EKADASI COUNSELLING:

Krishna and Bhagavad Gita

EKADASI COUNSELLING:

Dear Devotees!

Tommorrow (12.3.14) will be AMALAKI EKADASI. Please find herewith (1) What to do on ekadasi (2) the Legend/ story behind AMALAKI EKADASI.

FAST BREAKING TIME: On next day, Dvadasi, between 6.20 - 10.15 am.

(1) HOW TO FAST & OFFER PRAYERS ON EKADASI?

How to observe Ekadashi was narrated to Arjuna by Lord Krishna and is found in the Bhavisyottara Purana.

WHEN TO START EKADASI FASTING?

Lord Krishna advices Arjuna to begin the Ekadasi fasting in the autumn season with Utpanna or Uttpatti Ekadasi occurring during the waning phase of the moon in November – December. (However, if one wishes, he can start from any Ekadasi)

GUIDELINES OF EKADASI FASTING METHOD:

Ekadasi is the name of the Goddess that arose from Lord Vishnu to defeat Demon Mura. Happy with her divine act, Lord Vishnu blessed her that anyone who observes Ekadasi fast will be freed of their sins and will attain Moksha.

Some people only take a single meal on the Dasami day, the day before Ekadasi.

Fasting is for 24 hours.

ACTUAL FAST IS NOT EATING ANYTHING EXCEPT WATER. However, It is believed that a partial or total abstinence from food on Ekadasi is also rewarded with bliss.

If you have any health problem or are taking medicines, please consult your doctor before deciding on fasting. You can also opt for a partial fast by avoiding food made of rice.

Do not eat food made from grains on Ekadashi.

Strictly avoid eating rice and grains, honey, meat and eating on a bell metal plate. Do not apply oil to hairs on the day.

What food can be eaten on Ekadasi for those observing partial fast? Those taking partial fast can consume fruits and milk.

PRAYERS FOR EKADASI:

(i) Hare krishna Maha Manthra.
(ii)Vishnu Ashotharam.
(iii)Vishnu Sahasranamam
Or any prayers dedicated to Lord Vishnu or Sri Krishna

Happy Ekadasi! Hare krishna!

AMALAKI EKADASI VRAT KATHA:

(FROM BRAHMANDA PURANA as told by Vasistha Muni to King Mandhata)

King Mandhata once said to Vasishtha Muni, "O great sage, kindly be merciful to me and tell me of a holy fast that will benefit me eternally."

Vasishtha Muni replied:

"O king, kindly listen as I describe the best of all fast days, Amalaki Ekadashi. He who faithfully observes a fast on this Ekadashi obtains enormous wealth, gets free of the effects of all kinds of sins, and attains liberation. Fasting on this Ekadashi is more purifying than donating one thousand cows in charity to a pure brahmana. So please hear me attentively as I tell you the story of a hunter who, though daily engaged in killing innocent animals for his living, achieved liberation by observing a fast on Amalaki Ekadashi following the prescribed rules and regulations of worship.”

"There was once a kingdom named Vaidisha, where all the brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and shudras were equally endowed with Vedic knowledge, great bodily strength, and fine intelligence. Oh lion among kings, the whole kingdom was full of Vedic sounds, not a single person was atheistic, and no one sinned. The ruler of this kingdom was King Pashabinduka, a member of the dynasty of Soma, the moon. He was also known as Chitraratha and was very religious and truthful. It is said that King Chitraratha had the strength of ten thousand elephants and that he was very wealthy and knew the six branches of Vedic wisdom perfectly.

"During the reign of Maharaja Chitraratha, not a single person in his kingdom attempted to practice another's dharma (duty) so perfectly engaged in their own dharmas were all the brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and shudras. Neither miser nor pauper was to be seen throughout the land, not was there ever a drought or flood. Indeed, the kingdom was free of disease, and everyone enjoyed good health. The people rendered loving devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vishnu, as did the king, who also rendered special service to Lord Shiva. Moreover, twice a month everyone fasted on Ekadashi.

"In this way, O best of kings, the citizens of Vaidisha lived many long years in great happiness and prosperity. Giving up all varieties of materialistic religion, they completely dedicated themselves to the loving service of the Supreme Lord, Hari.

"Once, in the month of Phalguna (February - March), the holy fast of Amalaki Ekadashi arrived, conjoined with Dvadasi. King Chitraratha realised that this particular fast would bestow especially great benefit, and thus he and all the citizens of Vaidisha observed this sacred Ekadashi very strictly, carefully following all the rules and regulations.

"After bathing in the river, the king and all his subjects went to the temple of Lord Vishnu, where an Amalaki tree grew. First the king and his leading sages offered the tree a pot filled with water, as well as a fine canopy, shoes, gold, diamonds, rubies, pearls, sapphires, and aromatic incense. Then they worshiped Lord Parashurama with these prayers: 'Oh Lord Parashurama, Oh son of Renuka, Oh all-pleasing one, Oh liberator of the worlds, kindly come beneath this holy Amalaki tree and accept our humble obeisances.'

Then they prayed to the Amalaki tree: 'Oh Amalaki, Oh offspring of Lord Brahma, you can destroy all kinds of sinful reactions. Please accept our respectful obeisances and these bumble gifts. O Amalaki, you are actually the form of Brahman, and you were once worshiped by Lord Ramachandra Himself. Whoever circumambulates you is therefore immediately freed of all his sins.'

"After offering these excellent prayers, King Chitraratha and his subjects remained awake throughout the night, praying and worshiping according to the regulations governing a sacred Ekadashi fast. It was during this auspicious time of fasting and prayer that a very irreligious man approached the assembly, a man who maintained himself and his family by killing animals. Burdened with both fatigue and sin, the hunter saw the king and the citizens of Vaidisha observing Amalaki Ekadashi by performing an all-night vigil, fasting, and worshiping Lord Vishnu in the beautiful forest setting, which was brilliantly illuminated by many lamps. The hunter hid nearby, wondering what this extraordinary sight before him was.

'What is going on here?' he thought. What he saw in that lovely forest beneath the holy Amalaki tree was the Deity of Lord Damodara being worshiped upon the Asana of a waterpot, and what he heard were devotees singing sacred songs describing Lord Krishna's transcendental forms and pastimes.

Despite himself, that staunchly irreligious killer of innocent birds and animals spent the entire night in great amazement as he watched the Ekadashi celebration and listened to the glorification of the Lord.

"Soon after sunrise, the king and his royal retinue - including the court sages and all the citizens - completed their observance of Ekadashi and returned to the city of Vaidisha. The hunter then returned to his hut and happily ate his meal. In due time the hunter died, but the merit he had gained by fasting on Amalaki Ekadashi and hearing the glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as well as by being forced to stay awake all night, made him eligible to be reborn as a great king endowed with may chariots, elephants, horses, and soldiers. His name was Vasuratha, the son of King Viduratha, and he ruled over the kingdom of Jayanti.

"King Vasuratha was strong and fearless, as effulgent as the Sun, and as handsome as the Moon. In strength he was like Sri Vishnu, and in forgiveness like the Earth itself. Very charitable and every truthful, King Vasuratha always rendered loving devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Sri Vishnu. He therefore became very well versed in Vedic knowledge. Always active in the affairs of state, he enjoyed taking excellent care of his subjects, as though they were his own children. He disliked pride in anyone and would smash it when he saw it. He performed many kinds of sacrifices, and he always made certain that the needy in his kingdom received enough charity.

"One day, while hunting in the jungle, King Vasuratha strayed from the footpath and lost his way. Wandering for some time and eventually growing weary, he paused beneath a tree and, using his arms as a pillow, fell asleep. As he slept, some barbarian tribesmen came upon him and, remembering their longstanding enmity toward the king, began discussing among themselves various ways to kill him. 'It is because he killed our fathers, mothers, brothers-in-law, grandsons, nephews, and uncles that we are forced to aimlessly wander like so many madmen in the forest.' So saying, they prepared to kill King Vasuratha with various weapons, including spears, swords, arrows, and mystic ropes.

"But none of these deadly weapons could even touch the sleeping king, and soon the uncivilised, dog-eating tribesmen grew frightened. Their fear sapped their strength, and before long they lost what little intelligence they had and became almost unconscious with bewilderment and weakness. Suddenly a beautiful woman appeared from the king's body, startling the aborigines. Decorated with many ornaments, emitting a wonderful fragrance, wearing an excellent garland around her neck, her eyebrows drawn in a mood of fierce anger, and her fiery red eyes ablaze, she looked like death personified. With her blazing chakra discus she quickly killed all the tribal hunters, who had tried to slay the sleeping king.

"Just then the king awoke, and seeing all the dead tribesmen lying around him, he was astonished. He wondered, 'These are all great enemies of mine! Who has slain them so violently? Who is my great benefactor?'

"At that very moment he heard a voice from the sky: 'You ask who helped you. Well, who is that person who alone can help anyone is distress? He is none other than Sri Keshava, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He who saves all who take shelter of Him without any selfish motive.'

"Upon hearing these words, King VasUratha became over-whelmed with love for the Personality of Godhead Shri Keshava (Krishna). He returned to his capital city and ruled there like a second lord Indra (king of the heavenly regions), without any obstacles at all.

"Therefore, Oh King Mandhata," the venerable Vasishtha Muni concluded, "...anyone who observes this holy Amalaki Ekadashi will undoubtedly attain the supreme abode of Lord Vishnu, so great is the religious merit earned from the observance of this most sacred fast day."

SIGNIFICANCE OF AMALAKI EKADASI:

Amalaki Ekadashi falls in the month of Phalgun (feb-mar). It is also known as 'Phalgun Shukla Ekadashi'. Amalaki Ekadashi is considered very auspicious for worshipping lord Vishnu with the Amalas and taking food made of amalas only. Anyone who observes this holy Amalaki Ekadashi will undoubtedly attain the supreme abode of Lord Vishnu, so great is the religious merit earned from the observance of this most sacred fast day.

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WORDS OF YOGASWAMI

Ramana Hridayam

WORDS OF YOGASWAMI

Good work. However it is not enough just to be harmless. You must even be angry and assertive. Of what use is it, if other people merely call you a good man?

All are one. Only work is different. 
Don't ride rough-shod over anything.

There is always a reaction to every action. You must meet situations simply, as they arise.

This (Swami's illness) is a gift. Karma must be gone through. I have no connection whatever with this body.

This body brought with it the seeds of all else in life. Illness is part of it.

One need not inquire into the cause of this illness.
There is no action that can be claimed as ours.

All this was settled long, long ago. Don't be frightened of anything.

People who understand the cause of this will merely note this as the end of all suffering and remain undisturbed.

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Shri Bhagwati Santoshi Mataji

मर्यादा पुरुषोत्तम भगवान राम सभी के आदर्श हैं। !!!۞!!!

उनके आदर्शों को आत्मसात करके व्यक्ति निरंतर प्रगतिशील रह सकता है। उसका व्यक्तित्व शान्ति, सुख, संतुष्टि भरा हो सकता है। वह 'उत्तम पुरुष', सर्वगुण सम्पन्न और मानवीय गुणों में सबसे बड़े थे। भगवान राम उच्च कोटि के विद्वान थे। उनके जीवन से सभी को सीखना चाहिए। वह किस परिस्थिति में योजना बनाते थे। कब, कहां और कैसे निर्णय लेते थे, किस शालीनता से वह निर्देश देते थे और उसका परिणाम भी जन कल्याणकारी होता था। पृथ्वी पर जन्म लेने वाला हर वह इंसान मानवीय गुणों और भावनाओं से ओतप्रोत रहता है, जो भगवान राम के आदर्शों पर चलता है।प्रभु राम के सिद्धान्तों व उनके आदर्श पूर्ण जीवन से सीखना और समझना चाहिए। वह मानव समाज के एक ऐसे आदर्श थे, जिसके आचरण मात्र से व्यक्ति के जीवन जीने की राह प्रशस्त होती है। !!!۞!!!

!!!۞!!! जय जय श्री सीता राम जी की !!!۞!!!

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BHAGAVAD GITA Chapter VIII: 17-18
Those people who know the day of Brahma (the creator) which is of a duration of a thousand ages and the night which is also of a thousand ages’ duration, they know the real meaning of night and day.
From the unmanifested all the manifested worlds proceed at the coming of the “day”; at the coming of the “night” they dissolve verily into that alone which is called the unmanifested.

Commentary
Indian astronomers and sages of intuitive wisdom have calculated that a mahayuga (age) is of the duration of 4,320,000 years according to the earth calendar. A thousand of these constitutes the creator’s “day-time” - the period during which the manifest world "exists." After this there is an equal duration of the "night" of the creator. I believe the latest scientific discovery is that just as once everything emerged from God, later, everything will collapse into itself - first there was an explosion, and later there will be an implosion where everything will be sucked into its own center. The entire universe will be reduced to a pinpoint called a “singularity.” What is wrong with calling this Brahman, God?
Though here and there in our scriptures there is a description of "creation," such descriptions are quickly followed by a statement that it is a repetitive process. At the beginning of creation, the creator re-creates what was during the previous “day of the creator.“ No one can ever visualize a "creation from nothing." for then we should foolishly accept the idea that this manifest universe has existed only for a brief while and before that, from beginningless time, there was nothing! It is a cycle, with its projection and reabsorption; beginningless and endless (though he who is awake to self-knowledge is not caught in this relentlessly turning wheel). Many scientists and astronomers today seem to agree with this view of an ever-existing universe, condensing and expanding.

Meditation on the magnitude of the universe will save you from the worries of the moment. The words and the concepts of “time,” “night” and “day” are relative and illusory. Realizing this, all fear falls away from you

~~ SWAMI VENKATESHANANDA

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IMPORTANT & INTERESTING!

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IMPORTANT & INTERESTING!

HOW MANY HAIRS OUR BODY HAS? WHAT EACH AND EVERY ORGAN OF OUR BODY INDICATES?

BHAGAWAN SAYS IN GARUDA PURANA:

In the entire body there are more than three crore hair openings, thirty two teeth, twenty nails, 27 crore head hair, one thousand bala muttan, hundred bala blood, ten bala medas, ten bala skin, twelve bala majjai (marrow) and three bala important blood.

Phlegm, stool, urine are also contained in the body. Whatever is in macrocosm is also found in the microcosm. Whatever is found in microcosm is found in the body.

The foot can be equated to adala lok. The ankle to vithala lok, the knee to sudala lok above the knee is nithala lok.

The thigh is equated to tharthalam, the sex organ to rasathalam, the waist to pathalam. The navel to bhulok, the heart to swarga lok, the shoulder to maha lok, the face to jana lok, the forehead to thava lok, the head to satyalok.

The trikona near the muladara is termed to Merugiri, the lower triangle is termed as mantraparvatha, the right side of that is Himalayas, the north side is Nishepa mahaparvatham, and the south side is kunthamana parvatha. The lines in the left palm are considered varuna parvatha. The bones are equated to naval island; the medas are equated to sarahath island. The muscle are equated to Sushi Island, the nerves are Crowchath Island. The skin is equated to chanmadi island. The hair group is equated to Platcha

Island. The urine is considered salt sea. The water is considered milk sea.

The phlegm is considered Sara sindu. The marrow is considered to Chee Sea. The saliva to sea of sugarcane juice. The blood to curd sea. The air coming out of mouth is considered to sudodhka sindu.

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BHAGAVAD GITA Chapter VIII: 7-8

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BHAGAVAD GITA Chapter VIII: 7-8
Therefore, at all times remember me only and fight. With mind and intellect fixed (or absorbed) in me, thou shalt doubtless come to me alone.
With the mind not moving towards any other thing, made steadfast by the method of habitual meditation, and constantly meditating (on the divine, one goes to the supreme person, the resplendent, Oh Arjuna.

Commentary
This is the yoga of the Bhagavad Gita, which will, with guaranteed certainty, lead us to the Lord. It is buddhi yoga (the yoga of understanding); not confined to any yoga practices such as asanas, pranayama, concentration and meditation - though these are not excluded, looked down upon or discouraged. The yogi must acquire, by diligent cultivation, what my Master Swami Sivananda called "double consciousness." He must be able to realize the crystalline nature of the self, and also perceive all activity as being sustained by the modes of the gunas (the divine nature). Realizing that he is the immortal self or atman, he must behold the ever-active nature of God of which, the self is but a silent, non-participant witness. The self, being non-different from the infinite, ceases to interfere in this shadow-play of nature on the "silver screen" of God.
Established in this realization, contemplation of the omnipresent God is not contradicted by activity. The yogi does not shy away from what must be done. With body and mind he works in this world doing his every duty flawlessly and efficiently. Only, in his heart, like and dislikes, fear, pleasure and pain are absent. His inner being stands aside, ever vigilant yet uninvolved, in constant remembrance of God. This is "continuous meditation," or "contemplative dynamism," - the innermost teaching of the Bhagavad Gita. There is no suppression or repression, but a whole-souled participation in the divine will without the least tinge of egoism. Hence, the yogi is never drawn towards the objects, though he moves amidst them. He lives in God.

~~ SWAMI VENKATESHANANDA

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Consciousness and the Absolute

Repetition of ‘Mantra’ takes one to the pure ‘I am’ state or ‘Sattva Guna’ and from there one merges into the source of all bliss, and then, all knowledge that you possess is laid down or surrendered and you merge with the Absolute beyond all name and form.
NISARGADATTA

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BHAGAVAD GITA Chapter VII: 28-30
But those men of virtuous deeds whose sins have come to an end, and who are freed from the delusion of the pairs of opposites, worship me, steadfast in their vows.
Those who strive for liberation from old age and death, taking refuge in me, realize in full that Brahman, the complete knowledge of the self and all action.
Those who know me with the adhibhuta (pertaining to the elements), adhidaiva (pertaining to the gods) and the adhiyajna (pertaining to sacrifice), know me even at the time of departure from this world, steadfast in mind.

Commentary
The vision of God cannot be obtained unless the heart and mind are made completely pure through perfectly ethical and moral conduct, when sinful tendencies have been totally overcome. A man meditating on the form of his guru without forgetting the ideal he stands for, grows in the virtues of the guru. Through worship of the various manifestations of the Lord, much virtue is gained and sinfulness ceases.

There is no effort, even, to abandon sinfulness (such effort would likely become the seed of future sin - arrogance). Sinfulness has to drop away. It is not possible to acquire virtue, to abandon wickedness or to grow in humility. When the right vision is acquired, these happen automatically. Till then, one must strive to grow in virtue and reduce wickedness by all means. Virtue and God-realization are simultaneous, without the relationship of cause and effect.

God is the very essence and soul of this material universe. He is the basis of whatever concepts of God each one of us may have (however diverse these may be), and the spirit whose supreme sacrifice constitutes creation. Such a homogeneous and comprehensive truth can only be grasped when the mind is steady and the heart absolutely pure. In that transparent heart the light of God is truly reflected. May we all enjoy that vision in this very birth.


OM TAT SAT

Thus in the Upanishad of the glorious Bhagavad Gita,

the science of the eternal, the scripture of yoga,

the dialogue between sri Krishna and Arjuna,

ends the seventh discourse entitled:

THE YOGA OF WISDOM AND REALIZATION

~~ SWAMI VENKATESHANANDA

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