Dattatreya's 24 Gurus-Lesson 7- Surya Acharya

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posting it is about Sun His seventh Guru. The situation is that of a King

asking DattaGuru in His (Datta's) ashram about His gurus'.These Gurus are not to

be taken literally but in a symbolic Avadhuthic sense King: Who is your

seventh guru? Dattatreya: The sun is my seventh guru. With its bright rays,

the sun draws water from everything, transforms it into clouds, and then

distributes it as rain without favor. Rain falls on forests, mountains,

valleys, deserts, oceans, and cities. Like the sun, I learned how to gather

knowledge from all sources, transform that knowledge into practical wisdom, and

share it with all without preferring some recipients and excluding others. It

is said that 'Tactics' is the servant of strategy. Lord Dattatreya emphasises

this point subtly. To get something one has to give. This is the tactic. To

get something good one has to give. The sun first gives its energy in the

form of rays and then spreads water to all without bias Dattatreya here

alludes to a seeker's mind. The seekr's Atma is one but it is filled by the

Prakritia Maya and hence flits from source to source, once it gains knowledge

and that it is Sadashiva it relaises the undifferentiated reality that is its

atman(the sun symbology here) and then starts disseminating whatever it

receives. This does not mean having many gurus in a spiritual sense and trying

to learn from all. Many people these days do that and say I have three or

four Gurus or in a 'safe' manner"I learn from all" . One can have many guides

but Guru is eka(One). One is energy. Sun is one in our solar system and gives

the correct energy we need for our nourishment. Eka Guru Eka Shakthi.

The Bhavana when trying to amass knowledge should be 'Akartha Bhavana'(

non-doer feeling). One does not learn, it is the Guru who sits and learns in

you. This is sort of confusing and a 'clever' person might ask who then sists

in the Guru to learn. My answer would be "His Guru and so on and so forth till

it reaches the Paramam vyomanaadi Guru".And this is not tautological mind you!

The dissemination must also be without bias this is another point emphasised by

Guru Dattatreya. How will it be if Sun selectively does its job? There will

be great ecological imbalnce and the earth will perish with its inhabitants!

It is in the ecological balance of spiritual things that such advice was given

indirectly by Dattatreya Bhagavan. If one starts doling out davice keeping

parochial parameters in mind one will never progress in spirituality. One then

clings to that knowledge, to that experience. One also forgets that one owes a

great debt to everyone and his/ her environment in amassing that knowledge.

The Vedas worship the Sun, Surya, as the source of light for the entire world.

But for the Vedic people, light is not a material force but a power of life,

love and intelligence. Nor is the Sun a distant entity unrelated to us. It has

a presence on Earth through the power of its rays, which not only pervade our

environment but also touch our very hearts. By the Sun the Vedas don’t simply

refer to the outer luminary, the

central star of our solar system. They mean the principle of light and

consciousness on a universal level, of which the Sun is our local

representative.The Vedas are said to reside in the rays of the Sun, which hold

the Vedic mantras. The Vedas are the manifestation of solar intelligence, the

light of consciousness on Earth. The sacred syllable OM itself is the

sound of the Sun and the essence of

the Vedas. The Vedic mantras carry light and power both for the body and the

mind. India, therefore, should be at the forefront of solar research in order

to keep up with its ancient Vedic heritage. According to the Vedas, the

inner Sun is Prana or vital energy, which manifests through the breath. To

increase our personal energy, both for physical health and for mental acuity,

the best practice is Pranayama or breath control. Breath carries

the subtle essence of speech, which is mantra. The inbreath carries the sound

‘so’ and the outbreath carries the sound ‘ha’. The natural mantra “So’ham” in

Sanskrit means, “He am I,” referring to the Purusha or consciousness in the

Sun, as the Isha Upanishad (v. 6) so eloquently proclaims. Our very breath is

based upon unity with the solar creator and source of life and can be used to

connect with its power When Brahma manifested himself by breaking the egg,

then he pronounced ‘OM’. This

Omkar itself is the supreme soul and the very physique of Sun god. The four

Vedas emerged from all the four mouths of lord Brahma, which were glowing by

their own radiance. The powerful radiance emanating from the ‘Omkar’ covered

the radiance of the Vedas and ultimately all of them unified. This very Vedic

appearance of ‘Omkar’ is the sun god. This radiant sun was the first manifested

during the times of creation, hence it was called ‘Aditya’. 5 Lessons which

sun teaches us

Serif'"> 1. Use up all your energy to 'enlighten' and be 'enlightened'

People spend their energy to do useless things to bring them temporal

happiness. If one knows even a wee-bit about karma and its implications one

will not behave in this friterring fashion. To use one's time fruitfully in

enlightening oneself and others can be said to be a mahayagna ...an antar

yagna. Sun's energy does not come from anywhere outside it comes from

antar(inside)0 and that is the crux of Atmavidya.

FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'"> 2. Give all to all freely without bias. Lord

Dattatreya Himself says beautifully that Sun sucks up water to the clouds and

gives it to all without bias. Now in a kundalini sense this means that

'prana' is sucked up to the sahasraara and the 'sudhaa-saarabhivarsha'(Lalitha

Sahasranama) is given to the other Avyayaas of the deha to make it a divys

deha. In an outward sense this means to help other without any bias. Infact

if one has true knowledge he will be raring to share with others or atleast

seek one worthy disciple. To give is verily a Guru and to receive silently is

verily a student. If bias comes about it means the Guru is half-baked and does

not 'know'. Nias means jealousy and it means the 'Guru' still has some way to go

before poornaprajna. 3. One should saty where one is yet be powerful. Sun

stays where it is and yet it commands enormous respect and power. In Tao te

Ching the great book by Laotsu it is said

10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'">'The saint knows without going out of his

room or even opening its windows. This is because, he roams the three worlds

in Himself. The three gunas are the three worlds. If one conquers that one can

conquer anything in the world. To stay in a place also refers to sticking to

one Guru. Rolling stone gathers no moss. Maybe it gathers lot of dirt! Mnay

people these days flit from Guru to Guru

saying "iam collecting honey like a bee". I replied back to them"The bee

collects honey for the queen bee , for its hive and does not taste it or digest

it, Can you do the same?" One tries to digest all philosophies in the name of

free thinking and end up becoming a pompous assfolling others and

Himself/herself. To digest just what a true Guru gives is work enough.

Therre are three types of Gurus -Sadguru, Karnaguru and Upaguru and if one is

fortunate to get an

amalgam of all the three gurus one should better stay with Him till his

mokshakala! 4. Your power should never be gauged by others This is one

important lesson which I,learnt from the sun. Sun though majestic does not look

frightening, maybe irksome during summer. But at the same time clouds look

frightening with thunders and lightenings. But what is the power of the sun?

The core of the physical sun of our solar system is 15 million degree

centigrade! In every second, the Sun spends 700 billion tons of protons (or:

Hydrogen) in this way. And only a small fraction (0.7 percent) is turned into

light.

Serif'">One should thus remain secretive , especially in spiritual life. 5.

One should remain firm comewhat may

10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif'"> Sun is bombarded by miliions of heavy

particles and yet it remains firm and abosrbs all. The absorbent power of sun

is so powerful that it can be used by all of us. To absorb all insults we face

and carry on with life. If you even have a self-identity of the insult then

you create a new karma. You will be born again to give back that insult to that

person again. Absorbing also means forgiving and forgetting. These are the

five lessons we learn from this great Master,

'MS Sans Serif'"> Om Ayeeim Krom Kleem, Kluum, Hraam Hreem Hroom Sauhu

Dattatreya Swaha! Yours yogically, Shreeram Balijepalli

 

 

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