Hinduism Revealed (Part-2)

Vedas And Shlokas:

Shlokas are verses in Sanskrit, which can be composed by any Sanskrit scholar and cannot be the authority. The present Hindu is unable to distinguish the Veda and Shloka. Anything read in Sanskrit is Veda for him! Anything read in English is not the Holy Bible!

Merchants and Sanskrit scholars colluded and constructed this bad tradition. Merchants of flowers, coconuts, oil and camphor are doing the business in the temple. A devotee is giving Rs. 10/- to these merchants and he is giving Re. 1/- to the priest. The priest is not doing his duty of preaching about God to the devotees. He just recites some Sanskrit verses as a labour man and gets his one rupee. His place is taken by ‘Agarbatti’!, which is now declared to be the co-ordinator between God and devotee! Since the priest is not doing his duty, this is also correct. The dog is not barking when a thief is entering the house. So the donkey is barking. The priest should take all the eleven rupees after performing his duties perfectly.

The duties of priests are: he should clean the statue so that people see that statue and get attracted. The statue should be carved beautifully and there is no need for further decoration. This is the stage of ‘Draṣṭavyaḥ’. Next, he should explain the true knowledge of God in mother tongue (even if he reads the Sanskrit verses) so that devotees can hear about God. This should be done in performing the rituals also. This is ‘Śrotavyaḥ’ stage. The devotee should be caught up by that knowledge in his mind and this stage is ‘Mantavyaḥ’. At last, the devotee is unable to quit the temple and sits there immersed in God. This is the last stage ‘Nididhyāsitavyaḥ’. Such procedure brings the real grace of God to the devotee and the priest.

Let the priest become a qualified doctor, take Rs 100/- as fees and give the correct tablet, which costs two rupees only. The present priest is an unqualified doctor who takes ten rupees as fees and wastes 100 rupees in purchasing wrong medicines. The ultimate is the public, who shall be really benefited even if they spend.

Know Datta:

All the Gods are the qualities only. Brahma is the quality of greatness. Narayana is the quality of knowledge (Nara=knowledge, Ayana= source). Shiva means the quality of peace and pious nature. Ganapati means leadership. Like this, all Gods represent the qualities only. Sage Jaimini also told the same in his sutras. When the God comes in human from, He possesses all these divine qualities. Such a human form is Datta because He was given to the world in such human form only. When you worship Datta (human form), you leave worshipping all the Gods. The statues of all Gods are only imaginary forms representing those divine qualities. Only a top level realized soul can understand this.

Datta suffers the punishments of His devotees. Datta=given. He gave Himself for such purpose. That is His very nature. Devotees need not sympathize Him for that. You need not sympathize Fire for burning, because burning is the very nature of fire.

Who is Datta?

Datta means that form of God, which is given to you in your lifetime. Suppose somebody presents you a cloth. You call it as ‘Dattam’, which means that the cloth is given to you now. Somebody presented a cloth to your grandfather. It was Dattam (given) to your grandfather. You can call that only as Dattam, which is given to you now. Of course, if a house was given to your grandfather who is present even now and you are residing in it, you can call it as Dattam. Similarly, if the incarnation present in the past generation still continues to be present even today, then it is called Dattam to you also. Hanuman never worshipped Vamana, Narasimha etc., (previous incarnations) because those incarnations did not continue to the lifetime of Hanuman. Hanuman worshipped Rama who was the incarnation of His time. After sometime Rama disappeared. Lord Krishna came. Hanuman did not disappear but continued. Hanuman did not worship Krishna in ‘Dwapara Yuga’. He worshipped Rama in previous Tretaayuga. But in Dwapara Yuga also Hanuman was worshipping Rama only. But He did not worship Vamana when Rama was available. Similarly based on the same logic Hanuman should worship Krishna in Dwapara Yuga and not Rama. Therefore, Krishna taught Him that He should worship Krishna only. The then incarnation Krishna showed all the previous incarnations in Himself and told that the same one God is taking different human incarnations. Hanuman realized and worshipped Krishna like Rama along with Radha. Radha worshipped only Krishna and not the previous Rama.

It is useless to worship the previous incarnations and also the invisible forms like Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva etc., why? The simple reason, which is the answer for this question, is that they are not directly and fully available to us to see, to talk, to touch and to live continuously along with them. Why are you keeping the statues of those forms? The aim is at least you can see the statues and touch. But when the human form is available to you like Rama to Hanuman and Krishna to Radha to fully satisfy you, so that you can see, touch, talk and live with it, why are you particular of those past forms and invisible forms which cannot give you full satisfaction? This is the reason why Hanuman never worshipped the statue of the previous form like Vamana or statue of the invisible form like Vishnu. When He started worshipping Krishna, He did not worship the statue of even Rama.

The whole essence is one simple point. You cannot see God. You cannot talk with God. You cannot touch the God. You cannot live with God. The Vedas emphatically say this (Na cakṣuṣā, Yato vācaḥ, na medhayā, Naiṣā tarkeṇa etc.,) Such God has three main qualities i.e., Knowledge, Love and Bliss. God without these three qualities is called ‘Nirguna’. God with these three qualities is called ‘Saguna’. You cannot enjoy the three qualities of God directly. If the fire comes to you directly, you cannot tolerate its intensive heat directly. Similarly, you cannot bear the intensity of these three qualities directly. Neither you can withstand the God nor the qualities directly. So the fire is covered by ash and you are receiving little heat, which only you can bear. The ash acts as an insulator. Similarly, the human body in the human incarnation acts as an insulator and you are receiving knowledge, love and bliss of the God in controlled quantities to the extent of your tolerance. If the God comes directly to you, the world disappears along with you. So, there is no other way except the human incarnation. The Veda says the same ‘Nānyaḥ panthāḥ’. The Gita says that God comes only in human form (Mānuṣīm…).

Therefore, Datta means the present human incarnation, which is given to you in your lifetime as a gift of the God to give you full satisfaction and to enable you to perform a complete worship of God. Datta is the human form of God, which came in different parts of the world like Krishna, Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha etc., but every human generation is blessed with such divine human incarnations. People are not recognizing them due to jealousy. When such human incarnations leave the world, then only they are recognizing those human incarnations, which are not present before their eyes. If the egoism and jealousy, the two curtains of your eyes are removed you can see the divine human incarnation expressed in different human forms in several places at the same time also. Different human incarnations are meant for different levels of the people. Such incarnations are called partial incarnations (Amshaavataaras). But one fully expressed human incarnation (Datta in the original form) comes down to preach the true divine infinite knowledge to the people of highest level. Such human incarnation reveals that He is the original Datta (God). Knowledge is only the main identity mark to recognize this original Datta (God). Miracles are not the identity marks, which were performed even by demons and devils.

The human incarnation present before the eyes itself brings negligence. If there is a long and continuous association, that brings more negligence. Arjuna neglected Lord Krishna in the case of protection given to Gaya. The reason is the long association of Arjuna as Nara with Narayana during the previous 1000 lives. Gopikas were the sages living with Datta. But Datta went into a tank and disappeared for 1000 years. Thus, there was along separation with the sages. Hence Gopikas never neglected Lord Krishna. One should be careful about such points, which will develop the negligence on the human incarnation of the God.

Real Path:

The Lord gives the results of your services. He is just like a principal presenting the certificate and gold medal to the top student. The student studied two years post-graduation course, and wrote examinations and topped the class. There is no need of begging or weeping or praising the principal for the gold medal.

Similarly, Hanuman got the gold medal i.e., the position of Creator (Brahma) by His selfless service rendered in the mission of the then human incarnation. He never praised or begged or wept for that fruit before Rama. The fruit was not in His mind at all. His mind was full of the work of Lord only. Be a hero like Hanuman and get the highest fruit by participating in the service of Lord in human form, present in your generation. This is the only royal path. Without the sacrifice of work and money in His service, trying to get the fruit by praying by words and loving by mind is only trying to fool God, which is impossible. In whatever way you approach Him, He gives the result in the same way. He will praise you for your prayers and love you for your love. He will act for your practical sacrifice.

When the incarnation leaves the body Narayana goes to the uppermost world (Satyaloka) and His body with pure consciousness merges in this world. When a servant to God leaves his body, the body dissolves here. But the soul (consciousness with Divine thoughts) accompanies Narayana. Servant follows Narayana again, when He comes to earth. Both take human bodies. But the births and deaths of these two do not have any agony. During lifetime also, the servant enjoys with the Lord here. The servant will never leave the Lord either here or there (Saayujyam or Kaivalym). Whatever the facilities are for God, the same will be for the servant.

So service is the real path.

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