Messages on the occasion of Dassra (Navrathri)

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Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devoh Maheshwara.

 

Navarathri or Dassra is an occasion for cleansing the mind to make it absolutely

pure. We should purify our hearts to let the Divine live in it. Dasara signifies

eliminating all darkness and evil from our minds.

 

We must meditate upon the names of all those in the Guru Parampara

to obtain their grace. We should shed our ego at the lotus feet of

our Sadguru Sainath Maharaj and follow His teachings.

 

Guru the Creator: The Guru gives us a new birth in the world of

knowledge and in the world of the Self. He opens our eyes to

knowledge and changes our mental outlook, moulds it anew. Changing

or giving another shape means creating or giving another birth.

Since the Guru creates the birth of knowledge in us, he qualifies to

be called Brahma, the Creator.

 

Guru the Protector: Several good things keep happening to us, as if

on their own, without our knowledge, through the agency of our Guru.

Suddenly, we wonder about how they happened. How was our task

accomplished? " We will recognize in a flash that it was Guru Kripa,

the compassion of our Guru that made things happen in our favor. The

Guru takes care of us and removes all our difficulties in this

world. His chief function is to take care of our Atman. The Guru

protects us by giving us Upadesha and by showing us the path of

Sadhana to foster the Atman. Instead of finding bliss for Himself in

Samadhi, He sacrifices His happiness for our sake and does all He

can to liberate us from Samsara. Just like the spring brings

blessings to the world without expecting anything in return. In this

way, the Guru is like Vasanta (spring season), which brings benefits

to the world without any reason or motive. In this way, He is like

Vishnu, the protector.

 

Guru the Destructor: There are evil forces that constantly drag us

down into the mire and prevent us from obtaining the light of

knowledge. The Guru battles with them patiently and destroys them.

When a crop is grown, the weeds must be removed. Similarly, it is as

important to remove our intense ignorance as it is to give us

knowledge, it is indeed more difficult to destroy our ignorance than

to impart Jnaana. The Guru as Maheswara dispels the darkness of

ignorance.

 

The definition of the word " Guru " itself is 'he who dispels

darkness'. Gu stands for darkness, Ru stands for dispelling.

 

Three three functions performed by the Guru encompass the functions

of creation, protection and destruction. In this way, our Guru

becomes Trimurthi.

 

The Guru takes us to the goal beyond which there is nothing. He

transforms us into the Parabrahman. He tells us that it is the

Parabrahman who has taken our guise ( " you are indeed the

Parabrahman " ). The Guru helps us to discard our guises and reveal

ourselves as the Parabrahman. So, the declaration is apt : " Guruh

Saakshaat Parambrahma " .

 

So Guru is like the Trimurti. A god who is the Trimurti conjoint is

Dattatreya who had brought the holy tradition of the Gurus (Guru

Parampara) to this mortal world. All Gurus are like Dattatreya like

Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara who create the body, nourish it, and

destroy it respectively. We may have to be born again and again but

the Guru will accompany us throughout and will not give up until we

are united with the Light (become ourselves the light). Truly,

therefore, it is said,

 

Baba Said....

 

" Meditate always on knowledge incarnate, consciousness and Bliss " .

 

Baba is every where just feel him and keep on saying `Om Sai Ram' to whom so

ever you meet.

 

OM SAI SRI SAI JAI JAI SAI!!! Let us pray at the lotus feet of Bhagwan Baba who

is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and

increase our devotion towards him

 

Let us pray Shri Sai to give us the intellect and wisdom to make

tomorrow's world a happier place to stay always with unity by following his

principle of " Shraddha " and " Saburi "

 

Let us pray to Sri Sai to grant us steady faith and love on him.

 

Jai Sai Ram

Swamy Mahadevan

Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all

Baba Bless you ever!!!