Fwd: Need of a Guru, diksha and rosary for mantra japa

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Dear Revered Srinathjee

 

Your answers on this subject are excellent and

vivid.The sentence "My whole life is not just

sufficient to explain the glory of the Sadguru" has

simply made me to go

into trance. May Ambaal bless you with more amd more

strength and long life.

Regards

S.Krishnamoorthy

(Kaushik) --- Srinath Ram <srinath_atreya

wrote: > , "Srinath

Ram"

> <srinath_atreya>

> wrote:

> 1;; is it necessary to have guru dishka,can we chant

> any mantra we

> want ,after all its gods name?

> Hanve any of u got the specified results without

> guru

> initianion?

>

> || Jai Sadguru Dutta ||

>

>

> "dhatthaathrEya harE krShNa unmatthaanandha dhaayaka

> |

> dhiganbara munirbaala pishaacha jnAna sAgarA ||"

>

> "sadhA shiva samAramBhAm shankarAcharya maDhyamam |

> asmadhAchArya paryantham vandhE guru paramparA ||"

>

>

> In Bharatheeya Sanskrthi, Guru occupies the highest

> place; infact his

> place even above the gods. The word "Guru" itself is

> very sacred and

> has a very deep meaning:

>

> 1. Guru means one who is heavy (full) with

> knowledge.

>

> 2. the word Guru is composed of 2 letters: 'gu' +

> 'ru'

>

> "gu kaarO anDhakaarashca, ru kaarO rannivaarakah"

>

> 'gu' means ignorance; 'ru' means fire (of knowledge)

> that removes and

> expells ignorance.

>

> 'ajnaana thimiraanDhasya jnaanaanjana shalaakayaa |

> chakShuh unmeelithEna thasmai shree guravE namah

> ||"

>

> [i prostrate to the shree guru who dispelled the

> darkness of

> ignorance by opening my eyes with the needle of

> knowledge]

>

> 3. 'gu' means 'guNaatheeth' (attributeless), 'ru'

> means 'roopaatheeth' (formless). Hence Guru means

> the one who is

> omnipresent (infinite) and omnscient - the one who

> is everything and

> knows everything. Guru is verily the Supreme Being -

>

> the "Parabrahman".

>

> "guruh brahma guruh viShnuh guru dhEvO mahEshwarah |

> guruh saakShaath parabrahma thasmai shree guravE

> namah ||"

>

> [ Guru is none other than the divine trinity

> brahma-viShNu-

> mahEshwara. He is verily the Parabrahman. I

> prostrate to such a shree

> guru ]

>

>

> Guru is one who is established in the "brahman"

> [brahma - niShTa].

> Guru is master. He is the dispeller of ignorance. He

> is a realized

> soul and he is ever-united with God. He is the

> embodiment of all

> great virtues and noble ideals. Lust, greed,

> infatuation, arrogance

> and jealousy - the six enemies of man

> ["ariShadvarga"] are totally

> converted into love, compassion, benevolence,

> auspiciousness,

> selfless action and forgiveness in him.

>

> He is the master of all but still innocent like a

> child. He is the

> compassionate father and benevolent mother of his

> desciples. He is

> the guiding light for the seekers of Truth. He has

> attained cosmic

> consciousness. He knows what is in God's mind and

> acts accordingly.

> He is fearless and always stands for truth and

> justice. Like the Sun

> who impartially gives heat and light to all, the

> Guru does no

> discrimination amongst his pupils. He has realized

> that the same

> divinity shining in him is also present in

> everything and everyone.

>

>

> In the 34th verse of the 4th chapter (jnaanayoga) of

> the

> Bhagavadgeetha, the Lord says thus:

>

> "thadhwidDhi praNipaathEna pariprashEna sEvayA |

> upadhEkShyanthi thE jnAnam jnAninasthah thathwa

> dharshinah ||"

>

> [Attain this knowledge by all means; if you

> prostrate yourself at the

> feet of the wise, render them all forms of service

> and question them

> with a guileless heart, again and again, those wise

> seers of truth

> will unfold that wisdom to you]

>

> The guidance of a guru, a realized soul, is a

> necessity felt by all

> seekers of reality and spiritual progress. As small

> children, we went

> to school and learnt the basics of how to read and

> write from our

> teachers. Till we graduate from the University we

> seek the assistance

> and guidance from our teachers. When the necessity

> of a teacher is so

> important in material matters, then how much more

> should it be in the

> case of spirituality, for the path is very subtle

> and highly

> abstract. The path of life is infested by the thorns

> of greed, lust,

> egoe and ignorance. The thieves of greediness are

> waiting to steal

> the spiritual wealth of an individual. The guru

> alone knows the

> proper way to escape these dangers and reach the

> other shore, for he

> has already reached the other shore and has come,

> out of compassion,

> to take others to the other side of the ocean of

> "sansara".

>

> Spiritual initiation ["dheekSha"] is a necessary

> factor in the path

> of spirituality. During such an initiation, a

> spiritual power is

> transmitted from the guru to the desciple. This

> power is very subtle

> but powerful. It clears doubts, extinguishes

> confusion, settles the

> mind, and the desciple reaches stability and

> equanimity. He finds his

> safety in the benign smile of the guru like the just

> born baby feels

> safe in the warmth of its mother's hug. The guru

> purifies

> understanding. The "chittha - vrtthi"s - the

> deformities of the

> desciple's mind subsides and thus helps him to

> ascend to higher

> realms of consciousness.

>

> Santh Tukaraam says, "Guru makes his desciple one

> like him. Even

> though the preperation takes a little time for the

> guru to enter into

> the desciple to make him one like him.". He further

> says that he

> cannot compare the guru to the touchstone

> ["sparSh-maNi"], which only

> turns the metal into gold. The greatness of a guru

> is that he makes

> his desciple one like him, another touchstone.

>

>

>

> One has to obtain a mantra always from a living

> person - the Guru and

> not from books. A live candle alone can light up

> another one so even

> a soul alone can touch another soul. The soul can

> recieve impulses

> from another soul, and from nothing else. Had there

> been no necessity

> for a guru, then every Dick and Harry would have

> become masters of

> mantra and knowledge, just by reading books. Groping

> in darkness, one

> can never reach the light. One may become highly

> informed by studying

> various books. But without a Guru, all that

> knowledge is useless.

>

>

> "avidhyAyAmanthare varthamAnAh swayam DheerAh

> panditham manyamAnAh |

> dhandhramyamANAh pariyanthi mooDA anDhEnaiva

> neeyamanA yaThAnDhAh ||"

>

> --- KaTa upaniShad

>

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