Guru Poornima - Aniruddha Shubechya! July 22nd 2013

Tomorrow, 22nd July is Guru Purnima and we should start the day by chanting our Guru Mantra.

                           Om Manha Samarthyadaata Shri Aniruddhaya Namaha

We should also read Mantra 17 from the Divyaprakash Aradhana Jyoti book.
         
                     “Guru Bhavah Paramtirtham, Anya Tirtham Nirarthakam, Sarva Tirthashrayam Devi Padangushthecha Vartate Om Brahma-Vishnu- Maheshwarebhyam Namah”

Here Lord shiv is telling Goddess Paravti, that guru bhav is the most important pilgrimage, without gurubhav other pilgrimages have no meaning. Dattaguru's feet is the basis for all pilgrimages.

Bapu had explained the meaning of this mantra which is dedicated to Sadguru. The entire Aradhna Jyoti is dedicated to Sadguru. Bapu started His discourse by explaining a small part of prose from Shree Hanuman Chalisa which starts with “Shree Guru Charan Saroj Raj, Nij Manu Mukuru Sudhari”. Bapu said that a sacred hymn like Hanuman Chalisa also starts with praising the Sadguru's feet and the soil that touches it. Manu Mukuru means let my brow be covered and bestowed with the grace of having Sadguru’s charan-dhul (soil touched by his feet).
Our mind is often confused and our thoughts go in the wrong direction due to the wrong attractions and honey traps. Our mind can be steadied and we can achieve focus and cleansing only by our Sadguru.
Bapu said even in the Sunderkhand, it is written, “Garala Sudha Ripu Karahi Mitai” which means that with Sadguru’s blessings even our foe transforms to our friend. This means, whatever our enemy does against us turns to out to be a blessing in disguise and it actually becomes beneficial to us.
In the Hanuman Chalisa, we see that Parmatma (Ram) and the Sadguru are one and the same. For any endeavor to be successful in our life we need backing and blessings of Sadguru. Only Sadguru can give us unconditional and true love.
Bapu said that even a book can be our Sadguru. Sacred books like Sunderkand, Shree Sai Sat Charit, Grantharaj, Shreemad Purushartha, etc can also be our Sadguru.
Bapu said that many of us feel very proud when we complete chanting of Hanuman Chalisa or Ram Raksha or Ghorkashtodharan  Stotra 108 times and so on, but while these are definitely helpful and we should do it as they give excellent results,  but a recitation will be truly benefecial and would be blessed by Sadguru only when they are performed from the bottom of one’s heart and  out of love for God. And we should not get pompous after completing this recitation. Bapu says that as we go on increasing our recitations our love and devotion towards our Sadguru should also  increase and our ego should decrease. Bapu also promises that even we do not manage to concentrate completely while chanting and we tend to think of our other problems or are distracted when chanting and praying and make some mistakes during a puja, our Sadguru wull always bless us and take care of us. This is because our Sadguru has unlimited love and compassion for us.
 Bapu says that to win over our Sadguru we  need to put in sincere effort.Bapu gives an example of Vibhishan and his trust for the Sadguru. Vibhishan worshipped Lord Ram as his Sadguru and helped him.
Bapu further says that if one feels proud of one's self after achieving success and out of this thinking says that ‘I have done this, I got success, I am great, etc’ then he loses everything. For any success, credit should always be given to Sadguru. It is because of him that one achieves success and climbs new peaks of prosperity .
So now to inculcate this love, affection, worship, surrender and thoughts towards Sadguru one should chant this Aradhan Jyoti No. 17 everyday when we wake up and before we go to sleep. When we wake up  we should first recite mantras like “Om Krupa Sindhu Shri Sai Nathaya Namah”, “Om Abhay-data Shri Swami Samarthaya Namah”, “Om Manasamarthyadata Shri Aniruddhaya Namah”, and then say this mantra.

Here is another extract from  By Dr. Yogindrasinh Joshi (Ambadnya, Amitsinh Rao)

 SADGURU gives us that DYAN which tells us which ASTRA or weapon should be used in which battle or fight. We know that we cannot make perfect decision or UCHIT decision at UCHIT time on our own. SADGURU helps us to take this decision and that is HIS KRUPA (GRACE).

GURU POORNIMA is one such day where we have to remember the debt of SADGURU (GURU-RUNA) in our life. He will be successful who will maximum remember HIS RUNA in our life.

SADGURU is the ultimate TATVA in the entire UNIVERSE. Everyone can accompany you till your dead body is put on fire. HE is the only one who accompanies you in every moment even after your death till next birth. GURU is the one who converts the darkness into the LIGHT. There is always duality or fight between 2 things in our mind. We can’t take proper decision, so GURU TEJA makes us enable to take right decision and achieve Victory. SADGURUTVA is ANIRUDDHATVA and ANIRUDDHA is SADGURU only.

ANIRUDDHA means no one at no time and at no place can stop from doing anything. If we don’t gain HIM, there is nothing to be gained.

On GURU POORNIMA day SADGURU makes His DARSHAN so light and mild that we common men can easily accept that. HE makes power of HIS GURUTEJA so that we can easily bear that with our eyes directly.

When we do JAP, our mind is not concentrated on HIM exactly. Different thoughts peep inside or different tensions take away our concentration. But when we take HIS DARSHAN on GURU POORNIMA whenever we will sit for JAP, the same Photo of HIM, will be fixed in front of our eyes there wards after.

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Here is a beautiful song that we would like to dedicate to our dearest Sadguru, Bapu,

We are Amabdnya!
I am Ambadnya!

Aniruddha Bapu Thursday Pravachan- July 11th 2013

Sukha Savarni in front of Shree Trivikram

Hari Om,

Bapu spoke today about, Om Mantraya Namah!

Bapu said we have to learn today about the secret of the universe and how fortunate we are to be a part of it.

When we accept the grace of God, when we remember God , when we see something good in nature and remember God's grace  and when we see something good happening on this earth and we thank God-  at that time we will also experience a miracle in our own lives.
If you do not walk with balance and grace you will not be able to walk at all.
 In everything there should be a balance, in eating and in everything we do in our life. Beauty is also due to balance. In married life, even if the husband and wife argue, they should also love, a fight is okay with the spouse but there should also be love. That will lead to harmony and balance.

Bapu then said that we should today take a look at some Math,
π is commonly defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference C to its diameter d.
π is also known as Pi and is the 16th letter in the Greek alphabet

(π)= 3.14=22/7
Circumference =diameter/(π)=22/7=Greek alphabet's 16th letter.

However much you make the circle, it still remains a circle and the formula will not change. Pi is a mathematical constant and the ratio never changes. 
Human being's freedom of Karma is zero, nothing

Bapu also wanted to bring to our notice the difference between Pi and Phi which are 2 different Greek alphabets. Phi is the 21st letter of the Greek Alphabet. Bapu said people often make mistakes between the 2 alphabets. 
Also BAPU has stated wonderfully the shloka from MarutiStotra
Bramhanda bhovte vedhe VajraPucha karu shake....

This is description of Hanuman - as HE is so strong and powerful HE can grasp the entire Universe with HIS tail.(circumference)
Hanuman can with his hard and strong (Vajra)  tail wrap the universe around many times. Even though it is hard the tail he can wrap it around so many times. 
The YadnyaBalkaya rishi ...is only Ramdas
The universe keeps becoming bigger and Hanuman' s tail also keeps growing. This is constant. 

Aadimaata is the centre of a circle , she is the Kendrabindu. She does everything and everything is happening because of her. The diameter of the circle is Trivikram and the circumference is Hanuman. 

Vyasa means the diameter of a circle. If we join any  two dots on the circumference with the dot in the centre it becomes a right angle. We would like everything to be perfect in our life. The correct and right events should happen. We should take care of the Vyas in our life so that if it meets the dots and  it will become a right angle. 
Vyas means Trivikram means Harihar.  Also Bapu puts it beautifully that this diameter(Vyas)  brings 2 points on a circle together- Hari (Lord Vishnu) and Har (Lord Mahadev) as they are 2 farthest points on any circle.(universe) and everything else is in between.
- and this itself is Trivikram- helps us put  our life back on right track (within right angle)
- the 3 swaroop(characteristics) are Mahalaxmi (Satvagun), MahaSaraswati (daivi Rajogun) and MahaKali (daivi Tamogun)

Trivikram means Hanuman and Ram together.Even if the Trivikram cuts you with a sword, remember it is for your good,  but that is the faith and belief you must have.
Aadimaata is always in our mind in the Muladhar Chakra as our Kundalini in our body is in a passive state. 
There are 9 chakras in our body. 
2 are passive chakras and 7 are active. 
Omkara A- O-M and the accent on top ,has 3 1/2 matras. 
Half a matra means a nirgun nirakara swarup. 
7 chakras are around her 3 forms. 
7x3 = 21 and Aadimaata's swarup =1 
That means 21+1 =22 (circle is 22/7)
Our brain should be sharp and alert.
We have to be able to think for ourselves and have that understanding. 
22/7 in that where did the 7 come from?

Then Bapu asked, how many of you come to Gurukshetram once a month?
So few?
Such a good opportunity you all are wasting. 
You'll should feel somewhat ashamed. 
The Shivling in front of Lord Hanuman is Aatmaling. 

Saptapradesh means Trivikram pilgrimage with Parshuram, Dattatreya and Vigat (devotees like us)  and middle and  the best, all go to Aadimaata from there. 

In times of trouble we can go there, even with our eyes closed so you do not have the responsibility of even walking there. 
(π) = 22/7 is a constant which means that once it is in place in your life, your life's journey will become beautiful. 
(π) means Tripurai Trivikram. 

When we put this locket of the Tripurari Trivikram around our neck, it comes into our life as well. 
The journey of Trivikram is fruitful when you keep it always close to you and stay with it. 
In nature also everywhere this symbol is prevalent. 
Today, Bapu said that when we do the Swastikshem Samvaad, we should imagine the Tripurari Trivikram symbol and if possible see the Trivikram in that . 

Ambadnya! 

Bapu's Thursday Pravachan- 4th July 2013

Bapu started with the mantra, Om Ramavaradayini Mahisasurmardini Namah
We have seen the symbols like Deep and Swastik and now we will see the Lotus. Bapu said that all Gods like the Lotus.
Bapu asked everyone do you know all the colors of the lotus that you have seen, people said blue, white, light blue, violet, pink and red. But Bapu kept saying one more, one more and then someone said, yellow. Shiv Ganga Gauri likes the yellow lotus  and is sitting in this yellow lotus and it is also  there in the idol in the Gurukshetram. Mahavishnu and Laxmi have pink and red lotuses in their images and idols.
Lotus is the most superior and the symbol/image/prateek of purity and sacredness.

It comes from the muck, the stem is very delicate unlike the stem of the rose that is solid, the lotus stem is hollow and comes through the water slowly from the depth of the ground where it is dark and the flower comes towards the light.
First there is the bud and then with the sun it becomes the lotus.
From the bottom where it is very difficult, just like a person who is in extreme difficulty. The stem of the lotus sways and shakes in the wind just like a person does when in trouble but the lotus stem does not break at all and nor does it give up , it comes with it's face held towards the light.
The strength of the lotus is also that in the Chandikakul every God like Dattatraya, Shiv Ganga, Hanuman and Bapu,  everyone likes it. We should understand it properly and after that we should offer it to Chandika Maata.
It's birth is in the muck , so similarly when we are in the worst situation and we think our life is wasted and gone, but if we have full faith in our Guru or Chandikamaata, we have to know that our journey will never be wasted.
Have faith that your Sadguru will always bloom the lotus in your life. We have to ofcourse listen to what Bapu says and walk on his path.
How do we grow the lotus? Do we get a seed?
Make your life like that of the lotus.
Aai 's name is Mahishasurmardini, it is with the Mahishasur in it, no other God has a name with the demon's name - Mardini someone who can kill the demon. She has never given any demon a blessing. Like Shankar gave boons to demons if they did penance, for e.g Ravana also got boons. Mahavishnu and Mahishasurmardini have never given demons any blessings.
Narad constantly chants the name of Mahavishnu at a rate that is faster than our breathing, "Narayan, Narayan".
When we trouble someone = Mahishasur, Vrutrasur upasana
When we desire praise = we invite Mahishasur into our life never praise yourself or let others praise you
When we lie to God= we invite the demon
Never expect praise, lie to God or bring sadness in anyone's life.
If you do not believe in God , in Chandikaputra, in Chandikakul, we are inviting the demons into our lives. If we ask the demon to give us Mahishasurmardini, he will not be able to do it.
Say the Gurukshetram mantra as many times as possible.
We should say we want our Aai and her son and if you say this, he will never come into your life.
If we ask Mahishasurmardini for Vrutasur's head, she will give it to us and end the evil in our lives.

Our life should be like the Lotus's stem. Bapu is helping us become the pure lotus that all Gods love. The honey from the lotus is most pure, like nectar and the lotus seed is medicine. The bee goes to all flowers and spoils them when looking for honey but he cannot even put a whole in the lotus stem even though it is very tender. The bee can attack wood which is so strong but can never harm the lotus stem which is very delicate.The lotus closes the bees in its petals so the bee is scared also to go there. That's why we should ask Mothiaai to make us like the lotus.
The end of my life should be based on the life of the lotus flower.
Say, I am Ambadnya as many times as possible and  before you do any Upasana.

Offer yourself to Her so she can mould you the correct way even if you are a useless lump of clay. Offering the belpatra symbolizes offering " ek mastak, do hastak" - Your forehead and both hands.
And say God, I am offering you this Bel - bowed head and 2 hands
Offer the Tulsi for Vishnu with faith
Lotus means I am Ambadnya.
Bapu said he liked George Washington's quote- " Start wherever you are, with whatever you have, make something out of it , never be satisfied."
So you need not fear.
Just remember to say " I am Ambadnya " .

Hindi Pravachan excerpt-

Bapu was telling us about the chapter where Sai Baba was grinding wheat (it will be there in Samirdada's blog), Last week Bapu talked about eating wheat and getting strength. Also in nature if you walk half and hour bare feet you get strength. All diseases are controlled with it and people used to walk like that in the early days and stay strong.
In our body there are electric currents, mobile radiation has the worst effect and we are so dependent on our mobiles these days and keep it constantly next to us, listening to music continously and it's always close to your body. A mobile may be necessary and technology is important and has it's uses but remember the mobile is for your use, don't let the mobile use you. You are not for the mobile but the mobile is for you, remember that. People keep the mobile next to them while sleeping as well which is not good. Even in a wedding you may see the bride and groom on their mobiles.  Bapu said that if he lightheartedly says that for 3 days the mobile should not be used by anyone, then half the people will go mad. We are so dependant on it.
Due to this excess charging from your body goes away.
Samundra manthan had happened earlier and Shankar had taken halahal, Mahavishnu had taken the avataar of a turtle . When things are bad the turtle takes it's head and hands inside it's shell. You can get kurmashakti by walking atleast half and hour in a week barefoot on the ground. Bapu said that atleast when we come to Hari GuruGram once a week we can walk barefoot even though most areas are getting cemented now. Bapu said even he keeps looking for space to walk on the ground.

I am Ambadnya!

Thursday Pravachan- What Bapu Said - 27th June 2013

Hari Om!

Bapu said we saw Skand chinh , then swastik, then sun and moon, so we are seeing Ram vardayini's chinhs.
These are Aadimaata's khuna.
On one side man is persistently trying and on the other hand we have to try and understand that. It is as important to understand as it is to try.
If there is a tree, there is always shade below that and if you want to stand in the shade, you have to go to the tree, the tree will not come to you, the river will not come to you if you are thirsty, it will rain not as per your timings. This is all Aadimata's nature.
Whatever God has created, everything is for our benefit.
But if we want the tree in our house and nature in the house, that is not possible.
Whatever we have learnt, we do not use it properly in life.
Unless we don't get hurt , we do not become wise.
People invest money in the wrong things and we lose the money but we do not act wisely even though we have bad experiences. We do not believe in God and listen to him.
Still God and Guru gives you everything but we don't have full faith.
God can give you anything- Samarth. 
Bapu says his mother is like this only, she gives everything- Samarth. But this faith should be there when you pray that you will get everything from her.
In Sai Satcharit, an old lady, Deshmukh comes to Shirdi to get a mantra, she wants only Baba to give her a mantra, she does not take food and water. Baba tells her that even his guru did not give me mantra, he only gave me 2 coins, shradhha and saburi. He said look at me like I am Ananya(nobody else is there).

When you are praying, you can tell Chandika maata that I may be doing something wrong so forgive me for this and take me out of this situation. And she will do this and you should have faith that she will do this.

Whenever you are in front of God, you should remember God with your mind- dhyaan and then Gunasankirtan and then say the prayers and then Aarti.
Light= meditation
Prayer= gunasankirtan
Fire= Prayer
These three things make up the aarti
When we do the aarti, we should take it around the head and the aura. That is the best way. Don't be afraid if the light gets blown away. In the Aarti plate, put red rice and flowers and only focus on God.
Bapu said when we keep the prasad in front of God, we know that Ganapati will not eat the 'modaks', but we should offer it with full love and devotion. And faith that Ganapati will partake of our offering. Bapu said atleast we should make 1 garland with our hands, as much as we can we should do with our hands and love. We should sit and talk to God, like we sit and talk to our close friend. We should treat God like he is a part of our family in our home. Bapu said it's very important that we do the puja from our heart and not as a ritual. Then Parmeshwar is very happy.
Bapu said light a diya and do the rangoli swastik in the house.
When you say Ram Raksha you should continuously remember Rama.
When you say Jai Jai, it is God's victory and it should be a part of our life. Bapu said don't think you are just praying to a picture of God, it is God who is sitting in front of you.

I am Ambadnya!

What Bapu Said- Thursday Pravachan( 20.6.13)

Bapu started the pravachan by asking, in nature do you see a clue that there is God? Has God left a stamp anywhere? When did man come to know that God is there? Which moment is that? Man was an ape first and then became a man. And when did we come to know that God is there?Bapu said all of us should have that curiosity in us and ask this question.
Bapu also mentioned that he had read a book on the early man and gave an examination on that.

Bapu said that today we all say that we believe in God, is God there because we believe in him? Do you need to believe in God for God to be there? Who are we to believe in God? and saying that we do something for God. This is wrong. God does things for us.

Bapu said in Shiv Leela there is chapter in which a hunter sits on a tree and is looking for a prey for food. It is a Bel tree and it is Shiv Ratri and a lot of people are walking through and chanting "Shiv Shiv Hara Hara" and he imitates them and says what foolish people and they are fasting. It is a stone inside and outside- Shiv. His mind was on catching an animal and killing it and taking it for his family to eat. Below the tree full of bel leaves there was the Shiv Ling which Lord Bhrama had put there. The branches were coming in his eyes and so he was plucking the leaves and throwing it down and it was falling directly on the Shiv Ling. As a result even though he was imitating the people, he landed up chanting Shiv Shiv Hara Hara , he was throwing (offering the leaves to the Shiv Ling). Since he could not catch any animal, (he was talking to them and letting the deer go away), he landed up fasting. That night he went to heaven and Shankar changed him completely as a person.
Will God be happy if we imitate God ?  God has no limit. How must God be? How did God spread within man?
How did man understand that God is there?
Nirgun, Nirakara and Gayatri, Om, Dattatreya, Kiratrudra , were all there from before.
Jaaniv( Realisation) – only when you understand your work will happen and the opposite is anjanpana. If realisation is not there we encounter difficulties and acccidents.
When a child is born, God has given the realisation, the child knows the mother instantly.
In every being they have realisation, even an amoeba has that (Bapu drew a picture of the amoeba) , if there is food close by the amoeba knows and spreads it's tentacles and eats it.
We are secure because we have this Jaaniv or realisation. All of us have it from smallest creature to big. We understand danger and also what is good.
But we ignore this realisation and think we have the independence that God has given us. We do this because God has given us buddhi (ability to think), human beings do the wrong things, drinks what is not to be drunk, does not listen to the doctor also and eats what he wants. Other creatures dont have this ability and that's why they live properly and do not feel sick also.
Human beings have the possibility of lying and using thoughts  and intelligence (we also lie to God and our Guru).
Bapu said I have written in the Granth also and I am telling you again, to save a girl in distress, your lie will be very good and God will be very happy. Truth and reality. If you say the truth, it leads to purity.
Do not use your intelligence for lies and the realisation that God has given us becomes less.
And then we cannot hear God's voice as it becomes less.
When we tell lies and it troubles someone and is unjust and the other person is sad , that lie is bad.
Realisation becomes weak. When Parmeshwar cautions us and calls us we do not hear his voice.
God is always there to take care of us but we do not hear it.
Small lies are okay if they are for the good but not more than that.
Lies are destructive. We destroy ourselves in the process.
We can change nature but we cannot overpower it.
Nature taught us that there is an energy here which is God.
God has made so many different creatures, even the mouse is useful and so is the snake. But the snake also eats the mouse.
Sun is also important and rain is also important .
Satta is loving and human beings recognised this. Slowly watching nature, man realised that there is God.
It is all because of Aadimaata's grace. We would all like peace and happiness but our realisation has become less.
Bapu asked, who draws rangoli near the door, swastik, lotus and the sun on one side and the crescent moon. Sun means fire and light and in that is life. The moon is peaceful and soumya. The moon keeps growing and increasing every day and then becomes full and then again becomes small. He said in nature how they show slowly slowly and during Amavasya it is completely dark.
Our shakti should become stronger and pure and our realisation should be good and thats why earlier they would draw a sun and a moon with a lamp in the centre.
At the end, Bapu said to make our realisation strong and pure, we should do Namsmaran or chanting.
And there is a difference between just chanting and saying it with power and realisation.If we say Ram Ram , we should see Ram's picture in our mins. So it's not important how often we say it but how we say it. Our mind should be full of Ram. Namsmaran and remembering always and never leaving God. That's why we say it in front of photo and idol.
If you want to change your life for the better, we cannot do it on our own, only Aadimata can do this.
Then Bapu said, Hanumanta is the most important, he is Mahaprana, and according to a sequence he does. If you want do make your life good (Abhyudaya) , or change your life, Mahaprana, who makes the change, he is the one God who is the sun and also the moon. Hanumanchalisa pathan, we should picture how Hanuman went to cross the sea or how he went as Rama's ambassador , how he went to Sita, as we see him and say it and the bad and difficult times in our lives and our life will change and improve.
Bapu also said we should keep writing the Ram Naam books also.
On Sunday, Vatapurnima is the most pure day and we should say it 108 times. If someone does not say that on this day 108 times , Bapu will not come to their house. Some people were softly clapping and Bapu said, "You silly people, why are you'll clapping, this means that I come every day to your house. "And then people clapped very loudly. Bapu said not to say that you do not have time. In this month you should say it another day also 108 times. It's not necessary to say it only for 1 day. The more you do it the better it will be. He said I do not know about all the other rituals about fasting and all but those husbands who trouble their wives, you should not do this puja for them at all and all the ladies clapped very loudly.   In our body there are 108 shakti kendras and they all get activated when we say it. This is a day when Guru is sitting to give us everything and lots of happiness but our faith and belief should be there.