Guru Tattva - An Inner Essence- Part 11 By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji.

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Dear Members,

 

Ramadas did not have the inclination to leave the cave

and mix with people. He found it very difficult to

mingle with people. He would tell Rama, “Rama! just

before your arrival I had made a vow to do japa of

another 13 crore. Hence, let me finish it and then go

out!” He kept on doing 13 crore japas, one after

another. Rama felt that nothing could be done through

him. Therefore, Rama brought Chatrapati Shivaji to

him. Samarta Ramadas carried out all his work through

Chatrapati Shivaji. Kalki avatar of Bhagavaan is

spoken of as coming on the back of a horse to protect

the country. Shivaji contained Muslim rule fighting on

horseback during Ramadas period. This is the Kalki

Avatar’s ‘suchakam’. Shivaji ousted foreign rule. This

was possible only because of Smarata Ramadas’s tapas.

Shivaji’s power was Samarta Ramadas, his Guru.

 

I said that Guru is a ‘tattva’. Guru is not just a

three or a six-foot physical form. The ‘sariira’ is

not the Guru. It is the omnipresent ‘Atma’ within the

Guru that is the real Guru.

 

I said that Samarat Ramadas was Shivaji’s Guru. Once,

Chatrapati Shivaji went to capture Bijapur Sultan’s

fort. He was unsuccessful in all his attempts. He went

into the forest along with his minister to rest a

while. He thought of his Guru Samarta Ramdas, “Oh!

Guru! I should somehow capture this fort. Please show

me the way.” At that moment an old lady came there and

invited him home for lunch. She served hot rice on to

his leaf. Shivaji made a small gap in the center of

the rice mound served on his leaf. The old lady poured

the ‘sambaar’ into this. Shivaji, due to hunger,

dipped his hand right in the middle and had his

fingers burnt. The old lady immediately corrected him,

“If you place your fingers in the middle of the rice

you will surely have your fingers burnt. If you begin

to take the rice from the edges, it will not burn your

fingers!” Immeditely Shivaji understood this to be his

Guru speaking through her. All the while he had been

trying to hit the enemy right within but now attacked

them all round their fort and succeeded in capturing

it. Guru is a ‘tattva’. Once we earn the Grace of God,

if Bhagavaan Wills, every place will be a Satsang. You

may be in a train and a person calling out, “Krishna!”

comes to sit beside you. We cannot go searching for

these (Satsang). If only Bhagavaan would Will, every

moment, every atmosphere becomes Satsangh. In your

office you may find a colleague spiritually inclined.

He may speak a lot of good Bhagavat matters to you.

But, if Bhagavaan goes against us (‘virodam’) even the

place of Satsangh becomes a place of gossip and

avarice. No matter how deep a trouble a man is, he

would come up in life only if he holds on to a

Satsangh.

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

 

Regards

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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