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Shri Datta Swami

 07 Jan 2006

 

Kashi Gita - 7th Bilva Leaflet

O humanity! Hear My song -- Be attentive to realize it (chorus)

 

Valmiki wrote Yogavasishtham and – Vyasa wrote Brahma Sutras,

Both are scholars of Nivrutti, - their epics are not simple Pravrutti,

They are not simple novels – for entertainment of children as stories.

In Vedas and Shastras you get – confusion frequently in analysis,

These epics are clear spiritual knowledge – with real practical solutions.

God acted in different roles and – His liberated souls assisted drama,

The drama is a message for world – both in Pravrutti and Nivrutti.

Entertainment of God in different roles – is a secondary issue only.

You should worry about message only, - entertainment is unrelated.

A person may start a college – to escape tax on his huge wealth,

That point is unnecessary – for the student studying in the college.

If any injustice happens in tests, - he can blame management for that,

But if he does not study well – and failed in the examination, for that,

He cannot blame management for – starting college on tax problem.

Similarly, if justice is violated, - you can blame God for that point only,

You cannot blame Him for creating – world to get entertainment.

Some times justice appears to be – violated due to coincidence only,

You might have committed a crime, - yesterday and you have forgotten,

Today you are donating food – to beggars in a temple and police came

Today to arrest you in temple, - you link arrest with donation of food,

Both are accidentally linked but – both are not at all linked in any way.

Similarly, for past deeds forgotten, - you are punished here today and

Today you may be doing good deeds, - past sins are de-linked with

The present good deeds, time is taken – even in the state rule here.

The life of human incarnation starts – like that of ordinary person

Involved in various problems, - He becomes devotee of God with

The help of a preacher and – comes out with success and all this is

A message for world and – God also is entertained in that role of soul.

The aspect of His entertainment – is unnecessary for you,

Only the message is related to you, - Rama was fighting with Ravana,

He was vexed with serious problem – in killing Ravana for a long time.

Agastya approached Him and – advised Him to worship the Sun,

Rama worshipped Sun and – got victory over Ravana in the war.

If you analyze background deeply, - sun is inert globe of energy and

Energetic form of sun as angel is – servant working with fear of God.

Rama is God and how can He worship – inert globe or inner servant?

Is Agastya sage ignorant of all this? – It is only a message for world.

God acts in the drama along with His – routine troop of liberated souls.

The background should not be – analyzed, analyze the message only.

When problems come to a good person, - preacher himself should

Approach and give proper advise, - the preacher should advise him

To worship God and not monism – that he himself is God already.

If he is already God, He should enjoy – even the problems like cinema.

God in medium only should be – recommended for worship of a soul.

External inert globe is gross body, - inner servant as energetic form is

Jeevatman, the angel, with subtle – and causal bodies is medium.

It is pervaded by God like wire – by current, he becomes God.

All this is the same story of – human incarnation in this world.

The angel is a medium with – all the three bodies, a liberated soul.

Worship of sun becomes worship of – God through the medium,

Energetic form is suggested because – repulsion to co-human form is

A common illness of humanity, - Rama worshipped Vasishtha in the end.

Vasishtha is human incarnation of – Brahma, Rama is of Vishnu,

Hanuman is of Shiva, Datta is – divided in to three basic roles.

Vyasa was Brahma, Krishna was Vishnu, - Radha was Shiva for Nivrutti.

 

Sattvam is Vishnu, the spiritual knowledge; -Brahma is Rajas, the action,

From Vishnu Brahma is born, it means, – knowledge generates practice.

In practice opposition comes and – several advises try to divert you,

Rejecting those advises and their – ignorance in your mind is necessary.

Finally Shiva is Tamas or ignorance, - it is also essential in the end.

After attaining God through knowledge, - practice is the next step,

Ignorance of all things other than God – is essential for concentration.

Veda says that OAM is bow, soul is arrow, - God is the target for you,

Here the arrow is not the target, - hence the soul is not God at all.

First knowledge of bow, arrow and – target is necessary and then

Action of applying arrow on bow – and diversion from sides is action,

Finally fixation of eye on target is – achieved by the ignorance of

All other side items only and such – ignorance is final concentration.

Thus, ignorance or rigidity is – created by God for good purpose only.

When it is used in proper place, - it becomes good and hence,

Every thing in this world is good – since God created it.

Anything becomes bad when – it is used for other purpose than

The purpose for which God created it, - even in Pravrutti, it is needed.

When a friend hurts you and repents, - you have to forget the past,

Here ignorance of past is needed, - devotees are born from Shiva only.

Radha and Hanuman were rigid devotees, - even Gopikas were also

Followers of Shiva as sages in – past birth with pasted hair and skin,

All their physical nature indicates Shiva, - hence Ramanuja told that

Shiva is the king of devotees, - it is unfortunate that Vaishnava devotees

Criticize Shiva, are they not demons – like Hiranyakashipu who criticized

Vishnu? When Uddhava came and–started preaching Advaita philosophy,

Gopikas told that there is no space – in their minds other than Krishna.

They were rigid to learn anything – other than their Krishna, who was

Their contemporary human incarnation, - similarly Hanuman was rigid

In His firm faith on Rama in spite of – various severe tests of Rama.

God born as Master is Vishnu, - same God born as devotee is Shiva.

 

Rama and Krishna are not imaginary, - they are the absolute truth,

This world is imaginary for God, - the stone bridge in the ocean

Towards Lanka and the immersed – Dwaraka traced now in the sea

Stand as historical proof for truth, - atheists are rigid stones,

No use of preaching to them, - like blow of conch shell before deaf,

Kauravas did not listen Krishna, - even several sages tried to change

Duryodhana, Krishna showed – cosmic vision but every thing was waste.

Atheists criticize that Rama – took wine according to Valmiki Ramayana,

Non-vegetarian food and wine – are allowed for dynasty of Kshatriyas,

Even God follows the tradition of – a community in which He is born,

Following the tradition, - He mixes with the community and slowly

Reforms the community, - it is like following the running bull initially,

To stop it after some steps, initial mixing is essential for preaching.

Same Rama was born as Buddha, - Buddha condemned that food and

Preached non-violence of all – living beings opposing non-vegetarians.

Datta was born in the caste of – Brahmins for whom wine is prohibited,

Still Datta drinks to mislead - devotees from their firm faith on Him,

Datta drinks to help undeserving, – because undeserving can’t be helped

According to law of justice and – He forgets justice by drinking wine.

But these undeserving fellows – criticize Him for drinking the wine!

These atheists should not have – been born as human beings here,

If Datta doesn’t drink wine, - these souls will be born as animals.

Some criticize Rama for testing Sita – in fire and leaving her in the end.

What ever God does is always correct, - you may not understand it deeply.

When Sita was in Lanka, She thought – that Rama will go back and

He will marry several girls to enjoy, - Rama knows every word.

In the end Rama was angry, - no body could understand that.

Rama gave punishment to her, - by stating that she is free to marry

Any body like Bharata or Vibhishana, - Rama uttered even the names,

It is payment of capital with interest, - Sita entered fire and came out.

It is temporary prison for hurting God, - hurting devotee is more severe.

Sita blamed Lakshmana for bad thought – over her, Rama punished it,

Rama left her permanently and Sita – entered earth forever for this.

Entering earth forever is like – life long imprisonment for highest sin.

If you treat Shiva as top devotee, - you should respect Him more, since

Ramanuja told that hurting devotee – is greater sin than that of God.

Rama is a king to punish sinners  - and save them from going to hell.

If He cannot punish His wife, - how can He punish outsiders as king?

Rama saved Sita from hell, - she directly goes to His abode now.

You should have faith in God – even in the absence of explanation.

When Drona was preaching Arjuna, - he asked Arjuna to see only

The target which is the eye of bird, - does it mean that Arjuna is blind

In not seeing any other thing? – Such blindness is essential in the end.

If you say that you will not go to school – unless the sweet is given,

Such rigidity is not good, - but rigidity in studies is very much desirable.

The same rigidity becomes good or bad – by the context of its use.

In the hundred and eight names of Datta – one name is that He is rigid.

Rigidity or Tamas is God Shiva, - representing full ignorance only.

Ignorance about God is condemned, - not ignorance of world of devotee.

Ignorance of world of a person, – who is not devotee, is not good.

If you are in Pravrutti, you should have – knowledge of world fully.

But if you are immersed in Nivrutti, - ignorance of world is essential.

Ignorance of every thing other than God – is the unique concentration.

No quality is good or bad – by itself, it is just a pure colorless crystal.

If it is near red gem, it becomes red, - if it is near black, it looks black,

If the quality is for God, it is good, - if it is for world, it is bad only.

Within the limits of bad world and – in the absence of context of God,

Good and bad exist in world relatively, - both are absolute bad before God.

By charity in sacrifice Dharma Raja – went to heaven, third upper world.

By debauchery, Gopikas crossed – top most Brahma Loka and reached

The eighth specially created upper world – called as Goloka forever.

Color of crystal is decided by – color of gem only standing near it.

A thorn burnt in fire becomes – sacred ash to be applied on forehead,

Sweet sugar fallen in mud pond – cannot be put on your tongue.

Devotees worshipping human energetic form – like Vishnu also reach

Brahma loka, abode of God, - due to liking for the human form in it.

But they return back from there, - due to repulsion of common media.

The soul in the upper world gets – human energetic form similar to

The human energetic form of Vishnu, - repulsion starts as usual.

Such repulsion will not exist there, - if the soul here in human body

Over comes common repulsion and – serves human incarnation.

The theme every where is simple, - God in human form competes

With the strongest bond of soul, - money is the ball of test game.

The strongest bond is always – with the child for any soul here.

Manikantha was God in human form, - His stepmother was queen,

But the queen gave birth to son, - kingdom is in competition now.

Queen asked Manikantha to get – milk of tiger for her headache,

So that He will be killed and her – son becomes the king in future!

God in human form suffered – defeat before the strongest bond.

Kaikayi was loving Rama more than – her own son for His divinity.

But the competition for wealth came, - she asked Rama to go away.

Krishna stole the wealth, butter, - elder Gopikas complained this

To His mother Yashoda, so that – they can feed children with butter.

The bond with child is called as – Anahata chakra or unbeaten,

Since no body could cross this bond, - when God competed with it.

These six chakras are the six bonds, - first for mother, second for father,

Third for husband or wife, fourth, - for children, fifth for preachers and

Sixth for angels, chakras mean – capturing whirl pools in World Ocean.  These are represented by six – lotus flowers that attract soul bees.

 

Devotion needs ignorance as - the basic stage in the divine play,

If ignorance is removed totally, - God only remains, no entertainment.

If ignorance is removed, - even Mula Maya disappears, no world.

You will disappear since – gross body of matter and inert energy,

Subtle body of three basic qualities – along with soul, causal body,

All three bodies are of Maya, - Maha Maya and Mula Maya only.

Every thing up to Primordial energy – is His creation, His property.

What is there that you can sacrifice – to Him? since you are also

A part of His creation or property only, - using this basic knowledge,

Some clever devotees escape – sacrifice to God covering selfishness.

The concept of devotion and – entire divine play disappears,

If you say that you are God and – that this world is unreal to you.

Advaita limited to human incarnation – is extended to every body

For this simple reason only that – one can escape sacrifice to God.

Hence Maya or ignorance is very much – required for devotion.

If you realize that your money is – the money of God only,

It means that you are giving to God – because it His money!

If it is your money, you will not give, - is this real sacrifice?

You will give your money to your child – but not to God,

It means God is not even equal to – your child, no point of more,

Hence even if it is the money of God, - God covers you with Maya,

By His Maya, ignorance falls on you, - you think that it is your money.

Now sacrifice comes for test, - God and child compete with each other.

Now the strength of your love to God – comes out with true color.

Ignorance, Tamas, the quality of Shiva, - is the basis of devotion.

 

God comes down not only – as master but also as servant,

Both Rama and Hanuman are God, - the address of God lies

Not only in the human incarnation, - but also in devotee, some times.

God acts as devotee to show path – of devotion to the humanity.

He undergoes all normal life – facing all sorts of severe problems.

In fact, all these problems – are only sins of His devotees.

I am giving spiritual knowledge – through this body of Datta Swami,

I will propagate this knowledge – through devotees of Datta Swami.

The same current moves fan and – lightens tube light, works differ,

But the inner current is one and same, – it is a teamwork always.

All the devotees participating in – the propagation of this knowledge

Become human incarnations, - since I will enter into them.

Only blessed devotees of My – inner most circle or family alone

Will propagate this knowledge – to give guidance to entire world.

 

Never ask God for giving devotion, - because it is the highest insult,

It means that you are not having – real spontaneous devotion already.

If the girl asks the boy to put efforts to – create love on him in her,

What does it mean? It means – that the girl is unable to love him

In spite of hectic efforts from her side, – since she hates him always,

But she wants to love him and marry – to get rich life from his wealth,

Therefore, when you ask God for – devotion, it means that you are not

Loving God spontaneously as – you love your family members here.

But you want to love God – so that you can be loved by God in return

To attain the best fruits, - hence you are praying God to give you

The devotion to Him, if God grants –devotion to you as per your prayer,

Then such granted love by God – is not natural but artificial only.

A politician gets masses for his – speech by paying money to public,

The attendance of masses is not the – real interest of public in him.

The story of real love is quite – opposite to this, the girl loves the boy,

The boy refuses her love and – she is running after him even insulted.

Such love is true, love should be – from your side and not granted from

The other side, God doesn’t like – such artificial devotion or love to Him.

He likes true devotion only, - when you run after Him, He insults you,

But still you are after Him only, - that is the true devotion liked by Him.

Some pray God for constant devotion, - it is funnier, because it means

That even if the devotion is granted – by God, they are sure that it will

Disappear by more attractive world, - God should save devotion there!

It looks like praying the teacher to help – in the examination by giving

Answers so that one gets – first class, is it real first class? Not at all.

Similarly if God gives you constant – devotion and you win His tests

To get eternal fruit, is it real test? – Is it real victory based on justice?

God helps devotee putting effort, - no doubt in this promise of God.

But the help of God is indirect and – not direct help in the examination.

The teacher teaches you several times – so that you will pass in it.

This is indirect help for your success – in examination, quite justified.

Similarly God will preach you knowledge – more and more clearly,

Knowledge generates devotion, - better knowledge, better devotion.

By knowledge you have to yourself - decrease attraction to the world.

It is your total duty to develop interest – in God by your self only.

The knowledge of God and world – are clearly explained to you.

God will not put His finger in – your determination and your action.

Krishna analyzed God and world - clearly in Gita and finally told

Arjuna to take final decision, - same knowledge is fruitful in some,

In some it becomes waste, - Arjuna listened but not Duryodhana.

Same rain becomes mud in pond, - but becomes pearl in pearl shell.

Rain and shell are equally important, - in fact shell is more important.

The samskara or attitude accumulated – for the past millions of births

Becomes the main responsible factor, - a wet stick will not catch fire,

Your matchbox becomes empty, - attitude is generated from deeds,

Attitude again generates deeds, - it is a cycle with fixed composition.

Good and bad are fixed in a ratio, – the ratio is fixed in all the births.

The soul rotates and rotates in the – same cycle continuously forever.

The soul comes down from upper worlds – with the remains of attitude.

The composition of this attitude – will generate deeds in the same ratio.

The fresh deeds yield fruits, - now you may say that your past deeds

Are responsible for your present fruits, - it is exactly correct statement.

Your past deeds in a specific ratio – generated attitude in same ratio,

Your present deeds are also in same ratio, - yes, your present fruits

Touch the past deeds as root cause, - in the chain of deep analysis.

The attitude should be strong to – generate a deed in action for fruit.

A weak attitude gives feeling only, - it has very little fruit, no fear.

As long as some body is not hurt – practically, you are not punished.

Even the weak attitude is not good, - it may become strong shortly.

Punishment for sin and pleasure – of heaven for good deeds is

Limited to Pravrutti only and not – in Nivrutti, a totally different field.

Nivrutti is limited to God and your self  - God is never hurt by you.

In Nivrutti every attitude and deed – is sacred, God sees your love only.

The attitude can change its ratio – by hearing spiritual knowledge only.

No other method like fasting, chanting etc., - is useful to change attitude.

You can come out from routine cycle – by the sacred knowledge only,

So says Gita, in the new ratio sin may become – zero and full good.

Then you will do good deeds and – enter heaven again and again.

You can even change attitude to – reach the eternal abode of God.

Analysis of knowledge is your duty, - clear all your doubts from Me.

Attitude is the main factor to lead you – to hell or heaven or God.

Attitude is generated and changed also – by the power of knowledge.

Hence, Satguru, God in human form – is the most important guide,

His spiritual knowledge is real path, - He is your real goal also finally.

 

Abode of God called, as Brahma loka or – Vaikuntha or Kailasa is not

A particular place existing some where, - it is the place where God lives,

God can live in any place as He likes, - He does not exist everywhere.

His power exists everywhere, - you can say indirectly that God is

Existing everywhere, if He is – everywhere like gold in the chain,

Veda cannot say that God entered – the world after creating it.

God exists in this world in human form – in every human generation

Giving equal chance to every generation, - a human being charged by God

Becomes God like live wire, - similarly in the second upper world, sky,

Which is called as Bhuvarloka or Dyuloka or – Jyotirloka, abode of stars,

God exists charging energetic body – of sun called as Surya Narayana.

If you take isolated medium only, - the sun, he is only servant of God.

Similarly, in human incarnation, - if you isolate the human being,

He is just a liberated soul selected – by God to become human incarnation.

Veda says that two birds live on tree, - one is God and other is the soul

Selected by God, simile can be – applied even to ordinary human being.

One is soul and other is intellect, -In both cases tree is inert gross body.

Yoga Vasishtha explains monism, - remember, it is told to Rama, who is

The human incarnation already, - the subject is limited to incarnation only.

Vasishtha is also human incarnation, - He is Brahma in human form here.

Monism applies to speaker also, - If you extend it to every body,

Then the speaker is only a sage, - the medium or the liberated soul.

Gita told to Arjuna refers to God – present in Krishna, a liberated soul.

But same Krishna as medium or – the liberated soul told Gita again.

In the first Gita, monism is limited to – Krishna only and not to everybody.

The second chapter explains about – soul to be isolated from gross body.

Soul is subtle and unless you isolate subtle – from the visible item first,

How can you isolate unimaginable God – from the subtle soul? It is only

A training for future, God in human incarnation – is beyond subtle soul.

Unimaginable is very near to subtle, - soul in human incarnation is said

To be His abode in this sense, - otherwise, God pervades all over bodies,

All the three bodies, Atman, - Jeeva and gross body are pervaded by Him.

Devotees want to see, touch and serve Him – directly and for them only

He came down; nothing is impossible – for Him being omnipotent God.

If you say that He cannot pervade - gross body, He is not omnipotent.

Omni potency does not mean that He – does every thing, it means only

That He can do anything but He does – that, which is justified only,

Satisfaction of devotees is justified, - He satisfies them in this way.

Who are you to say that God doesn’t – come in human form here?

If some thing is impossible to you, - don’t apply it to omnipotent God.

 

Satisfaction is very important – in Pravrutti, if you are satisfied with

What you have already, God – always likes to give you more and more.

If you are not contented already, - you will not be contented always.

There is no use of giving more – to you since you will ask more again.

In Nivrutti, no satisfaction at all, – as you see in singing about God.

You derive continuous happiness – directly in His wonderful memory.

Why should you ask something through – devotion to get happiness?

That worldly item asked by you – is giving illusion of happiness only.

Worldly items start and end with – sorrow, they give sorrow in middle also.

A mirage never contained or will – never contain water, it has no water

Even now, the water seen by you – in the present is only an illusion.

If memory of God gives such happiness, - think about co-living with Him!

Bliss comes directly from God, - no brokerage of worldly items in middle.

Hence, pray God with the desire of God – only and not with other desires.

Narayana is very important name, - often spoken by Ramanuja and Madhva.

Even Acharya of Shankara peetham – writes the name Narayana only

In the end of his letter, name of God – is applicable to Him with sense.

Our names are only for identification, - the sense is not applicable to us.

A person called as Harishchandra – speaks always lies throughout life!

Narayana means the abode of spiritual – knowledge, He is Satguru.

Shankha represents the throat, - poets give shankha as its simile.

Throat is the instrument for preaching – the spiritual knowledge.

Chakra is called as Sudarshana, - it means good view or clarity.

It cuts misinterpretations, demons, - similarly Damaruka and Trisula.

Garland of beads indicates repetition – of concept in several angles and

The sacred water jug indicates - the purity of soul through knowledge.

All these six are symbolic – representations seen in six hands of Datta.

 

Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are – simultaneous energetic forms of God,

Rigid conservative devotees – take one only as the real ultimate God.

Wise devotees recognize all – the three as simultaneous forms of God.

God entered all three forms – simultaneously like current in three wires.

In the same way there can be – simultaneous human incarnations here.

Rama and Parashurama existed – simultaneously as human incarnations,

Same Vishnu existed in both – simultaneously, devotees of Vishnu agree,

But same devotees do not agree – this concept in Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma.

Same God can exist in three, - as same Vishnu existed in both human forms.

Sai Baba and Akkalkot Maharaj – were simultaneous incarnations of Datta.

Even Rama Krishna Paramahamsa – existed in that time as third form.

This is not impossible for omnipotent God, - you accept omnipotent God

On one side and do not accept – the possibility of simultaneous incarnations

On the other side, you accept concept, - but not its justified application.

You can object application of concept, - if it is not justified by any logic.

God wants to deal different devotees – in different places in the same time,

He takes simultaneous forms as media, - to fulfill His multidimensional work.

When there is necessity and when God is – omnipotent to meet the necessity,

Are you auditor to object His accounts? – You have no right even to object

The necessity of other souls, you being – a tiny soul among many other souls.

How can you object the omnipotent God? – You can object your subordinates.

You can’t object your equal souls – and certainly not the superior God.

 

God is certainly unimaginable, – but God can be experienced by anyone.

When you experience unimaginable – nature, God is experienced.

Experience does not mean that you - have understood unimaginable God.

When you say that the solution of – a problem is unimaginable to you,

Does it not mean that you have – experienced it as unimaginable item?

The characteristic of God is – unimaginable nature, it is experienced,

It means unimaginable God is – experienced, experience does not

Contradict unimaginable nature, - after all, you can say that something is

Unimaginable when you experience that – it is unimaginable to you.

Knowledge is constantly associated – characteristic of God for identity,

But knowledge exists in scholar also, - God is isolated from scholar by

The specialty of knowledge of God – that cannot be seen anywhere.

This specialty of knowledge comes – from unimaginable nature of God.

The unimaginable nature of God – is mixed with the knowledge and

The knowledge becomes special – or unimaginable or wonderful.

The special knowledge has - two components, one is knowledge and

The other is unimaginable nature of God, - both are experienced items.

Knowledge is quality or Sattvam, - it is imaginable and experienced.

Such knowledge mixed with unimaginable – nature of God becomes

Unimaginable knowledge and both are – items of experience only.

Knowledge remains imaginable, - but the unimaginable nature

Makes it wonderful and this is – called as Prajnanam by Veda.

The point in His knowledge is – clear and imaginable to you.

But you have not heard that point – anywhere in the world before.

Hence the point is imaginable by virtue – of its knowledge component.

By virtue of the unimaginable component – it is unheard anywhere.

You have not imagined that point – so far and this is unimaginable.

This does not mean that the point – itself is unimaginable to you.

For example you have read - Ramayana and Bhagavatam before,

You know that Gopikas worshipped – Krishna and Hanuman worshipped

Rama, now you start worshipping – Rama and Krishna as statues.

But the point there is that Gopikas – did not worship statue of Rama,

Hanuman did not worship statue – of Vamana, past human incarnation.

It means that you have to worship – your contemporary human incarnation.

This point is understood now by you, - it is very simple to understand.

But you have not imagined this point – so far, so it was unimaginable.

Both components are experienced, - no objection of experience to

The unimaginable component - as said above, hence total Prajnanam

Being experienced by you results – in the experience of God, speaking

Prajnanam through your contemporary – human incarnation, the Satguru.

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