UGC sponsored two day state level workshop

Dear Library & IT Professionals,

UGC sponsored two day state level workshop on "Implementing Advanced
Technologies in Libraries" is organised by the Library & IT Dept. of
DTSS College of Commerce and PDT Junior College of Commerce & Science,
Malad (E), Mumbai on 22nd and 23rd January, 2010.

Please, send e-mail (dtsslibrary@gmail.com) to confirm your
participation as early as possible.

for details contact :

022-28423157

Mrs. Yojana Patil,
Librarian,
DTSS College of Commerce and
PDT Junior College of Commerce & Science,
(Sanskar College), Near Kurar Police Station,
Kurar Village, Western Express High-Way,
Malad (E), Mumbai - 400 097.

http://sanskarsarjan.blogspot.com (Librarian's Articles for Value Education)
http://sanskarsarjan.org (Official Website of the College)
http://sanskarkaladarpan.blogspot.com (Created by the librarian for Students)

प्रगति फास्ट

विद्यार्थी मित्र-आपली

आजच्या प्रगति फास्ट युगात आपल्या महाविद्यालयातील मुलांनी मागे पडू नये असे मला मनापासून वाटते। आणि त्यासाठी तुम्हाला दोन गोष्टी सांगावयाच्या आहेत। तुम्ही खूप खूप मोट्ठे व्हावे, चांगले जीवन जगावे . त्यासाठी तुम्ही महाविद्यालयाच्या उम्बरठ्याबाहेर पाउल टाकण्याच्या आधीच मनाने खंबीर व्हावे । बाहेरच्या जगातील फास्ट लाइफ मधे पडल्यानंतर तुम्हाला तुमच्यासाठी असा काही वेळ राखून ठेवावा लागेल आणि तो ठेवायालाच हवा

इथून बाहेर पडल्यानंतर तुमच्यातील काहीजण नोकरीला लागतील काहीजण उच्च शिक्षण घेतील तर काही लग्न करुन संसाराला लागतील काहीही केलत तरीही तुम्ही मानसिक दृष्टया मात्र खंबीर रहायलाच हवे। पण त्यामागे तुम्ही तुमचे ह्रदय तपासून पहात चला ।

स्वामी विवेकानंदान्नी एका ठिकाणी म्हटले आहे की जेव्हा तुमच्यापुढे दोन पर्याय उपलब्ध असतील तेव्हा नेहमी आपल्या ह्रुदयाचे (व्यापक दृष्टिचे) ऐकत चला । जे खरोखर चांगल आहे, उदात्त आहे, असा पर्याय नेहमी निवडा । असे केलत तर नक्कीच तुम्ही तुमचे व तुमच्या बरोबर aai-vadilancha, gurucha nav motha karu shakal। Pan kharokhar aadhi hriday tapasa। Manapasun aatun jar vatat nasel tar dikhawa karnyasathi kahi karu naka। Showbaji kelit tar tumchyamadhe jo basala aahe (aatmadev) to nakkich tumhala tumchya karmacha fal denarach aahe.

Tumhala mahit aahe? To jo aat basala aahe, jyachyamule aapan shwas ghetto aahot, to aatma aaplya pratyek kruticha, pratyekvicharachya hishob lihit asto. Aaplyla jar asa vatat asel ki mi kunachya naklat kahi kela tar thodach konala kalnar aahe? Kunala kalala naahi tar mala kon shiksha karnar? Pan mitrano, he purnat: chukicha aahe. Aapla sampurna hishob to aatma aat rahunach autosave karit asto. Aani parat tech aaplyakade redirect / rebound karit asto. Ya janami jar tyala jamala nahi tar pudhchya janami tari nakkich aaplya krutichi / vicharanchi fala aaplyalach bhogavi lagatat. Karan to ya dehatun nightana sarva hishob aaply barobar save karun net asto. Aapan jithe jau tithe mhanjech pudhchya janmat magil panavarun pudhe chalu. Mhanun tar aaplya aawdinivdi, kala, aadhyatmik vikas ya tyapudhe chalu rahtat.

Tevha hi yukti kiwa klrupti aatach samjun ghya mhanjech tumchya vicharana, krutila ek aadhyatmik base va paya nirman hoiel.

Jivnat yashshavi honyasathi tumchyakade tin goshti powerful asyala havyat.

1) I.Q. : Intelligent Quotient - budhyank.
2) E.Q. : Emotional Quotient - bhavnank
3) S.Q. : Spiritual Quotient - aadhyatmank

1) Sarvat pratham aapan aapli budhimata vadhwanyasathi prayatna karavayas have.
2) Tyanantar bhavnik drishtya aapan savedanshil aasavayas have. Aaplya va samorachya vyakatichya bhavananchi kadar karavayas aapan shikle pahije. Konala vayit vatel asa aapan mudam (janunbujavun) vagu naye.
3) Tyanantar jevha aapan aapala aadhytamik vikas karu tevha aapan sankatanshi mukabala atishay yashashiviritya karu shaku. Karan S.Q. vadhvine mhanje aatmabal vadhavine. Aani te aaplya aatmychya sahayane vadhvave, aatma aani parmatma (parmeshwar) yanchi madat jar ghetlit tar aapan aapla uccha vikas karun gheo shaku va aaleyla pratyek sankatashi don hat kase karayache tyachi utkurshta padhat aatmasat karun gheo shaku.

Jar aadhyatamik techa changla fayda hot asel tar mag mhatarpani sarva shakti shinn jhalyavar S.Q. vadhwavinyacha prayatna karnypeksha va to paryantche jeevan ahankarat kasetari dhakalnyapeksha aaplyla jar aaple mahavidyalayatun baher padlyanantarche jeevan qualitative mhanje utkurshta gunvata aslele jagayche asel tar mag aatach bhavnank va aadhyatmank vadhvayachi garaj aahe.

Tevha tyasathi pahili payari kay aahe mahit aahe? Tar sarvat aawadatadev nivadane. Karan tyaaadhi aaplyla tyache mhatava vatat naahin. Sarva dev sarkhech.sarva devana manayache. Yevadhech aaplyala thaok aste. Pan mitrano, jar tumhala aadhyatmik vikas sadhayacha asel tar matra tumhi ekach ek dev tumchya antarangat basvayala hawa. Saibaba kay mhanyache mahit aahe na “sabka malik ek”. Aapan sanglyanshi tar sandhan sadhu shakat naahin na? tyasathi ekach manapasun awadnara dev kiwa sant nivdawa tyachyabarobar anusandhan sadhun tyachyashi friendship karne va ti vadhavine. Tyachyashi bhavnik sambandh prasthapit karne, tya aaplya dostavar sampoorna shraddha, nishta asne khup mhatvache. Ekhadajigri dostapramane tyala kay have nako te sangane va magane, tyatunach toch maja rakshankarta, toch maja kalptaru ha bhav nirman vhayala hawa. Jo bhav aaplya manat nirman hoiel tech satya. Mag to bhav satyat yenyasathi to aapla devach dhadpadto. Karan dev bhavacha bhukela aahe. Aani tyala paka aani fakt bhakti bhavachich bhasha kalte.

Yachi prachiti kiwa anubhav ghyayacha asel tar pratham varil payrya tumhi aadhi par karayala havyat. Nantar aaplya manala swach thevne hi aapli jababdari. Tyatil nakaratmakta haluhalu kami karavi. Shraddha-bhakti yukt ase man thevanycha prayatna karava. Sarvanshi premane rahave. Tyanchya vaganyache vedevakade arth kadhu naye. Maje majya devavar purna vishwas aahe. Tyanech he ghadavile. Aani je tyane ghadavile te majya fakt bhalyasathich. As mhanun sarva tyachyavar sopavun swastha basave. Mhanje tya ghatanevar ugich nakaratmak bhavala manat
thara deo naye/ va dusrya koni asa prayatna kela tar tyalahi tham saganve ki please, mala je aatun vatate tyavar tumacha nakaratmak mat mala nako aahe. Karan maja majya devavar purna vishwas aahe.

He bagha mitrano, dusryane sagitlelya nakaratmak goshti kadhich accept karu naka. Tyat aaple nehmi nuksanach hote. Aadhi aaplya hridyatil devala vichara aani magach tumche mat final kara. Agdi kuthlyahi goshtisathi he marg tumhi vaparu shakta.
Dusre mhanje kadhi kadhi aaplyvar sankat yenar aahe ashi aaplyla chahul lagte tyaveli aapan atishay ghabrun jato. Pan mitrano, ghabarlat ki aapan nakaratmakte madhye jato. Aani ti nakaratmakta aaplyla vedhun takte. Aani mag tyacha shevat dukhat hoto. Tya aivaji aapan aaplyla jevha bhiti vatel tevha adhyatmachi kas dharavi. Mhanje kay tar jevha jevha ashi sankatachi chahul lagun bhiti vatel tevha bhaktiyukt manane aaplya aawadtya devala purna hridyapasun hak maravi va bhavyukt antkarnane tyachyawar sarva sopvave.aani purna shraddha thevun tya sankatatun par padave aani mag saburi thevun purna nishtha thevavi va ekhi nakaratmakta bhav manat na aanta result chi vat pahavi. Mhanje to result ha utkurshtha asel yat shankach naahi.

Tar mitraho, jar hi yukti aapan pratyek kathin prasangi vaparli tar dev aaplybarobar aahe, aaplyala to madat karto aapla bhar to vahato ashi prachiti aaplyla yeil aani tasa bhav aaply manat tayar hoeil. Aani ekda ka ha bhav dridh jhala ki mag aaplyla aaplya dukhache kahi vatenase hoiel. Karan aapla bhar devavar ka va kasa takayacha he tumhala mahit jhale asel.

kahi manase kitihi Shikleli asli va kitihi mothya padavar asli tari tyana adhyatmabadal titkara asto, karan tyatala tyani kahi samjunach ghetlele naste aani ashi manase pratyek goshtitun nakaratmak arth kadhat bhovtalacha vatavaran aani swatacha jeevan gadhul karit astat. Tyana tyacha chhotasa dukh sudha parvataavedhe vatat aste. Dev aahe, to madat karu shakto he sarva tyana thotand
vatat aste. Mag manasanmadhye devatva disne he tar tyanchyababatit mahakathinach aste.

Tevha dostano, I.Q. barobar E.Q. aani S.Q. aatach vadhvayala suruvat karnar na? tase kelet tar aatapasunach tumchi aawadata dev tumcha bhar, tumchi sankate tumchyasathi jhelun tumche jeevan atishay sukar aani samadhani banvel yat tilmatra shanka naahi.

Tips For Students Appearing For Exams

1. FIRST AND FOR MOST BEFORE STARTING YOUR STUDIES REMEMBER OUR CREATOR i.e. GOD.
2. GET AT LEAST SEVEN HOURS OF SLEEP AND EAT WELL.
3. CHOOSE A RIGHT PLACE TO SIT AND STUDY.
4. NEVER SIT ON THE BED NOR SLEEP AND STUDY.
5. DO NOT LOOK AT YOUR PAST FAILURES AND SPOIL YOUR PRESENT AND FUTURE IN FACT LEARN FROM THEM i.e. ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY.
6. THINK OF HOW U WAISTED TIME .
7. REMEMBER TIME IS MONEY.
8. BE HONEST TO YOURSELF AND YOUR TUTOR.
9. SEE THAT YOUR TABLE IS NEAT AND CLEAN.
10. SEE THAT U KEEP MINIMUM BOOKS IN FRONT OF YOU.
11. BE SURE OF WHAT U ARE STUDYING.
12. MAKE A PROPER TIME TABLE.
13. FOLLOW YOUR TIME TABLE RELIGOUSLY.
14. TAKE SMALL BREAKS IN BETWEEN YOUR STUDIES. BUT DON’T LET YOURBREAKS BECOME LONGER THAN YOUR STUDY TIME.
15. DON’T BOTHER ABOUT HOW MUCH MARKS U WILL GET JUST WORK HARD . YOU DO YOUR BEST AND GOD WILL DO THE REST.
16. NEVER GET JEALOUS OF YOUR FRJENDS WHO GET GOOD MARKS IN FACT TAKE PRIDE IN THEM AND LEARN FROM THEIR SUCCESS.
17. THINK OF HOW U CAN MAKE USE OF YOUR PRESENT TIME IN THE BEST POSSIBLE MANNER AND COVER FOR YOUR LOSS.
18. MEET POSITIVE PEOPLE WHO TALK ABOUT TODAY AND TOMORROW BUT NOT ABOUT YESTERDAY.
19. MOST IMPORTANTLY BE YOUR OWN MOTIVATING FORCE,TRUST YOURSELF BECAUSE SELF MOTIVATION IS THE BEST.
20. BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND AND NOT YOUR DESTROYER.
21. INTROSPECT YOURSELF AND THINK OF HOW U CAN MAKE YOUR NEGATIVE POINT IN POSITIVE.
22. CONCENTRATE ON YOUR GOAL LIKE ARJUN.
23. ALWAYS TAKE ONE DAY AT A TIME.
24. LASTLY BELIVE IN ---> I MUST, I CAN,I WILL

GOD BLESS U ALL !

- Prof. CAROLINE DAVID, H.O.D. Department of Economics, D.T.S.S. College of Commerce

HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY!

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णु
गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः
गुरुः साक्षात् परब्रह्म
तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः
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गुरु हा संत कुळीचा राजा
गुरु हा प्राणविसावा माझा
गुरुविण देव नाही दूजा
पाहता त्रिलोकी

गुरु हा सुखाचा सागरु
गुरु हा प्रेमाचा आगरु
गुरु हा धैर्याचा डोंगरू
कदाकाळी डळमळेना

गुरु वैराग्याचे मूळ
गुरु हा परब्रह्म केवल
गुरु सोडवी तत्काळ
गाठ लिंगदेहाची

गुरु हा साधकाशी साह्य
गुरु हा भक्तालागी माय
गुरु हा कामधेनु गाय
भक्ताघरी दुभतसे

गुरु घाली ज्ञानांजन
गुरु दाखवी निजधन
गुरु सौभाग्य देऊन
साधुबोध नान्दवी

गुरु मुक्तीचे मंडन
गुरु दुष्टांचे दंडन
गुरु पापाचे खंडन
नानापरी बरितासे

कायाकाशी गुरु उपदेशी
तारक मंत्र दिला आम्हासी
बाप रखुमाई राशि
ध्यान मानसी लागले

अंतिम लक्ष्य : निश्चिन्त होणे

अंतिम लक्ष्य : निश्चिन्त होणे
श्री गुरुदेव

भक्ति करावी म्हणजे नेमके काय करावे?

तर मनात आपल्या उपास्य दैवतेचे (सर्वांत आवडणारे एकच उपास्य दैवत निवडून) स्मरण करून अतिशय कृतज्ञतेच्या भावाने अष्ट सात्विक भावांपैकी निदान १-२ तरी भाव जागृत करावे.

आपल्या उपास्य दैवताची प्रार्थना करून, सात्विक भावाने हृदयापासून कळवळून "माझी भक्ति वाढू दे" असे सांगावे. "माझे चित्त शुद्ध होऊ दे, त्यावरील सर्व अंध:कार दूर होऊ दे, माझे चित्त प्रकाशमय होऊ दे" अशी प्रार्थना जर रोज केलीत, मनापासून केलीत, हृदयापासून कळवळून केलीत तर तुमच्यात व ईश्वरात जे अन्तर आहे ते कमी होत जाईल.

संपूर्ण जीवन म्हणजे एक खेळ आहे, स्वप्न आहे असेच तुम्हाला भासु लागेल.

तुमच्यातील व ईश्वरातील अन्तर हे तुमच्या मनातील सकारात्मक भावाच्या, भक्तिच्या, प्रेमाच्या प्रमाणावर अवलंबून असते. मनात दया, क्षमा, शान्ति, करुणा व प्रेम या भावांचे प्रमाण जितके अधिक तितके तुम्ही देवाच्या अधिक जवळ जाता. या भावांमुळे तुमचे जीवन त्या प्रमाणाइतकेच रसमय, आनन्दी, चिन्तामुक्त व श्रद्धायुक्त बनत जाते.

या भावांचे प्रमाण जितके वाढेल तेवढे तुमचे ह्रदय उल्हसित व शांत बनत जाईल. आपल्या उपास्य देवावर तुमची श्रद्धा जितकी जास्त तेवढे तुम्ही निश्चिन्त होत जाल. त्या श्रद्धेच्या प्रमाणात तुमच्या मनावरील धुळ, अंधार हळुह्ळू झटकला जाईल.

तुमचे प्रेम तुमच्या देवावर जितके उत्कट असेल त्या प्रमाणात तुमच्या मनात प्रकाश होत जाईल. अधिक तुमच्यातील अविश्वास, संशय, चिंता, भीती इत्यादि सर्व नकारात्मक भावना हळुह्ळू नष्ट होत जातील. " हे जे शांत वाटते, ते माझ्या केवळ देवावरील श्रद्धेमुळे" असं आपण म्हणु लागतो.

जसजसा हृदयाकाशात प्रकाश होत जाईल तसतसा ईश्वर आपल्या अधिक निकट येत जाईल. हे कशामुळे? तर केवळ उत्कट श्रद्धेमुळे.

आणि त्यावेळी “Cast thy burden upon the Lord and go free!” हे वाक्य नुसते एक saying वा quotation म्हणून रहाणार नाही, तर ते तुम्हाला जगता येईल, अनुभवता येईल. त्याची प्रचिती घेता येईल.

मग कितीहि संकटं आली तरी तुम्ही एकटे नसणारच. तुमचा ईश्वर तुमच्या बरोबर असेल.

अशा प्रकारे उत्कट भक्तिने जेव्हा तुम्ही त्याच्या अगदी जवळ जाल, त्यावेळी तो तुमचा आवडता देव तुमच्यावर किती प्रेम करतो याची प्रचिती देईल. तुम्हाला त्याच्या प्रेमामध्ये जखडून ठेवील. नंतर तुम्ही परत त्या नकारात्मक वैचारिक जगात जाऊच शकणार नाहीत.

तुम्हाला मग अशक्य असे काहीच वाटणार नाही. आणि तुम्हाला तुमच्या जीवनाचे सार्थक करून घेण्याचा मार्ग सापडेल. तुम्हाला काही करण्याची आवश्यकताच उरणार नाही. सर्व काही तोच करेल. तुमच्या भल्यासाठी. तोच तुम्हाला श्रद्धेच्या मार्गावरून पूर्णशुद्धतेकडे घेऊन जाईल. तुमची शुद्ध होण्यासाठी जेव्हढी ऊत्कट ईच्छा असेल त्याप्रमाणात तो सर्व काही उपलब्ध करून देत जाईल. तुमच्यासाठी. तुम्ही फ़क्त ऊत्कट भक्ति करणे हेच आपले काम समजावे व मनातले सर्व त्याला सांगत जावे, मित्राप्रमाणे.
त्याप्रमाणे जर तुमची भक्ती वाढत गेली तर तुमचे कल्याण झालेच म्हणून समजा. तुमच्या जीवन जगण्याचेही सार्थक होईल.

जीवनाचे सार्थक कशात आहे? तर ते आत्मसाक्षात्कारात.
ज्यावेळी आपला आत्मा त्या परमप्रिय परमशुद्ध ॐकार स्वरूपात, परमात्म्यात मिसळून जाईल, अगदी जिवंतपणीच. त्या परमात्म्यात, त्याच्या मोठ्या मनात आपले छोटे मन मिसळून जाईल, विलीन होईल व ते तसं होणं हेच आपले अंतिम लक्ष्य असावयास हवे. आपले जीवन हे त्यासाठीच त्याने दिले आहे हे. या सुंदर नरदेहाचे हेच अंतिम ध्येय ठेऊन वागल्यास तुमचा परमेश्वर तुमच्यावर खुश होईल. व एकदा का तो प्रसन्न झाला की तो तुमच्यावर त्याच्या प्रेमाचा नुसता वर्षाव करून थांबणार नाही तर तो तुम्हाला त्याचंच रूप बहाल करेल. तेव्हा आपण स्वत:च परमात्मरूप बनू.

पण हे केव्हा तर ज्यावेळी त्या परमप्रिय परमात्म्याचेच प्रतिबिंब असलेला आपला आत्मा (जीवात्मा) खूष होईल असे आपण वागत गेलो तर. आपला आत्मा (ज़मीर) आपल्याला प्रत्येकवेळी शुद्ध वागण्याचा सल्ला देत असतो. त्याप्रमाणे जर आपण वागत गेलो तर आपण शुद्धतेच्या व भक्तीच्या पायर्‍या झपाट्याने चढून जाऊ. या मार्गावर आपली चिकाटी किती आहे हे पडताळून पाहण्यासाठी अनेक दु:ख व संकटांना सकारात्मकरीत्या तोंड द्यावे लागेल. म्हणजे दु:खामुळे, संकटांमुळे तुम्ही गांगरून जाता, चिंता करता, लोकांच्या सहानुभूतीची अपेक्षा करता की दुसर्‍या बाजूने विचार करता? म्हणजे मनापासून हॄदयापासून कळवळून ईश्वराची प्रार्थना करता. त्याच्यावर श्रद्धा ठेऊन विश्वास ठेऊन पूर्ण खात्रीने निश्चिंत होऊन दुसर्‍यांना धीर देता, स्वत:चे व दुसर्‍याचेही मनोबल वाढविण्याचा प्रयत्न करता, शांत रहाता हेच त्या आपल्या ऊपास्य देवाला पडताळून/ तपासून पहायचे असते.

एकदा त्याची खात्री झाली की अमुक माणूस चांगल्या बाजूने विचार करतो की तो त्याची श्रद्धा किती खोल आहे हे तपासून पहातो. व त्याला त्या मार्गावर जास्तीत जास्त दॄढ करीत जातो.

अर्थात या ज्या पायर्‍या आहेत आपल्या शुद्ध स्वरूपाकडे जाण्याच्या त्या पायर्‍या चढून जाण्यासाठी ठराविक प्रारब्द्ध जे असते, ते भोगावेच लागते. जेव्हा ईश्वराने ठरविलेले एखाद्या पायर्‍यांवरील भोग संपतात तेव्हाच त्याला वरच्या पायरीवर चढण्याची जाणिव होते. किंवा तेव्हाच त्याला वरच्या पायरीवरील विचार पटतात. ठराविक पायर्‍यांवरील भोग जोपर्यंत संपत नाही तोपर्यंत त्याला कितीहि वेळा सांगितले तरी वरच्या पायरीवरील विचार पटत नाहीत. व जेव्हा त्याचे त्या पायरीवरील भोग संपतात किंवा अनेक पूण्यकर्मे त्याच्या हातून होतात, तेव्हाच त्याला वरच्या पायरीवर चढता येते.

उदाहरणार्थ : एखादी व्यक्ती काही गुन्हा केल्याने जेलमध्ये जाते, तिथे तिला अनेक भोग भोगावे लागतात.
आणि जर जेलमध्ये त्याने वाईट वर्तन केले तर त्याची शिक्षा अधिक कठोर केली जाते. पण जर त्याने अनेकप्रकारे चांगले वर्तन केले तर मात्र त्याची शिक्षा शिथिल करून त्याबद्दल त्याचे कौतुक केले जाते. अगदी त्याचप्रमाणे आपल्याच कर्माचे भोग आपल्याला भोगावे लागतात. पण आपण इथे चांगले वागून पुण्य करून आपले भोग कमी करू शकतो. चांगली कर्म करता करता आपली आपल्या इष्ट्देवतेबद्दल भक्ती कशी ऊत्कट होईल याकडे जर आपण जास्तीत जास्त लक्ष दिले तर आपले मन अधिकाधिक शांत होत जाईल व आपल्याला आपल्या जीवनाचे सार्थक करून देणारे आत्मज्ञानी सद्गुरू भेटतील व त्यांच्या आशिर्वादाने तुमच्या जीवनाचे सार्थक करणे अतिशय सोपे जाईल. व आपण सर्व पायर्‍या भराभर चढून जाऊ. पूर्णशुद्धतेपर्यंत.... आत्मसाक्षात्काराप्रत.....
मोक्षाप्रत.......!

|| Shri Gurudev ||

Peace March

ॐ पूर्णमद: पूर्णमिदम्
पूर्णात पूर्णम् उदच्यते
पूर्णस्य पूर्णम् आदाय
पुर्णमेवावशिष्यते ll

We in ourselves are whole. पूर्णम् Why then we don’t feel it? In the answer of this question lies the whole of Adhyaatmashaastra. What is the process of being whole? How can we feel पूर्णम्। What are the steps towards this perfection? There are four paths given in the ‘Bhagawadgeeta’ by Bhagawan Shrikrishna : Gyaanyoga, Karmayoga, Bhaktiyoga & Rajyoga.

Among these four, भक्तियोग is very simple & very strong path to achieve this पूर्णता
In नारद भक्तिसूत्र while defining the भक्ति, नारदमुनी has clearly stated the परिणाम of भक्ति.

Yallabdhwa pumaan siddho Bhavati
Amruto Bhavati Trupto Bhavati

Paramprem of Ishwar is such a Rasaayan by which Antahkaran of Bhakta gets purified and he becomes siddha, Amrut & Trupta.

Having love of God nothing remains for him to achieve. He gets the real happiness & entire satisfaction in this state.

What is the process then, to achieve this Purnata, this total satisfaction?
Bhakti is one of the path towards this perfection. The path which is very easy to follow. The path on which anybody can walk through. Anybody who is illiterate, anybody who is pure at heart & mind. Anybody who is serene. Anybody who loves the hieghest truth. Anybody who loves good & other's happiness.

If we go to search this "Anybody" it is difficult to get such a person in this Kaliyug. Because as we see the Guna's of a Bhakta, it is difficult to have a Sad-bhakta. They are so rare in today's world. It is very difficult to find them. Though we find the Bhakta, it is most difficult to recognize the True Bhakta.

Because in this Kaliyug the virtue's of true Bhakta are ignored. They are treated as his weaknesses & not his strong points. Actually forgiveness, helping others, truth, Nishkaam Karma, bearing other's faults, not to put blame on others all these are virtue's or you can say 'Guts' / 'Spiritual Guts' of a pure Bhakta.

Pure Bhakta depends upon his Upaasya Daivat or his Beloved God for everythng. For a common man this dependency is very difficult, but for a true Bhakta, it is very easy, as his whole life, his feelings, his aacharan everything is connected to Him. He (the Bhakta)talks to Him(God) like he is his First friend, then fast friend & then Priyatam. And we know when "X" is in love with "Y", he is always thinking about "Y" only. And do you know my dear friends, how powerful is the smaraN of God is? There is tremendous power in just the remembrance of Him.

Our mind becomes purer because of even a slight smruti of that Almighty (PoorNabrahma). Even if the smaraN is Xanbhar i.e. for a smallest moment only, it purifies the whole of us within. But we wander in this world whole day & it is difficult for us to maintain this purity. So, if we want to get purer & purer in our life day by day & get pure peace i.e. Bliss, we must remember God every now & then, our true friend, our true beloved.

We have to surrender all our beleifs, all our negative feelings like fear, anxieties, regrets, insecurities to His Holy Feet, who recides in our own heart. And to exprerience Him again we have to clean our heart & mind by His only name & remembrance with faith. This is the easy remedy to all our problems.

"To Him alone you go, in all conditions." says the BhagavadGeeta.

The more is our surrender unto Him, the more shall He come to express Himself through us.

Therefore let us carry ourselves confidently; success shall be ours, and in fact, failure can only be "Success Delayed" to every True Bhakta of the Lord.

We must understand some fundamentsl rules of Adhyaatmashaastra.

As Swami Chinmayananda in his "We Must" booklet states "All our success entirely depends upon ourselves. Let us never look outside ourselves for help. Let us not fall into the delusion that the influence of others would enable us to do better or accomplish more."

He firmly says : "Spiritual education and religious practices make us realise that we are a part of a whole scheme, and the essential creativeness behind the whole universe is the essential Essence ruling in the heart of each one of us : Shivoham Shivoham ".

In conclusion I would like to say that if you want to feel your heart & mind with pure peace / bliss, you must understand the AdhyaatmaShaastra & its fundamental rules, which we find in our ancient heritage Vedas, Upanishadas, Shastras, Puraanaas. If these are difficult to understand & you want in simple language then go to the "Saint's Literature" in your own mother toungue.

Enlightened Saints are KaruNaamayi  towards wordly people. They explain the truths & rules (they have experienced) in a very simple language & lucid manner. If you ever read their literature or listen to them or their cassattes or CDs with pure Jidhnyasa having faith, you will definately be satisfied.

So dear friends are you ready for a Peace March which begins only from our heart.......?

|| SA VIDYA YA VIMUKTAYE ||

ll सा विद्या या विमुक्तये ll

This is the motto of the D. T. S. S. College, which is written at the entrance of the College. Banasthali Vidyapith  and University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh also has the same motto.

The source of "sa vidya ya vimuktaye" is Vishnu Purana 1.19.41:

Verse:

tat-karma yan-na bhandaaya

saa vidhyaa yaa vimuktaye;

aayaa saayaa param karma

vidyaa-anyaa shilpa naipu Nam

Meaning:

Those acts alone which help one to avoid bondage are the rightful/righteous acts and that learning alone which leads one to release is real knowledge or vidya.

All other acts end up only in fatigue and all other learning is a mere exhibition of skill in arts

which means Education is that which has Liberation as its aim or Knowledge is that which liberates.

विद्या

:

Generally we call vidya to everything which gives knowledge. There are many types of vidyas which we can learn in this world. Among these, one is Adhyatma vidya. And according to the scriptures “Adhyatma vidya” alone liberates the human being from this materialistic world. One can get Mukti from this world, because of knowledge & experience of the Adhyatma vidya i.e. spiritual knowledge only.

If we take liberation as its aim, then education will mean only Adhyatma vidya. And all other vidyas will be of no use for spiritual upliftment of the Soul. This clearly means a person who is not literate in the materialistic world, or who has not attended the so called schools or colleges, which gives education for livelihood, he also can attain the mukti and this is very true. Because, in this world we can see the enlightened souls, purest souls who have acquired the paramoccha gyan on the basis of their purity & bhakti of the Supreme One, and many of them have not attended any school or college.

Mukti :

The meaning of getting “Mukti” is not dying, but getting true knowledge of Atman & Paramatman. It is like waking up from a dream. Because after getting Mukti a human being knows that everything we experience in this world is like a dream & nothing is true, except the Soul(jeev/aatmaa) and Brahma(shiv/parmaatmaa). Everything is Mitthyaa. And so, I am different from what I feel or think now in this world. I am Aatman & not what I am called by everybody.

The person who is mukta, is called the “Enlightened One” Aatmasaakshaatkaari.  That means He perceives this world as a play or a dream. He fully knows that this sharer/deh is not me, I am Atman. Like in a dream nobody can do anything to me because nobody knows me, who I am. Dream is an illusion. In our dream anything can happen anywhere & we are present everywhere, we know everything, we are saakshi of every moment in the dream, because it is our dream. Likewise in this world also what we experience is our own experience. "Pindi Te Brahmaandi" Pind experiences only what is his feelings & nothing else like we experience in a dream. Each one's life is special for that pind. Experiences of two persons are never the same. Each & every person thinks differently. "Pinde Pinde matirbhinnaa " Each person has got different mati. It is a long process for a pind to achieve mukti as our saints say the pind has to undergo 84 lacs of births for mukti. That is why we have to try for mukti in this very birth. Because only nardeh and no-other body can try for mukti.

Simple Meaning Of Mukti :

When we are awake from a dream we understand that we were watching a dream in our sleep. And nothing has happened as seen in the dream. It was my illusion. In the dream, I was thinking all (which is happening there) as a real. I was experiencing all that with attachment, but now I’m awake from that illusion & now I can understand that I am different from what I was in my dream. That’s why whatever I had experienced in the dream was everything false & I understand now that nothing has happened to me.

In the same way what we experience here in this world is not happening to me because I am very different from what I’m experiencing here as myself. This body, my name, my family, my status, my education, my colour, my looks, my habits, my home…..all these things are not mine. I am very different from all these things. I am Atman which is bound in this deh. When this deh will be perished / dead all these things will disappear & only I (the Aatman) will remain.

Atman has to try to come out or to be free from this deh without any harm to this body that is called mukti. This is an exact meaning of mukti. When the Atman comes out of this deh without any damage to it, it is mukti from this world. He can have the knowledge of all Brahmand that means he can have gyan of everything like divine. He will be totally blissful, all pervading, and omnipotent. All the God’s adjectives can be put before his name. Atmagyani saints are all mukta, as they have seen their own Atman out of their body in this very birth, as we see ourselves in the mirror. But here that body same like him though looks same like him, it doesn’t have hunger, thirst, feelings etc… gunas like our body. And it is like in front photo, it doesn’t show it’s back. It can be seen anywhere and everywhere. It can be seen in his shatru as well as in his friends, in animals or in any padaartha. It doesn’t have to walk anywhere. It can go anywhere without walking.

If man / human being has got this capacity to see the Atman out of his body (Aatmasaakshaatkaar) & be free from all bondages, then why not try for the same, in this very birth?

Attaining Mukti :

Trying to get mukti is not everybody’s cup of tea. According to our ancient granthas, each soul tries to go upwards from its first birth on this universe. And we all know that it is said that we have to pass from each yoni to get this Human Body i.e. Nardeh. To achieve Mukti, one has to be totally pure i.e. Purnashuddha. That means the soul which doesn’t have a slight ansh of Gunas. It has to be Trigunarahit for being mukta.

Our soul has gathered so many layers of Shadripus and Trigunas i.e. Kaam, Krodh, Lobh, Moh, Mad, Matsar and Sattva, Raja, Tama. In this birth we have to be pure from these nine Ripus. And one biggest shatru of mukti is Ahamkaar. We have to get rid of this Ahamkaar, then our Aham will become Soham. Then only we can attain the Mukti. And this is very difficult without true & pure Bhakti. Through Bhakti all these big shatrus get melted away and the Chitta of the Bhakta gets Shuddha / Pavitra. Then the chitta can become the abode of all great virtues.

Mukti is to get our small mind merged in to the Supreme Mind.

But when can it happen? As for merging, the ingredients of the two should be the same i.e. pure then only the two of them will totally merged in to one another. For that we have to be clean and pure i. e. without these nine Ripus and Ahamkaar i.e. Purnashuddha.

To make it happen, the soul should crave for the highest values in life. The education should help man to achieve higher values every time. Then only it will help Man to be free from the bondage or for liberation.

In the words of great seer Osho, “What is liberation? A journey to the heights, going higher and higher, transcending oneself day after day. A journey to loftier heights is real learning, knowledge.”  Further he says… “ The race for coming first cannot liberate anyone. There are some basic reasons for this. The first thing is, one who joins that race remains in conflict and in tension; he has begun to fight. He is creating enmities with others. One who creates enmity cannot remain free from it; he is bound to it. Only he who is a friend to all can become liberated. And only he who is not in competition with anybody can become a friend to all.”  (Citation : page no. 4 & 5 of Chapter 5, in the book ‘Revolution in Education’ by Osho in Osho Online Library http://www.osho.com/library/)       

                            

Easiest Way For Attaining Mukti :

Haa Janma Aahe Bhakti Karanyaacha

Haa Janma Aahe Mukti Milavanyaacha

Haa Janma Naahi Punhaa….. (Marathi)

Bhakti is the easiest way towards mukti. The person who does bhakti becomes pure minded.

Mind has the power or potential to pure itself when it comes into contact with God. When mind comes in contact with God, with feelings, it is out of the effect of time & space. Time and space doesn’t affect the mind & body each time when it comes in contact with God with love. See the persons, who love God, they look younger than others. His mind also is truly pure. That means he /she skips the time in his/her life by contacting God the Parmaatman with love. This is a magic mantra to be young.  But my dear friends for that we must have a pure heart. Then only it CAN happen. You can also see the Yogis & Bhaktas, how young they look. We can never make-out the age of Yogis & true Bhaktas i.e. Saints.

Purity of mind & happiness go hand in hand. If you read “Healing with Food by Anjali Mukherji” she is also of the same opinion. She talks about the happinrss thus “Cleansing of mind is as important as cleansing of the body. When you are able to do that you can be truly happy.” (p.303, Healing with Food by Anjali Mukherji)    

In the words of the great bhakta Bhakivedanta Prabhupada, “The real disease is in the heart. If the mind is cleansed, a person cannot be harmed by material disease. To cleanse the mind and heart from all misconceptions, one should take to this chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. This is both easy and beneficial. By chanting the name of the Lord, one is immediately freed the blazing fire of material existence. (p.28, Spiritual Innovators, ed by Ira Rifkin (source: p.68, The Nectar of Instruction.))

The great Management Guru of this century, Prof. Arindam Chaudhary in his book “Count Your Chicken Before They Hatch” praises Lord Krishna & Mahatma Gandhi for their teachings. See p.177 to p.192 of this book.

“The best way to enjoy Divine Bliss was to develop Devotion (Bhakti) which could be perfected by intense practice, driving away the impurities in the mind and enshrining God’s form therein.” (P.170, Devotion leads to God realization 6.12, The Hindu Speaks on Religious Values)

From these quotes and above explanation we can understand the true Vidya is that education which aims at liberation.

So dear friends are you ready to take the first step towards the true education, which aims at liberation. Being pure at heart and soul by simple and pure bhakti i.e. loving only ONE form of GOD whole heartedly, which will definitely lead you to love for all with pure heart and at the end to liberation?