Thursday, January 27, 2005
PRAHLATHA - BHAKTHI LAKSHANAM
PRAHLATHA – BHAKTHI LAKSHANAM
Sravanam Keerthanam Vishno: Smaranam Padasevanam
Archanam Vandhanam Dashyam Sakhyam Atma Nivedhanam
Sri Math Bhagavatham - 7:5:23
7th Skandam-5th Adhyayam- 23rd Slokam
Prahlathan is a very great devotee of Bhagavan Vishnu. Prahlathan describes the Bhakthi Lakshanam (traits of Bhakthi) in 9 stages as follows. . .
1) Sravanam – Listening to the divine Leela’s of Bhagavan.
2) Keerthanam – Singing loudly in praise of Bhagavan’s glory.
3) Smaranam – Chanting and meditating on the Bhagavan’s grace, in mind constantly.
4) Padasevanam – doing humble service to the divine Bhagavan and to the Sathguru.
5) Archanam – doing prayers and surrendering flowers at the divine feet of Bhagavan, whole-heartedly.
6) Vandhanam – prostrating and surrendering ourselves at the divine feet of Bhagavan and to the Sathguru who has shown the true Bhakthi path.
7) Dhasyam – treating us as a humble servant like a slave to the Bhagavan and receiving all kind of luxuries through, Bhagavan alone. Accepting Bhagavan as our master.
8) Sakhyam – Treating Bhagavan as the most trusted and intimate friend, who is always the divine companion for us. Accepting Sathguru as the true companion who can lead us from darkness to light and to whom we can trust and reveal our inner feelings.
9) Atma Nivedhanam – Surrendering ourselves totally, our life should be under the whim and wish of Bhagavan (under the Bhagavan’s will). Let Bhagavan’s grace be the sole (only) motivating force for leading our life.
Sravanam – listening to the divine Leela’s of Bhagavan can liberate us from all kind of bonding which keeps us restless. On listening to the Bhagavan’s Leela through a Sathguru, automatically our mind gets absorbed on to the Bhagavan’s divine filled actions.
Parikshit, a very great emperor who has enjoyed all the luxuries of life, finally become frustrated and searched for a Sathguru who can lead him to true divine filled joy. His search ended with the arrival of a Sathguru called Suga Brahma rishi. He listened to the divine Leela’s of Bhagavan and attained mukthi- liberation from all bindings in just seven days.
Keerthanam – singing in praise of Bhagavan’s glory loudly. Narathar is a Sathguru who showers the grace of the Bhagavan to all with his divine filled keerthanam. He is a Sathguru who travels around the three worlds and sings in praise of Bhagavan’s glory. This singing removes all the sins of the world and whoever listens to it, can also enjoy the true happiness hidden in it.
Smaranam – chanting the ‘Namam’ as given by Sathguru in the mind constantly and meditating on the divine grace of Bhagavan and conveying our regards and respect on to the Sathguru who has shown the true path of Bhakthi.
Listening to Bhagavan’s Leela’s removes the sin. Singing loudly in praise of Bhagavan removes sorrows, inner emotions, hidden sorrows etc., chanting and meditating on the Namam – Radhekrishna as given by Sathguru, gives inner peace and harmony.
Padasevanam – doing humble service. Man is bound and found of doing actions. The body is created in such a way that, under no moment can anyone keep himself without performing any action. We are busy in doing all our routine works, round the clock. But this alone will not fetch true happiness. By doing humble service to the Bhagavan and doing the divine service, which is given by Sathguru, we can get true inner happiness. Whatever work we do, if we surrender it by chanting the Radhekrishna Namam, the same work will become a sacrifice to the Bhagavan. This can give us a real inner joy and can lead us to a state of tension free, hassle free life.
Archanam – doing prayers and surrendering flowers at the divine feet of Bhagavan, wholeheartedly. By chanting the divine name- Namam – Radhekrishna, we can surrender hundreds and hundreds of flowers in our mind itself. For each of the chanting ‘Radhekrishna’, we can surrender that chanting as “Bhagavan Radhekrishna, let this radhekrishna namam be a flower that is surrendered on your feet and accept my prayer”. In fact, this kind of prayer itself is a real prayer and we can surrender as many number of Radhekrishna Namam’s as we want, till our heart is filled with the true joy of Bhakthi.
Vandhanam – prostrating and surrendering our self on to the divine feet of Sathguru who has shown us the Krishna Bhakthi. With their blessings, then we can surrender our self on to the divine feet of Bhagavan. People always used to get to the feeling of ‘I ness – Ego – Ahankharam. By chanting Radhekrishna Namam, we may at times imagine ”see, how good I am at Bhakthi”. But Bhakthi is itself done for removing this ‘I ness. To remove the feeling of ‘I ness and ‘my ness, let us prostrate on to the divine feet of Sathguru. It is the Sathguru, who only has shown us the right path and they are the only guiding force, which can lead us to the end. Let us admit our self on to the divine feet of Bahavan through the blessings of Sathguru.
Dhasyam – Accepting Bhagavan Radhekrishna as our Master and receiving all kind of luxuries either for this material life or for the divine life from him alone. Bhagavan Radhekrishna is our master and we are the humble servants of him. He keeps us as a tool, and does good things to the mankind. Let us allow him to make the best use of us as a tool in his hand.
Sakhyam – Bhagavan is the beloved, intimate friend who keeps the secret always a secret. The Sathguru is the true companion, who can lead us from the path of darkness to light. We can see, hear and seek advice from Sathguru. Sathguru guide us towards divinity, towards Bhakthi.
Atma Nivedhanam – Surrendering our life wholeheartedly as per the will of Bhagavan and do our duty as the service done to Bhagavan, without any reward. The surrendering of our self gives us a sense of confidence. We can always be freed from bindings. Why should we worry? Let us surrender our self. He is always with us. Bhagavan Radhekrishna is all pervasive, omnipresent, omnipotent, which can protect us from everything that disturbs us. Let us chant “ Radhekrishna “ Namam as given by Sathguru. This chanting done in faith will make us a humble devotee in surrendering our life on to the divine feet of Bhagavan.
Our Guruji Amma is here to hand over our hands to Bhagavan Radhekrishna. Let us admit our self as a humble devotee of Bhagavan Radhekrishna. Let us pray to Bhagavan Radhekrishna to make us a Sathsishya to our Guruji Amma- Poojya Shri Shri Amma.
RADHEKRISHNA..RADHEKRISHNA..RADHEKRISHNA..RADHEKRISHNA..
JAI SHRI POOJYA SHRI SHRI AMMA !
JAI SHRI RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG KI JAI ! !
Sravanam Keerthanam Vishno: Smaranam Padasevanam
Archanam Vandhanam Dashyam Sakhyam Atma Nivedhanam
Sri Math Bhagavatham - 7:5:23
7th Skandam-5th Adhyayam- 23rd Slokam
Prahlathan is a very great devotee of Bhagavan Vishnu. Prahlathan describes the Bhakthi Lakshanam (traits of Bhakthi) in 9 stages as follows. . .
1) Sravanam – Listening to the divine Leela’s of Bhagavan.
2) Keerthanam – Singing loudly in praise of Bhagavan’s glory.
3) Smaranam – Chanting and meditating on the Bhagavan’s grace, in mind constantly.
4) Padasevanam – doing humble service to the divine Bhagavan and to the Sathguru.
5) Archanam – doing prayers and surrendering flowers at the divine feet of Bhagavan, whole-heartedly.
6) Vandhanam – prostrating and surrendering ourselves at the divine feet of Bhagavan and to the Sathguru who has shown the true Bhakthi path.
7) Dhasyam – treating us as a humble servant like a slave to the Bhagavan and receiving all kind of luxuries through, Bhagavan alone. Accepting Bhagavan as our master.
8) Sakhyam – Treating Bhagavan as the most trusted and intimate friend, who is always the divine companion for us. Accepting Sathguru as the true companion who can lead us from darkness to light and to whom we can trust and reveal our inner feelings.
9) Atma Nivedhanam – Surrendering ourselves totally, our life should be under the whim and wish of Bhagavan (under the Bhagavan’s will). Let Bhagavan’s grace be the sole (only) motivating force for leading our life.
Sravanam – listening to the divine Leela’s of Bhagavan can liberate us from all kind of bonding which keeps us restless. On listening to the Bhagavan’s Leela through a Sathguru, automatically our mind gets absorbed on to the Bhagavan’s divine filled actions.
Parikshit, a very great emperor who has enjoyed all the luxuries of life, finally become frustrated and searched for a Sathguru who can lead him to true divine filled joy. His search ended with the arrival of a Sathguru called Suga Brahma rishi. He listened to the divine Leela’s of Bhagavan and attained mukthi- liberation from all bindings in just seven days.
Keerthanam – singing in praise of Bhagavan’s glory loudly. Narathar is a Sathguru who showers the grace of the Bhagavan to all with his divine filled keerthanam. He is a Sathguru who travels around the three worlds and sings in praise of Bhagavan’s glory. This singing removes all the sins of the world and whoever listens to it, can also enjoy the true happiness hidden in it.
Smaranam – chanting the ‘Namam’ as given by Sathguru in the mind constantly and meditating on the divine grace of Bhagavan and conveying our regards and respect on to the Sathguru who has shown the true path of Bhakthi.
Listening to Bhagavan’s Leela’s removes the sin. Singing loudly in praise of Bhagavan removes sorrows, inner emotions, hidden sorrows etc., chanting and meditating on the Namam – Radhekrishna as given by Sathguru, gives inner peace and harmony.
Padasevanam – doing humble service. Man is bound and found of doing actions. The body is created in such a way that, under no moment can anyone keep himself without performing any action. We are busy in doing all our routine works, round the clock. But this alone will not fetch true happiness. By doing humble service to the Bhagavan and doing the divine service, which is given by Sathguru, we can get true inner happiness. Whatever work we do, if we surrender it by chanting the Radhekrishna Namam, the same work will become a sacrifice to the Bhagavan. This can give us a real inner joy and can lead us to a state of tension free, hassle free life.
Archanam – doing prayers and surrendering flowers at the divine feet of Bhagavan, wholeheartedly. By chanting the divine name- Namam – Radhekrishna, we can surrender hundreds and hundreds of flowers in our mind itself. For each of the chanting ‘Radhekrishna’, we can surrender that chanting as “Bhagavan Radhekrishna, let this radhekrishna namam be a flower that is surrendered on your feet and accept my prayer”. In fact, this kind of prayer itself is a real prayer and we can surrender as many number of Radhekrishna Namam’s as we want, till our heart is filled with the true joy of Bhakthi.
Vandhanam – prostrating and surrendering our self on to the divine feet of Sathguru who has shown us the Krishna Bhakthi. With their blessings, then we can surrender our self on to the divine feet of Bhagavan. People always used to get to the feeling of ‘I ness – Ego – Ahankharam. By chanting Radhekrishna Namam, we may at times imagine ”see, how good I am at Bhakthi”. But Bhakthi is itself done for removing this ‘I ness. To remove the feeling of ‘I ness and ‘my ness, let us prostrate on to the divine feet of Sathguru. It is the Sathguru, who only has shown us the right path and they are the only guiding force, which can lead us to the end. Let us admit our self on to the divine feet of Bahavan through the blessings of Sathguru.
Dhasyam – Accepting Bhagavan Radhekrishna as our Master and receiving all kind of luxuries either for this material life or for the divine life from him alone. Bhagavan Radhekrishna is our master and we are the humble servants of him. He keeps us as a tool, and does good things to the mankind. Let us allow him to make the best use of us as a tool in his hand.
Sakhyam – Bhagavan is the beloved, intimate friend who keeps the secret always a secret. The Sathguru is the true companion, who can lead us from the path of darkness to light. We can see, hear and seek advice from Sathguru. Sathguru guide us towards divinity, towards Bhakthi.
Atma Nivedhanam – Surrendering our life wholeheartedly as per the will of Bhagavan and do our duty as the service done to Bhagavan, without any reward. The surrendering of our self gives us a sense of confidence. We can always be freed from bindings. Why should we worry? Let us surrender our self. He is always with us. Bhagavan Radhekrishna is all pervasive, omnipresent, omnipotent, which can protect us from everything that disturbs us. Let us chant “ Radhekrishna “ Namam as given by Sathguru. This chanting done in faith will make us a humble devotee in surrendering our life on to the divine feet of Bhagavan.
Our Guruji Amma is here to hand over our hands to Bhagavan Radhekrishna. Let us admit our self as a humble devotee of Bhagavan Radhekrishna. Let us pray to Bhagavan Radhekrishna to make us a Sathsishya to our Guruji Amma- Poojya Shri Shri Amma.
RADHEKRISHNA..RADHEKRISHNA..RADHEKRISHNA..RADHEKRISHNA..
JAI SHRI POOJYA SHRI SHRI AMMA !
JAI SHRI RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG KI JAI ! !
Thursday, January 13, 2005
KATVANGHA- MUKTHI
Salvation to Katvangha
Once upon a time, there lived a mighty emperor by name KATVANGHAN. He was a true devotee of Bhagavan. His mind was fully occupied with the divine leela's of Bhagavan. He considered himself as a humble servant of Bhagavan. He did his role of king very well. All admired his righteousness.
He did his role without the feeling of I' ness and my' ness. It is Bhagavan who only does all the good things to the mankind. We are just tools in his hand. With our body as a tool, Bhagavan does good things to the mankind. Katvanghan constantly meditated on the KARUNYAM- divine mercy of Bhagavan, for keeping him in such a high position.
In this world, there is a war between Righteousness and Evilness. This war goes from time immemorial. Once there broke a war between Deva's and Asura's. Katvanghan was called by deva's. Deva's asked for his help. Katvanghan assisted them. There was a ferocious war between deva's and asura's. Katvanghan fought bravely and defeated asura's. Many asura's were killed. The left behind asura's ran off from the scene. Deva's won the battle.
Deva's gave a boon to Katvanghan. He asked the deva's, " Please tell me, my lifespan that is left out". To this, deva's replied, " you are left with a lifespan of only one MUHOORTHAM time" (1 muhoortham = one and half hours). Knowing that, his life is going to wind up within one and half hours time, he felt astonished. With the deva's help, he took the divine plane called Vimanam and immediately rushed to Bhoolokam (Earth). The Devalokam (place of deva's) is not for mukthi. Whenever any one gets a curse or boon, he will be sent only to earth.
The earth is the place filled with Satvic State(Sathva Gunam). Here, we can get the darshan of Sathguru. With Sathguru's blessings and through Nama Sankeerthanam, we can attain mukthi quickly. Knowing this, Katvanghan came to Bharatha Bhoomi (India). As per Bhagavatham, Bharatha Bhoomi is the place for karma, bhakthi, and here it is filled with Sathguru's divine grace and here one can easily attain mukthi.
The other places in the world are called Bhoga Bhoomi (places for enjoyment), where people can enjoy their life merrily in unwanted things and finally end up in frustration and restlessness.
In the Bharatha Bhoomi, Bhakthi is more. Here the entire places are filled with the vedic vibrations and the vibrations of Sathguru's Nama Sankeerthanam. With the blessings of Sathguru and through Sathsangam (listening to the divine leela's of Bhagavan) once mind can be cleansed and thereby fill it with Bhakthi.
Katvanghan reached a lonely place and started meditating on the divine feet of Bhagavan. He left all the unwanted things from his mind. He removed the sentimental feelings of emperor, protector of mankind etc., He removed bonding in the form of father, mother, children, relatives, friends, subjects, noble citizens, etc., and considered himself as a humble servant to Bhagavan. When all the bonding were removed, his mind become one with the Bhagavan and attained Mukthi.
Katvanghan attained mukthi, in just a very short period of one and half hours.
By listening to Sathsangam and through Nama Japam (chanting Radhekrishna) with the divine blessings of Guruji Amma, we can also remove all our bondings, which make us restless. We can attain true happiness devoid of sorrows and sufferings.
People are busy and they don't waste their time. They are busy in studying, searching for job, settling in marriage life, looking after children, earning huge money, building mighty emperor in the form of bungalow, car, wealthy man, owning many titles and crowns, certificates and medals etc., all goes..all goes.. all goes with time.
But are we caring for time? The time goes day by day without our knowledge and control and one day every one becomes old. But no one is ready to accept this cold fact. Let us surrender ourselves to the divine feet of Bhagavan and seek the blessings of Guruji Amma, to lead a life worth living, which can lead us to Bhagavath Bhakthi and Mukthi.
He did his role without the feeling of I' ness and my' ness. It is Bhagavan who only does all the good things to the mankind. We are just tools in his hand. With our body as a tool, Bhagavan does good things to the mankind. Katvanghan constantly meditated on the KARUNYAM- divine mercy of Bhagavan, for keeping him in such a high position.
In this world, there is a war between Righteousness and Evilness. This war goes from time immemorial. Once there broke a war between Deva's and Asura's. Katvanghan was called by deva's. Deva's asked for his help. Katvanghan assisted them. There was a ferocious war between deva's and asura's. Katvanghan fought bravely and defeated asura's. Many asura's were killed. The left behind asura's ran off from the scene. Deva's won the battle.
Deva's gave a boon to Katvanghan. He asked the deva's, " Please tell me, my lifespan that is left out". To this, deva's replied, " you are left with a lifespan of only one MUHOORTHAM time" (1 muhoortham = one and half hours). Knowing that, his life is going to wind up within one and half hours time, he felt astonished. With the deva's help, he took the divine plane called Vimanam and immediately rushed to Bhoolokam (Earth). The Devalokam (place of deva's) is not for mukthi. Whenever any one gets a curse or boon, he will be sent only to earth.
The earth is the place filled with Satvic State(Sathva Gunam). Here, we can get the darshan of Sathguru. With Sathguru's blessings and through Nama Sankeerthanam, we can attain mukthi quickly. Knowing this, Katvanghan came to Bharatha Bhoomi (India). As per Bhagavatham, Bharatha Bhoomi is the place for karma, bhakthi, and here it is filled with Sathguru's divine grace and here one can easily attain mukthi.
The other places in the world are called Bhoga Bhoomi (places for enjoyment), where people can enjoy their life merrily in unwanted things and finally end up in frustration and restlessness.
In the Bharatha Bhoomi, Bhakthi is more. Here the entire places are filled with the vedic vibrations and the vibrations of Sathguru's Nama Sankeerthanam. With the blessings of Sathguru and through Sathsangam (listening to the divine leela's of Bhagavan) once mind can be cleansed and thereby fill it with Bhakthi.
Katvanghan reached a lonely place and started meditating on the divine feet of Bhagavan. He left all the unwanted things from his mind. He removed the sentimental feelings of emperor, protector of mankind etc., He removed bonding in the form of father, mother, children, relatives, friends, subjects, noble citizens, etc., and considered himself as a humble servant to Bhagavan. When all the bonding were removed, his mind become one with the Bhagavan and attained Mukthi.
Katvanghan attained mukthi, in just a very short period of one and half hours.
By listening to Sathsangam and through Nama Japam (chanting Radhekrishna) with the divine blessings of Guruji Amma, we can also remove all our bondings, which make us restless. We can attain true happiness devoid of sorrows and sufferings.
People are busy and they don't waste their time. They are busy in studying, searching for job, settling in marriage life, looking after children, earning huge money, building mighty emperor in the form of bungalow, car, wealthy man, owning many titles and crowns, certificates and medals etc., all goes..all goes.. all goes with time.
But are we caring for time? The time goes day by day without our knowledge and control and one day every one becomes old. But no one is ready to accept this cold fact. Let us surrender ourselves to the divine feet of Bhagavan and seek the blessings of Guruji Amma, to lead a life worth living, which can lead us to Bhagavath Bhakthi and Mukthi.
