Happy Birthday Sri Swamiji !!

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Jaya Gurudeva Datta, some birthday related writings.. please enjoy!, Sri Guru

Datta, Win.

"For a long time now, I have heard many people recount tales of the amazing

powers of the Sadguru; how He can see into the future; how true His words come

to be and so on. But it is only very recently, I saw for myself how potent

Guru’s words can be. The Guru’s words always have an underlying meaning or a

message and to a keen observing devotee it is revealed.

 

Very recently 59th birthday of my Guru Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji was

celebrated in a grand manner at Mysore Datta Peetham. It was Friday, 1st June,

and the time was about 7 p.m. Nearly 5000 to 6000 devotees had gathered in the

Nada Mantapam to attend the meeting and receive the blessings of Sri Swamiji.

 

…." Please read

on…:http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/bhaktimala/july2001/vision_of_sadguru.html

 

 

 

"Normally, when we say a person has accepted or received a particular object, it

means that henceforth he owns and enjoys that object. In this context, does it

mean that the Guru accepts, owns and enjoys bad qualities or defects? Obviously

not. Let us try to understand this with a familiar example. During special

occasions such as Swamiji’s birthday, devotees offer many things to Swamiji.

Swamiji often says, “these offerings are not important to me. I want you to

offer your bad habits and defects at my feet”. Some devotees come forward and

say, “I am hereby offering the habit of smoking at your feet, Swamiji”. To this,

Swamiji says, “I am accepting your offering. Because you have offered it to me,

you have no right to touch it again. Make a promise”. You have seen many such

occasions. Here, what does Swamiji mean when he says “I have accepted”? It means

that he has taken away that particular bad habit from his disciple."

 

Read more:

http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/bhaktimala/june2001/sooktijune2001.html

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear Win,

 

Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Thanks for remembering us all of this Sookti! (Bhaktimala, Sookti Manjari,

June 2001)

 

Regards

 

Carolin

 

> ...But who is to decide what constitutes ego? It is only a Sadguru who can

> decide it. A fellow human being can only guess the hidden ego by the

> actions of the other person. There is no guarantee that his guess is always

> right.

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> On the other hand, a Sadguru can directly see the heart of a person and say

> if there is ego or not. Therefore, there is no question of missing

> anything....

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