== NOT JUST BHAGAVAN ==
Namaskar,
When someone writes a book that reduces Baba to a mere bhgavan, then we should
all take careful note. Because it is through books such as these that wrong
ideas, or dogmas, get propagated. That is what history shows us.
TAKE THE CASE OF THE DOGMAS OF ISLAM
In Islam the propounders wrongly reached the conclusion that one male is
equal to three females. In which case females do not have any religious or
social rights; hence they are looked upon as being low and mean.
How did such a negative idea get established? First, it took birth in the
mind of the one who wrote the Islamic scripture. And then to prove his
theory they wrote hundreds of pages to convince people that this conclusion
was proper and meaningful. And when certain people became suspicious of
their negative theory, then those religious leaders gave the false
justification that, 'This is the voice of the Almighty and everybody should
obey'.
Like this Islamic priests infused the dogma that 3 females are equal to one
male.
So various types of dogmas come first in seed form and then they get
amplified more and more. In that way people go on rattling off their
dogmatic ideas in their talks, writings, and in all kinds of their expression.
MORE ABOUT THE BHAGAVAN DOGMA
Unfortunately a similar thing has happened in our Marga where one foolish
margii-- in his own mind-- wrongly concluded that Baba is just a bhagavan.
As if Baba is like so many of those bhagavans. Because on the Indian soil
alone, several hundred bhagavans have come and gone. A few such names I am
writing here as example: Bhagavan Satya Sai Baba, Bhagavan Rajaniish,
Bhagavan Shankaracarya, Bhagavan Buddha, Bhagavan Mahaviira, Bhagavan
Devarahava' Baba, Bhagavan Swami Narayan of Gujurat, Bhagavan Datta'trya,
Bhagavan Ram, Bhagavan Meher Baba, all told there are more than 100 or 200
of such bhagavans, including Bhagavan Satya Sai Baba & Bhagavan Rajaniish.
Indeed this earth has seen so many bhagavans. So term bhagavan is not
something unusual, rather it is common-place because there are hundreds or
even thousands of bhagavans. Whereas the advent of Parama Purusa as Taraka
Brahma is completely unique.
Yet in miscalculated fashion one margii designed an entire book trying to
prove Baba as being only a bhagavan, like Bhagavan Satya Sai Baba and
Bhagavan Rajaniish etc. And to illustrate his own dogmatic feeling this
confused margii wrote several dozens of pages and gave all kinds of cock
and bull stories in order to attempt to prove his false idea that Baba is
merely a bhagavan, like so many others bhagavans.
So this imbalanced margii forgot the fact that bhagavan is not a very high
thing.
MANY BHAGAVANS ARE TOTALLY FAKE
First off everyone should be aware that most bhagavans
are fake. And second, anyone person who does sadhana can become a
bhagavan. For instance Shankaracarya and Buddha did like this. They had to
do sadhana and undergo all sorts of penance in order to achieve their
limited status of bhagavan.
PARAMA PURUSA IS FAR, FAR ABOVE
In contrast Parama Purusa is Parama Purusa. He does not need to do any
sadhana. By His own will He takes human form to liberate others. He Himself
is beyond all the bondages. So for Him there is not need of any sadhana. He
does not need to do anything in this regard.
Baba says, "He needs no sa'dhana', but just to set an example to others,
He performs sa'dhana' with the masses." (AV-33)
So the infinite glory of Parama Purusa towers far above the comparatively
lowly position of bhagavan. But a few people, including this mixed-up
margii, remain terribly confused about this.
So Baba has taken it upon Himself to remove the confusion from the public
mind that Lord Krsna and Lord Shiva are not bhagavan like bhagavan
Rajaniish etc. Instead Lord Krsna and Lord Shiva are something far higher than
that.
BABA DESCRIBES BHAGAVAN
AND THAT IS LESS THAN TARAKA BRAHMA
To achieve this, Baba first describes in step by step manner the meaning of
bhagavan. That He did in the discourse titled: Pa'rthasa'rthi Krs'n'a and
Pariprashna. In that discourse Baba clearly describes that bhaga means the
combination of six attributions: aeshvarya, viirya, yasha, shrii, jina'nam,
and vaera'gya.
So first Baba illustrates what it means by the term bhagavan. And then Baba
gives an example with respect to the life of Lord Krsna. Baba cites the
occasion whereby Lord Krsna proclaims to one and all that, 'I will liberate
you from all sins. You have no cause to worry'.
Thus here Baba is revealing the fact that such type of divine guarantee
cannot be given by some ordinary being like a bhagavan. Such a proclamation
guaranteeing the liberation of one's sins can only be given by Parama
Purusa Himself. So Baba concludes that Lord Krsna is not just a bhagavan
but something far higher; He is Taraka Brahma.
And in the final section of the discourse, Baba concludes:
Tula' va' upama' Krs'n'asya na'sti...
Meaning: There is no comparison of Lord Krsna. He can only be compared with
Himself.
BABA IS DESCRIBING HIMSELF IN NAMAMI KRSNA SUNDARAM ETC
All margiis also know that Baba is talking about Himself in these
discourses of the Nama'mi Krs'n'a Sundaram book. The greatness Baba is
illustrating about Lord Krsna, that is actually His (Baba's) own greatness.
So in that book Baba is expressing indirectly about Himself to his
devotees. Just like in Prabhat Sam'giita Baba is indirectly guiding us how
we can express our devotional longing for Him.
Likewise when He taught Guru Puja then this same type of approach was done.
He taught devotees how to perform Guru Puja-- when we all know that Guru
Puja is being done to Him. So He was revealing the technique to us in
indirect fashion.
And a similar approach was taken when He taught the devotional concept
that, 'Parama Purusa is always with you'. In that case Baba is indirectly
talking about Himself. I.e. that He is with everyone, sitting inside their
mind and in the heart.
NOT JUST BHAGAVAN
So the conclusion is that when Baba has written that there cannot be any
comparison of Lord Krsna then the same is the case with Shrii Shrii
Anandamurtiji also. Baba also is beyond comparison. Then why should we
undermine His glorious status by comparing Him and saying that He is just a
bhagavan. As if He is just like all those other bhagavans such
as Bhagavan Rajaniish Bhagavan, Bhagavan Datta'trya, Bhagavan Ram,
Bhagavan Satya Sai Baba, etc, etc, etc.
Even then some foolish people try to compare & undermine Him and thus
invite their destruction. So that is why Baba has graciously
warned us ahead of time not to do such things. Rather one should propagate
His greatness.
Baba says, "The one formless, beginningless and infinite Parama Brahma
(Supreme Consciousness) is the only entity to be attained by living beings
- That alone is Jagat Guru (the Supreme preceptor), That alone has revealed
Brahmavidya (intuitional science) to us through the medium of the name and
form of Anandamurtijii. Unit beings must be made to appreciate Its
majesty." (CC II p.1)
Namaskar,
Satiish
Note 1: PARAMA PURUAS IS MUCH HIGHER
Here below Baba is explicitly proving how Parama Purusa is far more
than just a bhagavan. The following is the incredible scene from the
Mahabharata when Lord Krsna uses His unique abilities as Parama Purusa to
give victory to His devotees. And Baba Himself emphatically states that no
type of bhagavan has the capability to do such things.
Baba says, "Krs'n'a' had covered the sun with His Sudarshana Cakra [His
special discus]. Now you can imagine that it was impossible to cover the
sun with a discus. Is it possible to cover the sun with a dinner plate?
When you observe a dinner plate close up it seems to be about this large.
But if you could see the sun from close up, how big it would appear! If the
dinner plate could somehow be placed near the sun, it would be a mere
speck. No, the discus could never cover the sun! Though the devotees claim
that it did, I take it as a mere story. Then question arises as to how the
sun was covered. The answer is that the Lord Krs'n'a willed it so. He had
mastery over Praka'mya Siddhi, one of the eight occult powers. He willed
the sun to be covered by clouds and so it happened. The sun was covered by
clouds and people thought that the sun had gone down. So Arjuna was able to
keep his promise and kill Jayadratha."
Here below is the exact section where Baba says only Parama Purusa can do
such great works-- not bhagavan.
Baba says, "To perform such a miraculous feat by going against the natural
order cannot be accomplished by even a first grade Bhagava'n, not to speak
of a second or third grade one. Only Parama Purus'a can do this." (NKS, '97
Edn, p. 208)
Then Baba directly adds how there are numerous examples whereby Parama
Purusa shows Himself to be far more than just a bhagavan:
Baba says, "This is only one story. Dozens of similar stories can be
found." (NKS, '97 Edn , p. 208)
Note 2: NOT JUST BHAGAVAN
Here Baba is announcing the fact that Parama Purusa is not just a
bhagavan. Because only the singular entity Parama Purusa can save people
from their sins. No bhagavan can do that. Please read below.
Baba says about Lord Krsna:
"Those accepting Me as their final refuge, I will free from the bondage of
sin. Their future is certainly glorious. No one need worry about their
past. It is senseless to worry about atonement for past misdeeds...."
"Only Parama Purus'a can assure jiivas so unequivocally. This goes to show
beyond any shadow of a doubt that He is not bhagava'na, but the veritable
manifestation of divinity. He cannot be compared to either khan'da'vata'ra,
am'sha'vata'ra or kala'vata'ra. They may be bhagava'na due to their
possession of the six qualities, but none among them is the Supreme Entity.
"I will forgive your sins. I will free you from all sins, I will take away
your sins." No one but Krs'n'a, the Supreme Entity, has the right to say
this. No one has ever said this in the past, nor will anyone say it in the
future. If anyone claims this, it would be only the highest audacity on his
or her part. But my Krs'n'a has proclaimed it loudly and openly: Aham'
tva'm' sarvapa'pebhyo moks'ayis'ya'mi ma'shucah -- "I will liberate you
from all sins. You have no cause to worry."
"After all this can anyone claim that Krs'n'a has any parallel? No, no one
can claim this. All will have to fold their hands and say unto Him,"
Tula' va' upama' Krs'n'asya na'sti;
[Krs'n'a has no parallel or equal. Krs'n'a is Parama Purus'a Himself.]
(Source: Nama'mi Krs'n'a Sundaram, '97 Edn, p. 211)
Note 3: HE IS BEYOND COMPARISON
Here it should be understood that Baba is Parama Purusa; He is the
Taraka Brahma. His infinite Personality is infinite and beyond comparison.
So why should one belittle Him by labeling Him as being just a bhagavan.
When in clear-cut language Baba Himself explains that His qualities go far
beyond that of only bhagavan. Being the Parama Parama of course He
possesses those few attributes of the limited stance of bhagavan, but He
also has much more than that. So no one can say that He is just a bhagavan.
Indeed the limited nature of the term bhagavan is insufficient to
encapsulate all of Baba's greatness. It falls far short of the mark. The
bhagavan term utterly fails to represent Baba. In the same way Lord Krsna
is not just a flute player or musician, His Personality is much more than
that. So who can say that Lord Krsna is just one simple flute player-- that
is an injustice to the inherent greatness of Lord Krsna. Likewise no one
can say that Baba is just a simple bhagavan because as the Parama Purusa
incarnate Baba's infinite qualities far surpass the narrow scope of bhagavan.
Note 4: TARAKA BRHAMA IS SUPREME
Here Baba is further revealing the uniqueness of Tarak Brahma and
that He is greater than all those other lesser entities like bhagavan.
Baba says, "A Maha'kaola is one who makes others kaola by his infallible
spiritual guidance. But Ta'raka Brahma is a different Entity, a unique
Entity for He is the spiritual preceptor, social preceptor, Kaola, and
Maha'kaola, all in one. He is also something more: He acts as a compass in
every stratum of society." (NKS, '97 Edn, p.50)
Note 5 : ABOUT THE MISGUIDED BOOK
The misguided book titled "Bhagavan Anandamurti" written by Narada
(SUVA) was done with the negative goal of falsely proving Shrii Shrii
Anandamurtiji as merely a bhagavan. But Baba is the Parama Purusa; He is
far beyond the limited definition of bhagavan. Thus Narada's book is going
against Baba-- in which case Narada's book is fit for the trash bin only.
Because page after page it is full of garbage type of things, many of which
have no sense. And all done in order to reach his negative conclusion that
Baba is just a bhagavan like Bhagavan Rajaniish. So Narada's entire unholy
premise runs contrary to the teachings of AM. From its very title to its
concluding line, his book is way off the mark-- completely devoid of any
ideological value, rather harmful. So Narada's book should be avoided like
a venomous snake because it will pollute the mind and mislead the reader.
If anything is done for a narrow motive, that invariably results in
something poisonous. And in this particular case Narada wrote the book not
for any other other purpose but for selling it and gaining a few pennies to
place in his own pocket. That is why when preparing to go to to any
function / seminar, then Narada's first work is to load up his vehicle with
his glossy sales displays, show table, and multiple volumes of his negative
book, "Bhagavan Anandamurti". And upon arrival he tries hard to sell his
book to new sadhakas etc. Thus misguiding them. Hence from start to finish,
the improper tale of his book is infested with the dark clouds of avidya
maya; so all Margiis should be alert about this and warn others.
Note 6: Overall then Narada's approach is no different than the terrible
sin (Maha'pa'p) which those idol worshippers commit. Because those sinful
idol worshippers engage in the negative act of limiting Parama Purusa to a
piece of stone or rock. And in similar fashion the misguided strategy of
Narada's entire book is to bind Parama Purusa to something limited. Of
course Baba sternly warns us never to commit such misdeeds (Maha'papa /
worst type of sin). (Refer Caryacarya II, p. 5, point 18). (Now see Note 7).
Note 7: In contrast, by propagating the true glory of Parama Purusa and by
following His teachings then certainly we will be able to establish dharma
on this dusty earth in a very short time. About this Baba has assured us of
victory.
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Our Family
Baba says, "No entity in this universe exists individually. Ours is a
universal family. Each and every entity -- living and non-living, moving
and non-moving -- helps others in maintaining not only their equilibrium,
but also the equipoise of the entire universe, not only of this small
planet Earth. We are to move together with all...
"Our family is universal, our abode is also universal.
Hararme...
This universe is our homeland." (SS-18, p. 40-41)
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