03 Feb 2005
Today is the birthday of this body. It is also a Thursday and a full moon day. These three aspects indicate the three-headed Datta. Thursday is called as the Guru-day, which indicates Brahma. Full moon day with light indicates Shiva, who represents the wave nature of energy through the Linga [the symbol of Lord Shiva]. This body consisting of the form of matter represents Vishnu. Vishnu, the matter, is worshipped as a form. Shiva the energy in the form of a wave is worshipped as the Linga, which is also in the form of a wave. Brahma is beyond both matter and energy and is above worship.
This is a very special day indicating the Paripurna Avatara, which means that the Lord dwells in a human body from its birth to its end and also expresses His inseparable characteristic i.e., the true infinite divine knowledge. The Veda says the same (Satyam, Jnanam, Anantam Brahma). The Lord who came in such a full form as Brahma was the sage Vasishta who preached the Yoga Vasistham or Jnana Vasistham. Then Vishnu came in such a full form as Lord Krishna and preached the Gita. Then Shiva came as Shankaracharya and preached the Bhashyam. Now the three in one called as Dattatreya stands here before all of you. The unity of these three forms indicates the union of the three points of today viz. birthday, Thursday and full moon day.
When I say that I am the human incarnation of Lord Datta there are three types of people here. The first type of people, who have conquered egoism and jealousy and are the highest devotees. For them this human body is pervaded by the Lord as the wire is pervaded by electric current. For them Advaita (Monism) suits their psychology and they can digest this. In fact they wanted to see, touch, talk and live with the Lord. To satisfy them the Lord came down and is satisfying their desire through this Advaita. For them Me and Lord Datta are one and the same. The second type of people who have conquered egoism and jealousy to a certain extent and are My devotees, need the Visishta Advaita, which says that the human incarnation is a spark of the Lord, who is the infinite fire. This philosophy speaks about the part (Sesha) and the whole (Seshi). The spark is qualitatively same as the fire and thus satisfies their devotion, but the spark is quantitavely different from the fire and this aspect satisfies their partial egoism and jealousy. The third type of people are full of egoism and jealousy. For their psychology, Dvaita should be shown. For them the human incarnation is just a two in one system. This human body is like the house and the Lord is dwelling inside this house as its owner. The house i.e., Me is completely different from the house owner i.e., the Lord. No importance need be given to the house, when the king comes and resides in a house. When there is no importance to this external human body their egoism is completely satisfied.
The first type of people bow to the temple [body of the incarnation] from outside and they feel that they have bowed to the inner statue [God] through the temple. The second type of people respect the temple to some extent and bow to the statue standing in the main door of the temple. The third type of the people do not care for the temple and feel that the temple is as good as their own house. They go inside the temple and bow directly to the statue. The Gita said “Manusheem Tanum Ashritam”, which means that the Lord dwells in the human body in the case of human incarnation. This is Dvaita to satisfy the third type of people who are in majority in this world. The Gita also exposed Visishtha Advaita for the sake of the second type of people (Mama Tejomsa Sambhavam). The Gita also revealed Advaita for the first type of people (Aham Atma, Mattah parataram). If Advaita is preached to the third type of people, problems arise, which are mentioned in the same verse (Avajaanantimam). Thus the Gita contains the total knowledge. Vishnu represents Sattvam. Sattavam produces knowledge. The Gita is the essence of all the Vedas. The Vedas, which are known today, are just one-year’s recitation of sage Bharadwaja. The remaining Vedas are infinite as told by the Veda itself (Anantaa vai Vedaah). Therefore, the Gita contains the essence of the entire Vedas, which are known and even unknown. The human incarnation is clearly mentioned in the Vedas as “Vivrunute Tanoom”, which means that the Lord will reveal Himself to the devotees through the human body. Again the Veda says “Yat Saakshaat Aparokshaat”, which means that the Lord appears before you and is not present somewhere else.
The path of sacrifice of work (Karma Sanyasa) is mentioned by both the Vedas (Kurvanneveha) and the Gita (Kuru Karmaiva). The another part of the path, which is the sacrifice of the fruit of the work (Karmaphala Tyaga) is praised by the Vedas (Tena Tyakthena…, Dhanena Tyagena…) as well as by the Gita (Phalam Tyaktva…, Karma Phala Tyaagee…). Whatever is found in the Gita must exist in the Vedas because the Vedas are the cows and the Gita is the milk milked from the cows.