Sunday, November 27, 2005

 

NARADA UPADESHAM - SEARCH THE DEER

Once upon a time, there lived a group of people called PRACHETHA'S. They were of royal heridity. They abandoned their royal luxuries. They lead a simple life. They were following the path of BHAKTHI. They were headed by a noble leader by name PRAACHEENA PARHICIS. The leader was a true devotee of BHAGAVAN. They performed vigorous meditation for thousands of years, to attain salvation. Their prayer was heard by BHAGAVAN. BHAGAVAN came to their place as NARADA BHAGAVAN (SATHGURU). PRAACHEENA PARHICIS prostrated on to the lotus feet of NARADA BHAGAVAN. He asked to sage NARADA, "O! Reverred seer! Please explain me about the nature of this life. Where does it goes? What should be the aim of this life? I humbly seek your blessings on this."
To this, sage NARADA narrated a story as follows.
" There was a beautiful park. It was covered with beautiful flowers all around. There lived a pair of deers. The deers enjoyed their life happily in the park. They were roaming freely in the park. A dhole (a kind of wolf) was living in the park. The dhole use to prey at other animals. It grew fat as days rolled on. The dhole saw the deers. The dhole was carefully following the deers. It was waiting for a suitable time to prey at the deers. The deers were unaware of the following danger. The deers continued their happy marching, as usual. The dhole was calmly following the deers.
At that time, there came a hunter. He saw the deers. He took his bow and arrow. He aimed at the deers. He was following the deers carefully. He waited for a suitable oppurtunity. When a suitable time came, he shot at the deers, without any delay. The arrow pierced the body of the deer. The wounded deer is here. Search it, without any delay."
Sage NARADA concluded the story and asked PRAACHEENA PARHICIS to search for the deer, in his place. On hearing those words, PARHICIS was astonished. He searched for the deer in all directions. His eyes rolled on from one end to another in search of the deer. He never saw any deer in the park.
He asked sage NARADA, where is the deer?
To this, sage NARADA replied, " YOU ARE THE DEER". PRAACHEENA PARHICIS requested sage NARADA to explain the meaning of the story, in detail. Sage NARADA explained the meaning of the story as follows.
" You represent the male deer. Your wife represent the female deer. The pair of deers were enjoying their life happily in the park. The couple enjoys a happy married life, as the deers. The years rolls on quickly. People remain unaware of the rolling days. The time chases each and every one. The CHASING TIME is represented as dhole.
(dhole is a kind of wolf with body in red colour and tail in black colour. The colours red and black symbolically represents the raising sun in the morning and the enveloping cloud of dark in the night.)
The raising sun snatches 12 hours from the life span of each and every one. The raising moon takes another 12 hours from the life span. The rolling days and nights snatch the life sapn of human beings. The time follow each and every body, unknowingly. The dhole was chasing the deer, silently. In the same way, passing days decrease the life span of each and every one silently. But, surprisingly people imagine their life to be immortal. Each passing day, makes a man to march towards his destiny, just like the marching deers in the story.
The suitable time is allocated for each and every one. When the time comes, the hunter makes no mistake in taking the life of human beings. The hunter represents YAMA DHARMA RAJAN ( a celestial DEVA who snatches the life of each and every one as per the divine account). YAMA DHARMA RAJAN does his duty without any partiality. He never follow favouritism towards any body, in the matter of death. He remains neutral in his judjements as per the divine wish of BHAGAVAN. The hunter preys at the deer. His aim never fails. In the same way, as per the divine account, YAMA DHARMA RAJAN snatches the life, without any mistake. The human life goes like this. This is the meaning behind the story."
Our life moves fast. We are living in a fast world. In the same way, the rolling days also moves rapidly. We usually get carried away by unwanted worldly distractions. The distractions are seemingly powerful. They make us forget the entire world. During the hours of entertainment, the time moves fastly. The passing moments make us immobile and lethargic. We delight our self fully during the hours of entertainment. When our life is caried under the waves of worldly distractions, we forget our hidden divinity. Our meditation loses to worldly distractions. The hours that had gone will never come again. Let us be careful of utilizing it, to our own benefit.
Half of the life goes in sleep. During the growing years, we remain unaware of PUNYAM and PAPAM (Punyam - fruitful actions. Papam - futile actions). We remain unaware of righteousness and evil things. Many golden years of life vanishes from our scene, unknowingly. While leading a family life, most of the time we spent it for our material benefits. There also we lose many golden years in our life. After a certain period of time, the diseases come in to paly. The sufferings caused by them make us depressed. The worries and sufferings take much of our life time.
During the old age, physical stamina gets drained out. We become weak in mind and body. The bodily actions gets restricted. Rest of the life goes in the dreamworld of worries and lost oppurtunities. Man leaves the world with unfulfilled wishes. The wishes in the form of mental cravings becomes a bridge to rebirth. This cycle of birth and death continues. Man gets trapped in the MAYA of birth and death cycle.
During the childhood, he spents most of his time in playing. During adolescence, he spents much of his time in sensual affairs of romance. During the old age, much of his time goes in the state of depression. Man should search for one more thing namely BHAGAVAN to attain salvation from this cycle of birth and death.
The ataining of BHAGAVAN pacifies the mental cravings. The divine nectar got through BHAKTHI pacifies all mental cravings and he remains a true embodiment of divine happines. He becomes one with BHAGAVAN, in this material world it self. He attains a supreme state of divine happiness, namely KAIVALYAM.
( Kaivalyam - enjoying the divine happiness of MOKSHAM (liberation) prevailing in the divine abode of BHAGAVAN namely VAIKUNTAM, in this BHOOLOKAM (material world) it self, without leaving the human body).
The human birth reaches the ultimate goal of MUKTHI (liberation) through BHAKTHI (devotion). Devotion brings in liberation. In the story, sage NARADA came to the place of PRACHETHA'S as a SATHGURU. His preachings as a SATHGURU guided them to salvation. Following the principles of SATHGURU, the PRACHETHA'S did unswerved devotion. The pure devotion devoid of selfishness made their life, a blissful one. They reached the divine abode of BHAGAVAN after leaving their material body in this world.
We are fortune to have our SATHGURU - POOJYA SHREE SHREE AMMA, in our presence. Our Guruji Amma constantly preaches about the glory of time. Let us accept the preachings of our SATHGURU and lead a divine filled life. Let the blessings of our SATHGURU lead us to salvation from the cycle of birth and death. Let the divine nectar of KRISHNA BHAKTHI through RADHEKRISHNA NAMA JAPAM, purify our heart. Let the glory of SATHSANGAM and SATHGURU be spread always.
JAI SHREE POOJYA SHREE SHREE AMMA...
JAI SHRE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG KI JAI...
RADHEKRISHNA... RADHEKRISHNA... RADHEKRISHNA...
(concluded)

Saturday, November 12, 2005

 

ILA GEETHAM - OORVASI KATHA

PURURAVAS started explaining the glory of SATHSANGAM (company of SADHU) to OORVASI.

" This body is the divine abode of BHAGAVAN. The beautiful skin covers the body. It gives good shape and colour to the body. This body is mortal. The soul residing in this body remains immortal. The soul remains unaffected by worldly things. All the beauty is embodied in the soul. The divine experience of realizing the glory of KRISHNA BHAGAVAN, residing in each and every one is of ultimate happiness to each and every one in the world.

The divine beauty of BHAGAVAN is super - natural. It is out of scope of sensual reasoning. It cannot be understood by material experiences. At the sight of HIM (KRISHNA BHAGAVAN), one's mind gets purified. The sins are washed away by the divine nectar of KRISHNA BHAKTHI. This human birth is the opening gateway to MUKTHI (liberation). By taking a human birth, one can easily attain the divine qualities of KRISHNA BHAGAVAN through SATHSANGAM. This divine happiness cuts the sentimental binding and makes him free from all dangers.

One should not listen to the advices of evil - minded people. One should never take comfort at the wrong notions of life. There are 6 evil qualities which destroy the divinity of a human being. The six qualities are i) greediness ii) anger iii) craving iv) selfishness v) ego and vi) hatred.
These qualities lead a man to ruin. Even the wise people also gets distracted by these evil qualities. They distract the mind from divinity. One should safe guard his mind from these six enemies.

The mind always imagines about each and every thing. An object of unknown origin gives no kind of distraction to the mind. If only the mind can make some amount of interpretations about that object, then only the power of intuition paves way for invention. If nothing could be imagined about that object, then automatically the mental activity cease. The mind leaves the object of study and search for a new thing to continue it's work. In the same way, the words which were not heard before remains a puzzle. The mind cannot make further progress towards those words.

I heard about the sensual pleasures of DEVALOKAM. Earlier, I never experienced that kind of pleasure. So, in the beginning, out of curiosity, my mind started imagining about the sensual pleasures. Without having any prior knowledge, my mind distracted me in all directions and lead me to a path of ruin. I should have imagined about the divine glory of KRISHNA BHAGAVAN. The divine glory of KRISHNA BHAGAVAN is abundant. One can enjoy the divine happiness to his full of heart, through SATHSANGAM. This divine happiness is immortal.

This divine happiness saves the man from six evil qualities. KRISHNA BHAKTHI makes a man humble. He accepts BHAGAVAN to be his master. Ego vanishes at the sight of SATHGURU. By listening to the divine qualities of BHAGAVAN through SATHSANGAM, he loses himself completely in the divinity of KRISHNA BHAGAVAN. The evil qualities namely ego, selfishness goes out unknowingly, from his mind. By listening to SATHSANGAM, he / she develops a strong desire towards achieving MUKTHI (liberation) from worldly sentimental bindings.

The mind craves for a divine thirst of achieving union with KRISHNA BHAGAVAN. This divine thirst modifies the life of a devotee. The evil quality in the form of worldly cravings transform into a divine thirst, which longs for the cool shower of KRISHNA BHAKTHI. The devotee does constant meditation of the divine leela's of BHAGAVAN. His mind gets fully occupied with the gestures, actions, bravery, mercy, magnanimity, simplicity and other divine qualities of BHAGAVAN. He see the divine form of KRISHNA BHAGAVAN in each and every one. This universal vision removes the sense of hatred from one's mind.

The devotee seeks favours from BHAGAVAN. He does prayer continously. He go by the words of SATHGURU and does constant meditation of NAMA JAPAM. This meditation brings him a sense of contentment. He enjoys a sense of true happiness for the favours received from BHAGAVAN. This self - contentment removes the evil quality in the form of greediness. The divine love achieved through KRISHNA BHAKTHI makes his heart filled with full of sympathy devoid of cruelty. The divine love spreads from him to the fellowmen unknowingly. This divine love replaces the evil quality namely anger.

Thus by listening to SATHSANGAM and through the company of holy people (SADHU), one can easily liberate his mind from evil qualities. The six evil qualities gets replaced by six noble qualities. Greediness gets annulled by self - contentment. Anger gets annihilated by universal divine love. Craving transforms to divine thirst of KRISHNA BHAKTHI. Selfishness modifies to PREMAI ( CARING FOR THE COMFORT OF BHAGAVAN). Ego is removed through DHASYAM ( accepting BHAGAVAN to be the master). Hatred gets removed by steadfastness in the path of BHAKTHI through universal vision.

The company of SADHU (holy people) namely SATHSANGAM save the drowning man in the ocean of life (SANSARA SAGARAM). Earlier, I was praying for you fervently at the feet of DEVA'S. Being left with no other option, they granted me the boon which I asked. But, during the second time, my mind was clear. My mind was cleansed by their divine powers. The divine light shed by them lead me from darkness to light. I worshiped the DEVA'S faithfully. They granted me divine powers. Through the power of it, I was able to see you in DEVALOKAM. They played the role of divine masters (sathguru). Their blessings gave me the inner strength and knowledge to overcome the MAYA (illusion).

They brought back the hidden divinity in me. So, this time, I don't have any oscilations or cravings for you. I am very firm in my principles of divinity. One should not listen to the flatulent words describing the luxuries of DEVALOKAM. One can take lessons from my life. I want to leave your place. I am leaving now", he said. Having spoken these words, PURURAVAS left the OORVASI LOKAM and came to earth (BHOOLOKAM). The earth is the ideal place for divine worship.

In the earth, one can search for SATHGURU in human form. One can seek the blessings of SATHGURU without fail. The earth namely BHOOMADEVI (divine mother) has so much patience and perseverance to accept each one of us. By taking a birth in this earth, one should search for a SATHGURU, at the earliest. Having attained a SATHGURU, one should seek the blessings of SATHGURU to attain MUKTHI (liberation).

PURURAVAS became self - reliant. He never cared for any body. He forsaked every thing. The evil qualities vanished from his mind. He became a humble devotee to BHAGAVAN. He roamed to different places and spread the divine harmony to one and all in the world. He attained
MUKTHI (liberation) from worldly sentimental bindings.

KRISHNA BHAGAVAN narrates the glory of SATHSANGAM through this ILA GEETHAM as follows.
" The human life is of utmost value. The divine worship of BHAGAVAN in the form of BHAKTHI can be done faithfully in the human form. By reaching a SATHGURU and through their blesings, one can definitely attain liberation (MUKTHI) from worldly bindings. The preachings coming from SATHGURU takes the disciplles from the path of darkness to light. Without divine knowledge, the mind enters in to the dark world of ignorance. The SATHGURU preaches the glory of BHAGAVAN. SATHGURU nourishes BHAKTHI in the heart of disciple. This BHAKTHI leads them to the path of light. Under the divine light, the disciple realizes the true nature of worldly objects. This true knowledge brings in the wisdom, in one's mind. This wisdom leads their life from sorrow to happiness.

People of high wisdom should forsake the company of evil people. The company of evil people corrupts the mind and lead to illusion. One should always search for a SATHGURU. The company of holy people (SADHU) namely SATHSANGAM is the best shelter for every one. The holy people (SADHU) constantly preaches about ME (BHAGAVAN). The SATHGURU through constant vigorous meditation attains the divine qualities of ME (BHAGAVAN). They preach the hidden meaning behind scriptures, in true form. Through the true divine knowledge of it, one can easily liberate his mind from binding.

The SATHGURU remains selfless and Ego 'less. They constantly meditate on the divine glory of ME. They remain calm. They are humble enough to accept each and every one, irrespective of the worldly discriminations in the form of age, sex, education, qualities and other worldly attributes. The SATHGURU bears the insults of the world. They nourish the KRISHNA BHAKTHI in the heart's of disciples, ignoring the insults caused by the world. The KRISHNA BHAKTHI makes the disciple's life a happier one. The disciple enjoys the worldly acceptance in the form of name, fame etc., The SATHGURU'S heart is so big to accept the success of the disciples. They does the selfless service of showering the nectar of KRISHNA BHAKTHI to one and all in the world.

One should be fortunate to attain a SATHGURU, at the earliest in his life. The SATHGURU narrates the glory of BHAGAVAN (ME) in the form of stories. The disciple listens to it carefully. By listening to the stories, one's mind gets automatically attracted towards divinity. The attraction towards divinity creates a sense of divine thirst for BHAGAVAN. This divine thirst brings in a state of 'unswerved meditation' towards BHAGAVAN. Through constant meditation of NAMA JAPAM as given by SATHGURU, one can easily lead a happy life.

The comapny of SADHU (SATHSANGAM) removes the fear of life. It burns the darkness of ignorance. It cuts the sentimental bindings in the form of worldly distractions. In the mighty ocean of life, the SATHSANGAM is the life boat to save one's life. The SATHGURU protects the world from evil qualities through NAMA JAPAM and make this world a blissful one. They are so dearer to each and every one, just as the soul which is inseperable from the body during the life voyage. When the soul goes out of a body, he / she becomes dead. In the same way, the absence of the blessings of SATHGURU, makes the disciple's life, a dead one (devoid of KRISHNA BHAKTHI). The SATHGURU open the internal eye of wisdom and through the power of it, one can see ME in true form. The SATHGURU who shows the true path of BHAKTHI is equivalent to ME (KRISHNA BHAGAVAN) it self. "

Thus SATHGURU is the true form of KRISHNA BHAGAVAN, mixing with us in human form. We are fortune to have our SATHGURU - POOJYA SHRI SHRI AMMA, in our life at the earliest. Let the blessings of our SATHGURU - POOJYA SHRI SHRI AMMA, make our life a divine filled one. Let the divinity of SATHSANGAM and SATHGURU be adored and glorified.

JAI SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATH SANG KI JAY

JAI SHREE POOJYA SHRI SHRI AMMA

RADHEKRISHNA...RADHEKRISHNA...RADHEKRISHNA...

(CONCLUDED).

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