Message on Datta Jayanti (Part-2)

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The association (Sanga) decides your path. Worldly people will poison you with the materialistic knowledge of this world only. Spiritual people will uplift you with the divine knowledge of the Lord. You fellow, you associate always with poisoning people since they are your kith and kin like wife, children, relatives and friends. They always inject the poison of materialism of this world into your mind so that you always think, talk and do materialistic things only. This wrong poisonous knowledge, which is called as ignorance can be cut only by the right spiritual knowledge. Knowledge leads to decision, which results in words and action. The nature of knowledge is reflected in your words and deeds. Finally, you will end in the results of your deeds. Therefore, the right spiritual knowledge is very essential for your right upliftment in this human life. Only Sadguru, who is Brahman in human form can only give such right divine knowledge. The word ‘Sat’ means Brahman as per the Veda (Sadeva…). Similarly, Satsanga means the association with the Brahman in the human form, which is the human incarnation of the Lord. Human birth is rare, desire for salvation is rarer and association with human incarnation is rarest as said “Manuṣyatvam…”. The first step is association in the spiritual effort. If you catch the first step, other steps follow without any further effort as in the case of upward moving staircases in the railway station. You will go to the last step, which is the salvation while you are alive (Jiivanmukti) without any further effort as said by Shankara (Satsangatve…). Therefore, selection of Sadguru, who is the human incarnation called as Datta is the most important first step. If you caught the human incarnation, you will get the salvation in this world itself without any further effort.

This Datta (Sadguru) is mixed with other fraud preachers like the original diamond mixed with artificial diamonds. Now again, all these diamonds (original and artificial) are mixed with gravel stones. This means that Datta and the fraud preachers are mixed with the ordinary human beings, as they appear as human beings only. Therefore, there are two stages of filtration. In the first stage, you have to separate the diamonds from the gravel stones. You must separate the spiritual preachers from your kith and kin. In the second stage, you have to separate Datta from the other preachers. Finally, you have to get the original diamond and the knowledge of such filtration is called ‘Brahma Vidya’ or ‘Brahma Jnana’. You have to get the original diamond finally separated from gravel stones and then from artificial diamonds and this can be done only by the knowledge called ‘Ratna Vidya’ or ‘Ratna Pariksha’. You are unnecessarily spending lot of energy and time in selecting your bride, who is a gravel stone only. Any gravel stone is one and the same. Similarly, any bride is one and the same in poisoning yourself with the materialistic knowledge of this world. But, you are not spending time and energy in selecting the right divine preacher. If you are ignorant about ‘Ratna Vidya’, you may select a gravel stone for the original diamond. If your knowledge is incomplete, you may select an artificial diamond for the original diamond. In both cases you lose your money, which can be earned again and that is not the loss. But, if you select an ordinary human being or a fraud preacher as your spiritual preacher, your loss is irreparable. The reason for this is that you will fall in the hell forever and will not get again this human birth.

An artificial diamond is better than a gravel stone. A fraud spiritual preacher is better than materialistic human beings, who may be your kith and kin. The fraud preacher increases your selfishness by making the Lord as the instrument to achieve your materialistic desires. This is like a poison - tablet coated with real medicine. The real medicine here is that you are worshipping the Lord. The poison is the increased selfishness. But, this capsule is better than the direct tablet of poison, which is given by your so-called kith and kin. Thus, a fraud preacher is better than your kith and kin. In the preaching of the fraud teacher, at least God is introduced. But, in the conversations with your kith and kin, there is no any trace of the knowledge of God. They talk only about the materialistic goals and the corresponding materialistic efforts only. But, if you can catch Datta, you can get directly the tablet of medicine. Sometimes Datta also gives the tablet of medicine coated by poison for some low-level devotees. The higher-level devotees can take the medicine directly, which is completely the knowledge of the Lord. The lower-level devotees need solutions for some materialistic problems. If these problems are solved, there is a hope for them to become higher level devotees. For such low-level devotees, Datta clears their problems and then preaches the spiritual knowledge. Such low-level devotees require the capsule only. The difference in the capsules of the fraud teacher and Datta is that the first capsule contains very little medicine and lot of poison, whereas the second capsule contains very little poison and lot of medicine.

You must eliminate the artificial diamonds from the original diamond. The fraud preachers are either scholars in the Vedas and the Shastras or illiterate not knowing even these Vedas and Shastras. You have to eliminate both these types. The knowledge of Brahman is always inseparable from love and bliss. Knowledge is Brahma, Love is Vishnu and Bliss is Shiva as per the Veda (Prajñānaṃ Brahma, Raso vai saḥ, Ānando Brahma). These three forms are inseparable because only one Brahman exists in these three forms like the same actor existing in three roles. The knowledge preached by scholars gives headache only and not love and bliss in your heart. The knowledge of illiterate preachers is without the quotations from the Vedas and the Shastras. If that illiterate person is Brahman, he should be also Brahma who created the Vedas and the Shastras. Then, what is the difficulty for him to quote the Vedas and the Shastras, which are written by himself only? When he is not Brahma, he cannot be Brahman. Brahman mean possessor and Datta means transporter. Brahman possesses knowledge, love and bliss. Datta transfers these three into the disciples. The container of fire possesses the heat. When one goes near the container, the heat is transferred to him and he must experience that heat. If there is no such transfer of heat, the container is not possessing heat. Therefore, Brahman must be Datta. If Brahman is not Datta, Brahman is not Brahman. The very authority of containing the heat is only the transfer of heat. If anyone claims to be Brahman, the authority is that he should be Datta. This means he who transfers knowledge, love and bliss can only be the possessor of knowledge, love and bliss. Therefore, fraud human incarnations, who claim that they possess knowledge, love and bliss should be discarded because they are unable to transfer the same to the hearts of the other people who come near to them.

The three faces of Datta indicate creation, rule and destruction of this universe. Such capacity is also an associated property of Brahman, which is of course inseparable like the knowledge. Again creation, maintenance and destruction are inseparable because during creation, the maintenance of the new product exists and at the same time, destruction (disappearance) of the cause material also exists.

The right half of Datta is preacher (Guru) holding the Conch shell (Shankha), Damaruka and the bead garland. Shankha denotes the Vedas. Damaruka denotes the Shastras. The bead garland, which rolls again and again denotes the formation of sentence from the sound of Shankha and Damaruka. The repetition of the garland denotes the repeated line of the devotional song indicating devotion. Thus, the right side denotes knowledge and devotion. The left half of Datta indicates the Lord (Bhagavan) holding Chakra indicating Kala (time), Trishula indicating the three types of Karma and finally the water vessel (Kamandalu) indicating the spiritual powers. The right side is more important than the left side. Guru is greater than Bhagavan – why? Bhagavan establishes justice by destroying the injustice through the left side weapons. He leads you from injustice to justice. But, Guru leads you to salvation from the stage of justice. You have to cross the justice also to get the salvation as said in the Gita (Sarva Dharmān…).

The human incarnations (Datta) are of various types like Kalaa (a ray), Amsha (a part), Avesha (temporarily charged), Puurna (full) and Paripuurna (fullest). Such incarnations are called partial (kala, Amsha, Avesha and Puurna) and complete incarnations (Paripuurna) of Datta from the point of expression of the power and not from the point of possession of Parabrahman. Thus, the Kalaa incarnation contains only a ray of the power of Datta. The vessel contains only one drop of milk and that drop only comes out. He is like an elementary school teacher who can teach the elementary classes only. You need not look down at Him. He has done his assigned duty perfectly. But he is different from a professor, who also happens to teach the elementary class. He is like a vessel filled with milk but emitting a drop of milk only according to the requirement. Though the professor looks like an elementary teacher as per the surrounding necessity, you should not underestimate Him. Thus, the fullest incarnation (Pari Puurna) of Datta also may look like ‘Kalaa Incarnation’ according to the low level of the disciple. There is another type of incarnation, which is called ‘Aavesha’. The Lord enters a devotee either fully or partially for some urgent work. As soon as the work is finished, the Lord exits from the body of the devotee. During the stay of the Lord in the devotee, such devotee is also Datta.

Who is Anaghaa? Anaghaa is wife of Datta. Wife is denoted by the word ‘Bhaaryaa’ which means to be maintained. The entire world including all the Jiivas (Souls) is maintained by the Lord. The Lord is called as Husband denoted by the word ‘Bhartaa’ meaning the maintainer. Therefore, every soul is wife and the Lord is Husband. The word Anagha means ‘sinless.’ In what context this word is used for the soul? When the soul (devotee) leaves even the duties for the sake of the Lord, he becomes sinless. Except the case of the Lord, if one leaves the duties for the sake of any other reason, he or she becomes a sinner. Shankara left His mother and His essential duty to serve His mother, for the sake of the Lord. Meera left her husband, Buddha left kingdom, son and wife, and Saktuprastha left his meal and was prepared even to discard the body for the sake of the Lord. All these excellent devotees are not sinners and therefore, called as Anagha. The Vedas in the form of dogs and justice in the form of cow follow Him. This means that the Vedas cannot catch Him and they follow Him because they have not caught Him. The Veda says ‘Yato vācaḥ’, which means that words cannot touch Him. The Vedas are made of words. He is beyond the justice as said in the Gita (Sarva Dharmān…).

Datta is said to be the owner of Yoga. What is the meaning of Yoga? Yoga means to achieve. First you have to achieve the Lord in human form by conquering your egoism and jealousy completely. Then, you should achieve His constant association so that you will be listening His divine preaching. The constant divine knowledge is to be injected like a long course of medical treatment. Till now, you have taken lot of poison in the constant association of your kith and kin. The poison of selfishness is also increased by the fraud preachers. Your illness is chronic and you should leave the materialistic association and be in the constant association of the Lord. If you are a patient of cold, you should take the medicine constantly for a long time because your lungs are full of cold. You should also avoid eating cold things any more.

Therefore, you must have constant association with the Lord and you must also cut the association with your kith and kin. Both are essential to get rid of the chronic illness and to get good health. Yoga denotes the constant association with the Lord. When your mental set up is changed with the constant divine knowledge, your ideas, words and deeds follow according to that divine knowledge. Then you will enjoy the fruits of your deeds. Achieving such good results for good deeds is also Yoga. Due to the constant association with the Lord, your brain is constantly associated with the divine knowledge and therefore, you will constantly achieve good ideas, good words, good deeds and good results. All this is Yoga. People misinterpret Yoga as some physical and mental exercises to achieve physical and mental health. This is also needed for the Sadhana as the basis. Up to fifth stage (Pratyaahaara), you will achieve good health and this is not a part of your spiritual effort. The spiritual effort is the drama for which the ticket is purchased. Building up of the stage is a pre-requisite and that cannot be the starting scene of the drama and the ticket is not purchased for that. Even an atheist requires such health. For such exercises spiritual powers are not granted. Up to this fifth stage, it is only science with logic of Prakriti.

The sixth stage is Dharana in which, the bond is formed with Datta. Next in Dhyana this bond is intensified and finally in Samadhi this bond is permanently fixed without any shake. For these three steps, the grace of the Lord is achieved, which gives superpowers and salvation. These three steps form the wonderful part called Maya, which is above the logic. You should not aspire anything from Datta for your service, like the one-way traffic. Therefore, it is above logic. Only, for that part of Maya the superpowers are achieved and not for Prakriti. Yoga means to unite the streams of energy, which are dissipated through wastage channels and thereby conserving huge energy in yourself so that you can do the service of the Lord very effectively like Hanuman. You have to control the unnecessary thinking of mind and unnecessary gossip through which your limited human energy is wasted. This energy is limited because your digestive system can assimilate a specified quantum of food per day and can produce a specified quantum of energy per day. Your lifetime is fixed. Therefore, your total energy is fixed and is not infinite. Therefore, Yoga is necessary to save this limited energy and concentrate all that limited energy on the work of the Lord in this limited lifetime. This is the real essence of Yoga and ignorant children close eyes and concentrate on the imaginary wheels (Chakras) and imaginary Kundalini and finally get nothing except wasting their time and energy.

Datta knows the stage where you are. But, you overestimate yourself and think that you are in the higher stage. To make you know your own real position, Datta conducts some tests. He gives some problems and misery. Then your response and behavior prove your real position. Of course, in these tests, He is using the results of your sins only. Even if you fail, your sins are cleared and thus you are benefited. There is no any extra loss. When you enjoy the divine knowledge of Datta, which creates bliss in your heart, you may love Datta because He is instrument of your happiness. Every worldly bond is of this type only as said in the Veda (Ātmanaḥ kāmāya). The Veda says that any one loves any other person as long as that person is the instrument of the happiness of the self. When Datta gives misery, He tests your love and sees whether it is like any otherworldly bond. In fact, He makes you know the nature of your bond with Datta. He does not require any test because He knows everything in advance.

To achieve Datta by Brahma vidya is only a first step and to please Datta is the real and final step. To please Datta, the only way is sacrifice. But sacrifice of what? People have taken it as the sacrifice of words, mind and intelligence. The sacrifice of these three items is only the sacrifice of one paisa in a rupee. These three items are attained by the human beings without any effort by the birth itself. It is something like donation of a tumbler of drinking water, which is supplied by the municipality in plenty. Even here, you are donating that, which is in excess for you. When there is leisure time and there is no any possibility of earning the money by sacrificing these three items, then only you donate. If a student comes to you for tuition by paying some fees, you will not donate these three items to the God in that time. When you are free without any work, you think that by donating these three free items, you can get something from the God. Your plan is extraction of wealth from wastage. The Lord is not a fool like a king who can be pleased by the poetry. Therefore, the sacrifice of work and the fruit of the work alone can please Datta. The Veda says about the sacrifice of the fruit of the work (Dhanena tyāgenaikena). But the work and fruit of the work are one and the same and they are only the two different forms. You have worked for one hour for the sake of the Lord. Another person earned hundred rupees by doing the same work. The second person sacrifices those hundred rupees, which is the fruit of that one-hour work. Both are equal in the sacrifice.

Therefore, the Gita divided this sacrifice into two parts. 1) Sacrifice of work (Karma Samnyasa), 2) Sacrifice of fruit of work (Karma Phala Tyaga). The Veda also mentions the sacrifice of work (Kurvanneveha karmāṇi). The Gita says about sacrifice of work (Mat karma paramo bhava) and about the sacrifice of the fruit of the work (Sarva karmaphala tyāgam, phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ. For saints, sacrifice of fruit of work is not possible because they do not earn. Hanuman was a saint and sacrificed all His time and energy in the form of work for the sake of Rama. Gopikas were householders and sacrificed the fruit of their work, which was butter. Please note that Hanuman and Gopikas have not done any other form of worship as we do today. Once the sacrifice of these two exists, sacrifice by words, mind and intelligence also can co-exist and become valuable. When you donate ninety-nine paise, it can be treated as almost one rupee but it cannot be actually one rupee. The remaining one paisa must be also donated to make the donation full in the actual sense. Donating merely a tumbler of drinking water has no value and is not charged even in the hotel. But that one tumbler of drinking water is valuable when the plate of meals is served. Such feast becomes complete only with the drinking water. The Lord will not care for your other good or bad qualities because for Him, the only good quality is sacrifice and the only bad quality is selfishness.

The hunter Kannappa has all the bad qualities of Rajas and Tamas, but contains excellent sacrifice. He is the nectar in an earthern cup. You may contain all the good qualities of Sattvam but you are always selfish to extract something from the Lord. You are the salt water in the golden cup. The material in the cup is paid in the hotel and no payment is done for the cup. Such sacrifice is called as service, which is the real proof of your real devotion. Such real sacrifice is not impossible because you are doing the same to your children. When you can do that in one place, why can’t you do it in the case of the Lord? Therefore, your love on the Lord is not true and is polluted by selfishness, which is like poisoned milk. You are giving all the true love to your children and all the false love to the Lord. You are sacrificing work and fruit of the work to your children and you are sacrificing words, mind and intelligence to the Lord. Start giving at least a spoon of the true love to the Lord and stop giving pots of false love. If you really analyze yourself, your body, your energy, your work and the fruit of your work, they are part and parcel of the property of the Lord only. In that case, you have not sacrificed anything because you yourself are a part of His movable property. Therefore, when you get egoism that you are sacrificing to the Lord, such analysis (Jnana) is necessary. But in such analysis, you lose the sweet love, which is called as devotion. You feel the sweet love when you sacrifice your property to your children. Similarly, to enjoy the sweetness of love of devotion, ignorance (Ajnana) is also necessary. In fact, the Lord enjoys this sweet love. When you sacrifice something to Him, He also feels that you have sacrificed your work and your fruit of work. He forgets that all this is His property. Only in such imposed ignorance, you and the Lord can enjoy the sweetness of devotion.

Datta means sacrifice. Therefore, Datta is not only the goal but also the path. Datta appears with all bad qualities like drinking the wine etc., but He means the sacrifice. Therefore, He is the nectar in the earthen cup. He sets an example for you. He is indicating that you should not be worried about your bad qualities, if you have the sacrifice. Sacrifice is the pleasant scent and selfishness is the pungent bad odor. Datta likes the hut with good scent than the castle with bad odor. The Gita says the same thing “Api cet sa durācāraḥ bhajate māmananyabhāk sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyak vyavasito hi saḥ”. This means that you may have any bad quality, it shall be neglected by the Lord, provided you serve the Lord through sacrifice in action. The word ‘Bhaja’ in this verse means Service as per the Sanskrit Grammar (Bhaja = Sevāyām). The word ‘Vyavasita’ means action or practice. The value comes to yourself and not to the container in which you are present. Datta comes to you as a beggar. You are donating food (Bhikshaa) to Him. Do you think that Datta lost the value and you have gained the value as a donor? The diamond present in the lowest world (Paataala) is diamond. The stone present in Brahmaloka is only a stone. Therefore, you are His beggar and all your wealth is only the Bhikshaa given by Him. Therefore, the value does not come to the outer atmosphere.

The conclusion of this Datta Jayanti is that Datta is neither any past incarnation nor the present statue or photo. Datta is the present human incarnation existing in your present generation. Recognize Him and worship Him. The birthday of such present incarnation is the real Datta Jayanti but all the human beings cannot raise to this level due to their unconquered egoism and jealousy. Therefore, for such basic level ignorant people, today is Datta Jayanti and this statue or photo is Datta. They are worshipping this statue or photo as a representative of Datta (Pratīka upaasanam). At this level this is also not wrong. An LKG student has to carry the slate. The PG student need not mock at this LKG student because he was also in LKG once upon a time carrying the same slate. But the message to the LKG students is that they should not sit in LKG only throughout their lives.

[Divine miracle on Datta Jayanti:- After giving this divine discourse, Swami started singing devotional songs. One lady devotee called Mrs. V. Bharati, an artist of All India Radio fainted for two to three hours. Later on she explained that Swami appeared as Lord Narasimha with very furious face. She was unable to see the face and fainted with shock.]

Just, two three days before Datta Jayanti Swami stated “This creation is the mind of the Lord. His will is the creation like a daydream. If His mind is pleasant, this nature will also be pleasant. Then all the seasons will be regular and all the people will be happy without any natural calamity. But, when the mind of the Lord gets irritated, this creation is also irritated. Such irritation of the creation is the natural calamity like earthquakes, floods, drought etc. If the people love the Lord without any selfishness, the Lord becomes happy. The happiness is a quality of the mind. Therefore, His mind, which is the creation (nature) becomes pleasant. Now the devotees love the Lord only for selfish benefits. It is not true love. When you expect true love from somebody, if he shows superficial and artificial love, you become irritated because he is trying to cheat you. When the Lord comes in human form, these devotees are unable even to recognize Him, because their eyes have become blind with the egoism and jealousy.

They are insulting the Lord who came in the human form as said in the Gita (Avajānanti māṃ Mūḍhāḥ mānuṣīṃ tanumāśritam). This is another irritation for the Lord. When you go to the house of your dear and near and if they do not recognize you and insult you, how much irritation you get? Some of His devotees are claiming themselves as the Lord. How much you get irritated when a person who is very close to you claims himself as yourself in some other place? The people are showing extreme love on wife, children and money and they are prepared to do any sin to earn money for their children. But these people are not showing even a trace of such love on the Lord. If you do any sin in the extreme love for the sake of the Lord, such sin is neglected. But when you do the same sin for the sake of your family, such sin is counted as a sin only and cannot be neglected. The Lord punishes the sinners in this world to give a proof for others. The punishment continues in the upper world also. The Lord protects the real devotees even if somebody harms him. His work does not end with the protection of the real devotee only. His work finishes when the sinner is destroyed. When a sinner wounds His real devotee, He protects the devotee by applying medicine to the wound. He does not stop here. He further proceeds to wound the sinner. Thus, protection of real devotees and destruction of sinners are done simultaneously as said in the Gita (Paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām)”.]

On the day of Datta Jayanti, we have seen the earthquakes and the floods of sea as indicated by Swami. Swami advised all of us “If you have done any great work, think that it is the power of the Lord, which has done that work. Convey all the appreciation from the public to the Lord. If you have done any foolish thing, you have done it and you take the defame. If you follow this path, you will do wonderful things. A dumb fellow will become an excellent orator. A lame person will jump over the hills. Arjuna killed all the Kauravas by the power of the Lord only. When Arjuna was fighting, he could see clearly the Lord walking before his chariot and killing the opponents with ‘Trishula’ in His hand. Arjuna felt always as if his arrows were killing the dead bodies. Arjuna asked sage Vyasa about this vision during the war itself. Vyasa told that the Lord is sitting on the chariot in the form of Krishna. He was also sitting on the flag in the form of Hanuman. He was also walking before the chariot in the form of Shiva. Arjuna realizes his strength after the exit of Krishna. He could not win in the fight with even some ordinary forest hunters in the absence of Krishna. He realizes what he is without Krishna. A metallic wire weighing 100 grams cannot move the ceiling fan, which is weighing 1000 grams. But, when the current passes through that, the wire moves the fan with terrible speed. For our eyes, the wire appears as if it is moving the fan. The current in the wire cannot be seen. Similarly, it appeared as if Arjuna killed all the Kauravas. But, it is the power of the Lord, which passed through Arjuna killed all the Kauravas. The Lord showed this fact in His Vishwaruupam. Arjuna saw the Kauravas being crushed in the mouth of the Lord. A constant awareness of this concept will destroy the egoism forever. Then only, the devotee surrenders completely to the Lord. Such devotee will easily sacrifice the fruits of all his works to the Lord without any inhibition”.

Om Shanti Shanti Shantih

Datta Jayanti Day

Sacrifice

Today I asked Datta “Why you entered Me for this work? I am full of bad qualities. There are several sages who are embodiments of good qualities. You enter them”. Datta replied “It is true that You are a bad fellow but You have one good quality before which all Your bad qualities can be neglected. Those sages have all good qualities but they have one bad quality before which all their good qualities are neglected”. I asked Datta very anxiously “What is that greatest good quality and what is that strongest bad quality?” Datta replied “The greatest good quality present in You is sacrifice. You always spend Your energy and time to uplift others. You never utter My name even once for Your upliftment. Those sages put efforts mostly to uplift themselves and so their strongest bad quality is selfishness. You are a hut emitting sweet fragrance. They are marble castles emitting bad odor. I prefer to enter the hut emitting sweet fragrance and not the castle which emits bad odor”.

Oh Devotees! All of you are marble castles with all good qualities. You are emitting bad odor of selfishness. If you remove that selfishness and develop sacrifice, you will be the marble palaces with sweet fragrance. Then Datta will run to enter you.

You have climbed the first step. Now you try to help the people standing on the ground to climb the first step. God will take you to second step like the mother cat catches its child by mouth and carries the child. You should not try to climb the second step. If you do so, you will certainly slip. If you say that you will first climb all the steps and then come down to help others, it cannot be believed. If you have climbed all the steps by your effort, that proves your infinite selfishness. Jealousy is directly proportional to selfishness. So, your infinite jealousy makes you not to help anybody at any time. Therefore, you cannot be believed and God will not help you to climb all the steps. Today, you got hundred rupees. You sacrifice ten rupees. Tomorrow God will give you thousand. Then sacrifice hundred rupees. Then God will give you 1 lakh rupees and you sacrifice 1000 rupees. Don’t ask God for one lakh rupees directly in the first step stating that you will contribute Rs.1000/-. God will not agree because you cannot be believed. Similarly, as you gain knowledge and devotion from God at every level, go on donating the knowledge and devotion to the ignorant people. Then God will give you full knowledge and full devotion in course of time. Sacrifice must co-exist with enjoyment at every level. If you spend all your time, energy and money in the propagation work of God, God is pleased fully with you. In that stage you need not do any worship to God. Shankaracharya spent all His time and energy to propagate knowledge. Meera spent all her time and energy to propagate devotion. For both, Datta gave salvation along with their bodies. The very word Datta means sacrifice. If you do such complete sacrifice for uplifting others in the world, you are the real incarnation of Datta. This is the essence of Datta. Without the essence one cannot become Datta by external appearance and dress. A person having the strength of a lion is called as a real lion. The person who is dressed as lion cannot be the real lion. The Sadhana (effort) must be to achieve the essence of Datta and not the appearance of Datta.

(In this discourse Swami told that He is a person with bad qualities. This is only to say that even a bad person with sacrifice is blessed by God and a good person with selfishness is condemned by God. Generally Swami speaks in a reverse way about Himself and this should not be mistaken.)

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