Guest guest Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Dear Somanath, You have asked me whether Panchadasi is powerful enough to take you to Amba even after I have elaborated on it last email! Secondly, your query: " Should I pepper my sadhana with bhakthi also? " One of my sisters have said to me long time ago that I tend to write elaborately and baby-feeding people and even adviced me to write succintly and precisely. When even elaborate and highly explantory messages are not digested properly wherefrom will succint messages be even taken seriously? I also make it a point to engage the reader's interest with a few images. ------------- Your query: Whether Panchadasi alone is enough? My reply: Do not be behind mantras. The more number of mantras you have the more niyamas and carefulness you have to cultivate. The more the mantras the more the strain.This is my sincere advice. Also, meditate on the given mantra more and when the time is ripe, Divine mother will guide you for furtherance of your spiritual path. Never compare yourself with someone else in the path. Everyone has the same Antaryamin, the divine spark in him/her. Just because someone else speaks superbly about Tantra shastras and has a rather extended reportoire of mantras does not mean you will be backward in the race. Infact, there is no race at all here! It is all illusions created by the papa-shareera inside you. The secret of success is regularity in meditation. " A diamond is a piece of coal that never gave up. " Paramhansa Yogananda formulated a more spiritual version: " A saint is a sinner who never gave up. " If you meditate regularly, every day, great will be the result. Water, though the softest substance known, can wear through the hardest stone by means of a steady dripping. In the old story of the tortoise and the hare, the tortoise won the race because he kept at it steadily, whereas the hare ran in spurts. He ran much faster then the tortoise, but the irregularity of his running made him lose the race. Meditation keeps moving onward in its effect when regularly practiced, producing steady growth through steady practice. The more we walk the farther we travel; the more we meditate the nearer and quicker we draw to the goal. Let me narrate a popular story here about Mantra-yoga... Once a man was taught a mantra by a yogi. " You must keep this mantra absolutely secret, for it is known to only a very few, " the yogi told him. But the next day in the morning as the man walked through the town he noticed that a great many people were repeating that mantra aloud–especially as they did their morning ablutions. Indignantly he went to the yogi, told what he had observed, and demanded to know why he had claimed the mantra was a secret known only to a few. The yogi said nothing in explanation, but brought a shining green object from his pocket and handed it to the man with the instruction that he should show it to the people he met in the town and ask them how much they would buy it for–but he was not to actually sell it to them. " When you do this, I will explain about the mantra, " he promised. The first person he met was a woman who sold vegetables; she offered some eggplants for it, wanting it for her baby to play with. He showed it to some merchants in small shops who offered him small amounts of money for it as a curiosity. A wealthy merchant said that it was an excellent imitation emerald and offered him a goodly sum, for he wanted it to make jewelry for his wife. A banker examined it, declared it to be a genuine emerald, and offered him a great deal of money for it. Amazed by this, the man took it to a jeweler who told him that it was the largest and most perfect emerald he had ever seen. " No one in this land, not even the king, has enough money to purchase this emerald, " he concluded. Frightened at having such a valuable in his keeping, the man hurried back to the yogi and returned the emerald. Smiling, the yogi put it back in his pocket. " Now will you tell me why you claimed the mantra was secret, when everybody in town seems to know it? " demanded the man. " I have already done so by your experience with the emerald, " the yogi replied. " How many of the people knew what it really was? " " Only the banker and the jeweler, " the man admitted. " And the others–did not their offers for it correspond to their opinion of it and their own financial worth? " " Yes. " " There you have it. The mantra I taught you is in the memory and on the lips of many in a superficial way. They repeat it a few times and then drop it. Only those who meditate upon it can know it in truth–as they at the same time increase in spiritual status. My friend, that mantra is very little known, but I hope you will strive to realize its value by your own self-realization through its use. " What mantras did Kabeer or Yogi Ram Surat Kumar have? Just Govinda and Rama Jayam. Did they not reach great yogic heights. Whatever Swami has given you do it with full faith and love. Ah! love...your second query!! Your query: " Should I pepper my sadhana with bhakthi also? " My reply: I always lay stress on sadhana though many quote narada bhakthi sutras to me and say this is the age of bhakthi alone and not mantras. But your query is not correct. You will get wrong answers for a wrong question. The logical mind plays havoc...it says " no question can be wrong.... " This is because of a pre-supposition that it does not have answers. All answers lie in you. You do not need a shreeram balijepalli to respond your queries. I was tempted to reply... " You should pepper your bhakthi with mantra sadhana " ... But then I empathised your position and tried to see wherefrom your query has emerged from meditatively and I know that you have asked this question because you keep losing count of your beads when you enter the bhakthi-bhava mode. I commiserate with you, but I would say, just drop the count.... Just do the mantra with Bhakthi. Bhakthi is the aim not the pepper to the soup of your sadhana. It is the main ingredient, the main broth,and all the works. You might have a defect reciting the name of the lord but not the bhakti, they say... So if you had asked me a good question ... " Should I pepper my bhakthi with a mantra sadhana? " ...I would have replied positively and happily ... " yes " ...but your question has shown that you still have not understood the essence and yet you are behind advanced mantras and practices. Many lose track of Divine mother thus, especially in Srividya Tantra. They think my dear mother Rajarajeshwari is some sort of yakshni who will repsond to shastras, mantras and srividya baddha rituals. The only ritual if there is any is ---Bhakthi and prapanna at Her Saffron Lotus feet. Pray to Divine mother to increase th stock of your bhakthi for Her and then if you still feel that you have to eat coarse bread (mantras) after you have tasted the elixir of bhakthi, then She will show you the path. I normally encourage people to do sadhana more, to turn the spotlight inward becuse the kaliyuga world emphasizes on extrovertedness but for you....it is bhakthi sadhana then mantra sadhana. As a friend, Shreeram Balijepalli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 --- My dear Sriramji Your narration was excellent . A tender spoonfeeding as befits an ordinary man.Keep this track. Yours Sincerely Dr. Harishankar In Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru , " para_anuloma " <para_anuloma wrote: > > Dear Somanath, > > You have asked me whether Panchadasi is powerful enough to take you > to Amba even after I have elaborated on it last email! > > Secondly, your query: " Should I pepper my sadhana with bhakthi also? " > > One of my sisters have said to me long time ago that I tend to write > elaborately and baby-feeding people and even adviced me to write > succintly and precisely. > > When even elaborate and highly explantory messages are not digested > properly wherefrom will succint messages be even taken seriously? > > I also make it a point to engage the reader's interest with a few > images. > > ------------- > > Your query: Whether Panchadasi alone is enough? > > My reply: Do not be behind mantras. The more number of mantras you > have the more niyamas and carefulness you have to cultivate. The > more the mantras the more the strain.This is my sincere advice. > > Also, meditate on the given mantra more and when the time is ripe, > Divine mother will guide you for furtherance of your spiritual path. > Never compare yourself with someone else in the path. Everyone has > the same Antaryamin, the divine spark in him/her. Just because > someone else speaks superbly about Tantra shastras and has a rather > extended reportoire of mantras does not mean you will be backward in > the race. Infact, there is no race at all here! It is all illusions > created by the papa-shareera inside you. > > The secret of success is regularity in meditation. " A diamond is a > piece of coal that never gave up. " Paramhansa Yogananda formulated a > more spiritual version: " A saint is a sinner who never gave up. " If > you meditate regularly, every day, great will be the result. Water, > though the softest substance known, can wear through the hardest > stone by means of a steady dripping. In the old story of the > tortoise and the hare, the tortoise won the race because he kept at > it steadily, whereas the hare ran in spurts. He ran much faster then > the tortoise, but the irregularity of his running made him lose the > race. Meditation keeps moving onward in its effect when regularly > practiced, producing steady growth through steady practice. The more > we walk the farther we travel; the more we meditate the nearer and > quicker we draw to the goal. > > Let me narrate a popular story here about Mantra-yoga... > > Once a man was taught a mantra by a yogi. " You must keep this mantra > absolutely secret, for it is known to only a very few, " the yogi > told him. But the next day in the morning as the man walked through > the town he noticed that a great many people were repeating that > mantra aloud–especially as they did their morning ablutions. > Indignantly he went to the yogi, told what he had observed, and > demanded to know why he had claimed the mantra was a secret known > only to a few. The yogi said nothing in explanation, but brought a > shining green object from his pocket and handed it to the man with > the instruction that he should show it to the people he met in the > town and ask them how much they would buy it for–but he was not to > actually sell it to them. " When you do this, I will explain about > the mantra, " he promised. > > The first person he met was a woman who sold vegetables; she offered > some eggplants for it, wanting it for her baby to play with. He > showed it to some merchants in small shops who offered him small > amounts of money for it as a curiosity. A wealthy merchant said that > it was an excellent imitation emerald and offered him a goodly sum, > for he wanted it to make jewelry for his wife. A banker examined it, > declared it to be a genuine emerald, and offered him a great deal of > money for it. Amazed by this, the man took it to a jeweler who told > him that it was the largest and most perfect emerald he had ever > seen. " No one in this land, not even the king, has enough money to > purchase this emerald, " he concluded. > > Frightened at having such a valuable in his keeping, the man hurried > back to the yogi and returned the emerald. Smiling, the yogi put it > back in his pocket. " Now will you tell me why you claimed the mantra > was secret, when everybody in town seems to know it? " demanded the > man. " I have already done so by your experience with the emerald, " > the yogi replied. " How many of the people knew what it really > was? " " Only the banker and the jeweler, " the man admitted. " And the > others–did not their offers for it correspond to their opinion of it > and their own financial worth? " " Yes. " " There you have it. The > mantra I taught you is in the memory and on the lips of many in a > superficial way. They repeat it a few times and then drop it. Only > those who meditate upon it can know it in truth–as they at the same > time increase in spiritual status. My friend, that mantra is very > little known, but I hope you will strive to realize its value by > your own self-realization through its use. " > > What mantras did Kabeer or Yogi Ram Surat Kumar have? Just Govinda > and Rama Jayam. Did they not reach great yogic heights. > > Whatever Swami has given you do it with full faith and love. > > Ah! love...your second query!! > > Your query: " Should I pepper my sadhana with bhakthi also? " > > My reply: I always lay stress on sadhana though many quote narada > bhakthi sutras to me and say this is the age of bhakthi alone and > not mantras. > > But your query is not correct. You will get wrong answers for a > wrong question. The logical mind plays havoc...it says " no question > can be wrong.... " This is because of a pre-supposition that it does > not have answers. All answers lie in you. You do not need a shreeram > balijepalli to respond your queries. > > I was tempted to reply... " You should pepper your bhakthi with mantra > sadhana " ... > > But then I empathised your position and tried to see wherefrom your > query has emerged from meditatively and I know that you have asked > this question because you keep losing count of your beads when you > enter the bhakthi-bhava mode. > > I commiserate with you, but I would say, just drop the count.... > > Just do the mantra with Bhakthi. > > Bhakthi is the aim not the pepper to the soup of your sadhana. It is > the main ingredient, the main broth,and all the works. > > You might have a defect reciting the name of the lord but not the > bhakti, they say... > > So if you had asked me a good question ... " Should I pepper my > bhakthi with a mantra sadhana? " ...I would have replied positively > and happily ... " yes " ...but your question has shown that you still > have not understood the essence and yet you are behind advanced > mantras and practices. > > Many lose track of Divine mother thus, especially in Srividya > Tantra. They think my dear mother Rajarajeshwari is some sort of > yakshni who will repsond to shastras, mantras and srividya baddha > rituals. > > The only ritual if there is any is ---Bhakthi and prapanna at Her > Saffron Lotus feet. > > Pray to Divine mother to increase th stock of your bhakthi for Her > and then if you still feel that you have to eat coarse bread > (mantras) after you have tasted the elixir of bhakthi, then She will > show you the path. > > I normally encourage people to do sadhana more, to turn the > spotlight inward becuse the kaliyuga world emphasizes on > extrovertedness but for you....it is bhakthi sadhana then mantra > sadhana. > > As a friend, > > Shreeram Balijepalli > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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