Hi- vasanas .....

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dear all,

 

once a devotee went to Satya Sai Baba and said " Baba ! I want

peace."

 

Baba replied, " remove the I and the Want, What is left is Peace.".'

 

enjoy!!

 

 

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yasya deve para bhaktir

yatha-deve tatha gurau

tasyaite kathita hy arthah

prakasante mahatmanah

 

Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord

(DEVI)and the spiritual master (GURU) are all the imports of Vedic

knowledge automatically revealed." (Svetasvatara Upanisad )

 

Salutations to Jagadguru Shankara Bhagvatapada!

 

Salutations to Mauna Guru, Shri Ramana Maharishi!

 

Salutations to Atma Guru Brahman-Shakti!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

advaitin, "Ram Chandran" <RamChandran@a...>

wrote:

> Namaste:

>

> The sages of the Upanishads have provides the following elgant

answer:

> "Life is a bridge, enjoy while crossing, don't build any castles!"

>

> Another way of saying is, "Life is what it is, It is not what you

> want it to be!"

>

> It seems that we try hard to build 'vasanas' and then try to get

rid

> of them to become liberated.

>

> warmest regards,

>

> Ram Chandran

>

> advaitin, "R.S.MANI" <r_s_mani> wrote:

> >

> >

> >

> > Namaste, all members and Sri Jb,

> >

> > Mr. JB wrote in his mail

> >

> > Swamiji asked his students "What is the purpose of this life?"

> >

> > Answers poured in such as, for getting happiness, to enjoy, to

get

> liberated, to settle down the family, to be famous, to amass

wealth,

> etc. etc.

> >

> > Swamiji said, "nobody has given the correct answer. The purpose

of

> life is `for living', what else could that be?"

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advaitin, "adi_shakthi16"

<adi_shakthi16> wrote: (in a footnote):

> yasya deve parA bhaktir

> yathA deve tathA gurau

> tasyaite kathitA-hy-arthah

> prakAshante mahAtmanah

>

> Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the

Lord

> (DEVI)and the spiritual master (GURU) are all the imports of Vedic

> knowledge automatically revealed." (Svetasvatara Upanisad )

>

 

Namaste

 

This shloka has a further powerful meaning if you write it as:

 

yasya deve parA bhaktir

yathA deve tathA gurau

tasyaite'kathitA-hy-arthah

prakAshante mahAtmanah

 

It depends on how you break between "ete" and "kathitAH"

(=expressed). As has been done above the two words are "ete"

and "akathitAH" (=not expressed). Now the full meaning is:

 

Only unto those great souls who have implicit Faith in both the Lord

(Devi) and the Guru are all the unexpressed imports of Vedic

knowledge automatically revealed. !!!

 

PraNAms to all advaitins

profvk

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Namaste

 

In the previous post of mine I forgot to add that the wonderful

meaning given to the Svetasvatopanishad shloka "yasya deve .." is

not mine and that I got it from my father who ascribed it to his

Guru Shri Vasudeva Brahmendra Saraswati of Ganapati Agraharam.

 

PraNAms to all advaitins

profvk

[Guest guest]

thank you professorji!

 

it is always great to know the real meaning of every vedic verse from

a scholar!

 

Your father is indeed fortunate to have learned the real meaning of

this verse from his guru, Shri Vasudeva Brahmendra Saraswati of

Ganapati Agraharam.

 

on this day of guru, let me quote another verse...

 

na medhaya na bahuna srutena

yam evaisa vrnute tena labhyas

tasyaisa atma vivrute tanum svam

 

The Supreme Self can never be known by argument, reasoning,

intelligence, or scholarship. The finite can never know the infinite.

By His own sweet will, however, the Infinite may reveal Himself to

the finite in His personal divine form. Those who wish to know the

infinite must therefore submit to him through surrender.

(Katha Upanisad 1.2.23)

 

I therefore surrender to the lotus feet of guru who manifests in

different forms through great souls like you, professorji!

 

salutations !

janana-maranadi-samsaranala-