19 Mar 2022
[Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Dandvat Namaskaram Swamiji! May the unadulterated love and faith for You sprout in Your devotees' hearts. Swami ji, what are these tatvas? I have heard about Shiv tatva, Ram tatva, Hanumat tatva etc. But I don’t have any clear understanding about them. Therefore, I would request You, if You could explain them.
There is this other thing also when I at times would wonder if my spiritual practices are bringing me closer to Hanuman ji. May be all this is happening because I lack patience. If You could tighten some mind screws of mine in that area!
Swami ji, here in some families of India, when a family member dies, the family members stop celebrating all festivals for a whole year. Shaving of head is also done by the family members. Also, ringing of Gongs and bells in temple. If You could tell me about their validity in present times. At Your feet. Dandvat Namaskaram to You, Swami ji and to Your devotees.]
Swami replied:- The word tattva means a setup of psychology from a long time. It also means the essential nature of a deity. Vishnu belongs to Sattvam, Brahma belongs to Rajas and Shiva belongs to Tamas. Hanuman belongs to the tattva of Shiva only since He is the incarnation of God Shiva. Rama belong to the tattva of Vishnu since He is the incarnation of God Vishnu. When you are taking the divine natures, we have to take the good sides of these three qualities. Sattvam means knowledge with peace, which is very much necessary for the administration that is done by God Vishnu. Rajas means dynamism (Rajaḥ Karmaṇi…), which belongs to Brahmā, who is always involved in the creation continuously. Tamas means ignorance that stands for indiscrimination, which belongs to Shiva, who destroys the entire world along with all the souls without discriminating good and bad souls in the final dissolution of the creation. In this way, all the three qualities must be taken in good sense only while they are applied to God Brahmā, God Vishnu and God Shiva.
Hanuman is very very essential for your materialistic as well as spiritual welfare. I am telling this point so many times repeatedly and hence, you must give full attention to My words and worship intensively God Hanuman for at least five more years.
When a close relative expires, such practices are followed to express their sadness and except this point there is nothing else. In such situations, worship of God is very very important, which will give a lot of support to the mind. When there is no such sadness in the hearts of the people, all these things are blind traditions followed without proper analysis.
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