SPIRITUAL MONTHLY FEBRUARY 2025

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 VOLUME : XXIV, ISSUE : 24

“Keep the poison of sorrows to

yourself and give out the nectar
of joy to others like Shiva.”
- Swami Chinmayananda

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Prayer 5
Guru Dhyanam 6
Editorial 7
Gurudev’s Message 8
The Symbol of Supreme Aspiration 9-11
– Swami Sivananda Maharaj
Meet Me at Shivaji Park 12-14
– Swami Chinmayananda

Offering the Self 15-17

- Swami Tejomayananda

Meditation on Lord Shiva 18-20

- Swami Swaroopananda
Readers Request: Acharya's Answers 21-23
Sermon in Silence 24
- Swami Ishwarananda
I lived with God 25-26
- Swami Atmadevananda
When He plays the Flute 27
- Smita Ganeriwala
A report on Gyan Yagna by 28-34
Swami Abhedananda, CM South Africa
Br. Divakarji Study Class 35
Of line Study Class List 36
Online Class List 37-38
Posters 39-42
Advertisements 43-56

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 पशून प त पापनाशं परेशं
गजे कृ वसानं वरे म् ।
जटाजूटम े ु र ा वा र
महादेवमक
े ं रा म रा रम् ॥

My salutations to the one supreme Lord Siva, the enemy of

Cupid, the protector of all beings, the destroyer of all sins, who
dons the elephant-skin, who is most adorable, and whose matted
locks are radiant with the waters of the Ganga.
Vedasara Siva Stotram, verse 1
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 Guru Dhyanam

भवार िव दड् मोह ा चत े सः ।

यन
े स शतः प ा ै ीगरुवे नमः ॥

Obeisance to Sri Guru who shows the way out for those who
have entered the forest of samsara and are bewildered, having lost
their sense of direction.
Guru Gita, 1.70
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The New Year began for us, as in the past, with the very auspicious Vishnu
Sahasranama Archana program. This has been our tradi onal event held
every first Sunday of the New Year. However, this year, in addi on to Vishnu
Sahasranama chan ng, we had a unique event on the same day and that was
“Matri-Pitri Puja”. There, children worshipped their parents aided by
chan ng of a beau ful composi on “Matri Stavanam” by Swami
Tejomayananda ji- expressing gra tude by children to their parents. It was
indeed very heartwarming to see youngsters schooled in the modern
educa on system, performing Puja with the parents as their beloved dei es.

Reviving yet another old tradi on, the Mission organized a picnic at a
devotee’s beau ful garden house, some distance away from the city. On a
balmy Sunday, relaxing in the sun, mee ng other class students and devotees
and par cipa ng in games with a spiritual flavor seemed quite perfect
coupled with delicious food. It was truly a memorable and fun ou ng
amongst Mission members.

Hopefully, the rest of the year too, will be filled with meaningful ac vi es and
our Mission will ever be a hub of Seva, learning and joyous camaraderie.

In and through all these events, and intellectual Vedanta classes, may we be
always worshipful towards the Lord. We need to recall a very powerful verse
from the Bhagavad Gita – chapter 18, verse 58 – which Gurudev translates as-

“Fixing your mind upon Me, you shall, by My grace, overcome all obstacles,
but if, from egoism, you will not hear Me, you shall perish.”

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 Swami Chinmayananda

Carve out a new canal in your mind with repeated good thought waves.
Repeat to yourself, “I love all. I am very tolerant.” Go on repeating the self-
suggestive thoughts: “I am kind. I will never get angry,” and so on. In a very
short time, you will observe that you have no anger at all in your mental
make-up.

Be aware of your weaknesses. Be fully aware of them. Man is his mind. He is

the very composition of his mind. When one performs some actions
repeatedly, one’s mind gets fixed with certain impressions. It is in a world of
reactions related to the outer world of objects that we live in. The quality of
one’s experiences depends upon the quality of the mind which one brings to
undergo the experience. The mind, being what it is, is ordered and set by the
various impressions it has gathered in its different transactions in life. Thus,
when we control and chasten the motives and thoughts in the mind, we
purify it.

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 The Symbol Of Supreme Aspiration
Swami Sivananda Maharaj
The worship of Lord Siva is a symbol wishes and ambitions supremely
of the supreme aspiration of man for fulfilled. Siva is, therefore, the
the attainment of the perfection of supreme fulfillment, the ultimate
which the Lord is the embodiment. consummation of life, the perfection
Renunciation and establishment in of the Self or the realisation of the
Self-consciousness are the two real Truth. He is Truth itself, which has to
features of Siva. This demonstrates be reached through the means of the
that absolute Self-centeredness is negation of untruth, i.e.
achieved through renunciation. renunciation. He is also the
Supreme attainment is the fruit of samharakarta, the destroyer of the
supreme abandonment. universe of duality and multiplicity,
the in-folder of everything in the
Siva is represented as one who is supreme Self. Sivaratri is the night
ever merged in Self consciousness, during which the aspirant tries to
which means that God is Self- free himself from the normal animal
identical- never different from and human functions, practise
Himself, never dividing His being into perfect self-restraint and attune
self and non-self. He is fullness, the himself to the Lord. In other words,
goal of all, where all can find their the aspirant completely resigns his

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personality to the Supreme Siva and of the Purana extolling His glories,
discards his lower nature. He fast, vigil, japa of His mantra,
observes upavasa, meaning "fast" in meditation on His swarupa- all these
the obvious sense and 'living near' form the various methods through
the Lord, in the esoteric sense. This is which the sadhaka prevents the
coupled with vigil during the night. dissipation of energy and mental
Hence, it is a physical as well as a force and redirects the same,
mental fast. It is denying food to the through sublimation, to the eternal
body as well as to the mind. In short, source, the Lord God.
it is denying the necessities of the
individual person, which is the same The human being has his life on this
as transcending one-self, in order to earth for the sake of evolving, by
be in the ecstatic consciousness of means of protracted sadhana, into
the blissful Siva. the Divinity that he essentially is.
This truth is brought out in the
This divine consciousness is not observance of the vratas and
easily generated in a person through niyamas connected with the
ordinary means. Even as the body Sovereign of this universe, the
and the internal organs are Creator, the Almighty. These vows
negatively made to forgo their and pujas are meant to open now
natural objective food, they should and then the eyes of the sleepy man
be positively engaged in the service and awaken him to his supreme
of the Lord. Otherwise, they will not purpose in life. In the night of
cease from their habit of becoming ignorance, the man of the world
barriers to the ascent of higher does not see the daylight of the
Consciousness. With this end in Atman. The gross man is turned
view, the devotee or the aspirant towards God through repeated
performs worship of Siva, physically, exhortations and persuasions which
verbally and also mentally, so that no bring to his mind, at least
aspect of the lower nature may find a occasionally, the knowledge of the
chance to manifest its normal fact that God is the only reality and
activity which is obstructive and that the attainment of Him alone is
even directly injurious to the the meaning of existence. This is
spiritual aspiration of man. Rudra- done through advising man to
abhisheka with Namaka and observe disciplinary vows and
Chamaka, Sahasranama-archana or perform worship.
Laksha-archana, kirtana of the
hallowed names of the Lord, reading The intelligent sadhaka, however,

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should utilise all his time in the Observe vigil during this night of the
pursuit of the spiritual Reality, and to world, and spend this night in the
him the whole of life is a continuous worship of Siva, who is Brahman.
vrata, an unbroken worship, a Remember: “yasyam jagrati bhutani
ceaseless Sivaratri! Therefore O sa nisa pasyato muneh”- that
aspirants, let the observance of (worldly life) in which all beings are
Sivaratri be the forerunner of your awake is night to the sage with
intense and constant sadhana for spiritual perception.
God-realisation. Let your entire life
be dedicated to Siva! The whole life May the blessings of Parama Siva be
in this world is ratri or night for you. upon you all! May you all attain
Kaivalya!

“Preach Vedanta where

you will, the fittest will bear
the message.”
Courtesy:- Sri V.M. Bhamorikar, Ranchi Swami Chinmayananda
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 Meet Me At Shivaji Park
Swami Chinmayananda
(Puiya Gurudev wrote a scathing and meditation, and in the end depart
challenging message addressed to with a glorious sense of false
the devotees who were to attend the satisfaction. This we shall repeat for
165th Gita Jnana Yagna in Bombay fifteen or twenty days. Then on the
at Shivaji Park. It was published in concluding day, we shall fold up the
the yajna souvenir and reproduced yajnasala and dissolve in the crowd,
immediately in Tapovan Prasad, wondering when the next session of
December 1, 1966. It is a challenge yajna will be. Yet another yajna is
that holds good for all of us even over!
today!)
But we remain the same in our
Here is yet another yagna. We shall physical actions, in our social
as usual, meet everybody, listen to behaviour, in our political views, in
the Swamiji eloquently discoursing our unrighteousness, immorality,
upon the truths of the Gita verses, falsehood, cruelty, shameless
hear his jokes, satires and thrusts at excesses and abject cowardice. In a
the social weaknesses and political thousand ways, we try to run away
follies in our land, go through an from our responsibilities, our duties
epileptic convulsion of an act of and our principles. We remain as

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crude as before, as evil-minded as seeker and all his dedicated and
always. Naturally, those who never constant self-application. It aims at
attended the talks speak of you with the hastening of an evolution, and
calculated insult, watch you with there are strict laws of growth in its
malignant contempt and laugh at processes. Discourses can be useful
your spiritual efforts and divine and helpful guidelines, but each
posturing. All the while, we, deaf and must put forth his best inner efforts
blind, live in the innocent glory of a to achieve his own evolution. The
false belief that we are unfolding, total and complete transformation
developing, growing! Years roll by, of one's behaviour, sentiments and
and then with a revolting shock, we attitudes alone is the clearest sign of
discover that we have not changed at this explosive expression of the
all - we are the very brutes that we divine in oneself.
were earlier ever-shattered within,
smothered, battered, scattered in Therefore, while attending these
every fibre within us. talks, while reacting to these
discourses, when reading the
"Religion is false. Chinmaya is a false scriptures, during our discussions
prophet. Swamijis are a drain on upon spiritual topics among
society. Temples are useless. ourselves, let our anxiety be to bring
Scriptures are deceptions. Yoga is about positive changes in ourselves
magic. God is dead. There is nothing and tend, nurture and nourish them
good or noble. Smash! Kill! Pull till they become perpetuated in our
down! Destroy! Loot! Enjoy! Live! character as the very cultural polish
Die! There is nothing but death, in our behaviour, feeling and
decay and disaster in life." Thus, the thought.
seeker of yesterday learns to prattle,
and the man sinks into dejection and Start at the very beginning. First of
despair, to rot and be a smirch upon all, let us realize that we don't even
the face of the fair earth. have a definite opinion about
spirituality at this moment. We have
This can and must be avoided. Else, many vague thoughts and ideas
the yajnas will be of no use at all. about it. Make them strong enough
Spiritual life is not simply a stage to be a reasonable 'opinion' that can
erected for intellectual indulgence give form and substance to your
or for religious formality, for social personality. A mere opinion for or
excesses or for wasteful words. It against spiritual facts is not
calls forth every bit of energy of the sufficient.

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Through ardent contemplation and The Lord of the Gita is not a god of
sincere and conscious effort, let us battles, not a god of the chosen
cultivate our conviction and help it to people, not a prayer-answerer on
sprout, to grow tall and to spread all duty, round-the-clock, not a saviour
around us as an unshakable belief who will forgive and redeem the fools
that can shelter us and add a and the cowards. In short, He will not
purposeful melody, a captivating lend himself to be a psychological
aroma to our life within and without. prop for the timid and the weak, for
Here also, let us note that even a the escapist and the wretched. He
belief, by itself, in the final goal of life indicates here His real nature as the
is not sufficient. infinite Presence in everyone, and
each has to unfold it for himself, by
Through sincere and deep himself. Do you dare? Then come to
contemplation, honest and chaste Shivaji Park!
meditation, loving and tender
devotion, conscientious and honest For those who scream that God is
service to others, let us convert our dead; I don't believe; It is all a myth;
belief into a way of living and thinking. there is no Lord of the Universe, we
Here starts the irreversible evolution; have nothing but the greatest love. In
the distance from where you are to all tenderness, we ask them, "Which
the great experience divine is hardly God do you refuse to believe in?
anything. Which God is dead?" Even to be an
atheist, you must have a clear concept
The discourses can serve only those of the God that you deny so
who have a basic belief, even if it be vigorously. Maybe, at Shivaji Park, you
wrong, and also have the courage may discover for the first time that
necessary to absorb new ideas and your God of the temples, the God of
the heroism to make the appropriate coconuts and flowers, the God who is
changes in their own beliefs in the to consume the terrible reactions of
light of the new data gathered. Grow all our deliberate foolishness, a God
thus into new dimensions, till you are partial to the rich, the healthy and the
committed to a spiritual life. If you are intelligent, a God who blesses the
ready thus, come to Shivaji Park and victorious and strong and is vengeful
expose yourself to the ideas in to the vanquished and weak, is not
chapters 7 and 8 of the Bhagavad Gita. the true One. We shall give in Shivaji
Park a chance for the Lord of the
Let Lord Krishna perform His miracle Bhagavad Gita to introduce himself to
divine upon you. He will not do it us. Would you like to meet Him?
unless you are willing to change and Come to Shivaji Park.
are ready to prepare yourself for it.

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 Offering The Self
Swami Tejomayananda
Surrender is an attitude of the soul, yoga), initially the mind is made
long forgotten by it in the play of subtler by enquiry (vichara), and
Maya. When saints make us realize finally the ego (the "finite I" notion)
our actual source and destination- is destroyed by the knowledge of
The Lord, we cannot but surrender to one being the Infinite Self. On the
the Holy Feet. Pujya Swami other hand, in the path of devotion,
Tejomayananda portrays for us the the first step itself is surrendering of
contrast, the incompatibility, in our the ego at the altar of the Lord. All
words and actions, done in the name efforts are to be put forth in this
of surrender. It is our basic nature to direction alone.
surrender, so why not surrender
soon? There are many aspects of surrender.
When we normally say or feel that
That which is called Self Realization we have surrendered, we do not
in the language of knowledge is really know what surrender is. The
known as the state of total surrender attitude "Thy will be done, not mine,
in the language of devotion. It is the not mine," shows surrender. When
state of total annihilation of the ego. Mirabai was sent poison she said, "It
In the path of knowledge (jnana is Bhagavan's will. So I shall drink it

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with joy." The poison turned into thoughts (anukulyasya sankalpah).
nectar. That is the glory of total Yearning for the Lord must grow
surrender. within. It leads to penance. For
example, when you attend a spiritual
On one hand, we say we have camp, you have to make
surrendered to God, and on the adjustments in your normal
other we still hold on to our own will schedule. You have to sincerely
and ego. Both these cannot go participate in all the lectures etc.,
together. Sometimes we attribute from dawn to dusk. For spiritual
things to God's will, and sometimes progress, penance is necessary. It is
to our own. important to nourish all favourable
thoughts and actions towards
Your Well-wisher spiritual progress. One has to create
an appropriate environment in order
It is a firm and doubtless faith not to progress and reach the Lord. We
only in the existence of God, but that should try to do that which pleases
he protects me at all times under the Lord. The Lord does not like
every circumstance. He is not just my unrighteousness. So we should lead
"wish-fulfiller" but my "well-wisher." a righteous life. We see that
He, therefore, does what is best for Vibhisana, who had such intense
me. I may not understand or longing for the Lord, asked Lord
appreciate His ways, but I know that Brahma only for more devotion for
whatever happens, happens for the the Lord while Ravana asked for
best, as His protective and guiding more power, and Kumbhakarna for
hand is behind all that I get in my life. more sleep. Thus Vibhisana was also
blessed and granted his wish, and he
As long as we think we can do things continued to progress spiritually
by our effort, independent of the with greater love for the Lord.
Lord, Bhagavan does not interfere.
He is very democratic. He says, "If Even though Vibhisana was doing so
you think you can do something, go much of spiritual practices (sadhana)
ahead and do it." As soon as we seek and he had such great devotion, he
refuge, surrender and reveal our felt he was doing little. In contrast,
helplessness, He responds and even whilst doing so little, we often
comes forward to uplift us. think we do so much! Even the little
we do is done with a distracted mind
So the first step towards total and is more than often half-hearted.
surrender is to entertain favourable A daughter-in-law once told a guest

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that her father-in-law had gone out Our relationship with the Lord is
to buy shoes when he was in fact in eternal and absolute. Therefore, to
the puja room. The father-in-law was choose the Lord is not betrayal. Also,
upset at her words, but on looking as human beings, we should always
within realized that even whilst take the side of dharma or
sitting in front of the Lord in the puja righteousness and give up adharma
room, his mind was actually in the or unrighteousness.
shoe shop, choosing shoes!
The great saint Mirabai too was
The only real relationship troubled by her relatives who were
against her worshipping the Lord.
Also, our first relationship is with She wrote to Gosvami Tulsidasji
God. All other relationships are asking him what she should do. He
secondary. The wave is ever related advised her, “Do not bother about
to the ocean without which and those who do not love the Lord and
apart from which it has no existence. stand in your path of worship. If they
The wave rises in the ocean, lives oppose you to the extent that you
because of it, and merges in it, to rise are not allowed to worship the Lord,
again. Its relationship with other leave them. Dasaratha repelled his
waves is temporary. Similarly, our wife, and Bharata his mother, when
worldly relationships last for this life Kaikey sent Sri Rama to the forest."
at the most. So try to please the Lord through
unconditional surrender. This is the
only way.

“Today is Sivaratri. It is the day of Lord Parameshwara,

the embodiment of auspiciousness. Today is the day
when all ascetics and householders should contemplate
on the Lotus Feet of Paramasiva without
even a moment’s respite.”
Courtesy:- Smt. Swapna Roy Swami Tapovan Maharaj
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 Meditation On Lord Shiva
Swami Swaroopananda
Mahasivaratri is the most auspicious And at the doorway of the temple
day to meditate on Lord Siva. Having that takes you to the heart, the
purified your body, sit in front of the central sanctum, see the Guru
altar decorated with flowers. Sit standing and beckoning you to come
straight. If you can't sit on the floor, in. Gurudev is calling, "Come, come
sit on a chair and put your feet firmly inside this temple”.
on the ground. Close your eyes
gently. Interlock your hands in front Do not hesitate, even though it
of you. Tell your body to relax slowly. appears dark inside. You know he is
For the next few minutes observe with you. And as you walk into the
your steady body. Stand apart from temple, light up countless lamps
your body and see it motionless, made of crystals and let the whole
with its base, its trunk and the head, place be lit up, the whole inner being
all erect and straight. lit up with these crystal lamps. Walk
inside the temple into the deepest
Watch this body. See the legs as the recesses till you reach the heart of
base of a most beautiful temple, the the temple, the most sacred place,
trunk as the body of the temple and the sanctum sanctorum under the
the head as the dome of the temple. dome.

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In this holy spot, create a majestic He is full in himself and wants
throne made of gold, studded nothing. But offer him the best that
beautifully with the best of you can. He has come in response to
diamonds, rubies and emeralds, your invitation. Request him to let
shining in the colours of the peacock. down his feet and keep a gleaming
Cover it with silk and velvet, bejewelled footstool for him to rest
exquisitely embroidered, and his feet. Take the most sacred water
arrange the softest of cushions on it. of your pure thoughts and wash his
On such a grand throne, invite the feet. Wash them with the tears of
Lord of your heart and request him to your devotion. Bathe him with milk
be seated. See the serene smile of the and honey, and as the white milk and
Lord as he seats himself in the same the golden honey flow over his fair
way that you are sitting, cross-legged body, revel- revel in his beauty.
and hands interlocked. See his
graceful form and peaceful face, his Anoint him with chandan. Anoint the
eyes half-closed, his lotus feet so soft o n e w h o g i ve s f ra g ra n c e to
and yet the shelter of the entire everybody- anoint him with the best
universe. See his muscular thighs, his of fragrances. Choose the best
slender waist, his broad chest, his flowers from the garden of your life,
long shapely arms smeared with and offer the most fragrant ones at
ashes. See the snake he wears as a his feet. Dress up your beloved Lord
garland, the snake that people fear who roams about as a digambar-
and shun. See his compassion in dress him up with the best of clothes.
protecting and loving even those who Give him a silken dhoti and a sash
are forsaken. embroidered in exotic hues. Make
him wear the most intricately
Look at his glowing face, radiating wrought jewels and ornaments.
peace, beauty and joy. Note his
gentle serene smile. Gaze to your Sit quietly at his feet offering flowers.
heart's content at his broad forehead Let every thought in your mind dwell
anointed with vibhuti. Look carefully on him. Adore his magnificent
at his third eye that remains softly presence and pour out your love. Call
closed. Lift your glance to the long out to him in devotion; let every pore
flowing matted locks that crown his of your body cry out to him. Open
head. Drink, in the cool light of the your heart to him in surrender. Offer
lustrous crescent moon that adorns him your all. "Everything that is mine,
his head, the dancing waters of the everything that I am, every thought
Ganga that glisten through the thick and desire, I surrender to Thee, O
locks of hair. Lord.” Chant in your mind: "Om

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N a m a h S h i vaya , O m N a m a h feel right now is just a reflection of
Shivaya…..” that beloved Lord. He is always with
you. It is your natural state. You are
Feed him with the choicest that. Remain still in that supreme
delicacies, gently, one mouthful at a peace.
time. Offer him water laced with
aromatic herbs. Worship him with “Sivoham, Sivoham..” The gentle
hymns. Let your heart sing his murmur envelopes your whole
praises “Om Namah Shivaya.” Pick being. Bow at his feet again and take
up the lamp glowing with five flames his blessings. Pray to him, "O Lord,
and do his arati. Let it light up his may this divine form of yours remain
feet, his body, his face. See the forever etched in my heart. May your
crescent moon on his forehead name ever dance on my lips. May I
gleaming in the light of the lamp and always hear your glory and think of
see, see the Ganga flowing down you. And wherever I go, may I always
from his head. Let her splash all over see you. Bless me, O Lord! Om
you, cooling your distress, washing Namah Shivaya.”
away your sins, purifying you,
drenching you with her loving Recognise Pujya Gurudev standing
wisdom. Sing with joy; dance in beside you and guiding you. Take his
ecstasy. blessings with gratitude and walk
out to face the world singing his
Bow down at his feet again and again glory.
and know that this peace, this purity,
this calmness, this beauty that you Om Namah Shivaya..Om Namah
Shivaya…

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 Readers Request: Acharyas Answer
It is said that the world is nothing but a projection of our mind and all
plurality exists in our minds as vrtti- thoughts, imagination etc. However,
according to the theory of perception, cidabhasa riding on the mind, goes
out and takes the shape of the object and comes back. This presupposes
the physical existence of the worldly object apart from oneself. So how can
Vedanta say that the plurality exists only within and not outside?
M.K. Ghatne
Thane, East Mumbai
The crux of this question is: What is perceive. How does one reconcile
the stand of Advaita on the world vis- these contradictions? This is the sum
a-vis the mind? and substance of the question.
1 Is the world independent of the
mind? This confusion has arisen because of
2 Or is the mind itself the world? failing to distinguish the two parallel
and differing methodologies or
While dealing with the theory of prakriyas adopted in Advaita
p e r c e p t i o n , w e c o m e a c ro s s Vedanta to guide the seeker: (1) srsti-
explanations in Advaita that the drsti-vada (2) drsti-srsti-vada.
mind accompanied by the reflection
of Consciousness (cidabhasa) goes In the methodology of srsti-drsti-
out through the senses, takes the vada, the srsti or the created world is
form of the object, and then reveals independent of the mind and its
the object to the Self. This is the well knowledge (drsti). The essence of
known theory of perception in this srsti-drsti-vada is: 'srsteh
Advaita. If the world is independent anantaram drstih- creation is pre-
of the mind, that is to say external to existent to its perception', meaning
the mind, then alone will this theory that the object comes first, and then
of perception hold good. But then, comes its knowledge. In other
one also comes across statements in words, the world is present and the
Advaita that the world is a mere function of the mind is to reveal it.
projection of the mind, implying that The world is thus not treated here as
there is no world external to the a mere mental projection. Most
mind. This would mean that there Advaita texts adopt this srsti-drsti-
can be no such thing as the mind vada because the majority of seekers
going out through the senses to find this methodology easy to

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assimilate. One may refer to Tattva- drsti-srsti-vada difficult to
bodha or Panchadasi to understand comprehend. Yet, there is great
the essentials of srsti-drsti-vada. simplicity in this system: no theories
of how Isvara created the world, no
Drsti-srsti-vada is radically different complex expositions seeking to
from srsti-drsti-vada. The basic explain perception and so on.
principle of drsti-srsti-vada is, 'drstih Yogavasistha, the Karikas of
eva srstih’, meaning that the world is Gaudapada on Mandukya
in one's mental perception alone. Upanishad are some important texts
Drsti-srsti-vada states that srsti or specialising in drsti-srsti-vada. In
the created world is not recent times, Ramana Maharishi and
independent of the mind, but is Nisargadatta Maharaj have deftly
verily the mind alone (manomayam used drsti-srsti-vada to guide
hi bhuvanam). The analogy of the seekers.
dream is used to explain drsti-srsti-
vada. The world that we experience It is important to note that srsti-drsti-
in the dream appears concrete and is vada and drsti-srsti-vada differ only
available for knowledge through the in their explanation of things which
mind and the senses. We do see are ultimately negated. Though in
ourselves as being part of that world. srsti-drsti-vada, the world is
But despite its concreteness, the explained as evolving from Isvara,
dream world is the mind alone. The the Lord, and in drsti-srsti-vada as a
seeing and hearing in the dream are projection of the mind, both
as much the mind's projection as the methodologies ultimately negate
world in the dream. In the dream, the world and guide the seeker to
there is no question of the mind the non-dual Self.
going through the senses and taking
the form of the object to reveal it. In the light of this understanding, we
Using this analogy, drsti-srsti-vada can effortlessly see that both the
explains that just as the dream world following statements are true: (1)
is nothing but the mind alone, so too The world is independent of the
the waking world is also the mind mind. (2) The world is the mind
alone. It is the mind that projects the alone. Each is valid from- its own
world of plurality. When the mind standpoint, the former from the
ceases, all this plurality- the world, standpoint of srsti-drsti-vada, and
the individual and God-all end. the latter from the standpoint of
drsti-srsti-vada.
It is but natural that many find this

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Students are prone to raise a yay yaya bhavet-pumsam
question- which of these two vyutpattih pratyagatmani,
methodologies gives a true picture sa saiva prakriyeha syat
of the world? The answer is: sadhvi sa canavasthita.
Brahman alone is true. Since the
world is false, there is no possibility Any methodology through which
of giving a true picture of the world. one arrives at the knowledge of the
Self is indeed valid. Thus there is
The next question that is likely to f l ex i b i l i t y i n t h e m a tte r o f
come up is: Which of these two is a methodology.
better methodology?
Sureshvaracharya answers:

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 Sermon in Silence
Swami Ishwarananda

In the midst of assembled Rishis in the forest

Was seated Rama with his resplendent face.
Eager to know about Rama,
Wives of the Rishis inquired of Sita
Who her husband among them was.
Denying each one as 'not him, not him',
When finally they pointed out Rama,
She hung her head and remained silent….

Eloquent and most profound was the silence.

Vedas, while teaching us about
The nature of Brahman, do the same...
Denying all that we experience
As ‘not this, not this’ …
Finally reaching the undeniable Self,
Remain profoundly, eloquently silent!

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 I lived with God
Swami Atmadevananda

The experiences of a disciple with his Pujya Swami Purushottamananda.

Guru are so personal and subtle that
their import cannot be conveyed in One day, during a spiritual camp, in
words. Yet, all of us do attempt to do the early morning meditation
it because talking about the Guru session, the lights were put out and I
and his mahima (glory) is the best was sitting in the first row, trying to
and the easiest way to purify our quieten the mind. Suddenly, by
heart. mistake, someone switched on a
light. When I opened my eyes, in the
To m e , P u j y a S w a m i dim light, I saw Parama Pujya
Purushottamanandaji was nothing Gurudev in meditative posture in
but the Upanishads personified, a place of Swamiji. Fascinated by this
living example of the teachings experience, I tried concentrating on
embodied in the Bhagavad Gita. the image of Gurudev. However, I
Through extreme austerity, he was denied this privilege, and time
attained the state of a jivan-mukta, and again, sometimes through some
the state of being without a body – drastic measures, Pujya Gurudev
videha-avastha – even when he was made me accept Swami
in the body. Purushottamanandaji alone as my
personal God, my Ishta Devata. This
My experiences made it clear that also showed me how a loving Guru
our Parama Pujya Gurudev fully highlights his able disciple in the
pervaded Pujya Swami same way as God, who creates the
Purushottamanandaji – cinmayam whole world, but chooses to keep
vyapi yat sarvam. This was the Himself hidden. This increased both,
greatest boon for my sadhana. It my love for Gurudev and my respect
made me realise that Parama Pujya for Swamiji.
Gurudev was the Master of all
Masters and he alone spoke through Living for two years at a stretch in the

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Kolhapur ashram with Pujya Swami Though Swamiji did not have a very
P u r u s h o tta m a n a n d a j i wa s to good background in English during
witness the Vedantic way of life in his school or college days, with
action. Even after 40 years of constant exposure to the teachings
discourses, he would sit up till late at of Gurudev, he had learnt the art of
night, studying different conveying in simple English the deep
commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita, m e a n i n g o f s u b t l e s c r i p t u ra l
so that he could give the best to the declarations. He was so conversant
students. Again, in the morning at with the literature of Marathi saints
4:30, he would be fresh and ready to that he seldom talked or wrote
welcome the new day. We had never anything without quoting profusely
seen him cancel a single discourse from the writings of Sant
because of ill-health, though Jnaneshwar, Sant Tukaram or Sant
sometimes he visibly suffered at the Eknath Maharaj.
physical level. Even a severe cold,
cough and fever could not deter him He lived in such mental harmony
from his rigorous schedule. He made with his surroundings that even the
it a point to attend evening arati and five great elements of nature were in
satsang because he knew that others tune with him. In miraculous ways,
would also skip the arati if he did not even heavy rains would not disturb
attend. This was Gita in action: “yad Swamiji's discourses in the yajnasala.
yad acarati sresthaha tattadevetaro He used to say, "I have prayed to
janah”- whatever a great person Varuna Bhagavan, and His blessings
does, that others also follow. Though helped us."
he received Gurudakshina in lakhs,
he never thought of buying anything The body is a machine, subject to
for personal use since he believed constant wear and tear, requiring
that Gurudakshina belonged to Sri regular overhauling every now and
Gurudev. He insisted that even his then. Swamiji never gave attention
very essential personal medicines to that aspect and put up with the
should be bought only out of funds physical problems silently. And now
s p e c i a l l y s p o n s o re d fo r t h a t his precious body is no more
purpose. available for us.

He was such a perfectionist that My humble salutations to the Lord,

often a simple draft of ten lines had who decided to descend amongst us
to be modified five times till he was in the form of Swami
completely satisfied. Purushottamanandaji.

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 When He Plays The Flute
Smita Ganeriwala
When He plays the flute Evaporating their responsibilities
It’s like a calling Making their life itself seem a haze
For those who can hear it
There is no stalling The half cooked food sat on the stove
A trance envelopes their mind The soap remained unwashed on the
But they are not falling chin
Moments spent with Him The kohl spread to the cheek
They are just recalling The side braid stood without the twin
The son kept splashing in the tub
In search of the source, the melody The money lay open in the cash bin
They follow the sound
Forgetting whatever they were All these Gopis were seen walking
doing Attracted by the sweet sound that
The music to them is so profound filled them
Unable to recollect their duties No one bothered to look back
They all become just spellbound Each one just kept humming
His name over and over again
She was cooking for her family Their pace increasing from walking to
The other washing her face running
Another putting kohl in her eyes
Yet another making a braid They had waited for Him
One was bathing her son For what seemed like forever now
Another one busy in her trade The moment had finally arrived
In the hearts they now know
Each of them heard Dancing with Him, holding Him close
His Murali’s enchanting plays In this Maharaas’s surreal show
Mesmerising them, making their
minds blank Om…om…om
Putting them in a daze

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 Swami Abhedananda ji’s visit to
Kolkata Chinmaya Mission

Swamiji Abhedanandaji arrived on 15th Dec 2024 at Kolkata Chinmaya

Mission.

On the 16th morning Samashti Bhiksha and Satsang was held at Krishna Kunj,
Alipore, Kolkata, residence of long time devotee Smt. Madhavi Kejriwal.

From 16th December, 2024, 6pm onwards, Swamiji began the Jnana Yagna
with talks on Bharat Sharanaagati. These discourses were held every evening
till 21st December, 2024 at the Kala Kunj, Kolkata.

17th December onwards, at 7.30 am every morning Swamiji gave vedantic

talks on Yagnavalkya Maitreyi Samvad at the Kala Kunj, Kolkata. The morning
talks ended on 21st December, 2024.

On the 18th, 19th & 20th December 2024, from 9.45-10.30 am Swamiji met
various study group members and answered their questions at Mission
center, Kolkata.

On 21st December from 11-12.30pm, a special session on Parenting

(Spirituality In Parenting) was held at Chinmaya Mission where Swamiji gave
ten parenting instructions based on ‘Manusmriti’. On the same day in the
evening, Swamiji launched the Bengali translation of the book ‘Kindle Life’.

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 Swami AbhedanandaJi’s talk on
‘Yajnavalkya Maitreyi Samvaad’

A report

Swami Abhedanandji began the vedantic talks on Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

by explaining the simple logic behind the futility of sorrow. He stated that
sorrow is not situational, not concrete and cannot be quantifiable. Sorrow is
notional. It is just like a dream. As long as the person is seeing it, it is there,
but if he is not seeing it, it is not there. Therefore, sorrow is not physical,
situational, emotional or even intellectual. It is personal. It is related to “I”.
And it is very much in a person’s control. To change a situation is not in one’s
hand. What they feel about the situation is very much in their hand. The only
reason one feels sorrowful is when one feels small. And no other person can
make anyone feel small without his own permission.

The purpose of Vedanta is not to change the situation or change the world. It
is not even interested in changing the mind. It is the sixth eye. It is the means
of knowledge to know Dharma and Brahma. It is just here to expound the
truth, the truth about the Self. It is only interested in eradicating all of human
sorrow and problems forever, not only of this birth but of every birth ever
taken. It is the only means of breaking this cycle of birth, death and re-birth.

Problems humans face are for two reasons - one is because of their ‘vasanas’
and the other is because of their ‘prarabdha’.

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Yagyavalkya said to Maitreyi, ‘I want to enter sannyas. I want to distribute my
wealth between you and my second wife Katyayani.’

Maitreyi said, ‘If I get wealth of the entire world, will I attain immortality?
Will I get rid of all sorrows? By which I don’t get immortality, what use I have
of that? If you know what will impart immortality, tell me that alone.’

Money is a good means to an end, but a very bad goal. Money is needed for
infrastructure only. Money and happiness are not related. Joy has nothing to
do with wealth. Peace comes from quietness of mind. The mind is quietened
by the absence of ahamkar, attachment, anger etc.

The sign of maturity of any person is, what he was not able to leave at a point
in time, he is able to leave it now. Not being able to forgive someone is the
sign of immaturity because he is not able to leave something small. Getting
attached to one thing is the sign of immaturity because he is holding on to
something small and in one form.

The irony of human life is that the most important thing humans have, attract
the least attention and the unimportant things get the maximum attention.

The experiences of life one has, does not depend on situations. What is their
fear, what is their sorrow, what is their joy, what is their love, what is their
hatred - all will depend only on one thing and that one thing is their
understanding about the Self.

If one has the understanding about the self as that if more money will give
more happiness, their course of life will be different. If the understanding is
that someone has troubled them a lot, their perception about that person
will change their life motto. If the understanding is that one had a bad
fortune in his life or that he is better than the other human, all will make his
life different than what it could be.

Anger, joy, frustration, doesn’t depend on the situation. Everything depends

only and only on one thing and that is the understanding about the Self. It
does not depend on the situation being bad or good. It does not depend on
whether they are rich or poor, it does not depend on whether they are old or
young, it does not depend on whether they are insulted or honoured.

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Lord Rama was insulted the maximum in Ramayana but He never felt
insulted. To get insulted is one thing but to feel insulted is a totally different
thing.

Sudama had a difficult ‘prarabdha’ but he never felt bad because of it.
Duryodhana had good ‘prarabdha’ but he never felt good about it. Kaikeyi
had good ‘prarabdha’ but she felt bad in that good ‘prarabdha’ also.

So if anyone says he is sad because his situation is not good or his luck was not
there, he has misunderstood his own Self. The name tags he is identifying
with are not correct. He needs to go back and check. He needs to get the right
information where vedanta will assist him, i.e. if he is wanting to take help.

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on ‘Bharat Sharanagati’

A report

Swami Abhedanada’s discourse on Bharat Sharanagati was the part of the

Jnana Yagna which propounded the Bhakti Yoga aspect of the spiritual path.

He began his talks with the profound statement saying, ‘God cannot remove
our sorrows’. He explained this statement by saying just like the un-
manifested fire in the body doesn’t burn it, so also, just the presence of God
is not enough for Him to remove all the problems and sadness in human life.
God needs to have His status changed from being a guest in the body-house
to a permanent resident for Him being able to control the mind and intellect
for the removal of sorrows.

Just like in a car, the person sitting at the back has no control over the driver
who will turn the car, put the break, increase the speed as per his will. Back

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seat driving doesn’t really work. Similarly, God residing like a guest with no
controls and God being the front seat driver, the ‘saarthi’ are two completely
different things. Question to be asked here by each one is, ‘Is God being
allowed to manifest through me?’

The next question in the mind maybe, ‘How do I do that?’ The answer is very
simple. From time to time keep asking Him, ‘Hope you are happy, happy with
the choices this body mind is making.’ The moment one can understand what
makes Ishwar happy or sad, and they align their actions with His joy and
sorrow, the person becomes a ‘sadhak’. And the moment one knows that
they are getting more, a lot more without doing anything to deserve it, they
are on the path of Bhakti.

Bhakti means to appreciate God. There is no time, no place, no situation

when the Lord is not giving something. A Bhaktiful life is learning to be
grateful, knowing to say thank you, not only when there is success, joy, gains
but also when there is failure, sorrow, losses.

In life, everyone has been given a field which has its limitations. The field
includes people, actions, successes, failures, family, home, office etc. Here
there are no options. One cannot decide their field. Only choice is whether
one wants to do ‘bhoga’ or ‘puja’ with that, of that.

‘Bhoga’ is when one personally gets happy or sad by the objects of the field.
They feel they possess it which automatically excludes others from it. The
moment the choice is ‘bhoga’, the personality is crystallised. ‘Bhoga’ is not a
gross thing. It is a ‘drishti’, an outlook when one owns it, be it a son, car or a
problem. The moment the word ‘my’ comes, it is ‘bhoga’ and then others are
excluded including God. This is like sending Lord Rama for ‘vanavaas’.

In ‘puja’, one doesn’t take, they dedicate. This goes beyond the aspect of any
joy or sorrow. If the response to the field and its objects are seeing the
presence of God or ‘Ishwara Tattva’ in it, it is ‘puja’. The moment every action
is analysed with the presence of God, it becomes a ‘puja’ and the person
becomes a ‘pujari’. Do ‘puja’ not karma. Karma will lead to acquiring
something which will lead to ‘Bhoga’. ‘Puja’ will lead to being face to face
with God. The system demands everyone to give themself up, surrender.

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This life has not been given to enjoy or be sad, it is only to see God, to
experience God, to see divinity. The bodies which have been provided to one
and all, are for ‘seva’ not for ‘bhoga’. ‘Seva’ can be done only by a trustee, by a
caretaker not by a ‘bhogi’. Nothing is anyone’s, it is all His. Surrender to that
thought. This is Bharat ‘Sharanagati’.

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 Upanishad Vidya Saar (English)
The highest knowledge of the Vedas is enshrined in the Upanishads. They
unequivocally declare 'I am the infinite Truth'. Realizing this is the very
purpose of human life.

Swami Tejomayananda has skilfully and carefully picked the choicest of

mantras, extracted their essence in the commentary and composed them in a
unique sequence to form the matchless scent of Advaita-Vedanta in
'Upanishad Vidya Saar'.

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