Speech of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji around noon – March 16, 2014 – Bengaluru
Jaya Guru Datta
Sri Ganesaya namaha
Sri Saraswatyai namaha
Sripadavallabha
Narasimha Saraswati
Sri Guru Dattatreyaya namaha
Om Namo Hanumate Namaha
Datta is happy if you remember Him. If you call Him lovingly, He first grants peace. Then He gives protection. Then He solves problems. Our devotees are lazy. You must keep chanting His name and mantras. He protects those who are free from laziness. He does not help those who become dependent all the time on God’s help. Only if you keep principal in the bank, you can earn interest. If you do not keep any balance in the bank and you destroy your bank passbook also, the same manager who had earlier shown you respect because you had deposited one lakh in your account, will now send you to a mental asylum, or will call the police. When you have no money in the account, you cannot come and make a noise. You must continue your spiritual practices and maintain your spiritual bank balance. You get troubles because you have exhausted your balance of merit. God does not give troubles. Your spiritually pauper state itself is the cause for your troubles. You must not blame God or Guru. Without doing any sadhana, simply mechanically saying Datta, is not useful. You must not keep complaining about yourself, your work, your family and your God. Always you should not keep crying, why have you done this to me? What can God do if you do not help yourself? At least he has given you the strength to cry, to scold, and complain, so that you can destroy yourself further. So, God says, go ahead and destroy yourself in mind, body, and possessions, if that is what you choose. You fail to take care of yourself in any manner. You do not wish to do so. You simply sit and keep spending. You will get sick and die. Your chapter is closed.
Many people are always crybabies. I ignore them. Your face should appear pleasant. You must forget your troubles. You must have strength of mind and faith and devotion towards God. Let anything come. What is due tomorrow, let it come today itself. Let all troubles get exhausted. Even when you feel remorse for past mistakes, you still have to experience punishment sometimes.
When you pray to God, do not make a list of your problems and recite them to God. You must pray without remembering your problems. There are great souls who do not associate prayer with problems. Only 5-10 % of people are like that. The rest demand, I did so much, why do I get troubles? Because God accepted your half a coconut, your wilted flowers, your small change, and the incense sticks that cause sneezing, He has to grant you great boons! You offer God puja materials worth a rupee and a half and expect God to grant you boons worth a lakh and a half. Is there any justice in this? No. certainly not.
I get puja performed daily. Why can’t I win the lottery? You must never complain, “I have always believed in You, why do You make me suffer?” Because of the merit of your past lifetimes, now you have developed devotion. Don’t mix the two. Your past life’s karma has brought you this suffering. If you complain, your misery will increase. You must reduce your karma balance. This is the advice given by Datta to Pingala Naga. Many complained that they had not received any attainments from Guru Datta. Hence, for the sake of such fools and unfortunate souls, Datta has given such advice. We must increase our merit. Only then our lives will be comfortable. We must remain happy and contented. I, my troubles and insults are not related, you must think. I am not even related to my body. Even if one day you manage to get rid of the diseases of the body, still, this body will drop off one day. What is the use of all the money spent on treatments abroad, and all the kidney transplants? I drew blood from so many others to keep myself alive. Still, the bird of life flies away. Do not go to such extremes. Do the treatments up to a decent level. Then leave it up to God. You fight for life as if you are going to live for 200-300 years. That is not the way to live. If someone advices us against such extremes, we call them insane. You torture the children, relatives, exhaust the bank balance, and drown them in debt, and you depart. One day, even the closest relatives will blame you for squeezing the last drop out of them. Fight while you can, and then let it go. You do not like this type of advice. You expect always to receive false hopes that if you acquire the neighbor’s kidney, you will become well, or spend two more lakhs, you will get well, or shift to another house and you will become well. If you hear such false words from Swamiji, then you will praise that he is God and speaks such good words. If they hear my previous solid advice, you say, Swamiji is so discouraging. You like it a lot, to be deceived, tricked, and lied to. I cannot do it. Truth is tough. I am not accomplished in doing gimmicks. Some wise devotees in recent times have started asking Swamiji to tell them only if there is something useful that they can do under the circumstances. I always tell them to try to a certain extent only, and then leave it. Parents who tell their sons, do not spend money on hospitals for me, are gods. Let me just remain at home and die in your presence. That is enough for me if you just apply for leave for the last couple of days of my life. People who say that are truly great. But most elders demand, did I not take care of you? I cannot bear this discomfort. Take me to the hospital. Do your best to make me well.
Swamiji is very happy with the Yantra Pratishtha for the new murtis at Bengaluru ashrama. All are very fortunate that Swamiji was able to come and personally perform these rituals today. These days for the 12 year Kumbhabhishekams, Swamiji is usually not attending. Bengaluru devotees are fortunate. Lord Hanuman is the Kshetra Palaka here, the guardian of the temple. Lord Dattatreya is the Kshetrajna, the presiding deity. The two are witnesses to one another. They protect one another. There are many other supplementary deities also. All the devotees are their witnesses and Swamiji is the witness to all. Lord Datta Yogiraja is here with Anagha Mahalakshmi. Anagha Mata is Yoga Mata. She is all three in one, Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati, just like Lord Dattatreya is Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva. Performing Anagha Vratam is highly beneficial. It grants spiritual knowledge and removes problems.
Datta Yogiraja in Bengaluru has been consecrated. Datta Digambara is in Gandigunta. May Lord Datta bless us with good knowledge. May He dispel ignorance, ill-health, and depression. Please help me, help us, and help our devotees. Please protect us. Please forgive all our mistakes. I offer special prayers to the Lord. Digambara/Datta Yogiraja grants yoga and siddhi. Victory to Dharma. Victory to Truth. Victory to Vedas. Victory to ancient traditions. Victory to Sadguru. (Chant each three times).
Sadguru’s victory is our victory. Because Sadguru is fighting on our behalf to solve our problems. He is like our lawyer. He is fighting for our health problems and confusions. We want our Sadguru to always win. Jaya means victory. We pray for victory to ourselves. If He wins, we win. So that we win, we chant and pray for victory to Sadguru. Datta Yogiraja, Sripadavallabha, Digambara, Devadeva, Kalagnisamana, like that there are 16 different incarnations of Lord Dattatreya. In His 16 incarnations, He uplifts us in this Kali Yuga. You pray to finish all problems or to have the strength to fight our problems. Victory to Hindu Dharma.
Jaya Guru Datta – Sri Guru Datta