"GURUVAANI"-- GURU'S MESSAGE

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GURUVANI--6

"HARE RAAMA"

Sri Sri Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji

 

Sound is a better medium to reach God than reflecting on His 

form.

God's form as conceived by us can be faulty. For example, the 

picture of a God portrayed in a calendar or book may reflect 

the features of a person who has influenced the thought and 

mind of the artist. Often ,there could be an unconscious 

resemblance between the face of the artist and the divinity 

portrayed. But there is no scope for such distortions when 

the devotee chooses the path of naamasmarane to reach God. 

When we chant God's name with intense devotion and right 

pronunciation, it brings the form and presence of God within 

us.

-- Shri Shri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Maha Swamiji

GURUVANI--5

The story of the king and four wives 

illustrates this truth.

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A king had four wives .He loved the fourth wife most and took 

great care of her. Next, he cast his affection on the third and 

the second wives respectively. But he completely neglected 

the first wife who loved him immensely. 


After a few years, the king fell sick and was on his death bed. 

He felt miserable to leave behind his kingdom, wealth, family 

and friends. He summoned his fourth wife and asked:

"I have loved you the most and given you whatever you 

wanted, now I am dying, will you come with me?"

She said, "No way," and walked off. This broke the heart of 

the king.



The sad king called his second wife and asked her to go with 

him. She said, "Lord, I shall come with you till the cremation 

ground and then have to bid you goodbye."


Acutely disappointed, the dying king turned to his third wife 

and said, “I have loved you all my life, will you come with me?”

 She replied, "Not at all, this life is enjoyable, I am going to 

remarry after you die.”



At this juncture, the king heard the feeble voice of his first wife 

whom he had neglected all his life. She said, "husband, even 

if you don't call me, where ever you go, I will accompany you 

till eternity.”



That was the voice of his soul. The king regretted that in 

pursuit of power and pleasures he had neglected his true and 

constant companion and failed to nourish her.


The fourth wife in this story represents our body. No matter 

how much time and effort we lavish on it, it will desert us 

when we die.


The third wife is our possessions, status and wealth. When 

we die, we cannot take any of it with us. They will be enjoyed 

by others.


The second wife is our family and friends. No matter how 

much they love us, the farthest they can stay by us is till the 

grave.


The first wife is our soul; often neglected in pursuit of wealth, 

power and worldly pleasures. But it is only our soul that will 

follow us wherever we go. We must nourish, strengthen and 

cherish it, because it is the only kshema or permanent 

companion.


(From "Nourishing The Soul" Book)

GURUVANI--4

Upavasa and nirahara are ways which the saints follow to attain
 God and liberation.

We have to observe the subtle difference between these two 
terms.

Upavasa is a spiritual state a person reaches when he forgets 
food and other physical needs.

Nirahara is to consciously negate or refuse food for body and 
mind.

It helps in reducing the body and mind consciousness and 
propels us towards God and Self realisation.

-- Shri Shri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Maha Swamiji

GURUVANI--3

Like Adi Shankara, we need to invite Shiva into our minds:

"Oh ancient hunter, destroy my wicked thoughts which roam

like wild animals in my mind." 

When Shiva begins to rule our minds, sinful thoughts and 

ignorance are burnt to ashes and the soul is illumined.

Let us surrender our senses, mind and soul at His feet, then 

Shiva will become ours- Sarvam Shivamayam - is the true 

spirit of Shivarathri.


-- Shri Shri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Maha Swamiji

GURUVANI--2

WORLDLY PERSON--

--ON OPENING EYES, SEES WORLD OF SENSES..! 

--ON CLOSING EYES, SEES WORLD OF MIND ..!

WHERE AS A

SAINTLY PERSON--

--ON CLOSING EYES,SEES GOD'S VISION.!

--ON OPENING EYES,SEES ONLY HIS VISHWA RUPA 

  VISION..!!     

--SRI SRI RAGHAVESHWARA BHARATHI MAHASWAMIJI
   Ramachandrapura Mutt,Hosanagara,KARNATAKA

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MEDITATION IS REST FOR MIND & SUCH A MIND GAINS

EXTRAORDINARY POWER !!

GURUVANI --1

From birth to death, the mind works nonstop. Even during 
sleep the mind does not rest.

It is awake in the sub conscious level and instructs several 
organs of the body to work.

Activities such as digestion, breathing, blood circulation and 
dreaming happen under the mind's influence as we sleep.

It is only during meditation that the mind can truly rest.

This rest or silence recharges the mind and invests it with 
power.

Such a person's word, body and mind gain extraordinary 
strength.

Spiritual leaders like Adi Shankara and Vivekananda are 
manifestations of such power.

~~ Shri Shri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Maha Swamiji

      Ramachandrapura Mutt,Hosanagara,KARNATAKA

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JNANA YOGA (CALLED RAJA YOGA) PRAKARANA

ACTUALLY JNANA YOGA PRAKARANA

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA HAS CALLED PATHANJALI'S 
ASTANGA YOGA AS 'RAJA YOGA'. HOWEVER THIS
POSTING IS NOT THAT RAJA YOGA.

THIS RAJA YOGA SHOULD BE ACTUALLY CALLED
AS 'JNANA YOGA' IN OUR OPINION WHICH IS 'RAJA'
AMONG 'YOGA'S !

AS PER BHAGAVATHPADA SHANKARACHARYA
WHICH EVER PATH OF YOGA -- LIKE BHAKTHI YOGA,
KARMA YOGA,HATA YOGA YOU FOLLOW FINAL GOAL
IS ACHIEVED THROUGH 'JNANA' ONLY.HENCE
FOLLOWING JNANA YOGA DIRECTLY IS THE BEST 
WAY TO FOLLOW. A COMBINATION OF VARIOUS 
YOGAS CALLED 'SHRI VIDYA' IS ALSO THERE !

Ishwara teaching Shanmuga

This RAJA YOGA is capable of destroying all sorrows of the 
world. Even those who have done lot of good deeds will also 
find it difficult to achieve this yoga.Who follows this yoga is 
like a KING among yogis, materialists & renounceies  hence 
the name RAJA  YOGA .This should not be told to those who 
are not following DHARMA. Just as cow's milk is superior 
among different types of milk, among different types of yogas, 
this yoga accepted by Shruthies is JNANA YOGA--called 
RAJA YOGA is the greatest.Other types of yogas only place 
arguments leading to lower levels & none of them can be 
compared to RAJA YOGA,hence this yoga should be 
understood properly.  

         Yogas result & lead to abidance in Athma(sakshathkara).
When you analyse & contemplate yoga methods,steps we find 
that all these are illusions like dream because we know that 
Athma is all inclusive,one & whole which is me. With 
dispassion & complete renunciation, living alone,practicing 
yoga,what are we achieving ? Athma is Brahman & that is 
myself,knowing this how does it help practicing yoga? Doing 
all this is a waste of time.Knowing there is only ONE & nothing
else exists other than me, what other yoga you need to 
practice & if you do, it is IGNORANCE !

         After knowing everything is Brahman only --
-- who is doing dhyana ?
-- who is doing dharana ?
-- who is taking limited food ?
-- who is bearing cold & rain ?
-- who is staying in forest in thatched hut ?   
-- who is renouncing everything ?
-- who is doing meditation ? 
Doing all the above actions in the name of Yoga is meaningless

          Following Astanga Yoga, Saptha Bhumika, Raja yoga  
practice ,trying to get established in concentration,meditation,
thinking that I have to stay alone to achieve, are all entrapment
in the clutches of MAYA, please note !! I shall join an ashram,
i'll get rid of all vasanas from my mind,I'll follow control of 
breath(pranayama), posture,concentration etc. are all mind 
play in the ritualistic line of thinking ! Wishing for MOKSHA,
upasana,dharana,living alone,shravana,manana,nidhidyasana 
etc. are all Bandha(entrapment,lack of freedom) of mind !

          Without any thought of differences, I am everywhere in 
everything,I am SAT-CHIT-ANANDA is Raja Yoga. I am the 
light in all worlds, I am the Athma which is the prime mover of
all living beings,I am the visible world of Maya, this thinking is 
Raja Yoga. Without thinking about sensual pleasures,
discarding dream like mental projection & being in Bliss of 
Athma is Raja yoga.Discarding wish to possess anything,not 
thinking about success & failure, not fearing anything, being 
happy all the time,eating whatever God provides is Raja Yoga.  


          Not feeling bad for insult nor feeling happy for praise, 
level headed yogi(STITA PRAJNA) without any mental 
distortions(VIKARAS), bearing hot or cold situations, not 
bothering to look left or right,being in a happy state is Raja 
Yoga.Giving attention to knowledge of yoga,always thinking 
about Athma & Anathma in a happy state is Raja Yoga.This 
Maya world filled with names & forms is Brahman only & 
getting established in Brahma dhyana is Raja Yoga. Even 
when immersed in sorrow,thinking that,it is due to Maya alone
as every thing is Brahman is Raja Yoga. I am the witness to
what is happening in the three states, whether I do action
or I am action-less,whether I take food or don't take food 
with everybody, but believing that I am Brahman only is Raja 
Yoga. This yoga should not be told to bad people, who tell 
lies & to those who do not believe in GOD.

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VENKATESHWARA VOW & HOW HE FORCED TO KEEP IT UP !

THIS  IS A TRUE INCIDENT IN MY LIFE WHICH SHOWS
HOW LORD VENKATESHWARA MANIPULATED TO TAKE
A VOW & THEN FORCED ME TO KEEP IT UP ! !

THIS ALSO SHOWS HOW KERALA 'PRASHNA' 
ASTROLOGY'S ACCURACY IS GOOD BUT WITH  ITS OWN 
DRAWBACKS.

Twenty two years back , we were going to Thirupathi from 
Bangaluru in our relative's car. That time I was executing 
wooden decorative doors & carved Gods panels etc. to the 
relative's Br-in-law's house.He was planning to sell his Fiat 
car & I  had decided to buy that car Our relative's daughter 
Sharmila was staying in that house for her studies,hence she 
had come to know about my buying the car. She was also 
travelling  with us & she casually asked ,"Bava, if you buy

the car,will you go to Thirupathi ?" I replied to her," I may go " 

As a policy I was against making vows to God like business !

                My wife when she went to Mangalore around that 
time,but before buying the car, consulted a famous Kerala 
astrologer  about it. He was following 'PRASHNA' astrology 
ie, depending on the time of your asking question a 
horoscope will be cast to the question (just like being done 
to people based on their birth time) & based on that 
horoscope predictions are made. Predictions made in this 
method are about 70% accurate. The astrologer told my 
wife that, after buying the car, for six months I should not 
go on long journey on highway but can drive inside the city.

               I bought the car in the month of June that year &
started driving the car inside the city without any problem. 
Next year I went to Mayavaram, Tamilnadu  by bus to read 
palm lief predictions & I was asked to do a special puja to 
Goddess Durga- 'Purva Janma Papa Parihara Puja' 
for my previous birth actions.There is a very famous 
Durga temple at Katil, Mangalore. I went to Mangalore by 
bus in the month of May & fixed the puja in the month of 
June in consultation with the temple authorities.That means 
after one year of buying the car.

           My wife, younger son & myself started in our car to 
Mangalore, two days before the puja day, early morning 
which is 350 Kms. away from Bangalore.On the way first we 
came across thousands of flies(one day life) over a long 
stretch of road hitting the wind screen in hundreds & dying ! 
When we drove further we saw an Eagle(Venkateswara's 
vehicle)  sitting in the middle of road, as we approached 
near, it flew towards the car, hit the wind screen bleeding 
many drops of blood on the car & flew away. We washed 
the blood stains  & proceeded further.

            As we were approaching Uppinangadi(60 Kms 
before Mangalore), there were two gas tankers ahead of us
moving very slowly.hence I thought of over taking them. As I
was doing so, the tanker behind wanted to over take the front 
tanker & came to the right side of the road,in the shock I went 
blank,car was in the extreme right side of the road.The car 
overshot the road,rolled sideways three times & landed 25 
feet below with tyers upwards,petrol leaking.Side,front,rear 
glasses were not broken, no injury to all the three of us. son 
who was in the rear seat had come out of his own, we crawled 
out of the car & tape recorder  was playing GOD'S bhajan !
We took a taxi & returned to Mangalore.

              Next day I went to the accident spot with car mechanic
with three other people to push the car.The car was rolled back 
to stand on tyers , pushed up a gradient with lot of bushes car 
still 8 feet below the road level. As we were thinking how to lift
the car by that height to the road level, LORD 
VENKATESHWARA sent a lorry in that road fully equipped with
pulley,iron chain etc, used for granite boulders handling.
Seeing the crowd watching, lorry stopped,one among us knew 
somebody in that lorry, they talked to each other in Malayalam 
indicating help is needed to lift the car to the road level. Lorry 
pulled to side of the road near the car & chain was dropped 
down, hooked to front guard of car pulled up in minutes to 
road & went away.The mechanic started the damaged car in 
five minutes & car started moving towards Mangalore,all four 
tyres wobbling.We followed the car in the taxi we came from 
Mangalore. As you know, LORD VENKATESHWARA does 
not want us to reach Mangalore in that car !! 
                   

          Next day was 'Purva Janma Papa Parihara Puja' at Katil 
Durga Parameshwari Temple which our family & me attended, 
completing all formalities of puja. Puja details have been given 
in the Nadi Shastra which is not known to Archakas & rituals to 
be conducted as per that. Archaka & me prayed for parihara of 
papas(sins) in this birth,previous births as stipulated in the 
palm lief NADI SHSTHRA.

            

          Next day  my wife & myself went to the same famous 
astrologer & asked him why such a major accident took place
when we have come for a auspicious puja. Without any hint 
from us at all, he told us a vow to LORD VENKATESHWARA 
is pending & that HE wanted to remind us about the vow,give 
us a shock,not to hurt us in the accident.He also told we have 
to go to Thirupathi in that car or if we sell the car,we have to 
go in the next car we would be buying.

           We were remembering about the vow & we had 
planned to go to Thirupathi in December, however LORD 
VENKATESHWARA wanted us to go immediately, HE did not 
want us to reach Mangalore in that car. The car was repaired 
at Mangalore in two months,I drove it back to Bangaluru, after 
one or two months we went to Thirupathi in that car.How much 
LORD VENKATESWARA loves me,HE manipulated to take a
vow & forced me not to go to Mangalore in that car, then after
repair made me to go to Thirupathi to pray to HIM !!    

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