Thursday, 7 March 2013

Guru

Tanuja Thakur · 44,467 like this.

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और गुरुने भी हार मान ली कबीरकी गुरुभक्तिके समक्ष !
संत कबीरकी बढ़ती प्रसिद्धिको देख काशीके कुछ पोंगे पंडितोको द्वेषवश कष्ट होने लगा | वे कबीरके पास गए और और उनकी गुरु परंपराके बारेमें पूछा | कबीरने कहा, “मेरे गुरु रामानन्द महाराज है उन्होंने ही मुझे गुरुमंत्र दिया था और उनकी कृपाके कारण ही आज मैं आनंदमें रहता हूं" | पंडितोंको उनकी प्रसिद्धिका द्वेष तो था ही रामानन्द महाराजसे जाकर पूछने लगे “जिसके जन्म और जातिका ठिकाना नहीं उसे आपने शिष्य कैसे बना लिया ? रामानन्द महाराज बोले, “मैंने किसी कबीरको शिष्य नहीं बनाया मैं तो उसे जानता तक नहीं" | पंडित बोले “परंतु वे तो सीना तान कर कहते हैं कि आप ही उनके गुरु है और आपने उन्हें गुरुमंत्र भी दी है” |
कबीरके बारे वह प्रसंग तो आपको पता ही होगा कि उनकी इच्छा थी रामानन्द महाराजसे उन्हें दीक्षा मिले परंतु उन्हें पता था कि ऐसा संभव नहीं अतः वे काशीके गंगा-घाटके रास्ते, मुंह-अंधेरे लेट गए उन्हें पता था कि गुरु महाराज प्रतिदिन इसी मार्गसे नित्य गंगा-स्नान हेतु पौ फटनेसे पहले ही जाते हैं अतः उनसे दीक्षा लेनेका यह सर्वोत्तम मार्ग है | और वैसा ही हुआ अंधेरेमें रामानन्दजीने उनके सीनेपर अपने चरण रख दिया और ऐसा होते ही उनके मुखसे ‘राम राम’ निकल पड़ा | कबीरदासजी चुपचाप श्रीगुरुके चरणोंके स्पर्श और उनके मुखारविंदसे निकला ‘राम मंत्र’ को गुरु मंत्र मान वहाँसे निकल गए |
अब जब रामानन्द महाराजने कह दिया कि किसी कबीरको नहीं जानते तो पंडितोंने कबीरदासको नीचा दिखानेके लिए धर्म-सभा बुलाई | उस समय धर्मसभा बडे-बडे मंदिरोंकी सीढ़ियोंपर लगती थी जहां ऐसे छोटे-मोटे प्रसंगोंको सुलझाया जाता था | सभा आरंभ हुई रामानन्दजीने कबीरदासको डांटकर अपने पास बुलाया | वे एक सीढ़ी ऊपर थे और कबीर एक सीढ़ी नीचे | रामानंदी संप्रदायके संत अपने साथ एक चिमटा रखते थे, गुरुजी ने
शिष्यको एक चिमटासे मारते हुए कहा “क्यों, मैंने कब तुम्हें शिष्य स्वीकार किया बता, 'राम राम' |" उनकी आदत थी प्रत्येक वाक्यमें ‘राम राम’ कहने की और दूसरा चिमटा पुनः मारा और कहने लगे “ झूठ बोलता है कि मैंने तुझे गुरुमंत्र दिया है, 'राम राम’ |" तीसरा चिमटा मारते हुए कहा, “सबके सामने सच-सच बता, ‘राम राम’ |" कबीरदासजी बड़ी विनम्रतासे सबके सम्मुख खड़े हुए और कहने लगे “उस दिन गुरु महाराजने अंधेरेमें अपने चरणोंके स्पर्श दिए थे और ‘राम राम’ का मंत्र प्राप्त हुआ था और आज सबके सामने 'राम राम' का दिव्य मंत्र अपने आशीर्वादका छापके साथ मेरे पीठपर दे दी और क्या कहूँ इनकी कृपाके बारेमें और अपनी पीठ दिखाई जिसमें तीन चिमटेके दाग स्पष्ट दिखाई दे रहे थे | गुरुका हृदय तो माँ समान कोमल होता है, ऐसी भक्ति देख उनके आँखोंसे अश्रुधारा निकालने लगी, उन्होंने कहा “अब चाहे काशीके सारे पंडित मेरा बहिष्कार करें आजसे तू मेरा शिष्य और मैं तेरा गुरु, 'राम राम” !!! यह कह शिष्यको गलेसे लगा लिया और दोनोंकी आँखोंसे अश्रुधारा देख सब पोंगे पंडित लज्जित हो गए |

Kabirdas was a saint of the highest order, but he did not learn anything from his Guru in the gross form. He displayed devotion towards his Guru like Eklavya and received self-realisation. All of you must have heard this couplet of his:

गुरु गोविंद दाऊ खड़े काके लागू पाय |
बलिहारी गुरु आपने गोविंद दियो दिखाय ||

Guru Gobind Dou khade, kaake lagoon paye,
Balihaari Guru aapne, Gobind diyo dikhaaye

Imagine his faith in his Guru whom he saw just once, that he even gave the credit for self-realisation to his Guru and not to God, because he had placed Guru on a higher pedestal than God himself. Only those who have tasted the nectar of Guru Krupa can understand his importance.
(Gurukrupa hi kevalam shishy param mangalam.)
And the Guru too conceded defeat in the face of Kabir’s devotion.
The story about Saint Kabirdas goes thus:
Upon noticing the fame of Saint Kabir increasing, some Pundits of Kashi grew jealous. They went to Saint Kabirdas and asked him about the traditions of his Guru. Saint Kabir said, “My Guru is Ramanand Maharaj. He only had given me the Guru Mantra and it is by his grace that I am in bliss today.” As the Pundits were jealous of his fame, so they went to Ramanand Maharaj and asked him, “A person whose caste and birth etc are not known, how did you make him your disciple?” Ramanand Maharaj said, “I have not made Kabir my disciple, I do not even know who he is.” The Pundits retorted, “But he openly says you are his Guru and that you have given him the Guru Mantra.
Before we proceed further, let us recall an incident that had taken place earlier. Saint Kabirdas wanted to receive Deeksha (initiation) from Ramanand Maharaj, but knew that he would not agree. Therefore, in the early hours of dawn one day, he lay down on a Ghat (river bank) of Ganga (Ganges), knowing that Guru Maharaj takes that route every day on his way to take a holy bath. It would be the best route to seek Deeksha, he thought. It happened exactly like that. As soon as Ramanand Maharaj accidentally stepped on Kabir’s chest, he suddenly spoke out ‘Ram Ram’. Kabirdas felt touch of His guru’s feet on his chest as His blessings and considering ‘Ram Ram’ as his Guru Mantra, went back. Now, since Ramanand Maharaj had already said that he did not know Kabir, the Pundits called for a Dharm Sabha to let Kabir down. In those days, such gatherings used to be held on the staircases of big temples, where issues of even small magnitude used to be resolved. When the meeting started, Ramanand Maharaj called Kabir and scolded him. He was standing one step above Kabir, and disciple Kabir one step below him. The followers of Ramanandi community used to keep a kind of a forcep. So he beat one against Kabirdas and asked him, “Tell me, when did I accept you as my disciple, Ram Ram?” He had a habit of saying Ram Ram in every sentence. So he pricked Kabir with the forceps and said: “Why are you telling a lie that I gave you the Guru Mantra, Ram Ram”. Hitting Kabir a third time with the forceps, he said, “Tell the truth in front of everyone, Ram Ram.”
Saint Kabirdas stood humbly before him and said, “That day my Lord had allowed me to touch his feet in dark and gave the Mantra of Ram Ram, and today He has given the impressions of His blessings on my back. What else can I say about His grace?” And he then showed his back to everyone, on which one could clearly see three marks caused by the forceps. Gurus are Gurus after all.

Upon seeing such devotion, tears came to Ramanand Maharaj’s eyes, and he said, “Now, even if all the Pundits of Kashi boycott me, from today you are my disciple and I am your Guru, Ram Ram.” Saying this, he embraced his disciple. Seeing tears in their eyes, all the Pundits went back embarrassed.

Bindu is translated as a drop or dot. In appearance, it is a dot but in Hindu teachings it represents that which has no limits or boundaries; the timeless – the source of all manifestation. Like many teachings in Hinduism, the concept of Bindu needs to be realized by a devotee. Words cannot fully convey the concept. Bindu has numerous, meanings and definition in Tantrism. It is also equated with the Mother Goddess in certain school of teaching. Thus Bindu is Devi – the eternal source – from which everything appears and in which everything merges.

Bindu also denotes the source of the sacred sound – OM – that reverberates across the galaxies.

Certain Yantras and other ritual patterns have a Bindu at their center. The significance of it varies from patterns to patterns.

For some Bindu represents individual soul.

For some Bindu is the infinite on which they can meditate.

GURU MANTRA :

GURU MANTRA :

The planet Jupiter or guru rules thighs, flesh, fat, kidney, liver and arterial system. It also controls the auricle and the ventricle. If Jupiter is badly in birth chart, it can cause problems like apoplexy, diabetes, piles, tumors, blood cancer, liver malfunction, loose motions, palpitations and even gout. In such case apart from medical attention the patient can recite the following Guru Mantra, to reduce the ill effects of the afflicted Jupiter in one's birth chart.

"Devanamch rsinamch gurum kanchan sannibham,
Buddhi bhutam trilokesham tam namami brihaspatim"

Recite the above Mantra every day in the morning or on Thursday.

The gem is Pukhraj ( yellow sapphire).

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Shri Bal Datt Ganeshutsav Mandal, Satara

भगवान श्री बांके बिहारी जी को बांसुरी अत्यंत प्रिय है

भगवान श्री बांके बिहारी जी को बांसुरी अत्यंत प्रिय है. हम मुरली के बिना ठाकुर जी कि कल्पना भी नहीं कर सकते. यह कोई साधारण बंसी नहीं है, इस बंसी के तो इतना प्रभाव है कि इस मुरली की तान ने भगवान भोलेनाथ की भी समाधी भंग कर दी थी. सब गोपियाँ इस मुरली को सुन के बावरी हो जाती थी. इस का प्रभाव तो यहाँ तक बताया जा चुका है कि जब भगवान बांसुरी बजाते थे, तो समय भी मानो उनको सुनने के लिए ठहर जाता था.
क्या आपने कभी यह सोचा है कि भगवन ने केवल बांसुरी को इतना बड़ा सौभाग्य क्यों दिया कि बांसुरी हमेशा उनके साथ रहती है और उनके अधरामृत का पान भी करती है. वाद्य यन्त्र तो और भी अनेक हैं पर प्रभु ने केवल बांसुरी को ही क्यों चुना. अनेक टीकाकारों ने इसके अनेक कारण बताये हैं पर जैसा पूज्य गुरुदेव से सुना है आप सब को बताने जा रही हू.
भगवान को बांसुरी इसलिए प्यारी है क्यूंकि इसमें ऐसे तीन गुण है जो अन्य किसी भी वाद्य यन्त्र में नहीं होते. और इन्ही तीन गुणों के प्रभाव से बांसुरी भगवान के अधरों पर विराजमान हो गयी.
बांसुरी का पहला गुण है कि यह अपने आप नहीं बजती. अर्थार्थ जब इसे फूंक मार के बजाया जायेगा तभी यह बजेगी. तो आप प्रश्न कर सकते हैं कि ऐसे तो कोई भी वाद्य यन्त्र अपने आप नहीं बजता, सबको बजाना ही पड़ता है. पर यदि आप मुरली से ठोकर खाते हैं, तो यह आपका रास्ता नहीं रोकती, स्वयं एक ओर हो जाती है और आपको कभी हानि नहीं पहुंचाती. अब आप कभी ढोलक से टकरा के देखना. खुद तो बजेगी ही आपको भी बजा देगी. पर मुरली बड़ी शांत स्वाभाव की है.
इसका दूसरा गुण है कि यह सदा मीठा बोलती है. कोई बालक जिसे बांसुरी बजानी नहीं आती है, यदि वेह भी इसको बजाता है तो इसका स्वर कर्कश नहीं लगता. हमेशा मधुर ही लगता है. और यदि किसी को बजानी आती हो तो व्यक्ति इसकी तान में ही खो जाते हैं. परन्तु अन्य यन्त्र केवल उसी व्यक्ति के हाथ में शोभा देते हैं जो उन्हें बजाना जानता हो. अन्यथा तो बहुत कर्कश ध्वनि उनमे से निकलती है.
मुरली का तीसरा और सबसे महत्वपूर्ण गुण है उसकी सरलता और उसका भोलापन. आप देख सकते हैं कि मुरली में कभी कोई गांठ नहीं होती. यह ऊपर और नीचे से एक समान होती है और अंदर से खोखली भी होती है. ये जैसे ऊपर से दिखती है वैसी ही ये अंदर से भी है.
बंधुओ, यदि बांसुरी के ये तीन गुण हम अपने अंदर भी जागृत कर लें, तो विश्वास रखिये कि भगवान आपको अपने अधरामृत से वंचित नहीं रख पाएंगे. वो आपको भी वही स्थान दे देंगे जो उन्होंने मुरली को दे रखा है. कहने का तात्पर्य यह है कि आप भी बिना कारण के मत बोलिए. जब बहुत आवश्यकता हो तभी बोलिए, व्यर्थ में इस जिह्वा का उपयोग न करें. और जब भी उपयोग करें दूसरों कि भलाई के लिए करें. हमेशा मधुर वाणी बोलिए. यदि कोई आपके साथ अपशब्द प्रयोग भी करता है तो आप उसे उसकी भाषा में जवाब देने के स्थान पर मधुर वचन बोलिए, तो सामने वाला व्यक्ति अपने आप लज्जित हो जायेगा और उसे अपनी भूल का एहसास भी हो जायेगा. पूज्य गुरुदेव कहा करते हैं:
दुनिया कभी किसी को मुहब्बत नहीं देती
इनाम तो चाहती है पर कीमत नहीं देती
देने को तो दे सकता हूँ मै भी तुम्हे गाली
पर मेरी तहज़ीब मुझे इसकी इजाज़त नहीं देती
और तीसरा सबसे महत्वपूर्ण गुण, कि आप भी अपने अंदर से हर प्रकार कि गांठ को मिटा दीजिए. इर्ष्या, घृणा, राग, द्वेष जैसे जो दुर्गुण है उन्हें अपने अंदर ने निकल दीजिए, सबके साथ एक समान व्यव्हार करिये और अपने अंदर भोलेपन को जागृत करिये. सहज रहने कि आदत डाल लीजिए और हर कदम पे, हर साँस पे प्रभु कि कृपा का अनुभव करिये और खुश रहिये.
यदि ये सरे गुण आप अपना लेते हैं तो आप भी भगवान को मुरली के समान ही प्यारे लगोगे. आशा करता हूँ कि आपको इस जानकारी से कुछ लाभ अवश्य होगा और यह बातें आपको प्रभु के नज़दीक ले जाने में सहायक अवश्य होंगी

Repeat God's name and sing His glories

Repeat God's name and sing His glories, and keep holy company; and now and then visit God's devotees and holy men. The mind cannot dwell on God if it is immersed day and night in worldliness, in worldly duties and responsibilities; it is most necessary to go into solitude now and then and think of God. To fix the mind on God is very difficult, in the beginning, unless one practises meditation in solitude. When a tree is young it should be fenced all around; otherwise it may be destroyed by cattle. - Swami Ramkrushna Paramhansa

To take a journey of a thousand miles, you have to begin with the first step from the place where you stand; the romantic description of the journey and the things the body sees on the way and the description of the scenery are of no use unless you lift your foot and take the first step.

Friendship inspires and enriches the life of those who come together…

Humility is the eternal fountain of energy.

You are the prison-house, you are the prisoner and you are the one who imprisons yourself…

Relationship is a mirror into which your inner being gets reflected…

Vimala Thakar (1921 – 2009) – Spiritual Teacher

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Stories of Saints: Does God Care?

Spiritual Science Research Foundation

Stories of Saints: Does God Care?

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In a town in West Bengal (a state in India) there lived two brothers, Ananta and Mukunda. Mukunda, who later became the great Saint Paramhansa Yogananda, was the younger brother of Ananta. Ananta, a man of the world, did not approve of Mukunda's spiritual occupations, since he worried for his brother’s well being in the absence of worldly ambitions.

One day, their differences came to the fore. Mukunda said, "You well know Ananta, I seek my inheritance from God, our Heavenly Father." Ananta, an accountant by profession, quickly retorted, "Money first; God can come later! Who knows? Life may be too long." Mukunda would not give in, "God first, money can come later! Who can tell? Life may be too short."

The heated argument between the brothers ended with the elder brother throwing a challenge. He proposed to send Mukunda accompanied by his friend, Narendra, to the nearby city of Mathura by train, without any money or other provisions on them. As per the conditions of the challenge, Mukunda and Narendra were not to take money from anyone or reveal their identity or bet to anyone. Despite all this, they were to return home before midnight. Narendra would act as witness to make sure that Mukunda abided by the conditions of the bet. Ananta was trying to test whether God would meet Mukunda’s need for food and return fare. Mukunda welcomed the challenge. He had complete faith in God that He will take care of him during this unusual challenge and boarded the train to Mathura with the witness, Narendra.

It so happened that two strangers, who boarded their train, without a word from Mukunda or Narendra, led them to an ashram (hermitage). There they were offered a sumptuous feast, originally meant for some royal visitors, who had canceled their visit at the last moment. While resting after the meal, a cheerful young man approached them and offered to be their host for no apparent reason. Without Mukunda or Narendra revealing their identity or the challenge, the young man took them sightseeing around Mathura, mentioning how much of an honor it was to serve devotees of God in such a manner! At the end of the day, when parting from them, the young man presented them with two train tickets to return to their town and some money, urging them not to refuse his offering. And so ended the test, where Mukunda and Narendra were well-provided for, despite not asking anyone for money, food or return tickets and not carrying any money with them.

The two reached home safely. Ananta was astonished. "I understand for the first time your lack of worldly ambitions!" he told the future Paramhansa. There and then itself, he asked Mukunda to initiate him into spiritual practice.

Moral: Complete faith in God is the only currency one needs to make spiritual progress. However, in order to develop the kind of faith young Mukunda (Paramhansa Yogananda) had, one has to do regular spiritual practice.

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MiRACLE OF LiFE : ''A Hug Can Save A Life''

Twin girls, Brielle and Kyrie, were born 12 weeks ahead of their due date.
Needing intensive care, they were placed in separate incubators.

Kyrie began to gain weight and her health stabilized. But Brielle, born only 2 lbs, had trouble breathing, heart problems and other complications. She was not expected to live.

Their nurse did everything she could to make Brielle’s health better, but nothing she did was helping her.

With nothing else to do, their nurse went against hospital policy and decided to place both babies in the same incubator.

She left the twin girls to sleep and when she returned she found a sight she could not believe.

She called all the nurses and doctors and this is what they saw (refer to the picture as give above).

As Brielle got closer to her sister, Kyrie put her small little arm around her, as if to hug and support her sister.

From that moment on, Brielle’s breathing and heart rate stabilized and her health became normal.

Well, I was wondering hows it possible..It seems too miraculous to be true..

Moral :A Little Bit Of Tender Love Goes A Long Way. Show Affection & Love To All, ηєνєя Ignore The One Who Loves You..

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The details of Panchamukaa are:

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The details of Panchamukaa are:

East facing Anjaneya to grant humanity Ishta Siddhi.
South facing Karala Ugraveera Narasimha to grant humanity Abhista Siddhi.
West facing Mahaveera Garuda to grant humanity Sakala Sowbhagya.
North facing Lakshmi Varaha to grant humanity Dhana Prapthi.
Urdhva Mukha {atop} being Hayagriva to grant humanity Sarva Vidya Jaya Prapthi.

The interpretations

1. There are five ways of prayer to the Lord. They are Naman, Smaran, Keerthanam, Yachanam and Arpanam. The five faces depict these five forms. Lord Hanuman always used to Naman, Smaran and Keerthanam of Lord Sri Rama. He totally surrendered (Arpanam) to his Master Sri Ram. He also begged (yachanam) Sri Rama to bless him the undivided love.

2. In Bhagavat Gita Lord Krishna says to Arjun, "He who acts for me, who is engrossed in me, who is my devotee, who is free from attachment, he reaches me" . We find all these 5 qualities enshrined in Hanuman. Each of his face explains the five divine qualifications. May be an artist thought over about this before making the Vigraham.
The origin of Sri Panchamukhs Hanuman can be traced to a story in Ramayana. During the war between Lord Rama and Ravana. Ravana took help of Ahiravanka who is the king of pathala.

Lord Hanuman in order to protect Lord Ram and Lakshman formed a fortress with his tail.Aahiravana took the form of Vibeeshana and took Lord Ram and Lakshman to pathala loka.
Hanuman entered pathala loka in search of Rama and Lakshmana, He found out that to kill Ahiravana he had to extinguish five lamps burning in five different directions at the same time, so he has taken the Panchamukha form with Hanuman, Hayagriva, Narasimha, Garuda and Varaha faces and extinguished the lamps and killed Mahiravana.

According to Hanumath Prakaranam in Sri Vidyarnavatantram, Anjaneya has five faces (Pancha Mukha) and ten weapons. The five faces are that of Lord Hanuman, Lord Narasimha, Lord Adivaraha, Lord Hayagriva, and Lord Garuda.

Krishna and Bhagavad Gita

Who has no happiness either in this world or in the next?

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhakthivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, Founder Acharya, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, explains the words of Krishna in BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS (C-4, T-40):

ajnas casraddadhanas ca
samsayatma vinasyati
nayam loko 'sti na paro
na sukham samsayatmanah

TRANSLATION

But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next.

PURPORT

Out of many standard and authoritative revealed scriptures, the Bhagavad-gita is the best. Persons who are almost like animals have no faith in, or knowledge of the standard revealed scriptures; and some, even though they have knowledge of, or can cite passages from, the revealed scriptures, have actually no faith in these words. And even though others may have faith in scriptures like Bhagavad-gita, they do not believe in or worship the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna. Such persons cannot have any standing in Krsna consciousness. They fall down. Out of all the above-mentioned persons, those who have no faith and are always doubtful make no progress at all. Men without faith in God and His revealed word find no good in this world, nor in the next.

For them there is no happiness whatsoever. One should therefore follow the principles of revealed scriptures with faith and thereby be raised to the platform of knowledge. Only this knowledge will help one become promoted to the transcendental platform of spiritual understanding. In other words, doubtful persons have no status whatsoever in spiritual emancipation. One should therefore follow in the footsteps of great acaryas who are in the disciplic succession and thereby attain success.

Gautam Buddha

During a conversation on non-attachment, Bhagavan said, “In this part of the country, one of our ancients wrote, ‘O Lord, thou hast given me a hand to use as pillow under my head, a cloth to cover my loins, hands wherewith to eat food, what more do I want? This is my great good fortune’! That is the purport of the verse.
Is it really possible to say how great a good fortune that is? Even the greatest kings wish for such happiness. There is nothing to equal it. Having experienced both these conditions, I know the difference between this and that. These beds, sofa and articles around me – all this is bondage.”
“Is not the Buddha an example of this?” asked a devotee.
Thereupon Sri Bhagavan began speaking about Buddha. “YES,” Said Bhagavan, “when the Buddha was in the palace with all possible luxuries in the world, he was still sad.
To remove his sadness, his father created more luxuries than
ever. But none of them satisfied the Buddha. At midnight he
left his wife and child and disappeared. He remained in great
austerity for six years, realised the Self; and for the welfare of
the world became a mendicant (bhikshu). It was only after he
became a mendicant that he enjoyed great bliss. Really, what
more did he require?”

“In the garb of a mendicant he came to his own city, did
he not?” asked a devotee.

“Yes, yes,” said Bhagavan. “Having heard that he was coming, his father, Suddhodana, decorated the royal elephant and went out with his whole army to receive him on the main road. But without touching the main road, the Buddha came by side roads and by-lanes; he sent his close associates to the various streets for alms while he himself in the guise of a mendicant went by another way to his father.
How could the father know that his son was coming in that guise! Yasodhara (the Buddha’s wife), however, recognised him, made her son prostrate before his father and herself prostrated. After that, the father recognised the Buddha.
Suddhodana however, had never expected to see his son in such a state and was very angry and shouted, ‘Shame on you! What is this garb? Does one who should have the greatest of riches come like this? I’ve had enough of it!’
And with that, he looked furiously at the Buddha. Regretting
that his father had not yet got rid of his ignorance, the Buddha
too, began to look at his father with even greater intensity. In
this war of looks, the father was defeated. He fell at the feet of his son and himself became a mendicant. Only a man with
non-attachment can know the power of non-attachment”, said
Bhagavan, his voice quivering with emotion.

1. The Siddhas' Lesson

1. The Siddhas' Lesson - message from masters

In the Vasishtam it is stated that Rama, after his return from a pilgrimage, found that the whole world was full of misery and that bearing the body was itself a cause of misery.

He, therefore left everything, even things like eating and drinking, and remained motionless. When Viswamitra asked Dasaratha to send Rama to guard his oblations ceremony
(yagna), Dasaratha said that Rama was like a mad man and
described some of the signs of his madness.
On hearing them, Viswamitra said that he was very pleased to hear of those symptoms, that such madness did not come to many people and that he would like to see him and asked for him to be brought.
Rama accordingly came, prostrated before all those present and sat down. Viswamitra saw him and asked him the cause of his
madness, and addressing Vasishta, said, “Please teach Rama
the knowledge of the Self, the knowledge which Brahma taught
you and me.”
Vasishta agreed to do so. While he was teaching, siddhas from all over came to listen to him and they thought to themselves, “Rama has gained so much knowledge at such a young age. How surprising! How great! What is the use of our living so long?”

Yogi's Penance

Bhagavan narrated the following story to illustrate the distinction between manolaya (stillness of mind) and manonasa (destruction of mind).

A Yogi was doing penance (tapas) for a number of years on the banks of the Ganges. When he had attained a high degree of concentration, he believed that to remain in that state for prolonged periods constituted salvation and therefore continued practising it.
One day, before going into samadhi (a state of deep concentration), he felt thirsty and asked his disciple to bring some water for drinking from the Ganges; but before the disciple could return with the water, he had gone into samadhi, and he remained in that state for countless years.
When he woke up from this experience, the first thing he did was to say, “water! water!”; but there was neither his disciple nor the Ganges in sight.
The first thing which he asked for was water because, before going into deep concentration, the topmost thought in his mind was about water; by concentration, however deep and prolonged it might have been, he had only been able to lull his thoughts temporarily; therefore when he revived consciousness this topmost thought flew up with all the speed and force of a flood breaking through the dykes.
If this was the case with regard to a thought which took shape immediately before he sat for meditation, there is no doubt that other thoughts which had taken deeper root earlier would still remain unannihilated. If annihilation of thoughts is salvation, can he be said to have attained salvation?

The moral is that one should not be taken away by the
spell of temporary stillness but pursue the enquiry till the last
vasana is eradicated.

Silent Upadesa

Once a devotee came and said that the great sages of the past had travelled extensively preaching the Truth and thus had served the world at large. Similarly, if Bhagavan were to travel thus it would be beneficial to many.
Smilingly Bhagavan replied that his being settled in one place was
also beneficial and narrated the following story.

Brahma, The Lord of Creation, once lost interest in the work of creation and thought of taking to a life of tapas. So, out of his mind he created Sanaka, Sanatkumara, Sanandana and Sanatsujata, with the intention to hand over to them his job in
the course of time.
They grew up and mastered all the branches of study. Brahma then decided to hand over to them his job and to retire. Sage Narada came to know of his father’s intention.

Since Narada knew that his brothers were full of dispassion and
fit to be initiated into the path of Self-knowledge, he decided to
warn them beforehand of Brahma’s intention. On hearing this
the four brothers, who had no intention to follow the path of
action, left home in search of a guru without informing their
father.
They all proceeded to Vaikunta, the abode of Vishnu. There they saw Lakshmi sitting on Vishnu’s couch massaging His Feet. On seeing this they thought, “How can this family man bound by the intimate glance of his consort render us any help in learning adhyatma vidya. Look at the splendour of this palace and this city! This is enough. Let us seek the help of Lord Siva.”
Lord Siva, who was in Kailas with His family, knew beforehand about their coming and understood their plight. He was sure that they would be disappointed on seeing Him with a family, so taking pity on them He decided to impart spiritual knowledge to them. The kind-hearted Lord left Mount Kailas and taking the youthful form of Dakshinamurti seated Himself with Chinmudra under a banyan tree on the Northern side of Lake Manasarovar, on the way by which these disappointed devotees were returning to their homes.

When they came and sat before Him, He went into samadhi. He was in Perfect Repose. Silence prevailed. They saw Him. The effect was immediate. They fell into samadhi and their doubts were cleared.

Silence is the true upadesa. It is the perfect upadesa. It is suited only for the most advanced. Others are unable to draw full inspiration from it. Therefore they require words to explain the Truth. But Truth is beyond words. It does not admit of explanation. All that is possible to do is only to indicate it.

ರಿದಲಂ ತ್ರಿಗುಣಾಕಾರಂ ತ್ರಿನೇತ್ರಂ ಚ ತ್ರಯಾಯುಧಮ್| ತ್ರಿಜನ್ಮಪಾಪಸಂಹಾರಂ ಏಕಬಿಲ್ವಂ ಶಿವಾರ್ಪಣಮ್|| - ಬಿಲ್ವಾಷ್ಟಕ, ಶ್ಲೋಕ ೧ ಅರ್ಥ: ಮೂರು ಎಲೆಗಳಿರುವ, ತ್ರಿಗುಣಗಳಂತಿರುವ, ಮೂರು ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳಂತಿರುವ, ಮೂರು ಆಯುಧಗಳಂತಿರುವ ಮತ್ತು ಮೂರು ಜನ್ಮಗಳ ಪಾಪಗಳನ್ನು ನಾಶ ಮಾಡುವ ಈ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆ ಯನ್ನು ನಾನು ಶಿವನಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಶಿವನಿಗೆ ತ್ರಿದಳ ಬಿಲ್ವವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವುದರ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಮನಃಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ಕಾರಣಗಳು ೧. ಸತ್ತ್ವ, ರಜ ಮತ್ತು ತಮಗಳಿಂದ ಉತ್ಪತ್ತಿ, ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಲಯಗಳು ಉತ್ಪನ್ನವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ. ಕುಮಾರಾವಸ್ಥೆ, ಯೌವನಾವಸ್ಥೆ ಮತ್ತು ವೃದ್ಧಾಪ್ಯ ಅವಸ್ಥೆ ಇವುಗಳ ಪ್ರತೀಕವೆಂದು ಶಂಕರನಿಗೆ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು, ಅಂದರೆ ಶಂಕರನಿಗೆ ಈ ಮೂರೂ ಅವಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ಆಚೆಗೆ ಹೋಗುವ ಇಚ್ಛೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಬೇಕು; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ತ್ರಿಗುಣಾತೀತವಾಗುವುದರಿಂದ ಈಶ್ವರನ ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಶಿವನಿಗೆ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಅಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ೧. ತಾರಕ ಅಥವಾ ಮಾರಕ ಉಪಾಸನೆಯ ಪದ್ಧತಿಗನುಸಾರ ಬಿಲ್ವವನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು? ಬಿಲ್ವದ ಎಲೆಗಳು ಶಿವತತ್ತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿನ ತಾರಕಶಕ್ತಿಯ ವಾಹಕ ಮತ್ತು ಬಿಲ್ವದ ಎಲೆಗಳ ತೊಟ್ಟು ಶಿವತತ್ತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿನ ಮಾರಕ ಶಕ್ತಿಯ ವಾಹಕವಾಗಿದೆ. ಅ೧. ಶಿವನ ತಾರಕ ರೂಪದ ಉಪಾಸನೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವವರು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಉಪಾಸಕರ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯು ತಾರಕವಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಶಿವನ ತಾರಕ ಉಪಾಸನೆಯು ಅವರ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಗೆ ಹೊಂದು ವಂತಹ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಆಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಿಕ ಉನ್ನತಿಗೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಇಂತಹವರು ಶಿವನ ತಾರಕ ತತ್ತ್ವದ ಲಾಭವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ತೊಟ್ಟನ್ನು ಲಿಂಗದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಎಲೆಗಳ ತುದಿಗಳನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮೆಡೆಗೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು. (ಬಿಲ್ವಂ ತು ನ್ಯುಬ್ಜಂ ಸ್ವಾಭಿಮುಖಾಗ್ರಂ ಚ|) ಅ೨. ಶಿವನ ಮಾರಕ ರೂಪದ ಉಪಾಸನೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವವರು ಶಾಕ್ತಪಂಥೀಯರು ಶಿವನ ಮಾರಕ ರೂಪದ ಉಪಾಸನೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅ. ಇಂತಹವರು ಶಿವನ ಮಾರಕ ತತ್ತ್ವದ ಲಾಭವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ತೊಟ್ಟನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಎಲೆಗಳ ತುದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಶಿವನೆಡೆಗೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು. ಆ. ಲಿಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಹತ (ಲಿಂಗದ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೀಳುವ ನೀರಿನ ಆಘಾತದಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗುವ) ನಾದದಲ್ಲಿನ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಅನಾಹತ (ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ) ನಾದದಲ್ಲಿನ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳು ಹೀಗೆ ಎರಡು ವಿಧದ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳಿರುತ್ತವೆ. ಈ ಎರಡು ರೀತಿಯ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಲಿಂಗದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿರುವ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳನ್ನು, ಹೀಗೆ ಮೂರು ರೀತಿಯ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳನ್ನು ಸೆಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಮೂರು ಎಲೆಗಳಿರುವ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಶಿವನಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಎಳೆ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯು ಆಹತ (ನಾದ ಭಾಷೆ) ಮತ್ತು ಅನಾಹತ (ಪ್ರಕಾಶಭಾಷೆ) ಧ್ವನಿಗಳನ್ನು ಒಟ್ಟುಗೂಡಿಸಬಲ್ಲದು. ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಲಿಂಗದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವಾಗ ಅದನ್ನು ಕೆಳಮುಖ ವಾಗಿ, ತೊಟ್ಟು ನಮ್ಮ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಬರುವಂತೆ ಇಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ಮಾಡುವುದರಿಂದ ಮೂರೂ ಎಲೆಗಳಿಂದ ಒಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಬರುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯು ನಮ್ಮ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಬರುತ್ತದೆ. ಈ ಮೂರು ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳ ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ತ್ರಿಗುಣಗಳು ಕಡಿಮೆಯಾಗಲು ಸಹಾಯವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ೨. ಬಿಲ್ವವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವ ಪದ್ಧತಿಗನುಸಾರ ವ್ಯಷ್ಟಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮಷ್ಟಿ ಸ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವತತ್ತ್ವದಿಂದಾಗುವ ಲಾಭ

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ಶಿವನಿಗೆ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವ ಪದ್ಧತಿ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆ ತ್ರಿದಲಂ ತ್ರಿಗುಣಾಕಾರಂ ತ್ರಿನೇತ್ರಂ ಚ ತ್ರಯಾಯುಧಮ್| ತ್ರಿಜನ್ಮಪಾಪಸಂಹಾರಂ ಏಕಬಿಲ್ವಂ ಶಿವಾರ್ಪಣಮ್|| - ಬಿಲ್ವಾಷ್ಟಕ, ಶ್ಲೋಕ ೧ ಅರ್ಥ: ಮೂರು ಎಲೆಗಳಿರುವ, ತ್ರಿಗುಣಗಳಂತಿರುವ, ಮೂರು ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳಂತಿರುವ, ಮೂರು ಆಯುಧಗಳಂತಿರುವ ಮತ್ತು ಮೂರು ಜನ್ಮಗಳ ಪಾಪಗಳನ್ನು ನಾಶ ಮಾಡುವ ಈ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆ ಯನ್ನು ನಾನು ಶಿವನಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಶಿವನಿಗೆ ತ್ರಿದಳ ಬಿಲ್ವವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವುದರ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಮನಃಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ಕಾರಣಗಳು ೧. ಸತ್ತ್ವ, ರಜ ಮತ್ತು ತಮಗಳಿಂದ ಉತ್ಪತ್ತಿ, ಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಲಯಗಳು ಉತ್ಪನ್ನವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ. ಕುಮಾರಾವಸ್ಥೆ, ಯೌವನಾವಸ್ಥೆ ಮತ್ತು ವೃದ್ಧಾಪ್ಯ ಅವಸ್ಥೆ ಇವುಗಳ ಪ್ರತೀಕವೆಂದು ಶಂಕರನಿಗೆ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು, ಅಂದರೆ ಶಂಕರನಿಗೆ ಈ ಮೂರೂ ಅವಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ಆಚೆಗೆ ಹೋಗುವ ಇಚ್ಛೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಬೇಕು; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ತ್ರಿಗುಣಾತೀತವಾಗುವುದರಿಂದ ಈಶ್ವರನ ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಶಿವನಿಗೆ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಅಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ೧. ತಾರಕ ಅಥವಾ ಮಾರಕ ಉಪಾಸನೆಯ ಪದ್ಧತಿಗನುಸಾರ ಬಿಲ್ವವನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು? ಬಿಲ್ವದ ಎಲೆಗಳು ಶಿವತತ್ತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿನ ತಾರಕಶಕ್ತಿಯ ವಾಹಕ ಮತ್ತು ಬಿಲ್ವದ ಎಲೆಗಳ ತೊಟ್ಟು ಶಿವತತ್ತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿನ ಮಾರಕ ಶಕ್ತಿಯ ವಾಹಕವಾಗಿದೆ. ಅ೧. ಶಿವನ ತಾರಕ ರೂಪದ ಉಪಾಸನೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವವರು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಉಪಾಸಕರ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯು ತಾರಕವಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಶಿವನ ತಾರಕ ಉಪಾಸನೆಯು ಅವರ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಗೆ ಹೊಂದು ವಂತಹ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಆಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಿಕ ಉನ್ನತಿಗೆ ಪೂರಕವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಇಂತಹವರು ಶಿವನ ತಾರಕ ತತ್ತ್ವದ ಲಾಭವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ತೊಟ್ಟನ್ನು ಲಿಂಗದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಎಲೆಗಳ ತುದಿಗಳನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮೆಡೆಗೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು. (ಬಿಲ್ವಂ ತು ನ್ಯುಬ್ಜಂ ಸ್ವಾಭಿಮುಖಾಗ್ರಂ ಚ|) ಅ೨. ಶಿವನ ಮಾರಕ ರೂಪದ ಉಪಾಸನೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವವರು ಶಾಕ್ತಪಂಥೀಯರು ಶಿವನ ಮಾರಕ ರೂಪದ ಉಪಾಸನೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅ. ಇಂತಹವರು ಶಿವನ ಮಾರಕ ತತ್ತ್ವದ ಲಾಭವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ತೊಟ್ಟನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಎಲೆಗಳ ತುದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಶಿವನೆಡೆಗೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು. ಆ. ಲಿಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಹತ (ಲಿಂಗದ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೀಳುವ ನೀರಿನ ಆಘಾತದಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗುವ) ನಾದದಲ್ಲಿನ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಅನಾಹತ (ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ) ನಾದದಲ್ಲಿನ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳು ಹೀಗೆ ಎರಡು ವಿಧದ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳಿರುತ್ತವೆ. ಈ ಎರಡು ರೀತಿಯ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಲಿಂಗದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿರುವ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳನ್ನು, ಹೀಗೆ ಮೂರು ರೀತಿಯ ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳನ್ನು ಸೆಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಮೂರು ಎಲೆಗಳಿರುವ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಶಿವನಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಎಳೆ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯು ಆಹತ (ನಾದ ಭಾಷೆ) ಮತ್ತು ಅನಾಹತ (ಪ್ರಕಾಶಭಾಷೆ) ಧ್ವನಿಗಳನ್ನು ಒಟ್ಟುಗೂಡಿಸಬಲ್ಲದು. ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಲಿಂಗದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವಾಗ ಅದನ್ನು ಕೆಳಮುಖ ವಾಗಿ, ತೊಟ್ಟು ನಮ್ಮ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಬರುವಂತೆ ಇಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ಮಾಡುವುದರಿಂದ ಮೂರೂ ಎಲೆಗಳಿಂದ ಒಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಬರುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯು ನಮ್ಮ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಬರುತ್ತದೆ. ಈ ಮೂರು ಪವಿತ್ರಕಗಳ ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ತ್ರಿಗುಣಗಳು ಕಡಿಮೆಯಾಗಲು ಸಹಾಯವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ೨. ಬಿಲ್ವವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವ ಪದ್ಧತಿಗನುಸಾರ ವ್ಯಷ್ಟಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮಷ್ಟಿ ಸ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವತತ್ತ್ವದಿಂದಾಗುವ ಲಾಭ ಯಾವಾಗ ನಾವು ಬಿಲ್ವದ ಎಲೆಗಳ ತೊಟ್ಟನ್ನು ಶಿವಲಿಂಗದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಎಲೆಗಳ ತುದಿಗಳನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಬಿಲ್ವವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆಯೋ, ಆಗ ಎಲೆಗಳ ತುದಿಗಳಿಂದ ಶಿವತತ್ತ್ವವು ವಾತಾವರಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಡುವ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಗೆ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ಈ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯಿಂದ ಸಮಷ್ಟಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಲಾಭವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ವಿರುದ್ಧವಾಗಿ ಯಾವಾಗ ನಾವು ಬಿಲ್ವದ ಎಲೆಗಳ ತೊಟ್ಟನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಎಲೆಗಳ ತುದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಲಿಂಗದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಬಿಲ್ವವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆಯೋ, ಆಗ ತೊಟ್ಟಿನಿಂದ ಕೇವಲ ಬಿಲ್ವವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸುವವನಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಶಿವತತ್ತ್ವವು ಸಿಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಈ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯಿಂದ ವ್ಯಷ್ಟಿ ಸ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಗೆ ಲಾಭವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಕೆಳಮುಖವಾಗಿ ಏಕೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು? ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಶಿವಲಿಂಗದ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೆಳಮುಖವಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿದರೆ ಅದರಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಗುಣ ಸ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿನ ಸ್ಪಂದನಗಳು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕ್ಷೇಪಿತವಾಗಿ ಭಕ್ತರಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಲಾಭವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಶಿವನಿಗೆ ತಾಜಾ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆ ಸಿಗದಿದ್ದರೆ ಹಿಂದಿನ ದಿನ ತೆಗೆದಿಟ್ಟ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯು ನಡೆಯುತ್ತದೆ, ಆದರೆ ಸೋಮವಾರದ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆ ಮರುದಿನ ನಡೆಯುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಆರೋಗ್ಯದ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ಬಿಲ್ವಪತ್ರೆಯ ಲಾಭಗಳು ೧.ಆಯುರ್ವೇದದಲ್ಲಿನ ಕಾಯಾಕಲ್ಪದಲ್ಲಿ ತ್ರಿದಲರಸಸೇವನೆಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಮಹತ್ವವನ್ನು ಕೊಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ೨.ಬಿಲ್ವದ ಫಲಕ್ಕೆ ಆಯುರ್ವೇದದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಮೃತಫಲ ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಬಿಲ್ವದಿಂದ ವಾಸಿಯಾಗದ ಯಾವ ರೋಗವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಯಾವುದಾದರೊಂದು ರೋಗಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾವ ಔಷಧಿಯೂ ಸಿಗದಿದ್ದರೆ ಬಿಲ್ವವನ್ನು ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಬೇಕು. ಗರ್ಭವತಿ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಬಿಲ್ವವನ್ನು ಕೊಡಬಾರದು, ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಸೇವಿಸಿದರೆ ಭ್ರೂಣವು ಮರಣ ಹೊಂದುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಯಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಆಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಿಕ ಸಂಜ್ಞೆಗಳ ಅರ್ಥ ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಓದಿ - ಆಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಿಕ ಸಂಜ್ಞೆಗಳು (ಆಧಾರ : ಸನಾತನ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಗ್ರಂಥ ‘ಶಿವ’) ಇತರ ವಿಷಯಗಳು ಶಿವಲಿಂಗಕ್ಕೆ ಅರ್ಧಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆಯನ್ನು ಏಕೆ ಹಾಕುತ್ತಾರೆ? ಶಿವಪೂಜೆಯ ಕೆಲವು ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಅವುಗಳ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ! ಹಸುವಿನ ಸೆಗಣಿಯಿಂದ ಭಸ್ಮವನ್ನು ತಯಾರಿಸುವ ವಿಧಿ ಶಿವಲಿಂಗದ ವಿಧಗಳು ಶಿವನ ಮೂರ್ತಿವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ಶಿವಲಿಂಗದ ಆಕಾರದ ಅರ್ಥ ಗ್ರಂಥ ಪರಿಚಯ - 'ಶಿವ'

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Tanuja Thakur शंका समाधान

Tanuja Thakur

शंका समाधान
१. आपने अपने लेखोंमें अनेक बार नमक पानीके उपायके बारेमें लिखा है ? उस उपायको कैसे करना है इस बारमें थोड़ा विस्तार पूर्वक बतानेकी कृपा करें
– निशा सिंह, दिल्ली
नमक पानीका आध्यात्मिक उपाय करनेकी पद्धति :
आधी बाल्टी अपनी सुविधानुसार या मौसम अनुसार, गरम अथवा ठन्डे पानीमें, एक चम्मच मोटा या खड़ा नमक डालें (नैसर्गिक नमकमें आयोडीनयुक्त नमककी अपेक्षा अनिष्ट शक्तिके कष्ट दूर करनेकी अधिक क्षमता होती है ) और उसमें एक चम्मच देसी गायका गौमूत्र डालें, और अपने दोनों पैर उसमें डालकर पंद्रह मिनट कुर्सीपर बैठें और साथ ‘श्री गुरुदेव दत्त’ का जप करें, और पंद्रह मिनटके पश्चात पानीसे पैर निकाल कर पानी फ़ेंक दें और स्वच्छ जलसे पैर धो लें |

उसी पानीमें और किसी औरको पैर नहीं डालना है और न ही पंद्रह मिनटसे अधिक पैर डुबो कर बैठना है यह ध्यान रखें | यदि सुबह या शाममें धूप हलकी हो, आकाश नीला हो, तो आकाश और सूर्यके नीचे नमक पानीका उपाय करनेपर उसका प्रभाव और अधिक बढ़ जाता है | उपाय करनेसे पूर्व प्रार्थना करें कि आकाश, सूर्य, नमक, जल और गौमूत्रमंद विद्यमान देवत्वसे मेरे शरीर, मन एवं बुद्धिपर छाया काला आवरण नष्ट हो | यह आध्यात्मिक उपाय दिनमें दो बार करें कमसे कम छः से आठ घंटेके अंतरालमें | जब आकाशमें काले बादल हो तो यह उपाय घरके अंदर करें |
नमक पानीका उपाय नियमित रूपसे करनेसे शरीर और मनसे संबंधित आध्यात्मिक कष्ट कम हो जाते हैं और मन एवं बुद्धिपर छाया काला आवरण नष्ट हो जाता है और मनको एकाग्र और शांत रहनेमें सहायता मिलती है |
उसी प्रकार नमक पानी और गौ मूत्र मिश्रित जलसे भी नियमित स्नान करनेसे मन एवं बुद्धिपर छाया काला आवरण नष्ट होता है | इस उपायके लिए स्नान करनेसे पूर्व एक बाल्टीमें दस लोटा पानी लें एक चम्मच खड़ा नमक और एक चम्मच देसी गायका गौ मूत्र डालें, उसे मिलाएँ और प्रार्थना करें ‘इस गौमूत्र और नमक पानीके स्नानसे मेरे मन एवं बुद्धिपर छाया काला आवरण नष्ट हो और मुझे चैतन्य प्राप्त हो” | तत्पश्चात साधारण स्नान करें |
यह दोनों ही प्रक्रिया वर्तमान समयमें घरके प्रत्येक सदस्यको, जिन्हें कष्ट है, उन्हें करते रहना चाहिए |
इस उपायको दो-तीन वर्ष लगातार करते रहें छोड़े नहीं !

दूसरा प्रश्न है :
मैंने आपके लेखको पढ़कर पिछले सप्ताह २-३ बार नमक पानीका उपाय किया | मुझे यह आध्यात्मिक उपाय करते समय बड़ी विचित्र सी अनुभूति हुई | मेरा जी मितलाने लगा और कोई धारदार वस्तु मेरे कानसे निकल रही हो ऐसा लग रहा था, मुझे थोड़ी घबराहट हो रही थी | क्या मैं इसे उपायको करनेमें निरंतरता रखूँ या छोड़ दूँ ? - सिमरन कौर, लंदन

उत्तर : नमक पानीका उपाय अनिष्ट शक्तिके कष्टसे निराकरण हेतु एक अत्यधिक उत्तम एवं प्रभावकारी आध्यात्मिक उपाय है | जिस प्रकारकी आपको अनुभूति हुई है उससे समझमें आता है कि आपको अनिष्ट शक्तिका कष्ट है अतः आप इस उपायको नियमित दिनमें दो बार करें और इसे और प्रभावकारी बनानेके लिए ऊपर बताए पद्धति अनुसार आकाश और सूर्यके संरक्षणमें करेंगी तो आपके कष्ट और शीघ्र कम होंगे |
उपाय करते समय आपका घबराना, जी मितलाना यह सब लक्षण है कि अनिष्ट शक्तिकी सूक्ष्म शक्ति कम हो रही है और इस कारण वे आपको कष्ट दे रही हैं | अनिष्ट शक्ति हमारे शरीरमें अपना स्थान बना सूक्ष्म अस्त्र और शस्त्र डाल देती हैं और कानसे उनके वे शस्त्र बाहर निकल रहे थे जो कि अच्छा लक्षण है और आपका शुद्धिकरण हो रहा था, इनसे आप डरें नहीं, दृढ़तापूर्वक नामजप और प्रार्थना करते जाएँ और उपाय करते रहे, थोड़े समयमें आपके कष्ट कम हो जाएंगे | इस प्रक्रियाके सूक्ष्म चित्र देखने हेतु इस लिंक पर जाएँ http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/articles/id/spiritualresearch/spiritualhealing/saltwaterremedy

VI. Clarification of doubts

Question 1: “You have often written in your articles about salt-water treatment. How is this treatment done? Please provide details.” – Nisha Singh, Delhi.

Answer: I will briefly explain how this remedy is to be done:

Take half a bucket of water, (hot or cold, depending upon the weather), put a spoonful of rock salt (natural salt possesses higher capacity to neutralise the problems caused by negative energies as compared to iodised salt) and put one spoon of Gau Mutra of a Desi (Indian) cow in a bucket of water. Sit on a chair and keep both your feet in the water for 15 minutes and chant Shree Guru Dev Datt. After 15 minutes, take your feet out, throw away the water and wash your feet with clean water.
Other family-members should not put their feet in this water. Alsoremember that your feet should not be kept in water for more than 15 minutes. See if there is mild sunlight such as in the morning or evening and the sky is blue then you can do the salt-water treatment under the sky. Doing it under the sky and the sun enhances its impact and makes it all the more powerful and increases its spiritual potency.. But before doing the treatment, pray thus: “May the element of divinity present in the sky, sun, salt, water and Gau Mutra destroy the black veil surrounding my mind and intellect.” Do this remedy twice a day, with a minimum gap of 6-8 hours. And continue it for two or three years as per the severity of the problems.
Doing salt-water treatment regularly reduces the problems pertaining to the mind and intellect as the black veil that surrounds them is destroyed, thus helping in better concentration and peace.
Similarly, taking a bath regularly with salt-water and Gau Mutra destroys the black veil surrounding the mind and intellect. For this, before taking a bath, take 8-10 mugs of water, put a teaspoonful of rock salt and a teaspoonful of Gau Mutra, mix it well and pray thus: “May this Gau Mutra and salt-water bath destroy the black veil surrounding my mind and intellect and may I receive Chaitanya (divine consciousness).” After this, take a normal bath. Both these processes must be done by those members of the family who suffer from problems.
Question 2:
“After reading your article, I had done the salt-water treatment two-three times in the last few weeks. But while doing this,I had a very strange experience.

I developed nausea and felt as if some sharp objects were coming out of my ear and I was a bit worried. Should I continue with this spiritual remedy or should I discontinue it?” - Simran Kaur, London.

Answer: Salt-water treatment is the most effective solution to problems caused by negative energies. The kind of experience you have had only proves that you are suffering from problems caused by negative energies. Hence, you must repeat this solution twice a day on a regular basis. To make it more effective, if you do it under the open sky and under light sunlight, your problems will reduce faster. Your strange feeling and nausea are symptoms that the subtle force of the negative energy is reducing and causing problems for you as a result. Negative energies create a place for themselves in our body and sometimes place subtle weapons in it. Those sharp weapons were coming out from your ear, which is a good sign, you were undergoing purification. Do not be afraid, do the chanting fearlessly, keep praying and continue this remedy, your problems will be reduced within a short time. To read more and see the pictures of subtle aspect of this treatment, visit this link:
http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/articles/id/spiritualresearch/spiritualhealing/saltwaterremedy

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