Essence Lord Hanuman

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Q.228) I am a devotee of Lord Hanuman. Kindly explain

to me about Him?

 

Ans.) I received your question today, which is a

Tuesday and which is dear to the Lord Hanuman. Today

two stars exist. The first star is ‘Mrigasira’, which

is indicating the period of Mars and Mars again

represents Tuesday. The second star is ‘Aarudra’,

which indicates Lord Rudra or Shiva. Hanuman is

having the head of animal, which is the meaning of

Mrigasira. Hanuman is the incarnation of Lord Rudra,

which is indicated by the star Aarudra and which

occupies the second part of the day. This indicates

that though you see Him with the head of animal

externally in the beginning, if you understand Him

carefully you can realize gradually that He is Lord

Shiva Himself. I have elaborated all this to tell you

that the time to answer your question is very

congenial and therefore I will reveal the essence of

Lord Hanuman. Unless the time favours, even the

divine knowledge cannot come out. The divine

knowledge comes out only at the appropriate time.

 

Hanuman represents a total institution that preaches

from L.K.G. to the highest P.G. Class. His appearance

as an animal and the body of a human being indicates

that there are plenty animals in the human beings.

The head represents the brain and mental set up.

Several human beings behave like animals though they

have the form of human beings. Therefore, starting

from such L.K.G. students who are like animals in

their mental set up, Hanuman stands as Guru and leads

them to the Lord Shiva who represents the P.G. class.

He stands representing both the path and the goal. He

acted as a servant of the God, which is the path. It

indicates that only the service to God can please the

God. If you take an X-Ray photograph of His face, you

will find four more faces embedded in His face. The

four faces are 1) The face of Hayagriva which is the

face of horse, that represents the knowledge.

Hayagriva is very famous to grant the knowledge.

This represents the face of Brahma, who is

representing the Veda or Knowledge. 2) The face

of Varaha. Lord Varaha represents Vishnu because He

lifted the earth and maintained it on His mouth.

Vishnu is famous for the maintenance. 3) The face of

Narasimha, which is the face of a lion that represents

Lord Shiva. Narasimha destroyed the enemy against all

the obstructing rules. Thus it represents the total

destruction, which cannot be opposed by any force.

These three heads represents Lord Datta. 4) The

fourth face is the face of Garuda. Garuda represents

the highest position in the devotees because none can

fly to that height. He has the strength of the bull

(Nandi) and tremendous velocity of the Swan. This

shows that Garuda is again another form of Datta with

three faces. The Swan represents the knowledge of

discrimination because the swan separates the milk and

water and thus represents Brahma. Garuda is always

associated with Lord Vishnu and the mark on His

forehead (Tilaka) indicates Vishnu. The bull

represents tremendous power, which is Lord Shiva.

Thus Garuda is another form of Lord Datta representing

the service or path. Thus Hanuman represents Lord

Datta along with His most powerful and faithful

servant called Kalabhairava. In fact Garuda is

another form of Kalabhairava. Thus Hanuman represents

a total picture of the path and the goal.

 

Hanuman, is the best example for the Yoga written by

Patanjali. The first five steps in Yoga refer to

perfect physical health and perfect mental health. A

sound mind exists in a sound body. Both mind and body

are inter-related and affect each other. The ‘Yama’

and ‘Asana’ are related to the exercises of physical

body. The monkey form represents a good physical

exercise because the monkey is always in the exercise

of long and short jumps. The physical exercise and

good strength of the body is essential for both the

worldly life and spiritual life. The Niyama and

Pratyahara represent the mental exercises and control

of mind. Hanuman had no family and left His parents

permanently. He was waiting in Kishkindha as per His

mothers’ instruction to meet the Lord. Thus, He has

no selfish mental tensions. Pranayama indicates

inhaling fresh oxygen. The air is inhaled for long

time and stored for a long time. The air should be

fresh oxygen. Otherwise if the air contains polluted

gases only there is no use of Pranayama. People

misunderstand Pranayama and go on doing it in their

houses. The very purpose is lost because fresh oxygen

is not available in the house. You should go to at

least to a near by park containing many trees in the

morning time. Only in the morning time fresh oxygen

is released from trees because the photosynthesis

takes place only in the presence of Sunlight and the

water drops that have collected on the leaves during

the night. As the Sun becomes hot the water

evaporates and there is no photosynthesis. Therefore,

in the early morning you should go to a park and do

the physical exercise. While doing that you can chant

devotional songs and let your mind be absorbed on God.

Otherwise, worldly matters will spoil the mind. Thus

the first five stages represent good physical and

mental health, which is essential for efforts in this

world as well as in the upper world. Thus Hanuman

represents the success of the efforts in this world as

well as the success of spiritual efforts in the upper

world. He is a complete personality, both

materialistic and divine. The sixth stage is Dharana,

which is the formation of bond with the Lord. The

Lord came to Him and the bond was formed. The 7th

stage is Dhyana, which is strengthening this bond.

The eighth and final stage is Samadhi, which is

complete determination. Hanuman decided that Rama is

the Lord. He never became egoistic by His super

powers and even if the Lord did not show the super

powers. Ravana who had enough super powers did not

attract Him. Thus Hanuman gives us a message that we

should not decide the Lord by mere super powers. The

best point in the spiritual effort of Hanuman is that

He selected the then human incarnation for worship,

which is only the service. In the entire Ramayana

there is no single reference where you can find Him

doing Japam or Bhajans etc., except the service to the

Lord. He never worshipped statues or energetic forms

like Brahma, Vishnu etc., Thus He gives us the message

that one should select the human incarnation present

in his time. He also worshipped Lord Krishna and

heard Bhagavat Gita by standing on the flag of the

chariot. This shows that He believed in the human

reincarnation of the Lord again and again. His path

is the best and the real one because He was given the

post of the creator (Brahma). He never served the

Lord accepting anything in return. He served only to

please the Lord. With that aim only He cut all the

pearls in the chain given by Sita to find Rama in the

pearls. Again Hanuman gives a message here that the

Lord does not exist in the inert objects because inert

objects are not independent whereas the Lord is

independent. Thus Hanuman is the best and complete

personality to show the path and also the goal. When

Hanuman fought with Rama for the protection of

Yayathi, He acted like that to show even high devotee

slips. Hanuman left His mother permanently in search

of Rama. For Him the Lord is far greater than His

mother and He did not fight with Rama really for the

sake of His mother. It was only a role to give us the

message that the Lord should be higher than any

individual soul in this world. Blessed are the people

who follow Hanuman. Simple worship and devotional

songs of Hanuman to solve your worldly problems are of

no use. Analyse the personality of Hanuman and keep

Him as an ideal for your spiritual effort.

 

 

 

 

His Holiness Shri Datta Swami

 

website address: http://www.universal-spirituality.org

 

e-mail address: swami

 

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