UNIVERSAL RELIGION – A Discourse by Swami

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UNIVERSAL RELIGION –

(A DIVINE DISCOURSE GIVEN BY SWAMI – IN TELE

CONFERENCE WHICH WAS RELAYED IN U.S.A., AND EUROPE

ON 01ST MARCH, 2005).

 

My dear devoted souls,

 

A teacher has two students. The first one is

good in theory and the second one is good in

practicals. The teacher wishes both the students to

exchange their efficiencies so that both become

efficient in both the fields. The teacher is strong

in both the fields and is teaching the theory and

demonstrating the practicals in uniform way to both

the students. The variation in the students came due

to different psychologies of the two students.

 

Similarly God is that one teacher. The religious

scriptures in all the countries are uniform. Indians

and foreigners are the students of the same God.

Indians are good in deep theoritical knowledge.

Foreigners are good in firm faith and sincere

practical implementation. This difference is

reflected not only in the spiritual field but also in

the present education of science and technology. Any

depth of theoritical knowledge is useless without

practice. An Indian should learn this aspect from

foreigner to achieve the real grace of God. A

foreigner on the other hand has to learn from Indian

about the logical analysis, which gives precise

direction in the spiritual effort. The practical side

of the spiritual path is dedication of atleast a part

of the work and a part of the fruit of the work

(money) towards the mission of the Lord. This alone

brings down the practical grace of the God. The

foreigner is excellent in this practical side and this

is the reason for the foreign countries to be blessed

with lot of materialistic wealth by God. Indians

are very poor in this practical aspect.

Of-course, they are very strong in this practical

aspect when the work and fruit of work are diverted to

themselves and their families. They fully concentrate

in the work and sacrifice the fruits of all their

works to the welfare of their families only. Indians

are experts in dedicating the words, which are freely

given by God in the form of prayers. They dedicate

their minds, which are freely given by God in the form

of meditation. They dedicate their intelligence,

which is freely given by God in the form of logical

spiritual discussions. They dedicate the words, mind

and intelligence to God in their liesure time only

during which, there is no work. The Lord always

reflects back in the same path. Therefore, the Lord

gave good language, good mental devotion and good

intellectual logic to Indians, which are the results

of their own donations in the same phase. Lord

Krishna says in Gita that in whatever path He is

approached by us, He approaches us in the same path.

Jesus also told the same in the Bible that one reaps

the same seed, whichever he sows. The foreigner is

firm in the sacrifice of work and fruit of work to the

Lord, though he is weak in Meta Physics and analysis

of the divine knowledge. But it will be better for

him to achieve the deep divine knowledge also, which

convinces the intelligence. Such intellectual

realization maintains the constancy of such sacrifice.

Thus the practice needs the support of such

knowledge. Unfortunately in the case of Indians such

practice is not even germinated in spite of the deep

realization. At this point there are two types of

Indians. The first type are Scholars who have

realized the true knowledge, but are unable to

practice it and cover their inability by the mask of

misinterpretation. There is no use of preaching this

right knowledge to such Scholars because they can

never change. The other type of Indians are those who

are misled by these misinterpretations conveyed by

such fraud preachers and for such people only this

right knowledge is meant. Lord Jesus gave the essence

in the form of final conclusions to the foreigners

because there is no need of such deep analysis for

foreigners who immediately implement the final

conclusions of the Lord without any further analysis.

But if the logical analysis is also given, it forms a

permanent base than the emotion-based faith. Thus

there is a need of exchange of the two separate fields

in the case of Indians and foreigners who are only

brothers and sisters because all are the children of

the same Godfather.

 

Indians feel proud of their strong family bonds,

which are really hindering the spiritual practice.

Unless one is released from these worldly bonds, one

cannot have a strong bond with the Lord. One cannot

join a new institution unless he is released from the

old institution. Jesus preached through the Bible

that one should leave these family bonds with parents,

wife, children etc., and one should be prepared to

sacrifice even his life for the sake of the Lord.

Only by such sacrifice one can become dear to Him.

Such final conclusions of knowledge made the

foreigners to implement such spiritual knowledge in

practice and as a result their family bonds are weak.

The Vedas in Hinduism also say that the children and

family cannot protect the soul. Vedas also say that

one should get detached from the limited family as

soon as the realization completes. The deep logical

analysis of such statement is not necessary for

foreigners and so Jesus did not give it. But,

Sankaracharya in Hindusim gave a powerful analysis of

this statement. Inspite of such accute analysis the

Indian family bonds could not be broken. However,

that deep analysis of Sankara states that these bonds

are temporary since they are limited to the present

human birth only. He establishes that which is

temporary is always unreal. The temporary bonds

neither exist in the previous birth nor will exist in

the future birth. Any thing that does not exist

before and afterwards is temporary and such a thing

does not exist during the present also and therefore

that is totally unreal. For example, the dramatic

bond between the two actors neither exist before the

drama nor after the drama and therefore, does not

exist even during the drama. The real thing is always

permanent, existing in past, present and future. For

example, the employer – employee relationship between

the producer and the actors is always real during the

drama, before the drama and after the drama. Thus the

bond with God who is the producer of this world is

always permanent and real. This logical analysis

brings the permanent detachment and the realization is

alive forever. Therefore such analytical knowledge,

which is very clear satisfies the intelligence and

maintains the detachment forever. Such deep knowledge

of scriptures is required for all the foreigners and

for all the exploited part of the Indians, which is

caught by some traditional misinterpretations of some

selfish preachers. These selfish preachers spread the

knowledge i.e., convenient to the human beings and

attract them for fame and for earning the money. The

right knowledge is always inconvenient. Jesus told

that the path leading to God is very inconvenient and

narrow. Lord Krishna said in Gita that one in

millions reaches Him after millions of births. Such

true knowledge repels the human beings and the

crucification of Jesus was the result of such

repulsion. But Jesus, as a true preacher never cared

for fame and preached the right knowledge only. Such

a preacher is called as Sat-Guru, meaning that He is

the preacher of the reality.

 

The foreigners can take another precious gem from

Hinduism, which is the unity in diversity. Hinduism

is a mini world representing various religions as

branches of one main religion. The scholars of all

these religions argue with each other by quoting their

own scriptures. The unity in their scriptures can be

realized at every step like the common tusk of the

tree on which, the different branches are spread in

different directions. Of-course these differences in

Hinduism never resulted in fighting with the swords.

The effort of Lord Dattatreya through this human body

is to bring the unity in the various religions in

India and also to bring the unity in the various

religions in the world. Thus the effort of the

present human incarnation is to achieve the universal

religion at national as well as international level.

The unity in the world religions will be a reflection

of unity in the inner religions of Hinduism. This

concept is aimed to stop all the communal wars in the

world, which are based on different religions. Thus

this theoritical concept, if interpreted properly, has

lot of practical application to achieve the preace in

the world. If the world-peace is disturbed, the peace

of the individual is also spoiled. In such case the

individual spiritual effort, which involves the

sacrifice of work and fruit of work is also disturbed

and one cannot achieve the grace of God. The secrecy

of individual spiritual effort lies in the practice of

the foreigners. The secrecy of peace in the world,

which is basic stage of the individual spiritual

effort lies with Indians. Both are essential and are

mutual. Thus the exchage is very much helpful for

all. The West must learn from the East regarding the

world-peace. The East must learn from the West about

the real practical spiritual effort of an individual.

No one should be egoistic in claiming that he is

perfect in all the aspects and that there is no need

of learning anything from others. In such direction,

egoism extends in insulting the other religions also.

In such case God is not pleased with those rigid

followers with conservatism. In fact, God becomes

very furious with them and will punish them seriously.

 

 

The God who is the Father of all the human beings

in this world wishes that every human being should

reach the ultimate spiritual goal because every human

being is His child. All the human beings are brothers

and sisters and must help each other by such mutual

exchange in the spiritual field. They should exchange

the gems with each other and should throw away the

useless stones, which are the misinterpretations

handed over to them by some of their ancesteral

selfish preachers.

gayathry

 

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I am curious by the division of entire world into "Indians" and "foreigners"

categories and the generalization of traits attributed to these categories.

May I request you to kindly reveal the name of the Swamiji? Regards.

 

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namaste gayathriji

 

Request some info on swami. With due respects, there are many elements

that are very jarring.

Many statements appear sweeping and not necessarily based on facts -

example - Indians are very poor in practcal aspect, classification of

Indians into two types - one type that is good in theory but weak in

practise, the other type being misled by fraud teachers......

It it is in the area of 'material sciences' and 'technology' and so on

I am perfectly willing to keep quiet. On the spiritual quest and

direction, I do not believe these statements apply.

Infact, I'd request you to read the portions i have excepted from your

message sand see if you really believe all of it!

I could go on some more.but perhaps I could request you to be kind

enough to clarify who the swamiji is, what point of view does he come

from and what message you'd like us to take away from this divine

discourse.

thanks and best regards

Sridhar

 

 

advaitin, Gayathry <agayathry> wrote:

>

> UNIVERSAL RELIGION –

> (A DIVINE DISCOURSE GIVEN BY SWAMI – IN TELE

> CONFERENCE WHICH WAS RELAYED IN U.S.A., AND EUROPE

> ON 01ST MARCH, 2005).

snip

> My dear devoted souls,

>

>

> Indians are good in deep theoritical knowledge.

> Foreigners are good in firm faith and sincere

> practical implementation. This difference is

> reflected not only in the spiritual field but also in

> the present education of science and technology.

snip

> Of-course, they are very strong in this practical

> aspect when the work and fruit of work are diverted to

> themselves and their families. They fully concentrate

> in the work and sacrifice the fruits of all their

> works to the welfare of their families only.

 

Snip

> the same seed, whichever he sows. The foreigner is

> firm in the sacrifice of work and fruit of work to the

> Lord, though he is weak in Meta Physics and analysis

> of the divine knowledge.

>

> At this point there are two types of

> Indians. The first type are Scholars who have

> realized the true knowledge, but are unable to

> practice it and cover their inability by the mask of

> misinterpretation. There is no use of preaching this

> right knowledge to such Scholars because they can

> never change. The other type of Indians are those who

> are misled by these misinterpretations conveyed by

> such fraud preachers and for such people only this

> right knowledge is meant.

snip

ar satisfies the intelligence and

> maintains the detachment forever. Such deep knowledge

> of scriptures is required for all the foreigners and

> for all the exploited part of the Indians, which is

> caught by some traditional misinterpretations of some

> selfish preachers. These selfish preachers spread the

> knowledge i.e., convenient to the human beings and

> attract them for fame and for earning the money. The

> right knowledge is always inconvenient.

>

snip

> The foreigners can take another precious gem from

> Hinduism, which is the unity in diversity. Hinduism

> is a mini world representing various religions as

> branches of one main religion. The scholars of all

> these religions argue with each other by quoting their

> own scriptures. The unity in their scriptures can be

> realized at every step like the common tusk of the

> tree on which, the different branches are spread in

> different directions. Of-course these differences in

> Hinduism never resulted in fighting with the swords.

> The effort of Lord Dattatreya through this human body

> is to bring the unity in the various religions in

> India and also to bring the unity in the various

> religions in the world. Thus the effort of the

>

> In such case God is not pleased with those rigid

> followers with conservatism. In fact, God becomes

> very furious with them and will punish them seriously.

 

snip

> field. They should exchange

> the gems with each other and should throw away the

> useless stones, which are the misinterpretations

> handed over to them by some of their ancesteral

> selfish preachers.

> gayathry

>

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