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Chapter -3 : The Holy Guru-Purnima Day- 2. 2. Significance Of The Guru-Purnima Day Mark fully the deep significance of this great day. Ashada Purnima heralds the Chaturmasa, or the setting in of the eagerly awaited rains. The water, drawn up and stored as clouds in the hot summer, now manifests in plentiful showers that usher in the advent of fresh life everywhere. Even so do you all begin seriously to put into actual working all the theory and philosophy that you have stored up in you through patient study. Commence practical spiritual Sadhana right from this day. Generate fresh waves of spirituality. Let all that you have read, heard, seen and learnt become, through Sadhana, transformed into a continuous outpouring of universal love, ceaseless loving service and continuous prayer and worship of the Lord seated in all beings. Live on milk and fruits on this day and practise rigorous Japa and Dhyana. Study the Brahma Sutras and do some lakhs of Japa (Anushthana or Purascha

Chinmaya Vidyalaya Annual Day Programme Opinion      31/03/2016.       400.        All Members,        Respected family members of this great holy Nation.         *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC        **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION     Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :16.3.    A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA     Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER!   16. MYSTICAL MOMENTS-3 .  3. This great ideal was proclaimed as the goal of all human individuals. For these illumined saints and seers say  : - “O man, striving and struggling in this earth plane of phenomenal existence, we proclaim to you a great discovery. We have attained an experience which has liberated us from all sorrow, pain and suffering and which has filled us with supreme bliss. We w

. Chapter -3 : The Holy Guru-Purnima Day- 1. 1. Introduction "Sankaram Sankaracharyam Kesavam Badarayanam; Sutra-Bhashya-Kritau Vande Bhagavantau Punah Punah" I adore Lord Siva, Lord Vishnu, Bhagavan Vyasa and Sri Sankaracharya. I again and again prostrate to Sri Vyasa who wrote the Vedanta Sutras, and to Sri Sankaracharya who wrote the commentaries thereon (Guru Vandanam). The full-moon day in the month of Ashada is the extremely auspicious and holy day of Guru-Purnima. On this Ashada Purnima Day, sacred to the memory of the great sage Sri Vyasa Bhagavan or Sri Krishna Dvaipayana, Sannyasins settle at some place to study, do Vedantic Vichara, and discourse on the thrice-blessed Brahma Sutras composed by Maharshi Vyasa. Sri Veda-Vyasa has done unforgettable service to all humanity for all time by editing the four Vedas, writing the eighteen Puranas, the Mahabharata and the Bhagavata. We can attempt to repay this deep debt of gratitude we owe him only by constant

Opinion     30/03/2016.      395.       All Members,       Respected family members of this great holy Nation.        *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC       **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION    Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :16.2.   A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA    Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER!  16. MYSTICAL MOMENTS-2. 2. In whichever race, clime or time they appear, these great minds have ever thought alike. They have borne irrefutable testimony to the essential underlying unity of all humanity. Their exceptional character encourages, inspires, and unerringly guide the masses. By their achievements they indicate the heights that are attainable by right effort. They show what hidden potencies human being contain and what high d

  Chapter-2.Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship ( Very  Important )-8.2 8. Guru’s Tests :2. 2. Four Classes Of Disciples  : The best disciple is like petrol or aviation spirit. Even from a great distance, he will instantly react to the spark of the Guru’s Upadesa. The second class disciple is like camphor. A touch awakens his inner spirit and kindles the fire of spirituality in him. The third class of disciple is like coal. The Guru has to take great pains in order to awaken the spirit in him. The fourth class of disciple is like a plantain stem. No efforts will have any effect on him. Whatever the Guru may do, he remains cold and inert. Two things are necessary for a beautifully finished idol or image. One is a perfect, faultless, good piece of marble; the second is the expert sculptor. The piece of marble should but unconditionally remain in the hands of the sculptor in order to be carved and chiselled into the fine image. So too, the disciple has but to c

Opinion     29/03/2016.      390.      All Members,       Respected family members of this great holy Nation.       *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC       **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION   Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :16.1.   A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA   Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! 16. MYSTICAL MOMENTS-1. Somehow or the other these universal souls come. They are the real cosmopolitans. They proclaim the great oneness and brotherhood of all living beings. Over the course of human history, many a time their teaching is stifled, is overcome by dry philosophy and dogma. Yet, in spite of that, it never dies. it is like the grass that is covered over with snow in the winter. Each long winter you think the grass is no longer there. B

 Chapter-2.Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship ( Very  Important )-8.1 8. Guru’s Tests :1. The Satguru communicates the secret knowledge of the Upanishads to his trusted disciples only after repeated entreaty and severe testing. Sometimes, the Guru may even tempt his disciple, but the latter should overcome by firm faith in the Guru. In days of yore, the tests were very severe. Once Gorakhnath asked some of his students to climb up a tall tree and throw themselves, head downwards, on a very sharp trident or Trisula. Many faithless students kept quiet. But one faithful student at once climbed up the tree with lightning speed and hurled himself downwards.  He was protected by the invisible hand of Gorakhnath. He had immediate Self-realisation. Once Guru Govind Singh tested his students. He said: “My dear disciples! If you have real devotion towards me, let six of you come forward and give me your heads. Then we can have success in our attempt.” Two faithful disciples offered

ARADHANA Opinion    28/03/2016.     385.     All Members,       Respected family members of this great holy Nation.      *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC       **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION   Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :15.   A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA   Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! 15. THE GREAT SADHANA - Worshipful Homage! To the eternal, all-pervading Supreme Reality Beginningless and endless Within and without Above and below and all around. To that Divine Consciousness Dormant in the stone and mineral, Breathing, barely sentient, in plants and grosses, Dynamic, active, mobile in animals, But gloriously aware in you, the highest manifestation, as purposeful, rational intelligence, To that Divine Perfection we bow. May

   Chapter-2.Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship ( Very  Important )-7.  7. How The Guru Teaches : The Guru teaches through personal example. The day-to-day conduct of the Guru is a living ideal to the disciple who is observant. The life of the Guru is a living sermon to the sincere disciple. By constant contact, the disciple imbibes the virtues of his Guru. He is moulded gradually. Study Chhandogya Upanishad. You will find that Indra stayed with Prajapati for a period of a hundred and one years and served him wholeheartedly. The Guru only knows the spiritual needs of his disciples. He will give Upadesa according to the disciple’s temperament and evolution. This Upadesa should be kept a secret. Discussion among disciples will lead to criticism of Guru and slackness in Sadhana. There will be no spiritual progress. Follow the Guru’s Upadesa to the very letter. Remember it is meant for you only. The other disciples have received Guru-Upadesa, too. Let them follo

. GURU TATTVAM -2.6. Chapter-2.Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship ( Very  Important )-6.2 6. Surrender And Grace-2. The aspirant, before he desires the grace of the Master, should deserve it. The supply of divine grace comes only when there is a real thirst in the aspirant, and when he is fit to receive it. Guru’s grace descends upon those who feel utterly humble and faithful to him. Faith is confidence and trust in Guru. Faith is firm conviction of the truth of what is declared by the preceptor by way either of testimony or authority, without any other evidence or proof. The disciple who has faith in the Guru argues not, thinks not, reasons not and cogitates not. He simply obeys. The disciple’s self-surrender to Guru and Guru’s grace are interrelated. Surrender draws down Guru’s grace, and grace of Guru makes the surrender complete. Guru’s grace works in the form of Sadhana in the aspirant. If an aspirant sticks to the path tenaciously, this is the grace of the Guru. I

Opinion    26/03/2016.     381.    All Members,      Respected family members of this great holy Nation.     *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC      **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION   Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :14.   A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA   Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! 14. YOU ARE DIVINE - You are a Child of God. You are Divine. You are essentially an eternal and imperishable divine spirit. You are immortal Atman (the divine soul within.)   You are not this perishable cage of flesh and bones. You are not merely this restless and impure mind filled with selfishness, anger, hatred, passion, greed, cravings, etc. Neither are you this limited and finite intellect which is many a time prone to error and fails you at the

GURU TATTVAM -2.6. Chapter-2.Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship ( Very  Important )-6. 6. Surrender And Grace-1. If you want to drink water at the tap, you will have to bend yourself.  Even so, if you want to drink the spiritual nectar of immortality which flows from the holy lips of the Guru, you will have to be an embodiment of humility and meekness. The lower nature of mind must be thoroughly regenerated. The aspirant says to his preceptor : - “I want to practise Yoga. I want to enter into Nirvikalpa Samadhi. I want to sit at your feet.  I have surrendered myself to." "But, he does not want to change his lower nature and habits, old character, behaviour and conduct." One’s individual ego, preconceived notions, pet ideas and prejudices, and selfish interests should be given up. All these stand in the way of carrying out the teachings and instructions of one’s Guru. Lay bare to your Guru the secrets of your heart. The more you do so, the

Opinion    25/03/2016.     376.    All Members,     Respected family members of this great holy Nation.    *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC     **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION   Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :13.2   A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA   Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER!   13. "ONENESS" - 2. And the power of God’s love stirs, not in the human brain or the human intellect, but in the human heart. It is this power that makes one give up one’s life for the life of another, to do anything for the benefit of another. No sacrifice is too great.   A sacrifice is not even looked upon as sacrifice. “I lose nothing. I gain if my brother is the gainer, because my brother is my own self. Everyone is my own self, my own reflectio

Sub : GURU TATTVAM -2.5 Chapter-2.Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship ( Very  Important )-5. 5. Happy-Go-Lucky Disciples - The spiritual path is not like writing a thesis for the Master of Arts Degree .   **It is quite a different line altogether. The help of a teacher is necessary at every moment. Young aspirants become self-sufficient, arrogant and self-assertive in these days. They do not care to carry out the orders of a Guru. They do not wish to have a Guru. They want independence from the very beginning. They think they are in the Turiya Avastha when they do not know even the ABC of spirituality or truth. They mistake licentiousness or “having their own ways and sweet will” as freedom. ** This is a serious, lamentable mistake. That is the reason why they do not grow. They lose the faith in the efficacy of Sadhana and in the existence of God. They wander about in a happy-go-lucky manner, without any aim, from Kashmir to Gangotri, and from Gangotri

Opinion   24/03/2016.    371.   All Members,    Respected family members of this great holy Nation.   *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC    **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION   Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :13.1   A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA   Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER!  13. *ONENESS* - 1. There is something within each of us, within each being, each creature, that is the same in all. This innermost essence knits all existence into a mystical oneness in which all differences are transcended and dissolved. It is when you are activated in the depth of your being that you get the blessing of this oneness. This oneness goes beyond the barriers of creed or dogma or theology of any sect or cult. It is the deepest innermost essen

Sub : GURU TATTVAM -2.4.2  Chapter-2.Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship ( Very  Important )-4.  4. Obedience To Guru-2. Learn how to obey. Then alone you can command. Learn how to be a disciple. Then alone you can become a Guru. Give up the delusive notion that to submit to the preceptor, to obey him, and to carry out his instructions is slavish mentality. The ignorant man thinks that it is beneath his dignity and against his freedom to submit to another man’s command. This is a grave blunder. If you reflect carefully, you will see that your individual freedom is, in reality, an absolutely abject slavery to your own ego and vanity. It is the vagaries of the sensual mind. He who attains victory over the mind and the ego is the truly free man. He is the hero. It is to attain victory that man submits to the higher spiritualised personality of the Guru. By this submission, he vanquishes his lower ego and realises the bliss of Infinite Consciousness.

Opinion  23/03/2016.   366.  All Members,   Respected family members of this great holy Nation.  *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC   **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION   Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :12.2  A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA   Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER!  12. THE ESSENCE OF ALL RELIGIONS - 2.  2. What is religion but fulfilling the will of God in our daily lives as it has been expressed in the wisdom teachings of all the great scriptures of the world, as it has been expressed in the lives of all the saints, sages, seers, messiahs, prophets and messengers which He has been sending from time to time to remind us of His will. Fulfilling the will of God in our daily lives is the soul of religion. Otherwise,

Supreme Universal Guru Lord Sri Krishna Sub : GURU TATTVAM -2.4.1 Chapter-2.Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship ( Very  Important )-3. 4. Obedience To Guru-1. Obedience to Guru is better than reverence. Obedience is a precious virtue, because if you try to develop the virtue of obedience, the ego, the arch-enemy on the path of Self-realisation, slowly gets rooted out. Only the disciple who obeys his Guru can have command over his lower self. Obedience should be very practical, wholehearted and actively persevering. True obedience to Guru neither procrastinates nor questions. A hypocritical disciple obeys his Guru from fear. The true disciple obeys his Guru with pure love for love’s sake. Swami Sivananda To be continued  ....

Opinion 21/03/2016.  361. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :12.1 A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! 12. THE ESSENCE OF ALL RELIGIONS - 1. 1. God’s plan for us was not just endowing us with a comfortable material life. Then we would only be well fed, well clothed, well housed, academically-degreed animals capable only of functioning upon the animal level. What is it that distinguishes human beings? The ability to be compassionate, the ability to feel for the joys and sufferings of others, the ability to wish to ameliorate the sorrows and troubles of others. Anima

Sub : GURU TATTVAM -2.3 Chapter-2.Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship ( Very  Important )-3. 3. Guru-Seva Aspirants should direct their whole attention in the beginning towards removal of selfishness by protracted service of Guru. Serve your Guru with divine Bhava. The cancer of individuality will be dissolved. The captain of a ship is ever alert. A fisherman is ever alert. A surgeon in the operation theatre is ever alert. Even so, a thirsting hungry disciple should be ever alert in the service of his Guru. Live to serve the Guru. You must watch for opportunities. Do not wait for invitation. Volunteer yourself for the Guru’s service. Serve your Guru humbly, willingly, unquestioningly, unassumingly, ungrudgingly, untiringly and lovingly. The more you spend your energy in serving your Guru, the more divine energy will flow into you. He who serves the Guru serves the whole world. Serve the Guru without selfish ends. Scrutinise your inner motives while doing service

Opinion 20/03/2016.  356. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :11.3. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! 11. MANY NAMES—ONE GOD : 3. 3. And all religions say that you are related to God. This is one of the basic concepts in all religions. In Islam they say, “there is the Light of Allah in man.” In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says, “I am the Soul seated in the hearts of all beings.” Christianity and Judaism say that God created man in His own image and breathed His spirit into him. Therefore, the spirit of God indwells man as the innermost reality in him. Th

Sub : GURU TATTVAM -2.2 - Chapter-2.Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship ( Very  Important )-1. 2. Who Is Qualified To Approach The Guru? Ref : Present day students at  all  level  must  know  this, students  job  is  learning  and  not  the  agents  of  dirty  politicians  who  are  not  your  real  guru. To approach a Guru, you must be a proper Adhikari. Correct understanding, non-attachment to worldly objects, serenity of mind, restraint of the senses, absence of base passions, faith in the Guru and devotion to God are necessary equipment with which the aspirant has to approach the Guru. The Guru will impart spiritual instructions only to that aspirant who thirsts for liberation, who duly obeys the injunctions of the Sastras, who has subdued his passions and senses, who has a calm mind, and who possesses virtuous qualities like mercy, cosmic love, patience, humility, endurance, forbearance, etc. Initiation into the mysteries of Brahman will fructify only wh

Opinion 19/03/2016.  351. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :11.2. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! 11. MANY NAMES—ONE GOD : 2. 2. It was only when man came into being in the course of the strange, mysterious progression of human history that languages arose. In different parts of the earth, different ways of expressing thoughts through articulate speech evolved. Different terminologies to express the same thing developed. Consider how many totally different names there are for the one element that you drink in order to slake your thirst. In another country, i

TRUE STUDENT ARJUNA WITH UNIVERSAL GURU LORD SRI KRISHNA Sub : GURU TATTVAM -2.1 - Chapter-2.Duties And Privileges Of Discipleship ( Very  Important )-1. Ref : Present day students at  all  level  must  know  this, students  job  is  learning  and  not  the  agents  of  dirty  politicians  who  are  not  your  real  guru. 1. Introduction. Yasya Deve Para Bhaktir-Yatha Deve Tatha Gurau; Tasyaite Kathita Hyarthah Prakashante Mahatmanah. He whose devotion to the Lord is great, and who has as much devotion to the Guru as to the Lord, unto him, that high-souled one, meanings of the sacred texts stand revealed (Svetasvatara Upanishad). A disciple is he who follows the instructions of the Guru to the letter and spirit, who propagates the teachings of the Guru to less evolved souls in the path till the end of his life. A true disciple is concerned only with the Divine Nature of the Guru. The Guru’s actions as man is not the disciple’s concern. He is totally oblivious of

School Children doing Social Service - Swatch Bharatham Opinion 18/03/2016.  346. All Members,  Respected family members of this great holy Nation. *REQUEST ALL  STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC  **IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION  OF THE NATION  Sub : SUCCESS IN LIFE :11.1. A Young Person's Guide  Consisting of the Teachings of  SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA  Ref :  CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE  AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS  AND  STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN  LOSS  OF  CHARACTER! 11. MANY NAMES—ONE GOD : 1. 1. God is All Love. He is the Ocean of Compassion, the Ocean of Forgiveness, the Ocean of Kindness. He is the only Reality. He is the basis, source and origin of all religions. He is the goal of all religions. Even though called by different names, as Brahman, Atman, Jehovah, Father in Heaven, or Allah, yet that Supreme Cosmic Reality is One and Non-Dual. It is that Reality whic