ONLY GOD AND GURU ARE OUR OWN

None of your worldly relatives will inspire you to move towards God. They all have their own selfish motives. It is only your Guru, who will show you the right path and guide you. He will make you realize that you are someone beyond this body. You are a soul, and you had innumerable mothers, fathers, sons and spouses, in your past endless lifetimes. You were born in all the 8.4 million species of life countless times and you surrendered to everyone for getting happiness. But all deceived you. How could have they given you happiness? They were all beggars themselves! 

MIND IS THE SOUL OF MEDITATION

Although one learns the skill of meditation by actually practising it, one must try to follow the basic instructions given by Jagadguru Kripalu Ji Maharaj.

Mind is the life and soul of the meditation . While meditating, the mind should be focused on the Naam, Roop, Guna, Leela, Dham or the Saints of God.

While meditating, one must bring a feeling of extreme powerlessness or deenata. The feeling should be stronger than a helpless grass blade which is crushed all the time and can do nothing.

The devotee should practise extreme tolerance like the stem of a tree. Whatever happens in the world, the effort should be to keep the mind in God and Guru only.

The devotee should feel that God and Guru are sitting right in front of him and that the form he is visualizing is Real and Divine.

The devotee should get the feeling that the seperation from God is the reason for his sorrow and grief. The devotee should shed tears and long for God to appear.

HOW TO RECOGNIZE A RASIK SAINT

Vaag Gadgada Dravat Yasya Chitah Rudtyabhikshanah Kvachicha|

Vilaja Udgaayati Nrutyate Cha Muhrvatichyutto Bhuvanaha Punaati |

- (Bhagavatam. 11/14/24)

It has been stated in the Bhagavatam that a True Rasik Saint who has already attained Divine Love and Divine Vision of His Beloved Shri Krishn, whose heart is always filled in Krishn Love, when he chants the name or sings the songs of Krishn leelas and virtues, his voice changes due to Divine excitement. The Rasik saint experiences the intensity of God's love and also the warmth of his own emotions.

Many times a Rasik Saint enters into Bhao. (Bhao is the ecstatic state where the Loving Devotee experiences mixed feelings of meeting and seperation). In Bhao, he yearns and cries to get God's vision and laughs in happiness when he receives it." These expressions are called sattvic bhao or the Divine expressions.

The feelings of love of the Rasik Saint deepens and he feels the close personal association of God and in this excitement, he sings and dances, but his physical consciousness remains fully absorbed in Bhao. Shri Krishn says that such a Rasik Saint, who is ever absorbed in My love, purifies the world with His Divine Love Consciousness and gratifies the surroundings with His presence."

It is such a Rasik Saint, who has already attained God's Love and Divine Vision and who has even scriptural knowledge, if we accept Him as our Guru and surrender to His Lotus feet, we can attain Krishn Love with His Grace.

THANKS TO GURU AND GOD

We, the Sadhaks (devotees) should always keep in mind that whatever good we are doing is all due to the grace of the Guru and God. Otherwise, we have been bound by maya, awfully attached to the wordly possessions, absolutely worthless, having hideous ideas, full of dirt and filth from time immemorial.

If we are able to do something good, if a tear trickles from our eyes for God, if we have some good word and noble feeling for the Guru, we must conclude that it is all due to the Guru's grace.

If he had not given us the spiritual knowledge, if he had not bestowed his love upon us, how could we be inclined to go good things in life? So, do not ever give credit to yourself. It will only give rise to egoism. Egoism takes away humility. Once humility is gone the castle of bhakti or devotion will come crashing down. Life will be filled with vices in no time. So, if you have done some noble deeds, YOU MUST BE THANKFUL TO THE GURU with whose grace alone you are able to do such things. This will save you from the vice of egoism.

We must always keep in mind that if we had not met the Guru, if he had not shown us the way, and had not given us his love and affection, we would not have inclined towards God.

On the other hand, if we have done something wrong, have been negligent in doing the right thing, or have committed some crime, we should hold ourselves responsible for that, so that we could realize our mistakes and we would not repeat them.

We should attribute our good deeds to the God's grace and the grace of the Guru and for all the wrongs that we may have done, we should hold ourselves responsible.

SACRIFICE TO THE MERCIFUL GURUDEV

We should be ready to sacrifice ourself on our Merciful Gurudev any number of times. Listening to his divine preaching one is freed from the clasp of ignorance. Once his grace is bestowed upon us , the vicious influence of the age of Kali on us will dissipate. Once we become subservient to him, the externally powerful Maya will not be able to harm us. By touching his lotus feet with devotion we will merely be blessed with the love of Shree Krishna. Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj says that he is able to enjoy the pastimes of Shree Krishna in their varied forms through the grace of the Guru.

PRICELESS TEACHING OF JAGADGURU SHREE KRIPALUJI MAHARAJ

God and Bliss are both synonymous terms. Every individual of the word desires bliss alone hence he is a servant of bliss. Thus unknowingly he is a servant of Lord Krishna.

Devotion (Bhakti Yoga) is the only means to attain LORD KRISHNA  (Bliss). This devotion is popularly known as Navadha Bhakti (Nine fold devotion).

Purification of the mind is possible only through devotional discipline whereafter one attains perfect devotion, and realises Lord Krishna.

It is impossible to acquire godly qualities of truth, non violence etc, without purification of the mind.

All spiritual discipline is related to the mind alone. Devotion performed only with sense organs is not spiritual discipline.

Love and hate in the material world have the same result. Detachment implies a state of indifference.

Perfection implies seeing Lord Krishna in all beings both movable and immovable.

Human birth is valuable but at the same time momentary. Hence even a moment’s delay in spiritual discipline can bring about a great loss.

Perceiving faults in others is the surest proof of one’s own faults.Spiritual discipline is only possible under the guidance of a true saint.

KARM

Karm is that where the ritualistic actions specified by the Vedas are strictly followed, but without any devotion to God. The stipulation in karm is that the procedures described in the scriptures should be carefully followed, without even the slightest deviation.

The Vedas state that if there is an error in the pronunciation of even one syllable of a Vedic mantra, the performer of the sacrifice will be harmed instead of being benefited. Once, a demon forced some Rishis to perform a sacrifice. The mantra to be chanted in the sacrifice was, “Indrashatrurvivardhaswa”. The meaning of the mantra is that the enemy of Indra, the demon, should grow in power. The Rishis retained the original mantra, but changed the scale of singing one syllable in it. The demon had no idea of the musical scales of chanting the Vedic mantras, so he was unable to detect their ploy. The sacrifice was completed, and God agreed to give the reward according to the mantra that was sung. However, when the demon attacked Indra, he was fatally struck. While lying on the battlefield, the demon said, “God is supposed to be perfectly just and unbiased, but this is a blotch on His name. He did not increase my power in accordance with the yagya.” In reply, there was a voice from the sky, and God spoke to Him, “You did not know that the syllables of Vedic mantras have musical scales attached to them. The Rishis had changes the scale of the mantra, ‘Indrashatrurvivardhaswa’, so that it meant that the power of Indra should increase.” The result was that Indra was victorious. This is the outcome of karm that is performed without strict compliance to the rules of the Vedas. And if karm is performed strictly according to the Vedic injunctions, then the result is heaven, which has been previously explained as impermanent. Thus, karm or the performance of ritualistic actions specified by the Vedas has been condemned in various places in the scriptures.

DO CHANTING WITH RUPADHYANA

You should do chanting with rupadhyana.You should always feel your worshipped form of God to be personally present with you. You should keep practicing this, even while performing your worldly duties, even if it is just for a second or two at a time. Rupadhyana is so important that without it you will not be able to quickly experience devotional bliss through the chanting of Shree Krishna’s names, qualities and so on. Rupadhyana is the only means to restrain the fickle mind. If we firmly believe that God is personally present in His name, we feel intoxicates by merely chanting or even listening to His name.

WHICH IS THE SUPERIOR PATH ????

There are eighty eight thousand paramhans headed by Shaunkadik Paramhans, they asked Suta Ji , Which is the Superior Path? How can we attain our ultimate goal of Divine Bliss( Happiness). Suta Ji answered in a single Verse “Devotion to Shree Krishna is the simplest and the easiest in the age of Kali Yug.”At another place in the Bhagvatam, Parikshit asked Shukdeva Paramhansa “ Please briefly instruct me as to how I can attain my goal.” Shukdeva replies “Practice exclusive selfless devotion to Shree Krishna, abandoning all kinds of Wordly desires including the desire of liberation.”

SANKIRTAN

In the age of Kali Yuga, neither yoga, nor japa, nor austerity nor abstinence, nor Vedic rituals, nor fasting, nor worship can take you to your goal; it is only through Sankirtana that one can attain God. We should practice Sankirtana with a feeling that Shri Radha Krishna are personally present in Their sweet names, it is only then that we can taste the nectar of Divine Love through Sankirtana. Chanting the holy name of Shri Krishna cleanses the mirror of the heart and extinguishes the blazing fire of misery in the form of repeated cycle of birth and death.