There is Only One God in All Names and Forms 

 

(continued)  

For proper understanding, one must make two divisions, whereby the first part is from the perspective of devotion and the second part is from the perspective of "Essential Truths".  Thus being so, there is no opposition in it.  The meaning of allegiance and devotion is  -  a man's firm notion in the heart towards his one and only beloved.  To  make this notion extremely firm, the first part has been addressed.   By this piece, the tendencies of an aspirant are removed from all directions and channeled towards his beloved, and in that alone they are mainly fixed with exclusivity of feelings.  On this happening,  when the principal God manifests, then either God makes him realize the essential truths or the aspirant himself becomes aware of these.  

It is said  - 

Aadi ant jan anamnt saare kaaraj soya |

Janhi jeev nahacho dharai tamhi dhig paragat hoya ||

Thereafter there is nothing further remaining for him to do and to know.  He becomes such that there is nothing further to do, or to know. 

The second type of description is for the man who has a predominance of intellect.  Having faith and walking the path gradually, one step at a time through spiritual practices, one can reach that precise state.  If through discrimination he quickly and without doubt, moves forward, then gradually he will be able to cross all the ranges and reach the other side, thereafter nothing remaining to be done, known or acquired.     

The principle point is God is only One.  He alone has been called by various Names and Forms in various places.  Though residing in various places and in various Forms, He is present and situated fully, in toto in every place.  He who wants Him in whatever Form and with whatever feelings and way, attains Him in that very same way; because God too desires Him in that very same way.   It is His proclamation - 

Ye yathaa maam prapadyante,  taanstathaiva bhajaamyaham |  (Gita 4/11) 

Thus if anyone wants and in whatever manner he worships and remembers Him,  if he worships in a new way,  and in a manner that has never been done so far, to-date, then too on attaining perfection in that love, he will surely realize God, because he desires and wants only that one God.  For him the renunciation of the sense enjoyments and material goods of this world and beyond, such as gold, women,  rest-relaxation,  respect, reverence, name-fame etc.  and not desiring the perishable sense enjoyments and material pleasures and on having a true and heartfelt intense longing for God, the eternal Lord,  the best of all men,  the most glorious of all, how can God stay without meeting such a devotee?   

The point of saying all this is that if there is a true and intense longing for God and if man with utmost feeling believes fully and totally in the best of all, highest of all "Essential Truth", whatever be the Name-Form, and in whatever manner he serves, worships, devotes himself, then God regards this as His own worship, service and prayer; because the highest of all Essential Truths are One only and that is God.  There can be a mistake in an aspirant's understanding, but there can be no mistake in God.   God only sees towards the one and only thing, the aspirant's feelings and sentiments (bhaav).  Therefore an aspirant should want that he must have complete and total faith in whatever be the Name and Form of God, and exclusively and with deep love continue to be in remembrance of Him, and he must in no state forget Him,  then he will realize God Himself.    

Narayana !  Narayana !!  Narayana !!!

 

 

From "Jivan ka Kartavya" in Hindi  by Swami Ramsukhdasji

Ram Ram

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There is Only One God in All Names and Forms 

 

Shree Hari

24^th April, 2012, Tuesday

Vaishakh Shukla Trutiya, Vikram Samvat 2069, Mangalvaar

 

In the Bharatiya (Indian) culture,  the Vedas are regarded as the foremost.  They are eternal, without an end,  and the kind that are ever lasting.   The three parts regarded in these Vedas are actions, worship and knowledge.  These three are comprehensively detailed in the Puranas and the historical texts, and its depictions are beautifully narrated through tales by Ved Vyas who has showered his grace and has made it possible for even the most common man to understand the subject easily.   As such even the Puranas are regarded as without a beginning, but these are restored at times and at intervals.  There are writings in the Puranas indicating their band as very widespread.  They have been given a succinct form for the short-lived beings of Kaliyug.   All the subjects pertaining to worldly and spiritual matters have been described very well in these.  After studying, it is known that the divine traits,  demoniac traits,  visit to holy places,  fasts,  austerities, sacrifices, charities, moderation,  service, following the duties of various stages of life (ashram dharma) and various "varnas", following the duties of a woman,  of rank and file, of the people (subjects, citizens),  of class, of country,  of time,  space, relations,  circumstances etc., essential duties and various subjects have been described in an extra-ordinary manner,  leaving nothing unsaid.   

In many places there appears to be much opposition and disparity,  which common men finds it difficult to understand due to seeing things in an ordinary manner.  Not just that,  but due to their lack of discrimination the talks of the Puranas,  appear to be filled with gabble, favoritism,  untruth, and due to which impiousness comes into being.  When and where there is description of the praises of holy places, fasts,  etc.  there that itself is revealed to be the best of all.   Just as, wherever the greatness of Shri Gangaji is shared there, neither the Sarayu, nor the Pushkar nor the Yamuna, nor the Teerthraj Prayaag is equivalent to it;  and when one begins to describe the Teerthraj it is said that there is no holy place equivalent to it, neither Ganga, nor Yamuna, nor Sarayu, norPushkar.   This alone is the king of all holy places.  It has come in the Kashi Mahatmaya, that for the attainment of liberation, there is no holy place in all the three worlds like Kashi.  None compares to it, neither Sarayu, nor Yamuna, nor Pushkar;  because it is situated in the trident of Lord Shankar.   There are similar stories on the topic of various fasts such as the Kartik Mahaatmai,  Vaishaak Mahaatmai,  Maargshirsh Mahatmai,  and Ekadashi Mahaatmai etc.    In this manner, if one is refuted through another, than all are refuted. 

In many places besides this, it has been said in different ways that the fruits of visiting holy places is quite run of the mill,  greater than fasts is moderation of sense organs and greater than sense moderation is worship and devotion of God and greater than that is love of God. 

Dharmah swanushtih punsaam vishvaksenakathaasu yah |

Notpaadayeh yadi ratim shram eva hi kewalam ||  (Shrimad Bhagwat  1/2/8)  

Even on proper exercise of Dharma,  if there is no awakening of love in men's heart towards the divine plays and stories of the Lord, then it is sheer labor and exertion only.   (to be continued)  

 

 

From "Jivan ka Kartavya" in Hindi  by Swami Ramsukhdasji

Ram Ram

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God-Realisation is Axiomatic

 

 

As worldly things are not with us, we have to go to them or bring them to us or change them or develop them before enjoying them. With God it is different because He is ever present everywhere. We handicap ourselves in God- Realisation because we have turned our attention from Him to the impermanent and transient worldly things. Therefore, accept Him as omnipresent particularly in ourselves and do not consider the body, the mind, the senses, the intellect and the other worldly things as ours. By doing so, you will be able to behold Him in everything and everywhere.

 

 

The Lord has declared in the Gita- `Yo maam pashyati sarvatra' (6/30) "He sees Me (the Universal Self) present in all beings". 'Mayaa tatamidam sarvam' (9/4) "All this is permeated by Me", ishwarah sarva bhutaanaam hridesherjun tishthati' (15/15) "God dwells in the heart of all" `hridi sarvasya visthitam (13/17).

 

 

God exists in all creatures, men, women, birds and animals. etc., without any distinction of caste, creed and colour. He is the disinterested friend of all. He is calling and pulling everyone to Him. How does one know this? It is our experience that God does not let us stay in anyone situation or condition. You may have your attachment with any worldly thing but God does not let it remain so with anyone. Accordingly, He is ever-changing our bodily development, our childhood, our youth and old age. By precept, He is conveying His message through sacred books and saints, and by example He is ever-changing our situations and circumstances. Thus, He is making you to come toward Him by renouncing the world — because it is not ours, He is ours, and we are His.

 

 

Question — Does God exist in that which is seen, or that which is seen is God Himself? Which of the two is correct?

 

 

Answer — Both are correct. If you accept both, Nature and Man (God and power) then God exists in the world. But if you accept only God, then God only exists. You can accept either of the  two  according to your belief. However, the belief that whatever is seen is God seems somewhat difficult because whatever is seen is changing every moment, but God is unchanging. This may appear doubtful. Therefore, it can be accepted that God exists in the world. There are not only two choices but there can be other choices, also— either to accept God in the world, to consider the world as God, or regard the world as God's own. The result is the same. But it seems somewhat easy to accept that God exists in all. And it is even easier to consider that the whole world belongs to God and He is its Master. By accepting it as such let us serve all others. The only thing is that we should have God-Realisaiion as our objective then all will be well.

 

 

Narayan !     Narayan !!     Narayan !!!

 

 

From "Tattvik Pravachan" in Hindi and "Let Us Know the Truth" in English by Swami Ramsukhdasji

Ram Ram

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God-Realisation is Axiomatic

 

          We labour under delusion that God can be attained by concerted efforts in the same way as farming or business or any other occupation. We  devote our time, energy and intelligence in performing actions under the illusion that we attain Him by and by through effort and practice. But there is a vital point which needs attention. It is that God is already present and near us. All of us have a full claim over Him because "We are His fragment (ansh), a part of Him".

 

 

This is mentioned in the Gita "Mamaivamso Jivaloke" (15/7) and in the Ramcharitmaanasa  "Iswara Amsa Jiva Abinaasi" (7/116/1). Neither knowledge nor power nor wealth nor practice is required to attain Him.

 

 

He is omnipresent and we are part of Him. Just as a child can sit in its mother's lap even if it is not learned, not powerful, nor wealthy; similarly, all of us can sit in God's lap because He is nearer to us than our mother, and He has been our mother, father, brother, friend and relative from time immemorial. He is nearer to us than even our body because the body is ever-changing and separate from us.  Whereas He always remain the same without any change. The body has an identity with the world, whereas we have identity with God. Therefore, it is unnecessary for us to devote time, energy and intelligence to attain Him. The reason why we have not attained Him so far is because we have turned our attention from Him to impermanent worldly things. Though He also pervades these perishable things, yet we cannot behold Him because we attach importance to them and thus look upon them only in the physical form. For instance, when we are in a railway compartment of a stationary train at a station while another train is moving on the other line, it seems that our train is moving while actually it is not. We realise this only when we look at the station. Similarly, if we look at ever-existent God instead of looking at the Kaleidoscopic world, we shall know in reality that the Lord ever remains the same while the world is ever-changing and passing away.

(to be continued....)

 

From "Tattvik Pravachan" in Hindi and "Let Us Know the Truth" in English by Swami Ramsukhdasji

Ram Ram

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God Can be Attained Assuredly Today Itself !

 

Bhagwaan (God) is the eternal friend of all beings.  He is easily attainable by the sinners and those who are wicked with improper conduct.  Mother comes quickly to a weak child.  A mother had two sons.  One son used to eat at the proper time and not eat anything in-between, during the day.  The other son used to munch on something all day.  When both sons sit down for dinner, the mother gives roti to the son who only eats during meals, because she is concerned that if he remains hungry,  he will have to go without food till the next meal.  The mother asks the other son to wait for his turn of roti, since he has been munching on food all day long.  Both sons belong to the same mother, then why is it that the mother is favoring one over the other?  Similarly one who desires nothing else besides Bhagwaan,  Bhagwaan comes to them first and the foremost; because they are very dear to Bhagwaan.  Besides Bhagwaan, they do not consider anyone else as their own.  If they are sad without Bhagwaan, then Bhagwaan cannot tolerate this sadness. 

 

 

A four-five year old child who gets into a fight with his mother, then the mother becomes softened in front of him.  In worldly fights, the one who has the greatest strnegth becomes the winner.  But in loving wars, he who has the most love, he loses.  The child says to the mother, I will not come in your lap.  But the mother out of her concern for him says - Please come !  Please come son!  This loving feeling in the mother has come from Bhagwaan Himself.  Bhagwaan also has concern and longs for His devotees.  The amount of concern that Bhagwaan has for the devotee, that much the entire world does not have.  The child is not as concerned about the mother as the mother is about the child.  The child while breast feeding even bites the mother, but the mother does not get angry.  If she were to get angry, would the child be able to live?  The mother only showers her grace on the child.  Similiarly, Bhagwaan is our mother for infinite lifetimes.  He cannot abandon His devotees.  He considers the devotees as the jewel in His crown.  "mein toh hu Bhagatan ko daas, bhagat mere mukutmani."  Bhagwaan is ever ready to do the work of His devotees.  Just as the mother cannot live without the child and the child cannot live without HIs mother, similarly,  Bhagwaan cannot stay without His devotees, and the devotees cannot stay without His devotees.

Narayan !     Narayan !!     Narayan !!!

 

 

From "Maanav Maatrake Kalyaan Ke Liye" in Hindi and "Salvation of Mankind" in English by Swami Ramsukhdasji

Ram Ram

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God Can be Attained Assuredly Today Itself !

 

Only your inner longing, your exclusive and single-pointed aspiration is imprinted in it.  How can God (Bhagwaan) be attained?  How?  If such a single-pointed longing and aspiration is aroused, then Bhagwaan (God) will be surely attained.  There is no doubt in this.  Do not desire anything else except for Bhagwaan, and then please see for yourself if He beheld or not!  Do so and check it out, then at that same time, I too will be tested, whether I am speaking the truth or not?  I tell you this based on the authority given in the Gita – 

"ye yathaa maam prapadhyante taanstathai bhajaamyahum." (Gita 4:11)

"Whosoever devotee, in whatever manner he takes refuge in me, I shelter and support him in the same manner"  (Gita 4:11).   

If we are restless without Bhagwaan, then Bhagwaan also feels restless without us.   If we cry due to not having Bhagwaan (i.e. without Bhagwaan), then Bhagwaan too will be saddened and cry from not having us.   There is absolutely nothing else as easily accessible and attainable as Bhagwaan.  Bhagwaan states - 

Ananyachetaah satatam yo maam smriti nityasha

Tasyaahum sulabh paarth, nitya yuktasya yoginah.

                                                                             (Gita 8:14)

 

 

"O You Delighter of Prthaa!  (the Son of Prthaa!).  He who always, exclusively and constantly thinks of Me (remembers Me) with undivided mind, to that Yogi always absorbed in Me, I am easily attainable."  (Gita 8:14)  i.e. I can be easily attainable by such a Yogi. 

 

 

Bhawaan has called Himself as "easily attainable", but "great Souls" have been declared "rare" -

Bahunaam janmanaamante jnaanavaanmaam prapadyate,

Vasudevah sarvamiti sa Mahaatmaa sudurlabhah.

                                                            (Gita 7:19)

 

 

"In the very last of all births (i.e. in the human birth) the man of realization, worships Me, realizing that all is God.  Such a great soul is very rare."  (Gita 7:19). 

Hari duralabha nahim jagatamem, harijana duralabha hoya,

hari heryaan saba jaga milai,     harijana  kahim eka hoya.

 

 

"God is not difficult to attain in this world, but a devotee of God is attained with great difficulty.  Bhagwaan, if searched can be found everywhere, but a devotee of God is only in some place."

 

 The devotees of God are not found everywhere, but God can be found at all places.  Wherever a devotee resolves to behold Bhagwaan (God), there Bhagwaan appears â€'

Aadi ant jan anant ke,  saare  kaaraj soy,

Jehi jiv nahacho dharai, tehi dhig paragat hoy.

 

 

For Prahlaadji God manifested from a pillar - 

Prem badoun Prahalaada hi ko, jin paahanaten parameswaroop kaadhe.

                                                                                            (Kavitaavali 7/127) 

 

 (to be contunied…)

 

 

From "Maanav Maatrake Kalyaan Ke Liye" in Hindi and "Salvation of Mankind" in English by Swami Ramsukhdasji

Ram Ram

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FOR MESSAGE IN HINDI PLEASE VISIT Date : 19^th April, 2012 "Bhagavana Aaj Hi Mil Sakate Hain"

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