Dattatreya Jayanti Celebrations, First GNBY Conference, Navagraha Maha Yaga, 10 Dec 2008
10th December 2008 - Wednesday - Bharani Nakshatra
Pujya Sri Swamiji's discourse
Namah Suryaya Chandraya Mangalaya Budhaya cha
Guru Shukra Shanibhyascha Rahave Ketave Namaha
Today we have all together completed 18 crore (180 million) chants of this verse from all over the globe. Still it is increasing, more and more numbers are pouring in. I am very happy about it. This year until December 2009, more so the next eight month is a bad period. There is a calamity for all creatures on this planet. There is a lot of negative impact of many planets on the whole Earth itself. We have to chant the peace mantras for Navagraha (mentioned above) to redeem from the ill effects of the planets.
People are always curious to know the reason for everything, especially for bad things. They always ask the question why? This is not a good question. Swamiji asks them why you are asking such a question? Many times there is no answer to this question. In fact you will get different kinds of answers and it will confuse you even more. Experience itself is the real answer to such questions. If you ask about Swamiji, so many different opinions are coming. You will get confused. Best thing is don’t ask. What connection you have with Swamiji, develop that. If you are a mature devotee you will understand Swamiji’s actions but some devotees, who are new, are like kids they will not understand. Their faith becomes disturbed. This will change their feeling and moods. Many people say feelings are for body and mind but Vedanta says feelings are the result of Karma. We follow the Karma path, with that Swamiji leads you to Gnana path and uses Bhakti path also. Some questions about family life, spiritual life are in fact better answered by silence. Time will set everything right. Time is the real Guru, Time is like energy. Time is Datta. Take it as it is. Don’t cry. Forget about Indriyas. Then there is no depression. However you should respect this body because it is a like a ship for Aadhyatmik Sadhana (spiritual practice), but don’t get carried away by feelings and confusions. Control your senses. Believe your heart, not the mind or body. Three days we have Datta Jayanti. Later we have the ritual of homa for Navagrahas. Don’t ask why? I am capable of answering all your questions but there is not time and also it is a futile exercise. Your questions are silly. My time is for a different purpose. Don’t waste time in trying to find the roots. Concentrate on the purpose for which you have come. If you try to seek the roots then your feeling and devotion will get spoiled. You want to bathe in the pious Ganga, take a divine dip and enjoy the spiritual bliss, if you try to search for the root of Ganga, it is good that you will find it comes from Gouri Shankar mountains, you might find some tributary that is a drainage or factory water is also getting mixed with Ganga. You will loose faith and devotion. What will happen to your feelings on Ganga. You start thinking about infection. What about your respect for Ganga? It will diminish. Don’t search Ganga root. Don’t search Sadguru Root also. You will get confusion. The light, energy and truth that is emanating is the food for you. Eat and enjoy this pure food. Drink the pure water and enjoy. Even if you go to the best of the hotels and see the kitchen, you will not be able to eat the food there because of clumsiness and lack of cleanliness. So, don’t go. If your mind is clean, even poison becomes food. If your mind is unclean, nectar will become poison. If you have a pure heart everything appears pure. Concentrate on the purpose of your visit. If you like Swamiji dedicate your self. Don’t talk or listen to rubbish. You discuss about the programs of Datta Jayanti, Bhajans, Social activities, Navagraha Yagna, read Datta Darshana and support your Swamiji as a friend, child, brother or with any feeling.
Even great Seers like Ramana Maharshi, Shirdi Sai, Dayananada Saraswati, Paigambar, Jesus faced problems. Dharma always wins. This is Kaliyuga - even zero can become hero temporarily, but some day it will definitely become zero. Hero is always a Hero.
1st Gnaa Naa Bha Yoga Sammelanam
Upanishat Wisdom - Only Recourse for the Retreat to the Self and the Resultant Bliss
Gist of the speech of Dr. Vishnubhatla Subrahmanya Sastry, Hyderabad
However great the human beings could be, they all are suffering a lot from sorrows. “What could be the reason for such sufferings and sorrows?” is one of the most touted questions amongst public. Sage Goutama opined in his principle of logic that Birth is the cause of sorrow. In other words, sorrow is inevitable for those who are born. When questioned about the reason for taking the birth, the reply was that it was Pravrutti (action). Pravrutti is of two types. One is in accordance with Dharma and the other pattern outlawed by the Dharma. Acts that are not violated by the tenets of Dharma, result in a befitting and better birth (janma). Vice versa, Adharmik action, causes birth which is full of sorrows or consigns to the perpetrator to hell.
Question: “What could be the reason for this Pravrutti?”
Answer: Passion and aversion result in this kind of Pravrutti.
The next question in this quest induced series, is: “What could be the reason for the passion and hatred?” Answer: These are caused by the failure of distinguish the impermanent from the permanent. (Mistaking this physical materialistic body comprising of the sensory organs for the soul and vice versa is the result of illusion.)
Thus illusion is the root cause of all the suffering by a human. To uproot this, one must beget knowledge. This is the only way. The knowledge capable of obliterating this knowledge is not the normal sensory knowledge, but knowledge pertaining to the all pervading Para Brahama. That is Brahma Gnana. No other kind of knowledge is of any avail. That supreme knowledge is attained thru Brahma Vidya only. Brahma Vidya is the subject of Upanishat. That is why the Upanishat is being referred to as Brahma Vidya.
The Knowledge enshrined in Upanishat offers the idea of Brahma to the living beings. By that, the false dictum of ‘I’ (Ahankaara) in the living beings as well as their wordly bondage is annihilated in entirety. As a result, its products, the illusion, which causes passion and hatred, and its results, the actions and inactions; and resultant sorrows are averted or exterminated. Once the impediments to the realization of Supreme Self and its innate Bliss are removed, discovery of the true and ever lasting ecstasy within is possible.
Thus, the wisdom of Upanishat, becomes the source of Bliss of ever lasting nature. May all the human beings follow the sayings and spirit of these upanishat texts and get rid of all sorrows and sufferings! May they finally get relieved of all their sins and become blissful ultimately!!
Jaya Guru Datta
