Sep 18, 2012
Speech of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji after Gowri puja - DYCUK London - September 18, 2012
Sri Maha Ganapataye Namaha
Sri Saraswatyai Namaha
Sripada Vallabha
Narasimha Saraswati
Sri Guru Dattatreyaya Namaha
Happy Vinayaka Chaturthi Festival and Happy Gowri Festival. Mother Goddess Gowri is Parvati. Sri Chakra is also Gowri. Gowri is another form of Saraswati and Lakshmi. Indian homes normally have photos of Lakshmi, Saraswati and Ganapati, because Ganapati is also called Gowri Ganapati, including Mother’s name. Ganapati is sitting in a decorated chair. Lakshmi is standing on a lotus, holding a water ***, and she is holding the hand pointing down, out of which money is pouring down. Saraswati is seated on a big rock. She holds the Veena, the ancient Indian musical instrument. What does this mean? It is a beautiful drawing, painting by Ravi Varma, a very good painter, whose paintings are everywhere. Beginning of all syllables and speech is Omkara, Ganapati, or source of our speech is Ganapati, the creator of this world. He is Ganapati Brahma. Brahma Himself is Ganapati. He represents Omkara, the source of speech.
Second comes Saraswati who represents knowledge. Ganapati is sitting on a decorated throne, with decorations on His body, which means he gives prosperity and good health and good human shape to humans. He is like our father. We pray first for health, and then for knowledge, Saraswati. First is health. Second is Knowledge, Jnana.
Third, we pray for wealth, Lakshmi. We need some wealth; wealth means not only money, also good speech, good behavior, respect for each other, good wife, good husband, good children, good guru, everything – all this represents wealth. All this is wealth. A good Jnana Guru is also wealth. Guru is like our bank balance. Our house, good job, good wife and children, and being a good worker are also bank balance.
We need health, knowledge and wealth. Why is Ganapati sitting on a decorated chair? He represents wealth; quietness and majesty. Good energy to fight against our six inner enemies, arrogance, jealousy, anger, gluttony, greed, as described in Kriya Yoga; bad evils in our thoughts. We need Ganapati’s help.
Bad thoughts, bad words, dissatisfaction, jealousy, envy, fighting, unnecessary weeping, unnecessary thinking, unnecessary eating, unnecessary sleeping, all these bad qualities are in our mind. Our sense organs are good friends with these six enemies, the six devils, six evils. That is why we must pray to Ganapati to control and kill all these enemies. Unnecessary doubts are coming; sometimes doubt about myself, guru, father and mother; so many problems.
If you pray to Ganapati daily, chanting, “Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha,” that is enough; only a small mantra, not a big puja. You may keep a figure of picture of His elephant face. His figure or face gives good energy. He will help us to fight our enemies. Victory to Ganapati! You can chant always ‘Gam'; that is enough; Om also is not necessary; Namaha is also not necessary. That is Ganapati energy. Gowri also is sitting near Him. He is with mother. Mother Goddess Parvati brought out Guru Gita. She is the first disciple to learn Guru Gita. Who is the Guru? Lord Shiva. Parvati expressed so many doubts about Guru. She asked so many questions. Shiva has given all the answers. If you have any doubts about creation, mother, father, human beings, any subject, you go to Guru Gita. Shiva gives answers in Guru Gita.
Some people, if you go and express your doubts, they add some more confusion when you ask questions.
Close your eyes and ask your own Atman, ‘Please give me good answer’, you ask Ganapati, your own inner self, who is sitting in your own Mooladhara. He will give you answers.
The six chakras help the life force, the breath. They are not fighting. Gentle breath, Pranayama that you learn in Kriya Yoga. It is not medicine. It is a habit to lead a proper life in this world. That is pranayama. If you go to any doctor also, he asks you to take deep breaths. Through life force, pulse rate, he is checking the state of your health. That is how they check your health.
All Kali Yuga machines fail. They will not help. You must practice how to sit, how to breathe, how to behave, how to eat, how to sleep. Fundamentals, basics, Yoga teaches. Yoga has become a big business nowadays. Yoga should not be used for big business, but for humanity service. Prana is public property; it is not our personal bank balance. This is only Prana, life force, Hanuman. That is a different subject. I will come to it later. If you take the help of Prana, you win the fight against these enemies, the life force that is Guru, Lord Shiva, and Hanuman. One day I will tell you the importance of Hanuman, and the inner meaning of Ramayana.
We need to pray to Ganapati. It makes Mother Goddess also very happy. She is sitting in the Mooladhara through Ganapati. Ganapati helps the life force. You receive energy to fight your enemies. Then you win. Why this human birth? What is the purpose? What is this family? Why this house? Why this bank balance? We don’t understand. How long all this fight? Why this? My father, ancestors also are gone. No use. How many days? 80 years or 90 years; you will also finish your term. You do not know about the next term also. Ganapati helps through Prana, along with Mother Goddess to fight the enemies. That is the meaning of these pictures. Ganapati is Mooladhara, is Prana, life force.
That is why you must learn how to sit, how to breathe, how to sleep; it is easy. It is not a tough subject. For making money, they make it tough and a big business. I do not criticize. Thank God, they practice at least good breathing, even if they take money.
Ganapati is Yoga. He is sitting with Mother Goddess in Mooladhara.
Second one is Saraswati. She is sitting on a big rock. They have different seats. Why? She is Brahma’s wife. Yet, she is sitting on a rock. The big rock is our intellect. You are listening to all Puranas, Upanishads, Sadguru’s Bhajans, and lectures. But, after one hour, you go back. When you have any Guru or Upanishads, it comes back to you. After half an hour you are back to drinking and talking, useless. There is no seriousness. That is why she is sitting on the rock. She is holding a Veena. Veena means backbone. It is in the Veena shape. Backbone also has 32 different sections. All the nerves are like the strings. She is giving good energy to the body through knowledge. The hair let down is like Jnana flowing, knowledge.
The third one is Lakshmi, you know, she is always unsteady. She has a wavering mind. That is why her seat is a lotus, always moving. Millionaire today, then change. Moving is Her quality. I have already told you how to protect your health. How do you protect your wealth? In your behavior you can help Saraswati. Take prana from Ganapati then your life is protected. They are like a chain, Lakshmi, Ganapati, and Saraswati. In Karnataka they observe this Gowri festival. In North at Diwali they observe this Lakshmi Gowri Vrat ritual. We want good knowledge, good health and good wealth. Lord Shiva has given Guru Gita, asked for by Parvati.
I uploaded on Vimeo, the Guru Gita, just now. Last year here I uploaded Shatashloki Ramayana. Now you know what happened. The whole world is watching now. I already published today on Vimeo. Before coming to puja, I published and then came here. This is a very good place, a very lucky place. This ashrama also is a miracle. We will write a book. How we found about this ashrama, how we won.
How did we win? Worship place is very difficult to obtain inside a city. One hour or two hours from city we can get one acre or two acres or even ten acres. But it would be far. Because you are lucky people, you are sitting here at this lucky place.
Once again I bless you. I am very happy. Program list says, Bhajans. Tomorrow I will sing bhajans. Today everybody is tired, traveling by plane. Please come tomorrow to attend the program. For Indian people Ganapati Festival is very important. In the morning we have a puja and homa. In the evening, we will sing bhajans. In Vimeo, Bhaktimala already we have put a link. Please go and watch.
Since so many days, I am thinking of a book. This book is ready. Tomorrow I will inaugurate. This English book. I think in Telugu language you have already seen this book. For three months they are asking continuously. Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow I kept saying. Tomorrow I will show you. It is Ganapati story. Not today. All ragas names. Very good.
We already recorded 400 ragas. Healing Room, a nice healing hospital. Chandrasekhara Priya and Divya Mani new ragas, Thousands of people like it on Puttu Gam. 20,000 people already liked it.
I think you have seen Nandana MMS. You know? Yes. Everyone knows.
Sri Guru Datta