Our Vedas (Certain Revelations) - Part 4 - By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji.

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Dear Members,

 

Wishing All My Members A

Happy,Prosperous,Peaceful,Healthy,Wealthy New Year

2008.

 

Let the grace of the Lord Bestow, Awake & Realise our

Divinity in the New Year!

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Two types of ‘mãrga’ are shown by our Religion.

 

Bhagavãn tells in Gita, ‘Tasmãt Shastram pramãnamte

kãryãkãrya vyavasthitau’- do not perform any act in

the way you may deem it right. Do it in accordance

with dharma, in accordance with the Shastras. Why so?

What is the proof of the existence of God? Maharishis

are the proof, the Vedas is the proof; the Shastras is

the proof for the existence of God. It is only the

Shastras that showed you the existence of God. To

attain God if you move in a way that has not been

prescribed by the Shastras, you cannot attain Him.

Various persons may offer a way (for the attainment of

God). These ways may appear to be easy. Just because

it is easy it does not mean that it should be one

supported by the Shastras. Therefore, if you choose

such a way you can never attain ‘Ishwara’ (God). What

are the ‘mãrgãs’ then?

Two ‘mãrgãs’ have been shown - ‘Vaideeka dharma’ and

‘Bhãgavata dharma’.

 

Lots of restrictions have been stipulated in the

matter of eligibility for following ‘Vaideeka dharma’.

Not all can take up this way. Similarly,

‘karmãnushtãnãs’ (performance of religious rites) can

be performed only by a selected few (‘adhikãri

bhedam’). Not only is this but there also specified

time for such performance. We say, ‘Dhyãyan krite’ -

in ‘Krita yuga’ everyone performed dhyana ‘Yajnaih

tretayãm' -Yajnãs were performed in Treta Yuga

‘Dwãparerchayann’ - it was ‘archana’ in Dwãpara Yuga;

‘Yadãpnoti tadãpnoti kalau sankeertya Kesavam’ - in

Kali Yuga it is ‘Kirtan of Kesava!’ (Singing the Name

of the Lord).

 

What is the reason (behind the birth of) Srimad

Bhãgavatam? Bhagavãn reserves some work for a big

‘Avatãra Purusha’ (Incarnation) who comes down to

earth. Until the completion of this work, the ‘Avatãra

Purusha’ is extremely restless; just as an ordinary

man undergoes restlessness in some matter like the

marriage of his daughter, so does the ‘Avatãra

Purusha’ undergo restlessness. Until such time they

(the ‘Avatãra Purushãs’) complete the work for which

they had come down to the earth they experience such

restlessness.

Sage Vyãsa was one such ‘Avatãra Purusha’. He had

given the Upanishads, Brahma Sutra, Mahabharata that

contains the Gita etc. to the world. Yet, he

experienced no peace. Why did he not find peace? He

had not come down for giving these. He had not come

down to the earth to give the Vedas or the Upanishads.

Why then did he come down to the earth? - Only to

spread the fame of Srimad Bhãgavatam. Why should he

illumine the Bhãgavatam? It is because only Bhãgavata

dharma would be of use to people who were to come

later in this Kali Yuga. (It is) A very easy dharma. A

Dharma that can easily be followed by all. If Sage

Vyãsa had left the earth without doing this ‘Granta’

(Holy Text) people of Kali yuga would have had no

‘gati’ (way out). People would know no way out.

Therefore, till he wrote the Bhãgavatam he experienced

some ‘klesam’ (disturbance) in his mind.

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

 

Regards

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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Spirituality, Mental peace or problems in life or

about dharma, please write to us by clicking here:

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His Holiness Sri Sri Swamiji personally answers these

questions for you and suggests prayers.

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