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Friends!

There is neither any past nor anything like future in the time-frame of Nature. The past and the future are just names we have given to the moments of time for our own convenience. Neither there was any 2010, nor there will be any 2011.

It is only this moment with us, in our hand. It is up to us how we live it.

Just relish the life peacefully creating no nuisance.

Hate None

Love Everyone! 

… and … just go on.

OM Shanti    Shanti    Shanti

VINOD SHORI

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Guru-Bhakti (8)

Dear Friends!

I am again with you discussing ‘Guru-Bhakti’. In my first post I discussed about three categories of Guru needed for progress in the field of spirituality. (a)One’s own intellect (b)Any person in a human form(c) Any Scripture.

In my previous two posts I discussed about scriptures.

Friends!

In search of a Guru he started his journey from a village of Kerala to the remote hills of Himalayas and found him there. The Guru made him adept in every branch of knowledge and blessed him with his spiritual powers. And he, with the blessings of his Guru and his own sharp intellect, brought to light the hidden meaning of Geeta, Upnishadas and Braham-Sutras.

I pay my regards to him.

He was a poor Brahmin from Kerala whom the world knows as Adi Shankaracharya. His commentary on Geeta, Upnishadas and Braham-Sutras made him Acharya.

In Aryavarta there is a tradition that unless and until a scholar propounds a new thought with commentary on Prasthan-Trayi(Geeta, Upnishadas and  Brahm-Sutras), one cannot get entitled as Acharya.

It was not so like these days that every school-teacher or any yoga-trainer is entitled as Acharya. Someone are self-declared ones also.

Based on Vaidic knowledge and Upnishadic truth he established such a strong foundation of the principle of Advaita(non-dual) Vedanta that it cannot be even shaken. And with the help of his commentary on Prasthaan-Trayi he elaborated his principle so intelligently that all other schools of thought lost their glittery.

Advaita-Vedanta is considered a lion amongst other schools of thought. 
 Adi Shankar set such an example of a pious relationship between Guru and Shishya by spreading his Guru’s message throughout his life through his work of intellect and organizational skill that is found nowhere in the history and that was also the need of hour. The system organized by Adi Shankar played an important role in the uplift of golden principles of Sanatana Dharma.

Giving a basis of Vaidic principles he established four ‘maths’ in each direction of Aryavarta.

Ayam Atma Braham

Pragyaanam Braham

Aham Braham Asmi

Tat Twam Asi

In the company of his Guru an aspirant gets knowledge of Vedas, Upnishadas and through his austerity and renunciation of worldly desires attains supreme knowledge of ‘pure self’.

The Guru, from his experience, tells to his disciple, “Aham Braham Asmi(I am the Ultimate truth).” And again without a gap of a single moment, just simultaneously tells him, “Tat Twam Asi(Thou art That).” While uttering this ultimate truth the Guru is not talking about this mortal body but the blissful state of consciousness he is enjoying. Listening to this ‘mahavakya’ the Ultimate Truth regains its shine in the consciousness of the disciple.

 And he repeats as a resonance of a right note on the tuned strings of Veena, “Aham Braham Asmi. Tat Twam Asi.” He is not just repeating the words of his Guru but expressing an ecstatic experience he is passing through in the company of his revered Guru. Thus happens the transmission of the lamp.

Undoubtedly the experience is subjective and has nothing to do with any dogma but the presence and need of a Guru is inevitable. Nothing can happen without the help of an enlightened Guru in form of a human being so far as the field of Spirituality is concerned.

Again, coming to the point what can an enlightened Guru do only, if there is no competence in the disciples. And if a competent disciple is there, where is the enlightened Guru to transmit the lamp?

Earlier, there used to be shops of Gurudom but now bigger malls of Gurudom are there not enlightened with the knowledge of self-realization but with neon-lights of advertisements to attract the innocent aspirants of truth and exploit them any way they can be.

Is it a state of hopelessness?

              

No one knows, perhaps.

OM TAT SAT!

VINOD SHORI

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Guru Bhakti (7)

Friends

In the field of science and technology things can be said with perfection. Devices can work rather only perfect rules and devices do work. If such and such is the action, such and such will be its reaction. But in the world of religion it is impossible to say that this technique, this device or this ‘jugat’ or this ‘yukti’ can lead you to the Ultimate Goal, the inner self, the universal truth. This is a hard task. Even then the compassionate persons who have attained their ultimate goal try their best to guide the mankind, to invent any fool-proof technique of meditation or self-realization keeping in mind the men of their times and those of to come.

Cycle of time is always on run. People come and go. Psyche of the people and society change from time to time according to socio-economic developments and political changes.

Whatsoever may be the condition of the society, rich or poor; one suffering is always there in common that is spiritual quest.

“O Lord, give me money! Give me son! Give me a life free of diseases! Give me a status! Give me this! Give me that! Give me, give. . . . give and give.”

This is not a prayer.

The prayer is,” O Lord, forgive me! It is enough. Now I seek refuge in thee.”

And He listens and fulfils it.

After every sun rise it sets.  Night comes with cold and darkness as its components. Shivering and trembling ‘Jeevatmas’ pray the Almighty to come for their rescue. And the merciful Universal Nature never ignores a prayer coming from heart.

Mankind was shivering with chilled human approach of society. Looting, selfishness and an empire constructed on superstitions was dominating.

Tyrant rulers were killing innocents. Trembling with fear the mankind was praying to Him.

“Taa dar suni pukaar. . . .”

“Meghe nu furmaan hoya . . . . Varso kirpa dhaar”

And this happened.

The mercy of Universal Nature or Supreme power assumes form from time to time to bring erring humanity back to the correct path. It incarnates choosing a form, place and time. The form and nature It takes depends on the cause and circumstances. The ultimate purpose of an incarnation is always the re-establishment of right values, of Dharma in the world.

A beam of His mercy incarnated on Earth in human form as a hope.

This beam of mercy adopted the name of Nanak.

Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji was there to save the suffering mankind. With his arrival there was a warmth in human relations, his message of ‘Ik Omkaar. . . .” illuminated the minds of people filled with superstitions. 

Guru (Gu+Ru) is a person who expels away the darkness of ignorance and illuminates you with the light of knowledge.

This light got transmitted from first to second and from second to third and so on. Persons changed but the ‘jyoti’ was very same, Guru Nanak Jyoti.

The same ‘jyoti’ was there in the form of Shri Guru Gobind Singh the 10^th Guru with the passage of time.

When Guru Gobind Singh Ji was playing the last part of his role on this Earth, he saw that the coming time was not for a Guru to be in human form.

Here was a time when he blessed the mankind with his infinite mercy and declared the “Adi Granth’ as a Guru of sikhs after him. Rather not only of the Sikhs but the mankind as a whole. The ‘Adi Granth’ is a collection of the ‘amrit Vaani’ uttered by the Gurus of his lineage and other bhaktas compiled by the ‘Nanak Jyoti’ in its fifth form under the name of Shri Guru Arjun Dev Ji.

All of us who are aspirants of the ’ultimate truth’ are Sikhs (shishyas or disciples). And the ‘Adi Granth’ to whom with reverence we call ‘Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji’ is our guru.

Every word written in this scripture is a drop of nectar. Even if anyone is unable to understand the meaning of its some difficult verses, one fills with integrity and a state of ecstasy just by its (gurbani’s) recitation. Even if someone is unable to read just listening to it takes you to a realm of bliss. 

And this is not an exaggeration.

Just come, listen to the divine keertan and you will see that you are getting changed from inside. Your ego starts to melt and you bow before the Guru by itself.

My salutations to the gurus of the Nanak lineage and its culmination Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji as this lineage mercifully directs the mankind to attain the Ultimate Self and tells that it can be attained only by. . . . ‘gurprasaad’.

Om Shanti!   Shanti!!   Shanti!!!

VINOD SHORI

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Guru Bhakti (6)

Dear Friends

          When Lord Krishna decided to leave his mortal body and informed Uddhava about it, Uddhava asked him , “Dear Krishna where will it be possible to see you and have divine guidance from after you ? ” Krishna said , “Dear Uddhava! You are a jnani (gyani). You know each and everything . You are asking this just for the welfare of mankind. Listen, I will be available to everyone in form of ‘Sri madbhaagwat mahapuraanam’. You can find me and have guidance from there. But, as people could not recognize me in this human form again they will not be able to find me in ‘Sri madbhaagwat mahapuraanam’. Someone who has some deep insight will be able to find me and recognize me there. Otherwise people will read or listen stories, take prasaadam and will leave for their homes”.

Friends, that is the first example found in history of mankind that some divine personality has put itself in form of a scripture and became a light-house.

Why did Krishna do so ?.

“Because in Kaliyuga it will be almost impossible to find a genuine Guru and people will get misled and misguided and misused by the Gurus in human form”. Krishna told Uddhava.

The very scene is in our sight nowadays.

Gurus, Babas, Swamis and Bapus.

So many anushthaans of ‘Sri madbhaagwat mahapuraanam’ and no result is seen in the society.

The Katha-vaachaks are busy in collecting money, building ashrams, giving mantras. Big temples, bigger temples, more temples; but where is the peace of mind, harmony in society, philanthropic approach ?

Someone in crying injured on the road and you are in a hurry to attend your satsang session of ‘Art of Living’.

What this Art of Living is of use?

Tsunami hit people were crying for help. No shelter, no food, no medicine was there. One of our present God-men went there. Then a rumour spread that an other tsunami is on its way and this god-man combed his hair and fled towards a safe place, leaving behind crying humanity.

He had every right to save his life. But what about those people for whom he had gone there ?.

Wasn’t it just a publicity stunt ?.

So, please respect your own intellect first.

Again, Krishna left himself in ‘Sri madbhaagwat mahapuraanam’.

Though his teachings are available in ‘Sri Madbhagwat Geeta’ also. He said he will be found in ‘Sri madbhaagwat mahapuraanam’ in toto.

 Innocent people are listening and Swamies and Goswamis are telling stories, singing bhajans, distributing prasaadam and that's all. They are there to fill their wallets.

“……………………………………………………………………………….

Kaarita Kan Lobhen , Katha Saarh Tato Gatah.”

Though telling and listening ‘Sri madbhaagwat mahapuraanam’ has just turned to be a dogma , but a heart full of love can even now find Lord Krishna there.

“Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum!”.

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The universal nature is full of mercy. When people forgot its divine message another rivulet of its mercy incarnated and is flowing as a divine river to refresh human consciousness.

A scripture whose each and every word is pious , its just recitation fills you with integrity and ecstasy is with us to show the path to the bewildered humanity.

We will have a glimpse of this Great Blessing in any other post soon.

Hari Om Tat Sat

Vinod Shori

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Guru Bhakti (5)

Dear Friends

Surrender! Surrender to your Guru. But is it easy ? So easy ? Our ego never melts. To trust a living teacher is full of danger. And in this age where Nityanands are torch - bearers.

When our own mind is not stable, how can we trust any other one?
 A deep trust is needed for a living master and that is not so easy.

Again there comes the point that one’s own wisdom is to be followed first.

Now, when wisdom will take decision then doubts are sure to be there. And a living teacher is hundred percent just like us. He eats, sits, talks, walks and lives like us. Where lies the difference ?

Friends, I wrote in my previous post also that if your awareness increases being in contact with the chosen Guru; then you are on the right path and with a right person. If tranquility and peace increase you are with the right person. If you are getting out of the Tamas you are with the right person.

And the right person will demand nothing from you ; no money, no service and not even surrender. Because right person is never empty. I am not talking about worldly things. He may be penniless. Rather, he will be so. But he will be full of compassion, blessings, love and pure consciousness.

But friends, beware! Babas are there to befool you. Swamis are there to make sex. Bapus are there to misguide you in every way. There is a saying – Better alone than in a bad company.

When find a Guru follow him, follow the way. The universal nature has set a software in you that will automatically tell you whether you are with a right person or not.

Trust is not a quality that you have to cultivate. It is there in you.

You never distrust your mother. Never . Has anybody told you to trust your mother ? No , it is there. By nature it is there.

So, you will have a mother like feeling with a right person. Safe, secure, full of warmth and unconditional love.

If such a Guru is there. Surrender!

But it will happen spontaneously. You will not have to surrender, but the surrender will happen. You will feel something has started melting in you.

When you are with a right person, half of the journey has been completed.

May He help you in your journey.

Hari Om Tat Sat!

Vinod Shori

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