श्री ब्रह्मचैतन्य गोंदवलेकर महाराज यांच्या
ह्रद्य आठ्वणी
लेखक ल.ग.मराठे
प्रकाशक श्री.गिरीश भालचंद्र जोशी
सध्दहेतुखालीदेखिल आपले विषय प्रेम दडलेले असते
'काय' सांगितले ह्या पेक्षा 'कोणी' सांगितले ते महत्वाचे
योग साधने पेक्षा नम स्मरण श्रेयस्कर
आपले कर्तव्य करून फल रामावर सोपवावे
वाट्यास आलेले कम 'भगवंताची इच्छा' समजून कर्तव्यबुद्धीने करावे
Without Guru one cannot reach the transcendental state of Supreme Bliss, hence Guru, the spiritual instructor is crucial.
Let us see what the Great Saint Kabir says about GURU, the spiritual master.
Saint Kabir says
गुरु गोविंद दोनों खड़े, काके लागूं पांय |
बलिहारी गुरु आपने गोविन्द दियो बताय || संत कबीर
In the above couplet written 7oo years ago Kabir asks a poignant question.
Whose feet will you touch first (symbolic of reverence) when you find Guide (Guru) and God both standing together?
First prostrate the Guide who showed you God.
Who is Guru? This question is answered in the couplet above, where Saint Kabir says that GURU is the one who has shown you God.
Corollary:
Not the one who is helping, or may help, but one who has already helped you and now are AWAKENED to the highest self, he is a guru.
Who is your Guru? How can one qualify a person to be your Guru until you have been shown the HIGHEST? Till you are a seeker you have teachers, guides, instructors, trainers who are instrumental in ripening you. Guru is the master who takes you to the ULTIMATE state, where you find the Guru, God and You are essentially same. When 'I' as you know today quits, 'SUPREME' is seen. Guru is pivotal.
Saint Kabir closes all doubt about the importance of Guru in the following poetically adorned verse:
कबीर हरि के रुठते, गुरु के शरने जाय |
कहे कबीर गुरु के रुठते, हरी नही होत सहाय ||
Kabir says when Hari (Lord) is displeased, you can take support from the Guru.
If Guru is displeased, says Kabir, Hari does not help.
This famous quote is taught first when a child begins learning. Known to all Asian Indians, it is ultimate adulation of Guru.
त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव
त्वमेव बंधू च सखा त्वमेव
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव
त्वमेव सर्व मम देव देव
You are my mother, father, brother, friend; you are knowledge, wealth; you are everything, Oh! Lord
About Saint Kabir
Saint Kabir lived between 1455 AD to 1575 AD. His verses 'doha' are found in Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikh Community.
To know more about Saint Kabir click here. [1] [2] [3]
How to avoid fake Guru?
Interestingly, Sikh believe the holy Guru Granth Sahib, the compilation of Guidelines to the Supreme to be the Guru. This saves the spiritual seeker from being taken for a ride by fake Guru. Only the Self Realized Master can be Guru. Such a Guru is rare, difficult to find or even be recognized by the humble seeker.
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I am pleased to find free audio of summary of each
chapter of Gita rendered by americanaphonic.com.
You can download it from
http://www.americanaphonic.com/pages/Gita.html
This MP3 Audio is recording of English translation of the 2
Holy Gita by His Holiness Swami Tapasyananda.
It is read by Alexey Chaidze, who humbly apologizes for mispronunciation of Sanskrit words.
www.americanaphonic.com informs that the English translation of the textbook
Holy Gita is available at Ramakrishna Math in Chennai, India.
Audio Recordings of Swami Chinmayanada himself on the Holy Gita
are available free on the internet in .3gp format. You can therefore
hear Swami Chinmayanada himself speak on the Gita on your mobile.
A divine Gita Gyan Yagna for sure!
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YAD BHAVAM ! TAD BHAVATI !!
You Become What You Think !
Hindu mythology of creation talks about how the universe is created each time the Creator Brahma blinks! Millions of human years, called yuga, pass by between each blink of the Creator.
Sages of ancient India measured time through the concept of kshana. Kshana is not chronological time. It was not measured as the amplitude of a pendulum or the frequency of an electronic chip. Kshana was not generic time, but individual time. Kshana is the time between two thoughts. My kshana and your kshana are different.
In the case of the average person, in whom the mind is constantly active, desires and thoughts pour out without a stop, the time between two thoughts is very small, very very small. In the case of an enlightened being, who is in a no mind state, in whom there are no thoughts, kshana is infinite.
Kshana is the time between two thoughts . It is the space between two thoughts. This is the time and space that Buddha referred to as sunya, and that which Sankara referred to as purna. It is the no-mind zone, the mindful zone, in which you touch base with yourself. It is that present moment in which you come face to face with the divinity within yourself, recognise the cosmic energy that you are part of.
When you are in that kshana, you are truly aware; you are energised and refreshed. Meditation takes you into that awareness.
When you are in front of an enlightened Master who is in a nomind state without thoughts your own thought level comes down, and kshana becomes longer. Without even trying you become calmer, more peaceful, and more aware.
When the mind stops, time too stops; it stands still.Contrary to what western philosophers say the idle mind is not the devil's workshop. If it silent, it is God's workshop! It is the busy mind that is truly the devil's workshop.
Descartes said , �I think, therefore I am'. That is a mere fact; an irrelevant one. You cannot reach the state of awareness of who you are through thinking. You need to transcend the mind, you need to drop the mind to be aware of who you are.
Hindu scriptures say, � When you stop thinking, you are.' This is truth; the cosmic truth.
Be still and you will be God.
Metaphysical Inspirations: Kshana -
Time stands still when mind stops By Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda
