SAMARTHA RAMDAS'S LESSON TO SHIVAJI ...

GOD PROTECTS ALL LIVING BEINGS , KING IS ONLY NAMESAKE !

SRI SAMARTHA RAMDAS & SHIVAJI

SRI SAMARTHA RAMDAS

Once SHIVAJI MAHARAJ was constructing a fort & thousnads of workers were carrying out the construction work.SHIVAJI came there to supervise the work.When he saw thousands of workers laboring for him , an egoistic thought came to his mind that he is looking after  the welfare of all these people.

       SAMARTHA RAMDAS came to know about this thought & he came near SHIVJI .There was a stone lying nearby, RAMDAS told a worker to break the stone.When the top portion of the stone was broken open,a hollow pouch filled with water was found & a frog jumped out !All those who witnessed this were wonder struck !

      

        RAMDAS told SHIVAJI ," SHIVABA, what is this your play ! Inside the stone,a hollow with water, in that a frog.How nicely you are protecting, other than you who can do this !" These ironical words had its effect on SHIVAJI who folded his hands & told his Guru,"Swamiji, pardon my ignorance, if I have committed a mistake."

       

         RAMDAS told SHIVAJI ,"GOD IS PROTECTING ALL, we are only for name sake,through us God is feeding those who are working with us. A false ego had entered your mind which is not good. This I wanted to clarify to you."   

            

MORE ON DHARMA(RIGHTEOUS LIVING) ...

BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL

The Hindu Dharma or Sanatana Dharma has its origins in 
such remote past that it cannot be traced to any one individual.
 It is the only religion, that is not founded in a single historic 
event or prophet, but which itself precedes recorded history. 


The Hindu tradition consists of several schools of thought. 
Thus any definition of Hinduism is somewhat arbitrary and 
requires qualification. One such definition is "the followers 
of Vaidika Dharma," or those who follow the religious 
teachings outlined in the Vedas and their corollaries. 

-- Dharma' is one of the most intractable terms used in the 
       Hindu philosophy and is derived from the root 'dhru', 
       meaning to uphold, sustain or support. 
-- Hindu Dharma comprises a medium, an instrument or an 
        integrated scheme of life by which one is prevented from 
        falling down and is uplifted spiritually. It is thus a way of 
        life or a value system. The word 'Religion' is used for the 
        lack of a better synonym for 'Dharma' in English 
        language. 
-- Hinduism describes Dharma as the natural universal laws 
        whose observance enables humans to be contented and
       happy, and to save himself from degradation and 
       suffering. 
-- Dharma is the moral law combined with spiritual discipline 
        that guides one's life. Hindus consider Dharma the very 
        foundation of life. 
-- Atharva Veda describes Dharma symbolically: Prithivim 
        Dharmana dhritam, that is, "this world is upheld by 
        Dharma". 
-- Anything that helps human being to reach God is Dharma 
        and anything that hinders human being from reaching 
        God is Adharma. For instance, in the  epic poem Maha 
        Bharata, the Pandavas represent Dharma in life and the 
        Kauravas represent Adharma. 
-- According to the Bhagavat Purana, righteous living or life 
       on a dharmic path has four aspects: 
       1)Austerity (tap), 
       2)Purity (shauch), 
       3)Compassion (daya) 
       4)Truthfulness (satya);  
       Adharmic or unrighteous life has three vices: 
       1)Pride (ahankar), 
       2)Contact (sang), 
       3)Intoxication (madya). 
-- Manusmriti written by the ancient sage Manu prescribes 
        ten essential rules for the observance of Dharma: 
       1)Patience (dhriti), 
       2)Forgiveness (kshama), 
       3)Piety or self control (dama), 
       4)Honesty (asteya), 
       5)Sanctity (shauch), 
       6)Control of senses (indraiya-nigrah), 
       7)Reason (dhi), 
       8)Knowledge or learning (vidya), 
       9)Truthfulness (satya) 
      10)Absence of anger (krodha). 
-- Manu further writes, following are the 
       ESSENCE OF DHARMA --
       1)Nonviolence
       2)Truth, 
       3)Non-coveting 
       4)Purity of body and mind 
       5)Control of senses 
-- Therefore Dharmic laws govern not only the individual but 
        all in society.The purpose of Dharma is not only to attain 
        a union of the soul with the supreme reality; it also 
        suggests a code of conduct that is intended to secure 
        both worldly joys and supreme happiness.
-- DHARMIC CHARACTERISTICS mentioned above are
       for the attainment of the highest ideal and eternal bliss 
       here and now on earth and not somewhere in heaven. 

Who is MAHATHMA (GREAT SOUL) ?

BASED ON ANUGRAHA VACHANA OF SHRINGERI 
JAGADGURU BHARATHI THIRTHA SWAMIJI .

Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji  

MONEY,POWER,SOCIAL STATUS,CAST DO NOT MAKE
 MAHATHMA(GREAT SOUL) !

SHANKARA BHAGAVATHPADA

A PERSON WHO FOLLOWS DHARMA IN LIFE IS A MAHATHMA !

SUCH A PERSON SHOULD FOLLOW FIVE SUTHRAS OF DHARMA --

1) HE SHOULD NOT WISH FOR OTHER'S MONEY.

2) HE SHOULD NOT EARN MONEY BY ADHARMA

    (STEALING,CHEATING & OTHER WRONG MEANS) 

3) HE SHOULD SPEAK TRUTH ONLY.

4) HE SHOULD SEE ALL LADIES AS HIS MOTHER.

5)HE SHOULD NOT WISH TO POSSES WHAT EVER HE LIKES.

HOW A PERSON SHOULD LIVE BY DHARMA IS ALREADY 

WRITTEN IN SHASTRAS(SCRIPTURES).WE HAVE TO JUST

FOLLOW THEM.

THOSE WHO ARE BORN IN INDIA ARE VERY LUCKY, AS 

KNOWLEDGE OF ADHYATHMA IS AVAILALABLE IN INDIA 

UNLIKE OTHER COUNTRIES. WE SHOULD MAKE USE OF

THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE BY DHARMA HAVING TAKEN 

BIRTH IN THIS HOLY LAND. 

PEOPLE FROM OTHER RICH COUNTRIES COME TO INDIA

TO LEARN ADHYATHMA(SPIRITUAL) KNOWLEDGE. THEY 

PRAY TO GOD TO BE BORN IN INDIA DUE TO ITS RICH 

KNOWLEDGE CONTAINED IN UPANISHADS.

SHANKARACHARYA HAS STARTED FOUR PEETAS 

(CENTERS) TO MAINTAIN OLD GUIDE LINES OF LIVING

LIKE SANDHYA VANDANA(RECITATION OF GAYATHRI 

MANTHRA), POOJA ,STUDY OF VEDAS & UPANISHADS 

ETC.& NOT TO ALTER THEM ! 


DUE TO MODERN DAY HECTIC SCHEDULE OF WORK
PRESSURE IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO RECITE GAYATHRI
1008 TIMES,YOU TRY TO RECITE 108 TIMES, IF NOT AT
LEAST 32 TIMES BUT NOT AT ALL DOING SHOULD NOT
BE AN EXCUSE ! 

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BASED  ON  FORWARDED   E-MAIL--

STAIRCASE STANDS WITHOUT CENTRAL SUPPORT, 

NO NAIL OR GLUE USED, WOOD USED NOT AVAILABLE

IN THE REGION, IDENTITY OF CARPENTER NOT KNOWN,

CARPENTER DISAPPEARED WITHOUT COLLECTING

PAYMENT !! 

GURU MALLANNA OF CHALLAKERE

GURU MALLANNA's MUNESHWARA ASHRAM IS AT 
CHALLAKERE,31KMs FROM CHITHRADURGA ,KARNATAKA.

GURU MALLANNA  OF  CHALLAKERE

-- HE IS A SELF REALISED GURU AMONG 4 OR 5 IN 
        KARNATAKA
-- HIS ASHRAM IS CLOSE TO MUNESHWARA TEMPLE AT
         CHALLAKERE
-- THERE ARE SHRINES INSIDE THE ASHRAM FOR 
        DATTATHREYA, DIGAMBARA, NARSIMHA 
        SARASWATHI ETC.
-- HE IS VERY POPULAR AMONG THE LOCALS. 
        HOWEVER I COULD NOT FIND HIS PHOTO IN 
        INTERNET.AS SOON AS I FIND ONE I SHALL 
        POST IT HERE.
-- THERE ARE PHOTOS AT ASHRAM SHOWING HIM 
        DANCING,SINGING WITH A TANPURA IN HAND.  
-- HE HAS WRITTEN SPIRITUAL BOOKS IN KANNADA.
-- HE COMES TO KNOW WHERE PEOPLE STAND
        SPIRITUALLY.
-- HE IS MARRIED & HIS WIFE,CHILDREN ARE STAYING IN 
        ONE OF THE ROOMS OF THE ASHRAM.
--  HE TALKS LESS, HE DOES AGRICULTURE ON THE
        LANDS  ATTACHED TO THE ASHRAM. 
-- HE HAS HABIT OF CHEWING BEETLE LEAF & NUT.   
-- WHEN WE WENT IT RAINED HEAVILY & HE SUGGESTED 
        TO STAY OVERNIGHT AT ASHRAM AS IF IT MAKES NO 
        DIFFERENCE TO HIM.
--  AS IT WAS SUMMER VACATION MANY SCHOOL 
         STUDENTS FROM NEARBY VILLAGES HAD COME TO 
         THE ASHRAM & STAYING THERE. ONE GIRL OF AGE 
         ABOUT 23YEARS HAS COME FROM KERALA FOR 
         SPIRITUALITY & RESIDING THERE. ONE OR TWO 
         MEN HAVE TAKEN SANYASA & WERE WEARING 
         OCHRE  COLOUR ROBES.THEY WERE TELLING 
         THEY GOT UP AT 2 AM TO DECORATE THE 
         STATUES. ONE PERSON WHO DID ARATHI DURING 
         POOJA TOLD HE IS DOING IT FROM LAST 25 YEARS.
         WHEN I ASKED  HIM WHETHER MALLANNA 
         TEACHES THEM ABOUT JNANA(SPIRITUAL 
         KNOWLEDGE) HE REPLIED ON THE NEGATIVE. 
         HE TOLD ME THAT I CAN GO TO THAT ASHRAM 
         & STAY THERE.
 -- WE SAT NEAR HIS COT ON THE FLOOR & EVENING 
         BHAJANS STARTED AT 6 PM. INSIDE THE 
         DATTATHREYA SHRINE. SUDDENLY HE SIGNALED 
         TO ME TO GO & TAKE PART IN BHAJANS.WE WENT 
         TO THE SHRINE & TOOK PART IN BHAJANS.AT 9 PM. 
         SIMPLE DINNER WAS SERVED.
 -- .NEXT DAY EARLY MORNING AT 5 AM. POOJAS 
          STARTED.GURU MALLANNA  ALSO WAS SITTING 
          ON THE COT AT 4.30 AM.MORNING POOJAS ENDED 
          AT 6.30 AM.HE WENT TO THE FIELDS & WAS 
          SITTING ON THE FIELD UNDER SHADE.WE WENT 
          TO THE FIELDS TO BID GOOD BY TO HIM. ONE 
          PERSON  ACCOMPANYING US HAD HEARD FROM
          ASHRAMITES THAT HE CAN MATERIALISE VIBHUTHI,
          SO HE REQUESTED FOR PRASAD AT THE FIELD. 
          GURU MALLANA TOLD HE WILL COME TO THE 
          ASHRAM & GIVE VIBHUTHI PRASAD. ACCORDINGLY 
          HE CAME BACK TO ASHRAM & GAVE PRASAD. HE 
          DID NOT DEMONSTRATE MATERIALISATION ! 
-- I MET MANAGER OF MUNESHAWARA TEMPLE AT
        THE FIELDS WHO WAS FULL OF APPRECIATION
        OF THE GURU !
        

NOBODY HAS TIME TO READ SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE !

GOD HAS DESIGNED THIS MAYA WORLD SUCH A WAY 
THAT,PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TIME OR INTEREST FOR 
SPIRITUAL PRACTICE OR TO KNOW KNOWLEDGE OF 
SPIRITUAL BLISS !

PERSON ENVELOPED BY MAYA

-- ONE OF MY FRIENDS TOLD ME,WHO IS IN THE AGE 
        GROUP OF 30 YEARS TOLD ME, HE HAS TO EARN 
         MONEY TO LIVE. IF HE READS 'SPIRITUAL BLISS', 
         HOW HE WILL FILL HIS STOMACH? 
-- ONE LADY WHO IS IN THE AGE GROUP OF 60 YEARS 
        TOLD WITH EGO, SHE DOES BHAKTHI TO GOD & NOT 
        BOTHERED TO KNOW JNANA(KNOWLEDGE) OF 
        SPIRITUALITY!!
-- ONE OF MY FRIENDS WHO IS RICH, WHO HAS BHAKTHI 
        BUT LEADS A LIFE OF 5 STAR COMFORT, TOLD HE 
        HAS NO PROBLEM TO SPEND TIME THE WAY HE 
        LIKES, SO HE  NEED NOT READ SPIRITUAL BLISS ! 
        HE ALSO TOLD HE HAS TO EARN MONEY TO 
        PRESENT HIS SON WHO WILL BE GOING TO FIRST 
        YEAR  DEGREE WITH A POSH CAR !!
-- ONE OF MY RELATIVES LOST THE BLOG ADDRESS 
        WRITTEN ON PAPER NAPKIN ! ON SECOND MEETING
        AFTER 3 MONTHS ONCE AGAIN SITE ADDRESS IS 
        TAKEN DOWN ! AFTER ONE MONTH SAW THE BLOG 
        & I GOT THE FEEDBACK THAT HE IS NOT VERY 
        SERIOUS ON SPIRITUALITY, HE WILL TAKE WHAT 
        POINTS HE LIKES !
-- ANOTHER PERSON TOLD HE CANNOT REMEMBER
        THE BLOG ADDRESS,HENCE I HAVE TO SEND THE
         ADDRESS TO HIS E-MAIL !
-- ONE FRIEND TOLD AFTER TWO MONTHS OF 
        KNOWING THE ADDRESS, GENERALLY HE HAS SEEN
         HE IS YET TO READ IN DETAIL ! 
-- ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO IS 70 YEARS OLD & 
        WORLDLY TYPE TOLD HE HAS DECIDED TO GET 
         INVOLVED DEEPLY IN SPIRITUALITY AFTER 
        72 YEARS !! 
        ONE PERSON APPROACHED SRI  RAMAKRISHNA
        PARAMA HAMSA  AT THE AGE  OF 55 YEARS FOR 
        SPIRITUALITY ! RAMAKRISHNA TOLD HIM HE HAS 
        COME VERY LATE AT THE FAG END OF LIFE, HE 
        SHOULD HAVE COME AT 20 TO 25 YEARS !
-- ONE OF MY CLOSE RELATIVES WHO KNOWS ME 
        FROM LAST 35 YEARS WHO IS VERY RICH TO 
        WHOM I HAD SENT  BLOG ADDRESS NOT 
        BOTHERED TO EVEN  GLANCE WHAT I HAVE
        WRITTEN ! WHERE SPIRITUALITY STANDS IN LIFE ?
-- THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WHO DONOT DESERVE
         EVEN TELLING THE ADDRESS, I COULD  NOT
         BRING MYSELF TELLING THEM AT ALL.THEY ARE
         COMPLETELY WORLDLY IN NATURE ! LEAVE
         ALONE KNOWLEDGE OF SPIRITUALITY.
-- PEOPLE ARE MORE INTERESTED IN SMALL 
        PLEASURES WHAT MONEY CAN BUY LIKE BUYING 
        A LATEST MODEL OF CELL PHONE, LATEST DIGITAL
        CAMERA , HD TV, POSH CAR  EATING IN 
        RESTAURANTS ETC. PEOPLE THINK  SPIRITUALITY 
         IS VERY DIFFICULT & QUICK RESULTS ARE NOT 
        AVAILABLE !
-- ONE INTIMATE FRIEND OF MINE IS NOT ABLE TO
        ESCAPE THE CLUTCHES OF MAYA EACH TIME
         & SAYS DEHA BHAVA(FEELING THAT WE ARE IN
         A BODY) HAS NOT YET GONE ! HE THINKS IT IS 
         NOT NECESSARY FOR HIM TO READ THIS BLOG !
         HIS SON CANNOT GRASP ENGLISH PROPERLY,
         & HE NEEDS THIS IN KANNADA TO UNDERSTAND
         PROPERLY !         
-- 99% THINK EARLY MORNING AFTER BATH, LIGHTING 
        AGARBHATHIES, DOING ARATHI IS GOD's BHAKTHI !        
        THIS IS REQUIRED,BUT NOT THE END !!
-- IF A PERSON IS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING MONEY
        PEOPLE CALL HIM "LOSER".FOR 99.9% OF PEOPLE
        SUCCESS IN LIFE IS MAKING MONEY,OWNING 
        HOUSE, CAR & OTHER LUXURY ITEMS,HENCE NO 
        TIME FOR SPIRITUAL MATTERS ! DUE TO MAYA 
         PEOPLE FORGET THE VERY PURPOSE OF HUMAN
        BIRTH ! HOWEVER LIFE STORY OF GURUS SPEAK 
        OTHERWISE !
-- PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY SERIOUS IN SPIRITUALITY, 
        WHO WANTS TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO 
       "WHO AM I ?", PREPARED  TO ENTER HIGH LEVEL 
        OF VAIRAGYA (DISPASSION), I HAVE TO SEARCH 
        A VERY GOOD GURU, I HAVE TO GET LIBERATED
        IN THIS BIRTH ITSELF,I SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY 
        ATTACHMENT, I SHOULD BE EGO-LESS--THIS TYPE 
        OF PEOPLE YOU MAY FIND 1 PERSON IN A LAKH !! 
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