Silence is the true Upadesha ........Truth is beyond words ...

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Silence is The True Upadesa

 

 

 

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Brahma asked Sanaka, Sanatkumara, Sanandana and Sanatsujata,

 

who are the creations of his mind, to assist him in the task of

creation,

 

but they were not interested in that task and so declined to assist.

 

They were surrounded by the heavenly Gods, saints and other

attendants,

 

and were staying in Nandana Vana and so they were considering who

 

would impart to them jnana, the supreme wisdom.

 

 

 

Narada appeared, and said: "Who can impart the Brahma Jnana, the

 

Supreme Wisdom, except Brahma himself? Come on, we shall go to him".

 

They all agreed and proceeded to Satya Loka, the abode of Brahma and

 

found Saraswathi playing the veena, with Brahma seated in front of

her

 

nearby, enjoying the music and beating time to the tune. They all

beheld

 

the scene and wondered how a person who is engrossed in the

appeciation

 

of his wife's music could teach them adhyatma tattva (the essence of

 

spirituality).

 

 

 

Narada said to them:"Come! let us go to Vaikunta, the abode of

Vishnu."

 

They all proceeded thither. The Lord was in the interior of his

residence.

 

Narada is however a privileged person and so he rushed into the

Lord's

 

abode, saying he would see and come back. Soon he came out and, when

asked,

 

told them: "There Brahma was seated a little away from his wife who

was playing

 

the veena for him. But here, the Goddess Lakshmi is seated on the

God's bed

 

and is massaging his feet. This is much worse. How can this family

man who is

 

bound by the intimate glance of his consort render us any help ( in

learning

 

adhyatma vidya)? Look at the splendoour of this palace and this city!

 

This is enough. Let us seek the help of Lord Siva.

 

 

 

They all proceeded towards Himachala and seeing Mount Kailas, they

ascended

 

it with great hopes. But there, in the midst of a vast gathering of

his fellows, was

 

Siva performing his celestial dance with his wife sharing half of his

body. Vishnu

 

was playing on the drum, and Brahma was keeping time with the bells

as an

 

accompaniment for the dance. They who came eagerly seeking spiritual

guidance

 

were aghast at the sight, and thought: "Oh! He too is after women!

Brahma was no

 

doubt with his wife but was not in physical contact with her, while

Vishnu was in mere

 

physical contact with his wife, but Shiva is actually keeping

Parvathi as part of

 

Himself. This is much worse! Enough of this." And they all departed.

 

 

 

Siva understood and was sorry for them. He said: "What delusion on

their part!

 

They regard the three Godheads as devoid of spiritual wisdom merely

because

 

they were being served by their respective wives when the devotees

saw them!

 

Who else can impart spiritual knowledge to these earnest seekers of

Truth? "

 

thus thinking, Siva sent Parvathi away on the plea of himself doing

tapas,

 

and the kind-hearted Lord seated Himself in the guise of a youth with

Chinmudra,

 

as Dakshinamurthy, under a Banyan tree on the Northern side of lake

Manasarovar,

 

just on the way by which these dissapointed devotees were returning

to their

 

respective homes. He appeared before them sitting under the sacred

 

banyan tree. Being yogiraja should He practice yoga? He went into

samadhi

 

as He sat; He was in Perfect Repose. Silence prevailed. They saw Him.

 

The effect was immediate. They fell into samadhi and their doubts

were at end.

 

 

 

Silence is the true upadesa. It is the perfect upadesa. It is

suited only for

 

the most advanced seeker. The others are unable to draw full

inspiration from it.

 

Therefore they require words to explain the Truth. But Truth is

beyond words.

 

It does not admit of explanation. All that is possible to do is only

to indicate It.

 

How is that to be done?

 

( from Baba108's website Eastern spirituality in western maryland)

 

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vaTaviTapisamiipe bhuumibhaage nishhaNNaM

sakalamunijanaanaaM GYAnadaataaramaaraat.h .

tribhuvanagurumiishaM dakshiNaamuurtidevaM

jananamaraNaduHkhachchhedadakshaM namaami ..

 

I offer my profound salutations to Shri maha Dakshinamurti, the

remover of the worldly (samasric) bonds binding us, Who is to be

meditated upon as the one sitting under a banyan tree and bestowing

knowledge (GYana)instantly on all the sages (and the devoted

disciples).

 

COMPLETE TEXT of Dakshinamurthy stotra AVAILABLE AT

 

http://www.shaivam.org/ssdakshina.htm - 29k - Cached

 

AUM TAT SAT!