, “This one take all the money from inside the loin-cloth. You may also untie the loin cloth and look there”! This, the Sub-Insepctor considered to be very insulting and so Swamiji was ordered to be put inside the police lock-up. That was done, but lo! the next moment they saw Swamiji outside the lock-up. Once more he was locked up inside, but once again, he was a free man the very next minute! The Sub-Inspector and his men were exasperated. What could they do with such a man? Their only way was to report the matter to the District Collector. At that time, the collector of the District was Mr. E.M.M. Gawne, I.C.S. When he heard that a holy man had trespassed into government land and was making road in the area and also constructing caves, accompanied by high Police and Revenue Officers, he came to Kanhangad. He rode on horseback from the railway station, and was accompanied by his Alsation. When the Collector’s party arrived, Gurudev was in one of the cages. Mr. Gawne’s huge Alsatian must have got a scent of Gurudev because the dog went into the cave. He sat most obediently near Gurudev and that was the sight that welcomed the Collector when he also went into the cave. The scene was most revealing to the British Officer and he was non-plussed for a while. Even earlier, it was some kind of inner voice that had prompted him to take off his shoes and keep them at the entrance of the cave. He did not doubt any more that the man was, indeed, an extraordinary person. Gurudev welcomed the Collector with a smile and the two of them talked for more than fifteen minutes. The Collector asked Gurudev why and for whom he was doing all his. Gurudev Nityananda replied in English, “Not for this one, if you want you may have it”. Collector came out of the cave and told all his subordinate Officers that they were not to interfere in any way with the holy Swamiji and Gurudev could do what he pleased. When the Collector and party left the caves and got back to the Travellers’ Bunglow, they saw a new sign-board erected on which was painted “Gawne Road”. It had not been there minutes before, when the Collector was riding down to the rock. That was yet another miracle perpetrated by Gurudev in appreciation of the Collector’s good-will! Soon after this episode, Mr. Gawne became the Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras. Even so, he did not forget to instruct the District Authorities of Mangalore that Swami Nityananda should be allowed to live and work in peace and also that, whenever required, all help was to be extended to him.[/ul]Caves that Gurudev made are to be seen even now, as silent memorials to him in Sree Nityanana Ashram in Kanhangad. Gurudev once predicted that some day, great saints will live in those caves and inspire the birth of another Golden Era of Sanatana Dharma. The caves were made virtually by hand. The work on these caves was started by Swami Nityananda & completed by Swami Janananda. Within two to three years, about 40 caves were dug. They were properly cemented and plastered inside and out. Any visitor to those caves would be inclined to marvel and wonder whether those beautifully cut caves in red rock were really the handiwork of two Sanyasi’s, one of whom was also an Avadhoota & the other a staunch devotee of the Avadhoota & a spiritually enlightened person himself. Swami Nityananda did not consult an Engineer for a plan for those caves. Neither did Gurudev ask nor accept any kind of monetary help from anyone. They are a standing marvel to Gurudev’s divine inspiration and glory. Gurudev’s philosophy was:[/li]“It is all automatic. Never keep on thinking of doing something or the other. Whatever this one has in the mind, this one puts into action and accomplish. No one can, in any way obstruct this one from an endeavour this one undertakes”.
Gurudev used to call his caves “Sunrise-Sunset Caves”. There is day light in them all through the day. There are six entrances into the caves, three of them facing the east and three facing the west. Most of the caves were large enough for one to sit and meditate. There was also a well dug inside the caves. This was closed later, after the Master issued instructions from Ganeshpuri. Another well dug outside the rock remains the main source of water for the Ashram today. Now, on the top of the caves, a very beautiful temple that has the exterior aspects of the famous temple of Somanath has been built. In the temple is the most remarkable statue of Sadguru Nityananda made of “Panchaloha”. The statue shows Gurudev with his right hand indicating his famous “Abhayamudra”. While the work was in progress inside the rock, Gurudev often worked on the outside. The structures resembling steps and link were done by his own hand. When an ardent devotee, Captain Hatengadi asked Gurudev at Ganeshpuri what it all meant, Gurudev told him that it represented the brain.
Kanhangad witnessed many a miracle by Gurudev. He was very fond of the company of children. He would play with them and distribute sweet-meats to them. His divine hands would go up together and when they came down, there would be bundles of sweetmeat in them. One of his pastimes was to go for swimming with Harijan children. He convinced everyone that all children were the gift of Almighty God and they had to be treated like that. Both at Kanhangad and later on at Ganeshpuri, Gurudev made elaborate arrangements for feeding children everyday and that continues to this day.
On the sea-coast of Kanhangad, were many families of fisher folk. They are known as “Mukhuvas” in Kerala. Many of them were devotees of Gurudev and would visit him often in the Ashram. One particular devotee was a man called Poklan. Poklan would often bring food for Gurudev. During those days, Gurudev had given up the practice of using hand to feed himself, and so Poklan had to put the food in morsels into Gurudev’s mouth. One day, after feeding Gurudev, Poklan and his son ventured into the sea to ply their trade. It was evening when they called it a day and were returning . Most unexpectedly, the sky grew dark and the wind blew hard. Thunder and lightning and rain followed the onset of a severe storm. It was midnight, and Poklan and his son were at the mercy of the elements. Their boat was about to capsize, when Poklan, totally helpless, prayed Gurudev to rescue them. Soon after, the father and son lost their sense. In their unconscious state, they were dimly aware of some power coming to their aid. Another boatman managed to pull both of them into his boat. They reached the shore and when they revived to their utter surprise, found that their saviour was none other than the Sadguru they had worshipped for a long time! Both father and son prostrated at the feet of Gurudev. Yet another wonder awaited them. Their boat which they had presumed to have been lost, got to the shore and that too, with a large catch of big fish!

These are amazing spritual feats performed by Swami nityananda performed just 100 years ago, which will make you think.
OM

[Rashmi]

Dear Friends,
Namaste,

[FONT=Verdana]Another sincere devotee of Gurudev in Kanhangad was Shri Devaraya Pai. This devotee has met this writer and has narrated his experience with Gurudev. During the time when Gurudev was cutting the caves in the red rock underground, Shri Pai was a teacher in a nearby school. He was a sincere and true devotee. Like Poklan, he too would bring food for Gurudev, which the great saint would happily accept. Gurudev had a special regard for Shri Pai and that allowed him the fortune and privilege to serve Gurudev. When Swami Ramdas founded his Anandashram at Kanhangad, Gurudev deputed Shri Devaraya Pai as his sole representative at the function.
[/FONT]Once four devotees came for ‘darshan’ of Sadgurudev. They noticed the total silence in the hall. One of them said “There is no sound anywhere! May be Gurudev is observing silence”. Another replied, “May be Swami is in meditation”. Then they heard Gurudev’s words as though in reply to their conjucture. “All that was over in the mother’s womb”. Those words conveyed a very great meaning. Gurudev at the very conception of his incarnation, was already an "avadhoota’ and hence, for a being like him, there would never be any need for prayer and meditation. The world is unaware of this truth. The “Avadhootagita” explains this truth in the following manner.
"Even my natural Self appears to me as non-distinct from the supreme Self: it appears to be one and like space. How can there be meditator and meditation?"
It was “Janmashtami”- Sri Krishna Jayanthi, and many devotees, in the Ashram at Ganeshpuri, were reading and listening to “Maha Bhagavata”. Other devotees were getting sweet meats ready for the occasion. Then they saw Sadgurudev walking and also they heard Gurudev uttering these words, “See Sri Krishna is walking up and down!” yes of course, Gurudev was the very incarnation of that divine being, Sri Krishna!
A devotee who had gone to Ganeshpuri for Gurudev’s darshan, could not find him anywhere and he was sorely disappointed. Finally he decided to return to Bombay after visiting the Bheemeshwar Temple. The scene at the temple surprised him so much that he wondered what was happening there! He saw the bright and shining form of Sadgurudev standing by the side of the Shivalinga, with one of his feet on top of it! And it was “Shivaratri” day! He heard Gurudev saying these words, “Shiva is gone. Shiva is gone”. Sadgurudev was veritable incarnation of Shiva and so, the contact of his foot with the Shivalinga would only add to the purity and glory of the Shivalinga!
Ever since Sadgurudev made Ganehspuri his permanent abode, it was noticed that drops of water fell down continuously from the ceiling of the Bhimeshwar temple on the Shivalinga! May people tried their utmost to find out the secret of this phenomenon, but they failed to delve into the supernatural occurrence. The Master would occasionally refer to this phenomenon, saying that scientists would come and hold the torch and see how the water fell; without saying anything more he would laugh heartily. When Sadgurudev attained “Mahasamadhi” the dripping of water stopped forthwith! The sacred ‘Ganga’ would oblige only when Shiva was present there!

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[li][FONT=Verdana]Gurudev used to visit the Shri Krishna Temple in Udipi very often. The temple priests did not like that. They did not want the lean, dark man, who looked like a mad man to visit their sacred temple, particularly during festival occasion. It was their encouragement that made some mischievous urchins to hit Gurudev with stones. They thought that would frighten him and keep him away. People noticed this cruel treatment meted out to the Avadhoot, but they were also witnesses to the rare miracle of the stones disappearing before they hit the target! On some occasions when Gurudev was treated in such a manner, it was observed that the hard stones turned into sweet-meats before they struck him! At the same time, another miracle happened. Whenever such incidents happened, it was found that around the sacred feet of the deity, in the temple, many pieces of stones were seen! How could the ignorant people ever realise that Sadgurudev and Shri Krishna were one and the same “Sat-Chit-Ananda Atma”? Shri Krisha himself has proclaimed in the “Bhagavat Gita” that “the man of Self-Consciousness is deemed to be Myself”. [/li][li]All forms of life were equally dear to Gurudev. One day, resting in a jungle near Udipi, a big Cobra evidently in great pain appraised Gurudev. He took the reptile lovingly, in his hands and passed his hands over its body. Then he told the snake something and, very obediently the snake crept away into the jungle, with signs of great relief. While excavating the caves at Kanhangad, and also at Ganeshpuri, there were many instances of poisonous snakes understanding and obeying Sadguru’s instructions. He would tell the snakes that they were the cause of fear among the people who lived there and that they should leave the place. The snakes would do so. Once a golden hued serpent came to him. He asked the reptile to flyaway. The snake immediately flew away and disappeared. There are people who witnessed this incident at Kanhangad. On many occasions fearsome cobras would approach him and they would make peculiar sounds. "They are reciting “Datta-Datta-Mantra”, Swamiji would say.[LIST][/li][li][FONT=Verdana]Once Gurudev was asked about his walking on the water across the river. His answer was typical. As though it was of no consequence at all, he said,“yes what of it? The ferry man lost his fare-that was all.”[/ul][/li][/LIST]During his “Avadhoot” days in South Kanara there was a noteworthy incident at Puttur. There is a famous Radhakrishna Temple in Puttur. An ardent devotee used to spend his time in that particular temple and on the Janmashtami Day, he would spend all his time in the temple. That day, the devotee of Radhakrishna saw Gurudev making his appearance from the idol of the deity and coming out from the Sanctum-Sanctorum. When he saw Gurudev come out, he begged the holy Avadhoot to allow him to propitiate him, as the very God himself. Gurudev readily agreed and that devotee had the rare privilege and the good fortune to do so!

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[li]Swami Janananda had many anecdotes on Gurudev’s miracles. Human knowledge alone can never explain them satisfactorily. Every morning, he would go to the bathing tank and have a bath, but when he got out of the water, he would be dry. Not even the loin-cloth he wore would be wet. This was so even in the rainy season, when the rain poured. At Kanhangad, gurudev’s Treasurer was a devotee called Shanthi Swami. That man himself narrated on incident to this writer. Gurudev had to spend money in thousands for the making of the caves. Every evening, Gurudev would bring stack of currency notes to be paid away as wages. One day, eager to know where Gurudev kept all the money, he asked Gurudev about it. “Go and look into that well”, said Gurudev. Shantiswamy went to the well and looked into it. He could see many bundles of currency notes inside! He got back to Gurudev and asked him whether all that money was safe there without a guard to protect it. “Go there once again”, said Gurudev. Shantiswamni did so and he was astounded. Around the well, with their awful hoods up, were many cobras, gliding around as though they were keeping a vigil! When he went back to Gurudev, he was asked, “Now you know the place and about the guard?” No human intellect, bounded as it is with the limitation of human physical being can ever comprehend the phenomena that people like Gurudev could create. Even eminent men of science fail miserably when they try to delve into such secrets. Siddha yogis can make and unmake and change the shapes of things and even make physical objects invisible with the Speedofthought.[/li][li]? It would be wrong to conclude that only devotees of Gurudev found solace and received divine aid from him. There were many hundreds who heard of his divine powers and flocked to him. There is the case of a man who worked in a Textile Mill in Bombay. When his wife gave birth to a baby son after anxiously waiting for that event for long, the happiness of the parents was seriously hindered when it was found that the baby was totally deaf and dumb. Doctor after Doctor, tried but to no effect, and then one doctor advised the father to seek the blessings of Gurudev Nityananda in Ganeshpuri as a last resort. And so the young couple took their child to Gurudev. He advised them to bathe the baby in the hot springs for fourteen days. The parents readily commenced the holy treatment. The last but one day came, there was no visible change in the boy’s power of hearing. No wonder, they were really despondent. People around advised them not to lose heart but complete the ritual. So, on the fourteenth morning also the mother bathed the baby in the hot springs and they took the baby to Gurudev for darshan. The child, as usual, remained deaf and dumb. Gurudev noted the anxious little party and he said to the young mother, “Feed the baby at your breast”. No sooner was Gurudev’s sentence complete than the baby’s shrill cry resounded in the hall, for the first time in its life and it had a feed at its mother’s breast. The baby produced various noises and it was evident it could hear too! The happy couple prostrated in front of Gurudev and left for their home with a new hope in their hearts.[/li][/ul]OM
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[Rashmi]

Dear friends,
Namaste,

There are three paths leading to Self Realisation and realisation of that formless omniscient God who is indestructible,everpresent, who never takes birth and never dies as per vedas are Bhakti,karma and yoga. The same has been preached in Geeta by Lord Krishna.I do not want want to write any of my opinion as i am not brahma Gyani but have the desire to realise him. Only the one who have Realised HIM have the right to teach us and we should follow what they have said. A beautiful and practical insight Given By Gajanan Maharaj on the paths to self realisation i am giving for our general benefit. In todays world everybody talk of self realisation but very few have achieved it, we should avoid the people such souls in this path.

Once Shri Ranganath, the great saint of Dhar, Kalyan came to meet Shri Maharaj at Shegaon. They exchanged their views on Adhyatma in their own way, beyond the understanding of others. Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati, born at Mundgaon, and living on the bank of Krishna, was a believer in the ritualistic worship (Karma Marga). When he was to come to Shegaon, Shri Maharaj said to Balabhau, “O Bala, one of my brothers is coming tomorrow to meet me. See that he is properly respected. He is most orthodox; so keep the surrounding clean and see that there should not be even a piece of cloth lying anywhere. If he sees any dirt, he will be annoyed, and angry like Jamdagni. These Karhade Brahmin, always clean, are amongst the most learned people and will never compromise on the discipline of religious rites.” This is what Shri Maharaj said to Balabhau a day prior to Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati?s visit to Shegaon. The next morning the Swamiji arrived at Shegaon. They looked at each other and smiled. Both appeared immensely happy. One was a believer in Karma, while other the king of Yoga. One was the sweet fragrance of Mogra and the other that of Rose. One was the Ganga and other the Godavari. One was the incarnation of Pashupati and other of Narayan resting on the bed of Cobra (Shesha). When Swamiji came to the Math, Shri Gajanan Maharaj was sitting on his cot and snapping his fingers. When Shri Swamiji arrived, the snapping stopped, the eyes met each other, and Swamiji sought permission, to go. Shri Maharaj said “Very good” and bent His head in consent. Swamiji went away. But Balabhau was confused and requested Shri Maharaj to remove his doubts. Bala said, ?Both of You have got different spiritual ways, then how do You call him Your brother? Please enlighten me." Shri Maharaj said, "Bala you have asked a good question. There are three paths to reach God. All of them take you to the “town” of self-realization. They appear to be different and so confuse the onlooker.

[COLOR=darkred]Rituals of “Karma Marga” are to keep clean, wear silk dhotis, not to touch anybody, offering of worship three times a day, fasting and observance of rituals in a strict disciplined manner. One who observes these things is a real learned orthodox. Any deviation or omission in this discipline will deprive him of the “Karma Marga”. He has got to be careful when treading this path. He should not hurt others even by words.[/COLOR]

For those pursuing the “Bhakti Marga” their mind should be crystal clear. Even a shadow of an unclean thought will deprive him all Bhakti rahasya. Compassion, love and modesty must be his accompaniments. He should have faith in listening to scriptures and worship, and must continuously chant the name of (God) Hari. These are the requirements of the “Bhakti Marga” and the one, who practices it, will meet Shri Hari. In fact it is the easiest way of self realization but practising it is more difficult than "Karma Marga?, like trying to reach the sky which appears to be so close to our eyes.

[COLOR=darkred]Now listen to the principles of the ?Yoga Marga? The spread out of the ?Yoga Marga? is far bigger than the former two, but it is within us. The person practising the ?Yoga Marga? requires no paraphernalia from the outside. Whatever is in the universe can be found within ourselves, and with the help of those things within us we should follow the ?Yoga Marga?. For that purpose it is necessary to know the various Asanas namely ?Rechak?, ?Kumbhak? the knowledge of "Ida’ and “Pingala” the knowledge of veins, Dhouti and Mudra Tratak. The follower of “yoga marga” for his success should first have full knowledge of Kundalini and Sushamna.[/COLOR]

The ultimate fruit of all these paths lies in self-knowledge; but that “knowing the self” should not be without the love for it. Any act without love for it is a waste. So it is necessary to protect the “love aspect” in all these three paths to “realization”. Black, fair, short, tall ugly and beautiful are the attributes to body, and it has no effect on the soul. Bodies are different but all have got the same soul. Likewise it is applicable to these three paths of Realization. Externally they have different appearances, but the ultimate goal is the same for all of them. Once they reach the goal, the different paths are forgotten. Whatever path one follows becomes important for him. Only those who fail to reach the goal fight for proving the greatness of some particular path. All the followers of these three paths, after reaching the goal become saints and then merge with each other. Vashistha, Vamdeo, Jamdagni, Atri, Parashar and Shandilyamuni, reached their goal by the path of “Karma yoga”. Vyas, Narad, Kayadhukumar, Maruti, Shabari, Akrura, Udhava, Sudama, Partha, and Vidur followed ?Bhakti Yoga?. Shri Shankaracharya Guruwar, Macchindra, Gorakh and Jalander climbed the great staircase of Yoga. Vashistha, Vidur and Macchindra got the same fruit.
There was no difference in their ultimate gain. The same traditions continued thereafter so, do not have any doubt about it. Shripad Vallabha protected the importance of ?Karma Marga?. The great saint, Shri Narsinha Saraswati of Gangapur, did the same. Nama, Savata, Dnyaneshwar, Sena, Kanhu, Chokha Mahar and Damajipant Thanedar followed ?Bhakti Marga?. Sheikh Mohammed of Shri Gonda, Anandiswami of Jalna, Devnath Maharaj of Surji, Anjangaon liked ?Yoga Marga?. And now at present Vasudeo follows Karma Marga. Many others and I like Bhakti Marga. Dhondibua of Palus, Nana of Songir, and Yashwantrao of Jalna are successful in Bhakti Marga. Khalla Amma, Saibaba of Shirdi, and Gulabrao have also achieved the ultimate realisation of the self. Adkuji, the saint of Varkhed in Chandur Tahsil, saint Zingaji of Murha and Tajuddin Baba of Nagpur followed the Bhakti Marga. [COLOR=darkred]All these saints had different behaviours, but attained the authority to become one with the God. It is not the path that matters, but the ultimate reaching of the goal is important. We, all brother saints, have come to this world to guide the pious men to the path leading to Moksha. They may follow the path of their liking and attain Moksha. Now don’t ask me anything more, nor tell anything of this to others. Let me sit peacefully under the guise of madness. Only those, having faith in me, and whom I love will get their desires fulfilled. I don’t need the others. ?Brahma-gyan" (knowledge of the supreme Reality) should be told to the repentant, and not to the non-believers. To meet the God, we must be firm on our path." Hearing this advice, Balabhau was overwhelmed by love; his eyes brimmed with tears of joy. All his body shivered with extreme bliss, beyond the powers of words to describe. Balabhau quietly paid respects to the great saint of Shegaon whose incarnation was for the sole purpose of the salvation of humanity.[/COLOR]

I hope this nectar must have given you some insight into self realisation.
OM

[Rashmi]

Dear friends,
Namaste,
God is one he is formless, never takes birth, he never dies. He is beyond laws of Karma, he is the supreme commander of universe.The creation is eternal. When final destruction occurs then souls and prakriti both take shelter within God. When creation occurs and functions of universe starts then soul according to Yajurveda chapter 39, after leaving the body, at the time of death, wanders in sun, moon, planets etc., and then comes on earth. It mixes within food grains and thereafter takes next birth. This process continues till final destruction of universe.At a fixed time universe is created and destroyed. When sattva, tamas and rajas Guna of prakriti are idle there is no creation.The non-sexual creation took place in Trivishtap, which is now called Tibet.
Those who adopted Vedas were called Arya being gentle and others were called Anarya i.e., Dacoits etc. When the people started increasing in number then aryas and anaryas started quarrelling with each other. With the result, Aryas left the place and came to the present pious land of mother India. So aryas did not come from outside as propogated by britishers and westerners who were biased and prejudiced.

The importance of taking birth in india in the words of Gajanan Maharaj i am pasting read it , introspect and ponder:

A poor chitpavan Brahmin boy, named Shridhar Govind Kale from Karvi, Kolhapur, joined english school and passed matric. Then he joined college but failed in Inter. While reading “Kesari” news-paper he came across the biography of Oyama Togo. Inspired by it, he wished to go abroad, for some technical education, Togo and Oyama did it, and brought prosperity to Japan by their knowledge. Shridhar wished to do the same thing for his mother land, but fel helpless due to poverty. Nobody helps ther poor. He then went to Bhandara tc meet his friend who was teacher in Monro High School there. He told his friend eveything that came to his mind, and he too appreciated the idea. But wha about money? Nothing is possible in this world without money and the people have to build castles in the air only.
Due to hot summer of Vidarbha, they decided to go to Kolhapur. Having heard much about the great saint, Shri Gajanan Maharaj, they, on their way got down at Shegaon to see the saint. They kept their luggage at the post office and went to the Math of Shri Gajanan Maharaj, and prostrating before him sat with folded hands. By his divine power, Shri Maharaj knew the desire of Shridhar, and said,

"Don’t think of going abroad. You can get everything here only. This physical science is useless, and so try to get some spiritual knowledge that can bring satisfaction to you.
By this advice Shridhar experienced sudden change in his thinking and that reminded him of one saint of Kolhapur who used to talk just like Shri Gajanan Maharaj. Sensing the confusion in his mind. Shri Maharaj further said, "Don’t think of leaving Hindustan, as one gets birth here, only after doing lot of good deeds. Yogashastra is superior to any other material science, and one who knows yogashstra will not care for other science. The knowledge of the self (Adhyatma) is further superior to Yogashastra. Try to learn that and don’t
go any where."
Hearing these words, Shridhar felt very happy and thought that the sun of thinking that had set in the west rose again in the east to make him happy. Only saints can bring about such transformation of thoughts, because they know the Truth.
Dear friends soul migrates from land to land, planets to planet till it achieves liberation.Today you have taken birth in america, next time you will take birth somewhere else and so on… a soul keeps on reaping the harvest of karmas and desires. Death is unreal.Its body only which dies not soul.we all are eternal and immortal souls.This beautiful explanation by Gajanan Maharaj will further prove this:

Next year Shri Samartha came to Balkrishana at Balapur for Das navami. At that place there were His two most devoted devotees - SukIal and Balkrishna. Bhaskar Patil, Balabhau, Pitamber, Ganu, jagdeo and Dindokar accompanied Shri Maharaj. The celebration of Dasnavami was most satisfying, but fate had something else in store for Bhaskara. A rabid dog bit him and people were afraid that he would soon go rabid. All the possible treatment was given to him, and it was also suggested that he be taken to some doctor. But Bhaskar said that he did not need any doctor as Shri Maharaj was his real doctor to whom he wanted to be taken soon. Accordingly Bhaskar was brought before Shri Maharaj and Balabhau narrated him everything about the dog bite. Shri Maharaj heard and smilingly said,

“Nobody can escape the effects of murder, enmity and debt. This Bhaskar removed the wickedness of Shukhlal’s cow at Shegaon, and that wickedness has now come in the form of the dog to bite him. Bhaskar is so selfish that he had requested me to remove that wickedness from the cow so that he could get her milk for himself. You enjoyed drinking her milk, and now feel sorry for
the dog bite. Do you want me to save you? Be frank. This dog bite is only an excuse to end your life. Your life is now over, and soon you have to leave this material world. If you wish to live more, I can save you, but that will be a sort of give and take affair in this illusive world. So be quick and let me know your mind. You will not get such chance again.”

Bhaskar said, “I am an ignorant child of yours. You do whatever is good for me. Shri Tukaram, in his Abhang has said that mother only understands everything that is good for her child. I am your child, so why should I request You 7 You are the ocean of all knowledge and know everything.”

Hearing this, Shri Maharaj felt very happy, as truth always satisfies people who are themselves truthful. Some devotees requested Shri Maharaj to save Bhaskar as he was one of the most dedicated disciple.

Shri Maharaj said, “Gentlemen, it is your ignorance that makes you say so.
Know that, this life and death itself is unreal. Nobody is born and nobody dies.
The intellectuals have advised the knowledge of the Supreme self to
understand this illusion. You cannot be liberated from the present life, without suffering the effects of your deeds of previous life. You do something in you past life and take birth to suffer the effects of those deeds and again to take birth for the deeds of present life and so on the cycle goes on. How long will you continue this chain? Bhaskar has finished suffering the effects of the deeds of his past life and now is liberated to attain Moksha (to merge with the Brahma). So please do not come in his way, let him go. It is difficult to get a devotee like Bhaskar. Know that, this dog was his enemy in the previous life and so it has bitten him in this life at Balapur. The revenge is over. But if this incident leaves any bitterness in the mind of Bhaskar, it will be a cause for another birth to him to avenge the bite. So understand that, as at today, the enmity of the previous life is over and Bhaskar is cleansed of all effects of that life. He is left with two more months of life, and I will save his from the effects of that dog bite for two months. If I do not do that he will have to take birth again and live for two months.”

So me people were unable to understand this supreme knowledge given out
by Shri Maharaj, but Balabhau could comprehend and so was happy. He praised Bhaskar again and again for his sincere devotion to the saint and thereby againing the ultimate liberation from the cycle of life and death.

[COLOR=black]How a guru changes the destiny of shishya is clearly explained by above facts.[/COLOR]

Please read and understand,
OM

[Rashmi]

Dear friends,
Namaste,

For your benefit I am giving the time management as per vedas by Guruji Swami ramswarup ji:

Yajurveda mantra 3/6 states that the earth resolves around the Sun, with the result time calculation is made. Atharvaveda mantra 9/9/11, 12, 13 and 14 state about the kaalchakra (cycle of time). Atharvaveda kand 19, sukta 53 and sukta 54 tell about cycle of time (kaal chakra). So the study of said mantras will give the knowledge of time management. In Yajurveda the life has been divided into four parts i.e., Brahamcharya, Grahasth, Vanprastha and Sanyas. Every ashram requires the knowledge of time management for which the said Ved mantras are required to be studied deeply. And every second of the life must be utilized to discharge our moral duties. For example- earth is moving, wind is blowing and both do not take rest. In Vedas, it is told clearly that morning meets night and night meets morning and such cycle never ends. Similarly, a man work restlessly/continuously without break. Though night has been earmarked by God for rest. Yet nidra has been called a vritti which has to be controlled by an aspirant.

Misuse of time doesn’t allow us to know the value of time for effective time management. Such knowledge is attained by spending time with a learned acharya who teaches special knowledge of prannayam and meditation by which aspirant becomes able to gain divine knowledge which helps the aspirant to manage time effectively. Really a sharp mind (in yog shastra sutra 1/48 it is called Ritambhra Tatra Pragya i.e., extra ordinary, intellectual mind) only knows the essence of time management. Suppose, any individual having normal knowledge is allotted duties to discharge within a stimulated time then he will not be able to get success.)

Atharvaveda mantra 4/1/4 states that Almighty God establishes the heavenly bodies emitting light as well as the earth and maintains the same under His rules. God provides the souls with different types of bodies based on the pious deeds or sins of the souls as mentioned in Rigveda Mandal10, Sukta 129. Accordingly, He (God) gives the mind (brilliant, less brilliant, dull etc.) to the human beings. But this is clarified in all four Vedas that our present, pious deeds and worship of God obliterates our sins and makes our mind sharp or brilliant. So shaping of our destiny is given by God in our hands because God helps those who help themselves.

As said in Yog Shastra sutra 1/48- Ritambhara (established in truth and knows about truth and falsehood well) Tatra (i.e., hard working devotee’s) Pragya (special, sharp mind/ intellect). So, as said above, even a dull mind given by God can be made extraordinarily, brilliant by present pious deeds. And only brilliant mind knows the value of time and therefore makes the best utilization of time. Such brilliant mind has full concentration on any point or matter of the world. But such mind is obtained by doing hard practice of Yam, niyam, asan, prannayam, pratyahar, dharnna, dhyan, Samadhi and study under guidance of an acharya/instructor, so spiritualism is first priority to obtain ill-free sharp, brilliant mind capable of managing time well.

Here I would like to state that Yajurveda mantra 40/14 preaches to achieve success in both paths simultaneously i.e., spiritualism as well as pious, worldly matters like progress in science, army and civil duties, agriculture and millions of worldly pious matters for which a pure, sharp mind is required, to manage the time properly. So, there is no doubt that without devoting time in real worship of God, devoting time only in materialistic pursuits will never be successful and will never give peace - this being the order of Almighty God. This is the reason that the time managed by higher authorities is not being properly used, indulging in laziness, fraud, corruption, bribery tensions, sensual pleasure, injustice, selfishness, etc.

It is unfortunate that spiritualism is being considered as personal matter, it is often not preached in schools colleges and universities. Even discussion on spiritualism in any establishment often makes spending fun on the speaker that is why, high education is gained and high posts are obtained but without peace, brotherhood, cooperation and ill-free, happy life. In the previous yugas (period) it was seen that the said vices did not exist religion being essential since birth and that is why, Sri Ram, Dashrath, Pandavas and ancient kings along with their subjects used to go to gurukuls since childhood to learn spiritualism as well as other subjects of science, geography etc., they really knew the essence of time management.

I have used both words - spiritual acharya and educated, experienced instructor teacher, etc. For example - Rigveda mantra 1/1/1 states to worship the formless, Almighty God who creates, nurses and destroys the universe and who is the donor of all types of assets even under the guidance of acharya /guru. The said preach relates to spiritualism.

Now Rigveda and other three Vedas state about all types of science. Rigveda mantra
1/34/1 states that human beings must work hard day and night. They must study the science and prepare aeroplanes, ships and vehicles to run on the road.

Rigveda mantra 1/33/14 states that like the sun whose ray of light attacks the clouds and causes rain and gives the pleasure to human beings a good trained army officer must train the army with his sharp and concentrated mind to destroy the enemies to protect the public to enable them to live peacefully. Next mantra states that the army commander must punish the culprits and enemies to protect the gentle public.

Fickle/unsteady mind of any soldiers/civil person always wanders hither and thither and loses physical as well as mental strength due to lack of concentration while working on a subject/matter so he will not be able to deal with the war situation honestly, faithfully and successfully because he has to take several decisions within a short span of time. A stable, steadfast mind works like the example of sun rays. These rays when are observed by a person on the earth, are not so harmful as compared to those ray which pass through convex lens and are taken as convergent beam on the body of a person. Because the several scattered rays are converged into a coherent beam after passing through convex lens. Such rays have been united on a point and thus have become powerful. So is the case of a human being, when a person has not controlled his chitta vritti.

YOGAH CHITTA VRITTI NIRODHAH

Meaning— yogah= yoga, chitta=combination of intellect, egotism and Mann, i.e., faculty which receives knowledge from five senses and passes the same to intellect. Vritti=effect of various forms, nirodhah= stoppage.

And thus has not been able to concentrate his mind on a particular task/ matter (one or more) he loses mental and physical power and is not able to make the best utilization of time as to achieve success. You see in the matter of leaders, army officers, police officers, scientists journalists, judges, advocates and teachers, instructors and several other intellectuals it is most essential that they have concentration, mental as well as physical power and ability to reach at the best decisions while doing duties to save the country within shortest possible time and thus to build a strong nation.

Vedas tell that such sharp and mind with full concentration is obtained by an aspirant when he works hard under guidance, obeying the order of acharya/instructor. When he becomes able to concentrate his mind then only he becomes able to discharge his duties faithfully and to reach at best decision regarding several entrusted duties within shortest time. Such person will never take a wrong decision etc., he always gains victory and is not defeated.

Such person is always away from the bad thoughts due to the best result of his training under guidance of spiritual acharya as well as instructor/trainer (the said instructor/trainer could have also attained the spiritual knowledge just like Sri Ram etc., mentioned above because due to lack of practice of Yam, Niyam, asan, prannayam, pratyahar, dharnna, dhyan and Samadhi as I have already told above. It is not possible that a person would be able to concentrate his mind to discharge his duties faithfully). Yajurveda mantra 10/72 and 73 state that such well trained person is always away from attachment, hatred, jealousy, ego, pride, injustice, corruption selfishness, sensuality, etc.

The army and public of kings like Harishchandra, Dashrath, Pandavas are the examples of such stable and religious mind. They used to discharge their national and social obligations faithfully. There never occurred any instance of suicide, disobeying of seniors/elders, jealousy, etc.

They even used to stay away from their families for a long period of time but due to the stable/righteous mind and knowing the importance as well as aim of human life, they never got frustrated, etc. They utilized the time of separation from families very patiently and peacefully.

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OM

[Rashmi]

Dear friends,
Namaste,

rest of the article for you all:

[COLOR=blue]Rigveda mantra 1/95/7 states that at a stipulated time, the universe is created by God and sun, moon and each matter of the universe comes into existence. When the sun rises and sets at proper time the seasons occur at proper time.

So a person after being a learned as told above, very well knows the essence of time management. One should learn from the sun, seasons and other divine activities of universe which occur within stipulated time. So we must also do our duties/ job fixing a time limit, for which we must practice hard.

Rigveda mantra 1/95/8 states that it is only time which introduces us the person/each materialistic article of the universe. I mean to say at the time of final destruction, universe is destroyed and turns into prakriti. Prakriti is invisible being in minutest form. At a proper time, God’s power works in Prakriti and again universe is created. So it is time which gives the bodies to the souls and human beings become able to meet with parents and others and come to know about each article of universe. So we must not waste the time and shun laziness, do hard work and pious deeds for benefit for self and others.

Yajurveda mantra 18/23 states that those who discharge their duties/deeds within a stipulated time and adopt a righteous/religious path, they always attain proficiency in their task. So laziness is strictly prohibited by Vedas.

A person acquires a sharp mind well established/stabilized in religion i.e., having complete insight into righteousness. This acquisition is possible by way of listening of Vedas, during hard ashtang yoga practice and seeking shelter/guidance of learned acharya. So, based on the previous lives’ deeds and study done in present life, the knowledge generates within heart automatically. Such sharp mind shall automatically be able to manage the time well and will reach at correct decisions to tackle several matters within short period of time.

Hence, it may also be concluded that mind which has not been made sharp by studies and spiritualism will reach at incorrect decisions, taking long time for decision making and thus cause harm to self and others.

Atharvaveda mantra 9/9/12 states that Kaal chakra has five legs which are:-

UTKSHEPANN (Throwing upwards), AVKSEPANN (Throwing downwards), AAKUNCHAN (Contraction), PRASARRANN(Expansion), GAMAN(Movement).

UTKSHEPANN, AVKSEPANN, AAKUNCHAN, PRASARRANN, GAMAN are the five deeds of kaal chakra which are indication of its movement.

Action takes place and movement of the action is measured in the shape of kaal charka (cycle of time). Cycle of day and night, seven days of a week, Krishna paksh and Shukla paksh(fortnight cycle) twelve months, cycle of seasons owing to movement of sun in southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere and cycle of hundred years(cycle of century) exists and in the said kaal chakra the whole universe has been dedicated keeping in view, the cycle of time which never takes rest and which passes away never returns. We must be alert to mange the time properly, to avoid its wastage.

Atharvaveda 9/9/13 states that kaal charka (cycle of time) is of twelve Errays i.e., like spokes of wheel. Twelve months are its spokes. Kaal chakra never becomes old/ancient and therefore is everlasting. It has unchangeable established/constant movement, which tells us to work hard in our whole life regularly without break under best time management. The time management will have to be achieved keeping in view the conclusion of about two mantras.
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OM

[Rashmi]

Dear friends,
namaste,

sometimes we all think vedas says God is there, great yogis by there level of self realisation and divine experience has proved that god is there.
We think this world is full of evil, good, bad, happiness, sorrows,lust, desres, mind perception,etc.What is the purpose behind creation by GOd.
One question asked to my Guruji relevant to all I am pasting for all for our self introspection:

Qiuestioner :You said that soul after 13 days wandering it will again rebirth according sins and pious performed by him/her. Sir the question which always moves in my mind is y v r borned…in this world. If God is there then why he created us and what he wants to prove by creating us in this world? As this world is of all sins, bad everywhere, and many other things, which will make my mind upset. If God is really there means on what basis he would have created us in first birth. Please explain.
[B]Swami Ramswarup:[/B] Creation, nursing and final destruction including death and birth etc., is eternal process. Shwetashwropnishad shloka 6/8 states that Supreme knowledge, deeds and power of Almighty God are eternal and natural (automatic).

However, suppose soul does not take birth then what will happen? The form of soul is also eternal and immortal. So soul never meets with death. It is only living being’s body which after leaving the soul, becomes dead and is cremated. So at this juncture the soul does not take living being’s body. Then it will remain unconsciously in the space. The soul will ever then remain in unconscious (coma-like) condition. Now, suppose a person remains in coma, it means he is not able to do anything and even will not be liked by anybody. So will be the case of soul who will be in a position like in coma and will be of no use. The self-made story which I have told above is actually not applicable for the soul because the creation is eternal and automatic.

God has no desire of creation etc., please. He is devoid of desires. As I have told above, the creation is eternal and automatic, however the creator is God. Automatically at an appropriate time, the minutest divine power of God acts in non-alive prakriti and creation starts. So one should be cleared that God even does not create the universe. He is mere efficient cause (in Hindi Nimit Karann) . and the prakriti is eminent cause (in Hindi Upadaan karann). So, actually the God is Nimit-Upadan Karann of creation.

In reality, the soul does not always remain in Sushupt (coma) stage but by doing pious deeds according to Vedas, soul experiences most divine merriment after attaining salvation following the path of Vedas. So, God bestows mercy on public and has blessed us with human body and eternal knowledge of Vedas to attain salvation.

So we are free to do good or bad deeds but result is awarded by God according to previous lives’ deeds. So souls take birth at his own, if the soul does purely pious deeds according to four Vedas why will he get rebirth? That is soul will not take birth.

So creation is eternal and if could not be then we would have been like an idle stone thrown in dense jungle.

Yes, there is chance only in human life to make birth pious, extraordinary and long, happy and healthy by following Vedas. As regards mistakes, Vedas state about previous life and present lives’ deeds. It is bad luck of human being if they do not listen Vedas to know the mistake of previous human-lives. Our present birth is based on deeds of previous lives. Present and future happiness as well as birth also depends on present pious deeds based on Vedas.

So present life is golden chance to avoid sins in present life and to kill all the oceans of sins and other deeds which is called “Sanchit” karma of previous lives.

So it is our minds’ thought which forces us to blame the God to say that He has created drama which is, if you do not mind, please, a sin.

Vedas talk of ten commandment, same is the basis of aryasamaj and about the same Jesus talked, which is mentioned in Bible and many yogis.

OM

[Rashmi]

Dear friends,
namaste,

Dear friends,
Gautam Buddha was a prince born amongst riches, all that could not satisfy this soul, as this soul had reached a stage where it was riped to follow of path of self realisation.He left everything and wandered for god and realised him.Later on this soul after realisation took subsequent births to spread the divine message of Ahinsa which is the basis of vedas and most important integral part of Astanga philosophy.At that time vedic culture was destroyed due to the effect of mahabharat war, varnashram got converted into caste by birth,vedas were just learned and studied but people except sanyasis did not practise astanga yoga to realise the truth of vedas.He said desires are the main cause of human sorrows and miseries. Vedas preach of control of desires, mind and balanced approach to life aiming to the eternal mooto of soul to realise almighty god.

The propogation of vedic culture to middle past was hindered and then jesus came and spread eternal dharma of god, his teachings were written after he left bethlem which is contained in bible.One thing i would like to mention this was written by his followeres, who were not self realised or mantradrishta unlike him. this bible was changed no of times due to the human vices of intellect, ego, superiority of race by roman emperore.So texts like i have come to teach the truth by the sword is not taught by jesus but by the people /Emperors to satisfy their ego and imperialist approach…One yogi can not be different from other. So Jesus was portrayed as Jealous and belittled. That land never had any great yogi after Jesus. Where ever such things are there it is written by people of intellect and mind and other vices of human mind.
Further Islam in the light of archaeological discoveries regarding prevalence of Vedic culture prior to Islam which you can find at www.archaeologynet.online I can say Islam is the misconstrued Translation of Vedas. Prophet Mohammad had the knowledge of Vedas which is reflected by contemporary writers. However he was not a realized soul. So spirituality part i.e. Samaveda, Yoga, Guru Shishya parampara is not mentioned, because this knowledge in full was always present in India and was propagated by our seers to entire world, as they believe in universal brotherhood as they were God realized and away from human vices of difference, sectarianism etc. Further in the shrine o f Kaaba a Shiva linga is there. There are many things which they follow as we as Hindus follow. Until now age of Vedas and earth is one Arab 96 crore 8 lakhs 53 thousands & 2 years. This is 7th Manvanter & 28 Chaturyugi & the present Kaliyug has passed its time of 5002 years. Vedas talk of formless, omnipresent, God, he is the only God in whom yogis dwell and meditate and Islam calls this God as Allah. Islam has come in 3rd century only, becos by then idol worship had come due to lack of knowledge of Vedas, and same was the case in India too post Mahabharata war. Followers of Islam say it has every knowledge, but I say the knowledge of Astanga yoga, true worship of God i.e. Yajna and yoga is not there in Islam, this is dealt in Vedas by Samaveda.Prophet mohd also could not write becos he was not aware of it as in India since time immemorial rishis, lord rama, Krishna were doing Yajen (Havan) and yoga, Gita too says best form of worship of God is havan and astanga yoga. In fact Vedas have the knowledge of straw to Brahma.

Guru Govind ji as talked about niraakar god i.e formless god in gurugranth sahib which is collection of his teachings and dohas of kabir etc.He was a realised yogi.At that time india was under Mugal rule and hindus were subjected to mutitude of tortures, vandalism of temples to construct masjids and others cruelties was in progress. This great yogi taught of One almighty formlerss god which vedas speak, he said never say vedas are lie, Rama and krishna was not there.There were subsequently eight more gurus please note guru shishya parampara of vedas.For all sikhs they are gurus and guru is equivalent to God but not God.He emphasised that idol worship is against vedas as the same truth was further propogated by swami dayanand saraswati in 1800.

So dear friends after mahabharat war different cultures and religions flourished under different circumsatances, environment and culture by different Souls who dwelled on same God which vedas talk of ,independent of vedic culture as the same was destroyed.

So think no body can convert eternal spirit/soul, which is an eternal atma and progress as poer the law of vedas and god.

What is there to fight, hate and convert.Modern mans ignorance is causing lot of harm to this earth which was collectively known as bharat till mahabharat unlike present day india.
Sages and Great rishis have said world is one family, “vasudaiv kutumbakam”

Do yoga, read bible, learn vedas and live in harmony with nature, fellow human beins and love all thats what all great yogis including jesus have taught.

Meaning of word rama:
The meaning of Ram is pleasant, merriment, beautiful
etc. The word Ram is also in Vedas but it is not the
name of God.

Actually it has been a tradition of our ancient and
present Rishis Munis that while performing namkaran
sanskar of a child, they give name to the child from
Vedas. Shakuni, Arjuna, Sita etc., are also the names
given by those Rishis to them so it does not mean that
Shakuni, Arjuna, Sita etc., are the names of God. In
Atharvaveda mantra 1/23/1 it is said, “AUSHDHE NAKTAM
JATA ASI” means - O Medicine! you are born in the
night. It means the whole floras (vegetations) are fed
with flavour/extract by moon in the night. And
therefore, “RAME KRISHNE (real word is Ram and Krishna
but in Sanskrit language saptmi Vibhakti has been used
here stating Rame, Krishne. So one should not have any
doubt because it is a fundamental law of eternal
Sanskrit grammar.) ASIKNI CH” means - your names are
Ram, Krishna and Asikni. Ram means - gives beauty,
Krishna means - you bring out all the defects/faults
(bacteria, germs) and Asikni means — you put away
the white spots from the body. So here Ram, Krishna
and Asikni are the names of medicine.
Sri Ram was born before about one crore eighty-one
lakh forty nine thousand and ninety years ago.

OM

[Hubert]

[quote=Rashmi;9886]Dear friends,
namaste,

The propogation of vedic culture to middle past was hindered and then jesus came and spread eternal dharma of god, his teachings were written after he left bethlem which is contained in bible.One thing i would like to mention this was written by his followeres, who were not self realised or mantradrishta unlike him. this bible was changed no of times due to the human vices of intellect, ego, superiority of race by roman emperore.So texts like i have come to teach the truth by the sword is not taught by jesus but by the people /Emperors to satisfy their ego and imperialist approach…One yogi can not be different from other. So Jesus was portrayed as Jealous and belittled. That land never had any great yogi after Jesus. Where ever such things are there it is written by people of intellect and mind and other vices of human mind.

OM[/quote]

“I came to teach the truth by the sword”, this is not in the Bible.
Christians are supposed to send the message of salvation, but not by force.
The problems appear when a religion becomes organized, official, and it meddles into politics. You are right, terrible things have been done in the name of the Christ, but they surely are punished, as God does not tolerate injustice.
Jesus said a lot of upsetting things, but those are upsetting only to a man of the world. I like the radical approach He often had. The truth is not negociable. But He also had compassion, and tought love.
What you say about the recordings of Jesus’ life, is probably true. People usually write things down because of the fear of forgetting important things. When things get written down, they must be mentalized.
Still, the Bible and the New Testament (Covenant) are in a surprisingly good shape, although they are prone to being misinterpreted, as anything written down. I must admit that by studying yoga, my understanding of the Bible was tremendously enhanced.
I often get sad as I witness Jesus’ teachings being misinterpreted, or misused, and especially by those who are supposed to be His messengers. They so often get lost or rigidly attached to His words written down, and often they overlook the real message, because they take them out of their context.

I also get sad when I see adherents of various religions debating things what are not for the mind to settle, but for the heart. I am not saying mental comprehension is useless, but these debates are mostly too superficial.

My dream is that the real message of Jesus will be heard by more and more people in the West, and finally, from a mystery religion, based on ritualistic worship, christianity will be revitalized by a deeper personal understanding and acceptance, where personal freedom of thinking and feeling is not endorsed by dogma, where people will realize that as Jesus tought, we are all brothers, as God is our father, where people will discover their spiritual kinship and realize that even if we are not equal to Jesus or God, Jesus is the one through whom God made himself equal to us, and thus, we must respect the other person as Jesus or God Himself. If we strive to do that, no religion or dogma can separate us, no border, nationality, wealth or gender will be in our way.

PS: thank you Rashmi for your consistent efforts to present us your spiritual teachers, their and your toughts, they are quite valuable and inspiring. I always enjoy reading them.

[PatR]

[QUOTE=Hubert;9896]Christians are supposed to send the message of salvation, but not by force.[/QUOTE]

Why do Christians feel there is a need to spread the message of Christ ?

[Hubert]

Well, I can’t answer that as I am not a “very good christian”, but I will look into that. I guess it is based on the Apocalypse of John. Christianity supposed to be catholic - universal.
I personally believe that The Christ event is of historical event of the highest magnitude, regarding humanity’s spiritual development - if understood correctly. Sadly, christianism in it’s organized, official form, lost that knowledge, it became exoteric, and because it lost the living spirit, it clings to it’s outer expressions. I do not expect anyone to believe things one is not capable of. But I can make them understand what I believe in, and this faith is not based on dogma, but on personal searching, and living.
This is mainly based on Rudolf Steiner’s work, who I really think was a prophet, or a man with direct knowledge of the highest spiritual realities. He’s guide to meditation is as good as any I wrote by eastern swamis’, gurus’, perhaps even more suited to westerners.

I am quite aware of how exclusivist it sounds, and that is not good. I have been walking in your shoes … I have been a convinced atheist a decade and a half ago.
But that aversion is only based on your previous experience with christians what might not be that good, I admit, and, on your natural longing for the freedom of personal experience, what seems to be denied in the case of blind acceptance of dogma.
Please, do not make the mistake to identify me, with your previous knowledge on christianity … as I am sure, if I told my priest, what I believe in, I’d be excommunicated.
So if this helps … I am not a christian, as I am a heretic. I am not a hindu, or buddhist either, allthough I find nourishment in these teachings too, just as I find spiritual nourishment in the Bible.

But let us not hijack this respectable thread.

[Rashmi]

Dear friends,

In this thread i have systematically tried to explain what is yoga, what was its source of origin, what is the truth regarding eastern teachings. I have taken the real life examples of great sidhha yogis who have taken birth in india, with in last 600 years. and tried to put here there teachings on this blog who have left valuable treasure for all of us.

Today we are in the grip of logic reasoning, perception, whether we believe in god or we do not believe in god, we are religious and hate others who do not follow our religion. Without understanding what exactly is the reality.Here someone can say that reality changes as per circumstances. As per vedas time never changes, world changes not the prakrati, God.

After long practise of yoga slowly this clout of maya reduces and slowly-2 you experience some changes which you all must be feeling as a practioner of yoga. This divine yoga and knowledge of veda (complete) will enable you to get liberated from human miseries of birth death.Further yajna, great deal propels toward enhancement of soul .

After doing yoga we should seek refuge in Him who has given this in the form of vedas.Why God is referred as He not she. He himself in vedas has said that he should we addressed as he.

It is difficult to control mind which keeps wandering, Great yogis have reached this stage with hard practice of yoga, following vedic view of life . If you have observed in the puports of there life thay all have said God is one. Sai baba of shirdi used to call himself as humble servant of God, the one who has matered his senses, was a brahma gyani, Swami Nityananda ji used to refer himself as this soul, gajanan mahraj all of them. In all the incidents there is a hidden knowledge. Till the time your sattava guna increases and slowly the effect of maya decreases understanding of self , god and prakritti increases.

I will end this with a brief incident from saibaba of shirdi
[B][/B]
[B]Balaram Mankar [/B]
There was a house-holder devotee of Baba by name Balaram Mankar. When his wife passed away, he got dejected and entrusting his household to his son, left his home and came to Shirdi and lived with Baba. Being pleased with his devotion, Baba wanted to give a good turn to his life and He did this in this wise. He gave him Rs. 12/- and asked him to go and live in Macchindragad (District Satara). Mankar was first unwilling to go and stay away from Baba, but Baba convinced him that he was giving the best course for him and asked him to practise mediation thrice a day on the Gad. Believing in Baba’s words, Mankar came to the Gad. He was much pleased with the lovely sight, pure water, healthy air and the surroundings of the place, and began to practice assiduously the meditations as recommended by Baba. After some days he got a revelation. Generally Bhaktas get revelation in their Samadhi or trance states, but in Mankar’s case he got it, when he came down to his ordinary consciousness from his trance. Baba appeared to him in person. Not only that Mankar saw Him, but he also asked Him why he was sent there. Baba replied - “In Shirdi many thoughts and ideas began to rise in your mind and I sent you here to rest your unsteady mind. You thought that I was in Shirdi with a body composed of the five elements and three and a half cubits in length, and not outside of it. Now you see and determine for yourself whether the person you see here now is the same you saw at Shirdi. It is for this reason that I sent you here.” Then after the period was over, Mankar left the Gada and proceeded to his native place Bandra. He wanted to travel by rail from Poona to Dadar, but when he went to the booking office to get a ticket, he found it very much crowded. He could not get his ticket soon, when, a villager with a langoti (piece of cloth) on his waist and kambali on his shoulder turned up and said - “Where are your going?” “To Dadar.” replied Mankar. Then he said - “Please take this Dadar ticket of mine; as I have some urgent business here, I have cancelled my Dadar trip.” Mankar was very glad to receive the ticket and was just taking out money from his pocket, when the rustic disappeared in the crowd. Mankar tried to find him out in the crowd, but it was in vain. He waited for him till the train left the station but found no trace of him. This was the second revelation Mankar got in a strange form. Then Mankar after visiting his home, again returned to Shirdi and remained there at Baba’s feet, always following His biddings and advice. In the end, he was very fortunate to leave this world in the presence, and with the blessings of Baba.

Thats all from me.

dear friends cross your boundaries of thoughts, perceptions, religion and try to dwell in the god who has created us.

truth is always eclipsed/shadowed it is to be followed and searched. This world was always full of all sorts of souls, however present day we have more souls who are misguided compared to earlier days as at that times we had great souls who were god realised and good examples for others.

Om

[Rashmi]

Dear friends,

Namaste,

Wish you a very happy holi,

Today is the festival of holi, this festival marks the end of winter, beginning of vasant and summer thereafter.This festival is symbolic, as per the recorded history in shastras hiranyakashyap was a king he proclaimed himself to be god and told that he should be worshipped instead of Vishnu (GoD), however his son prahlad was a staunch devotee of vishnu.He refused to worship his father he said you are not God. Here it may be mentioned people who do not follow vedas are called anarya/rakshas. He tried to persuade his son but in vain. This king too had siddhis and boon.He has asked for a boon from siva after he was pleased by his penance that he should not be killed in day /night, neither insidehouse nor outside, neither by weapon nor by any other thing, neither by human nor by animal.after this this king became vain and proud disrespecting rishis, sages compelling them to worship him and not allowed to perform yajnas.
He could not dissuade his son to worship vishnu. Finally he told his sister that he should sit with prahlad on wooden pyre so that prahlad gets killed. His sister has sought a vardaan/boon from a devta(a siddha yogi) that she would never be harmed by fire.however when the fire was lit his sister holika was again overpowerey by vanity/self pride where as prahlad was constantly remebering vishnu. Holika got burned and prahlad came unharmed from fire. This festival since then is celebrated which conveys man should always remember God, overpowering/controlling senses, saty away from pride and vanity.The momeent pride, vanity enters your siddhi/boon disappears. All these things will stay till the time you are pious, religious, god fearing.Finally hiranyakashap was killed by vishnu as prahlad was challenged by his father, to call vishnu and save him. He was killed neither by human nor by animal, neither at night nor day at sandhi kaal, neither by weapon nor by animal . He was killed by nails of Narsingh form of Vishnu, he was human with a head of lion. Same happened with Kansa, Ravana though learned of vedas had siddhis but were gripped by prided vanity.

Dear friends i have always said animals also have souls now some incidents from the life of siddha yogis for your introspection. Read this and corelate with siva, who always have nandi with him, Krishna by whose flute cows used to get divine pleasures alike human being, ganesha with mouse, these yogis and many other. In india in ancient texts it is always mentioned that sages and public used to live in perfect harmony. Sages used to reside in their hemitages in Forests where even ferocious animals used to behave like tamed one giving up ferociousness.

[B][U]Sai baba of shirdi:[/U][/B]
Once, Mrs. Tarkhad was staying in a certain house in Shirdi. At noon, meals were ready and dishes were being served, when a hungry dog turned up there and began to cry, Mrs. Tarkhad got up at once and threw a piece of bread, which the dog gulped with great relish. In the afternoon, when she went to the Masjid and sat at some distance, Sai Baba said to her, “Mother, you have fed Me sumptuously up to my throat, My afflicted pranas (life-forces) have been satisfied. always act like this, and this will stand you in good stead. Sitting in this Masjid I shall never, never speak untruth. Take pity on Me like this. First give bread to the hungry, and then eat yourself. Note this well.” She could not at first understand the meaning of what Baba said. So she replied – “Baba, how could I feed You? I am myself dependent on others and take my food from them on payment.” Then Baba replied – “Eating that lovely bread I am heartily contended and I am still belching. The dog which you saw before meals and to which you gave the piece of bread is, one with Me, so also other creatures (cats, pigs, flies, cows etc.) are one with Me. I am roaming in their forms. He, who sees Me in all these creatures is My beloved. So abandon the sense of duality and distinction, and serve Me, as you did today.” Drinking these nectar-like words, she was moved, her eyes were filled with tears, her throat was choked and her joy knew no bounds.
[B]Moral[/B]
“See God in all beings” is the moral of this chapter. The Upanishads, the Geeta and the Bhagwat, all exhort us to perceive God or Divinity in all the creatures. By the instance given at the end of this Chapter and others too numerous to mention. Sai Baba has practically demonstrated to us how to put the Upanishadic teachings into practice. In this way Sai Baba stands as the best Exponent or Teacher of the Upanishadic doctrines.
[B][COLOR=blue]Hemadpant (Scorpion and Serpent) [/B][/COLOR]
COLOR=darkred At Baba’s recommendation Kakasaheb Dixit was daily reading the two works of Shri Eknath Maharaj, viz., Bhagwat and Bhawartha Ramayana and Hemadpant had the good forturne to be one of the audience when the reading of the works was going on. Once when a portion from the Ramayana relating to Hanuman’s testing Rama’s greatness, according to his mother’s instructions, was being read, all the listeners were spell-bound. Hemadpant was one of them. A big scorpion (none knew where it came from), jumped and sat on the right shoulder of Hemadpant, on his Uparani (upper dhotar). First it was not noticed, but as the Lord protects those, who are intent on hearing His stories, he casually cast a glance over his right shoulder and noticed it. It was dead silence, not a bit moved here or there. It seemed as if, it also enjoyed the reading. Then by the Lord’s grace, Hemadpant without disturbing the audience, took the two ends of his dhotar, folded them, and brought them together, enclosing the scorpion within. Then he went out, and threw it in the garden. (2) On another occasion some persons were sitting in the upper floor of Kakasaheb’s Wada, just before nightfall, when a serpent crept through a hole in the window frame and sat coiled up. A light was brought. Though it was first dazzled, yet it sat still and only moved its head up and down. Then many persons rushed there with sticks and cudgels, but as it sat in an awakward place, no blow could be dealt. But hearing the noises of men, the serpent went out hastily through the same hole. Then all the persons there felt relieved. [/COLOR]
[B][COLOR=blue]Baba’s Opinion [/B][/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]One devotee named Muktaram, then said that it was good that the poor creature escaped. Hemadpant challenged him saying that serpents should better be killed. There was a hot discussion between them - the former contending that serpents, and such creatures, should not be killed, the latter that they should be. As night came on, the discussion came to an end, without any decision being arrived at. Next day, the question was reffered to Baba, who gave His settled opinion as follows:- "God lives in all beings and creatures, whether they be serpents or scorpions. He is the Great Wirepuller of the world, and all beings, serpents, scorpions etc., obey His command. Unless He will it, nobody can do any harm to others. The world is all dependent on Him, and no one is independent. So we should take pity and love all creatures, leave off adventurous fights and killings and be patient. The Lord (God) is the Protector of all. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=blue]Few more incidents follow[/COLOR]

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[Rashmi]

Sai Baba of shirdi
[B]Tiger [/B]
Seven days before Baba passed away, a wonderful incident occured at Shirdi. There came a country-cart and stopped in front of the Masjid. A tiger was on the cart, fastened with iron chains, with its fierce face turned to the rear. It was suffering from some pain or agony. Its keepers - three Derveshis - were taking it from place to place and making money by exhibiting it. It was the means of their subsistence. They tried all sorts of remedies to cure it from the malady it was suffering from, but all was in vain. Then they heard of Baba’s fame and came to Him with the animal. They got it down the chains in their hands and made it stand at the door. It was naturally fierce, besides, disease ridden. So it was restless. The people began to look at it with fear and amazement. The Derveshies went in, told Baba everything about the animal and with His consent, brought it before Him. As it approached the steps, it was taken aback on account of the lustre of Baba and hung its head down. When both saw each other, it got on the step and looked at Baba with affection. Immediately it moved the tuft of its tail and dashed it thrice against the ground and then fell down senseless. On seeing it dead the Derveshis were first much dejected and full of sorrow, but on mature thought they came to their senses. They considered that as the animal was diseased and nearing its end, it was very meritorious on its part that it should meet its death at the feet and in the presence of Baba. It was their debtor, and when the debt was paid off it was free and met its end at Sai’s Feet. When any creatures bow down their heads at saints’ feet and meet death, they are saved; and unless they have got a good store of merit on their account, How could they get such a happy end?

Swami Nityananda of Ganeshpuri/Kananghad

All forms of life were equally dear to Gurudev. One day, resting in a jungle near Udipi, a big Cobra evidently in great pain appraised Gurudev. He took the reptile lovingly, in his hands and passed his hands over its body. Then he told the snake something and, very obediently the snake crept away into the jungle, with signs of great relief. While excavating the caves at Kanhangad, and also at Ganeshpuri, there were many instances of poisonous snakes understanding and obeying Sadguru’s instructions. He would tell the snakes that they were the cause of fear among the people who lived there and that they should leave the place. The snakes would do so. Once a golden hued serpent came to him. He asked the reptile to fly away. The snake immediately flew away and disappeared. There are people who witnessed this incident at Kanhangad. On many occasions fearsome cobras would approach him and they would make peculiar sounds. "They are reciting “Datta-Datta-Mantra”, Swamiji would say.
Gurudev’s love for all animals was beyond human understanding. In the temple of Bheemeshwar at Ganeshpuri there was a temple bull. It was a great favourite of the devotees and was a rare kind of very intelligent and understanding animal. It died of old age and Gurudev made it a point to assign a spot for its burial and built a memorial for the bull in Ganeshpuri. It is known as “Nandi Samadhi”.
From Vajreswari, Gurudev shifted to a place called Ganeshpuri, a mile and a half away from the Vajreswari temple in 1936. That was to be his permanent residence. In those times, Ganeshpuri was a wilderness, surrounded by hills. It was believed that cannibal tribes of jungle folk lived in the region. Gurudev selected a location that had many hot -springs around it. The place was near the ancient temple of Bhimeshwar Mahadev. It was there that for the next twenty five years, Gurudev lived and he built it up into a Centre of Tapas and Satsang for fulfilling his divine mission of spiritual upliftment of the masses. During those years he was a Sthitapragna. Ganeshpuri is a resort famous for its natural beauty. The Mandakini mountain, mentioned in many scriptures is nearby and River Tejasa (Tansa) flows by the side of Ganeshpuri. Gurudev said that many a famous ‘Siddha’ lived in the mountain and many rare medicinal plants grew there. It is said that the great Sage Vasishta performed a famous "Yajna’ at Ganehspuri. There are many hot springs around the place. They are said to be the gifts of Sage Vasishta, who created them by his divine power for the use and comfort of the many sages who used to collect in that place for the Yajna. There are nearly three hundred and sixty such springs. The hot springs are reputed to possess very rare medicinal and curative qualities. In ancient times many famous Sages had done ‘tapas’ in that locality. This was the opinion of Gurudev. Sage Vasishta in one of his ‘Yajnas’ installed the ‘pratishta’ of Ganesh in a temple and hence the name ‘Ganeshpuri’. That is how the name of the place is explained. In front of the ancient temple of Bhimeshwar Mahadev. Gurudev got hot spring tanks dug. Gurudev is reported to have impressed upon many of his devotees that the hot springs were very sacred and that at what is known as “Brahmamuhutra” many divine ‘Siddhas’ come for a bath in them. Some devotees experienced the truth of Gurudev’s words about the hot spring tanks. One night Mrs. Muktabai went for a bath in the hot spring tanks. She saw unusually handsome youths who rushed from the spring tanks and disappeared inside the temple. She hurried back to the Ashram to seek the Master. Gurudev told her that they were the ‘Sanatkumars’ (the four sons of Brahma born of his mind alone-Sanakan, Sanadan, Sanatan, and Sanatkumaran). Gurudev would call the hot springs “Kotitheerthas”. Gurudev would ask devotees coming to Ganeshpuri to have a bath in those springs.

OM

[Rashmi]

[B][U]Gajanan Maharaj of shegaon[/U][/B]

One “Kirtankar” named Govindbua Taklikar once came to Shegaon to perform Kirtan. There was an ancient temple of God Shiva at Shegaon and it was renovated by a rich man named Mote. Now-a-days the rich people are not very fond of spending money over building or renovating religious institutions like temples, instead they like investing their money on motors, cars and cycles. Mote Saokar was not that kind of a person. Though he was rich, he was a believer in God, and that was why he got the temple renovated. So the temple was called Mote’s temple. Now listen to the story. Govindbua Taklikar camped in the above-mentioned Mote’s temple and had tied his horse in front of the main door. The horse had very bad habits like kicking anybody coming near it, and biting people as well. It frequently snapped the ropes holding it, never stayed steady and at times used to run away in the jungles. Day and night it used to neigh causing lot of noise. Govindbua had got specially prepared iron chain for it, but forgot to bring the same with him during his trip to Shegaon The horse was some how tied with a rope while Govindbua slept in the temple monitoring the horse at all times.
It was past midnight and everything, had drowned into a pitch darkness. Night birds, creating fearful sounds, were searching for their feed. All the doors in the villages were closed and there was a fearful dead silence all around. Nobody was seen on the roads. At that time Shri Gajanan came to the place where the horse was tied. Saints’ birth on this earth is ordained by Gods to improve the bad people, and as medicine cures disease, the saints help remove the wickedness from the disillusioned people. So Shri Gajanan Maharaj on that particular night came to the horse and happily slept between its four legs. He was reciting His usual Mantra-“Gana Gan Ganat Bote”, the meaning of which nobody knew. My interpretation of this symbolic Bhajan is as follows - Gani means count, Individual soul, (Gana) means devotee, who is not different from Brahma and to suggest it the word “Ganat” is used. Bote appears to be the corrupt form of Bate meaning individual soul in Brahma Himself and not anything different from it.
There are two versions of this Bhajan, but we need not bother about it, as we are concerned about the story only. So Shri Maharaj slept in the four legs of the horse and was reciting the above mentioned Bhajan. The horse stood still as if restrained by the means of the ?Chain? of this Bhajan.
Govindbua was constantly anxious about his violent horse and so frequently got up and saw to it that the horse was restrained and not creating any havoc in the neighbourhood. When he saw that his horse was standing still it surprised him and he feared that his horse might be inflicted by some sort of an illness. The horse?s silence was quite unusual as it was never silent like this before. So, anxiously he went to the horse and was astonished to see that somebody was sleeping below its stomach. When he carefully looked down, he found that Shri Gajanan Maharaj was sleeping there. He now knew the reason as to why his horse stood so peacefully. It dawned on him that it was due to Shri Maharaj?s presence that the horse kept quiet. Just like the fragrance of Musk driving away the bad smell, the divine power emanating from Maharaj drove away all the sins surrounding the horse. Govindbua prostrated before Maharaj, placed his forehead on the feet of Maharaja and said, “O Maharaj, you are really Gajanan who clears all the obstructions. I have seen and experienced this today. My horse being very wicked caused all the people a lot of worry and anxiety, and so you have come to drive away its wickedness. It has been possessed by several bad habits like jumping and kicking while someone was riding it. I was fed-up with it and had offered to sell it off, but nobody wanted it, not even if I gave it away for free. It is really a good thing that you have obliged me by calming down this animal. Horse owned by a preacher like me should be a gentle one, since it is the sole means of transportation for us. Tiger is harmful in the house of a cowherd.” Thus the horse suddenly became gentle and thereby Shri Maharaj manifested His power to save even the animal life from straying away to the wrong path. Then He said to the Horse “O friend, don’t be naughty hereafter and quit all your bad habits from this moment on. Remember that you are standing here before Shiva and so should behave like a bull. Do not trouble anybody henceforth.” Saying so, Shri Gajanan, who controlled the behaviour of an animal, went away. Next day, while Shri Maharaj was in the garden, Govindbua came there riding his horse. All people of Shegaon knew the misbehaving horse of Govindbua very well and feared it greatly. When they saw it coming one of them said, “Govindbua, why have you brought this trouble with you? This horse will harm the ladies and children here.” Thereupon Govindbua said that Shri Maharaj had made the horse sober last night and forced it to abandon all its bad habits and that there was no need for anyone to fear it anymore. The horse was allowed to stand unrestrained under a tree and lo, it stood there for an hour in a well behaved manner. There was lot of vegetables & grass around the horse but he did not touch it at all. See how powerful are the saints, who can control the mannerisms of even the animals and change their habits. In praise of Maharaj, Govindbua chanted as follows:
Nobody in the world is able to understand your actions.
Your Blessings can bring-round any villain.
Please place your hand on my head as my benefactor."
So praising Him, Govindbua left for Takli on his horse.

[COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial]There was a man named Sukhlal Agarwal at Balapur who owned a wicked cow. She used to wander in the town trampling and hurting people by the means of her horns. She would enter any shop eat grains to her hearts content and then pushed and spilled the remaining on road. She even kicked oil and ghee containers thereby spilling the contents on the road. If tied down at home, she snapped the rope and broke the chains. She behaved like a tiger and the people of Balapur got fed up with her nuisance. She was not getting pregnant and never remained indoors. Many folks advised Sukhlal to hand her over to a butcher or get her shot down by a bullet. He permitted them to do whatever they liked to her. One Muslim man once tried to kill her by gun, but some how she seemed to have gotten some warning about it and so she attacked and threw him away by her horns. Sukhlal then took her and abandoned her in another village but she returned back to Balapur again. Somebody then remembered the fact that it was Shri Gajanan Maharaj who had tamed Govind bua?s horse, and so advised Sukhlal to take her to Shegaon and offer her to Shri Maharaj, thereby serving dual purpose of getting rid of her and obtain Punya for giving a gift to a saint. All liked the idea, but their attempts to catch her failed every time. Then they kept a heap of green grass and some cottonseed on an open ground. As the cow rushed to eat it, 10-15 people surrounded and trapped her by ropes. Then she was lifted and tied on a bullock-cart with iron chains and brought to Shegaon for giving her to Shri Maharaj. As Shegaon was nearing, there appeared a significant change in her behaviour, and when brought before Shri Maharaj, she appeared to be an extremely tame creature. With tears in her eyes, she looked at Shri Maharaj. Thereupon Shri Maharaj said. ?it is your foolishness to have tied and tortured a poor cow like this. Her neck, horns and legs are tied with rope and chains. Such type of ?Bandobast? is all right for a tiger but not for a poor cow like this. You fools! you should know that this is a cow, a mother of all, and by tying her like this you have committed a sin. Release her at once, she will not trouble anybody.? However, no one dare go close to her. Maharaj, with his sacred hands released her of all the restraining chains and ropes. As Soon as she was free the cow came down, folded her fore-legs and with bowed head went round him three times and started rubbing his feet by her tongue. All the people saw this miracle and were surprised. Shri Maharaj said to the cow, O cow, do not trouble anybody hereafter and don?t leave this place at all.?
When this happened all people raised cheers in praise of Shri Maharaj. Since then She was never tied by any rope and became a wise cow. Even today her progeny exists in Shegaon. This incidence shows that whatever is said by the saints always comes true.
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[Rashmi]

[COLOR=black]Dear friends there are many such incidents recorded in india in different texts in different regions parts which we have been encountering since millennia due to the grace of siddha yogis.I by my limited intellect, capabilities and knowledge can not mention all of them. There are many siddha who must be still living, we by our worldly knowledge and intellect can not know them untill destiny, past merit and divine wills.Such great souls are like diamonds whose worth is assessed by jewellrs, they do not believe in improving anything they just uplift souls, devotees.As per them whatever is happening and will happen is the will of god.They only intercede on the karmas of there staunch devotees to help them out of human miseries which we fail to understand, we still clinge ourselves dearly to money wealth, power, wine, women and worldly pleasures. We as human beings have to achieve balance worldly and spiritual.[/COLOR]

Next time i will try to write on yogic powers of siddhas what i have grasped, which clearly will tell you yoga is divine, It is neither hindu, christian or muslim.It belongs to god and only God and his knowledge Vedas. If you still think yoga is christian then you as a soul have failed to come outside your boundaries, perceptions and impressions.This yoga takes you to that formless god who is referred to as Brahma, Vishnu and mahesh and many names with unlimited power and qualities.

On the path of Astanga yoga try to accept truth as it is.It is hard but we should learn to it.

But we as humans are always biased.

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Happy Holi

OM

[Rashmi]

Dear Friends

Namaste,

After reading most of the ancient texts of india i would like to share that ancient indians had well defined strategy on agriculture, business, democracy and governance. However there prime source of guidance till mahabharat war was vedas. All the kings had one rajrishi who was mantradrishta, realised and had deep knowledge of vedas. Hev was adviser to king and public in all matter.

i am enclosing matter on business from vedas for your knowledge and introspection by my guruji.Siddha yogis have emphasised on folowing ethical path to achieve end results of material sucess, as per them any thing achieved by illlegal means will be detroyed one day, path of hardwork, ethics ensure longetivity, happiness, satisfaction and success earned by hardwork though route is long.

Vedas are the store house of entire knowledge. God also gives knowledge regarding economy in four Vedas because the hard-earned money leads to attainment of eternal happiness in life. Hence, while imparting knowledge regarding finance and business God states in Yajurveda mantra 31/11 regarding Vaishya or a businessman - “YAT URU TADASYA VAISHYAHA AASEET” i.e., in the universe created by God he who has great strength in thighs and does hard deeds with quickness, he who travels throughout the country and abroad to create and distribute goods equitably throughout the country and abroad is true businessman/vaishyas. Such businessman knows all about business and agriculture.

Atharvaveda Kand 31, Sukta 15 and 17 states- “AHAM INDRAM VANNIJAM CHAUDYAMI” i.e., I pray to God who does business that “SAHA NAHA PURAHA ETA” that He may inspire us to progress in the path of business. This also makes it clear that before starting any auspicious work or business, we should always remember Almighty God. Mantra further states:-

“ARATIM PARIPANTHITAM MRIGAM NUDAN EESHANAHA MAHYAM
DHANADHAHA ASTU.” i.e., controller/commander of entire universe may obliterate all those who cause obstacles in business, who are our enemies, thieves, dacoits etc., and God may bestow wealth, assets on me when I work hard and put in my best efforts to carry on business.

Yajurveda mantra states- “SYAM PATYO RAYEENNAM” Oh! God, we may become owner of wealth and money.

Atharvaveda mantra 3/15/5 states that we should listen Vedas from learned acharya of Vedas, do Yajyen and pray in the manner that Oh! Learned of Vedas:- “DHANEN DHANAM ICHCHAMAANAHA YEN DHANENAM PRAPANNAM CHARAAMI TAT MEIN BHOOYAHA BHAVATU KANEEYAHA MA.” i.e., I desire to multiply my principal amount in business and employ money in buying and selling goods etc., so that my wealth increases and I may not suffer loss.

Oh! God while doing business we may always remain away from sins like illegal speculations,gambling, etc. Next mantra states that while desiring to multiply my business, may I exercise control over my senses, perceptions and mind and take interest in doing business for the pious sake of taking care of my family and may I always work hard to do so.

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[NamaHari]

Hare Krishna!
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All good wishes!

[Rashmi]

Dear friends

Namaskar,

few mantras from vedas by swami ramswarupji, for you internal reflection:

?BRIHADU GAAYISHE VACHO ASURYA NADEENAAM,

SARASWATEEMINMAHAYA SUVRIKTIBHIHI STOMAIRVASISHTH RODASEE? (Rigveda Mantra 7/96/1)

(VASISHTH) Oh learned person! (NADEENAAM) Amongst the worldly rivers there is one divine river which showers glories and other comforts and (ASURYA) mental and physical strength (VACHO) that river is Ved Vani. (GAAYISHE) So you chant and sing the Ved Vani (BRIHADU) and in the great (RODASEE) celestial bodies emitting light and earth you (MAHAYA) do worship (SARASWATEEM IT) only Saraswati i.e., Ved Vani (SUVRIKTIBHIHI STOMAIR) by performing the holy Yajyen.

[B]Meaning:[/B] Oh learned person! Amongst the worldly rivers there is one divine river which showers glories and other comforts and mental and physical strength that river is Ved Vani. So you chant and sing the Ved Vani and in the great celestial bodies emitting light and earth you do worship only Saraswati i.e., Ved Vani by performing the holy Yajyen.

[B]Idea:[/B] We must perform daily Yajyen/havan from Ved mantras which is a real worship of Ved Vani, which emanates direct from Almighty God. This is also a real worship of God.
God states in Rigveda mandal 7 sukta 96 that Oh learned persons! Worship the divine voice of Vedas which always bestows happiness on all and which never degrades any human-being nor gives sorrows.

Word ?pooja? belongs to Sanskrit language which means to give respect, honour and praise. When we respectfully and with faith listen to Vedas and then follows Vedas in conduct by doing only pious deeds, this amounts to worshipping divine voice of Vedas. Further it is stated that this worship ?Suvriktibhihi Stomaihi? is done through Yajyen. That is why Yajurveda states- ?Yajyey Nidhnum? i.e., voice of Vedas is the wealth of Yajyen. The Yajyen is presided over by the Brahma. Brahma means the learned of all four Vedas. The Brahma explains the Ved mantras in simple language to the people. All the aspirants listen the Ved mantras while sitting in Yajyenshala (place where Yajyen is performed) and offer aahutis and ghee to the pious fire in havan kund and in this way worship God and Vedas? voice.

Yaska Muni on the basis of Yajurveda mantra 1/1 states- ?Yajau Vai Shreshthatamam Karmaha? i.e., the above stated Yajyen is the most supreme pious deeds in the world. It is while sitting in the Yajyen and listening to Vedas that one gains knowledge about each and every matter of the universe along with spiritualism and the aspirant accomplishes Finance (arth), Religion (Dharma), pious desires (Kaam) and final liberation (Moksha). Mantra states that by performing yajyen, the human-beings acquire two types of gains:

(1) Abhyudaya (2) Nishreyas

i.e., the aspirant who worships the divine voice of Vedas gains all the glory, assets, wealth in this world and at last attains final liberation. The divine voice of Vedas is unchallengeable and true. That is why Tulsi states in his Ramayan about Sri Ram:

KOTINAH VAAJIMEDH PRABHU KEENHE

DAAN ANEK DWIJANAH KAHAN DEENHE

i.e., Sri Ram performed innumerable yajyen along with Mata Sita and donated to Rishis. In the similar manner, all of us should also perform the worship in the form of Yajyen. So Yajyen is not a simple Yagya. Yajyen gives worldly as well as spiritual knowledge. Almighty God has ordered us in four Vedas to perform holy Yajyen to get worldly and spiritual knowledge to attain glories, comforts and salvation. So it is a sin if anybody else without studying Vedas tell that Yajyen is a simple deeds to attain swarg etc., only. And such a statement also goes against Almighty God.

OM

[Hubert]

Nice to read from you again, Rashmi !