June 21 - 26, 2011
Speeches of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji Datta Temple – June 21 to 26, 2011 – Baton Rouge
Jaya Guru Datta
Sri Maha Ganapataye namah
Sri Saraswatyai namah
Sripada Vallabha
Narasimha Saraswati
Sri Guru Dattatreyaya namah
June 21 evening
It is our custom in our system of prayer to invite the Lord saying, ‘aavaahayaami’, which means, “O dear Lord, come down here, sit in my heart. Whatever I offer, please accept. Forgive my mistakes made in ignorance. Accept my worship (puja).” It is not only a Hindu custom. It is an ancient custom. You must daily welcome your favorite God. You must tell Him, “Do not go back. (na jaanaami). Remain in my heart.”
Do not say, early in the morning, ‘go back now and come later.’ You only welcome. Then you plead, “Do not go, my dear lord.” That is our system. Finally at the end of the puja, you ask for forgiveness. “Mantra heenam …” Any mistake in my service, my prayer, or the mantra, please forgive. Our human minds are fickle. You must ask for forgiveness. Kshamasva aparaadham.
There are three important steps.
1. Welcome.
2. Request, ‘please do not go’.
3. Ask for forgiveness.
A prepared welcome address was read by Daulat Sthanki
Welcome to Baton Rouge. Very good. You must learn to say, ‘Don’t go. Please come into my heart, my house. That is your duty to do so. Sadguru is omnipresent. It is your duty to invite first and request Him to stay. Then it is His will. First it is puja time. Then last one, say, “please forgive any mistake in mantra or actions. Again and again you must surrender. You must bow down. Not only with the body. Self surrender. Many people say, “Swamiji, you know.” It is not correct. It is up to your karma. If He comes, it's only luck. Good faith. He may cancel. Just wait. Don’t miss. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we have programs. Jaya Guru Datta.
There is no proper parking space. I am afraid. That is why only Friday evening through Sunday programs. I don’t know why you do not try. Factories get upset.Temple gets bad name. You should park far away and walk. Be careful. That is why week days, no big programs. By Datta’s grace, we will purchase some car parking space. Daulat, Patel? That is why we go Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday. Jaya Guru Datta
June 24 evening
We need parking space at Datta Temple. Who is going to sponsor parking spaces? It is not a funny announcement. This is a very reasonable, urgent announcement. Donate. It is your car. Not my car. The surrounding factory people get irritated sometimes. They are nice people. But sometimes they complain. There should be proper parking. You should learn how to drive. In Youtube Swamiji covers complete social activities, not only spiritual. How to present feeling on facebook? Swamiji is teaching Bala Datta children too. Obama also spoke about it. Some people think that facebook is bad. No, it is good. Not for love messages. Swamiji is trying to teach 25 thousand people through Puttu Gam on facebook. Puttu Gam is also now closed. Dattapeetham is closed. That is why it is announced that mixing Yogasangeeta and Nada and Raga Sagara, Swamiji is starting new on facebook, ‘Puttugam Nadaraga yogasangeeta’. Join. Request membership. Daily you can sleep with Swamiji’s Questions and Answers. It takes only one minute. So many facilities in computers and telephones nowadays. Any problem, Swamiji gives answers. Unknowingly Swamiji is giving free education. Don’t judge hastily. It is very valuable.
Same this car parking. Many places you pay $150 per month for car parking. You must support spiritual. No criticism. No argument. We need this announcement. It is fundamental. We need. If car parking is safe, we can sit for hours together peacefully enjoying Swamiji’s speeches and bhajans. Otherwise the police tow away the cars. You would be the losers. Not I. I do not lose. I do not take these dollars back toMysore. I give back to you. I am the cashier. Billions and billions in the cash box. Safe. I am a paid manager. Your devotion paid manager. Don’t think it is a mistake. Support this project. People should become aware. For 10-15 years we have had this problem. I thought that you would realize. You have not. You criticize others while you do the same mistake. It is very wrong to speak ill of other devotees. I only see love and affection. If you criticize others, you are really blaming yourselves. Only those who make mistakes blame others. The crystal clear hearts never complain. The reflection of your inside is coming out of your mouths. Control your bad feeling. You will not come close to Swamiji if you complain about others. You will get more distanced. Mother Goddess gives suggestions. You should not give suggestions and big plans that you do not support. You do not give a single dollar. Correct yourself first, your family, husband, wife, your business. Not this organization. Some give money. Some give volunteer work. Tanu, Mana, Dhana, physical and intellectual service or money. Support. Then you get good things from Swamiji.
Programs are systematic in the U.S. Swamiji gets some rest here. It is very busy inIndia. 24 hours busy recording, or giving advice.
Very happy inBaton Rouge. Special blessings to Telugu people, Houston and Dallas Telugu people. Please continue, at least a little bit. First,DattaTempleinBaton Rouge. We are separatingDattaTemple,DallasTemple, and DRC. We don’t want any mix up. It is not a secret. Accounting is good. Members understand how muchBaton Rougegets, how much is spent. I need that. That is why I ask for car parking. When Swamiji comes to Dallas, He can even come here driving. Swamiji is not upset. No bad vibrations. No upset, if you are willing to support. Otherwise, Jaya Guru Datta. We need Kriya Yoga, conferences, regularly. Only big problem is, when Appaji comes, there is no parking. He goes to Dallas and DRC because there is plenty of parking. That is the only reason. That is the first reason. Whoever wants personal blessings, will definitely support. Social, spiritual, music, conferences. Doesn’t matter if only 40 people come. When Swamiji comes, people come. You are not Swamiji. Learn Swamiji’s habits. One per cent. A little bit. Then people will come. This is the avatara. Definitely my personal family members, definitely they come. People come for problems, health, mental, money- many problems.
Come toIndia. So many Swamis with money. Not your Swamiji, only kumkum, vibhooti, and music.
June 25 evening
Bhajan: Sumukha Ganapati
First puja is offered to Ganapati. Many Indians don’t know about Ganapati. There are 32 Ganapati stories. Mudgala Purana is the authority. There is no English translation. Ganapati is Brahma.
Bhajan: Ambanu kolichina chaalu
Five powerful stanzas. Good spiritual meaning. Telugu, Sanskrit, all languages.
Bhajan: Gurotthama Datta Gurotthama
If you understand and feel and sing, these bhajans are our life. Very famous singers and instrumental artists have rendered these bhajans. They are collection items. But Datta devotees do not collect. I love these musicians’ renderings. Clarinet, Veena, they are wonderful. They are available on iTunes. Go, look, you will understand. All instrumental music. 25-30 years ago, R.K. Swami, a pucca Christian, played harmonium, CD ‘Sangati Smarana’. I listen to it all the time. ‘Datta Vaibhavam’ is byBombaysisters. I cry all the time when I listen. Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi artists, so many. Ajoy Chakravarthy. 45-50 CDs are there by famous artists. ‘Brahma’ is by the very famous Ganesh and Kumaresh. ‘60 Hits’ is by all famous artists. Only the outline of each bhajan is rendered, 2-3 lines only. You spend unnecessarily so much money. I am happy if you download these to your laptops. There are 40+ CDs. You will come very close to Swamiji if you do. Raga Sagara website has many bhajans. Some people ask that they should be free. That is very wrong. You download cinema songs. Shame on you! You spend on parties, hotels, even if you buy cheap tickets, it is still a waste of so much money. You waste so much money. These CDs support great projects. Even senior devotees do not know. They come and ask Swamiji himself. It is so shameful. Even other artists’ renderings you must get, not only Swamiji’s. ‘Tripura Vaibhavam’ is there. If you don’t listen to all these then what you have are not ears. Your ears are then filled with lead. It is very wrong of you that you have not utilized these resources so far. Go to ragasagara.com website. It gives a lot of good information on Raga Sagara Concert details. There are photos and dates. You can shop online. You can buy CDs. There is the ‘Youtube’ site. This is our family. The website gives links. You can purchase a single track for 0.99 cents. You can download a CD for $8.99.
You like to go to movies with boyfriend, girlfriend, buy popcorn. CDs you cannot eat, O my God! Today or tomorrow I have to see that you have downloaded. There is ‘Amazon video in demand’. The main three ragas in a concert, the guccha (the bunch), make that available instead of the entire concert. Leave off the introduction and the conclusion. There are 45 very important albums. After 10 years these will not be available. If you listen once, you cannot leave it. You will get addicted. There are 12 videos on Amazon videos on demand. You should know of the effort put in by Swamiji. 1996 was the first Raga Sagara – Harmony concert in Guntur. Bliss is another concert. There are two options. You can purchase or you can rent for $1.99. When you rent, you cannot download. If you download from rental, it will sound like a donkey braying. ‘Nada Brahma’ is there. It is old. The latest is the ‘Grand Piano Concert’. You get livestream on the Internet. Very good quality. Amazon gift cards can be given. ‘Today’s healing tune’ is another website. Also ITunes apple products. Iphones supports it.
There are different bhajans by different artists, famous, big artists. Learn how to listen, how to collect CDs. There is a big, unique DVD – Hanuman Chalisa, Setu Bandha. Also a collector’s item. With Swamiji’s voice and music. Very nice. Book with CD. How to buy a copy? Contact dallashanuman.org to place an order.
Bhajan: Ramanama ki madhura malaayee
Lord Hanumantha is singing about his God, Rama. A Hindi bhajan.
Bhajan: Koti Surya Teja Maruti (ladies in the front rows offered harati while the bhajans was being sung)
Kayena vaachaa ..
Sri Guru Datta
June 26 Morning
It is important to have faith. Because of faith, Pavani is here with us today although all the doctors had given up hope.
Pavani from Dallas narrated her experiences with Sri Swamiji.
The devotees from Australia showed great faith. They purchased a huge piece of land to build an ashram. It was designated as a park area only, with no construction on site allowed. By Datta’s grace, now permission has been granted to build a temple or an ashram there. If you doubt, you will not achieve anything.
Sri Guru Datta