Speech of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji – Vijayawada Ashrama – February 13, 2013
As Padma Shri awardee Sri Turlapaati Kutumba Rao spoke now, devotees have enjoyed various facets of Swamiji. Many find it difficult to attribute reasons for following Swamiji. Many find it difficult to stop speaking why they follow Swamiji. There are all kinds of people. As I said earlier one day, I will chase them in all their lives to ensure they don’t give up the values they learn from Swamiji. It is my feeling that those who leave Swamiji (permanently) think of Swamiji more than those who follow Swamiji. The demon Kamsa who was defeated by Lord Krishna saw Krishna more than the saint devotee Uddhava.
Like wise, I will remember you forever. Once you take Vibhooti or some Prasad from Swamiji, I will not leave you. Even if your Buddhi goes to Coma, I will look for you. Whatever circumstances made you leave Swamiji; the same circumstances bring you back to Swamiji. Swamiji is as varied as people’s wants are. Swamiji is available in all colors, hues, and faces. There are limitations for every type of devotion or following. Once you cross that limit, your testing of patience and devotion starts. Balance, moderation and limitations are the key words. Balance is important. Devotion too should be moderate. Over devotion is gruelingly painful. It can harm your health also.
Balanced devotion is like an enjoyable soothing music. Over devotion or unbalanced devotion is like harsh rock music. Your mind, eyes, earls lose their patience. The day you see Swamiji will be like monsoon rains. It will end the parch heart you will be suffering from. So, when Swamiji starts to rain again, don’t fear that you will be inundated. Think about the new parched hearts that would have come to Swamiji. Swamiji is always correcting people, rectifying their lives and fine-tuning their mind. All these are interconnected.
You can climb a hill only when your legs are in fine motion and understanding with one another. Only then can you walk for a long time along with Swamiji. Other wise you will fall down immediately.
May you all get balanced devotion.
Sri Swamiji sings “Vishva Paala Veda Vedya”
Sri Swamiji sings “Sri Raaja Raajeshvari Sadayae”
This Bhajan says that I am your house. It says my intellect is your house and that my tongue is your child. Then what about Manas? Dear Krishna Murthy, please explain
Kuppa Krishna Murthy:
Swamiji sang so wonderfully well. If this mind of mind is her house, then all others in the house are her servants. Buddhi and Manas are one we think. But Swamiji differentiates them. In Yogic parlance, we hear that the unison of Manas and Buddhi is Yoga. How can this unison be achieved? Is there a course for it? The course has been given. The best way to achieve this unison is through Bhakti. It can come the day our prayers and our intentions become one and the same. For this unison, we also need Guru Kripa. When Devi sits in Buddhi, the Manas, the every monkeyed Manas too becomes her slave. Swamiji while speaking from the Kumbhabhishekam tower spoke about ensuring our spiritual salvation.
One Mother Goddess sits in our Buddhi, the sense organs and Manas become her servants.
Swamiji” What are these indriyas?
KK: Jnana Indriyas, eyes, ears etc, The Manas gives Jnana of five types, Sparsha, Rupa, Rasa, Gandha and Shabda. They are Jnana Indriyas. The Manas gets these stimulants and the decision whether to accept them or not is done physically by the five sense organs which are speech, hands, rectum, feet, rebirth. They are the five Karma Indriyas. The Jnana and Karma Indriyas totaling five are the instruments of Manas and work for it. Though these ten are in two groups of five, they necessarily need not be friends with each other.
In this Bhajan, the prayer is for Mother Goddess to make my Buddhi her home. So that these ten organs are in control. Chinmaartuke and Chitkundaje are two important words in this Bhajan. They both symbolize the total energy that pervades the world.
The whole world is full of Chit (energy). There is nothing that is JADA. If Mother Goddess has to live in my Buddhi, it has to be larger than her. Isn’t it? She cannot occupy something that is small than her. On the upper portion of my head, there is a thousand petal lotus. This lotus is not the lotus you see in lakes. This lotus is in the form of a small point (Bindu). Just because you assume things, how can they become true? Yes. She is represented as a Bindu of a Sumeru. We have t o unite our Bindu and Mother Goddess Bindu. This unison brings the perfect happiness and concentration. You achieve a state of total and perfect happiness. In the world there is nothing called total and complete happiness? Any happiness when overdone, it starts to wane. It is not final and total happiness. Eating sweets, having lots of money etc, etc., the happiness we get by this unison is seeing Mother Goddess in the Tripuras of three states or three worlds. We see Mother Goddess being served by Paratpara Rahasya Yogis. The Mudra in this ninth circle (strata) of worship is Yoni Mudra. . Swamiji the other day explained various types of worship like Puja, Mantra, Beejaakshara, Mudra, Mauna and Yoga. This is indeed great. Since she is the VVVVIP of this world, we have to achieve a language that is concise and complete. We cannot waste her time by long and drooling speeches. We use Pancha Brahma Mantra (When Shiva’s five heads are worshipped as the five Brahmas) to speak to her. This Mantra is the most secret of all. It is a very high type of worship in Brahma Vidya. This Bhajan is composed in Raaga Brindavani. Brinda means group. It means Mother Goddess protects the groups of good people. She has even protected the Devathas.
Swamiji has composed these nine Bhajans as part of the Nava Avarana worship. Each Bhajan has been composed with a special Raga, which is pleasing to Mother Goddess.
Sri Swamiji sings “Ambika Ganapati Datta Deva”
Sri Swamiji has composed this Bhajan on Patamata Ashrama. This Ashrama is a great Saligrama. The Trimurtis -Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma along with their consorts have Blessed this Ashrama with the Ganapati. The Navagraha temple here protects us. This is a new Bhajan specifically composed about Patamata Ashrama in Vijayawada. To conclude this visit to Vijayawada, Swamiji will sing a song for peace.
Jaya Guru Datta
Courtesy: Avadhoota Dattapeetham