Past and Present - perceptions of mind: Bhagvad Gita, Chapter V, Verses 14

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Question : Did Lord Krishna say anything about?
Why do we take birth, if we have to die later?
That is a million dollar question, without any clear cut logical answer.

1. Only thing Lord Krishna said is that people take birth due to their past karmic debts incurred during their last birth (incarnation).
2. Each of us are responsible for our birth. God has nothing to do with that.
3. We continue this cycles of birth and death, until we exhaust all our karmic debt and then we attain salvation.
4. Lord Krishna said: God does not decide what each person should do, nor he induce people to act, nor does he create fruits of any action.

Each person acts according to his/her Vasanas (Past and present perceptions of mind)

Source: Bhagavad Gita, Chapter V, Verses 14.

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Posted on: 2017-10-31 08:00:00
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Miracle of rebirth of Prince Haripaldev. In other words, dead Haripaldev had come alive once again or in different way, an (Parmeshwar) Avatar had come on this Earth.

This Leela is about the Miracle of rebirth of Prince Haripaldev. Leela happened as descibed below. At the same time, miracle moment has just taken place. Everyone saw the dead Prince Haripaldev opening his eyes and getting up. Due to this rebirth of Prince the people became happy and started praying to God. This amazing rebirth was expelled all over the state of Gurjara Kingdom.

The Prince was brought back to his palace with great joy. All people were dancing, singing by the rebirth of Prince. The Royal Family was fully excited to see the Prince coming back home. Haripaldev’s father Vishaldev, a philosophical learner started wondering about this incident. He could not resolve the mystery of his son coming back to life. At that time yogis were having the technique (vidya) which they can give up their body and enter the body of someone else. So, Vishaldev sent his man (spy) to find whether the dead body of yogis are seen nearby. After searching all the Gurjara Kingdom no dead body of any yogis were found.

Due to this, Vishaldev was happy and he thought that no dead body or technique have been used to rebirth the Prince body. Finally, Vishaldev enquired from his daughter-in-law Kamla Devi whether she have noticed any change in Haripaldev’s behavior subsequent to his ‘Death and Revival’. After giving this question some thought, Kamla Devi too replied in the negative. She said she did not notice any change in her husband’s behavior. Everything was just fine as it was before.

Vishaldev was at the sea side to understand the rebirth of Prince. After few days, Vishaldev’s man (spy) came to know about the incident which has been occurred at faraway place known as “Pataal Gufa” in Dwarka. There was renowned Yogi-Parmeshwar “Shri Chakrapani Maharaj (also known as Shri Changdev Raul of Dwarka) had given his body because of obduracy shown by Yogini Kamakhya of Kamrup. The Yogini was bent upon unsettling the Raul, but on command from the divine Adiguru, Shri Dattatray Prabhu, the Raul had vowed for lifelong tapasya.

Already, the Yogini was known to have ruined the celibacy of quite a large number of sages. But given the divine yogic power, Raul possessed, making him bow before her desire turned out to be an impossible task for the Yogini. In fact, for entering into Raul’s “Pataal Gufa” itself, she kept on waiting for seven days and night with her one foot inside and one foot outside the entrance of the Gufa. However, Raul did not yield to her illicit demand. Due to this illicit demand, Shri Chakrapani Maharaj, finally decided to give up his physical body and move out to someone else’s. By this, Raul entered into the dead body of Prince Haripaldev in Bharauch. In other words, dead Haripaldev had come alive once again or in different way, an (Parmeshwar) Avtaar had come on this Earth.

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Twenty Four Gurus of Lord Shree D...

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Lord Shree Dattatreya said
I have taken shelter of twenty-four gurus, who are the following: the earth, air, sky, water, fire, moon, sun, pigeon and python; the sea, moth, honeybee, elephant and honey thief; the deer, the fish, the dancing girl Pingala, the kurari bird and the child; the young girl, arrow maker, serpent, spider and wasp…
Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 11: Chapter 7: Slokas 33~35
1. Prithvi (Earth) One should acquire the virtues of endurance and tolerance of duality from the earth. The Earth teaches course of Dharma, art of Tolerance, art of Performing Duty.
2. Vaayu (Air) One should be detached like the wind. The Wind being pure and odourless in its characteristics, move freely among all objects and yet remain unaffected. Calm and ever flowing without any fear.
3. Aakash (Sky) Just like the sky one should be single and steady. Like sky, the Soul is omnipresent, all-pervading, and infinite in nature.
4. Jall (Water) Just like water one should behave with affection towards all. Never be partial to anyone. The sage is like water because he is free from all impurities, gentle in nature and while speaking he creates a beautiful vibration like the flowing of water.
5. Agni (Fire) Like the fire one should behave with equality towards all. The sage's glory is like the fire, is made brighter by austerities, his knowledge and tapas; having no vessel other than his stomach.
6. Chandar (Moon) There are in all sixteen phases of the moon including the subtle phase of the new moon and the fifteen of the fortnight. Though there is waxing and waning of the moon, it remains unaffected by them. Sage should not be affected by the continual change of body from birth to death including diseases and old age.
7. Surya (Sun) The sun stores water taking the future into account and benevolently showers it on the earth at the appropriate moment. Similarly the sage can accept material things with his senses, but at the appropriate time he should give these things back, as an act from sense of duty. Without getting attached to material sense objects.
8. Kabootar (Pigeon) Like pigeon story warns against developing obsessive love or attachments in the transient material world. The sage would refrain from attachment after attaining the human body, which is the open door to Mukti (Moksha, Liberation), a door to God-Realization.
9. Ajgar (Python) Ajgar eats whatever comes in its way and satisfy, whether it is sufficient or not, bitter or sweet etc. A sage always goes for search of wisdom and refrains from running after unwanted pleasures.
10. Samudra (Ocean) One should not let anyone perceive one's virtues just as the sea keeps its length, breadth, depth and the treasures in its bed hidden from everyone. However one should always utilise them favourably, for the sake of others. The life of sage remains balanced; the joys of life do not excite him, nor do sorrows depress him. The wise sage never transgresses the highest standards of morality.
11. Patanga (Moth) Similarly a foolish man is enticed by the illusory pleasures of the visual senses and thus gets caught in the ceaseless cycles of birth and death. Man must try to control the sense of sight (and all other senses) and to try to avoid being greedy.
12. Madhu Mskhee (Honey Collector) Just as the one who collects the honey acquires it effortlessly so also a male seeker should partake of food cooked in the home of a householder instead of spending time in making a fire, collecting utensils, firewood, etc. Thus learning that accumulation of wealth leads to sudden death like the honey bee, one should stop amassing wealth.
13. Haathi (Elephant) Men allured by adulterous women are destroyed in the same way as elephants overcome with lust die fighting amongst themselves.
14. Mdhumakkhee (Bumble Bee) Just as the bumble-bee savours the fragrance of several sunflowers instead of one so also seekers desirous of Liberation should realise that every science will not be easy to grasp and hence should try to understand their implied meaning.
15. Hiran (Musk Deer) The deer is very fond of music and is very much attracted by it. The deer is trapped by hunter through its love for music. Hunter employs music to lure the deer before hunting it. A renounced person should never become attracted by mundane sounds like sensuous music, specially the sweet singing and dancing of girl.
16. Machli (Fish) When a fish-hook fastened with bait is thrown into the water, the fish lured by the bait swallows the hook and gets caught. Thus it loses its life. So one should never lose sight of his True Self.
17. Pingala (A Dancing Girl) One night despite a long wait not a single client approached her. As she restlessly waited pacing up and down, hoping for a client she was finally bored and suddenly developed detachment. The abandonment of expectation from people, leads to contentment and infinite joy.
18. Pakshee (Lapwing) Seeing the lapwing fly with a fish in its beak hundreds of crows and eagles began chasing it, pecking at it and tried to snatch the fish, thus harassing it. This flock began following it wherever it went. In this world there is peace only if sense objects are rejected, otherwise it leads to great distress.
19. Balak (Child) Live like being child at heart, innocent, care free and full of Supreme Joy.
20. Churiyaan (Bangles) When two bangles strike each other a jingling sound is generated. The more the bangles the greater is the sound. Similarly when two persons live together it leads to conversation and when many persons live together there is strife. In both circumstances there is no peace of mind. Hence those doing meditation, yoga, etc. should search for an isolated place and live there in seclusion.
21. Shilpkar (Artisan) One day an artisan was chiselling the blade of an arrow with great concentration. A king's procession to the accompaniment of music passed by that way. A man arriving later approached the artisan and enquired, “Have you seen the king's procession passing by this way, just now?” The artisan replied, “I was so engrossesd in my work that I was not aware of anything”. Just like this artisan a seeker desirous of Liberation (mumukshu) should meditate surrendering all his sense organs to The Lord.
22. Saanp (Snake) The snake lives alone and avoids the company of other creatures. In order to seek Self-Realization, one should abide in the cave of his own heart. The snake leaves of its old skin after sometime, and gets the newer one; that make resemblance with phenomenon of death. A true sage never frightened by the death, knowing sooner or later he will get a new life based on his karmic actions.
23. Makadi (Spider) The spider spins a web secreting a fluid from its belly and plays in it day and night. When it feels like it, it swallows the entire web and becomes free again. Lord Supreme creates material universe from His Maya, preserves it and after a while draws it back into the Self. The Supreme Self has no desires and is beyond the reach of cause and effect.
24. Bhringee Keet (Caterpillar, Wasp) The wasp catches hold of a worm (caterpillar), put it in its hive (nest), gives it a sting and goes on buzzing about it. The caterpillar is so frightened by this whole ongoing process of buzzing. As a man thinks, so he becomes. Even at the time of death, whatever one's mind focused on, one attains the same living species form in his next life.
Thus one must try to give up all attachment to the body and attain Moksha or liberation.
Shree Dattatreya explains what he has learned from his own body as a Guru My Body teaches me Gyaan (knowledge) and Vairaagya (detachment). Birth and death are along with it. It means that if we hold on to this body then we have to bear sorrows. Although it helps to think about Tattwa (elements) still I never consider it mine.

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Piercing fish eye

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A night before the day of Matsya Vedh (Piercing fish eye) competition, Krishna and Arjuna conversation.

Krishna: Arjuna, take care, put your step forward and concentrate on the eye of fish.
Arjuna: If i have to do everything , then what will you do?
Krishna: What you can't do, I will do.
Arjuna: And what is it that I can't do?
Krishna answers: I will keep the water steady.

No matter how much work we do for our goals, we are not the creator here. We are the co-creator of our life. We must perform our karma and trust that everything beyond our control will be taken care by God or The Universe or the Higher Power or any other name you believe in.

Remember God is your silent invisible partner.

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The four means of cult of Mahanub...

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Shri Chakradhar Swami when headed to north direction, at that time all the bahgats and the peoples were in the sadness. They all have one question “Swami, how we can fell your presence and how we can fill your place in our heart?”. Then, at that time, the divine god Shri Chakradhar Swami said “सेवा-दास्य-भजन-पूजन”. So, in this way, every pantha pracharak and people should do worship like this. People will remember the four ways to reach the god and put their soul into peace. Shri Chakradhar Swami give them the way to reach him (Tha ParamPita).

People must do:

1. Sewa – सेवा
2. Dasya – दास्य
3. Bhajan – भजन
4. Poojan – पूजन

Historical sources and religious websites share that Mahanubhava Pantha / Jai Krishni Pantha / Achyuta Pantha started by Sarvadnya Shri Chakradhar Swami Or Shree Chakradahrara in 1267. Shri Chakradhar Swami propagated a religious movement, as well as social movement, in which all members were accepted irrespective of their castes, and the traditional ritualistic religion was rejected.

Just saying these divine words, Shri Chakradhar Swami left for the north. Truth is that, these are the only four ways to reach the god and attain the stability of soul. Defining these fours sadhans below. According to Shri Chakradhar Swami, by doing the Sewa-Dasya-Bhajan-Poojan ( सेवा-दास्य-भजन-पूजन ) we can attain the Param Pita Parmeshwar.

1. Sthan – The place; The Tirath place, where the Shri Chakradhar Swami teaches the Gyan & Updesh and the place where the Swami has embedded his footprints. Where the Swami have taken the stand and spent his time. The Stone and The Rocks there are considered as Vishesh “Spiritual Stone”.

जिस जगह पर भगवान अपने भक्तो को ज्ञान उपदेश देते थे, और वह जगह भगवान के चरण स्पर्श पुनीत हो, वह स्थान पवित्र एवं दर्शनीय मना जाता है| वहाकी शीला (पत्थर) नामधारक को “विशेष” दर्शनीय है| उस पत्थर को “विशेष” मना जाता है|

2. Prasad – Using the clothes and belongings of Shri Chakradhar Swami and his disciple, pantha worship these Namaskari clothing and they called it as Prasad. In the Ashram and Temples we respect and do Dandvat salute to these Prasad using these Vastar.

जीन वस्त्रोन का उपयोग स्वामी ने किया और अपने अनुयायी को दिया, वह वस्त्र नमस्कारी है और उन्हे प्रसाद कहा जाता है| आप जीन मंदिरो मे तथा अश्रमो मे प्रसाद नमन करते है वह इन्ही वस्त्रो का उपयोग करके बनाये गये है|

3. Bhikshuk – Remembring the Shri Chakradhar Swami and keeping the cuture same, the adherent are moving this culture forward, these adherent have taken sanyas and spending their whole life in the bhakti of Shri Chakradhar Swami. These Sahdus are the way to reach god, these are the Demi Gods and way of our worship.

श्री चक्रधर भगवान की सेवा में अनेक अनुयायी साथ थे वही परंपरा आज भी कायम है और वह भिक्षुक जीवनभर संन्यास लेकर भगवान की याद किया करते है और जीवन व्यतीत करते है, वह साधू-संत हमारे शुभकामनाये करते है, हमारे दु:ख-दर्द महसूस करके भगवान को याद करते है| वह साधू हमारे लिये भगवान के बराबर है और पूज्यनीय है|

4. Vasnik – Leaving the home and the luxury of life, remembering and chanting only his name is called the Vasnik.

भगवान की याद में अपना सब छोडकर संन्यासी जीवन व्यतीत करते है और संन्यास लेने की कामना करते है वह वासनिक कहलाते है|

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Brahmvidya Shastra and Nav Prakar...

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Brahmvidya Shastra, It is a collection of main vachans (sutras) of Swami Shree Chakardhara and presents the philosophical core of Mahanubhav Pantha. Very well planned and carefully organized into various sections, it is revered as our Shastra mop Parmeshwar (God in the form of scripture).

Compiled with great care and understanding (in 1290) by the knowledgeable Keshav Vyas Suri from amongst 1500 episodes in the sacred source book Leela Charitra, is the second sacred book Brahmvidya Shastra.

The Brahmvidya Shastra gives minute details of four elements (Char Paddarths- Ishwar, Devta, Jeev & Prapanch), Gods and the varied knowledge, way and source of attaining them. Nav Prakaran means nine chapters. Excluding the background chapter of Poorvi (along with Panch Krishna and Panch Naam).

Nav Prakaran:
🚩 Anya Vyavriti – अन्य व्यावृति (देवता पदार्थ)
🚩 Yug Dharma – युगधर्म
🚩 Vidya Marg – विद्या मार्ग
🚩 Sanhaar – संहार (प्रलय)
🚩 Sansaran – संसरण (रचना)
🚩 Udharan – उद्धरण
🚩 Mahavakya – महावाक्य
🚩 Nirvachan – निर्वचन
🚩 Astipari – असतिपरि

Other parts of Brahmvidya are Vichar Prakaran and Achar Prakaran. There are 285 sutras under Vichar Prakaran and 289 sutras under Achar Prakaran. Keshav Vyas Suri also selected from Leela Charitra 114 drishtants (illustrations) which were narrated by Swami to elaborate some deep philosophical thought. If this is included, Nav Prakaran becomes Dasham Prakaran.

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Benefits of Chanting the Name of ...

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In the recent times, since spiritual practice and the rituals of shraddha/bhagti bhawna (Rites for the deceased) are not performed as before, most people face problems due to the subtle-bodies of ancestors. Only evolved individuals can advise if there is a possibility of a problem in the future or if an existing problem is due to the subtle-bodies of deceased ancestors.

To prevent problems or to overcome a mild problem, chant ‘Shri Gurudev Datta’ daily for one to two hours. At other times, to prevent problems arising out of destiny and for spiritual progress, an average individual or seeker in the primary stage should chant the Name of his Kuladevata (Family Shri) as much as is possible.

If you are not fortunate enough to be guided by an evolved individual, then inferring that inability to find a suitable marriage partner, marital disharmony, inability to conceive, miscarriages, giving birth to a premature child, giving birth to a retarded or handicapped child, deaths in childhood etc. are problems which could be due to subtle-bodies of deceased ancestors, undertake spiritual practice as advised ahead.

If the problem is moderate in nature, chant ‘Shri Gurudev Datta’ along with the Name of your Kuladevata for two to four hours daily. Also, go to a Datta temple every Thursday and perform seven circumambulations, and chant one to two malas of ‘Shri Gurudev Datta’ in the temple. Do this for about a year. After this, chant three malasof ‘Shri Gurudev Datta’ everyday.
By chanting the Name of Shri Datta in Pitrupaksha(The dark fortnight of the Hindu lunar month of Bhadrapad, when rites are performed for the deceased ancestors), the onward sojourn of the ancestors is faster. Hence, during this period, chant for atleast six hours (or seventy-two malas) daily.

Tirath Sthal
Mahurgad, Maharashtra (MAHURGUD) is the famous place in the Mahanubhava Panth. It is the birth place of Lord Shree Dattatreya. This place is visited by thousands of Pilgrims throughout the year. Mahurgad is the one of the most important place in Daily rituals of Prabhu Shree Dattatreya #DandvatPranam

What does purans says

1. The Bhagavata-purana and the Markandeya-purana, are the most authoritative sources on the Dattatreya-avatara and they identify Him exclusively with Lord Vishnu.
2. Atreh patny anasuuyaa triin~ jajn~e suyashasah sutaan dattam duurvaasasam somam aatmesha-brahma- sambhavaan (Srimad Bhagavatam 4.1.15).
3. The Vishnu-dharmottara Purana describes in great detail the iconographic details of the avatara-s of Lord Vishnu and here is the reference for Sri Dattatreya.
4. Brahmanda Purana says–“Lord Dattatreya gave the memory of Vedas to the Vedamurthy Sree Brahma Deva Himself.
5. The Upanishads Avadhutopanishad and Jaabaaldarshanopanishad mention that the philosophy is given by Shri Dattatreya.
6. Upanishads and Puranas are openly telling and Guru avatharas are guiding us to recite Datta Nama Smaran.

Shri Dattaguru is always ready on his toes to reach those who remember him and shower his unbounded blessings on them. Come forward and recognize him and join his mission by serve him in the propagation of Datta Nama to make your materialistic life easy and create your path to reach the stage of SALVATION by glorifying the Glory of Lord Dattatreya.

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