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SAI SUKTHI - ACHARYA VANI
WE HAVE COME TO DISCOVER SADGURU ,WHAT ELSE
HAVE WE COME FOR? TO GATHER FUNERAL FOR FIRE.
ONCE STRINGS ARE ENTRUSTED TO SADGURU THERE
IS NO CAUSE FOR GRIEF.
SRI SAI BABA.
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IN KALIYUGA ,IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE SADGURU AND OBTAIN
HIS GRACE ,THE ONLY WAYIS TO DO PARAYANA OF THE LIFE
HISTORIES OF THE INCARANTIONS OF LORD DATTATREYA.THE EXPERIENCES OF SEVERAL DEVOTEES,THAT CONFIRM ABOUT
THIS TRUTH ARE CLEARLY MENTIONED IN THE LIFE HISTORIES
OF INCARNATIONS OF LORD SRI DATTATREYA.
BHAGAVAN SRI BHARADWAJA
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WHAT IS THE EXCELLENCE OF BUDDHA POORNIMA? ORIGIN BY BHAGAVAN SRI BHARADWAJA
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The greatness of
Buddha Poornima that falls in May is that it is said to be a mile stone in
Human History.
The success of Newton, Einstein in the last 2 centuries in Physical Science, and the achievements of Darwin (19th century) in Biological Science can be compared to the achievements of Buddha in Spiritual field. Not only that, it is clearly understood as written in “Wignana Weechikalu” that Spirituality interpreted by Him is incorporated into the Modern Science.
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In 6 century B.C Kapilavastu is
ruled by king Suddhodana of Sakhya dynasty. His queen is Mayavathi. She
gave birth to a male child in Lumbini gardens (located on the border of
Nepal), while traveling from Kapilavastu with her attendants .After
delivery, she died on the 7th day. Suddhodana brought up the child who
lost the mother, with great love and affection. The boy was named Siddhartha.
Siddhartha was educated by eminent Gurus and has grown into young
talented person with remarkable intelligence. He became very
efficient in archery. He showed his expertness in archery and defeated
all the others in a contest and won the beautiful princess Yasodhara as
his wife. Siddhartha, who lead a luxurious life right from his childhood,
had a wonderful wife Yasodhara and a son named Rahul. In spite of
this, there is a fear in Suddhodana’s mind. When Siddhartha was
born, priests reviewed his Horoscope, excellent body physique and
predicted that He will become either a great emperor or a great Saint. In
addition, Siddhartha even though attained mastery in all the education;
he appeared to be dissatisfied with all the material pleasures. He always
appeared seriously thinking about the secret of life. Suddhodana was
scared that Siddhartha might turn into a monk, and took all necessary
precautions to keep him ignorant of unpleasantness and not face any face
sorrows or difficulties.
When the desire for the search of truth arises in the
heart, nothing can subside that divine light - Just like the
fetus in womb, and the rising sun, that desire will be definitely
expressed out. One day Prince was traveling in the chariot, saw an old
man, a patient, and a corpse. He inquired the charioteer about them. He
started thinking deeply after coming home about the fact that one has to
face these consequences at any point of the life. Then he saw a monk and
realized that the monk renunciated all relations, left the house, and was
leading a sanctified life by overcoming sorrow. Then he had deep thinking
about all the pleasures that he was enjoying. He understood that Human
life is burnt every second not only by the old age, diseases, death but
also several other forms of difficulties. Just like the rescuer trying to
put off the fire of the burning house - He recognized the necessity to
find a solution for all these miseries in human life.
He said farewell
to his wife and son who are fast asleep. He went to a forest in his
chariot. He left his charioteer Channa, and started walking from there.
He left all the valuable ornaments, his beautiful hair, his clothes and
entered this large world as a monk. The second aspect of the prediction
of the scholars when he was born came true.
Siddhartha met
sages Alarakalamudu, uddakudu and asked them several questions about the
sorrows, truth of life etc. Their answers did not satisfy him. After
that, in the outskirts of town Vuruvela of Magadha kingdom, for about 6
years he did a dreadful penance by making his body lean .He attained
control of his mind by conquering fear, contentment and affection but
realized that He did not attain enlightenment. So he decided to eat
suitable food in a particular manner. Then the remaining 5 monks thought
he ruined the penance, so they left Him.
After taking his first
Bhiksha from Sujatha, a lower caste woman, he took bath and sat under a
peepal tree (raawi chettu) in Padmaasanam. He firmly decided that he
should attain the knowledge with persistent effort and quest. It was in
the month of May, on the day of Full moon (Poornima) and at that time he
was 35 years old.
Now a days it has become a fashion
to describe religion as a narcotic, spirituality as a pleasant sweet
dream, that can be used to run away from the realities of life. In such
an atmosphere, how many people have the courage to renounce all the
comforts in the world, and accept spontaneously the life style of poor
people and enquire the truth like the eminent scientists? How many
scientists are there to turn their life into a dangerous scientific
laboratory?
In the beginning of this essay, it is
appropriate to compare Buddha with scientists like Newton, Einstein. The
reason for such comparison is - Buddha experimented and scrutinized in
the discernible laboratory about the mind which is the root cause of all
miseries; and about the reality of the things that cause the miseries.
When the full moon is
very brilliant in the sky, at that very pleasant moment, the countless
life experiences are analyzed scientifically in the talented mind of
Siddhartha. Seven days passed away. Just like the sun which does not wax
and wane , in a similar way the light of knowledge remained in His mind
.Just like the mother nature has procured a modern radiance and beauty
from the beautiful spring season, in a similar way The entire
universe and all living beings appeared as permanent forms of knowledge
to him.
Then Buddha met the other 5 monks in Saranath which is
close to Kasi, and taught them the knowledge he acquired. Immediately
after listening to it a monk named KONDANNA became the first disciple.
Then the remaining four became the disciples. He told them to spread the
knowledge to all the human beings in this entire world.
He said that One can accept and follow -- Poorna Jnani
Buddha, the Dharma (which is solution for all the misery) preached by
Him, and the society established by HIM (as an instrument for the
implementing that Dharma) with out any hesitation.
Afterwards during rainy season, he
preached the Dharma in the outskirts of Vuruvela to sages like Kasypasa
etc and accepted them as His disciples. While spreading his message
through several regions, he reached Kapilavastu as per his father’s
request. Yasodhara asked Rahul to approach Buddha and request to give him
the inheritance. Immediately Buddha gave Rahul Deeksha and took him into
the Buddha Society. How many fathers can do like this?
His
relative and disciple Devadatta became jealous of the reputation of the
Buddha. He created a split in the Buddha society. Even then he could get
the authority so he attempted to kill Buddha. He gave alcohol to a wild
Elephant and left that on Buddha. Humanity awakened in the heart of that
wildly running cruel Elephant. Buddha‘s friendliness was reflected. The
next moment, it turned around quietly. This is not a fairy tale. A
similar incident happened recently that can be seen in Akkalkot Swamy
Charitra.
While traveling through out the country, Buddha came to a village
named paava and stayed in mango garden that belonged to a potter. One day
after taking his food Buddha was tired. He turned to his right side and
said “I am tired, I will take rest”. His disciple, Ananda
heard this and cried that Buddha‘s last days are approaching. Several
devotees from the nearby villages came for his Darshan. Buddha with out
taking any rest, was preaching all the devotees, and his disciples
that day and the night before.
He said “Rely on this Dharma and your knowledge, with your
effort try to improve yourself. Don’t depend on any other external
support. ”
Then he went into
a great meditating state and left the body. Devotees took darshan of his
body for 7 days. His body is cremated after that and the ashes were
buried in 10 different places and a Buddhist monuments were built. Only
Lumbini garden, Kusinaram, Buddha Gaya, Saranath monuments were
discovered. The rest were not recognized by the historians.
What is the
solution for misery and sorrow founded by Buddha during that time?
The human deeds are the results of his thinking .He said - “One
should understand ill effects of affection and hatred on the mind. One
should try to remove them with proper understanding. ” Now
days by forgetting this fact, we can see the transformation of the
achievements of mankind in scientific and technological fields, into
destruction. Even though all the living beings appear different, the
energy expressed in them is same .The experiences of happiness and sorrow
are the same. If a person forgets this truth and tries to cause either
physical or psychological harm to other living beings because of hatred,
selfishness, then he is creating sorrow for the entire world and for himself.
The reason behind this is as Newton said in nature for every action there
is an equal and opposite reaction. When a stone falls in the pond it
creates ripples that travel to the shore and after hitting the shore they
return back to the center, to make the water still. The karma
principle taught by Buddha is similar to this. This entire universe is a
form of an unbroken live energy. Hatred, violence is the
disturbances caused in the human hearts just like the stone that falls
into the center of the pond. If this disturbance can be made
peaceful through Dhyanam (Meditation) and Awagaahana (understanding),
then every individual would contribute for the welfare of this entire
universe.
So Buddha‘s goal is to teach every individual
this understanding and discipline. So on this Buddha poornima let us
scrutinize our hearts and become eligible for the inheritance of
knowledge bestowed by him.
Utilize properly the wisdom of the human mind
and become true Human beings– isn’t this the preaching of BUDDHA?
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SRI SAI
BABA THE SPIRITUAL FRUIT OF MANKIND- ORIGIN BY BHAGAVAN SRI BHARADWAJA.
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In the year 1854 Sri Sai Baba appeared
as a 16-year-old youth at Shiridi for the first time under a neem tree.
For the next 56 years, though Baba made Shiridi as his permanent abode,
even the closest of his devotees like Mahalsapathy, Shyama, Abdullah and
such others could not elicit any authentic information about His birth
particulars. Details like caste, religion, date and place of His birth
have remained undecided till date. Devotee's like LateB.V.Narasimha
Swamyji tried to investigate into it but couldn't succeed in coming to
any conclusion. Readers would be interested to know about such efforts.
Information
in this regard came first from the quarters of Mahalsapathy.It is said
that after the demise of Mahalsapathy small book was found in his house
with a message "Sai Baba was born in Patri" scribbled in it
with a pencil. However, there was no mention of the clue as to how
Mahalsapathy could get this information. Late Sri Vemuri Venkateswara Rao
in this regard concluded that Mahalsapathy could not have written this
since he was an illiterate.
Sri Sai himself told a few of his devotees
that he came from Selu and that his Guru was 'Venkusa.' He made the
second aspect clear when he mentioned that same to the lawyer of 'Dhulia'
court. A devotee by name Dasganu tried to investigate on this
issue. Later Dasganu through his keertanas (songs written by him in
praise of Lord Sai) conveyed that Sri Sai was born in Patri village. His
parents handed him over to a fakir in childhood itself and later the
fakir gave away the young boy to Sri Gopal Rao Desmukh, a, a resident of
Selu, who was a famous devotee of Lord Venkateswara,landlord and a great
saint. Venkusa's disciples grew jealous of this young boy for the special
grace showered on him and tried to kill him. So, they hurled a brick at
the young boy, which struck Venkusa.He immediately directed young Sai to
proceed to Shiridi and breathed his last. Late Sri B.V. Narasimha Swamy
gave the same account in his book "SAI BABA'S DIVINE LIFE –Volume
I." Henceforth this story became popular among Sai devotees.
Sri B.V. Narasimha Swamy
collected the experiences of all devotees who served Sri Sai in his
physical form and published it. In that book Dasganu writes:
"Bhaktisaramrutham" is the last in the series of books I
authored in which chapters 52 and 53 are about "Sri Sai Baba".
After the completion of these chapters, I placed it before Baba.Baba blessed
it by saying "it is good" I penned down to the rest of the
Chapters mostly after 1918 and the book got published in the year 1925.
The details regarding the past
life of Sri Sai relating to Selu was written by me relying to a certain
extent on the clues given by Baba and to certain extent by the residents
of Selu village. All that Baba told about Selu was that he had come from
Selu. While I was working for Police department, I started going to Selu
for collecting information. I cannot precisely say who has provided which
information since it was 35 years ago that I made such enquiries. The
residents of Selu told me that some 100 years ago, an old saint lived in
that village. An young fakir who came to him was being trained under his
guidance. After sometime the saint was killed by a few who disliked him
by pelting stones at him. The young fakir escaped .Sri Sai told Nanasaheb
Chandorkar in my presence that the brick with him was given by his Guru
Venkusa.'
So Dasganu submitted that the rest of
the story is his pure imagination. Further, the details regarding Selu
mentioned in the 28th chapter was written by
Dasganu after the Mahasamadhi of Baba.That is to say, the chapters 52 and
53 that had Baba's blessings didn't contain the particulars regarding
Selu and Patri.
It was the year 1901 when Dasganu
made enquiries in Selu village.100 years prior to it i.e. around 1801,
the saint must have breathed his last. If the story is taken to be true,
Sri Sai must have been around 50 years when he set his foot on the
Shiridi soil. Hence it goes without saying that the story woven around
Patri and Selu cannot be true when viewed from any angle.
Recently I came across some
information, which gives strength to the version that Baba came from Selu
village.
Nanasaheb Rasne, the fourth son of
Damodar Rasne, personally served Sri Sai for 20 long years. He told me
the following while he was at Shiridi."Once a saint by name Gadge
Maharaj visited my house. When I enquired how he attained self realization,
he narrated in detail."
' In his past life he was working as
a clerk at a cloth store in Shivgaon Patharthi.Oneday a Muslim Fakir with
divine radiance came for alms. Nobody came forward to offer him alms
owing to religious bigotry. This clerk intending to offer him alms took
leave, went home and brought Roti and onions. By then the Fakir had left
the village and was sitting in a secluded area the corn just plucked from
the fields. On seeing this clerk, the Fakir admonished him saying-
"Why did you come?"
"Noticing that none had offered you alms, I have come
to offer the same'
"Will you offer me anything that I ask you for?"
"But for money you can ask me anything including my life .I
have no money."
"Then give me your life!"
"Please take it. I am already vexed with this life.It is not
something which I can take out and give you"
Then the fakir placed his hand
on the clerk's head as a mark of blessing. Immediately, he fell into
ecstasy and lost consciousness, he hurriedly went back to his shop and
later to his house and declared to his people that his obligation towards
them is over and absolving himself of all the bonds, returned once again
to the Fakir. By then the Fakir had travelled a considerable distance. On
seeing him, the Fakir rebuked, 'why have you come again to torture me?'
"I cannot live without you," said the disciple. The Fakir then
took him to a saint 's tomb and made him to dig a pit near it. He then
asked him to pour two pots full of water into it. The Fakir sipped that
water thrice and made his disciple do the same. The disciple again
slipped into ecstasy. When he regained the consciousness, the fakir was
not found there.
Later, on learning that the
Saint reached Shiridi, he at once set out for Shiridi enquiring about the
Fakir here and there. Finally when he reached Shiridi he was told a
strange Fakir was residing in the masjid. He headed straight to the
mosque. As he found the curtains were lowered, he raised them a little
and peeped inside. "Lo! There was his Guru!" The Fakir
inside flew into rage and started abusing " You Rascal, are
you not satisfied by squeezing my flesh and blood. Have you now come to
eat my bones too? After bestowing upon you all that you wanted, why have
you come to trouble me further? Get lost." Thus rebuking, the Fakir
hurled a bricked at him. That hit him on his forehead and injured his
forehead in the form of half-moon. "I told you not to follow me. I
have blessed you completely. You will be worshipped as God. Divine Grace
shall always be with you," said Sri Sai.
By this incident, it is
appropriate to say that Sri Sai came from Patri.But there was no evidence
to conclude that he was born there. He came there in the course of his
travel only.
The details of Sai's past
regarding his birth etc., recorded in Sri Satcharitra (written with the
permission and complete blessings of Sri Sai) by Anna Saheb Dabholkar,
(the first biographer of Sri Sai's life) states that "Nobody
knows anything about Sri Sai's parentage and his native place. Many times
his devotees tried to elicit information in this regard. On many
occasions, they questioned Him on the same way but never succeeded in
getting any answer or information from Baba.
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PARIPOORNA AVADHUTHA CHIVATAM AMMA: ORIGIN BY BHAGAVAN SRI BHARADWAJA
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The renowned digambara yogini - Chivatam
sadhu amma‘s original name is Achamma.
She started her life as an ordinary house
wife in small village Chivatam (located close to Tanuku in West
Godavari district).Her husband is a vegetable merchant. He became
slave of bad habits and used to wander around with out taking care of his
family. Achamma used to work in the neighbors’ houses, would get rice from them
and cook for husband and her only son. She
would never say a word even when her evil husband abused her. She is fond of
RAMA NAMAM .She would love to cook for the kids in the village with the grain
and pulses obtained from the villagers. She never wasted her time. She used
to chant Rama namam while working or she would meditate when there is no work. One
day Achamma , handed over her son to her
mother and left the house. During those days, only the words Rama and Krishna would come out of her mouth. Afterwards, she went
to Mannem Jagannatha puram and remained silent for 10years in that region. In Mannem,
Amma did intense spiritual practices. People say that Amma did several miracles
there. Amma stayed in the women’s mutt in Rajahmundry,
and then arrived to Chivatam.
In
Chivatam Amma never talked to anyone. While she was in ecstasy her sari used to
slip off. One day she took off the sari and threw it on the boy who was walking
in front of her .Since then, she remained as Digambari.
Amma used to sit and meditate under a Jammi (acacia suma) tree
near Chivatam .She said about meditation that “One should sit under the tree
that doesn’t bear fruit.” Amma liked that Chivatam region and that Jammi
tree. Most of the time she used to spent in burial grounds.
People say that Amma’s Guru is Sadhu Ram Babuji, who lived in lakshmi palem
near palakollu, and that she received Deeksha from Him. For 3 years Amma
attended the Guru Pooja performed by Him.
Amma used to take Bhiksha from only 3 houses. She would run with Bhiksha
in her hand. In those days, Amma lost her awareness while meditating and would
do the nature calls . Villagers used to clean her. Seshamma, a devotee would
take Amma, and used to give her bath. In Chivatam Amma spent 12 years silently
in meditation.
Mahatmas started coming for her Darshan. Hare
Ram Babu Garu, (who built a Suryalayam in Sidhhantam), Wadapalli Babu Garu (a
disciple of kothalanka yogi) used to come for Amma Darshan. Amma used to offer
her namaskaram to the holy feet of all Mahatmas .Once Hath yogi Apparao garu, a
disciple of Sadhu Rama Babuji garu came to Amma’s darshan. He said to Amma
“Don’t touch my feet. You are already ripened and I am not.”
A
devotee named Bhaskari asked Amma “Amma! How should we meditate? Should we
chant namam while meditating or do we have sit quite? Then Amma answered, “First
start with Omkaram and then chant Rama, Rama in your mind and sit quietly.
Before finishing meditation, say Omkaram again.
Just like we clean the front entrance with a broom in a similar way, Omkaram removes the
impurity in our mind.”
Amma
said “one should listen to spiritual discourses as the amount of curry and
meditate like the amount of rice.” Amma used to say “Meditation is like
gold. Nothing is great than Meditation.”
She never put any restrictions for meditation. “It is ok even if you
don’t wash your feet! Say Rama Rama” said Amma. “Just like we are very
eager to earn 4 rupees, one should be even more eager for God.” Said Amma.
Before Samadhi when kanakayya garu asked Amma- “Amma I will build a mutt
for you.” Then she refused. Amma gave indication about her Samadhi. Amma gave
her tooth to Suramma garu, one week before her Mahasamadhi. On June 8 1981, at 12 PM, Amma told her devotees “If
one says a word don’t reply back with ten words. Always stay firm. Whoever
comes into our doorway, give them food and water.”
Then she listened to Bhagavadgita. After wards, she said to break a
coconut and give arathi. Then she left her body peacefully! Wadapalli Babu Garu
came after Samadhi , looked at Amma’s head and noticed a break in the top of the
skull and clotted blood there. It means Amma left her body through
Brahmarandram. Great Pooja was performed to Amma Samadhi on the 11th
day. On the same day inauguration for the Samadhi Mandiram was done.
The Sun, the Moon, the Stars,
and several other forms in this nature attract our vision because of their
radiance. Each one of it has its own special characteristic feature and
magnetizes us in a special way. All these are present in the sky, which in
reality is much more wonderful and imbued with glory. However it will never be
a focus of our vision. Similarly, yogis, siddhas, Mantra weettas (one who does
spells) - all these people who perform miracles, appear very interesting to us. The
Avadhoothas (recluse saints) who attained mukthi are in a higher spiritual
state, however they don’t catch our
attention. That why in spirituality , the name Avadhootha applies only to
Yoganath Sri Dattatreya. Just like
Dakshina Murthy, He is a yogi for all the yogis and Guru for all the Gurus.
AMMA is such a Paripoorna Avadhootha. In this nature all the objects have a
surface, a perimeter which created a shape or form for them. But sky don’t have any type of such covering. In a
similar way Chivatam Amma , who is a state of Avadhootha is also DIGAMBARI.
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PARIPRASNA -
ORIGIN BY BHAGAVAN SRI BHARADWAJA
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Q:Sometimes mind stays calm with out any ill thoughts. Certain
times mind gets disturbed from the surrounding world. These thoughts
subside eventually after deep thinking. How can we attain peace of mind
with stable thinking?
A : the thoughts and desires that come to mind because of changes
in the body are very natural. Instead of these natural changes, the
influence of movies, fashions artificial, Changes in the society create
abnormal thinking and ill thoughts. If these thoughts persist they
increase in severity which is a great fault.
We should eat to live. But eating unlimited quantity harms
our body and it is a psychological problem. This causes a great impact on
humanity and our dharma.
When fulfilling desires one should bear the responsibility.
Suppressing unwanted thoughts and desires will result in drastic
consequences.
With practice one can get rid of ill thoughts. A person
with uncontrolled desires will affect other people. He will utilize
others to fulfill his desires .this will cause a change in others
thinking. Either they will behave into eh same way with others or will
have terrible agony that they develop hatred towards the society.
A person who cannot love others cannot love himself. True control
of mind is to cleanse it and keep it quiet from thoughts. So it is
with training yourself to become free from the compulsion of incessant
thinking and attain peace of mind.
Exercise to our body and good thinking to our
minds by reading good books and think about the books we have read and
finally discuss and share with others. By practicing this regularly,
one would be able attain the goal of self realization of inner
soul. We get enough strength from the nature in form of food,
light, water, air. Most of us don’t know that we should try like this. So
the energy obtained will turn into ill feelings and abnormal
behavior.
So Saibaba magazine and other publications are trying very
hard to generate good thinking in people. Thereby to prevent destructive
activities in the society.
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SRI CHAITANYA
SWAMYJI'S MESSAGE
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SRI SAI LEELAMRUTHAM PARAYANA IS IMPORTANT FOR SPIRITUAL LIFE, JUST LIKE A MODEM WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE INTERNET CONNECTION.
GOD’S GRACE WILL BE PRESENT FOR EVER TO A PERSON WHO HAS GOOD THOUGHTS AND GOOD MOTIVES.
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