tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80414965137815312832024-03-18T21:08:56.291-07:00e Sanai: Buddha Purnimaa quarterly spiritual e-zinea quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-18535839380428463842023-05-05T05:55:00.001-07:002023-05-05T05:55:49.123-07:00Welcome to the Buddha Purnima issue of e-Sanai<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3dCcoHnHTFbhV73HY4Fj2_ALJB98hP1ilEq086ozA1wfOlj5ikXtPX4AB9JNfZL93FsP8zBKxylcmD69vdJLXR9f1eZsnbt128mVzFMtLsVXNZl6C1jEbVc4UKYIhQLyAkTJefYi0yvQTzXJaWU4iYRS9bqrrDXmrOFcCkqsPVJ-tmb1WOB2GJCJgQ/s3000/Buddha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2108" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3dCcoHnHTFbhV73HY4Fj2_ALJB98hP1ilEq086ozA1wfOlj5ikXtPX4AB9JNfZL93FsP8zBKxylcmD69vdJLXR9f1eZsnbt128mVzFMtLsVXNZl6C1jEbVc4UKYIhQLyAkTJefYi0yvQTzXJaWU4iYRS9bqrrDXmrOFcCkqsPVJ-tmb1WOB2GJCJgQ/s320/Buddha.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Sri Sandip Dasgupta</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p></p><p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Welcome to
the Buddha Purnima edition of e-Sanai.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In this
editorial, I will attempt to transliterate an interesting story that was
narrated by our Master on Mar 19, 1988 in New Delhi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through this story, the Master was
highlighting how the principles of Chemistry were imparted by a Guru to His disciples
in the ancient world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Once upon a
time, a Guru asked his disciple to get Him some salt and a container of water.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pointing to
the salt, the Guru asked the disciple to describe what he was seeing. The
disciple readily pointed out that the salt was solid, had a shape, a form that
could be seen and felt.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Pointing to
the container of water, the Guru asked the disciple the same question he had asked
before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The disciple pointed out that it
was in liquid form (not a solid) – but could be seen through the eyes (like the
salt).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The Guru
then asked the disciple to once again confirm the existence of the salt. Once
confirmed by the disciple, the Guru asked him to mix the salt into the water
and return the next day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When the
disciple returned the next day, he couldn’t find the salt anywhere. He was dejected
and asked the Guru where the salt was. The Guru pointed out that the salt was
present when he had left the previous day – but now it could not be perceived
either by his eyes or by touch.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The Guru
then asked the disciple to taste the water – from various depths. The disciple
reported that the water tasted salty. Thus, the existence of the salt was now
established through the tongue/taste instead of the touch/sight before. The
Guru’s message being that if an object changes state or enters a subtler state,
then its existence cannot be denied.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">From then
on, the Master went on to state that our I-Reality/Brahman/Atman is the most
subtle entity that pervades all and is ever-existent. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It provides shelter to all – and the existence
of everything in this world is dependent on the existence of this I-Reality.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So, on this
auspicious day, let us take a pledge to remember His words at every stage of
our lives – and attribute our existence, our actions and results to that
I-Reality that pervades all.</span></p>
<p></p>a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-2307880780862527772023-05-05T05:44:00.000-07:002023-05-05T05:44:16.269-07:00The Power of Silence<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWrr3j5IbBo_-erwYRkWDSMtup_6BvdwJv9dAx4x0eEGci7szjp2-fESIHdeo163CVhn-SP4SUuuFrKHmXMTL14RLCXP30gZyMOO_q_iQUaVYbVoujBC8qeca72gTBmYBB22OgzkQbFkSMWaZAphMCESwKGCFNU5kvnL5QH3Lj2f-2KXQDPH1WJyV4w/s2048/Serenity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWrr3j5IbBo_-erwYRkWDSMtup_6BvdwJv9dAx4x0eEGci7szjp2-fESIHdeo163CVhn-SP4SUuuFrKHmXMTL14RLCXP30gZyMOO_q_iQUaVYbVoujBC8qeca72gTBmYBB22OgzkQbFkSMWaZAphMCESwKGCFNU5kvnL5QH3Lj2f-2KXQDPH1WJyV4w/w200-h133/Serenity.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Smt. Mandira Lahiri</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">During my childhood, my father who was a man of few words, harped on
observing silence for a few minutes each day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This, he said, would give us a feeling of peace. When I was a kid, I used
to be a real chatterbox and loved to talk all the time. My father schooled me
to talk less. Silence, he would say brings joy, brings peace, brings wisdom,
brings contentment. Unnecessary talking does no good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By maintaining silence, you conserve your
energy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">When my children were growing up, I would use silence to show my
disapproval of something that they had done which was not up to my liking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It worked wonders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sri Sri Anandmayee Maa also advocated observing
silence to a large extent. My mother-in law who was an ardent devotee of Mother,
used to observe silence for an hour every day. Her face told me that she
enjoyed every minute of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At times she
would also use it as a tool to avoid unnecessary arguments.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Among Muslims during Janazaa time, there is pin-drop silence. No
wailing, no sobbing - just quiet mourning…. accompanied by an acceptance of
Allah’s Will.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">You are supposed to observe silence when you go to a place of worship, a
library, any class, or a place where last rites are performed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t even want to talk; you just want to
be quiet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the beginning when you try
to observe silence, the mental chatter continues, but slowly and steadily all
distractions vanish. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peace and joy prevail.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Now I will present before you the observations of great souls and
eminent writers on silence.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Mother Teresa in her book “Love, Joy and Peace” reiterates — “The most important
thing is silence. Souls of prayer are souls of deep silence. We cannot place
ourselves directly in God’s presence without imposing upon ourselves interior
and exterior silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is why we
must accustom ourselves to stillness of the soul, of the eyes, of the tongue.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">God is the friend of silence. We need to find God, but we cannot find
him in noise, in excitement. See how nature, the trees, the flowers, the grass
grow in deep silence. See how the stars, the moon and the sun move in silence.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">The more we receive in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our
active life. Silence gives us a new way of looking at everything. We need this
silence in order to touch souls.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Mr. M.K. Gupta in his book “How to Remain Ever Happy” writes — “Try to
find some time daily when you are in solitude and in silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Devote this time solely for yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Try to do self-introspection in this time so
as to know in which areas you need improvements and strengthening, in which
areas you are slipping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By this self-analysis,
give necessary suggestions to yourself to improve.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Through silence you conserve mental energy. Always speak less, speak in
low and sweet voice and to the point. Avoid gossips, unnecessary arguments and
discussions. Aimless talking should always be avoided.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">In the book “The Art of Happy Living”, Shri G.D. Budhiraja writes — “Silence
is a positive force that can transform people from within, since it is in
silence that one meets one’s Self authentically. And only an authentic
encounter with one’s Self can lead one on the path of renewal.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Silence has always been an integral part of spiritual tradition. The
story of the Buddha is captivating. He spent many years in silence and
meditation, after which he got enlightenment. Jesus Christ is said to have
spent forty days in the desert in silence, fasting and praying before he
realized the Supreme Truth and then embarked on his mission.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Silence is at the heart of all realities. All growth takes place in the
hush of silence:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a seed opens itself in
the depths of silence, a bud blossoms in silent moments, the growth of an
animal takes place in a silent manner, as also the growth of a child. It is
silence that dominates in all forms of life and growth; that is why sages and
enlightened souls always recommend silence as a pre-requisite for Self-realization.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">In the book “Talks”, Sri Ramana Maharshi says — “Silence is never-ending
speech. Vocal speech obstructs the other speech of silence. In silence one is in
intimate contact with the surroundings. The silence of Dakshinamurti removed
the doubts of the four sages. ‘Mouna Vyakhya Prakatita Tattvam’ (Truth
expounded by silence). Silence is said to be exposition. Silence is so potent.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">For vocal speech, organs of speech are necessary, and they precede
speech. But the other speech lies even beyond thought. It is in short
transcendent speech or unspoken words, Paravak.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Sri Bhagwan further points out that Thayumanavar mentions ‘Mouna’
(silence) in numerous places but defines it in only one verse. Mouna is said to
be that state which spontaneously manifests after the annihilation of the ego.
That state is beyond light and darkness, but is still called light since no
other proper word could be found for it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Maharshi states “<span lang="EN-IN">When Sita was asked who was her
husband among the rishis (Rama himself being present there as a rishi) in the
forest by the wives of the rishis, she denied each one as he was pointed out to
her, but simply hung down her head when Rama was pointed out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her silence was eloquent.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-IN">Similarly, the
Vedas also are eloquent in ‘neti’ - ‘neti’ (not this - not this) and then
remain silent. Their silence is the Real State. This is the meaning of
exposition by silence. When the source of the ‘I thought’ is reached it
vanishes and what remains over is the Self.”</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Maharshi says that Dakshinamurti revealed this Truth that Reality is
all-pervading; thus, Ishwara pervades the Jiva; therefore, the Jiva has Eternal
Being. His knowledge is not limited. Limited knowledge is only imagined by him.
In truth, his is Infinite Knowledge. Its limit is silence.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Once a visitor asked Maharshi — What is Mouna (silence)?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Maharshi — That state which transcends speech and thought is Mouna.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Visitor — How to achieve it?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Maharshi — Hold some concept firmly and trace it back. By such
concentration silence results. When practice becomes natural it will end in
silence. Meditation without mental activity is silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Subjugation of the mind is meditation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Deep meditation is eternal speech.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Visitor — How will worldly transaction go on if one observes silence?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Maharshi — When women walk with water pots on their heads and chat with
their companions, they remain very careful, their thoughts concentrated on the
loads on their heads. Similarly, when a sage engages in activities, these do
not disturb him because his mind abides in Brahman.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Prajnanpurush Sri Sri Babathakur says, ‘You must first try to be silent with
calmness, for that will help to control the senses and mind as well as it
enables one to see Divine everywhere, in everything at any moment— in the midst
of contradictions. In that way one learns to keep mental equanimity,
tranquility, serenity and equilibrium within. Silence, in that way, also helps
one to accept all, embrace all and to overcome all opposites such as
pleasure/pain, success/failure, gain/loss, happiness/misery, virtue/vice,
good/evil, positive/negative, yes/no etc. with equal spirit. From silence you
can realize your Self, realize all in your Self, and your Self in all. That is
the perfect unification and identification— the true aim of life.’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">The dictionary meaning of silence is — complete absence of sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whereas, Prajnanpurush Sri Sri Babathakur has
given the meaning of silence as ‘Nirav Mouna’, that is the language of the
Absolute. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;">Divine Sadguru, help me to dwell little more each day on this magical
power of silence, so that I am able to experience That Ultimate Peace and Joy
which we all yearn for.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There never was any difference between the
living universe and the Self, nor is there any, now. The manifestation of
everything is perfected verily by the Consciousness. You all are used to finding
fault with each other in and through the senses, mind and intellect. That is, the
shortcoming of the senses, mind and intellect. This shortcoming is nourished
and grows by the thought that the body is one’s all-in-all. The directive of
the Realizer of the Reality is to apply the mind earnestly at the center of Self
I-Consciousness instead of the body, senses and the rest.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One must take shelter under the Self
I-Consciousness in order to overcome the influence of mine-Consciousness. That
is possible when one practices sitting quietly in a self-composed manner for
some time, without giving any indulgence to the ideas or feelings of the senses
and mind i.e., to the imagination and thoughts of the mind; it means the
practice of total relaxation at a particular time each day. Once this habit is
somewhat firmed up, then to contemplate one’s own I to be outside the body like
the sky i.e., the I is stainless, all-pervading like the sky and the Infinite
Conscious Being or the ever-Existent Consciousness. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There is not any birth, death, decay and
changes of the sky i.e., no culminating result or transformation. That is eternally
pure, free, permanent, changeless, formless, all-pervading, inactive and
support-less. Contemplating on these words try to experience yourself in that
Consciousness. Comparing one’s own I with the sky in this manner strive to experience
yourself like the sky.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Contemplating I as the Infinite, indivisible,
the One without a second, the Absolute Manifester of all, the Revealer Being
and the Self I-Reality, practice to dwell in that Consciousness. Gradually
increase the time of practice and try to stay in that Consciousness as long as
possible. Think that in this I there’s no fatigue or exhaustion, hence It has
no alternative or substitute also. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This I has no rival and has no adversary —
like there cannot be another sky as the substitute or alternative of sky,
there’s only one sky. This one sky is everywhere in the creation, similarly
there’s only one I within the individual (Jiva). I means the ever Conscious
Being or the Existent Consciousness.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Under all circumstances and always you can remember
the Consciousness; while moving, standing, sitting or lying down, the I is
always there within the I. Be sure! You cannot go out of your I, you cannot
know anything out of your I and this I is birthless and deathless.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I is eternally changeless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Me, nescience/ignorance-science-prescience,
agency and gratification are utmost impossible. I is bodyless, I has no body. I
is dissociated i.e., I has no companion — ‘Eternally non-dual’. I is unbroken
i.e., birth, death, decay and disease etc., the sixfold modification are absent
in I. I is the Absolute i.e., beyond reals/Gunas, beyond conflict, beyond
emotions/ideas, eternally permeated by Saccidananda.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I is the Truth, I is the Eternal, I is
all-Perfect, I is indivisible, I is the Absolute, I is non-dual, I is ‘Eternally
non-dual’, I is Saccidananda Itself—this verily is the mystic formula (Mantra)
of I. If each one can contemplate to some extent on these words each day, then one
will observe that there has been a total personality change within a month; and
by doing any mumbo-jumbo for the whole life nothing will be attained.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The very nature of the Ishwara-Atma (God-Self)
Consciousness is the very nature of the Absolute I-Consciousness. The Absolute Truth
is one’s Own Self I-Consciousness which verily is Immortal Bliss and the Ocean
of Supreme Divine Essence. For complete unification and identification with
this Ocean of Supreme Divine Essence, the Science of this ‘Real Self I-Consciousness’
has been expressed as far as possible in a simple and lucid language.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If one dives deep in the indivisible Ocean of
Supreme Divine Essence i.e., Ocean of I- Absolute, then life is permeated by
the Supreme Divine Essence, the Self I-Reality and Absolute Immortality. This
Absolute-I of Ishwara-Atma is the Supreme Truth Itself, the Reality Itself, the
indivisible profound Saccidananda, Love Itself, Absolute Itself and Peace
Itself. If one dives in this indivisible Bliss of Divine Essence, then there is
death of death itself i.e., Immortal Life-Divine is attained. </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the Immortal Life-Divine, the supra-sattvic
Self -Consciousness and the I of Consciousness is directly experienced below
and above, in front and behind, to the right and to the left in all the states
in One’s Own Consciousness. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life then
comprises the essence of Bliss Consciousness and is full of the essence of
Bliss Consciousness like the sweet and juicy cottage cheese ball (rassogolla)
is full of the sweetness through and through i.e., the Bliss Consciousness
Itself is Its right identity. Wherever you taste there will be the experience
of the same One Essence. The vision of all-even Consciousness and of the same
One Essence everywhere shall open. This vision of One Essence is called
‘Rishi-Drishti’. That verily is the significance of the Absolute Realization-
Brahman-Atman-Ishwara Consciousness.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Experience yourself as the Saccidananda Itself
by becoming One with the indivisible Ocean of Saccidananda, the Ocean of
Supreme Divine Essence, just like the sweetness of a rassogolla is one with the
rassogolla. Saccidananda is verily your Real Identity. In That, there is no defect
of partiality, perception of difference and conflict, doubt or apprehension, fear
or illusion— nothing is possible therein. After all these are removed through
spiritual discrimination between the Self and non-self, the direct experience
and realization of the existence of the Absolute I, the Self-Divine (Atmaram), the
Self I-Reality (Paka Ami) at the root of the ego gets perfected; and the ego
also is terminated forever.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -27.0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>Transliterated by Sri Ramen Basu and edited by Sri P.C. Lahiri, this work is submitted at the lotus feet of Sri Sri Babathakur. </i></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br />
</p><p></p>a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-67104875088221952452022-05-25T21:13:00.000-07:002022-05-25T21:13:44.476-07:00Welcome to the Buddha Purnima issue of e-Sanai<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsKWrLAVsUWWZE9vZmp75GzuP6otkAqDM46IC-s3hkjwkakXqiqncXN45q5-UbNVIt3xJ5_G_oxUEhexC1hyPIWmwfg53akl8YnvcavMzveW6KG46voFkBfQgR-_Og1QXryR_Yq7DxkWvuQTiWy6VeHyaxIsqLWhrm7GLQc23YFJjycyEDXPpDjMCVA/s720/Buddha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsKWrLAVsUWWZE9vZmp75GzuP6otkAqDM46IC-s3hkjwkakXqiqncXN45q5-UbNVIt3xJ5_G_oxUEhexC1hyPIWmwfg53akl8YnvcavMzveW6KG46voFkBfQgR-_Og1QXryR_Yq7DxkWvuQTiWy6VeHyaxIsqLWhrm7GLQc23YFJjycyEDXPpDjMCVA/w320-h240/Buddha.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Sri Sandip Dasgupta</span></h3><p>
</p><p class="Normal tm6"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"> Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur!</span></span></span></p><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="Normal tm6"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">Welcome to the Buddha Purnima edition of our e-magazine. In the last issue, I had shared a couple of shortcuts to remember the essence of our Master’s teachings:</span></span></span></p><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm9"></span><span class="tm9">“I” inside and</span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm9"></span><span class="tm9">Powered by “I”</span></span></span></li></ul><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="Normal tm6"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">Last night I tested positive for the Coronavirus, with mild symptoms. As I take rest while recovering, I began to ponder on the Master’s teachings and the following thoughts came
to my mind which I thought I will share with you:</span></span></span></p><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm9"></span><span class="tm9">That same “Absolute I” is inside the coronavirus</span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm9"></span><span class="tm9">The coronavirus is powered by that same “Absolute I”, that’s why it is so powerful! It has the potential
to destroy the whole mankind – the same creation that has been created by the “Absolute I” to enjoy the Divine game</span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm9"></span><span class="tm9">The virus has taught us not to take everything as granted, but be thankful to the “I”/the creator for
everything we have received from Him.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm9"></span><span class="tm9">That same “I” has given the scientists the brainpower to create a vaccine against the virus. That is why
I escaped with mild symptoms. This vaccine has saved mankind from widespread destruction, because the “Absolute I” wished for the Divine game to continue. That vaccine is also powered by that “I”.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm9"></span><span class="tm9">The same “I” taught me to be careless in the last few days. It was a lesson for me that I needed to be
more careful. We learn from our mistakes and that’s why the “Absolute I”, lets us commit mistakes so that we can learn from our mistakes.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm9"></span><span class="tm9">That same “I” gave me some good advice to follow, and my intellect, powered by that “I” allowed
me to take the right decisions regarding the treatment to be followed.</span></span></span></li></ul><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="Normal tm6"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">So, as you can see, our Master’s all-pervading teachings can be applied everywhere, at any time. No wonder, He said ‘All Divine, For all Time, As It Is”.</span></span></span></p><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="Normal tm6"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur!</span></span></span></p><p class="Normal tm6"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"> </span></span></span></p>
a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-1141071196761350252022-05-25T21:01:00.000-07:002022-05-25T21:01:29.037-07:00Positive Mindset<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpisS536nnP22lIi5j_8hCdoLi9d5TND_9WSWK__0S5h6bEaGM9tfXZxLrbiYYJFBsSxCeFUkMgpJYTOuEpZxs7-cALD-qHwg8Z0M_Ozwmxxj8065MyKxgghJaVlfeq2FHA7k1Ie2HPMrpGO0UTNLU8ub35zFaA2-H-RC_9NFpbVdJxjVfZJyz4ngZw/s1140/Positivity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1140" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpisS536nnP22lIi5j_8hCdoLi9d5TND_9WSWK__0S5h6bEaGM9tfXZxLrbiYYJFBsSxCeFUkMgpJYTOuEpZxs7-cALD-qHwg8Z0M_Ozwmxxj8065MyKxgghJaVlfeq2FHA7k1Ie2HPMrpGO0UTNLU8ub35zFaA2-H-RC_9NFpbVdJxjVfZJyz4ngZw/w200-h100/Positivity.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">by Smt. Mandira Lahiri</span></h3><p>
</p><p class="Normal tm5"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="tm6">Everyday in the newspaper we read about war, apathy, friction, suffering, death, grief etc. Television also tells us about all the negative news. How the leaders of different countries
are at loggerheads with each other…. how they are devising new methods to finish each other…. how they are thinking of mindless expansion of their lands without paying heed to the destruction that it causes. It
is therefore important to propagate a positive mindset in these trying times (as highlighted by the following anecdotes).</span><span class="tm6"> </span></span></span></p><p class="Normal tm5"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="tm6">Mr. Basu, a resident of our neighborhood, was an autocratic man…. proud…. nose high up in the air…. his favorite pastime was the dissection of someone else’s
character…. even one word of praise would not come out from his mouth for anyone. But yes, his home-front was peaceful. His wife was an artist who managed their home very well. She also held art classes for housewives.
They had a son who was brilliant. Following his impeccable schooling, he attended one of the most prestigious colleges of India. Later, he went to the USA for further studies. Incidentally another girl from our neighborhood
went to the same university to study architecture. The boy and the girl fell in love and decided to get married. But they had a big problem on hand. The two families could not see eye to eye with each other. There was a lot
of animosity between the two households. So, the children flew down to India, told their respective parents that they were in love, wanted to get married and that they had come to seek their blessings. When the parents saw
the seriousness and determination on the faces of their children…. they decided to bury the hatchet. They made all the necessary compromises, let go of their huge egos, and happily started making all the arrangements
for the wedding. They invited the whole community. All the guests were warmly welcomed by them. What a pleasant turnaround it was! Everybody was overjoyed to see the positive change in them. It was very heartening to see
two kids resolving the differences between their families, by tying the knot. The parents also behaved responsibly and forgot their previous antagonism. There was love, joy and positivity all around.</span></span></span></p><p class="Normal tm5"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="tm6">This anecdote is about a Bengali maid called Rupali who earned her living by working in other people’s houses. She had come from her native place and was in need of money. Whatever
she was earning was not enough for her family and herself. She was looking for more work. There was a house in the vicinity whose inmates were badly in need of a domestic help. No maid would stick around in their house since
the lady of the house was very rude. Surprisingly Rupali agreed to work there. She paid no heed to those who advised her not to. She just told them that Goddess Lakshmi was coming to her that way and she would respect it.
She further added that few harsh words, rude behavior did not affect her. She walked in nonchalantly and started working in that house which was avoided by all. Gradually the days turned to weeks…. weeks turned to months….
months to years…. but Rupali continued to work in that house unflinchingly. The ladies of the community were quite astounded to see this, so one day they asked her how the impossible became possible. She smiled and replied
that it was not difficult. She schooled herself to take the lady of the house as her own mother. The nasty behavior which was meted out to Rupali in the beginning was brushed aside by her and she kept doing all her work smilingly.
At the most she would say, “Don’t be angry Maa, I will do it just now.” Rupali’s positive attitude brought about a remarkable change in the lady’s demeanor. She became calmer and stopped shouting
at Rupali. There was peace at home. As time went by, the lady started caring for Rupali in her own way. One day she told her, “Don’t ever leave me and go away, you have become indispensable for me.” A positive
mindset is thus a very powerful tool that we all possess, and which (if used judiciously) can do wonders.</span></span></span></p><p class="Normal tm5"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="tm6">Now this one is my experience in one of the schools, when I got an unruly class to handle. The whole school was waiting for this particular batch to leave. Everybody was sick and tired
of them. They were eager to get rid of them so that they could heave a sigh of relief. In my case also initial few classes went in vain. No amount of counseling helped. Then one day as I was about to enter their class, I
just thought of changing my tactics. I began to shower praises on them right from the beginning of the class. I told them that they were an amazing bunch of kids, and that it was a real privilege for me to have had the opportunity
to teach them…. how every day I learnt something wonderful from them! They could not believe their ears! Their mouths fell open! There was a lull in the classroom. I could see that my words had not sunk in. After a while
a boy got up and said that the whole school called them ‘worthless’ and that they were criticized all the time! I explained it to them that everybody’s opinion would change if they could bring about a slight
modification in their behaviors. They promised me that they would do it. My praising sessions went on. I completely stopped using negative statements and kept telling them that they all were very precious to the whole school!</span></span></span></p><p class="Normal tm5"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="tm6">Children are very malleable by nature. In about seven days, an amazing change took place. The class from which everybody wanted to stay away, became the talk of the whole school for
their marvelous effort to correct themselves. Very soon they became the apple of everybody’s eye.</span></span></span></p><p class="Normal tm5"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="tm6">The other day I was reading Sadguru’s ‘Smritigatha’ and came across an incident of Sri Sri Babathakur’s life which left an indelible mark in my mind. Once in Kankulia,
Sri Sri Babathakur lost his watch and some amount of money kept in one of the drawers of his table. All the devotees became very upset. They started searching for the watch and the money. Sri Sri Babathakur stopped them saying
that the one who had taken it needed it more than him…. hence, they should forget about the incident and not get perturbed. From then on Sadguru would keep some amount of money for that person who had taken it away in
the first place. What a wonderful example of a positive mindset! This incident stirred me from within. I pray to him to make me always think along these lines!</span></span></span></p><p class="Normal tm5"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="tm6">Another story in Sri Sri Babathakur’s ‘Golpey Atma Vidya Part -1 makes us aware of just what Supreme Love and positive mindset really is! I am presenting the story in short
here. It goes this way: Once a divine personage was mistakenly wounded badly by a murderer. Later the murderer was caught by the police and put in prison. Though the sage’s condition was serious, he did not have any
expression of fear or pain on his face. All the police officials were told to pardon the accused. They were also told to treat him with kindness and respect. He told his caregivers to take him to the prison as he wanted to
meet his friend (the murderer) and see him to his heart’s content. So, one day with the help of his caregivers, the sage arrived at the prison. He stood outside the cell and signaled the accused to come close to him.
His eyes brimming with tears, he kept looking at him. The sage lovingly went on caressing his head and kissing his forehead and kept saying— Just like you I am alone in this world. The accused kept gazing at the sage
with unbelieving eyes! All those present there were also transfixed to their respective places, something divine and out of the world was happening in front of their eyes! The sage came back home and though he was looked after
very well, he left his mortal coil in a few days. The accused was declared innocent and was released from jail in a miraculous way. After being set-free, the accused went to a pilgrimage center and entered a temple. He saw
the sage sitting in place of the idol. For two to three days the sage was there in his thoughts at all times. Finally, he took refuge under a tree, becoming completely internalized. In the following years, he turned into a
saint and spent all his time singing praises of the sage. After witnessing this wonderful manifestation of love in him, many people became ascetics, saints, sages and acquired wisdom.</span></span></span></p><p class="Normal tm5"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="tm6">Analysis of this anecdote in Sri Sri Babathakur’s words — Love’s power is Supreme. It can assimilate everything within itself. Offering one’s own self unconditionally
is love’s special trait. Love embraces hurt inflicted by someone, harm done by someone and faults of others. Sri Sri Babathakur further adds— Crucifixion of the body is the mark of Divine Love. The lover (devotee)
gives his body to his beloved God in return God gives his Spirit to him. Love is the Spirit and Spirit is Love. Love is Divine and Divine is all-Love. Unconditional self-surrender or self-sacrifice…. that is losing your
own individuality in the Absolute Infinity…. becoming One with It is the highest achievement of life. In Divine Love there is no intellect. Love only knows One, there is no two there. Very few are eligible for this Love.
Ego of knowledge, education and desires make our mind tarnished…. till its purification, the feeling of True Love cannot be experienced. Krishna, Jesus Christ, Buddha, Chaitanya, Ramakrishna Paramahansa etc. are all
Avataars of Love. Avataars of Love are called Gods. Nobody can know them if they don’t make themselves known.</span></span></span></p><p class="Normal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span class="tm6">So, we see that a positive mindset and true love can put an end to all the chaos and friction existing in the world today. This is the only way we can rise above the rest and achieve
Peace Absolute.</span></span></span></p><p class="Normal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm6"> </span></span> <br /></p>
a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-44776030229880989522022-05-25T20:48:00.004-07:002022-05-26T20:56:28.146-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7imfqYr6EmkdKDCsUqNgVFEFhf3I1ivJPs8LMmdNzPb81UvO1ArshVGLDY3fkec8ctdZazauEOhF0c1BCZ3E88sqnluq68Ly3clFXN2KiQCDVQVIifUNhX79gKYow9shZZPe3NJUvQvQsfPKAakuDNPtAw_u7P778JIh0yOcwH9i9A-vRRDeFv4yebw/s1200/Guru%20Shishya.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7imfqYr6EmkdKDCsUqNgVFEFhf3I1ivJPs8LMmdNzPb81UvO1ArshVGLDY3fkec8ctdZazauEOhF0c1BCZ3E88sqnluq68Ly3clFXN2KiQCDVQVIifUNhX79gKYow9shZZPe3NJUvQvQsfPKAakuDNPtAw_u7P778JIh0yOcwH9i9A-vRRDeFv4yebw/w200-h100/Guru%20Shishya.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span class="tm7">The following is a transliteration by Sri Ramen Basu of a story narrated by Sri Sri Babathakur (appearing in Swajnaugrahasudha Vol. 2, pages 2 - 4).</span></i></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span class="tm7">
</span></i></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm6"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">This is a story concerning the qualifications needed to attain the mercy/grace of Guru. Once, two poor villagers came to a Guru for </span><i><span class="tm8">dikkha</span></i><span class="tm7"> (i.e. initiation). The two individuals hailed from separate villages but were acquainted with each other. The economic condition of one of them was more or less passable,
while that of the other was one of extreme poverty. Paying obeisance to Gurudeva, they conveyed to Him their minds’ desire. Saying that He had to go somewhere on a special errand within a few days, Gurdeva asked them
to come back and see Him at a later time. He would arrange for their </span><i><span class="tm8">dikkha</span></i><span class="tm7"> at that time. However, both the fellows kept imploring to the Gurudeva, stating – ‘Please initiate us before you leave. Our minds have become restless to attain </span><i><span class="tm8">dikkha</span></i><span class="tm7">.’</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"> </span></span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm6"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">Listening to their pleas, the Gurudeva made an arrangement to test how qualified they were to receive </span><i><span class="tm8">dikkha</span></i><span class="tm7">. Giving each of them one whole grain, He told them – ‘Keep the grain with you. I am leaving for some place on a special errand. On my return, please return this
grain to me. Then I will initiate both of you. But if this grain rots or gets destroyed, I won’t initiate you</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span>.'</span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm6"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">Having received the grain, the two friends paid obeisance to Gurudeva and returned home. Of the two, the one who was economically a little better off began to wonder if the grain
might get lost, or if the bird or the worms may eat it. Then I will be in trouble because I have to return the grain to Gurudeva; else He won’t initiate me. He thus placed the grain carefully within a piece of cloth,
and having wrapping the cloth nicely, put it inside a tiny box.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm6"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">The second fellow was very poor. He thought of the difficulty of storing the grain, and it bothered him. Gurudeva has given me the grain, but how should I store it? If it spoils
for some reason, I won’t be initiated. Where to keep it? If I put it in a tiny box, the worms will eat it. After a lot of contemplation, he planted the grain seed inside a earthen tub filled with soil. He observed
the tub daily so as to ensure that the birds or worms do not eat it. Each day he watered the plant a little.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm6"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">After a few days, he found that a wheat plant had sprouted from the seed. Thinking that the plant may be destroyed, he carefully transferred it to a bigger tub, and added more
soil to the tub. He regularly took care and watered the plant. In time, more wheat plants had grown in the tub. Gurudeva had still not returned. Thinking the new wheat-crop may be spoilt, he arranged for a much bigger
tub and planted all the wheat seeds in it. After some days, even more plants sprouted from those seeds. Gradually the amount of wheat grown had burgeoned to such an extent that instead of a bigger tub, he planted all of
the wheat grains in a small plot of land next to his home. More wheat plants grew in this plot of land. He repeatedly kept harvesting the wheat and planting the wheat grains back in the ground. Gradually he began cultivating
so much wheat, that he started selling some of it. In this way, his food problem was solved, and he began cultivating wheat right from his home. That small piece of land however was not quite sufficient to grow more wheat
plants; more land was needed. So he bought a bigger plot of land and started to cultivate wheat in a big way. The fellow would not store the wheat-grain, but rather resow it and cultivate the wheat-crop continuously. In
this manner, a lot of wheat-crop began to be generated.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm6"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">A lot of time had elapsed, yet Gurudeva had still not returned. The fellow had become rich by selling the wheat-crop he grew, and had even bought a house. His economic condition
had improved much, and had completely transformed his living condition.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm6"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">After four/five years, Gurudeva returned. He summoned the two villagers. The first fellow opened the tiny box and found that the grain seed which had been stored in it had been
completely destroyed. The second fellow said to Gurudeva - ‘ To take proper care of the grain-seed given to me, I had to work hard throughout these days. I did not have any respite to look after other things’.
Then the fellow showed how much wealth he had amassed by cultivating the wheat-crop. He also showed how he has stored the wheat-crop in rattan baskets. Gurudeva said – ‘I have understood that you are capaable
of protecting the seed-mantra. Come I will initiate you right away’. Gurudeva said right here was the test for both of you. He said to the first fellow – ‘ Look! you spoiled even this ordinary task, but see
how your friend has transformed his condition from that little grain-seed’. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm6"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">Really how many of you become prepared to use the seed given to you by the Guru? A few songs were sung on this topic as follows:</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></p><div class="ListParagraph tm10" style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">a. ‘O the mind – tiller your body-field is the tillage-ground</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"> </span></span></span></p></div><p class="ListParagraph tm10"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"><span> </span><span> </span>You didn’t learn how to cultivate, didn’t learn to cultivate.’</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"> </span></span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm10"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span></span>(song
10, Karma O Sadhan Tattva, </span></span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm10"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Swanubhvasudha Vol. 2)</span></span></span></p><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="ListParagraph tm9"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">b. ‘The human-body, a fertile ground why do you leave it aside</span></span></span></p><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="ListParagraph tm10"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"><span> </span><span> </span>Cultivate harvest, Cultivate harvest, now Cultivate harvest’.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"> <span> </span>(song 21, Karma O Sadhan Tattva, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Swanubhvasudha Vol. 2)</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm11"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">Sadhaka Ramprasad also had a song on this very topic:</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm11"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"><span> </span>‘O mind you do not know how to cultivate</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm11"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"><span> </span>This human life remains fallow</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm11"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"><span> </span>If harvested the field would yield gold.’</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"> </span></span></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm11"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7">Human being can do everything - but when it comes to reciting the name of the Lord, so many excuses crop up. The Lord is hiding in the heart of all. You have to bring Him out
by chanting His name with lots of devotion and care.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p class="ListParagraph tm12"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="tm7"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p class="Normal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><span class="tm13">Transliteration submitted at the holy lotus feet of Sadguru Sri Sri Babathakur</span></b><span class="tm13"><b> by Sri Ramen Basu . The translator acknowledges the help of Sri Debasish Kundu and Smt. Swapna Banerjee in this work. </b> </span></i></span></p><p></p>a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-53540584045074339142021-06-12T09:28:00.001-07:002021-06-12T09:28:45.028-07:00Welcome to the Buddha Purnima issue of e-Sanai<div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKG6tK5FaulAmAdBsBEU34hCntfVGvljrZ2arehGAgRjcy47CG5d530LY_J43uyri4IB8NrLFWaSOkmAWkpFgnK-v5mHC5jtLVmhK5DTX1dhbjlu4fFuakCa_yd7CyA6fSil-IYNTGGSR/s650/Buddha+Purnima.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKG6tK5FaulAmAdBsBEU34hCntfVGvljrZ2arehGAgRjcy47CG5d530LY_J43uyri4IB8NrLFWaSOkmAWkpFgnK-v5mHC5jtLVmhK5DTX1dhbjlu4fFuakCa_yd7CyA6fSil-IYNTGGSR/s320/Buddha+Purnima.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">by Sri Sandip Dasgupta</h3><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Joy Babathakur!</span></span></p><span style="color: #351c75;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Welcome to the Buddha Purnima edition of e-Sanai. For the
last few weeks we have all been hearing of bad news as several of our brethren
have had to deal with the terrible pandemic amongst an acute shortage of
medical help. We have heard of good Samaritans coming forward to help the
affected people, and we have also heard of countless cases where unscrupulous
elements have tried to take advantage of the situation – without realizing that
they themselves could be a victim of a calamity some day. According to our
Master (Prajnanpurush Sri Sri Babathakur), both sets of people are expressions of the same Absolute – the good
Samaritans are carving out a better life for themselves when they are reborn,
and the unscrupulous elements are carving out a destitute life for themselves
when they are reborn. So what can we all do in this <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">helpless</i> situation?</span></span></p><span style="color: #351c75;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">helpless</i>
state in Bengali is called A-shohay. But our Master has given us two different
meanings for this word (taken from Chapters 12 & 13 of Atma Sutra Vol. 2).</span></span></p><span style="color: #351c75;">
</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Be dependent on the Absolute One:
A(bsolute)-shohoy. This is the state when there is no Ahamkar. Much like when a
person who doesn’t know swimming and is about to drown in a swimming pool – one
is only dependent on the Creator/Absolute Oneness.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Constantly be associated with the Absolute
One. Since each one of us is an expression of that Absolute, the Master is
asking us to keep ourselves associated with the Absolute One.</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="color: #351c75;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Why do I bring this up now? In this kind of desperate
situation, it is very important for all of us to face the challenges with the strength
that comes from having faith in the Absolute One – to forget about our
individual “I” or Ahamkar and keep full faith in the Absolute One. The Master
has categorically told us that the Absolute One is <a name="_GoBack"></a>hugging
us tightly, even during the toughest of times!</span></span></p><span style="color: #351c75;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Joy Babathakur!<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Joy
Babathakur!<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Joy Babathakur!</span></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> </span> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p>
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<![endif]--></p></div>a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-46065728933926248422021-06-12T09:13:00.003-07:002021-06-12T09:14:27.722-07:00Love is Divine<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7els0UP-UDXPDfjsv4faIShRSQpHJGSHbbL3kDMyQE5hUeBFJrWaufItE6WqlHGYs8XX0y1qnB-mzvuRR8vuKuqsga5tte_-_YblffU5xM_kWaUubu7kZJ-yOPmshR8wX3W2gvCYBaOv/s612/Om.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="612" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7els0UP-UDXPDfjsv4faIShRSQpHJGSHbbL3kDMyQE5hUeBFJrWaufItE6WqlHGYs8XX0y1qnB-mzvuRR8vuKuqsga5tte_-_YblffU5xM_kWaUubu7kZJ-yOPmshR8wX3W2gvCYBaOv/w200-h200/Om.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">by Smt. Mandira Lahiri</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Since childhood, we
have been hearing this word— LOVE. We were told and taught that love is a
beautiful emotion. It is a divine feeling. It is always within us. We were told
to love everyone and hate none. While growing up, in school, in college, at our
workplace, in our married life, in fact, within us, all around us we witness different
facets of love. Love of a mother for her child, love of a child for his parents,
love for work, love for relationships, love for food, love for animals, love
for peace, love for nature, love for the country, love for humanity, love for
friends, love for luxury, love for cleanliness, love for travelling, love for
hobbies, love for neighbors, love for society, love for good and great things
in life etc.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We have heard about
Mirabai’s unconditional love for Lord Krishna….love of Krishna for Sudama….love
of Shabari for Lord Rama….love of Arjun for Lord Krishna…..Ramakrishna Paramhansa’s
love for Maa Kaali….Eklavya’s love and devotion for Dronacharya…Shravan’s love
for his blind parents….Gandhari’s love for Dhritrashtra made her blindfold
herself for the rest of her life…..Ramakrishna’s love for Vivekananda and vice
versa….love between Laila and Majnu, love between Romeo and Juliet… love
between Heer and Ranjha……Shah Jahan’s love for his beloved wife Mumtaz
Mahal……and so on.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When I was growing
up, my mother was my constant companion and she imparted many a valuable lesson
to me. Out of those which impacted me very strongly were her words on love. She
would tell me to dwell on the power of love…..how unfavorable circumstances
could be transformed into favorable circumstances through love, how a foe could
be turned into a comrade, how an untamed animal could be tamed through love,
how a problem child could become well-behaved through love, how relationships
could be nurtured through love. She taught me to love and respect nature also.
And finally, she made her statements more valid by saying that when you love
others, they love you too. I benefitted hugely by trying to follow some of it
in my life.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Here is an excerpt
from the book— “365 Dalai Lama—Daily Advice from the Heart”: “Love is the ultimate
way to transform people, even when they are full of anger and hatred. If you
express love continually and steadily, without ever tiring, you will touch them.
This takes a lot of time. One needs tremendous patience. But if your intentions
are perfectly pure and if your love and compassion are steady, you will
succeed.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">J. Krishnamurthy in
his book "Meeting Life” explains, “A mind that is self-concerned with its
own ambitions, greed, fears, guilt, suffering has no capacity to love. A mind
that is divided in itself, that lives in fragments, obviously cannot love.
Division implies sorrow; it is the root cause of sorrow- division between ‘you’
and ‘me’, ‘we’ and ‘they’, the black, the white, the brown and so on. So,
wherever there is division, fragmentation, love cannot be, because goodness is
a state of non-division. The world itself is indivisible.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A prayer in Mother
Teresa’s bool “Love, Joy and Peace” goes this way----“Lord, help us to see, in
your crucifixion and resurrection, an example of how to endure and seemingly to
die, in the agony and conflict of daily life, so that we may live more fully
and more creatively…..Enable us to go through trials patiently and bravely,
trusting that you will support us; for it is only by dying with you that we can
rise with you. Amen.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Mother Teresa said,
“God is giving us something so that we can show that tender love, that concern.
Sickness comes to teach us something, to open our eyes to the need of the
tender love that we all have and that has been forgotten, been pushed out.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">An excerpt from
Rhonda Byrne’s book—"The Secret”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“There
is no greater power in the Universe than the power of love. The feeling of love
is the highest frequency you can emit. If you can wrap every thought in love,
if you could love everything and everyone, your life would be transformed.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Our divine Master,
Prajnanpurush Sri Sri Babathakur, in his book ‘Nectar of Wisdom’ has unfolded
the meaning of love beautifully. He says, “LOVE IS DIVINE GRACE ITSELF, AS
ITSELF REVEALS SO. This meaning is absolutely original, though it may not at
first be appreciated by the intelligence of a scientific brain or mind; yet It
ultimately remains the same with Its supreme originality of the highest Divine
Essence as being revealed from within -out of Its spontaneous nature of every
joyful expressiveness.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sri Sri Babathakur
often spelt words backwards in order to give us the hidden meaning of some words.
Love becomes then ‘EVOL’ and each letter has a meaning: ‘E means Eternal, V
stands for Virtue, O for of and L for Lord. Thus ‘LOVE’ means ‘ETERNAL VIRTUE
OF LORD.’</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Like other saintly
personages, Sri Sri Babathakur also spoke about True Love or Divine Love and
put forward that: “Love, Divine Love knows no hatred, no violence, no
disagreement, no disapproval, no discontentment, no disregard, no disbelief, no
defamation and no fault finding nature. Love has no impurity, no inability, no
doubt, no degree and no duality. Love knows only to embrace all without
hesitation or discrimination of caste, creed, color or class. Love amounts all,
Love adapts all, Love adjusts all, and Love accommodates all. The most notable
feature of Love is that It is: One in One, One of One, One from One, One for
One, One by One, One with One, One to One, One on One and beyond One also.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sri Sri Babathakur’s
whole being radiated with Divine Love and he showered that Love on one and all.</span></span>
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<![endif]--></p>a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-87388899077470052252021-06-12T08:54:00.015-07:002021-06-12T09:18:17.883-07:00Mattri Tattva: Song No. 61<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCiEf0LfDm4AMcUM6j3onC-1nCx7wrJACDvTKXEpV4r2E6FRzzFhrwE-EzYTEXeL4Dibw7Bn9nx5-yhsKFrfD3PcDF8b5dDcxSGABmlMzjafaRY0cPm4c5IUDUngwfhkyWhRwgxit_hsM/s2048/Meditation.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCiEf0LfDm4AMcUM6j3onC-1nCx7wrJACDvTKXEpV4r2E6FRzzFhrwE-EzYTEXeL4Dibw7Bn9nx5-yhsKFrfD3PcDF8b5dDcxSGABmlMzjafaRY0cPm4c5IUDUngwfhkyWhRwgxit_hsM/w200-h133/Meditation.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The following is
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">O mind! If you want to see Mother Divine</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Let not your heart pride in desires</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">In ignorance, do not stroke your ego </span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">O mind! Do no more stroke </span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">In the names and forms amidst creation</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Just you see your Divine Mother in front</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">O mind,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have faith to accept all in the</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mother - Consciousness</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Never hesitate O mind, do not ever
hesitate.</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Every word is the word of Mother</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">In Mother - Consciousness sound is the
dimension</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">What is heard, act of hearing, the
audience is verily the Mother Divine</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Never forget to listen O mind, do not
ever.</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Every thought is the idea of Mother
Divine</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Never forget to accept that O mind,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>do not ever.</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">That every Consciousness is Divine
Mother Herself</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">In Self Consciousness She is one’s Own Atman</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Supreme Absolute within and without </span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">O mind you do not know Her, not even
aware of either.</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The union of Self Consciousness inner
and outer </span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The identity of Mother Divine, the
Mother-Realization</span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">As She is one’s Own Self<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span>
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Surrender yourself on Her lap O mind, why
don’t you surrender. </span></i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Transliterated by Ramen Basu and offered to
the lotus feet of Sri Sri Babathakur</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b>.</b></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b>The translator would like to express his gratitude to Mr. Debashish Kundu for his valuable suggestions in editing this poem</b></span></span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b><i>.</i></b></span></span> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br /></span></i></p>
a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-83292444123156444262021-06-12T08:30:00.049-07:002021-06-12T09:03:06.545-07:00Bhuma<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoUUFxkmwF58R1Bhnp3H2NOclNTFlXZO3nVL7KEBKBgmy5wYrCOcpADcbzb0cLjTH5karrXT1ovIDBwU6P9X_7czUVjNYFfD7kIs0sHaECNDAiHTz_lAEeoULDlZhzZPR4xymsuiDGmtM/s1600/Enlightenment.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1600" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoUUFxkmwF58R1Bhnp3H2NOclNTFlXZO3nVL7KEBKBgmy5wYrCOcpADcbzb0cLjTH5karrXT1ovIDBwU6P9X_7czUVjNYFfD7kIs0sHaECNDAiHTz_lAEeoULDlZhzZPR4xymsuiDGmtM/w200-h125/Enlightenment.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">by Sri Debashish Kundu</h3><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Beloved Babathakur asked</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">me to sit in comfort</span></i></span></span>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Let the thoughts settle down</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Let there be no thought</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Still, pacific, silent</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Is that Bhuma?</span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span></span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Sri Aurobindo handled all</span></i></span><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Ashram responsibilities to</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Mother and</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">dedicated decades to Savitri</span></i></span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">He is the substratum</span></i></span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">on which the flower</span></i></span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">blooms, blossoms and merges,</span></i></span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">both Savitri and The Mother</span></i></span></span></div><span style="color: #351c75;"><span></span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span><span>
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The unending space in Savitri</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Where the Rishi leads</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">‘one to one’s own Infinity’</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Is that Bhuma?</span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></span></div><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span><span>
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Or is it the constant proclamation</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Loud and wild</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Soft and subtle</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">That says, ‘I know nothing.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I need know nothing.’</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Is that Bhuma?</span></i></span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span><span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Or is it the ‘as it is’</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">That is ever changeless</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">always without any change,</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">where there is not any other</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">That is a ceaseless void</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Is that Bhuma?</span></i></span></span></div><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span><span>
</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Whatever it is</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">It is the Absolute offering of the mind</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">to offer and merge</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">in a void bereft of any identity,</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">attribute or uniqueness</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">An endless, timeless,</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span>
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">‘as it is’ void called Eternity</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span></span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Hari
Om</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Tatsat</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Jai
Sri Sri Babathakur</span></span>
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<![endif]--></p>a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-9293884559339763052020-05-07T08:27:00.000-07:002020-05-07T08:27:39.496-07:00Welcome to the Buddha Purnima issue of e-Sanai<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to the Buddha Purnima edition of our e-magazine. We
are experiencing an unprecedented crisis all over the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that the Coronavirus has completely
taken over our lives. It’s just an illustration of what our Master has always
said – Brahman is powering the smallest of beings (in this case the virus) as
well the most powerful and mighty being.</span></span></div>
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been impacted. Everything that we had taken for granted is being questioned at
every moment of life (social life, availability of food, travel, social
distancing.…the list goes on and on). Nature is showing its pristine form in
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freed up from some daily chores/activities (e.g. less shopping, no commute
times…) – and that has hopefully freed up some time for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can we utilize this time to read and listen
to our Master’s teachings and reflect on them? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will make each and every one of us stronger
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a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-52282911502244439712020-05-07T08:19:00.000-07:002020-05-07T08:32:44.236-07:00Reminiscences<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The first time I saw
Prajnanpurush Sri Sri Babathakur (hereinafter referred to as Prajnanpurush for
brevity) was in October 1994. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those days
He was staying at Charmwood village in Faridabad, Haryana. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We (my husband and I) reached the place at an
odd hour but He still welcomed us in, spending nearly two and a half hours with
us. It was wonderful to hear Him speak! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
were mesmerized by His talks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were
oblivious of the late hours. When Babydi (Shibanidi) came and intervened, then
we realized it was really late and we got up to leave. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we took our leave, I blurted out, “We’ll
have to go now as my children are alone at home.”</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">He corrected me
immediately and said, “In the real sense nothing is yours in this world except
your real Self. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep this in mind and
you will never face any problem.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
was the first jolt that I got from Him. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
words shook me up and gave me a sense of balance. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even today, whenever I go overboard about
anything - these words ring a bell in my ears, and I become cautious.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After that day, I
would get an opportunity to see Him every now and then. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that time my children were very young. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though totally tied up, I would still accompany
my husband to visit Him whenever possible. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After every visit, a feeling of well-being would
prevail in me for a long time.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Nearly every month, my
husband would spend quite a few days with Him. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were times when I would feel very upset
about it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that time my father, a very
wise man, would say, “Do you think that there is anything else in this world
which is better than what he is doing? Try to become his strength, be his true
companion and help him to achieve his goal.” My father’s words helped me to
straighten myself and fall back on track.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">During one of His
visits to Charmwood village, Babydi had to go to Mumbai to attend to her sick
father. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I got an opportunity to cook
for Him. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was very jittery, but
surprisingly after having the first meal He told me, “Don’t worry, you have
passed with first division marks.” He also added that five hundred years ago
you had a wish to feed Mahaprabhu. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hence,
you got a chance in this life to fulfill your desire.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In the year 2005, my
father was seriously ill. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was
hospitalized and was in a state of coma. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was going through a lot of trauma. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then one day, He spoke to me over the phone.
He advised, “Be calm, keep your cool, and do everything to the best of your
ability. Always remember that this world is a stage and we all are actors enacting
a role in a play. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When our role is over,
we will have to go to the green room, remove our make-up, change our clothes
and leave….” His words helped me to cope with the unfavorable
circumstances of my father’s illness, immensely.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In the year 2007, I
got an opportunity to work with Him. It was total Bliss! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day He told me, “Immerse yourself in this
work, and one day you will realize what benefits it has reaped.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the September of the same year, we were
working at the Society’s office at Kolkata. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had rained heavily for almost 24 hours. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The roads, lanes and the driveway of the
Society got flooded. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shantida walked in
and told us that the situation was grim as the water had reached up to a few
steps of the staircase in the house. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
panicked and told my husband to leave immediately as we had to reach our rented
accommodation which was just a few houses away in the same row. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I reminded my husband that the pond, situated
in front of the Society, had overflown and flooded the area and it was full of
snakes and insects of all kinds. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prajnanpurush
on hearing this guffawed out aloud and said, “Mandira, you are more <i>bhitu </i>(scared)
than Purna (our daughter)! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t worry,
nothing will happen. These snakes are harmless. Even if you come across one,
you can catch hold of it and put it in your pocket.” His words had a pacifying
and calming effect on me. This enabled me to take the journey comfortably
through the waterlogged path leading to our house.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In November 2008, one
evening Purna and I went to I-1685 C R Park, New Delhi where Prajnanpurush was
residing for the time being. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband
was busy packing since the next day Prajnanpurush, Sudarshan Chakravorty and my
husband were leaving for Siliguri. Prajnanpurush was talking to us and when it
was our time to leave, He came close to me and said, “Don’t be upset, I am not
running away with your husband. After the Siliguri trip, he will drop me at
Mumbai and then come back to you. So, cheer up!” ABRACADABRA MAN! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would fondly call Him by this name. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How well He knew my mental state! I found
solace and comfort in His words and came back home happily with Purna.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In February 2009,
Purna and I went to Kolkata to attend the Saraswati Puja function. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On reaching the Society, we found Prajnanpurush
sitting in the office room. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Purna
entered nonchalantly. After paying her obeisance she sat close to His feet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was little hesitant, so I stood outside the
room. That very minute He asked Purna, “<i>Maa kothaye? Maa ke bolo ashtey.”</i>
(“Where is your mother? Tell her to come in”). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I entered. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looked at me with lots of love and
affection in His eyes and said, “<i>Amar lej-o nayi, amar shing-o nayi, amar
nokh-o nayi, tahole ayeto bhoy kisher?” </i>(“I don’t have a tail, I don’t have
horns, I don’t have long nails, then why should you feel so scared?”). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every encounter would wash away all the mental
and physical fatigue to rejuvenate us completely.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Once in August 2009, I
went to I-1685 C R Park in the evening to bring back my husband who used to
work with Prajnanpurush throughout the day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That day when I found Him limping a bit, I
asked whether He was in pain? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
answered, “<i>Maa</i>, the garment that I am wearing has become old. It is time
for me to leave now.” On hearing this we became very sad. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He admonished us saying, “Don’t get attached
to this body. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then whatever I have told
you so far goes down the drain. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dwell in
your Self, that will do all the magic.”</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Believe me friends, it
is sheer MAGIC! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every day just devote
some time to His words, create a mental space for them <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>and
introspect. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will find that they have
really cast a magic spell on you. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
will be astounded by the transformation it brings within you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can vouch for it for I’ve experienced
first-hand!</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately, His
words have had a greater impact on me after He left His body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, it is better late than never.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span> </span></span></span><br />
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a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-37015730850769968942020-05-07T08:01:00.001-07:002020-05-07T08:11:05.122-07:00Karma and Sadhan Tattva<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZreCFnbjOXBlhSqoFM3Xpk8YSHWBHcUXniSK8A28oEUtrTOkD3sRJ_LYRiWKEJTPttaAC9isw2xItLKK61W_BjDq-5xCM2R34xc9jyYswU26IAVG9jqCQKrC-v1oZ6zRw1nPgAQtzkhv_/s1600/Meditation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="375" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZreCFnbjOXBlhSqoFM3Xpk8YSHWBHcUXniSK8A28oEUtrTOkD3sRJ_LYRiWKEJTPttaAC9isw2xItLKK61W_BjDq-5xCM2R34xc9jyYswU26IAVG9jqCQKrC-v1oZ6zRw1nPgAQtzkhv_/s200/Meditation.jpg" width="200" /></a><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i><br />
<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The following is a transliteration of one of Sri
Sri Babathakur’s songs (Song No. 16 appearing within the Karma and Sadhan Tattva section of
Swanubhava Sudha Vol. 2) by Sri Ramen Basu.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Without the acceptance of Divine in all,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sadhana does not become perfect.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The desires of life are the thoughts of the finite.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The glory of the undivided Absolute </span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;">
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Is in the awareness of even Consciousness.</span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The pains of the finite do not remain in the Absolute.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #990000;">
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The latent tendencies of myness do not make our mind rest on
equality,</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #990000;">
</span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The search for perfection is there to deceive the mind.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The imagination of enjoyment does not want us to accept (the
Absolute);</span></span></div>
</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;">
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<span style="color: #990000;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the ego-sense the worship of the Absolute is not present.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<span style="color: #990000;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The pride of the ego does not let go the known and the
unknown</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<span style="color: #990000;">
</span></span><div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, never forget oh mind, to accept all as Thine.</span></span></span><br />
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</span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Submitted
at the lotus feet of the Sri Sri Babathakur</span></span></i><br />
<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- Ramen Basu </span>
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by Sri Ajit Halder</h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One midday quite
unexpectedly, I had to stop my car behind a broken down van on the bend of the
street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There I had an unforgettable
experience of watching little boys and girls in the playground of a school for
handicapped children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would like to
relate those moments to you now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
an ordinary event, but it gave me an insight into what human efforts can achieve
despite physical handicaps.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The primary
school was run for infants who were labeled as disadvantaged to some
degree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This meant that they were
different from normally-abled children, and therefore in need of special
treatment and facilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the event
I witnessed in the school playground made it clear to me that it is the power
of the mind and determination which overcomes the so-called disability of the
limbs – a fact not sufficiently recognized by the able-bodied people in
society. </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I heard
chirruping noises coming out from the direction of the school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sounded to me like little birds merrily
singing, and I saw the whole place was full of children in colorful
smocks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not turn my eyes away
from that joyful scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Society deemed these
were handicapped children who could not do or manage things for themselves (and
hence, were to be helped in every way) - but what I witnessed that day was a
completely different story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to
share in their happy mood; so I parked my car on the road and walked towards
the school gate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could see through the
gate, children who were rather unsteady on their feet, engaged in running about
with small play-carts in groups of two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The carts were of various shapes, and each had a seat on which either a little
boy or girl was seated, being pushed along by his or her friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children who were moving around were aged
roughly nine or ten years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were
other younger ones busy playing in a sandpit in a corner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All seemed to be happy and enjoying
themselves without any assistance from elders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was the playful movements of those children, officially described as
having restricted mobility, that I beheld in amazement.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">They were getting
ready for a race, and the carts pushed by tottering children were summoned to
the starting line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then one child blew a
whistle, and they were on their way to the finishing line at the other end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A group of children standing on the sides
were cheering loudly, and the whole competition did not lack any of the
enthusiasm and seriousness of a game played by adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were collisions, and carts were getting
in one another’s way; but the cheers of the onlookers drowned the angry shouts.
I saw two carts toppling over, and a little girl passenger started crying;
perhaps she was slightly hurt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
companion and some other toddlers rushed to her, consoled her – and soon her
pain evaporated, and a smile spread across her face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her car then resumed its place in the
race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it was already difficult for
some of the children to propel themselves along, the added effort demanded of
those who were pushing the carts (each of which bore a seated child passenger),
rendered the general progress somewhat slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The race was over, and there was applause all around - indicating all
who had taken part, were winners.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On the
playing field and during the games, I noticed acts of comradeship, fellow
feeling, cooperation, a willingness to help each other, and a mood to share in
the corporate joy in an intensely jubilant atmosphere – all of which were
created by the children completely unaided by a supervising adult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the children who are described as
disadvantaged to a degree, and referred to as ‘special needs’ children -
thereby requiring to be looked after by the adults in the community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My experience from that day indicates that
these children should be recognized as the possessors of special characteristics
that are often found missing in many of the adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-61407841982838831172019-05-18T04:21:00.000-07:002019-05-18T06:31:31.692-07:00Welcome to the Buddha Purnima issue of e-Sanai <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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by Sri Sandip Dasgupta</h3>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dear fellow
seekers,</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Let me begin
by recapping how we got this blog started.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In one of
our meetings with the Master, He emphasized the importance of the discussion of
spiritual topics regularly amongst the devotees. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also asked us to begin a hand-written
magazine that could be informally circulated amongst devotees – where anybody and
everybody could express their thoughts about spiritual matters. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would benefit co-devotees who may have similar
queries in their day-to-day life.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Given the onset
of the digital age, we quickly realized that circulating a hand-written
magazine would not be practical – however, a blog would be a very efficient way
of reaching out to devotees. This led to the formation of the e-sanai blog,
which is published quarterly.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On this
auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima, we are requesting devotees to do the
following:</span></span></span>
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<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Come
forth with articles/contributions to the blog on a regular basis.</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span></li>
</ul>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
<li><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Broaden
the circulation base by referring your friends and family. You may send their
email addresses (with their permission of course) to <a href="mailto:sanai.na.editors@gmail.com">sanai.na.editors@gmail.com</a></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And let me be
permitted to reiterate our Master’s august proclamation “All Divine for all
time, as It Is”.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If we can
remember this teaching of His, day in and day out – we won’t need any religion
whatsoever to find God – for the Master is categorically stating that the same
Universal One is present in everybody, including our own self.</span></span></span><br />
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will be Universal love amongst each and every one of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Master has referred to this as the only
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If we can
remember this teaching, we will not be trying to downgrade anybody, there will
be no sense of competition.</span></span></span><br />
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a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-64195850813696209162019-05-18T04:15:00.000-07:002019-05-19T11:54:54.953-07:00A Play of the Self - A tribute to Smt. Susmita Devi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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by Sri Ramen Basu</h3>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Susmita Devi passed away on January 25, 2019. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recall Sri Sri Babathakur (hereinafter
referred to as the Master) stating that one goes to the green room for the next
act when one passes away. Only the Master knows best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Susmita wrote an autobiography of her life where she ended her
story with the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bhajan</i> she used to
often sing</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> - </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jai Guru
Jai Ma Om Brahma Atma Saccidanandaghana Akhanda Bhuma…. a revealed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bhajan</i> of the Master. All through her
life in India, she arduously practiced to qualify herself in the integral path
of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">jnana</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bhakti</i> and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>karma through
the worship of Mother Goddess Kali as her <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ista</i>.
She built a temple of her <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ista</i> in her
home, after she compiled the words of the Master in the book titled ‘Nectar of
Wisdom’.</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She adored the Master as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Maa</i>.
This is why, perhaps, the love and compassion of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Maa</i> manifested in the game of her life. She was the founder of a
school for the poorest of the poor in a remote village of Purulia, India. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that school - by the name of Ramakrishna
Vivekananda Ideal School - is being run smoothly by her associates. She also
ran a vacation home for orphan children in Rajarhat, Kolkata. Thus, the glory
of the Master spread through her karma in life.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As a husband
and fellow traveler, I had many pleasant memories living as well as working
with her. I became aware of many of my shortcomings during our talks on
spiritual and worldly matters of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
always helped me in rectifying myself. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was as if a spiritual guide was by my side at home. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember the Master telling me that you
should always listen to her for I speak through her mouth. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a sincere honest seeker and did not
burden the Master to solve her mundane problems even when she suffered great
physical pain and mental sufferings during her lifetime, accepting it as her karma<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,</i> and she got to learn from those
experiences. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learnt from her positive
approach towards life and also from the unflinching faith she had on the Master,
as the indivisible form of the Guru is exemplar to me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May be that is the reason why Master did not
allow her continuous physical presence besides Him; instead He made her try to
implement His teachings which she compiled in ‘Nectar of Wisdom’ through
actions and introspection in the later stages of her life.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We all know how she was aware in her own mind
that the words of the Master must reach international audience. Her zeal was
amply rewarded by the Master in letting her publish His words which were penned
down by her in His company in two volumes as</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> 'Nectar of
Wisdom'-1 & 2. Later on, Saccidananda Society published the two volumes
together at the direction of the Master which she herself composed, edited and
gave to the press to print. It is a unique diary, for the content of the book
shows how the Master transforms His western devotees, who have no knowledge of
Vedanta philosophy</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> - </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">shruti vidya</i>, by verbal testimony and
demonstration of a divine life. It is a good beginner for graduating to the book
‘Science of Oneness’ and in understanding the profound depth of the phrase ‘I-Reality’
(an original coinage of the Master) which He propounded later in His immortal
treatise ‘Knowledge of Knowledge’ Vol. 1 & 2.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Till her
last days of life, she kept on sharing her thoughts in e-Sanai for she could
feel the spiritual needs of the western audience given she had directly experienced
that kind of life before coming to India.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She also encouraged and inspired the good intention of the devotees of the
Master for spreading His words in the West.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Not only did she learn by heart ‘The sportful dramatic sameside
game of Self-Consciousness’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> -</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> one of the
august proclamations of the Master, she consciously strove for Its manifestation
in life. She always expanded herself in many services for humanity after imbibing
the training received from the Master, thus fulfilling the meaning of the word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Brahman</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"> -</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> the ever
revealing One.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For the love of the Self a husband loves his wife, we heard it
from the Master. In our case, I cannot help quoting the blessings of the Master
on marriage from Nectar of Wisdom.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Usually the individual self or ego can’t overcome the sense of
duality and in duality two partners are needed for the play. That is why one
requires a consort, though it is the very same Self-Consciousness playing in
both the female and male body. When the two unite in harmony, the spiritual and
material aspects are fulfilled because of the exchange of ideas, desires and
aspirations, and ambitions in life can be shared....’</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We used to read together and discuss how we can manifest His
teachings in our lives. Our gratitude knew no bounds feeling the showering of
Grace of the Master through His words and the remembrance of His holy company.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I end this article with a poem of Susmita Devi from Nectar of
Wisdom.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Most
Precious Self</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(A poem to
Guru)</span></span></span></div>
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<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grace was
showered in plenty</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As drizzle
on dry land.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mind drank
the Grace as land the rain.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now mind
knows only to play with</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thoughts of
love, by love, for love.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Making a
lovely mosaic</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Of Love.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Words of
Guru are of highest potency,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Spoken or
unspoken.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Yet, why so
surprised, oh mind!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Can’t you
grasp the simple idea that</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Self is
manifesting Itself.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A lonely
child may play all the roles</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Of a get-together
play,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Changing only
voice and hat</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">According to
impulses</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">From desire
for enjoyment.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So do you,
oh mind, full of treason,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Changing
ideas incessantly</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Giving no
chance</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For constant
loving thoughts</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Of Self, by
Self, for Self</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The only
Reality.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do use your
tool fully, wholly</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Most
precious Self</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In whatever
way You please,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For your
Divine Game</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In all Its
surprising glory.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Let the
state of mind remain</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">OM HARI OM</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A sonorous
outcry in silence</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Within,
without, beyond</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All apparent
manifestation.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Her life was
an inspiration to me for she heard the call of the flute and left everything
she possessed in material life of the West and sat at the feet of Sadguru to
realize herself. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to share with
you a secret. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me once that ‘Ram
you did not care for me while I was in the body but you will eulogize me when I
am gone’. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not deny that I am the
posthumous admirer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May the self of the
little Susmita merge in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Paka Ami</i>
or the ‘I’ of the Master and find Peace Absolute in this present incarnation. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thus, ‘ALL
DIVINE FOR ALL TIME AS IT IS’ manifested in her life as the game of the Self-I
in a novel way.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Guru Om Tat
Sat</span></span></span></div>
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by Sri P.C. Lahiri</h3>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">‘The Science of The
Absolute’ is an original coinage of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Prajnanpurush</i>
Sri Sri Babathakur (the Master). Its imperative significance for me arises from
the fact that the Master began with the Absolute, always remained in the
Absolute and ended in the Absolute day in and day out. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its deviation never happened. This was depicted
in His every action/inaction, normal day-to-day talks, discourses, behavior and
demeanor at all times. A perfect Soul who is established in The Absolute, i.e.
He who is perfectly unified and identified with the Absolute, shall never deviate
from the path of the Absolute.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">How is it possible for
a soul who is present in flesh and blood, in this mundane world of innumerable
variations and contradictions, to be entrenched at all times in the Absolute
which is One without a second? If it is possible, then how does it happen? This
is a very pertinent question that comes to our mind as we do not meet and deal in
life with an absolutely perfect Soul. The Science of the Absolute figures in
here. Science here is that methodology or technique or way, by the application
of which, the Knowledge of the Absolute can be perfectly applied in every
sphere of life. Merely having any knowledge is not enough. One must know the
perfect way to apply it whenever needed. The knowledge of “right application of
knowledge” is science. I heard this definition of the word “science” from the
Master and then when I mulled over it, I realized the true significance and
extreme depth of the definition.</span></span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Here I am reminded of
an incident narrated by the Master that dates back to the times of the Ramayana.
Rishi Vishwamitra came to king Dasharatha with a request to take young Rama to
kill the extremely powerful <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">asuras</i>
(demons) who were making the life of hermits and sages miserable. Rishi
Vashishtha (a Self-realized Soul who was perfectly established in the Absolute)
was the Guru of the family of Dasharatha. He asked Vishwamitra to wait, and
instructed Rama to bathe in the river Sarayu next morning before sunrise and
come to the king’s court ready to spend the day till sunset. The court was open
to all the noblemen as well as recognized men of quality and knowledge. As the
proceedings began, Vashishtha directed Rama to ask him all the questions that
came to his mind. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rama’s questions
started from the very mundane and moved on from there day after day. These
question-answer sessions went on for six months from sunrise to sunset till
Rama reached the last question</span> -<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> “who am I”. As soon as he heard the answer, he went into <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">samadhi</i> (deep trance). Vishwamitra was infuriated
as he thought that Rama had left the body and would not come back from this deepest
of trances (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nirvikalpa samadhi</i>) which
signifies Self-realization. Vashishtha asked him to relax and said that one who
can send Rama to the ultimate state of Being, can also bring him back to the
mundane world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vashishtha went into a
trance<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>and brought Rama back. After
his return Rama prostrated before his Sadg<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>uru and said
that he now was aware of everything and requested his permission to leave with Vishwamitra
to complete the task in hand. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vashishtha
said no. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rama was a little puzzled and
Vishwamitra was again very upset as to why permission had been denied even though
Rama was now fully ready. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vashishtha said
that now he will ask Rama the same questions from the first to the last, and
Rama will have to give the right answers. Rama successfully completed this
question-answer session in the reverse role giving all the answers almost
instantly, thus completing the whole process in a short time. When Rishi
Vashishtha was asked why this reverse session was at all needed? His answer was
that in the first session Rama acquired the Knowledge of the Absolute and in
the second session he acquired the Science of the Absolute, i.e. the Knowledge
to apply that Supreme Knowledge in life. Thus, the cycle gets completed and the
disciple then can be termed as a perfectly Self-realized Soul who is fully established
in the Knowledge of the Absolute by being unified and identified with It.
Perfect Knowledge of the Absolute is inclusive of the the Science of the
Absolute. A soul of the caliber of Rama also forgot his real identity on
arrival in the mundane world but because of his very high caliber, realization
revealed in Him in only six months of constant association with his Master.
High caliber in the present context means an absolutely ready soul who not only
has the capability of listening to his Master with rapt attention and unwavering
concentration for hours, but also is able to simultaneously assimilate the
meaning of each and every word that emanates from the lotus lips of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sadguru</i>. There were many other highly
learned, elevated and recognized souls in the king’s court throughout this
period of Sadguru-disciple conversation but none of them were able to reach the
pinnacle of realization.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In this context I am
reminded of what Master often presented as an example. It is an example related
to steel production at the Tata steel plant at Jamshedpur, India. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When molten steel, fresh out of the giant
converters, travels through the specially constructed canals, because of
extremely high temperature its color turns white and one cannot look at it with
naked eyes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If water is poured on it
then the readiness of that state of molten steel is such that it would soak in
the whole of it in a flash, not a drop will spill out. Such has to be the readiness
of a true follower; only then will he/she be able to soak in each and every
word of Sadguru as Rama did and be able to fully justify his human birth in the
true sense of the term.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Now is there a process
to achieve this state of readiness? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Master
says yes. The easiest and the most effective process in the present- day world
is to follow the principle of ‘all-acceptance and all-embrace’ which is nothing
but the Science of the Absolute. How? Pat comes the answer - </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">by the wholehearted acceptance of your own Self
and the Self all as the undivided Absolute; and live with this acceptance at
all times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we find it very difficult,
then we can draw many lessons from the life of the Master and at least make a
beginning. In the next issue of E-Sanai I will try to present what I saw in His
company and what I heard from Him; the lessons I tried to draw from them and
finally apply in day-to-day life to find joy. Despite many limitations of mine,
I was able to find lot of joy and ease in life by just making an effort to
sincerely follow some easy behavioral patterns demonstrated by Him and a few
easy directions given by Him.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Submitted at the lotus fee of the Master.</span></span></span><br />
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by Sri Amalabha Dutta</h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-IN">Material Science and Spiritual Science apparently seem
to have two diametrically opposite approaches to exploring creation. In this
context, it is quite interesting to study the revelations of Prajnanpurush Sri
Sri Babathakur (Master) who convincingly utters that there is no difference
between the two sciences. In His first ever public appearance in a gathering of
scientists, He said - ‘The material science and the spiritual science are one in
essence, which is the revealing truth to the individuals.’ He also said -
‘Scientists in general have not yet realized it. This truth was first
discovered by the ancient Sages of this country after a great deal of research,
concentrated investigation and deep observation to find out the true nature of
life and creation. To know the reality and the truth of infinite energy
resource behind the life and the entire phenomenal creation, they had to follow
both the analytical process and possess the concentration of a well-disciplined pure mind. Through the analytical process, they reached the energy source of outer nature of life
and creation, and in and through deep concentration and meditation of a pure
disciplined mind, they arrived at their Self-Knowledge – the Witness
Consciousness, the Divine Reality.’</span></span><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-IN"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-IN">It is well-known that Material Science has shaped human
society through ages adding newer gadgets at every stage of development
affecting living standards since the dawn of human civilization. Since more and
more comforts have been successfully added to our day to day life nobody can
question the utility of material sciences. But when we look at how material
sciences function we find that the scope is limited to exploring matter and
energy only. Moreover, separate branches have developed owing to studies from
separate angles and approaches. Thus came the subjects— physics, chemistry,
mathematics, biology, geology, astronomy, etc. The scientists are involved in
the study of one or the other of these branches. There is no doubt that the
scientific community belonging to these separate disciplines have added an
immense volume of information to human knowledge-base and are continuing to do
so in ever increasing volumes. To add to the overall complexity and diversity,
newer subjects and branches are coming into existence giving rise to more
specialties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a consequence of this,
sometimes we feel that the specialists are becoming more and more expert in
less and less. Especially so when we find that an ophthalmologist can’t treat
diabetes or a retinologist doesn’t treat conjunctivitis. Of course, there are
arguments in favor of specialization, but we can’t deny disasters happening
due to lack of a holistic approach. Here we may quote from what the Master had
said in His first appearance before the scientific community— ‘In their work of
observation and investigation, they are to depend on subtle powerful
instruments and apparatus made by their mind. Though these instruments are to
some extent very helpful to them and without which they cannot carry out their
scientific work, these are after all a bar on the way to their perfect-finding.
For objective analysis, these apparatus are alright, but these are not helpful
for the subjective research of life. In this respect, some of the foremost
scientists admit and appreciate the idea — 'where physics ends, metaphysics
starts’.</span></span><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-IN"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span lang="EN-IN">However, there is no doubt that the modern scientists of
the highest levels have done a lot of interdisciplinary work in trying to find
unified theories to bridge the gaps in the scientific knowledge-base. And, in
doing so they also had to take somewhat holistic approach. Stephen Hawking has
agreed with the ancient philosophers while acknowledging that physics
ultimately has to ponder over the deeper questions dealt by metaphysics (meta,
i.e., beyond). There is no doubt that when all normal logic fails, philosophy
starts playing its role. A yogi’s walking on water or floating in air cannot be
explained by the principles of physics, but we can probably explain it using
metaphysics. Here we become forced to look beyond physicality. Much of quantum
physics is uncanny, allegedly of an incomprehensible nature, presenting
confusing ideas that violate common sense. Albert Einstein’s famous quote
“spooky action at a distance” implies something like that.</span></span></span><br />
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that it is not possible to know the Truth without introspection. His ‘Divine
Teachings’ encompass such a vast territory of wisdom and knowledge that even
the most ordinary individuals are able to find some ultimate life-enriching
lessons in them. His great profundity, unprecedented ease of expression and a
very scientific approach shows the path to people who can think rationally. If
we follow his saying— ‘Deep meditation awakens the inner spirituality and
divinity of the seeker’, we should be able to reach the Ultimate Truth that can
converge Material Science and Spiritual Science as one in essence.</span></span></span><br />
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by Sri Ajit Halder</h3>
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and sunny over the city of Newcastle-upon Tyne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A gentle breeze was blowing and the freshness of the weather cast a
magical spell on the sun-seekers who escaped from their homes and office
buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And out they came in hundreds
into the parks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some chose just to sit
down, sip orange drinks and relax in the pavement cafes: others took the
opportunity to roam around with no fixed destination in mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The warmth of the weather was so welcome to
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towards her bank and I noticed the crowd assembled on the bridge and traffic on
the approach road was unusually heavy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As I walked towards the lower level of the bridge I sensed that the
whole atmosphere was charged with an air of expectancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also saw that several thousand pairs of
eyes were focused upwards as though some unusual event were taking place at a
higher level almost touching the skyline.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It was not easy to make my way through the
crowd as there were people jostling everywhere to find a vantage point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I became curious to know what was it that
engrossed so many people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I met an
elderly woman who was busy restraining her little puppy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The poor dog was visibly frightened by the
commotion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was the woman what the huge
crowd was after and what was happening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She drew my attention to the topmost point of the bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I saw was a tiny male figure perched
precariously up there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The woman told
me: “That man has been seen up there from early morning and he is in no mood to
climb down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one knows exactly knows
what his real intention is and when he might come down”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A passer-by, aiming his comment to one in
particular, said loudly, ”He is probably going to commit suicide by jumping
into the river.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder what is holding
him back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has no chance of survival
from that height”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So that was the main attraction which gave an
additional boost to the imagination of the public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all were there to enjoy the show which
was laid on free for their amusement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The public would even forego other duties but would not miss this
entertainment, however tragically might it end.</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Looking around, I could see a band of helmeted
policemen who were working hard to control the crowd and make a passage for an
ambulance to drive through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A fire
engine was standing by but even its fully extended ladder could not reach the
man on the bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I heard a voice
saying that a rained social worker was up there to persuade the distraught man
to climb down but he failed, the wretched man was determined to take his own life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I heard also that when the social worker came
closer to the man his own life was in danger because the man threatened to push
him off the arch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">All attempts to persuade the man to climb down
failed and the police resorted to a waiting game, leaving the man to his
whims.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Undisturbed, the man stayed-put
high up on the arch and down below the crowd waited patiently for the moment to
arrive when he would jump to his death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A sightseer peering through his binoculars alerted the public because he
saw the figure make some movement but it was a false alarm and spectacular did
happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Video cameras were held in
readiness to capture the last few moments of his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ice-cream vendors, Doughnut-sellers and
Hot-Dog men did a brisk trade. They provided the much needed munching and
nourishment to the crowd tired and exhausted after hours of suspense, waiting
to see the man plunge into the river to meet his watery grave.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">At about 4 O’clock in the afternoon the show
was over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man was seen cautiously
crawling down the span of the bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
the waiting to witness a man’s fatal jump had been in vain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he reached the bottom of the rail, a
uniformed man grabbed him and helped him to the waiting ambulance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The assembled crowd began to drift away
indignantly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having been denied a great
treat they felt they had been cheated by the man on the bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I heard one frustrated youth shout out: “Why
did he not jump?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why did he keep us for
nothing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His climb down is a
disgraceful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man must be a
coward.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His view was shared by dejected
and disappointed spectators who then made their way back home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Normality and sanity returned to the vicinity
of the Tyne Bridge.</span></span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My account of the event that took place on the
Tyne Bridge is significant because its theme is similar to that of Somerset
Maugham’s fictional short story ‘Gigolo and Gigolette’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Maugham’s story, Stella, a performing
artist of a Casino, entertains guests with her dangerous act of diving from a
sixty feet high platform into a shallow, five feet deep flaming tank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The spectators gather over and over again
expecting that one day Stella will kill herself in her act, just like the huge
crowd waited in expectation that a man would jump from the Tyne Bridge to take
his own life. Maugham’s story illustrates that a fiction</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">often
mirrors what happens in reality.</span></span></span></div>
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by Sri Sandip Dasgupta</h3>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dear fellow seekers,</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to the Buddha Purnima edition of our electronic
magazine. In this issue, I will try to highlight a few teachings of our Master
and attempt to comment on those.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On Feb 23, 1988, Sri Sri Babathakur said the following at
Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi:</span></span><br />
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</span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am neither a Sadhu, nor an a-Sadhu. </span></span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">According to him a Sadhu is a person who has
lost all desires – and an a-Sadhu is a person who has desires. But if one is
immersed in the Science of Oneness, there can be no desires (desires happen
only when there is more than one person/thing). Since our Master is completely
identified with the Supreme One Absolute, he doesn’t need to lose any desires.
He is thus never an a-Sadhu – therefore he doesn’t need to become a Sadhu.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I don’t engage in the criticism or discussion
of others.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I rule over my mind by telling the mind that: </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I will not fulfill your wants and needs </span></span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I will not be obedient like a pet dog and sit
at the mind’s doo<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">r </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jealousy and hatred happen only when there is
more than One. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In my limited understanding, I feel that the above tip
which Sri Sri Babathakur had given us for controlling our minds, is an
excellent tool for use in everyday life. In our experiences, we see that our
mind controls our behavior and everyday activities. We forget that our mind is
a reflection of our Supreme One, and that we constantly feed our mind with new
objects, ideas and desires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This has a
multiplicative effect, and we keep moving more and more away from our real
Self. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, if we follow
the tip given by our Master – we will (re)gain control of our mind and get
closer to our real Self.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On the same day, Sri Sri Babathakur narrated a very
interesting story of a mother who had lost her only son at a very young age in
an accident. This boy was very brilliant in his studies and had always topped
his exams upto the M.Sc. level. The mother had become very distressed and
violent. She was brought to Sri Sri Babathakur by a devotee. The lady’s first question to our Master was “Why did you
take away my son?”</span></span><br />
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</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our Master politely explained to her that she was only
playing the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">role</i> of a mother in this
divine drama. With great compassion, our Master explained to her that her son
was keeping quite well in the bosom of the Real Saccidananda moyee Ma. He
further explained that her son was being hurt by her sorrow (she had not eaten
for 4-5 days, not taken a bath, not slept for several days) – and that she
should desist from this kind of behavior.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He further encouraged her to resume her normal life, so
that her son’s worries and sorrows could decrease. He further asked her to
become a mother of other sons – not just the one who was no longer with her. He
asked her to start feeding her son’s friends and find him within them. By this,
he urged her to become the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Real Ma –
Jagat Janani</i>, and emerge from her current role of being the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mayarupi Ma</i>. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What a beautiful application of the Science of Oneness!
Can we all begin to reflect on the Science of Oneness that has been showered on
to us by our Master, and apply it at every stage of our life? </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Satsamga</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">, as commonly understood, means the
company of a saint/worshiper of God/an ascetic/holy person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In such company, people generally look
forward to hearing Godly talks& stories, singing the glory of God,
receiving boons, celebrating religious festivals, learning from ancient scriptures
and so on - as per their personal religious faith, belief and understanding. This
faith, belief and understanding varies from person to person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such differences in understanding are fueled
& nurtured by the innumerable gurus with their own organizations, preaching
their own philosophy, theory, thesis/doctrine - in the name of a past
God-incarnate, a well-recognized past saint, or religious scriptures. Thus in
the name of God, what has got nurtured are blind belief, rivalries, divisions,
hate and chaos, instead of proper education, unification, love and peace. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recently two so-called saints in India, following
their own separate paths and boasting millions of followers with hundreds of
ashrams all over the country and abroad, were convicted of rape of their own
disciples after protracted criminal proceedings in which they tried to use
their clout in any which way to delay the legal process and save themselves. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such incidents have happened and continue to
happen in the educated and developed world as well, with only the face and
qualification of the protagonist changing from a religious guru to a high
profile wealthy and powerful celebrity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></span><span style="color: #990000;"></span><span style="color: #990000;"></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So, what and
where is the root cause? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In India, many
believe that it is because of a lack of education and poverty. Is it correct? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Educated and well established persons in India
are also followers of such make-believe gurus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The poor people donate whatever they can to their guru which shows that
they are not just seeking wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
is the cause in the western world where lack of education and poverty cannot be
cited as the reasons? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the western
world, the main reason is greed and in India the main reason is blind faith. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In both cases there are other minor contributing
factors as well; however in both the cases, the root cause is lack of<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> right education</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Education in the material world is generally
geared for the creation of name, fame and wealth. This education is very aptly
described by the Master (Prajnanpurush Sri Sri Babathakur) as the building of a multi storied structure without proper foundation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From another angle, He says</span><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">¾</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> it is like gathering more and more
information without inner formation. Right use of the gathered information is
possible by an individual when he has inner formation, otherwise not. Along
with this, there is something called religious-education in India given by the
above mentioned gurus which is sectoral, very narrow and tends to drive one
towards blind faith. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do we build
absolute faith, the opposite of blind faith? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Satsamga</i>.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Satsamga</i>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That which gives
us <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">right education</b>. Let us see what
the Master has to say.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sat </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">means existence - an existence that is eternal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, the immediate meaning that comes out of
the word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sat-samga </i>is the company of
the eternal Existence. How is that possible? By the company of that One who is
unified and identified with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sat</i>, the
eternal Existence. How do I get to know that he/she is unified and identified
with the eternal Existence? Also how can I find him/her? You can’t find
him/her, nor can you know his/her Supreme State armed with your untrained
mind-intellect-ego. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Master says you can do something which is very
much within your control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Create utmost
longing/desire for the Supreme One. You can desire so many things during your
life which even if they get fulfilled, don’t fulfill you for all time.
Fulfillment of one desire leads to the creation of two other desires. So, why
not have that one desire which will fulfill all desires for all time. With that
one utmost desire the Supreme One will appear of Its own accord before you in
one form or the other, gradually reveal His/Her identity, and finally build
that absolute faith in you. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Armed with
that weapon of absolute faith, you will be able to cut asunder all
contradictions and many-ness to ultimately discover one and all (including the
personified Supreme One) as verily your own Self. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Master has described the sword in one of the
hands of Goddess Kali as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">jnan asi</i>
(the sword of knowledge) which destroys all ignorance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Absolute faith developed through <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Satsamga</i> is like this <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">jnan asi</i> which will destroy all our
ignorance or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ajnan</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Master has brought all kinds of ignorance
prevalent in this universe under one phrase, the sense of duality/many-ness. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the hallmark of a Real Master is the
spontaneous ability to simplify, present and solve the most intricate and
complicated issues in the world in such a way that a common man can also
understand. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a different matter if
one does not try to understand/accept them for one’s own reasons. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have seen so many common men as well as men
of repute, knowledge and standing saying that it is so difficult to understand
Master. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without a basic understanding it
is not possible to accept. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If acceptance
happens without understanding, it is either due to some compulsion or just
blind faith. True blind faith (this phrase may sound odd) without understanding
is a very rare phenomenon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have heard
from the Master the story of Ananda, disciple of Adi Shankaracharya, who was a
blind follower of his Guru and the Guru openly showed His love for him. Ananda
used to do all the cooking, cleaning, washing etc. for the Guru. Other
disciples, who were studying very hard to really understand and imbibe the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">advait</i> (non-dual) philosophy of Guru,
felt very jealous. One day they could not contain themselves and asked the Guru
why Ananda could get so much of His love despite having scant knowledge of His
teachings. Guru said you are right and immediately called for Ananda who was
washing Guru’s clothes sitting on the other side of the river to avoid
disturbance in Guru’s class. Ananda immediately responded to Guru’s call. He
was told openly about the complaint of all his fellow Guru-brothers and was
ordered to speak about his understanding of Guru’s philosophy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ananda spontaneously spoke non-stop for a few
hours. It turned out that his understanding was way beyond that of all others. He
was so honest that when questioned later on by fellow disciples he openly
declared that he did not know what he spoke, it just happened. He was a totally
surrendered soul and Sadguru had taken charge. We heard Swami Vivekananda say
something exactly like this regarding His Chicago speech but some argue that
Swamiji was highly erudite and so could do it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There may be very few such exceptions and
these exceptions prove the law that we first need an intellectual understanding
to move further with any idea.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Right
education is that which completes one’s education cycle once and for all. We
are taught that there is no end to learning. One keeps learning throughout
one’s life; so say the intellectuals, peers, elders and all educational
institutions of the world. True spiritual Masters who have discovered God,
universe and humanity within their own Self as One Absolute Being say that
there is an end to learning when witnessing starts. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pinnacle of learning is the unification
and identification with the Witness Self within all of us. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why should one lead the life of a struggling
agent or an ever learning agent as perpetrated by the mundane education and
preached by the so-called religious gurus all over the world who just want to
rule over others?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The learning that one
gets from the True Masters is the technique to rule over our own lower self (not
others). This training ultimately leads to the supreme experience of perfect
unity within and without. I shall continue with this topic of satsamga in the
next piece.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;">At the beginning of a physical life, even at the baby
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food preference, to truly mischievous ones about getting, getting and ever more
getting of whatever comes to mind. Later during the remainder of one’s physical
life, a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>load of desires, spoken out or
not, is felt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although some desires may never
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upbringing, some remain hidden in the recesses of mind and pop up when
least expected.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;">Nevertheless for some, the level of desire remains
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written or verbal guidelines for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">acceptable</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">unacceptable</i> desires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The echelon of desires is intimately
connected to the society one lives in - with one’s behavior pattern and one’s
power of generating income comes the inevitable growth of a multitude of
desires. There are, however some ‘golden rules’, which ought to be followed,
which says that any excess should be avoided. One might, for example, require a
certain amount of food to survive and adequate clothes to cover the body… the question
arises only when there is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">excess</i> of
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;">The frame of mind may change in deliberations of what may
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medical help - depending on the social status of the individual. If such restrictions
are not abided by, which unfortunately today is prevalent in a number of
materially poor countries, the struggle to fulfil mere basic needs is prevents
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;">The superfluous desires like jewellery - even imitation
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for societal or religious acceptance, as expressions of one’s beliefs, such
‘must haves’ are quite often yielded to in order ‘fit in’ the social circle. With
India being a tradition-bound society, such outward decorations are an integral
part of social life, be it cheap imitation or genuine gems, gold and silver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet another area, where moderation may be
called for is foodstuff. It plays a great role in one’s social status to which,
even rather poor people, struggle to live-up to as a measure of sociability
and/or devotion.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;">Turning from the outward expressions of well-being
through money to the inward non-expressed ones, quite a struggle is possible
within the various layers of society. The Basic tenets of wanting to ‘show
off’, through whatever means –physical/menial work or inherited or intellectual endeavors – are all based on yielding to the ego-sense generated by mind. That
is one of the multiple reasons why ‘desires’ have to be curbed. By consciously curbing
‘unreasonable’ desires, one achieves a high level of self-control, which again
leads to both physical and spiritual equanimity.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;">At the saintly feet of Sadguru, Sri Sri Babathakur, His
followers have – over and again – heard Him point out the fallacies of ever
increasing material desires along with the excellent advices <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i></b>
to hanker for what it is not possible for oneself to acquire in a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sobe</i></b>r
manner (i.e. without cheating, without abusing anyone, and without a mind full
of jealousy). It is not always easy to follow the above rules, but as any Hindu
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price to be paid, if envy and jealousy are let loose in one’s mind and especially
if one acts upon them. History and sayings of saints have given many, many
examples of the truth of the above statement (eventually straightforwardly
graspable through epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata).</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;">Every human being - and even some animals of a higher
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instincts so as to uproot the negative part of one’s daily life called envy
and/or jealousy/ pride in order to curb desires.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;">To conclude, the interconnection between enjoyment and
desire is rooted in mindwork, and that interconnection is quite obvious. The
endeavor of keeping both under control is of utmost importance for anyone
attempting to lead a sober/spiritual life and by and by, adhere to the loftier
parts of mindwork and negate the rather superficial – and degenerating – thoughts
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a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-92158031450218113902018-04-30T05:46:00.000-07:002018-04-30T08:57:23.320-07:00The Ubiquitous Wheel Has Spiritual Significance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If
we hear the word “wheel” spoken by someone, then pictures of various types of vehicles
fitted with wheels immediately start flashing before our mind’s eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rotating, circularly shaped wheel – ‘Chakra’
in Sanskrit, - has made the most significant impact in our daily life by
facilitating travel to and from one’s home, workplace, superstore, place of
worship, homes of relatives and friends, and holiday resort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All <span class="ya-q-full-text">modes of
transportation such as the horse-drawn cart, bicycle, scooter, car, public bus,
truck, tram and train need wheels to roll on from one place to another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even an aeroplane – a vehicle which flies in
the air - has to rely on wheels to speed along the runway of a departure
airport and to pick up enough thrust for take-off, as well as upon arrival at
its destination, touchdown and progressively reduce its speed as it crawls
towards the terminal building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is now
abundantly clear that Chakrayaan (wheeled vehicle) </span>has brought mobility
to our daily life, contributing a new spirit of exploration that has inspired and
revolutionized the life-style of humankind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Moreover, the word ‘Chakra’ may also refer to a metal disk, circular in
shape, like a medallion, a broach or an illustration (like the Ashoka Chakra).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A chakra may refer to a "circle"
and "cycle”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More on these will be
covered in latter sections.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Besides
empowering humans to cope with the cares and the demands of their daily life,
the Chakra also has its spiritual connotation. We mention for example, the
Buddhist Dharma Chakra. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Practicing religion
with the aid of this chakra and other chakras ensures advancement in one’s spiritual
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is interesting to note that the
wheel's motion is a metaphor for making rapid spiritual progress in the human
mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the Chakra is an important concept
for achieving spirituality in Hinduism, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>Buddhism, Jainism
and other faiths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A selection of chakras
mentioned in the narratives of historical accounts and religious mythology will
be described in succeeding paragraphs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Dharma Chakra</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The pride of place of course belongs to the
Buddhist Dharma Chakra - also known as the wheel of divine law and </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">of fortune. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lord Buddha
is the one who turned the wheel of the dharma, and t</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">he eight spokes of </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">the Dharma Chakra </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">refer to the eight Noble Paths aenunciated by the
Buddha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Noble Eightfold Path set out
by the Buddha </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">is
considered to be at the heart of the practice of Buddhism.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
name of each noble path begins with the front word ‘sammaa’ in Pali (from
sammyag in Sanskrit, meaning ‘right’ or ‘correct’), followed by the word naming
the respective path (also in Pali).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
paths are: sammaa<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">d</span></strong>itthi
(Right <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">View</span></strong>
or <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Understanding</span></strong>)<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">; </span></strong>sammaakammanto (Right
Action); <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">s</span></strong>ammaasankappo
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(Right Intention</span></strong>)<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">; s</span></strong>ammaavaaca <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(Right Speech</span></strong>)<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">; s</span></strong>ammaaajivo <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(Right Livelihood</span></strong>)<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">; s</span></strong>ammaavayamo <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(Right Effort); </span></strong>sammaasati
(<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Right Mindfulness</span></strong>);
and sammaasamaadhi (Right Concentration or Meditation). </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We
note that Right view refers to the right knowledge of suffering, and the
knowledge of the way leading to the cessation of suffering. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order not to create more suffering, we need
to rely on paying attention (Mindfulness) to what our <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Intentions </span></strong>are with our actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All these observations stress the importance
of the Dharma Chakra to the followers of Buddhism.</span></span></div>
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Buddhist Art<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The wheel was a common symbol in early Buddhist art.
The Dharma Chakra symbolized not only Buddha's teachings, but Buddha himself. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the top of pillars built by Emperor Ashoka,
four carved lions and four wheels face the four directions to proclaim the spread
of Buddhist Dharma throughout India.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today,
the Dharma Chakra appears in the art of every Buddhist culture. On images of
the Buddha, the wheel appears on the palms of his hands and the soles of his
feet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Additionally, the
wheel represents the endless cycle of samsara or rebirth, which can only be
escaped by means of the Buddha's teachings and achieving Nirvana, the
extinction of the flame of desires.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Tibetan Prayer Wheel</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Two
thousand years ago, the famed Buddhist master Naagaarjuna determined that
setting the Buddha's printed words in motion activated the same blessings as
reciting them with the human voice. The concept of the prayer wheel was the
result of his noble thinking and is a physical manifestation of the phrase "turning
the wheel of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">Dharma</a>".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prayer wheels contain the words of the Buddha
- teachings of wisdom and compassion, printed on rolls of paper that are glued
together and wrapped by hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Traditionally, the mantra “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om_Mani_Padme_Hum" title="Om Mani Padme Hum">Om Mani Padme Hum</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">” </span>meaning the jewel is in the rose petals, is written
in Devnagari script on the outside, while the tightly wound scroll on the
inside can have a variety of Tibetan prayers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As a result, each single revolution of the Tibetan wheel generates the
merit of reciting an immense volume of prayers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bhava
Chakra</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
word Bhava means being in the realm of worldly existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Buddhism it denotes the continuity of being,
reincarnating to a new life and being subject to Jivan Chakra, the wheel of
life. The Bhava Chakra is seen painted on the outside walls of nearly every
Tibetan Buddhist temple in Tibet and India, to instruct non-monastic audience
about the Buddhist teachings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
Chakra consists of three inner circles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Symbolically, the three circles, moving from the centre outward, show
the three imperfections of the human mind: ignorance, attachment, and
aversion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These shortcomings may give
rise to karma (actions) with harmful results.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Sudarshan Chakra</span></span></u></span></div>
<span style="color: #351c75;">
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
Hindu mythology, the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Sudarshan Chakra</span>
is mentioned as a spinning, wheel-shaped weapon literally meaning "chakra
with auspicious vision”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lord Vishnu is
depicted as holding this chakra on the right rear hand. He is seen brandishing
the Sudarshan Chakra as a weapon to destroy an enemy, or conquer evil, ignorance,
desires and passions. In the Rigveda, the Chakra was Vishnu's symbol as Kaala
Chakra, the wheel of Time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">RathaYatra
of Puri</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ratha Yatra</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> or <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Chariot Festival</span> is a Hindu festival
held at Puri (in the state of Odisha) and celebrated on the Ashadha Shukla
Paksha Dwitiya (second day in the bright fortnight of Ashadha month).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As part of the festival, the deities of
Jagannatha, his elder brother Balabhadra, and younger sister Subhadra are taken
out on three richly decorated rathas resembling temple structures supported on
wheels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The huge, colourfully-decorated raths,
are drawn by multitude of devotees on the grand avenue in a procession to reach
their aunt's temple, the Gundicha Temple.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Lord Jagannatha's rath has sixteen chakras, each seven
feet in diameter. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Lord is identified
with Pitambara Krishna, who is attired in golden yellow robes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hence distinguishing yellow stripes decorate the
canopy of the ratha, ‘</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Nandighosha’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The ratha of Lord Balarama,
called the ‘Taaladhwaja’, is the one with the Taala or Palm Tree on its flag. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has fourteen chakras, each seven feet in diameter,
and is covered with red and blue cloth.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The ratha of Subhadra is known as ‘Dwarpadalana’,
literally meaning "trampler of pride". <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is fitted with twelve chakras, each seven feet
in diameter. This ratha is decked with a covering of red and black cloth –
black being traditionally associated with Shakti, i.e. female power.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We
see chakras on the ground all around us but there is a chakra at a great height
attached to the pinnacle of the Jagannatha Temple in Puri known as the Neela
Chakra, the Blue wheel. This chakra atop the huge temple of Lord Jagannath has
an immensely holy connection with the lord of the world, Jagannatha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ratha Chakras of Konark Sun Temple </span></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Sanskrit word ‘ark’ means the sun and the place name </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Konark ends in <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">‘ark’. The temple</span> at Konark<span class="MsoHyperlink">,</span> about thirty-five kilometres from Puri in the state
of Odisha<span class="MsoHyperlink">, </span>is dedicated to the Hindu sun god, Surya<span class="MsoHyperlink">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>So it is
proper to call this temple, the ‘Konark Sun Temple’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The temple has the appearance of a high
chariot and has twenty-four elaborately carved stone chakras.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each chakra is nearly twelve feet in diameter,
and the ratha is shown as being pulled by a set of seven stone horses. The
temple is a classic illustration of the Odisha style of Hindu temple
architecture.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Chakravyuha-trapped
Abhimanyu</span></u></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
word ‘vyuha’ denotes any military strategy of grouping army personnel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The word ‘chakra’ in the context of ‘vyuha’ refers
to the pattern of arranging troops in a complicated, circularly-shaped
intricate formation, known as Chakra vyuha. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the battle of Kurukhetra described in the
epic Mahabharata, Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna, was tricked by the Kaurava army chiefs
to enter the labyrinth trap, i.e. the Chakra Vyuha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abhimanyu knew how to enter the vyuha, but he
did not know the escape route to free himself and was killed by the enemy force.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is yet another mention of Chakra in the
Hindu mythology. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Kundalini
Chakras</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
Indian tradition, the physical body of a human (<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">sthulasarira</span>) exists also in psychological and emotional state
called the "subtle body" (<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">suksmasarira</span>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The subtle body consists of nodes of psychic
energy, called <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">chakras - altogether </span>seven
in number, arranged in a column along the spinal cord of the human body from
its base to the top of the head. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Kundalini is a </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">yogic exercise that <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">refers to </span>the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">awakening </span>of spiritual energy and its rising upwards from the chakra
at the base of the spine (known as Muladhara Chakra) going to the crown of one’s
head (known as Sahasrara Chakra).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In yogic
practice, the Chakraasana is a strong back-bending yoga asana with m beneanyficial
effects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is so called because the body
forms the shape of a circular chakra when in this posture.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Chakra
in Gallantry Awards</span></u></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As
has been mentioned earlier in the text, the term chakra also refers to circularly
shaped medallions as used in the Gallantry awards instituted by the Government
of India.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most notable awards for
valour or courageous action are: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ParamVir
Chakra, MahaVir Chakra, Vir Chakra, Shaurya Chakra and Ashoka Chakra. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ashoka
Chakra on the National Flag of India</span></u></span></div>
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</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ashoka Chakra,</span> a depiction of Lord
Budddha’s Dharma Chakra with 24 spokes, is most prominently displayed on the Lion
Capital of Emperor Ashoka. The most visible use of the Ashoka Chakra today is at
the centre of the national Flag of India.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It signifies the wheel of the law of <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">dharma</span> or virtue, which ought to be the controlling principle of
all those working to serve the people of India. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, the wheel denotes motion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>India must move on and go forward, and so the
wheel represents the dynamism of a peaceful change that is taking place in
today’s India.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Gandhiji’s
Charkhaa</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The
charkhaa is a hand-driven <span class="hvr">spinning wheel, especially used to
spin cotton wool into threads and then used to weave cloth in a hand-operated
loom. </span>Gandhiji emphasized the use of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">charkhaaas as an effective way to
remove </span>the poverty of villagers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The villagers could earn a living by using a charkha to produce cotton
yarn that could be employed to weave hand-made khaddar cloth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This venture would surely contribute to boost
the nation’s economy by saving foreign exchange that was being spent in
importing machine-manufactured clothes from Britain. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the freedom struggle, the <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Charkhaa</span> conveyed the spirit of
nationalism to the Indian masses and became the symbol of Swadeshi
movement.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Mahatma Gandhi gave c<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">harkhaa</span>a a new meaning and novel interpretation by describing it
as "the ever-moving wheel of divine love”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To the Mahatma, hand-spinning was like a sacrament, a medium for
spiritual uplift, a means of self-help and self-reliance, and a symbol of the dignity
of labour and human values. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Conclusion</span></u></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In
this article, the two words “<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Chakra”
and </span>"Wheel" have been used interchangeably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The underlying form of a chakra is a circle
which is a shape that is complete and perfect in itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Various chakras have been described in this
piece, and it is stressed that religious practice performed with the aid of
chakras should help the devotee progress towards a perfect, spiritual life.</span><span class="ya-q-full-text"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span class="ya-q-full-text"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Metaphorically
speaking, chakras - like the </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">s<span class="ya-q-full-text">teering wheels used in boats, ships and cars for steering
purposes - steer our minds, hearts and destiny towards divine thoughts and
religious activities for achieving moksha, salvation or redemption from worldly
sufferings.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span class="ya-q-full-text"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span class="ya-q-full-text"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span>And lastly,
a quote in Sanskrit:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>‘ChakravatParibartyanteDuhkhaanica
Sukhaanica’!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In English, the saying asserts
that sorrowful events and pleasant happenings take place iteratively in Chakras
(i.e. cycles) - and by implication, all humans experience those occurrences in their
worldly life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We close this discussion
with the assurance given to all readers that at the end of all these
infallibilities, our minds will ultimately be filled with joy and happiness every
time we encounter sorrow in our lives.</span></span></div>
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a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-73161394786363212412017-05-09T09:50:00.002-07:002017-05-09T23:50:26.426-07:00Welcome to the Buddha Purnima issue of e-Sanai<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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by Sri Sandip Dasgupta</h3>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear fellow seekers,</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to the Buddha Purnima edition of our electronic
magazine. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this issue, I will try to highlight a few teachings of
our Master and attempt to comment on these with the Light of Oneness that our
Master has provided us.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Mar 20, 1988, Sri Sri Babathakur said the
following at Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi:</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you degrade others, you degrade yourself.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you kill others, you kill yourself.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you love others, you love yourself.</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sri Sri Babathakur has time and again explained to us that
the only substratum behind Jiva, Jagat etc. is the eternal Atman – the Paka
Aami. That Supreme One has created each and every one of us, our minds, our
intellect etc for the Divine game. That Supreme One has provided us with all
the tools to play this game, while the Supreme One stands in the background as
a witness. As long as we are conscious
of our true nature (our Oneness), then there is no issue in life. But what do we do?</span></div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our mind creates a sense of differentiation
amongst ourselves</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our mind wants to rule over others</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our mind tries to prove that our temporary “I”
(Kacha Aami) is superior to others. The moment we try to degrade others, our
mind becomes filled with negative thoughts and we harm ourselves. This kind of
thought moves us away from the Supreme One – and hence we degrade ourselves.</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the other hand, if we love others – we are getting closer
to that Supreme One by removing any differentiating thoughts with others. If the love is indeed true divine love, then
we merge into that Absolute One and obtain bliss. We begin loving the True One amongst us (Paka
Aami). Our Master goes on to highlight the examples of ferocious animals (like
the lion) being tamed by many great human souls – because the divine love of
the saints overcome the feeling of hatred present in the minds of the ferocious
animals. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later in the same lecture, Sri Sri Babathakur cites the
example of how ownership of property transfers from one individual to other(s).
Likewise, he urges the audience to surrender the ownership of our belongings to
the Lord. Then one will not experience sufferings,
because the ownership has been transferred <i>back</i>
to the Lord – and hence the results belong to him!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of the same session, the Master emphatically
states that if we regard others to be great men, then we ourselves become
great! What a simple, beautiful and powerful teaching!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let us take a moment to reflect on His teachings and become
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a quarterly spiritual e-magazine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03899139756567514361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8041496513781531283.post-76177525060578075352017-05-09T09:43:00.000-07:002017-05-09T09:48:43.721-07:00Advaita Bhakti (Devotion in Non-Duality) - Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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by Sri P.C. Lahiri</h3>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saint-composer Sri Tyagaraja hailed from the state of Karnataka, situated in the south of India. His 250<sup>th</sup> birth anniversary was recently celebrated. On one hand he was a great devotee of Sri Rama and Mother Sita, and on the other hand, his thoughts were deeply soaked in Vedanta, the science of non-dualism. He is said to have composed 24000 songs, of which only around 700 exist today, as the palm leaves on which they were written perished away with time. Music was his only vehicle, and <i>bhakti</i> (devotion) was what moved that vehicle. A soul who composed 24000 songs in a lifetime - a fact accepted by most historians – had to have had a certain amount of spontaneity within, which poured out in the form of words along with its musical composition (although this aspect of spontaneity is not accepted by some intellectual critics). They at the most consider him to be a musical genius.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now we have heard from the Master (<i>Prajnanpurush</i> Sri Sri Babathakur) the science of spontaneous revelation from within after Self-realization. Innumerable songs poured out of His lotus lips, sometimes for a few days incessantly after deep trances (<i>Samadhi</i>), out of which we have been able to preserve only about 1000. This happened because of our lack of readiness (both mentally and technically), as also because many a times these revelations happened for days in the absence of anyone else who could make an effort to write at least. Those days there were no mobile phones, computers or readily available portable tape recorders. In case of Sri Tyagraja it was somewhat different as he himself wrote down those songs on palm leaves, most of which have perished due to a lack of maintenance. Here we find another example of ‘posthumous followers’ (a coinage of the Master)<span style="font-family: "symbol"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">¾</span> followers wake up to greatness of a soul only after his departure from mundane existence. People are now lamenting the loss of such highly devotional songs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The meaning of the word ‘revelation’, as I understand from the Master, is spontaneous outpouring from the deepest recess of the heart without any intervention or use of mind-intellect-ego. This can only happen when the entire human body system becomes a ‘perfect channel’ for the Supreme Truth within which to reveal of Its own accord. The ‘I’, as a Perfect Witness that is identified with the Supreme Truth, only witnesses Its own ‘sportful dramatic sameside game with Itself, for Itself and in Itself alone’. In this Supreme State there is no second entity or any ‘sense of otherness’ whatsoever who would consider the aspect of writing on palm leaf or a piece of paper. Out of exuberance of eternal Bliss, the Absolute One reveals as many verses of a song in various tunes, meter, rhythm, speed etc. To us all, these revelations appear and sound as many different ones, but to the Absolute One, it is only that sameside game where there is no second entity. So revelation only happens from the state of Absolute Perfection. From the state of profound<i> bhakti</i> or extreme devotion, what comes out is the outpouring of a highly intoxicated mind, immersed in the remembrance and glory of its Lord or sought. Such an outpouring may look like spontaneous revelation. As common people, we also sometimes experience a flow of words coming from our mind on a subject of great interest and involvement. I am not trying to do any comparison as I have no right, reason or qualification to do it. I am just pointing out the unfathomable boundless depth of the Master’s utterances in whatever form they revealed. It is the supreme reasonless Grace of the Absolute Self I-Reality that It reveals Itself to some struggling souls irrespective of their qualification of any kind. As struggling souls, we must remain ever grateful and thankful by making constant self-effort (<i>purushakara</i>) to be devoted to the revelations as much as possible. This kind of self-effort has been termed by the Master as <i>sattvic</i> <i>purushakara</i> which will ultimately lead to the realization of the perfect unity of destiny (<i>daiva</i>) and self-effort (<i>purushakara</i>).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Most of Sri Tyagaraja’s compositions are steeped in devotion and love for his Lord Rama and His consort <i>Mahalaxmi</i> Sita; however in certain places, he clearly indicates his awareness of the fact that his beloved Sri Rama dwelt in him and that they could never be separated. From his compositions, we glean that he regularly conversed with his Lord Sri Rama and those compositions only tell us how intimate their relationship was. On the other hand, many of his compositions show his helplessness in reaching the Lord. The aspect of being inseparable with the Lord and yearning for reaching the Lord simultaneously existed in a devotee of very high order. He was a believer of the ultimate Oneness of the Supreme Self and the individual self but said that this wisdom has to be gained through the<i> tapas</i> (constant practice and devotion) of music. In one of his compositions, he implores to Sri Rama to help him realize how is it possible to know the meaning of the eternal Truth of the Vedic dictum <i>Tattvamasi</i> (you are That)? Is it possible to realize and directly experience the profundity of this Vedic<i> Mahavakya</i> as <i>tamas</i> and <i>rajas</i> <i>gunas</i> can never be overcome? Such doubts and yearning for the Divine have been expressed in their lifetime by many great souls including Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore through <i>Rabindra</i> <i>sangeet</i>. They all have had visions and companionship of the Lord at various points of time in their life. That is why they yearned for lasting company of the Divine and became despondent if they did not get it. They are regarded as great souls as all their desires culminated in this one desire of seeking permanent company of the Lord or their chosen deity or Guru. We, the struggling souls, can fully understand and appreciate how difficult it is to train and refine the mind (while residing in this world full of diversity and manyness), to ultimately desire only one final thing, i.e. God-realization.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>This topic shall continue in the Janmashtami 2017 issue of e-Sanai </i></span></div>
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