Vedas and Adi Sankara - Part 2 By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji.

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Since Kali will be an age of disharmony and

adharma,the Lord Himself will not take birth

(‘pratyaksha’)but will send down Sadhus. Everyone

prays to the Lord, “Kalau Khalu bhavishyanti

Nãrãyanaparãyãnah’. Srimad Bhagavatam subtly declares

the ‘Avatãr’ of these Mahatmas - “Tãmraparani nadi

yatra kritamãla payasvini”. Bhagavãn will not

incarnate Himself in this Kali Yuga but establish

dharma through such great Sadhus. While saying

‘Sambavãmi yuge yuge”, Bhagavãn proclaims that He,

Himself, will not incarnate on the earth in Kali Yuga

but send Sadhus who are His ‘amsãs’ (incarnations).

Only these Sadhus are such great ‘Avatara Purushãs’.

 

But we call everyone as ‘Avatara Purusha’. Though it

may not be incorrect to call them so, the fact is only

such Sadhus as sent down by Bhagavãn are ‘Avatãra

Purushãs’. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ‘s teaching has spread

the whole of North India and the Kirtan as taught by

him is sung even to this day. Though it is long since

that he left the world his philosophies, the path as

shown by him are still being practised. If we look

into his life history we find that throughout his

life, since his birth to the last, he ate, drank, swam

in, played in Nãma (the Name of the Lord) and finally

became the Nãma Himself.

Mahaprabhu’s Avatar was such a great Avatãr of Nãma

Swaroopa (incarnation of the form of the Name [of the

Lord]). Such great Mahãns have taken avatãr on the

earth.

 

What is the glory of our religion? As repeatedly being

said, “It is the Vedas that is the glory of our

religion.” The pride and glory of the Vedas is that it

is exceptional (‘apourushyam’). Today the research

scholars declare that the Vedas contain matters

regarding construction of a house, manufacture of

rockets, nitrogen bombs, etc. But what do our Mahatmas

opine? “Do not ever speak of the Vedas containing

these information”. The reason for their objection is

that, suppose we have had a darshan of a Mahatma. On

return we tell everyone we meet, that we had been

speaking with the Mahatma and He knows everything

up-to-date in politics. Or some other worldly matter,

say computer development. We say this Mahatma knows

everything about the latest development in computer.

Now, we ourselves know about computer development. We

learn this through books related to this and through

other means. Many people have become experts in this

field through studies. Likewise, one can learn about

political scene through newspapers or Television or

some other media. One need not approach a Mahatma to

learn such mundane things that we ourselves know or

can learn. A Mahatma knows things that are beyond our

limited mind and perception. They can ‘see’ things

that are beyond our physical vision and grasp. They

are able to see the Devas. While speaking about

Vasudeva Thatha’s life we find that one evening while

he sang the Name of the Lord on the terrace of his

house, the Devas sang along with him as they

circumambulated him. It is such things that are to be

learnt from them because this cannot be learnt in any

other place from anybody else.

 

When any mishap occurs on the earth, say, an

earthquake, the scientists opine that the Government

had failed to take proper protective measures in spite

of adequate and timely warnings. But what do the

Mahatmas have to say on such matters? Once a Mahatma

stopped an earthquake even as it was about to occur.

He then said to his attendants, “A devotee from Madras

will come now. Bring him to me”. No sooner had he said

this than this devotee arrived. He said to the

Mahatma, “You appeared to me last night in a dream and

ordered me to perform a puja to please the

dissatisfied ‘ashta vasus’.” The Mahatma instructed

him to perform the Puja and also warned that no one

else should perform this puja and this devotee also

should not perform the same ever again. Therefore, one

need not approach a Mahan for learning mundane things

of the world viz. cooking or constructing a house and

the like. We should go to them to learn that which are

beyond our realm of perception. If we visit Ramana

Maharshi it should be to learn Atma vidya. As this is

beyond our understanding, Ramana Maharshi will be able

to guide and take us on this path. One should, hence,

approach a Mahatma to acquire spiritual knowledge. A

young boy once approached a Mahatma and asked, “People

claim to have visited the Moon. Is this true? Is there

a ‘Chandra mandala’?” The Mahatma immediately smiled

and asked him to look up at the sky. The boy found two

moons! The Mahatma explained to the confused young

boy, “There are many such moons but two are enough for

you today!” Thus, the Mahatmas opine that there is no

need to say that the Vedas contain information about

airplanes, rockets and such other mundane things of

the world.

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

 

Regards

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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