Shri Mataji on where religion has gone wrong - Part 2

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Dear All,

 

In Part 1, we concluded with the following:

 

" So now we are face to face with Buddha. But what He talked about was a

spontaneous happening of self-realisation. And He said, " You prepare yourself " .

All the time He said, " You prepare yourself for self-realisation and try to

watch everything without desire " . This was just preparation for Sahaja Yoga

['Spontaneous Union with the Divine'] that He was talking about. But as you see,

all the Buddhists today, if you see them, you'll be amazed that they're neither

'here' nor 'there'. You just don't know how to place them, how to understand

them, how to make them feel what Buddha taught or Zen taught. They are not in a

condition to understand anything. It's like, you see, the brain of a person who

is having all kinds of thoughts, like all the pebbles in one little pot, making

noise. God knows which one is making which one. "

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Lord Buddha Puja

San Diego, U.S.A.

23/07/88

 

Here now is Part 2.

 

Enjoy!

 

violet

 

 

Shri Mataji on where religion has gone wrong - Part 2

 

And that's why today you find here is one lama who was a guru of Hitler.

Imagine! Hitler's guru was a lama! Now this 'Mister Lama' is going round the

whole world with his wrinkles which can be counted one by one, and asking for

money. What does he want money for?! He is the one who ran away from Tibet, from

Lhasa! And while running away, he carried such a lot of gold with him that he

could not carry it! So half of it he dropped in the river and with the other

half he reached India. With the half of it, he has already made a huge big

Buddha of gold. He has too much gold with him. And the rest of the gold that was

salvaged, was taken to Russia, to China, where I've seen it Myself. Amazing! He

had gold, he had bugs, mugs, whatever you call them, the huge, big things, like

that. Real gold. And such big plates of real gold for eating food. Imagine!

Buddha talked of detachment, and they had everything in gold or silver of a very

expensive quality. If you see their robe, clothes and all, you'd be amazed.

Though they wore all those things as 'robes of renunciation', but whenever they

sat in their own courts or things like that, they wore all those dresses which

were very heavily done with real gold, pearls, and things. I've seen it with My

own eyes and I was amazed!

 

So it is like somebody who says, " Oh, I must get detached. Now I'm going to the

seashore. I'm going to sit there and meditate " . There he goes, and makes a

compound round himself. So ask him why he's made a compound: " Oh no, maybe

thieves might come in " . I mean, when you are detached, what does it matter if a

thief comes? He will take you away, so what? You are there, doesn't matter, you

can go with a thief, you can go with anyone. Why are you worried about the

thief? You are detached. " Oh you see, I am also worried that there might be

pick-pockets " . " So why are you worried about pick-pockets? " " Because maybe I

have some money with me here, and I have my bank account and I have my other

things with me, so I am rather worried, see, that a thief might come " . So why do

you talk of detachment? Why do you talk of sanyasa?

 

So this kind of a nonsensical sanyasa started after Buddha died, which was so

very shocking. This led people to think that you can wear an orange dress any

time, and then you are a sanyasi. If you wear an orange dress, you become

Buddha, and you become a detached personality. Now you can announce to the whole

world that " I'm a detached personality " . And what is your background? " Nothing,

I was just born out of this Mother Earth and I'm sitting here nicely like

Buddha " . So people stupidly start giving them money. So they get the money. But

actually, the background is that the fellow might have come out of the jail in

India for burglary or something like that, and now sitting down here as Buddha.

How will you make out " Buddham Sharanam Gachami " ? [break Quote]

 

[From Part 1, here is what Shri Mataji says " Buddham sharanam gacchami " means]:

 

" Buddha told about three things which are very important and useful for Sahaja

Yogis to follow. He said " Buddham sharanam gacchami " : " I surrender myself to the

enlightened one " . What does it mean? " I surrender myself to the one who is

enlightened " . In this case, one can say it was Buddha. In your case, it is your

Spirit. You surrender yourself to your Spirit. By saying " Buddham sharanam

gacchami " Buddha means " the one who knows " . "

 

[Resume Quote]:

 

So what we have to do is establish ourselves in Buddha. That is to establish

ourselves within, in our Spirit. Unless and until we are established in our

Spirit, we cannot understand the intricacies of all the ignorance that we have

all around us. So the best way to understand Sahaja Yoga is to establish

yourself in the Spirit. But those who are not intelligent, those who are stupid,

those who are selfish and greedy, do not see this point. And they do not like it

if a leader tells them that you must establish in Sahaja Yoga, that you should

have your Spirit manifested. They don't want to listen to that. They want to be

in the group of Sahaja Yogis because they don't want to be lonely. They're glad

to sing songs, music, everything in Sahaja Yoga because they want somewhere to

fit in, because they want an identity, they call themselves Sahaja Yogis. But

this identity is a false identity. You have to be identified with your Spirit.

That is the part that is " Buddham Sharanam Gacchami " . [Meaning for us: " I

surrender myself to the Spirit " .]

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Lord Buddha Puja

San Diego, U.S.A.

23/07/88