AvadhootaDatta Peetham

Rama Temple, Chicago ~ 19 June 2011

Sri Ganeshaya Namaha, Sri Saraswathe Namaha, Sri Padavallabha Narasimha Saraswathi , Sri Guru Dattatreyaya Namaha...

Just now Raman told a very beautiful story about Shiva Atma Linga and Ravana as it didn't reach Lanka even though it was Ravana's wish. All the Devatas sent Lord Ganesha to prevent Ravana from taking Atma Linga to Lanka. Swamiji cancels programs, house visits – Why? Swamiji cancels the visit even if He is in-front of the house (to visit) and will ask to turn around and go back – Why? After 60th birthday, Swamiji's programs have been very dynamically changing, you think Swamiji decides where to go, whose house to visit and when to greet devotees with happy face. NO. It's you WHO are deciding. It's your Karma, your actions, you're thinking, your devotion towards Swamiji results in such actions. You all have watched or read Datta Darshanam, now you are watching it in real life. It's not once upon a time Datta story, it is happening right now. Strong belief, Strong faith, positive energy and search for inner self are required. Self-evaluate; Self-introspection; don't ask Swamiji why you are not getting something. Question your actions, thoughts and deeds, your service to Swamiji, question what you have given to Swamiji, and think about what you can give. Don't ask I attended Sri Chakra Puja or Homa what will I get? What is Swamiji going to give me? Always question, what can I do? Evaluate your level, what you have given, in service, in devotion. Today you get something you wanted; you are happy and praise Swamiji. Tomorrow you don't get it then what? Depression?

You all are happy for a small nice event that happens with you. You share that with friends, family. Why? Similarly, you are also upset if anything doesn't go the way you think it should. Why? You think giving 100$, Swamiji will laugh, be happy and will greet you with a smiley face, and if you give 1$, Swamiji will be angry or scold you, or even greet you with a serious face. He has no ups and downs. That's your level. This is how you all think. We celebrate for very small things and we are happy with it. We are upbeat easily and upset easily. Why should we behave like that? We should try to be calm at all times. We are just like Chitranna/Puliyogare/Yellow Rice. It has many ingredients, eating it in big portions causes' stomach upset. Similarly, we should not have too much of emotions either, be it happiness or sadness. As we try to limit the in-take of Chitranna for health reasons, we should control our emotions for health reasons. No one is doing any MANTRA / Magic, it's we who are fooling ourselves, and we keep cheating. We misguide the mind a lot, don't do that. Each minute is valuable; each minute is precious, when you take birth the countdown started. You might have seen your great grandfather after sometime he is gone. Every eyelid flip is a count down. Don't think you are growing, at some point of time you will have to Die. Death means again rebirth and growing again. Swamiji's theory, and what He believes in, we learn in each Janma (Life) and grow, this goes on and on taking many forms/re-births. We are learning to attain Moksha, the Ultimate truth. My teaching will be like this. If you don't understand my lectures it's your fate. I cannot do much about it. I am helpless. If you understand my language I am very happy. My children, My students, My family members that is a big present to me. Not the physical gifts you give. As a good thing occurs in your life, you are immersing yourself in that happiness thinking that is the ONLY WORLD. You should enjoy good things at the same time you should have the awareness. If one thinks of achievement without awareness one is fooling oneself. One who has awareness in defeat or when in sorrow, he will WIN. One who is aware, he will not be happy for good occasions or sorrow when things don't go well. You feel happy and feel sorrow very quickly. Even if a small thing doesn't go your way and your ego gets hurt, you feel the world is up on us when things are not well. This even gets into the family life. In a family, Husband says Wife hurt me or vise-versa; even with kids it's the same. After 40 years of marriage, having kids, grand-kids, even then the wife and husband say "I am hurt". What is the meaning of that statement? We share the happiness, similarly we should share the sorrow. Once you start sharing sorrow, you will be left with nothing. Just like we share happiness, we should share sorrow with friends, family. Once you start talking about your feelings, sorrow will be gone. Then you become good friends. Especially when you share with Sadguru, the power of sorrow will reduce just like the lightning power gets reduced with COPPER. Unhappiness is very powerful like 1000 Watts. With all the small misunderstandings, we add up and build pressure in the brain. This is very powerful. That's the reason Sadguru always says, Don't worry, Don't worry. Swamiji chanted Hanuman Chalisa – the first word of it is DON'T WORRY. To follow it is very difficult. We should train again and again as Bhagavad Gita says. Swamiji wanted to come to Chicago, He Came. Whoever had the fate they came to see me.

Do you think Swamiji needs all these Pujas and Homas? Every day Swamiji does Sri Chakra Puja – Why? He himself is Sri Chakra, He is Shiva. Does Swamiji have to do all these Pujas? Why is he doing all the Pujas? It's for you, every one of you. Since my Sadguru is disciplined, devotees can learn from that and follow to be disciplined. Try to understand this; Swamiji will perform these daily routines (Puja, Homa) till the end. You try to understand. Swamiji will be doing all this even in the old age, until his last breath – FOR YOU. Puja is YOGA. You all are at LKG/Kindergarten level as there are small kids here. Coming to Swamiji for all these years you still are at LKG level. For some, your kids have joined with you, and for a few grand-kids have joined but you still are in LKG along with them. Not getting promotion. Swamiji is telling to participate in Puja, Bhajans, and Homa today. He said this last year, the year before that, the year before that. From the beginning Swamiji is saying the same thing, repeating it again and again. Everyone should participate in Puja, Bhajans and Homa. It's Okay you all are at LKG level even after all these years. As Swamiji is performing Puja daily, He is also a student of LKG – for you all. As your family is growing with kids, grand-kids, for all the new additions to the family Swamiji is teaching the same LKG level again and again. Don't worry, Practice it again and again. It's your boon, think like that. As there is sign language for Dumb and Deaf people, this is Swamiji's language. People feel that to attain bliss one has to sit quietly for hours closing their eyes – by doing so you will only have more doubts and no answers. One has to practice and learn to be disciplined. Do participate in Puja, Bhajans, Homa and other activities. These are for each and every one of you.

I am very happy today as we celebrate Father's day in Chicago Rama temple. We have Monday, Tuesday all days. We call yesterDAY, toDAY and Tomorrow. Yesterday is a DAY. Today is a DAY. Tomorrow is errrr, because we don't know. We don't know what will happen? It's a code word for "R". If it was up to Swamiji, he might have worded it as TOMDAY.

Jaya Guru Datta

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