Vedas and Adi Sankara - Part 2 By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji.

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

Since Kali will be an age of disharmony and adharma,the Lord Himself will not

take birth (‘pratyaksha’)but will send down Sadhus.

 

Everyone prays to the Lord, “Kalau Khalu bhavishyanti Narayanaparayanah’.

Srimad Bhagavatam subtly declares the ‘Avatar’ of these Mahatmas -

“Tamraparani nadi yatra kritamala payasviniâ€. Bhagavan will not incarnate

Himself in this Kali Yuga but establish dharma through such great Sadhus.

 

While saying ‘Sambavami yuge yugeâ€, Bhagavan proclaims that He, Himself,

will not incarnate on the earth in Kali Yuga but send Sadhus who are His

‘amsas’ (incarnations). Only these Sadhus are such great ‘Avatara

Purushas’. But we call everyone as ‘Avatara Purusha’. Though it may not be

incorrect to call them so, the fact is only such Sadhus as sent down by Bhagavan

are ‘Avatara Purushas’.

 

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's teaching has spread the whole of North India and the

Kirtan as taught by him is sung even to this day. Though it is long since that

he left the world his philosophies, the path as shown by him are still being

practiced. If we look into his life history we find that throughout his life,

since his birth to the last, he ate, drank, swam in, played in Nama (the Name of

the Lord) and finally became the Nama Himself. Mahaprabhu’s Avatar was such a

great Avatar of Nama Swaroopa (incarnation of the form of the Name [of the

Lord]). Such great Mahans have taken avatar on the earth.

 

What is the glory of our religion? As repeatedly being said, “It is the Vedas

that is the glory of our religion.†The pride and glory of the Vedas is that

it is exceptional. Today the research scholars declare that the Vedas contain

matters regarding construction of a house, manufacture of rockets, nitrogen

bombs, etc. But what do our Mahatmas opine? “Do not ever speak of the Vedas

containing these informationâ€. The reason for their objection is that, suppose

we have had a darshan of a Mahatma. On return we tell everyone we meet, that we

had been speaking with the Mahatma and He knows everything up-to-date in

politics. Or some other worldly matter, say computer development. We say this

Mahatma knows everything about the latest development in computer. Now, we

ourselves know about computer development. We learn this through books related

to this and through other means. Many people have become experts in this field

through studies.

 

Likewise, one can learn about political scene through newspapers or Television

or some other media. One need not approach a Mahatma to learn such mundane

things that we ourselves know or can learn. A Mahatma knows things that are

beyond our limited mind and perception. They can ‘see’ things that are

beyond our physical vision and grasp. They are able to see the Devas. While

speaking about Vasudeva Thatha’s life we find that one evening while he sang

the Name of the Lord on the terrace of his house, the Devas sang along with him

as they circumambulated him. It is such things that are to be learnt from them

because this cannot be learnt in any other place from anybody else.

 

When any mishap occurs on the earth, say, an earthquake, the scientists opine

that the Government had failed to take proper protective measures in spite of

adequate and timely warnings. But what do the Mahatmas have to say on such

matters? Once a Mahatma stopped an earthquake even as it was about to occur. He

then said to his attendants, “A devotee from Madras will come now. Bring him

to meâ€. No sooner had he said this than this devotee arrived. He said to the

Mahatma, “You appeared to me last night in a dream and ordered me to perform a

puja to please the dissatisfied ‘ashta vasus’.†The Mahatma instructed him

to perform the Puja and also warned that no one else should perform this puja

and this devotee also should not perform the same ever again. Therefore, one

need not approach a Mahan for learning mundane things of the world viz. cooking

or constructing a house and the like. We should go to them to learn that which

are beyond our realm of

perception. If we visit Ramana Maharshi it should be to learn Atma vidya. As

this is beyond our understanding, Ramana Maharshi will be able to guide and take

us on this path. One should, hence, approach a Mahatma to acquire spiritual

knowledge.

 

A young boy once approached a Mahatma and asked, “People claim to have visited

the Moon. Is this true? Is there a ‘Chandra mandala’?†The Mahatma

immediately smiled and asked him to look up at the sky. The boy found two moons!

The Mahatma explained to the confused young boy, “There are many such moons

but two are enough for you today!†Thus, the Mahatmas opine that there is no

need to say that the Vedas contain information about airplanes, rockets and such

other mundane things of the world.

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

 

Regards

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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