Posted on 01 Jan 2004. 
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Morning Discourse
The Divine preaching of Holy Jesus is the topmost Gospel in the world and touches the climax of the truth. For example: Holy Krishna says in the Gita that one should withdraw himself from the family bonds slowly like a tortoise withdrawing its limbs (Kūrmoṅgānīva). The tradition of Datta is to cut the family bonds by the Sword of Knowledge as per the Gita (Jñānāsi nātmanaḥ). But Holy Jesus says that one should hate these family bonds to become His disciple. Cutting the bond is Zero. Existing in the bond is Plus and hating the bond is Minus. Zero is near to Plus and Minus is very far. So if you cut the bond it may form again. But if you hate the bond, the bond will never be formed so that the bond with the Lord alone is eternal. See the preaching of Lord Jesus with impartial attitude and without conservatism. After all a diamond is diamond whether it is foreign diamond or Indian diamond. Thus, Holy Jesus is the king of all the divine preachers. He is like the Sun from whom these divine sentences radiate like rays.
The Holy Bible speaks about the ever-lasting fire and that the souls have no rebirth. Hindu scriptures say that the soul has rebirth. Both these can be convinced and co-related. The condemned souls enter the everlasting fire, which means that these souls take the births as animals, birds, worms etc., which are like the fire due to the continuous agony. The word “everlasting” means that once the soul enters into the cycle of these births the soul will never come back to the human birth. The rebirth as a human being as told in the Hindu scriptures can be again co-related with the Holy Bible. Holy Jesus says that the Kingdom of God is extended into this world. The meaning of this is that whenever God comes in human form to stay with us (Immanuel), the disciples of the Lord will be staying in this divine Kingdom on the thrones equally with the Lord. This means the servants of the Lord will take rebirth as human beings and will be preaching here and they will be respected like God. For Ex.: The Holy Pope is given the status of God. The Holy Pope and other such topmost Bishops and pious Fathers who are indulged in the propagation of the knowledge will get the status of God here itself in this world. Thus, the inner sense is the same in all the scriptures, which is spoken in different ways. The ways are different but the real essence is the same.
The aim of human life is to achieve the grace that is the love of God. Even if you earn more money, you are not carrying it after death. Very little money is sufficient to eat and drink which the animals and the birds are also doing even without money. If the aim of the money is only eating, drinking and enjoying, you will be born as animal or bird or worm in the next birth. If your file is opened in the upper world, you will not get definitely the human birth. When you serve the Lord in this world when He comes in the human form then only you can get human birth without any enquiry in order to serve the Lord when the Lord reincarnates. You must recognize the Lord by His knowledge, because the Veda says that knowledge is Brahman. Only miracles are not the signs since demons also performed miracles. The Gita says that the Lord comes down in human form (Mānuṣīṃ tanumāśritam). The Gita also says that it is very difficult to worship formless (Avyaktā hi). The Gita also says that if one worships the inert statue, he will be born as a stone (Bhūtejyā yānti bhūtāni). So you must serve the Lord by doing practical service which consists of 1) Sacrifice of work, 2) Sacrifice of fruit of work (money), which is also a form of work. The sacrifice must be to the full extent. When a beggar gives one rupee that is greater than one lakh given by a multi-lakhier because the beggar has sacrificed whatever he possessed. Holy Jesus appreciated one old lady who donated whatever she possessed, as the highest divine soul.
The Lord wants that you should have the only bond with Him and that all the other bonds should be cut. The bond with the life is the highest and one in millions can only sacrifice even the life for the sake of Lord. Holy Jesus says that one should carry his own cross for the sake of God. Such sacrifice needs a lot of love accumulated during millions of births because everyone sacrifices everybody and everything to save his life. After life, what is the next strong bond? It is only the issues. After the issues the next bond is with wealth and money. Everybody is earning even breaking the justice only to give to his or her children. Then how to break the bond with children? Their bond with children is merged with the bond with the money because money is only for children. So, if you can cut the bond with the money your bond with the children is broken. If the bond with the children is broken, all the bonds are broken except the bond with life. Therefore, the Lord competes with your money. The Lord says in the Vishnupuranam “Yasyānugrahamicchāmi tasya vittaṃ harāmyaham.” It means that if the Lord wants to bless anybody with full salvation, He will take away his or her money completely. This means that when the money is sacrificed, the bond with the children is definitely cut. If that highest bond is cut, all the other bonds will be cut. That is the full liberation from all the bonds, which is called complete salvation. You are returning back the money that is the Goddess Lakshmi to her husband (God) unlike Ravana.
Veda says “bhuñjīdhāḥ mā gṛdhaḥ” that means, “all this is the wealth of the Lord. Take the minimum needed. If you take extra, you are a thief, as Lord does not permit it. Therefore, return it back to the Lord”. Our Indians never donate even a single coin for God’s work except the words (prayers) and Mind (Meditation).
The Holy Bible says that people are praying by their lips but the heart is with the family bonds only (Matthew 15:7&8). Even if they have earned for ten generations, they will be still working for the eleventh generation. Holy Jesus says that the camel may enter the eye of the needle but a rich man can never reach the God. But if you see the foreigners, they donate lot for the God’s work and ask even their children to live independently after certain age. This is the reason why India suffers with poverty and foreign countries are blessed with wealth. God blessed India with good language for their sacrifice of their words and with good knowledge for their sacrifice of mind. Swami Vivekananda wept facing the sky asking the Lord “Why my country suffers with poverty in spite of so much rich spiritual knowledge?”. You compare Dhrutarashtra of the Mahabharata with Gopikas of the Bhagavata. Dhrutarashtra could not cut the bond with money because of his blind bond with the children. For that he was prepared to leave dharma (Dharmaraja) and Lord (Krishna).
Gopikas gave all the butter, which is their entire money to the Lord only even without giving to their children. They left money, children and dharma also for the sake of Lord. In the beginning of Bhagavatam itself a verse is seen, which states that, even the sage Vysya was crying and running after his son Shuka. This shows the blind and strongest bond on the issues. What is the use of the penance, sacrifices and authorship of 18 puranas of Vyasa? He was defeated before the uneducated Gopikas. Therefore, saadhanaa means cutting the worldly bonds in the real life in practice and not chanting hymns, penance, meditation, singing devotional songs, shedding pots of tears etc. All these are related to words and mind only, which are valueless. If you sell all these in the market not a single rupee is attained. Even if you give these freely, people will reject. The devotees are very clever who say that the pure mind is for the pure Lord and the worst money is for the worst family!
The six yoga chakras (wheels) stand for the six bonds, with mother, father, husband or wife, children, fraud preachers, and illusory deities. The seventh chakra is Sahasraara that is intelligence in which the Lord exists. The bond with the children called Anaahata chakra exists in the heart, which is in between the six chakras. Anaahata means that bond which cannot be cut. That is the bond with the children. The heart is abode of all the love. Thus, the bond with children is the strongest. Holy Jesus says that wherever your money is present there your heart exists. This means that the money is related to heart and the heart is related to issues. Holy Jesus also says that unless you hate mother and father, husband and wife, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters and even your own life, you cannot be the disciple of the Lord. Lord Datta is famous for cutting the bonds (Dattam Chinnam). But Lord Jesus goes one step ahead, by asking you even to hate the bond. Why? Cutting the bond is zero. Hating the bond is minus. Zero is more near to plus than the minus. That means when you cut the bond there may be possibility of formation of bond again but if you hate there is no re-formation of the bond.
In the olden days people used to give more importance to Dharma (Justice) than money. So, the Lord used to compete with Dharma, asking whether the devotee chooses the Lord leaving Dharma or not. For example: Dharmaraja did not tell a lie when he was fighting for the kingdom in the battlefield. He gave more importance to Dharma than the money (kingdom). But today in this Kaliyuga people are giving more importance for money than Dharma. Therefore, the Lord competes with money and not with Dharma because people are leaving Dharma for the sake of money.
When you recognize the Lord in the human form you must give more importance to His work than His personal service. If you do more personal service, He will preach you many times. But He will not give you even single extra mark when He values your examination script. Holy Jesus asked the people who are personally attached to Him and weep for Him, to weep for themselves and for their children. All your exercises with words and mind (prayers, meditation etc.) are only the year wise academic courses. The practical sacrifice of your work and fruit of your work is the year-end examination, by which only you can get the grace of the Lord. The academic course must help you to write well the examination. The examination tests about how much you digested and not how much you studied. What is the use of preaching you several times when the whole worldly ocean is present in you? All the matchsticks lit will be put off. If you lit a dry wood, one-match stick will do to lit the wood. What is the use of pressing hundred times the feet of the Sadguru, which results only in the pain of your hands? What is the use of Sadguru preaching hundred times which results only in the pain of His throat?
Krishna gave the highest place to Gopikas. What is the reason? Is it because Gopikas left their husbands and danced with Krishna in Rasakeli in Brindavanam? Is Krishna a fan of ladies? No, He is showing the reason by His hand, which contains the butter. That butter is the entire earning of Gopikas. Gopikas sacrificed all their earning to the Lord without giving even to their children. This shows that they have cut the highest bond that is the bond with their children. Therefore, sacrifice of money proves that all the worldly bonds are cut.
The Veda says “Dhanena tyāgenaike amṛtattvamānaśuḥ” which means that sacrifice of money only can prove the real love to God. This was also told in the Gita, as Karma Phala Tyaaga, which is the sacrifice of fruit of the work. This is the truth and the real essence of Sadhana. You have shown the real love to your children by sacrifice of work and sacrifice of money. Bathing, dressing, taking the child to the school etc., comes under sacrifice of work (Karma Samnyaasa). Paying the school fees, giving food and giving the property are Karmaphala Tyaaga. Both these put together are called karma yoga or service as per the Gita. This service is called Kriya Yoga which does not mean sacrifice of mind in the name of meditation by closing the eyes. Kriya means the sacrifice of work or the fruit of the work (money). Money is also another form of the work. Therefore, money is also called as Kriya or Work. After doing this service to your son, even if he does not serve you back and even if he insults you, still you give your property to him only. This is the real love. Are you showing this real love to God? If He is not responding, you are throwing His photo. Suppose He gives you troubles then you are breaking the photo. But remember one point: you may get another wife, another husband, another child by adoption but you cannot get another God. In the upper world except God, nobody can save you. The Holy Bible says that Holy Jesus is the only savior.
God loves you without any selfish benefit. All these family members love you for their selfish benefits since you are giving happiness to them. If you trouble them, they will leave you. The Veda says the same “Ātmanaḥ kāmāya sarvaṃ priyaṃ bhavati”. The love of God is very pious and special as you can say Holy Jesus saying that one should love even his enemy. You are using such God as the instrument for the sake of happiness of your family members! Is it not similar to that incident in which Kaushika is using his own wife Sumati to carry him to a prostitute? The prostitute loves Kaushika for her selfish benefit only and Sumati loves Kaushika without any selfish benefit. When God is in the place of Sumati, Sumati is in the place of the prostitute relatively.
After the death one has to stay for ten days in ‘pretaloka’ and during this time he (or she) is enquired by the Lord. For good results he goes to heaven and there he gets the divine nectar (Amrutam) as food. For mixed results he goes to ‘pitruloka’ where he gets the ‘somarasa’ (juice of moon) as the food. For bad results he goes to hell where he is not allowed any food or water to drink. Then what about the ceremonies performed after his death? These ceremonies are the prayers to the Lord and sacrificing the money to the most deserving divine person. The people who have done these two things when they are alive need not worry for such ceremonies or for the issues. Shankara, Miira etc., did not have issues to perform such things. It is better you yourself try for your protection in the upper world. You are unable to do that while you are alive and you are assigning to somebody else. After your death they do the ceremony as a formality only and they are giving your money to the undeserving fellows who are just like the tape recorders and chant hymns without knowing any meaning.
The Gita says “uddharedātmanā ātmānam’’ which means that you should not believe some other person to help you and you should help yourself in the spiritual field. You have no right even to donate your fruit to your wife when she is not spiritually attached. The devotee Tukaram agreed to take his wife along with him in the divine airplane. But the wife of Tukaram was engaged in washing the vessels and clothes and could not catch the divine plane. Therefore, in spiritual field everyone has his or her own account. Holy Jesus advised a disciple to follow Him only and not worry about the rituals to be done to cremate his dead father. This shows that the son cannot do anything for his father who died.
The Lord is present in the human body of incarnation. In the case of a devotee both the Lord and the soul co-exists in the human body. Therefore, a devotee may err sometime because the soul in the body may not understand clearly whatever the Lord says. You can see the difference in the utility of donations spent by a committee of devotees and a committee of devotees guided directly by the Lord in human form. In the first case lot of money is wasted and in the second case the money is properly utilized. Therefore, it is better to participate in the service of the Lord in human form than in the service conducted by a committee of devotees. Holy Jesus says that He is greater than a devotee who is engaged in the propagation as a preacher because a devotee may err and the Lord will never err (Matthew 11:9).
The inner divine form of the Lord is this world only. Veda says “Viśvameva idaṃ puruṣaḥ” “Viśvaṃ Viṣṇuḥ.” Therefore, if you serve the world, you are serving the actual form of Lord. You will not err in your service if you serve under the direction of the Lord. If you do social service without the association with the Lord in Human form you will go to heaven only where you enjoy for some time and return back as per the Gita (Kṣīṇe puṇye). The Lord in human form also comes only to uplift all the people in this world. If you participate in His program you are serving the world which is the inner divine form of the Lord. All the people in the world deserve to receive the divine knowledge, which alone can give real devotion. Among these people, poor people deserve financial help also. It is just like providing boarding and lodging to the students who come from outside. But all the students whether day-scholars or hostlers have to attend the classes and all are taught equally.
Holy Jesus says that there are fraud preachers who claimed themselves as divine people by their external dress and they are like the wolfs covered by the leather of the sheep. As there are fraud devotees there are fraud human incarnations also. The Veda and the Gita supported by Shastras (logic) should be taken as authority in recognizing the real human incarnation. Shankara entered the house of Mandanamishra even though the doors were bolted. Manadanamishra is present in the house along with sages Vyasa and Jaimini engaged in a ceremony. They did not praise Shankara for that miracle. If we were in their place, we will just fall on the feet of Shankara praising Him as God. That is our present standard. But they know that even demons perform the miracles.
Miracles are not the only signs of God. Mandanamishra fell on the feet of Shankara and left even the house after debating with Shankara for twenty-one days. Both Shankara and Mandanamishra exposed their knowledge supported by the Vedas, the Gita and the Shastras. But the knowledge of Shankara only gave bliss to the hearts of Vyasa and Jaimini including Mandanamishra. All the three accepted Shankara as the incarnation of Lord Shiva. Therefore, the real sign of the Lord is divine knowledge which is true and infinite and cannot be possessed by any other soul. Such special knowledge is called ‘Prajnanam’. The Knowledge of the Lord only gives bliss. Therefore, the true, infinite and special knowledge that gives bliss to the heart of anybody is the real sign of the Lord. The Veda says the same “Satyaṃ Jñānam Anantam Brahma”, ‘Prajñānaṃ Brahma”, “Ānando Brahma”. The Lord possesses all the powers and uses them, only whenever there is a bare necessity. Shankara entered the house with the bolted doors because the doors were not opened in spite of His calls. The fraud human incarnations get some powers from God by penance and they exhibit these powers to attract the people and claim themselves as God. The demons did like this and innocent people were trapped. But the sages like Vyasa and Jaimini will never agree such demons as God.
Upachaara means a mode of worship, which gives happiness when it is done to others. It should not be done for your happiness. The happiness comes only when the other object to which you do this Upachaara, is a living being. Non-living objects like statues and photos are meant only for the vision. These statues and photos are not the direct photos taken and they are only imaginary. They are meant only for vision and subsequent meditation because you cannot meditate upon a formless object. But when the human incarnation is available to you to receive all your upacharas (service) what is the necessity of worshipping these inert objects?
The Holy Bible and the Old Testament also condemn the idol worship. The Veda says ‘Na tasya pratimā asti’ which means that the Lord is not present in the statues and photos. Therefore, your service cannot give happiness to these inert objects. They are only representatives of God and you can use these objects just for meditation or vision only and not at all for your service (worship). The Gita seriously condemns the worship to these statues and photos by saying that one will be born as an inert object if the statues and photos are worshipped. The Gita also says that if you worship the human incarnation, you will get the human birth again (Yānti mat yājino'pi mām). The human incarnation comes in every human generation because God is impartial to all the generations. The Gita says that He comes in human form in every generation “Sambhavāmi yuge yuge”. The word Yuga means a human generation. The word Yuga is also used in this sense. People say to the youngsters “this is your Yuga” which means that this belongs to their generation.
The Veda says that food should not be wasted (Annaṃ na paricakṣīta). The sacrifice or Yajna is only to feed the guest who is a deserving person like fire. The Veda says that the guest is the fire (Vaiśvānaro brāhmaṇaḥ praviśati atithiḥ). The word Agni comes from ‘Agri’ which means that the guest should be fed first. The Gita says that deity of the fire called as Vaishvanara lives as hunger in the stomach. Therefore, feeding the hungry guest is the real Yajna. Such a guest possesses all the deities in Him and so by feeding such guest all the deities are satisfied. The Veda says the same “Yāvatīr vai devatāḥ”. Kapila, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu told His mother in Bhagavatam that only a fool burns the food by putting it in the fire in the name of Yajna. Krishna went to the Yajna and asked the wives of the sages to give Him the food prepared to be burnt in Yajna since He was hungry. He ate that food preaching that feeding a hungry deserving person is the real Yajna. Krishna, the protector of Dharma of Vedas will never disturb the real sense of Yajna, if it were otherwise. He also discouraged the Yajna to be conducted to a deity called Indra. Similarly, you are burning oil or ghee, which is the food to light the oil lamp before God.
In the olden days there was no other alternative than to lit the oil lamp. In such a situation people prayed the lamp with divine feeling. But now the electric light is present which is considered as more valuable than the physical form of fire. There are three forms of fire: 1) Laukikaagni (Physical form), 2) Vaidyutaagni (Electric form), 3) Vaishvanaraagni (the deity form). The latter one is more valuable than the former. So when you have the electric light why should you lit the oil lamp which is the physical form. The Veda says that the fire cannot shine before the Lord (Kuto'yamagni). The Gita says the same “Na pāvakaḥ”. So, you are burning the food which is a form of Dhanyalakshmi and by doing such acts how can you get the wealth i.e., Lakshmi? In the Veda, no other Upachaara is mentioned except the Yajna which means preparation of food and feeding the guest. The physical fire lit in Yajna is only an instrument like a stove to prepare the food. Such fire is not for worship. The fire that is to be worshipped is the deity-form that is present in the form of hunger present in the human stomach. Therefore, you should not waste by burning the food in such acts which are against the Veda. Such sinful acts only increase the pollution of the environment by causing Greenhouse effect and stop the rains. You must sacrifice your wealth only to a deserving person like the human incarnation of the Lord like Holy Jesus, Holy Saibaba etc. If you waste the food and money in the name of worshipping the inert objects, you are getting lot of sin. Even if you donate to the undeserving person, you will get lot of sin as said in the Mahabharata by Vidura. The present priests are only the tape recorders of the Vedas. In the olden days the Vedas were protected by recitation when there was no printing. Now what is the use of the recitation without knowing or preaching their meanings?
The word Veda itself means knowledge. Such priests who only recite are called the divine animals by the Veda (Devānāṃ paśurahaha). The Veda laughs at such priests who appear divine by their external appearance. But they are considered as animals since they do not know the meaning of Veda and therefore never practice. The original tradition of sages was knowing and practicing the real meaning but the middle age scholars have twisted everything due to their ignorance because they never cared to know the meaning of the Vedas. The ancient Scholars not only recited but also knew the meaning of the Vedas. People are following the majority like sheep in this blind tradition. In spiritual field majority go to hell and only one in millions goes to God as said in the Gita (Manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu). There is only one Shankara or one Meera. Holy Jesus also told that the path leading to Him is very narrow and only a few people travel. You should serve the Lord in Human form without aspiring any fruit in return. Such little service yields infinite fruit. That infinite fruit can be converted into wealth and can be given to you here itself but you will be spoiled by such immense wealth. Therefore, the Lord gives you here whatever is needed only. Let all the infinite fruit be reserved for the upper world where your wealth cannot do anything. Have faith in the Lord and He will do the best for you.
Do not yield yourself into the trap of present priests and astrologers. The present priests sacrifice their words by chanting some hymns to different statues and make you spend some money in unnecessary things like wasting food by lighting the lamps, burning camphor etc., which will cause only pollution. They are selling their words for money only. Lord is not present in these statues and they are meant only just for vision and meditation. The Veda says the same “Drasṣṭavyaḥ”, “Nedaṃ tat”. The priest should explain the meanings of the Vedic hymns and he must create the divine knowledge and devotion in you. Then only He is the real Sadguru to whom you can sacrifice any amount of money as Guru Dakshina. You are misled by the ignorant people in false path, which gives no result to you. Holy Jesus says that blind will lead blind and all will fall in the pit (Matthew 15:14). Similarly, the astrologers predict the future through the planets. The priests are collaborating with the astrologers. It is a joint business.
The astrologers advise you to perform a particular worship to remove your problems. The problems are the results of your sins given by the judge and are implemented by the executive officials called planets. Even the leader of the planets that is the Sun will do his job fearing for the Lord as said in the Veda “Bhīṣodeti sūryaḥ”. When the judgement is already given by the judge, can the police or jailor deviate from the judicial order? Even in the planets the power of Lord is only existing and if the planet deviates it means the Lord deviated. Even if you recognize the Lord and pester Him, He will push your present problems to the later part of this birth or the future birth with added interest. You cannot soap the judge and alter the judgement. Accept the judgement and undergo the punishment. Never ask the Lord about this. Serve the Lord in Human form without asking for any fruit. When you have such real love, the Lord in Human form will transfer the results of your sins to Him and will suffer for your sake without your knowledge. If you know that He is suffering for your sake you will never agree because you have real love to Him. Do not think that with the help of astrologers and priests you can get the results of good deeds, which you have not done. If you pester the Lord, He will bring the results of your good deeds arranged in the life cycle of your future birth as a premature deposit with a reduced value i.e., a loss for you only. By such things your future birth will be full of problems with the added interests and is devoid of any result of good deed. You will weep with problems from birth to death in your future birth and you will scold God because you will not know that all that was only due to your foolishness in the previous birth. Therefore, the essence of My message is only one thing: Recognize the Lord in Human form with the help of the scriptures and prove your love practically by doing service and try to cut your bonds with these family members who are only dramatic. These bonds will vanish after death. When Arjuna went to heaven along with Krishna to see his son Abhimanyu, he asked Arjuna ‘Who are you?’ Arjuna replied ‘I am your father’. Abhimanyu told ‘I have passed through millions of births. In which birth you were my father?’ Ashtavakra, the preacher of King Janaka says in Ashtavakra Samhita that the mother and son in this birth are born as wife and husband in the next birth! The meaning of this verse is that a couple of film actors may act as mother and son in one film shooting and the same two actors may act as husband and wife in another film shooting. They are neither mother and son nor wife and husband before and after the shooting.
Shankara says “Yadanityaṃ tat kṛtakaṃ hi loke” which means that which is temporary is also unreal. These bonds are temporary as they exist only in the shooting time. In the shooting time also, they are not really mother and son or wife and husband. Therefore, these bonds are also unreal. That is the reason why Shankara left His mother for the sake of God. Holy Jesus told “who is My mother?” on seeing His mother (Matthew 12:48). The only real and permanent bond is with the producer and director of these films i.e., God and the bond is the employer–employee relationship. Realize that real and permanent bond with the Lord and prove it when He comes in the human form in your generation.
Past is past and open your third eye of the knowledge at least in this year because the wheel of the time will not stop for you. At least catch the God in human form and become His servant to get the human birth again. Otherwise, if your file is opened there, you will be thrown into the cycle of animals and birds forever. As you serve for your old age, you serve the Lord in human form for your next birth. If you are the servant of the Lord, your file will not be opened in the upper world and you will take rest in the upper divine world along with the Lord and you will follow Him as a human being to serve Him when He reincarnates in this world. You are having all the facilities as the Lord has. During birth and death there is no agony and during the lifetime also you are with infinite bliss. These are the facilities of the Lord in His incarnations. As a servant you will have the same facilities forever. Holy Jesus told that the disciple would have the full status of the Lord (Matthew 5:48). Salvation does not mean disappearing yourself and dissolving in the Lord like water drop merging in the sea. Salvation means liberation from these worldly human births, which have agony in the birth and death, and also worries during the lifetime. Salvation means entering the divine life cycles as the servant of the Lord keeping your identity without dissolution. As the Lord is entertained by this creation, you are also equally entertained. Veda says that He created this world for the entertainment (Ekākī na ramate). Therefore, salvation means neither dissolution of the world nor dissolution of yourself in the Lord. Salvation means the eternal entertainment in the divine life cycles following the Lord having all the facilities of the Lord and enjoying just like the Lord but keeping in mind that you are always the servant of the Lord.
Dancing while keeping the pot on the head is not possible for any ordinary human being. For a talented dancer only it is possible. For ordinary human beings either one should dance or stand keeping the pot on the head. Similarly, any ordinary human being cannot concentrate on God while attending the duties. Either he should concentrate on God or do the duty. Only a liberated soul (Siddha) can concentrate on God while doing the duties. Which is the best among the following? 1) Concentrate on God always without doing any duty. 2) Do the duties without any concentration on God. 3) Concentrate on God for some time and concentrate on the duty for some time.
The second option is the best, since in that option the whole or a part of the fruit of all your work can be sacrificed for the sake of God. Hanuman as per Valmiki Ramayana never did prayers, meditation etc., (sacrifice of words and mind) and He participated always in the work of the Lord only. Sugriva was near Rama doing His personal service and Hanuman was away from Rama in the work of the Lord to search Sita thereby to kill Ravana and serve the world. Since the world is the inner divine form of Rama, participation of yourself in the work of the Lord to uplift the world is the best service. The external human body called Rama is not eternal whereas this world is eternal. Rama embraced Hanuman and not Sugriva. Keep Hanuman as your example always. He recognized the human incarnation and participated in His service only and got the highest fruit by becoming the future creator. The Holy Bible says that the Holy Spirit stands inside the servant and therefore, the servant becomes God (Matthew 12:18). You should not follow the example of Radha because She became fully mad and was unable to do any worldly work. You cannot attain such madness by your efforts.
Therefore, only Hanuman is the real guide for you, who did not become mad like Radha. Both achieved the highest result equally. Both Hanuman and Radha recognized human incarnations present in their times and both never worshipped the previous incarnations or statues. The Gita says “Jñānāt dhyānaṃ viṣiṣyate”, “Dhyānāt karmaphala tyāgaḥ” which means that devotion is greater than knowledge and service (sacrifice of the fruit of the work) is greater than devotion. Knowledge of the Lord produces devotion and service is the proof of the devotion. Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva preached these three gradual steps one after the other. Rukmini came to know about Krishna from Narada (knowledge) and then loved Krishna (devotion). By devotion she obtained Krishna. The Gita says that Lord is obtained by devotion (Bhaktyā tvananyayā). After achieving the Lord, she pressed His divine feet, which is the service.
The Veda says “Yat sākṣāt aparokṣāt Brahma” which means that the unimaginable Brahman is always present in every generation in human form. The salvation here alone (Jiivan mukti) continues after death also (Videha mukti). Whatever you achieved here that alone continues after death. If you do not become the servant of the Lord here and associate with Him here, you can never associate with Him there also. Holy Jesus says that unless the human incarnation (son of the God) allows nobody can approach God (Matthew 11:27). You will lose the next human birth and this is a permanent loss as said in the Veda “Iha cet avedīt”. When the hunter offered the flesh of the rabbit, Lord Shiva gave salvation to him ignoring even the sin in his hunting because the hunter did not give that flesh (fruit of his work) to himself or his family. Such is the greatness of the sacrifice of fruit of the work, which is repeatedly emphasized in the Gita as Karma Phala Tyaaga. This is the real fire test for your real love to God and your real color comes out there only. When you develop the new bond with the human incarnation, then only the family bonds are automatically broken. When you taste the divine nectar the bonds with the drinks here are automatically broken. Samsara means your limited family only and not this entire world. Samsara means the bonds, which have entered your mind deeply. So crossing Samsara does not mean leaving the world. That means only leaving your family for the sake of the entire world. The bonds with your family can be broken only with the divine bond of the Lord in human form and not by the bond with formless God or statues. The Human form can only compete with the bonds of human beings here.
Participate in the propagation of the knowledge since knowledge is required as the basic step to achieve anything and to take the right path. The Gita says “Jñāna yajñena tenāham” which means that the Lord is pleased only by the propagation of Knowledge and not by the other rituals.
Let the priest not be angry with Me since I am enlightening the worship of the statues and their rituals. They are just reciting Veda and act like compounder working under a doctor. When a compounder claims himself as a doctor, he collects Rs.10/- as his fees and prescribes medicines of Rs.100/-. The patient is not cured and is attacked by more diseases. The patient has spent Rs. 110/-. I pity the fate of these patients. I request these priests to become Sadgurus. I mean let the compounder become a qualified doctor. Let the doctor collect Rs. 100/- as fees and prescribe a medicine of Rs.2/- by which the disease is completely cured. The patient is cured of his disease by spending Rs.102/-. Similarly let the priest become Sadguru and preach the people who attend the temples or do rituals. Let the people become strong devotees by the preaching of divine knowledge. Holy Jesus asks the disciples to go into the world and propagate the divine knowledge to all the public (Matthew10:27). I am worried about the public who should get the real fruit. The present priests who are just tape recorders by mere recitation of Veda are making the devotees to spend a lot in unnecessary items like lighting the lamp, burning the camphor, breaking the coconuts etc., which are not at all mentioned in Veda. For the entire dharma, Veda is the source and not the Puranas. Veda was protected by the recitation in the olden days and so interpolations were not possible. Several verses entered Puranas in course of time. Therefore, whatever is said in Veda is only valid and if the Purana says anything extra it cannot be valid as said “Śruti smṛti virodhe tu”.
The Gita says that the karma (work) cannot bind you if the fruit of that karma is sacrificed to the Lord and is not meant for yourself or for your family. The same work binds you when it is done with selfishness, which means that you aspire for the fruit of that karma for yourself, or for your limited family. When the fruit is sacrificed even if the karma is done it is not at all karma. The Gita says “Karmaṇyakarma yaḥ paśyet”. This means the inaction is present in the action. When you aspire for the fruit of the work with selfishness, then even if you have not done the karma you are treated as if you have done the karma and you will receive its result. The Gita says “Akarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ”. When Ravana carried Sita there was contact between the two bodies. Sita was not aspiring for the fruit of that karma. She never wanted to embrace Ravana. Since she did not aspire for the fruit, the sinful karma was treated as akarma and Agni (fire) told Rama that she was sinless and pure. When Renuka went to the river Narmada, she saw a person called Chitraradha who was taking bath with his wives. She saw that person and her mind was disturbed aspiring for some happiness. Actually, she did not touch that person. There was no karma here. But she was mentally aspiring for the fruit of that karma. Therefore, she was treated as if she has done that sinful karma and was punished by Parashurama.
Therefore, when you do not aspire for the fruit of the work that work cannot touch you even if it is sinful. The hunter killed a rabbit and killing the harmless animal is the highest sinful action. But he offered the flesh of that rabbit to Lord Shiva. He did not kill the rabbit to eat that flesh or to give that flesh to his family. There was no selfishness in his action. Lord Shiva gave him the salvation and that sinful karma could not affect and its result was not given to the hunter. Therefore, if you sacrifice the fruit of the work for the sake of God’s mission such work cannot bind you however it may be sinful. This is the wonderful clue given in the Gita by Lord Krishna. The Karmayoga means doing the work always and sacrifice its fruit to the Lord. Such practical sacrifice alone can prove the real love. Your meditation, prayers etc., are related only to your words and your mind only, which are the most valueless items. Therefore, the Lord told that sacrifice of the fruit of work and for that, doing the work always is the best. Before this, the knowledge and devotion are thrown away by the Lord in the Gita. Holy Jesus appreciated the practical service of any human being in the spiritual field and He appreciates the human being who can even give a glass of water in the propagation of knowledge (Matthew 10:42).
In This New Year Swami Wishes The Following:-
To be continued...
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