Prajanananandaji: Spiritual experience is not a degree or diploma. When words and the world disappear, then you will experience the play of consciousness everywhere. One may take a very short time and others a longer time.
Source: Lineage of Kriya Yoga Masters by Paramhansa Prajanananda, pg 129
M: "When one sees God does one see Him with these eyes?"
Sri Ramakrishna: "God cannot be seen with these physical eves. In the course of spiritual discipline one gets a 'love body', endowed with 'love eves', 'love ears', and so on. One sees God with those 'love eyes'. One hears the voice of God with those 'love ears'. One even gets a sexual organ made of love."
At these words M. burst out laughing. Sri Ramakrishna continued, unannoyed, "With this 'love body' the soul communes with God."
M. again became serious.
Sri Ramakrishna: "But this is not possible without intense love of God. One sees nothing but God everywhere when one loves Him with great intensity. It is like a person with jaundice, who sees everything yellow. Then one feels, 'I am verily He.'
"A drunkard, deeply intoxicated, says, 'Verilv I am Kali!' The gopis, intoxicated with love, exclaimed, 'Verily I am Krishna!
"One who thinks of God, day and night, beholds Him everywhere. It is like a man's seeing flames on all sides after he has gazed fixedly at one flame for some time."
"But that isn't the real flame", flashed through M.'s mind.
Sri Ramakrishna, who could read a man's inmost thought, said: "One doesn't lose consciousness by thinking of Him who is all Spirit, all Consciousness. Shivanath once remarked that too much thinking about God confounds the brain. Thereupon I said to him, 'How can one become unconscious by thinking of Consciousness?'"
M: "Yes, sir, I realize that. It isn't like thinking of an unreal object. How can a man lose his intelligence if he always fixes his mind on Him whose very nature is eternal Intelligence?"
Sri Ramakrishna(with pleasure): "It is through God's grace that you understand that. The doubts of the mind will not disappear without His grace. Doubts do not disappear without Self-realization.
"But one need not fear anything if one has received the grace of God. It is rather easy for a child to stumble if he holds his father's hand; but there can be no such fear if the father holds the child's hand. A man does not have to suffer any more if God, in His grace, removes his doubts and reveals Himself to him. But this grace descends upon him only after he has prayed to God with intense yearning of heart and practised spiritual discipline. The mother feels compassion for her child when she sees him running about breathlessly. She has been hiding herself; now she appears before the child."
Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
210. When all the five sheaths have been eliminated by the reasoning, what remains is the Witness, the Knowledge Absolute – the Atman.
211. This self-effulgent Atman which is distinct from the five sheaths, the Witness of the three states, the Real, the Changeless, the Untainted, the everlasting Bliss – is to be realised by the wise man as his own Self.
Source: Vivek Choodamani by Adi Shankaracharya
M: "Sir, what is the meaning of the realization of God? What do you mean by God-vision? How does one attain it?"
Sri Ramakrishna: "According to the Vaishnavas the aspirants and the seers of God may be divided into different groups. These are the pravartaka, the sadhaka, the siddha, and the siddha of the siddha. He who has just set foot on the path may be called a pravartaka. He mav be called a sadhaka who has for some time been practising spiritual disciplines such as worship, japa, meditation, and the chanting of God's name and glories. He may be called a siddha who has known from his inner experience that God exists. An analogy is given in the Vedanta to explain this. The master of the house is asleep in a dark room. Someone is groping in the darkness to find him. He touches the couch and says, 'No, it is not he.' He touches the window and says, 'No, it is not he.' He touches the door and savs, 'No, it is not he.' This is known in the Vedanta as the process of 'Neti, neti', 'Not this, not this'. At last his hand touches the master's body and he exclaims, 'Here he is!' In other words, he is now conscious of the 'existence' of the master. He has found him, but he doesn't yet know him intimately.
"There is another type, known as the siddha of the siddha, the 'supremely perfect'. It is quite a different thing when one talks to the master intimately, when one knows God very intimately through love and devotion. A siddha has undoubtedly attained God, but the 'supremely perfect' has known God very intimately.
"But in order to realize God, one must assume one of these attitudes: santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, or madhur.
"Santa, the serene attitude. The rishis of olden times had this attitude toward God. They did not desire any worldly enjoyment. It is like the single-minded devotion of a wife to her husband. She knows that her husband is the embodiment of beauty and love, a veritable Madan.
"Dasya, the attitude of a servant toward his master. Hanuman had this attitude toward Rama. He felt the strength of a lion when he worked for Rama. A wife feels this mood also. She serves her husband with all her heart and soul. A mother also has a little of this attitude, as Yasoda had toward Krishna.
"Sakhya, the attitude of friendship. Friends say to one another, 'Come here and sit near me.' Sridama and other friends sometimes fed Krishna with fruit, part of which they had already eaten, and sometimes climbed on His shoulders.
"Vatsalya, the attitude of a mother toward her child. This was Yasoda's attitude toward Krishna. The wife, too, has a little of this. She feeds her husband with her very life-blood, as it were. The mother feels happy only when the child has eaten to his heart's content. Yasoda would roam about with butter in her hand, in order to feed Krishna.
"Madhur, the attitude of a woman toward her paramour. Radha had this attitude toward Krishna. The wife also feels it for her husband. This attitude includes all the other four."
Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
Question: At present I understand, but when the moment comes, I blend with the situation, and realize much too late, what must be done?
Swami Ramsukhdasji: Now you say that - you understand right now, but the moment that a favourable or unfavourable situation comes, at that moment, you cannot tell. You become united and blend with it. After becoming connected with it, you realize later that you have blended. The answer is that even after recognizing this later, think that you were not joined at that time as well. You had simply believed that you were joining. It was never with you, and you were apart from it. With such understanding, become silent!! That is it! It will go away. By giving importance to the joy and sorrow from the union, the clatter within continues. Therefore do not give it any significance. Talk to it and say, you were never connected, then it will be wiped out, eradicated entirely. When you become aware, then say to yourself, that no - no, you were never united with it.
From "Sansaar kaa asar kaise chute?" in Hindi pg 32-35 by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
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Question: In spite of knowing this, I become entangled and blend with the clatter in my mind. What should I do?
Swami Ramsukhdasji: You say that in spite of not wanting you somehow get entangled and blend with the clatter. In favourable situations and unfavourable situations you become suddenly one with them, then there is a solution for that as well. On blending with them, you still have the knowledge that you have blended with them, but you are actually separate, and the favourable / unfavourable are separate. Isn't it the truth? Noise and clatter arise, then they subside; they come and they go away; but you remain. Then you and the noise are two or one?
- Swami Ramsukhdasji
Question: How can I get rid off the clatter in my mind?
Swami Ramsukhdasji: When clatter comes your way, don't become happy or sad. These things will come and go. The mantra is "agaamipaayinonitya" recite this within the mind. Have that
feeling, that inner expression that this thing comes and goes, it is unreal (it is changing). However good or bad the situation may be, but the minute that situation comes up, immediately recite within, this is "agaamipaayinonitya". It's nature is to come and go, it is
unreal, constantly changing. This is the truth, because neither favorable nor unfavorable situations will remain. Simply understand, that this will not stay with us. This is not a new thing. So what is there to be happy or sad with the situation?
In getting something that you like or not getting it, what is there to become happy or sad? Best of best situations come your way, then that too will not remain, but you will always remain! Right in front of you, both favorable and unfavorable situations come and go, but you remain. You are that same one. Simply keep your sight on your Self.
All that comes and goes do not blend with it - this itself is liberation. By blending with it - that itself is bondage. All the clatter, the noise that comes and goes, by becoming entangled with it is bondage, and not getting entangled with it is liberation.
What an easy, straight-forward, simple point this is!
- Swami Ramsukhdasji
Question: How can we become more deserving of God’s grace?
Swamiji: The main point is that if by our abilities we can attain God, than in His attainment, we have to have abilities greater than Him. This is not possible. All that a child can do is cry to gain his mother's attention. He cannot become deserving of her love. Therefore, why to ask about becoming deserving? Why not simply ask for God? Why go around about way that is a longer path? Why not go straight to the source?
A crucial point is, do not pay attention to yourself. Only pay attention towards God. The minute you look towards yourself, you will fall. The true and greatest devotees’ attention is only on God. "Hari bina rahyo re ne jai." He cannot live without God. Therefore remember Him at all times and become intensely agitated when you forget Him.
- Swami Ramsukhdasji
M: "May I know if one can realize God while performing one's duties? Can 'Rama' and 'desire' coexist? The other day I read in a Hindi couplet: 'Where Rama is, there desire cannot be; where desire is, there Rama cannot be.”
Sri Ramakrishna: "All, without exception, perform work. Even to chant the name and glories of God is work, as is the meditation of the non-dualist on 'I am He'. Breathing is also an activity. There is no way of renouncing work altogether. So do your work, but surrender the result to God."
M: "Sir, may I make an effort to earn more money?"
Sri Ramakrishna: "It is permissible to do so to maintain a religious family. You may try to increase your income, but in an honest way. The goal of life is not the earning of money, but the service of God. Money is not harmful if it is devoted to the service of God."
M: "How long should a man feel obliged to do his duty toward his wife and children?"
Sri Ramakrishna: "As long as they-feel pinched for food and clothing. But one need not take the responsibility of a son when he is able to support himself. When the young fledgling learns to pick its own food, its mother pecks it if it comes to her for food."
M: "How long must one do one's duty?"
Sri Ramakrishna: "The blossom drops off when the fruit appears. One doesn't have to do one's duty after the attainment of God, nor does one feel like doing it then.
"If a drunkard takes too much liquor he cannot retain consciousness. If he takes only two or three glasses, he can go on with his work. As you advance nearer and nearer to God, He will reduce your activities little by little. Have no fear.
"Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace. When the mistress of the house goes to bathe after finishing her cooking and other household duties, she won't come back, however you may shout after her."
Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
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"Some are born with the characteristics of the yogi; but they too should be careful. It is 'Lust and Greed' alone that is the obstacle; it makes them deviate from the path of yoga and drags them into worldliness. Perhaps they have some desire for enjoyment. After fulfilling their desire, they again direct their minds to God and thus recover their former state of mind, fit for the practise of yoga.
"Have you ever seen the spring trap for fish, called the 'satka-kal'?"
M: "No, sir, I haven't seen it."
Sri Ramakrishna: 'They use it in our part of the country. One end of a bamboo pole is fastened in the ground, and the other is bent over with a catch. From this end a line with a hook hangs over the water, with bait tied to the hook. When the fish swallows the bait, suddenly the bamboo jumps up and regains its upright position.
"Again, take a pair of scales, for example. If a weight is placed on one side, the lower needle moves away from the upper one. The lower needle is the mind, and the upper one, God. The meeting of the two is yoga.
"Unless the mind becomes steady there cannot be yoga. It is the wind of worldliness that always disturbs the mind, which may be likened to a candle-flame. If that flame doesn't move at all, then one is said to have attained yoga.
'Lust and Greed' alone is the obstacle to 'yoga. Always analyse what you see. What is there in the. body of a woman? Only such things as blood, flesh, fat, entrails, and the like. Why should one love such a body?
"Sometimes I used to assume a rajasic mood in order to practise renunciation. Once I had the desire to put on a gold-embroidered robe, wear a ring on my finger, and smoke a hubble-bubble with a long pipe. Mathur Babu procured all these things for me. I wore the gold-embroidered robe and said to myself after a while, 'Mind! This is what is called a gold-embroidered robe.' Then I took it off and threw it away. I couldn't stand the robe any more. Again I said to myself, 'Mind! This is called a shawl, and this a ring, and this, smoking a hubble-bubble with a long pipe.' I threw those things away once for all, and the desire to enjoy them never arose in my mind again."
It was almost dusk. The Master and M. stood talking alone near the door on the southeast verandah.
Sri Ramakrishna (to M.): "The mind of the yogi is always fixed on God, always absorbed in the Self. You can recognize such a man by merely looking at him. His eyes are wide open, with an aimless look, like. the eyes of the mother bird hatching her eggs. Her entire mind is fixed on the eggs, and there is a vacant look in her eyes.
Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
M: "Is it necessary to practise discipline all through life?"
Sri Ramakrishna: "No. But one must be up and doing in the beginning. After that one need not work hard. The helmsman stands up and clutches the rudder firmly as long as the boat is passing through waves, storms, high wind, or around the curves of a river; but he relaxes after steering through them. As soon as the boat passes the curves and the helmsman feels a favourable wind, he sits comfortably and just touches the rudder. Next he prepares to unfurl the sail and gets ready for a smoke. Likewise, the aspirant enjoys peace and calm after passing the waves and storms of 'Lust and Greed.
Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
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हुंकारेण न वक्तव्यं प्राज्ञशिष्यै कदाचन |
गुरुराग्रे न वक्तव्यमसत्यं तु कदाचन ||
Wise disciples should never speak egoistically and should never tell a lie before the Guru. (60)
अद्वैतं भावयेन्नित्यं सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा |
कदाचिदपि नो कुर्यादद्वैतं गुरुसन्निधौ ||
At all times and under all conditions one should feel the non duality of the Self but one should never have this feeling with his Guru. (62)
गुरौ सति स्वयं देवी परेषां तु कदाचन |
उपदेशं न वै कुर्यात् तदा चेद्राक्षसो भवेत् ||
When the Guru is present one should never give teaching to others. If one does so, one becomes a demon. (65)
न गुरुराश्रमे कुर्यात् दुष्पानं परिसर्पणम् |
दीक्षा व्याख्या प्रभुत्वादि गुरोराज्ञां न कारयेत् ||
When the Guru is present one should not intoxicate himself or waste time in the Guru’s ashram. It is prohibited to initiate disciples, give lectures, show off and order the Guru in the Guru’s ashram. (66)
नोपाश्रमं च पर्यंकं न च पादप्रसारणम् |
नांगभोगादिकं कुर्यान्न लीलामपरामपि ||
One should not stretch legs in the front of the Guru, nor indulge in personal luxuries, nor gratify the senses. (67)
गुरुणां सदसद्वापि यदुक्तं तन्न लंघयेत् |
कुर्वन्नाज्ञां दिवारात्रौ दासवन्निवसेद् गुरौ ||
One should never ignore the words of the Guru, be it just or unjust. Carrying out his behests, one should live, day and night like a servant, with the Guru. (68)
अदत्तं न गुरोर्द्रव्यमुपभुंजीत कहिर्चित् |
दत्तं च रंकवद् ग्राह्यं प्राणोप्येतेन लभ्यते ||
One should never enjoy the wealth not given by the Guru. Those which are given by Him, one should enjoy like a servant. One may thereby attain vital force. (69)
पादुकासनशय्यादि गुरुणा यदभिष्टितम् |
नमस्कुर्वीत तत्सर्वं पादाभ्यां न स्पृशेत् क्वचित् ||
Sandals, seats, beds etc; and the other articles used by the Guru should never be touched by one’s feet. One should prostrate to the articles used by the Guru. (70)
गच्छतः पृष्ठतो गच्छेत् गुरुच्छायां न लंघयेत् |
नोल्बणं धारयेद्वेषं नालंकारास्ततोल्बणान् ||
While the Guru walks, the disciples should follow him. He should never cross the Guru’s shadow. He should not wear precious dress, ornaments etc. (71)
एक एवाद्वितीयोऽहं गुरुवाक्येन निश्चितः ||
एवमभ्यास्ता नित्यं न सेव्यं वै वनान्तरम् ||
अभ्यासान्निमिषणैव समाधिमधिगच्छति |
आजन्मजनितं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति ||
On the advice of the Guru, if one meditates with firm determination on the principle of “I am one without duality” need not resort to forest for penances, and the constant practice of the above principle brings about samadhi and his sins are burnt instantaneously. (94 & 95)
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन सर्वसंगविवर्जितः |
विहाय शास्त्रजालानि गुरुमेव समाश्रयेत् ||
Therefore discarding all kinds of contacts with people, by all possible means, giving up all conflicts of the scriptures; one should take refuge in the Guru. (103)
ज्ञानहीनो गुरुत्याज्यो मिथ्यावादी विडंबकः |
स्वविश्रान्ति न जानाति परशान्तिं करोति किम् ||
The Guru devoid of Knowledge, who indulges in falsehood and who is full of vanity should be abandoned. Because when he is not able to find peace for himself, how is he to bestow peace on others? (104)
No way of Escape for a Disciple how has abandoned is/her Guru
अपि संपूर्णतत्त्वज्ञो गुरुत्यागी भवेद्ददा |
भवेत्येव हि तस्यान्तकाले विक्षेपमुत्कटम् ||
Even though one is the knower of the entire truth (knower of all shastras); if he is a Guru Tyagi (abandoner of the Guru) he will face, at the time of death, great distraction. (64)
एकाक्षरप्रदातारं यो गुरुर्नैव मन्यते |
श्वनयोनिशतं गत्वा चाण्डालेष्वपि जायते ||
He who does not respect and honor the Guru, such a man takes innumerable births in wombs like that of a dog, and ultimately takes birth in the womb of a Chandala. (202)
गुरुत्यागाद् भवेन्मृत्युर्मन्त्रत्यागाद्यरिद्रता |
गुरुमंत्रपरित्यागी रौरवं नरकं व्रजेत् ||
By abandoning one’s Guru, one goes to death, by renouncing the Guru mantra, one endures poverty. The abandoner of the Guru and Mantra go to the hell known as Raurava. (203)
मंदभाग्या ह्यशक्ताश्च ये जना नानुमन्वते |
गुरुसेवासु विमुखाः पच्यन्ते नरकेऽशुचौ ||
The unfortunate, the weak, those who have turned their faces against the service of the Guru, who do not believe in this teaching, suffer in terrible hells. (150)
गुरुं त्वंकृत्य हुंकृत्य गुरुसान्निध्यभाषणः |
अरण्ये निर्जले देशे संभवेद् ब्रह्मराक्षसः ||
One who speaks to the Guru in rude or insulting manner or who wins arguments with Him is born as a demon in a jungle or in a waterless region. (61)
Offline Source: Discourse on Guru Gita by Swami Ishwarananda of Chinmaya Mission
Online Source: http://hariomgroup.net/hariombooks/satsang/English/SriGuruGita.htm
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INDIASPIRITUALITY
Till now, we have heard freedom of death. Everybody loves freedom. Everybody wants to be free. Unknowingly, everyone’s goal of life is to achieve happiness i.e. be happy. We all work to earn money and secure it so that it can be used in the needy hours. So we try to remove or avoid sorrow. Technically there is nothing called as happiness. The removal or better the absence of sorrow (dukha) is called as happiness.
Spirituality guides one to be free. Freedom from stresses and freedom from the cycle of birth and death. Ironically, one is afraid of Freedom since we are not ready to leave our dis-satisfied desires.
When one takes spirituality seriously and makes Self Realisation his / her the only Goal of life, most of the saints advice him / her to renounce everything. There is no need to become a monk. But mental renunciation is necessary.
We are told to dis-identify ourselves with all the worldly issues, emotions, even our body. We are told to neglect any thought that comes during meditation. Actually, thought are not coming, they are going, so let them go. Let them come out and leave. We do not leave anything due to fear of insecurity. What will happen if i leave by business, my family. This keeps us away from spiritual life. Initially that is ok and happens to all.
But even the advanced meditators and even monks are afraid to leave their daily routine, their disciples. Because if you have a desire and are not ready to leave it, then you fear liberation, since after liberation, you cannot fulfil your wish, after all one is liberated only when he / she has no desires. Destruction of desires is nothing but liberation says Adi Sankaracharya in Vivek Choodamani.
Even though, advanced meditator has made Moksha as the only goal and has been able to leave many desires, still some subtle desires like service to mankind, or the worry of his disciples keeps him away from liberation. If one has acquired any physic or super natural power and becomes famous, like a famous healer, he will want to retain and expand his powers. Then maintaining his power becomes the motto of his life.
Scriptures advice one to leave all the desires, even the noble ones. Then there will not be Fear of Freedom or Freedom and Fear in Freedom. Many people unnecessarily extend their freedom / moksha as they are not ready to quit some of the desires, as after realisation, one finds that everything is an illusion and there is no point in exploring the inner secrets of divine energy. The zeel and spirit to explore and tap this divine power will prevent him to renounce everything.
There is nothing greater achievement that SELF Realisation. Sri Ramana Gita says “All the Karmas (actions) and their fruits, all kinds of services and their fruits are achieved when one is SELF Realised”.
One should not forget that all kinds or actions and services are done so that one can excel in spirituality. They are the tools and not destination. As one has uses a boat to cross the river but after crossing the river, if one has to go further – as crossing river is not the final destination, one has to quit the boat. Boat is necessary but has its limitations – it cannot carry you outside water.
As one renounces more and more desires, one becomes more and more calm and neutral. Peace and Bliss are our true nature.
Think… Think before you complain like a toddler … waht is preventing you from your Freedom … Think
AUM
INDIASPIRITUALITY
| Sūchaka Guru सूचक गुरु | Mastery over any one science or art. e.g. mamagement Guru, Mastery in Healing, etc. |
| Vāchaka Guru रु वाचक गुरु | Gives instructions on dharma and adharma that is suitable to one's varṇa and Āśrama |
| Bodhaka Guru रु बोधक गुरु | Initiates one into spirituality by giving panchāksharī, etc Dikśā Mantra, which transforms the life of the Dikshā Receiving Person. |
| Niṣiddha Guru निषिद्ध गुरु | Prohibited Guru. Invokes God’s Secret powers for personal benefit or with evil intention. Teaches mohana (mesmerizing), mind control etc kind of forbidden knowledge which can be used for personal benefits and for destroying others. |
| Vihita Guru रु विहित गुरु | Imparts Vairāgya (Dispassion) in Society |
| Kāraṇākhya Guru रु कारणाख्य गुरु | Initiates one into Mahāvākya-s like tat-tvam-asi, etc. Guru who gives Sanyāsa Dikshā (initiates disciple into Monkhood). He is the remover of the disease of this mundane world. |
| Parama Guru परम गुरु / सद्गुरु | Dispeller of doubts, removes the fear of birth and death is considered to be the “Param Guru”. (The Supreme Guru) i.e. one who teaches and shows the path of Liberation (moksha). (172) |
