14th March 2014 / Friday
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Nithyanandeshwara Samaarambhaam
Nithyanandeshwari Madhyamaam |
Asmath Aachaarya Paryanthaam
Vandhey Guru Paramparaam ||
I welcome all the devotees, disciples, samajis, satsanghis, and Shri Shri 1008 Shri Mahamandaleshwar of Mahanirvani Akhada, Shri Swami Vishveshwaranand Giri ji Maharaj.
Swamiji is the eleventh Mahamandaleshwar in the lineage of Sanyas Ashram Giris. Sannyas Ashram is headquartered in Mumbai.
And he is also the President of the Suratgiri Bangla, Haridwar. He belongs to the Mahanirvani Akhada. And Suratgiri has a beautiful temple where Shankar Baba lives. All of you know about Shankar Baba. You don’t need any introduction. All of you know the story. And it is in Swami’s ashram the Shankar Baba Temple is there, and Shankar Baba lives. That is a beautiful place. Because all of you know, I don’t want to elaborate on Shankar Baba.
All of you may be aware that when I was doing tapas here in 1995, Shiva himself came as a sannyasi and gave me food and medicine when I was not feeling well. He was wearing a certain xxxxx (pen? pin?) which normally sadhus don’t use. And he told me his address. And I went there and saw, I found he is Mahadeva! He was wearing the same xxxxxx (pen/pin?). And he also told me his name is Shankar Baba. And Shankar Baba is in Swamiji’s ashram (Suratgiri Bangla)! Anyway, Swamiji’s ashram is my Guru Gaddhi (Guru’s Seat), because Mahadeva lives there.
And Swamiji has a beautiful, great Guru Parampara, amazing sadhus and unimaginable Mahatmas. The whole place reverberates with so much of spiritual energy!
And Swamiji has also expanded the organization so much and he has many branches now. And he is doing a lot of good work by spreading Hinduism and Vedanta, and created spiritual activities and religious activities.
I welcome Swamiji for today’s morning satsangh for coming here and gracing us.
I welcome all the Centres, Mahants, Shrimahants, Kotharis, Thanedars all over the world sitting.
Cities sitting with us: Toronto-Canada, Kulim-Tiruttani, Ohio-Prayag, Guadeloupe-Rameshwaram, Phoenix-Kanchipuram, Nithyananda Nagara-Bidadi, Oklahoma-Somanatham, Toronto-Kailasam, Redondo Beach, Seattle-Chidambaram, Los Angeles-Arunachalam, San Jose-Madurai, Kuala Lumpur-Palani, New York-Varanasi, Singapore-Singapuram, Coimbatore Dhyanapeetam, Indrani-New Jersey, High Point-North Carolina, Houston-Kalahasti, Bala Sant Training Centre-Bidadi, Santa Fe-New Mexico, Bangalore-Jayanthi Nilayam, Bogota-Colombia, Hyderabad-Gupta Kashi, Dakota Dunes, Toon Moon-Hong Kong, Nithyananda Nagaramu-Hyderabad, Port Washington-New York, and London-Kashi..................
I welcome all of you with my love and blessings.
There are some more cities joining: Oman-Sivagangai, Nithyananda Nagar-Tiruvannamalai..........
I welcome all of you with my love and blessings.
Today, first, I wanted to request Swamiji to bless us. Then we will continue our morning satsangh. Actually I am talking to you every day! So, let you all listen to Swamiji today!
I also welcome all the viewers who are sitting through Sadhna TV, Nithyananda TV, Janashree TV, Eshwar TV, and through two-way video-conferencing............
SWAMI VISHVESHWARANAND GIRI JI MAHARAJ ADDRESSES THE GATHERING:
|| Sahanavavathu Sahanoubhunakthu Sahaveeryam Karavavahai
Tejasvinaavadheethamasthu Maavidhvishaavahai
Om Shanti....Shanti....Shantihi ||
We are very lucky we are standing in the (vicinity of the) Ganges River, the holy river in Haridwar, we are sitting here with Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nithyananda ji Maharaj. We have very beautiful paramparas. We have tradition of Sanatana Dharma. We are so lucky we can find something – what you say as “Soul”, “Atman”. Therefore, all of you here and everywhere in the world listening and watching to Maharaj ji, we have a very good tradition.
Maharaj Nithyananda ji met me two years ago in the Suratgiri Bangla. I got the message that some great saint has come here and he wants to meet me. I was sitting in my gaddhi (seat). Swamiji came with a big group of bhaktas, devotees. (audio went mute at this point.......)
HERE, VISHVESHWARANAND GIRI JI MAHARAJ NARRATES THE STORY OF HOW SWAMIJI (PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA) MET SHANKAR BABA...........
Swamiji, always he was travelling alone. So, the story is, he was not well in Haridwar. He told me, ‘I was alone travelling in the Himalayas....’. And, after that, he came to Haridwar. But his body was not good. He had some problems.....diarrhoea. He had diarrhoea. And he could not get up and go for bhiksha (for alms). And some Mahatma (great soul/sadhu) came there. He gave some food, gave some prasadam to Maharaj Nithyananda ji. After a few days, two or three days, Nithyananda ji Maharaj was searching for that Mahatma, ‘Where is that Mahatma?’ (audio went mute again at this point......)
There were so many Mahatmas in Haridwar. Nobody could tell where this Mahatma was. They said they never saw any such person. Still Nithyananda ji was searching for him, ‘Who was that Mahatma?’
And, I think, Swamiji told me this Mahatma’s name was Shankar Baba. He gave his address also. It was Suratgiri Bangla. So Swamiji was searching, searching, and he went to Suratgiri Bangla.
Suratgiri Bangla is a beautiful place. Not just beautiful.....it is a very powerful space! So many Mahatmas have lived there. And so many Mahatmas they did tapasya (penance/sadhana) in that place.
There is a story about this place: Long ago, more than hundred years ago, someone went there and he put the children in one corner. And some Mahatmas were staying in the other corner. When they grew up and they went up there in the jungle, that is Suratgiri Bangla :D . And there were so many Mahatmas staying.....more than hundred Mahatmas were staying there in the Kutiyas (huts/cottages). And that is the place, Suratgiri Bangla. :D
Swamiji told me, ‘I came here and I saw the same Kamandalu (water pot used by sannyasis) was there, same plate was there in the temple, same xxxxx (pin?) was there on the deity of Shiva!’ So he saw this is Shankar....this Shankar Baba! Same cloth!
So, who can find this one? One who has a clear heart!
Who has darshan of that god? Swayam Shankara! (Shankara himself)
So, he (Swamiji) told me that story.
We know each other since last few years. We are by body....by physical body we know each other since two years. We have contact, we have relations since so many years....so many years! Because, body is coming and going – birth and death! But, the Soul, Atman is continuously travelling! We are trying to find where is God, what is our Self. So, he (Swamiji) was also searching. And he searched....and he found! Because, now he is doing some work for this Earth, this universe.
In the universe, many people, they do not know what is our actual destination. What we have to do, what we are doing, they do not know! They just know that, ‘We are born in some family, some caste, somewhere.’ They do not know what we are. What is Brahman? Who controls all this universe or the Brahmaand (macrocosm)? And we are still searching for it.
Swamiji, just he is not a sannyasi or Mahatma just in this birth! He is travelling continuously, doing sadhana. Since a long time he is doing this sadhana. And now, this time, he has some duty. What is the duty? He has everything (that one could wish for)! He has everything! But still he has one duty. That is to help the common-man, the human-beings, find themselves. Therefore, he is travelling all over India, all over the world, and he is giving the message – ‘Who are you? What is your duty? What you have to do?’ – all over India, all over the world.
And just like the common-man, these saints they have so many hurdles, because in this world, in this universe, two types of beings are there: one called “devas” (gods), and one called “rakshasas” (demons). Demons, Devatas! So, sometimes he gets some problems (from the demons). But inside he is clean. Inside there is no ignorance. He is still always giving you his smile (in spite of all the obstacles created in his path by the demons)! Never has he got disturbed! Just you watch him every time and see for yourself. I am watching him every time: Always he is happy! Always he is happy!
When I saw him in the Kumbh Mela, and before that, always he was talking about satsangh, about Vedanta, about yourself. Because he considers it his duty! Our duty! But he has a big duty! We are also doing satsangh in our ashram, but it is not so easy. He is coming from Bangalore main ashram (Bidadi) to Haridwar and staying here for a long time. I am also here from 1st March till today. But he will stay here till 31st March. He has many, many ashrams. I am watching here (on two-way video-conferencing) many ashrams all over the world! He is giving message very day to them. You continue this tradition. Because this tradition is very valuable! This tradition is really what we are! So, therefore, Swamiji is doing his work as so many sages did this work. Since beginning of this Earth, beginning of this universe, we are doing (this work) in the Guru Parampara.
Sadashiva Samaarambhaam
Shankaraachaarya Madhyamaam |
Asmath Aachaarya Paryanthaam
Vandhey Guru Paramparaam ||
(“Salutation to the lineage of Gurus
which starts with lord Sadashiva,
has Adi Shankaracharya in the middle,
and continues up to my immediate teacher”)
This long Guru Parampara! In this long Guru Parampara, we are attached directly with God, directly with Brahman, because this knowledge started from Sadashiva, Bhagawan Shankara, Bhagawan Narayana, and came, just like the Ganga coming from Gangotri and still going on, going on, going on, and not getting disconnected. Continuously the Ganga is flowing to the Ocean. In the same way, our knowledge has started from Brahman who is the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer. That is Brahman! So, this knowledge is coming from there. And that same knowledge we gave through lectures to others.
My guruji was a great saint. His guruji was a great thinker. He wrote many books on Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism. And he was a great scholar of Vedanta. His guruji was also there. So, it is a long tradition up to Brahman, up to God! So, same duty, Swami Nithyananda is doing now. Mahamandaleshwar......now we can call him Mahamandaleshwar, because Sant Samaj, all saints we got together in the Kumbh Mela, and in the Kumbh Mela we gave this offer, presented this Mahamandaleshwar Path (title) to Swami Nithyanandaji. He is now Mahamandaleshwar of Mahanirvani Akhada. And you are so lucky you are in his satsangh and you are staying in this holy place in Haridwar, because Ganga is coming first time in this level in Haridwar. This is where the Sapta Rishis (the seven ancient rishis) did tapasya. So, really, you are so lucky you are in Haridwar; especially those who are physically in Haridwar; and who are watching from all over the world, they are also lucky.
This is the message, holy message (that we have to contemplate upon): Who are you? What you have to do?
So, this is a great time, great pleasure, and with the great grace of Guru Parampara, Brahman, God, we are getting something pure in Haridwar. So I am also very thankful.
Yesterday we met in the Bhandara. So, Swamiji told me, ‘How long are you here in Haridwar?’
I told, ‘I am leaving from Haridwar on the 15th’, that is tomorrow.
So, he told me, ‘Swamiji, please come tomorrow here.’
I accepted. Not accepted....it was my duty! Because, he is not just my friend, he is in our Parampara! I didn’t know at that time when he came to our ashram. Since that, he believes that this is his Gurusthan (seat of the Guru). He always says, ‘This is my second Gurusthan”. Second. First is in Kolkata; and next, here, in Haridwar. He is going higher and higher. So, I am very thankful to Swamiji.
And also sometimes I am travelling in the western countries. So, last time also Swamiji told me, ‘Will you go to my University in Los Angeles?’ This year we have one programme in Bombay, and I will invite Swamiji. Please you visit our ashram in Kankhal with all of you (all the devotees). If you have time in the future, you can do program in Bombay. It is a good ashram. There also we have a big temple; main, Shivji’s temple. So many temples we have there, but main temple is Shivji’s temple. And the name of that is Kashi Vishwanath Mahadev. On one side, we have Adi Shankaracharya, on the other side is Lakshmi Narayan. We have a big hall. And it is in about two-and-a-half acres land, in maidan ground. So I request you, I give my invitation, please you come to Bombay also. And we have about twelve other ashrams – five we have in Gujarat, one in Madhya Pradesh, one in other place, Varanasi.
So, Swamiji is now Mahamandaleshwar. Also, Swamiji is part of our ashram.
So, we have to find out: What we are? What I am? So, therefore, this Sanatana Dharma gives many messages – Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha. We have great opportunities. We can join that dharma. We can earn money – Artha. Kama. We can get so many things in the world. And, finally, we can find Moksha (liberation). So, every human-being went that way. So, we are also going the same way.
So, now, Swamiji will give some message, blessings to you all over the world. So, thank you very much.
WITH THIS, SWAMI VISHVESHWARANAND GIRI JI MAHARAJ CONCLUDES HIS ADDRESS. AND SWAMIJI, PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA, RESUMES HIS SATSANGH.
We sincerely thank Swamiji Mahamandaleshwar Vishveshwaranand Giri Ji Maharaj. We sincerely thank Swamiji for being here. And, on behalf of me and on behalf of Dhyanapeetam, we offer our humble respects to Swamiji for being here and blessing us. We also invite Swamiji to our Los Angeles University and to our US ashrams to visit us and bless us and grace us with his spiritual message and presence.
So, we will conclude the morning satsangh.
So, with this, I bless you all! Let you all radiate with Integrity, Authenticity, Responsibility, Enriching and Causing eternal bliss, Nithyananda! Thank You!
SWAMIJI CONCLUDES THE SATSANGH.
KOTHARI MA JNANATMANANDA SWAMI: I request all the devotees sitting in Haridwar to continue to be seated. We will now enter into the Kalpataru process. At the end of the meditation, Swamiji will be here for the Kalpataru Darshan.
___________________ END OF SATSANGH ___________________
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