ON 'HAPPY NEW YEAR'

 ATHMA has NO TIME FRAME ie, no beginning or end ! ie, SAT

What is left-out, MIND,BODY are lifeless
without ATHMA(SOUL),hence to whom you are wishing Happy New Year !


Hence where is OLD YEAR & NEW YEAR ??


MIND/MAYA creates illusion of TIME FRAME
Even in that - 
When you are happy you feel time is moving fast !
When you are sad or unhappy time is moving very slow ! 


JNANI lives as ATHMA hence there is no
OLD YEAR or NEW YEAR for him !


Worldly people celebrate NEW YEAR as an
occasion/excuse to drink,dance & eat nicely !
Actually they are one step closer to death of
body.

Very nature of ATHMA(SOUL) is SAT,CHIT
ANANDA(BLISS) irrespective of TIME !


PRARABHDA KARMA decides HAPPINESS
in so called NEW YEAR ! 


JNANI is in FOURTH STATE of TURIYA
(BLISS) irrespective of TIME FRAME !


Some of the greetings on internet--

  

GURU WITH ELEPHANT EYES--WHY?

THERE IS A GURU AT BADIYADKA(NEAR KASARGOD),
WHOSE NAME IS MAHALINGA BHAT WHO HAS
ELEPHANT EYES ! !

GOOD EXAMPLE OF MIND'S INFLUENCE ON BODY TO
CHANGE SHAPE, WHICH IS VERY RARE !

 .

HE IS A BHAKTHA(WHO PREYS) OF LORD GANESHA &
GANESHA HAS ELEPHANTS HEAD !

GANESHA'S GRACE IS THERE ON HIM, AS HE WAS
ABLE TO TELL CAUSE OF OTHER'S PROBLEMS
CORRECTLY BUT SOLUTIONS WHAT HE GAVE MAY
NOT BE EFFECTIVE.

UNLIKE MY GURU, HE WAS INTERESTED IN TAKING
MONEY & SPENDING IT FOR HIS EXPENSES, POOR
FEEDING !

 I don't have his photo to show you but his eyes were 
round like that of an elephant & not elongated like that of a 
normal person. We went from Bangalore about 300 KM to his
place to meet him.His behavior looked like that of MAD man, 
in the sense, he held a gong in his hand, used to hit it & sing 
his own songs with dancing like movement.He used to wear 
one towel around his waist without any under garments. Every 
full moon day he used to feed poor people.A liberated person's 
symptoms were seen except for taking money !

             Some persons when they referred their problems, his 
explanation of the problem, description of the area which he 
has not seen were all correct.We cannot say end results were 
positive. When he ate food, he used to keep a wooden 
Ganesha statue near him,offered token food to the statue & 
then ate.

             I observed a stone hung near the entrance door at his 
house.I asked him why it is there,his reply was mysterious.He 
told some person known to him,who lived with ego & rude 
behavior passed away & his ghost is coming to this holy man's 
house to get release ! So to prevent the ghost entering the
house he has tied the stone with mantra.He was not having 
any intention to help the ghost to get release, remembering 
that person's behavior while living.     

REASON TO BE SILENT.....

What RAMANA wrote to his MOTHER on her first visit !

   Ramana's MOTHER came to Thiruvannamalai to request him 

to return home.She & her eldest son repeatedly requested him 

to return home, which had no affect on him, even tears didn't 

move him. He was silent all the time. as a last resort she 

requested those around to tell him to give a reply atleast For 

which RAMANA wrote on a paper the following--

    " The Ordainer controls the fate of 

Souls in accordance with their past 

deeds - their Prarabdha Karma.

Whatever is destined not to happen 

will not happen.Whatever is destined 

to happen will happen, do what you

may to stop it.This is certain.The best 

course, therefore is for one to be SILENT " 

Ramana observed MAUNA(silence) for eleven years, from1896 to 1907. 

  

LIBERATION AT DEATH

--RAMANA'S MOTHER GOT LIBERATION AT DEATH

--PRANA(Life Force/Jiva) SHOULD NOT LEAVE THE BODY
   SO THAT IT CANNOT GET EMBODIED EITHER IN THIS
   WORLD OR ANY OTHER WORLD ON ACCOUNT OF
    PRARABDHA


--THE ABSORPTION OF GROSS & SUBTLE IGNORANCE
    IN CONSCIOUSNESS  AFTER THE EXPERIENCE  OF
   PRARABDHA IS LIBERATION AFTER DEATH


--ALL THE PREVIOUS BIRTHS 'REPLAY' SHOULD TAKE
   PLACE, WHICH MAY TAKE UPTO TWELVE HOURS !

--IN THE CASE OF PALANI SWAMY  WHO SERVED
   RAMANA FOR TWENTY THREE YEARS, FAILED TO GET
   LIBERATION AT DEATH, WHEN RAMANA TRIED IN
   THE SAME WAY, AS HE OPENED HIS EYES !!

ROOM WHERE ALAGAMMAL  GOT LIBERATION 

 

RAMANA with MOTHER ALAGAMMAL

Ramana's mother used to visit him at Thiruvannamalai once in a way, in 1914 when she fell ill for three weeks,
Ramana looked after her with great care.In1916 her family condition became so difficult that she decided to stay permanently with Ramana at Thiruvannamalai.She has also observed that her son is not an ordinary saint and decided to stay with him with the determination to die on his lap.
        When her daughter constructed a new house,she came to Thiruvannamalai to invite her mother, for the house warming ceremony at least for a day. Mother refused saying death can come at any time & she is not prepared to take a chance. 
        She started the tradition of cooking at ashram. She used to follow orthodox ways like madi (belief that you are clean after taking bath,if anybody touches you cleanliness is gone & again you have to take bath) & Ramana always used to make fun of her.
         On May 19,1922, morning 8 o'clock Ramana came to know that her end is nearing & he sat by her side with one hand on her chest & the other on her fore head.When the ashramites called him for noon food he did not get up.This went on till night 8 o'clock when she breathed her last. Ramana declared she merged in Athma ie, her prana(life force) didnot leave her body, implying she is 
LIBERATED.He went directly to take food, even without taking bath as there is no pollution (suthaka).

          Next day dawn a samadhi was built as per shastras, body buried in a pit in sitting position with vibhuti(ash) & camphor, top closed by slabs. A SHIVA LINGA was installed on top & ritualistic poojas as in temples started from that day.
        A temple was built after many years,which was named 'Mathrbhootheswaralayam' meaning 'Temple of God in the form of Mother'.


  

   
 

God is never wrong !

God is never wrong

(a story e-mailed by Mr.Suresh Chauhan)

A king who did not believe in the goodness of God, 
had a slave who, in all circumstances, said: My king, 
do not be discouraged,because everything God does 
is perfect, no mistakes!

One day they went hunting and along the way a wild 
animal attacked the king. His slave managed to kill the 
animal, but could not prevent his majesty losing a finger.

Furious and without showing his gratitude for being saved, 
the nobleman said "Is God good? If He was good, I would 
not have been attacked and lost my finger."

The slave replied: "My king, despite all these things, I 
can only tell you that God is good, and he knows "why(?)" 
of all these things. What God does is perfect. He is 
never wrong!"

Outraged by the response, the king ordered the arrest
of his slave.Later, he left for another hunt and was 
captured by savages who made human sacrifices.

In the altar, ready to sacrifice the nobleman, the savages
found that the victim did not have one of his fingers, so 
he was released. According to them, king's body was not
complete due to missing finger, hence not fit to be 
offered to the Gods. Upon his return to the palace, 
he authorized the release of his slave & received him very 
affectionately.

"My dear, God was really good to me! I was almost 
killed by the wild men, but for lack of a single finger, I was
 let go! But I have a question: if God is so good, why did 
he allow me to put you in jail?"

"My King, if I had gone with you in this hunt, I would have 
been sacrificed instead of you, because I have no missing 
finger, therefore, remember --

"everything God does is perfect. He is never wrong."

Often we complain about life, and negative things that 
happen to us, forgetting that nothing is random and that 
everything has a purpose(depending upon one's Prarabhda
Karma).

Every morning, offer your day to God, don't be in a rush.

Pray God to inspire your thoughts, guide your actions,
ease your feelings and do not be afraid.
God is never wrong!

You know why this message is for you? I do not know, 
but God knows, because he never makes mistakes.......

The path of God and his word is perfect, without impurities. 
He is the way, for all those who trust in Him.

God is never wrong !

'DASHA SLOKI' -- OF SHANKARACHARYA

'DASHA SLOKI' or 'NIRVANA DASHAKAM' WAS TOLD BY
SHANKARA TO HIS GURU GOVINDAPADA,(When he met
first time)WHEN GURU ASKED HIM "Who are you?"

AS PER SHANKARA IT CONTAINS ESSENCE OF ALL
VEDANTHIC TEACHING COMPRESSED INTO THEM.

JUST BEFORE HE VANISHED FROM EARTH, KING
SUDANVA ASKED HIM WHAT THEY HAVE TO
REMEMBER FOR CONTEMPLATION,SHANKARA
SUGGESTED 'Dasha Sloki'


ANALYSE & THINK MEANING OF SLOKAS -7 , 9 &10


                                   
When SHANKARA was just eight years old ,he left 
Kalady to Omkaranath(near Haridwar) to meet his 
Guru GOVINDAPADA,all the way by walking.When 
he met his GURU GOVINDAPADA,he asked 
Shankara,"Who are you?"& the reply from Shankara 
to this question,flowed out in the form of ten verses.
Each verse ending with Shiva Kevaloham (I am of 
the form of PURE AUSPICIOUSNESS ).They 
sparkle with subtle meditative thoughts and are 
chanted by Vedanthic students to lift themselves into 
higher levels of meditation.To escape from the clutches 
of MAYA, this should be read every day. 

SLOKA-1

Na bhoomir na thoyam na thejo na vayu,
Na Kham nendriyam vaa na thesham samooha,
Anaikanthikathwath suspthyeka siddha,
Thadekovasishta Shiva kevaloham.

I am neither earth,nor water,nor fire,nor air,nor space
nor sense-organ,nor the aggregate of all these;for all these
are transient,variable by nature, while the Self is that whose
existence is proved by the experience of deep sleep.
I am that One, Auspicious and Pure,that alone remains.


SLOKA-2
   

 Na varna, na varnasramachara dharma,
Na me dharana dhyana yogadhayopi
,Anathmasrayo aham mamadhya sahanath,
Thadekovasishta Shiva kevaloham.                   
 I am neither castes nor the rules of caste,society & the
stages of life,nor for me concentration,meditation,yoga &
other practices,for all this illusion of 'I' and 'mine' is rooted 
in the not-self(body,mind & organs) & is dispellable by the
knowledge of self. I am that One,Auspecious and Pure,
that alone remains. 


SLOKA-3

Na matha pitha vaa na deva na loka,
Na veda na yagna na theertham bruvanthi,

Sushupthou nirasthadhi soonyath makathwath,

Thadekovasishta Shiva kevaloham.

  I am neither mother,nor father,nor the gods,nor the worlds,
nor the vedas,nor fire sacrifices,nor holy place of piligrimage;
for in deep sleep I am(Athma which however is)not absolute 
void or non-existence.I am that One,Auspecious and Pure,
that alone remains. 


SLOKA-4



 Na sankhyam na saivam na thath pancha rathram,                                                 
Na jainam, na meemamskader matham vaa,

Visishtanubhoothya vishudhath maka thwath,
Thadekovasishta Shiva kevaloham.

 Neither the Sankhya doctrine nor the Shaiva,nor  the
Panchrathra, nor the Jaina,nor the Meemamsaka,

nor any other holds good;for,by special realisation

it is revealed that my nature is absolutely pure.

I am that One,Auspecious and Pure,that alone remains.

SLOKA-5
    

Na chordhwam na chadho na cha andhar na bahyam, 
 Na madhyam na thiryang na poorva paraddik,

  Viyad vyapakathwath Akandaika roopa,

  Thadekovasishta Shiva kevaloham.

  

 I am neither above nor below, neither inside nor outside,

neither middle nor across,neither the east nor west; for,

I am indivisible and one by nature,and all pervading like space. 

I am that One,Auspecious and Pure,that alone remains.

SLOKA-6
  


 Na shuklam na krishnam na raktham na peetham,                                                                               

  Na peenam na kubjam na hruswam na deergam,

  Na roopam thada jyothirakarakathwath,

  Thadekovasishta Shiva kevaloham.

  I am neither white nor black, neither red nor yellow,neither 

tiny nor stout, neither short nor long, incapable of being known

 in manner or form, owing to my being of the nature of light.

 I am that One,Auspecious and Pure,that alone remains.

SLOKA-7

    
Na sastha na sasthram na sishyo na siksha,

 Na cha thwam, na cha aham na cha ayam prapancha,
 Swaroopavabadhadhi vikalapa sahishnu,
 Thadekovasishta Shiva kevaloham.


  There is neither teacher nor scripture,nor pupil nor teaching,
nor you(the hearer) nor I( the speaker),nor this empirical
universe; for,the teaching of one's true nature(the 
consciousness of Reality) does not admit of differentiation.
 I am that One,Auspecious and Pure,that alone remains.


 SLOKA-8
   

Na jagrath na me swapnako vaa sushupthi,
Ne viswo na vaa thaijasa pragnako vaa,
  Avidhyathmakathwath trayanam thureeyam,
  Thadekovasishta Shiva kevaloham.
   

   For me there is neither waking, nor dream,nor deep sleep,
   nor am I the one conditioned -vaisva,theijasa,prajna by these
   three states; for,all these are of the nature of ignorence,but
   I am the fourth bliss state(tureeya) beyond these three.

   I am that One,Auspecious and Pure,that alone remains.


  SLOKA-9
    

Api vyapakathwadhi Thathwa prayogath,

 Swatha sidha bhavananya asrayathwath,
   Jagat thuchamethath samastham thadanya,
   Thadekovasishta Shiva kevaloham.

    All this universe, being other than the self,is unreal,
    for the self alone is all-inclusive,constitutes the ultimate 
    goal, and is self established and self dependent. 

    I am that One,Auspecious and Pure,that alone remains.


  SLOKA-10
   
 Na chaikam thadanyath dweetheeyam kutha syath,

   Na chaa kevalathwam na vaa kevalathwam,
   Na soonyam na chaa soonyamadvaidhakathwath,
   Kadam sarva vedhantham sidham braveemi
  
   It can even be said that It is One.How can there be a 
  second,other than it? There is neither absoluteness nor
   non-absoluteness neither non-entity(void) nor entity
  (non-void); for,it is absolutely non-dual in nature.How 
  then can I speak of That which is established by all the
  Upanishads(Vedantha)? 

   
              
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