Sri Swamiji's Program in Jackson Temple on August 4 & 5 only; Hotel information

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*Namaste:*

 

*Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji's program is changed to TWO days only.

Please take advantage of His presence at Hindu Temple***

 

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*Hindu Temple Society of Mississippi*

 

*173 Vernon Jones Ave**, Brandon MS*

 

*Cordially invites to attend the following planned activities of*

 

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* * **Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji*

 

*Peethadhipathi of Avadhuta Datta Peetham, Mysore India*

 

*August 4 & 5, 2008; at Hindu Temple, Brandon MS; Time: 6:30 pm*

 

*August 4 (Monday) 6:30 pm

Sri Chakra Puja, Pravachan and Bhajans

 

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* SPECIAL Kalasa Puja will be performed*

 

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August 5 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm

Sri Chakra Puja, Pravachan and Bhajans in Gujarathi and

Hindi

 

SPECIAL Kalasa Puja Will be performed*

 

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**About Sri Swamiji visit the web sit: **dattapeetham.com*

 

* For more information, contact*:

 

*Nandini & V. V. Prakasa Rao 601-856-4783/601-918-7111*

 

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*Hotel Information*

 

1) Days Inn & Suites, 151 Center Street, Ridgeland MS 39157 (Off I-55)

601-956-9726

 

2) Super 8 Motel (Off I-20) 111 Airport Road, Pearl MS 39208

601-718-1860

 

3) Super 8 Motel (Off I-55) 6058 I-55, Jackson MS 39211

601-718-1860

 

*NOTE:* When you call the motel, please mention that you are attending

Hindu Temple Function. Also please know that whatever the rate the motel

charges, the Owner of the Motel has graciously agreed donate the amount to

Hindu Temple.

 

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*Sri Swamiji's Guru Purnima Speeches New Jersey - 2008*

 

Speech on July 17 (Thursday)

 

The state of New Jersey has been hot for the past one week with temperatures

rising to 100° F. But suddenly at 6 pm today (Thursday, 17th) light showers

welcomed Pujya Sri Swamiji to the Royal Albert Palace Hall at New Jersey,

USA.Sri Swamiji walked with a smiling face as ever into the palace hall at

6:30 pm and adorned the dias. On Behalf of all the devotees, Sri V.V.

Prakasa Rao, President, Datta Yoga Centre, USA welcomed Sri Swamiji and

thanked His Holiness for blessing the US devotees with His presence on this

divine occassion. Pujya Sri Swamiji performed Sri Chakra Puja at 7 pm and

later delivered His divine message on this auspicious occassion.

 

*GURU PURNIMA MESSAGE OF PARAMA PUJYA SRI SWAMIJI - 17 July 2008, New

Jersey, USA*

 

" This year Guru Purnima is a special day. It comes on two days. (As per

lunar calendar Purnima is on both Thursday & Friday) It is more special for

the devotees of USA because they are in association with Swamiji.

Association with Sadguru is very important. Brahma's creation is Supreme. We

are tiny parts of his creation. Mother Earth itself is tiny. Imagine our

place on earth. We are like sand particles. Man thinks he is big. In

Brahma's creation earth also is not recognised. This creation is like a

puppet show. Datta is the Sutradhari. We all are moving in His energy. All

we have to do is do some good act. Good act is just to " Follow the Master " .

Have trust in Guru & God. That is the battery for us. This trust charges us

in our disappointment. If you are disappointed, sit for five minutes and

meditate.

 

Our mind is like a monkey. Indriyas cannot be controlled. But lord has given

Pragna. (Buddhi) That has to be used. We should have some purpose for this

life. For knowing the purpose of life, Guru's association is essential. That

is why we celebrate Guru Purnima. Like we have father's day, mother's day,

valentine's day, we also have Guru's day. We did not come on to this earth

accidentally. It is all computerised and we are here today because of our

past Karmas. Each action of Guru has Vedanta in it. There are Navarasas in

His face. Every action and movement is valuable. The sounds He makes also

are valuable. It is very difficult for us to understand as we see Guru like

a normal human being. It is wrong. His body is divine and lucky as the

divine force & energy has chosen His body to live in.

 

Sadguru is Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva says Guru Gita. The almighty's energy has

taken a human form in the form of Sadguru. If that force takes a form of

Agni, we all will be burnt in that force. Since we are humans, that force

has taken the human form to take us to ultimate. Sadguru is a mirror.

Sparsha, Darshana, Sambhashana, Shaktipatha, Vakpaatha - all these are

happiness on Guru Purnima day. Looking into swamiji's eyes is Drusthipaatha.

He heals in different ways. Swamiji's voice is going into our body and

vibrates. If you are not able to catch Swamiji's vibrations, try again &

again. If a particular phone number is not reachable, we try again & again

hoping to have good signal. Like wise, keep trying till you have good signal

for communication. This is Tapas. You should not get disappointed. It is

your duty to try again & again. If you sit with good devotion and meditate,

Swamiji can receive your vibrations where ever you are in this world.

Sometimes we feel disappointed and say ok, Swamiji knows my situation, I

will not attend this Puja, I will not go for Guru Purnima etc etc. but you

will be the first one to come and sit in the first row to witness Puja. I do

not know if You are falling in Swamiji's maya or Swamiji is falling in your

maya. The more we try to go far, the more we come nearer. This is Guru

Energy. This relationship with Guru is different from other relations like

with parents, brothers, sister, husband, wife.... this relation is very

special. When Swamiji was 11 years old in Proddutur, Swamiji had lot of

fanfare...Swamiji had many devotees then also in Proddutur. There were many

movie theatres. Everyone used to call Swamiji to come to their theatre. They

used to offer a special chair to Him in the box room. Swamiji used to feel

very guilty for wasting 3 hours of time. He used to come out in half an

hour. Money does not matter to Swamiji. It is your love & affection that is

tieing you all to Swamiji. Relation with Sadguru is very rare. You must

continue this relation and association. Do not lose it. Meditate with pure

Mind. It has to be crystal clear. You all have surrendered yourselves at the

feet of Sadguru. You should not go back now. You do not have right to take

yourselves back. Sadguru is the owner for you now. If you try to go back, it

will be " Datta Aparadha " . Sadguru is like Agni. Once you surrender yourself,

you cannot search for yourself again. If you try to do so, Rakshasatva will

come. You should become Devatha from Manava and not Rakshasa. It is like

feeding a kid with food and asking him to vomit the food. It is not

possible. If you try to take yourself back, it is dangerous as different

energy flows in you from the moment of your surrender. You cannot maintain

that energy. Eesaavasa Upanishad talks about this. Once again on this Guru

Purnima day, I bless you all. You all are my family members. You have not

signed any papers that you are my family members but I have signed. So I

will not leave you. Control your chanchala. (Fickle mindedness) and burn

your chancla. Experience Swamiji and not experiment Swamiji. Jaya Guru Datta

! "

 

*Speech on Guru Purnima Day (July 18, 2008)*

 

 

 

*Guru Purnima Speech on July 18, 2008*

 

The day two of the Guru Purnima celebrations in New Jersey, USA began on

Friday, 18th July 2008. Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji performed Sri Chakra Puja

at 9 am. For the gathering of hundreds of people, It was a feast to the eyes

as they watched Pujya Sri Swamiji displaying various Mudras during Sri

Chakra Puja. After the Puja, on behalf of all the devotees, Sri V.V. Prakasa

Rao & family and Sri Chundu Srinivas & family performed Pratyaksha Pada Puja

to the Holy feet of Pujya Sri Swamiji as devotees chanted Sadguru

Ashtotharam and Sadguru Stavam. All through this time, every one present in

the that hall felt the powerful & divine vibrations energized by Lord Siva

himself sitting in the form of Our Sadgurudeva. What a blissful event it

was! Later Sri Swamiji gave His Guru Purnima message.

 

*GURU PURNIMA MESSAGE OF PARAMA PUJYA SRI SWAMIJI - 18 July 2008, New

Jersey, USA*

 

Today we are celebrating Guru Purnima. We are remembering Guru Parampara and

doing the Parampara Stuti. It is Guru Vamsha Vruksham. (Lineage) Many people

do not know who is Sadguru, Parama Guru and the Guru Parampara. It is like

our father, grandfather, great grand father, his father and fore fathers.

But there is only one first father. He is Brahma. That is why we say Guru

Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru devo Maheswara. Guru is a creator like Brahma,

protects us as Vishnu and destroys confusion in us as Maheswara. These three

actions are going on continuously in Guru. Brahma's creation is unique. We

cannot explain Brahma's ideas. He is playing like a small boy. We are all

small toys for Him. We all are tiny particles in His creation like small

insects. Some are protective, some are destructive and some are poisonous.

What ever is His Sankalpa, it is good. He is very happy about His creation.

No complaints. No questions. Different ideas & attitudes. Every being in His

creation is very busy. Even an ant is busy. Mosquito also is busy in biting.

Birds also are very busy. Many people say we are very busy to follow

Sadguru. We say Swamiji is in our hearts. No physical worship is necessary.

We say work is worship and Swamiji also likes it. We don't read Bhagavad

Gita. We say it is a confusion. If you study deeply, you will understand. If

you study your Sadguru in depth, you will understand. You feel Sri Chakra

Puja is like a toy game. It is necessary to understand Guru Gita to

understand idol worship. We have to control our manas. In order to control

that, we need idol worship. Vigraha gives Nigraha. We are giving discipline

and controlling the sense organs. When we sit with Swamiji, we have very

powerful concentration. What ever is the reason, we have come to Swamiji.

Some attraction is there. We don't know what is it. Swamiji's leela cannot

be explained. How long miracles will work on us? There is some attraction

beyond miracles.

 

Many people ask what is the benefit of visiting Swamiji? We say we don't

know. But if they ask repeatedly, our response will change. Slowly we speak

out. But even then Swamiji's leela cannot be explained. You can only

experience, you cannot experiment. Bhakthi should not be experimented.

Surrender completely. Do complete Atmarpana. Swamiji is like a Walmart. All

in one. You will get what ever you want. You get Karma yoga, Bhakthi Yoga,

Bhajans, fun.... anything. Don't complain that Swamiji is like this... like

that.... I don't like Swamiji doing this etc..... You cannot say that

because He is Walmart. If you don't like, don't go. You can taste what ever

you want. But you must wait. Some people are in hurry to see Swamiji.

Swamiji tests your patience also. By doing so, He will remove all your sins.

Our Karma is getting washed away in long queues that we wait for Sadguru

Darshana. You will forget all your pains in a moment. In Hyderabad, devotees

stand for more than 6 hours in queue for Swamiji's darshan on Ugadi day...

they feel very happy for doing so...In America people sit only in Sofas.

They drink coffee also with Straw. But why are you sitting on floor here? It

is out of love and affection towards Swamiji that you have. You concentrate

on one work at a time finish that and then take up the other one. Then you

will succeed in everything. Your confusion is because you take up everything

at one time. You all are doing everything half. Datta Stavam half, Puja

half, food half, sleep half. Everything is 50% only. That is why you don't

have good health. We even say Ashthottaram is big. You finish in 8 or 16

names. Do anything with fulfillment and satisfaction. Today, this Nakshatra

is powerful on Purnima day. This comes only once in twelve years. Swamiji

wanted to concentrate only on Guru Purnima and cancelled the three months

trip.

 

You are tiny human beings. Your quality is making mistakes. Sadguru quality

is forgiveness. He will excuse all of you. You are showing your quality and

He is showing His quality. Try and drive away Rakshasa Bhavas in you and put

all your efforts to gather Devata Bhavas. Do good and speak good at least to

your families or at least to yourself. Our family is a beautiful family. We

got a Nandagokulam. Sadguru is living in your body. Don't hurt yourself.

Don't get depress. That is why Swamiji says don't smoke. He is residing in

us. Don't spoil that divine inner energy. I bless you all that all your

Sankalpas be fulfilled. May our relationship grow and be stable. May it be a

good relation. Again, Swamiji is like a Walmart. Don't decide for yourself

that He has this, He does not have this.... Swamiji has everything. You pick

up what you want… social work, Bhajans, even if you want to just sit with

Swamiji for few minutes also, does not matter. There are so many devotees

who invited Swamiji to their houses just to spend some time with Him. They

don't ask anything. They just say Swamiji, you take rest and relax. Swamiji

has Sahasra Drusthi... thousands of Alankaras and actions. Once again I

bless you all. May all of you grow in Guru Bhakhi! Jaya Guru Datta !

 

Later, hundreds of devotees had a wonderful opportunity to touch the Lotus

feet of His Holiness and offer their Pranams. This program went for nearly 4

hours. All thru this time Sri Swamiji touched hundreds of hearts with " His

only style " . At 4 pm, children of devotees in North America performed

various cultural activities under the banner Bala Datta. At 7 pm, Swamiji

conducted Divya Nama Sankeertana and later gave a fistful of curd rice to

all seva kartas. All those who received this on this auspicious day are

Lucky souls indeed!