Speech of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji – morning – April 26, 2015 – Pune
The Vedas and the Puranas teach us about our Sanatana Dharma, our ancient civilization and the prescribed duties of humanity.
These are not children’s stories like you see in the comic books. The Sri Chakra Puja is not a circus. Small small dolls are given a bath. Lamps are shown in Mangala Harati. Puja is not an easy task. It appears easy. It is not easy to perform. It is a science. It is Yoga. Artists who have drawn the colorful pictures of the deities, have they actually seen the gods? They visualize the shapes and figures for their drawings and paintings based on descriptions given in the scriptures. Mother Saraswati’s descriptions are used to come up with the pictures of the Goddess. They have done these illustrations with complete concentration and devotion.
What is the meaning of this life? What is this Creation? What is our purpose in this life? What does it mean to be a human being? What is the goal of humanity? You must pose these questions to yourselves. Use the available time to engage in spiritual inquiry and for developing devotion. Practice the development of good thoughts. Use every possible minute to practice Bhakti Yoga. Time is very precious; each second is valuable. This life is a gift from God. You must utilize your lives for good activities. Do not waste time on tea parties. Use this human life for a good purpose. Not just for fun and games, to eat, drink, quarrel, and sleep. You waste so much time. You must utilize this human life for a spiritual purpose, to attain the goal of human life. You are not using your lives properly. You are wasting your lives in having fun, eating, playing, and fighting. Whenever Guru’s association becomes available, you must seek the opportunity and avail of it. You must seek Guru’s feet, Guru’s darshan, and the friendship and association with Guru.
In your old age, you will regret all the time that you had wasted. But time has already slipped from your hands. It is too late. Your repentance then will not help you.
Begin from this moment utilizing your life for gaining spiritual knowledge. Everything in life has an inner meaning. Each and every thing in Creation, each flower, its color, has a significance. Do you have the power to create something like that? Who gave the flowers their colors? Everything has an inner meaning. Wonder at it and search for the inner meaning of this Creation. Our journey begins with that sense of wonder and your questions regarding this life and Creation. Any question that comes into your mind, you write it down and ponder over it. The answer will emerge from within you. God’s power is such. He gives answers from within your own heart. He is your inner Guru. He is great.
Yes, I agree. This is a Karma body. Worldly life you lead. Family journey. Business. Dirty activities. Yes. Everything is here.
But this is another subject. At least for 2-3 hours a day spend for spiritual study. Daily you should study the Bhagavad Gita. People call it a Hindu spiritual text. No. It belongs to all Humanity. It teaches how humans should think, act, and live. Read and understand at least one or two verses of the Bhagavad Gita daily. Read it again and again. Bhagavad Gita is a friend in the travel through this life’s journey. Understand the meaning. The explanations are difficult to understand. If you study daily, on your own, you will understand. It tells you how to live, like a friend it will guide you.
Go to the Ramayana. It is a beautiful story. Beautiful stories also you find in the Mahabharata. You understand the stories. Bhagavad Gita is also a story about our body, mind, and soul, and of this Creation.
You have witnessed the Sri Chakra Puja. Maharashtrians are familiar with this puja, and with Datta Upasana and Devi Puja. They know about it. It is your great good fortune that today you have seen Swamiji perform this puja. You have received the medicinal herbal water. The Teertha has been used for abhishekam to the deities. It is the sacred water that has washed the feet of the deities. 32 medicinal herbs have been mixed in the holy Teertham. You should understand about this puja. It is not child’s play.
Yesterday you attended the Nada Chikitsa, Music Therapy. Today it is healing with Teertham and Puja. Always Swamiji does healing. Many old friends I have met here. May be I will visit again soon. 18 years later I have come now. May be after 8 days, or 18 days, or 8 months I will return.
The Matru Mandali of Pune has worked very hard for this program.
Harihi Om Tatsat
Sri Guru Datta
Compiled by Smt Hira Duvvuri