Hanuman - the essence of spirituality

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The most important essence of the life history of Hanuman is meeting

Rama, who was the then human incarnation of His generation. Hanuman

was waiting to meet the human incarnation on the instruction of His

mother and several sages. Hanuman has all the capacity to jump to

the upper worlds and go to Brahma Loka or Vaikuntha or Kailasha to

see Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. In fact in the war, He went to

Vaikuntha and brought down Garuda. Even in His childhood all the

angels appeared before Him and gave boons. Then Brahma, Vishnu,

Shiva, Indra etc. appeared. In such case why He was so anxious about

the human form of the Lord? He has seen all the energetic forms of

the Lord like Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The psychology of Hanuman

seems to be quite opposite to our psychology. We are always anxious

to see the energetic form of God. In fact we feel that we have seen

the original form of God when we see the energetic form of God. It

is just like saying that when a person appears in a silk shirt, he

is the original person. If the same person appears in a cotton

shirt, he is not at all the original person. This means we treat the

human form of the Lord as an ordinary human being and we treat the

energetic form of God as the original form of God. We do not see the

person in both the shirts. But for us the silk shirt is the original

person and the cotton shirt is only the cotton shirt and not the

person. Even if an angel who is simply an energetic form without God

appears, it is God for us. Even the human form with God is only a

human being for us. For the villagers of Brindavanam, Indra, who is

the energetic form and a servant of God was God! But Krishna in

human body was thought to be a human child. But Indra fell on the

feet of Krishna and asked for apology. Indra could not recognize

Krishna because he was seeing the external cotton shirt, which is

lower than the silk shirt. He could not see the hidden God in the

cotton shirt. In fact he was simply the silk shirt and thought the

silk shirt itself i.e., himself as God.

 

Hanuman never cared for the energetic forms, which are simply

angels. He respected the energetic forms of God like Brahma, Vishnu

and Shiva but He did not worship them as per Valmiki Ramayana. The

reason is that the energetic form is not convenient for worship.

Hanuman is in a body made of five elements. The energetic form is

made of one element i.e., Agni (energy) only. It is not suitable to

the human bodies of the earth. Therefore in Valmiki Ramayana there

is no reference to Hanuman worshipping any energetic form like

Vishnu, Shiva etc. It is impossible to worship the energetic form

directly. Only you can worship a statue as a representative of such

energetic form. Instead of worshipping a statue or a photo

representing an energetic form in which neither the original

energetic form nor God exists, it is better to worship God in the

human form, which is also very convenient, being the common medium

in the case of human beings. Is it not better to worship a person in

the cotton shirt instead of worshipping the photo of that person in

a silk shirt? Therefore Hanuman recognized the human incarnation of

His time and worshipped Him directly instead of worshipping

energetic forms of God directly which are inconvenient and instead

of worshipping their representative statues indirectly which are

useless. Therefore we should learn the main aspect of this spiritual

life of Hanuman and then only we shall get the real benefit in our

spiritual path.

 

There are three items in spiritual life 1) yourself; 2) the path and

3) the goal. Regarding yourself, you should realize that you are not

God and that you are only the humble servant of

God. Regarding the goal, you should realize that the goal is the

human incarnation present in your generation. Neither formless

aspect nor energetic form nor statue nor photo is the convenient

form for worship. These two aspects of yourself and the goal are

very clearly understood from the spiritual life of Hanuman. The

third item is the path to the goal. This is also very clear from the

life of Hanuman. He was searching and waiting for the then human

incarnation. He was anxiously waiting and searching for that only.

Thus meeting the human incarnation physically is the first step.

Then only the direct conversation and direct vision is possible. But

today due to development of electronic technology, we are seeing the

persons, situated far from us and we are talking with Him directly.

This is exactly equal to the direct meeting and direct conversation.

Such technology did not exist then and therefore meeting the human

incarnation was very very essential. Meeting does not mean the

simple physical sense. Meeting means understanding Him with full

faith. Ravana and several demons also met Rama. Several evil persons

like Kauravas also met Krishna. What is the use of such meeting in

physical sense? Meeting means understanding Him with full faith and

receiving the true knowledge from Him by clarifying all the doubts.

The path in the darkness is shown by the torch light in the hand.

The Sun situated far in the sky also shows your path by the same

light. Therefore receiving the proper guidance from the Lord is

important than mere meeting in the physical sense. After this

Hanuman entered in to the service of the Lord participating in His

mission, He did not receive Gita like Arjuna before the

participation in the work. Already Hanuman received the Gita with

full clarification from the Sun and the Sun was preached well by the

Lord in the same Gita. The Lord says in the Gita that He preached

the spiritual knowledge first to the Sun. Therefore knowledge was

not necessary for Hanuman from the Lord. He saw Rama and entered in

to the service. Sometimes a person becomes a wonderful devotee in

practice without receiving any knowledge from the guru. The reason

for this is that he has already received the knowledge in the

previous birth and that samskara follows him in this birth.

 

The hunter Kannappa did not receive any spiritual knowledge from the

Lord and entered directly in to the service of the Lord because in

his previous birth, he was Arjuna and received the Gita from Him

already. The knowledge leads to devotion and devotion leads to

practice. The knowledge continues in the devotion also and leads to

practice. The knowledge continues in the practice also. Thus the

knowledge is underlying in the devotion and practice. If the

knowledge disappears, doubts will arise. Then practice will be

stopped. The devotion decreases. Therefore knowledge is like a torch

light, which is put on continuously till the goal is reached.

Therefore the guidance of the spiritual guru is necessary till the

goal is reached. After preaching the Gita, Krishna did not leave

Arjuna while practicing His message. Krishna was with Arjuna through

out the war and was clearing several problems in the war. The 18

chapters of the Gita were Jnana yoga, which were completely

transformed in to the 18 days of war which is the Karma Yoga. In

between the Jnana Yoga and Karma yoga, Bhakti yoga is developed in

the mind of Arjuna, which is in the hidden state. Krishna represents

the buddhi or the driver or the Jnana Yoga who is the guiding force

as guru. The Veda says that buddhi is the driver. Arjuna represents

both Bhakti yoga and Karma Yoga. The Bhakti Yoga is hidden in the

mind of Arjuna. The Karma Yoga is expressed in the form of

participation of Arjuna in the war. The Gita is a mixture of the

intelligence of the Lord (Guru buddhi) and the intelligence of

Arjuna (Atma buddhi). Thus Jnana yoga is the interaction of the self

with the super-self. The Gita is not simply preaching of Krishna

like a non-stop express train. It is the series of answers given to

the enquiries of Arjuna. Thus the Jnana yoga becomes the knowledge

with relevance to the soul.

 

  posted by: His servant

  at the lotus feet of shri datta swami

  www.universal-spirituality.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURRENDER JOYFULLY TO THE WILL OF THE ULTIMATE DIVINITY AND RELISH THE TASTE OF ABSOLUTE BLISS.

[Guest guest]

thank you so much for your advice on devotion to god, a lot is to be

learnt from it.

 

surya wrote:

> The most important essence of the life history of Hanuman is meeting

> Rama, who was the then human incarnation of His generation. Hanuman

> was waiting to meet the human incarnation on the instruction of His

> mother and several sages. Hanuman has all the capacity to jump to

> the upper worlds and go to Brahma Loka or Vaikuntha or Kailasha to

> see Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. In fact in the war, He went to

> Vaikuntha and brought down Garuda. Even in His childhood all the

> angels appeared before Him and gave boons. Then Brahma, Vishnu,

> Shiva, Indra etc. appeared. In such case why He was so anxious about

> the human form of the Lord? He has seen all the energetic forms of

> the Lord like Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The psychology of Hanuman

> seems to be quite opposite to our psychology. We are always anxious

> to see the energetic form of God. In fact we feel that we have seen

> the original form of God when we see the energetic form of God. It

> is just like saying that when a person appears in a silk shirt, he

> is the original person. If the same person appears in a cotton

> shirt, he is not at all the original person. This means we treat the

> human form of the Lord as an ordinary human being and we treat the

> energetic form of God as the original form of God. We do not see the

> person in both the shirts. But for us the silk shirt is the original

> person and the cotton shirt is only the cotton shirt and not the

> person. Even if an angel who is simply an energetic form without God

> appears, it is God for us. Even the human form with God is only a

> human being for us. For the villagers of Brindavanam, Indra, who is

> the energetic form and a servant of God was God! But Krishna in

> human body was thought to be a human child. But Indra fell on the

> feet of Krishna and asked for apology. Indra could not recognize

> Krishna because he was seeing the external cotton shirt, which is

> lower than the silk shirt. He could not see the hidden God in the

> cotton shirt. In fact he was simply the silk shirt and thought the

> silk shirt itself i.e., himself as God.

>

> Hanuman never cared for the energetic forms, which are simply

> angels. He respected the energetic forms of God like Brahma, Vishnu

> and Shiva but He did not worship them as per Valmiki Ramayana. The

> reason is that the energetic form is not convenient for worship.

> Hanuman is in a body made of five elements. The energetic form is

> made of one element i.e., Agni (energy) only. It is not suitable to

> the human bodies of the earth. Therefore in Valmiki Ramayana there

> is no reference to Hanuman worshipping any energetic form like

> Vishnu, Shiva etc. It is impossible to worship the energetic form

> directly. Only you can worship a statue as a representative of such

> energetic form. Instead of worshipping a statue or a photo

> representing an energetic form in which neither the original

> energetic form nor God exists, it is better to worship God in the

> human form, which is also very convenient, being the common medium

> in the case of human beings. Is it not better to worship a person in

> the cotton shirt instead of worshipping the photo of that person in

> a silk shirt? Therefore Hanuman recognized the human incarnation of

> His time and worshipped Him directly instead of worshipping

> energetic forms of God directly which are inconvenient and instead

> of worshipping their representative statues indirectly which are

> useless. Therefore we should learn the main aspect of this spiritual

> life of Hanuman and then only we shall get the real benefit in our

> spiritual path.

>

> There are three items in spiritual life 1) yourself; 2) the path and

> 3) the goal. Regarding yourself, you should realize that you are not

> God and that you are only the humble servant of

> God. Regarding the goal, you should realize that the goal is the

> human incarnation present in your generation. Neither formless

> aspect nor energetic form nor statue nor photo is the convenient

> form for worship. These two aspects of yourself and the goal are

> very clearly understood from the spiritual life of Hanuman. The

> third item is the path to the goal. This is also very clear from the

> life of Hanuman. He was searching and waiting for the then human

> incarnation. He was anxiously waiting and searching for that only.

> Thus meeting the human incarnation physically is the first step.

> Then only the direct conversation and direct vision is possible. But

> today due to development of electronic technology, we are seeing the

> persons, situated far from us and we are talking with Him directly.

> This is exactly equal to the direct meeting and direct conversation.

> Such technology did not exist then and therefore meeting the human

> incarnation was very very essential. Meeting does not mean the

> simple physical sense. Meeting means understanding Him with full

> faith. Ravana and several demons also met Rama. Several evil persons

> like Kauravas also met Krishna. What is the use of such meeting in

> physical sense? Meeting means understanding Him with full faith and

> receiving the true knowledge from Him by clarifying all the doubts.

> The path in the darkness is shown by the torch light in the hand.

> The Sun situated far in the sky also shows your path by the same

> light. Therefore receiving the proper guidance from the Lord is

> important than mere meeting in the physical sense. After this

> Hanuman entered in to the service of the Lord participating in His

> mission, He did not receive Gita like Arjuna before the

> participation in the work. Already Hanuman received the Gita with

> full clarification from the Sun and the Sun was preached well by the

> Lord in the same Gita. The Lord says in the Gita that He preached

> the spiritual knowledge first to the Sun. Therefore knowledge was

> not necessary for Hanuman from the Lord. He saw Rama and entered in

> to the service. Sometimes a person becomes a wonderful devotee in

> practice without receiving any knowledge from the guru. The reason

> for this is that he has already received the knowledge in the

> previous birth and that samskara follows him in this birth.

>

> The hunter Kannappa did not receive any spiritual knowledge from the

> Lord and entered directly in to the service of the Lord because in

> his previous birth, he was Arjuna and received the Gita from Him

> already. The knowledge leads to devotion and devotion leads to

> practice. The knowledge continues in the devotion also and leads to

> practice. The knowledge continues in the practice also. Thus the

> knowledge is underlying in the devotion and practice. If the

> knowledge disappears, doubts will arise. Then practice will be

> stopped. The devotion decreases. Therefore knowledge is like a torch

> light, which is put on continuously till the goal is reached.

> Therefore the guidance of the spiritual guru is necessary till the

> goal is reached. After preaching the Gita, Krishna did not leave

> Arjuna while practicing His message. Krishna was with Arjuna through

> out the war and was clearing several problems in the war. The 18

> chapters of the Gita were Jnana yoga, which were completely

> transformed in to the 18 days of war which is the Karma Yoga. In

> between the Jnana Yoga and Karma yoga, Bhakti yoga is developed in

> the mind of Arjuna, which is in the hidden state. Krishna represents

> the buddhi or the driver or the Jnana Yoga who is the guiding force

> as guru. The Veda says that buddhi is the driver. Arjuna represents

> both Bhakti yoga and Karma Yoga. The Bhakti Yoga is hidden in the

> mind of Arjuna. The Karma Yoga is expressed in the form of

> participation of Arjuna in the war. The Gita is a mixture of the

> intelligence of the Lord (Guru buddhi) and the intelligence of

> Arjuna (Atma buddhi). Thus Jnana yoga is the interaction of the self

> with the super-self. The Gita is not simply preaching of Krishna

> like a non-stop express train. It is the series of answers given to

> the enquiries of Arjuna. Thus the Jnana yoga becomes the knowledge

> with relevance to the soul.

>

>   posted by: His servant

>   at the lotus feet of shri datta swami

>   www.universal-spirituality.org

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