Speeches of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji – July 24, 2018 – Trinidad
Speech in the morning – Penal Ashrama
Compiled by Smt Hira Duvvuri
Sri Maha Ganapataye Namaha
Sri Saraswatyai Namaha
Sripada Vallabha Narasimha Saraswati
Sri Guru Dattatreyaya Namaha
Wonderful bhajan group. I shed tears of joy. Train the main ashrama group also. No groups. Surrender. Join Agree. Thank you Sheetal. Such a nice group. Twice he almost died. He does not know. Ask him. Very serious. Wife was informed that her husband is dead. Swamiji was informed. Who told? He is not dead. He is a strong man. After two hours phone came. Sheetal is okay.
Selection of bhajans is very good. Listen. All bhajans have seed letters, vedanta. Beejaksharas from Devi Bhavavatam. The stanzas fully Devi Bhagavatam. Very powerful. Like Mantras. Your life is fulfilled. I have no words. Your life is blessed. Our Tabla master also. No confusion. Sheetal also very nice. I want to see same thing in Carapachaima ashrama also. This is Swamiji’s wish. Not Ramesh Maharaj or any trustee’s wish. It is Guru’s order. This also you continue. This is also Swamiji’s ashrama. More and more should join. If one marries and leaves, others should join. I gave today’s date. Auspicious day. Installation of Hanuman and Annapurna Mandira inauguration. Penal ashram is small, powerful, well maintained. Please come often again and again to pray.
Hanumantha is also here now. Ask him what you want. He will definitely grant. Dattatreya, Siva, Rama, Rajarajeswari, Maha Ganapati, each devata fulfills different wishes. You have bhajans on all the deities, all mantras. Very nice bhajans. You can stand in front of the shrine and chant the memorized bhajans, alone. I like if you memorize. Try Bhagavad Gita. How many people have tried? Try. Why not? It will take one year. No problem.
Please take oath. From Today onwards we will learn the Bhagavad Gita. It will come slowly. It may take one and a half years. No hurry. At least by next year, learn to read from the book. We need Arjuna and Krishna conversation. In our minds also, intellect and soul. Always quarreling. This body is a battlefield. All nerves are the Kauravas, the bad tendencieslust, anger, pride, etc. The Nadis are the Ganga river. Also Sarovara, the sacred pond. Our body itself is walking Mahabharata. You are very intelligent. You are the correct people to chant the Bhagavad Gita. I have heard you sing. First month, you may feel irritated. Once you learn a few shlokas, you will gain confidence and interest. So many CDs are there. Swamiji has given the important shlokas to you. Go ahead. From Bhajan Mala, daily learn and memorize the lyrics of one bhajan. Take oath. I have blessed you fully, 120 per cent. Normally I only bless 100%. Continue this temple. Protect. Your participation is important. Personal involvement. All kinds are festivals are celebrated here. Our savior Hanuman also came here. You must attend all the festivals. Not big donations. Small contributions. Raise your hands. Take oath. You will come. Powerful ashrama, powerful bhajans. Penal devotees come and take group photo.
Sri Guru Datta
Speech in the afternoon – Princes Town
Compiled by Archana Penukonda
Sri Maha Ganapate Namaha
Sri Saraswatyai Namaha
Sri Padavallabha Narasimha Saraswati
Sri Guru Dattatreyaya Namaha
Dram Dattaya Namaha
Om Namaha Shivaya
Om Aim Hreem Shreem Durga Parameshvaryai Namaha
Om Namo Hanumate Namaha.
All these are God’s names. Practice chanting them daily as much as possible. That makes it easy attain the knowledge we need. We are suffering from Avidya/ignorance. We need spiritual education. You already have worldly education. Some even have PhDs and multiple degrees. That is not important. What is important is Jnana/spiritual knowledge. After we gain Jnana, we attain Ananda or real happiness. Nothing in this world is permanent. Everything is an illusion. We are experiencing this maya/illusion. We are all humans who experience all kinds of maya. But awareness is very important. We can get this awareness with Vidya or real knowledge. Real knowledge is knowledge of who you truly are, what your connection with God is, what the connection is with Atman and buddhi/intellect, what the connection with the sense organs is. We need such education. That is Vidya or Jnana.
Some are suffering from Avidya. They are taking birth, eating, eating and eating, earning money, buying a house, getting married, having children and eventually dying. Finish. This is not growth. This is just the ordinary human process. This is not knowledge. What kind of Sadhana do we need? We have two houses, twenty cars and $30 million in the bank. That is our game. That is what we strive for. That is not Sadhana. All that sadhana happens automatically. But before getting old, you must understand, “What am I doing?” “What is this life?” “How do I earn Jnana/knowledge?” “Who is God?” “What connection do I have with God?” Inquire for yourself. If you do self-inquiry for even one minute every day, you will automatically get Jnana. But we are not doing that inquiry. We simply bide time and pass all 80-90 years of our life. When there is a birth in the family, we are very happy. When someone passes away, we are sorrowful and crying. After sometime we forget and carry on with life.
Close your eyes and think about this sometimes. You will definitely understand this illusion. This is like a drama or a movie. You watch a movie for 1.5 hours. You are immersed in the movie so much, you cry and laugh with it. After the movie ends, everything vanishes. What happened? The story might run again in your mind for some time. You soon forget and later go watch a new movie. You must understand and set right this movie of life. That is why, chant Guru mantra, chant Hanuman mantra, chant God’s name. Finish your duties. A householder too has duties. Then you will get good health and wealth. Put that wealth to good use to help others. Use the good health to serv others. If you follow Sadguru, he gives good health and wealth. He does not give liberation/Moskha. Moksha is not easy. Some people believe that Sadguru grants Moksha if you follow him. Moksha is very far away. That is not in our class. Humans have no moksha. We are only granted health, wealth and knowledge. If you follow Sadguru, he will train you with good devotion, knowledge/Jnana and dispassion/vairagya. Vairagya is non-attachment. Teach yourself to slowly move from attachment towards non-attachment. All your sorrows will disappear. You will have only happiness. Vairagya is necessary. But we are filled with ambitions and desires at all times. We hanker after objects of the world. We can collect things of the world, but it only leads to sorrow. Be careful. Get the knowledge to learn what is good to acquire and what is not. When you get wealth, have the discrimination to understand what is good and what is not.
Guru Purima is fast approaching. It is only on Friday. This is a good opportunity for Trinidadians. Do not miss. Come to Carapichaima to attend Guru Puja. Early morning on Thursday, Swamiji is giving Guru Upadesa. You need Guru mantra. Guru mantra protects you and is essential for your progress. There are mantras for various deities – Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and others, but when you receive the mantra in the Guru’s voice on a specific day before Guru Purnima, that is very powerful. Swamiji prepared the Upadesam for you. You must also prepare to receive it.
Come to the temple often. This is Dattatreya temple. Therefore, it is also Vishnu temple, Siva temple and Brahma temple. Get membership at this temple and come often to serve. Get physically and mentally involved. All of you are like the family members of this temple. This is not just the coordinator’s family. If you think this is a private place, you have the wrong idea. This is a public place, not a private temple. This is your temple. Tell the team here how you want to serve the temple. They will cooperate with you to coordinate the programs. Ten years ago, I saw many good programs here. We need good bhajans, Satsang, food donations, worship of different kinds such as Satyanarayana Vrta, Shiva worship, Durga worship etc. Use this temple collectively. Everyone is part of the family here.
This temple has kitchen facility as well. You can conduct wedding other auspicious events here. Donate food. It is not just the 3-5 people that should be involved. This whole area, this whole society should be involved. Do not hesitate. Come closer instead of going farther away. We are all one close family. Please join together. Only when two hands join will there be sound. Participate in all the programs. (It began raining) The rains are also very happy with what Swamiji said. I wanted to see this place today. I wanted to see my old devotees. I bless the old devotees. The little children I saw before are all grown up and have their own children now. I am very happy.
Speech in the evening – Penal Ashrama
Compiled by Smt Hira Duvvuri
Sri Maha Ganapataye Namaha
Sri Saraswatyai Namaha
Sripada Vallabha Narasimha Saraswati
Sri Guru Dattatreyaya Namaha.
Canteen inauguration, I bless the school, the satsanga, and the social activities. I am very happy. God gives good blessings to you. I also bless you. This organization should grow more and more. I recall my Life History. Very nice. So many cinema directors are asking for the script. I have not given. In 1970 cinema actor Kalyana Kumar wanted the script for a play. I gave permission. TV people also are asking. I have not given. LH in so many languages. So many hundreds of thousands of copies. Like a modern novel, Purana, modern Bhagavatam. People like very much. They experience. Our children tried as per their capacity. Venkamma Atha did very good actions. I recall my birth. Actually, the dramatic story. I cannot explain. Such a story you can’t get. All Dattatreya miracles. In your judgment, who is the good actor here? Everyone. Please tell one actor. Bala Guru Datta is small. Only crying, no acting. Jayalakshmi Mata. Main story is about her. Concentration is on her. She is the main role. Not Karapatra Swami, Fakir tatha, Lingannayya, Savitramma, no. Jayalakshmi Mata is the main actor. The baby was completely in the water. the gypsies took the baby. Jayalakshmi did not know. That is the real story. The baby was always in Kaveri water. Swamiji also 2-3 hours nonstop swimming. This evening also I did swimming. After 21 years, always Agni, fire, fire. Agni Puja, Pranayama. Five elements, panchabhootas Sadhana. One can read Swamiji’s LIfe History. Then you understand how to do Sadhana. How to become a human being. LH gives a message to people. Not a story. Foolish to think of it as a story, drama or cinema. It is a message to people. Birth also is a message to people. Lots of messages. Your knowledge also improves if you read it. Who is the director? I bless you. Good idea. Next time, take two years time and do a real drama with real voices. I will send you the script. You memorized, like the Bhagavad Gita? Good. I bless. Canteen is very important. Again and again we will gather here. I have no words. I am recalling. Karapatra Swami. I get into Samadhi, concentration. Kalyana Kumar once he performed this drama. Suddenly, half way, I told him to stop. Mridangam Ramesh had watched the play. He was then 12 years old. Now he is 55. I am thinking he is now 35 years. I bless you all episodes, good drama. To Jayalakshmi Mata I will give something. Something is hiding here. I told Sateesh to keep one chain here, inside the flower garland. I talked to him on the phone. Two more chains I want, please. Nice, Jayalakshmi Mata. If someone says, Jayalakshmi Mata, I am moved. I see her in all of you. Anyone who feeds hungry persons, all ladies are she. I am very happy. Now my canteen is calling. Okay.
Jaya Guru Datta