From: "Phoenix Chapman"
Date: Th, 28 Oct 2010 22:47:04 -0700
Subject: Tasmaddharmah Sadakaryah
Baba
"Tumi bhuliya' giya'cho a'ma're..." (Prabhat Samgiita 4102)
Purport:
Baba, You always hold me in Your heart. That is why it is so painful
that now You have forgotten me. All my efforts are going in vain:
Singing Prabhat Samgiita according to the tune and melody, crying in
yearning for You and looking towards the path of Your arrival, and also
trying to hold You in my ideation, meditation, and dhyana. All these
efforts are getting wasted. Because You have forgotten me. That is why
You are not paying any heed to my efforts.
O' Prabhu, by Your grace I never forget You. Because Your
introduction is my introduction, then how I can forget You. By Your
wee-bit of grace all the time-- every moment-- I am always floating. My
whole existence is depending upon Your karuna, divine compassion.
Baba, age after age-- what type of liila is this that are You are
playing with this meagre entity like myself. In Your divine liila my
role is to always get neglected by You. This has been going on since
ages; You never cared about me. Baba, You do not love me. Baba, all
the time, in the dawn, morning, midday, evening, You go on playing hide
and seek with me. Why this type of divine play. Baba please come in my
heart...
== TASMAD DHARMA SADAKARYAH ==
Namaskar,
In this critical period when the leadership is so helter-skelter, here
is something that will surely keep us sadhakas on track-- simultaneously
creating a proper collective flow.
ONE OF BABA'S SIGNIFICANT GUIDELINES
Baba says: "If human beings do not keep company with righteous people,
or do not study holy books, if their minds are not saturated with love
for the Supreme Entity, then this group of enemy microvita infests their
minds. Ultimately, the structure of those minds is crudified, and
through dogma, reaches the nadir point of crudification." (MVNS, p. 15-16)
We should follow this above quote of Baba. It is the duty of each and
every disciple of Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji to observe HIS guideline.
MUST ALWAYS FOLLOW DHARMA
In my life, I have experienced that in the beginning I often find it
difficult to follow many of the rules of dharma (16 Pts etc). But good
margiis friends and my acarya have told me again and again that on the
point of dharma we should not try to find some excuse why not to follow,
but rather the mentality should be to follow and adhere to all the rules
even more strictly. This should be our approach. That is the guidance I
have continually received by Baba's grace.
So since then I have tried to follow all the aspects of 16 Points.
Because they were also telling that in one of His discourses, Baba
guides us that even in our jokes and humour we should not move a single
step away from the path of dharma.
BABA'S UNIQUE TEACHING ON GREATNESS IN LIFE
Similarly, in one of the discourses which Baba has given during the
Bhukti Pradhan reporting in Tiljala, Calcutta, then Baba told that many
persons think, 'I will do something great when dharma and adharma fight
will start, like Mahabharata'. But in their regular day to day life
these same persons do not care. They think, 'When Mahabharat types of
battles happen, then I will support dharma. Otherwise when involved in
simple things in day to day life, then I need not to take trouble'.
The point being that if one does not follow dharma all the time then one
can never follow dharma. That is Baba's warning.
Furthermore Baba guides us that in the lives of most human beings, such
great battles of dharma never happen. Means most people never get the
opportunity to participate in such types of battles. Rather in their
life only 2 major things happen. One is the moment of their birth and
other is the time of their death. Beyond that not much else happens. And
at those two important times it is hard to perform great deeds. Because
at the time of one's birth, one is just a baby & thus incapable of doing
anything. Likewise, at the at the time of death one is old and feeble,
in which case it is very difficult to manage.
So the essence of Baba's teaching is that we human beings should follow
the principle of dharma all the time. At every opportunity, small or big.
DHARMA IS THE FLOW OF LIFE
Baba says, one must have to follow dharma all the 24hrs.
Sutra 2-7: 'Tasmaddharmah Sadakaryah.'
Meaning: "Dharma should always be practiced."
IN THIS PRESENT ERA THE MENTAL MIRROR OF DHARMA IS NEEDED
Now, at this present moment, is the delicate time when a couple simple
margiis are getting confused about what to do and what not to do. In
that case they are getting misguided by one or another group or subgroup
etc, and in that way they end up getting misled. So this is a very
delicate time.
Thus we should strive hard to follow Baba's above teaching: In every
moment in our day to day life we have to follow dharma. Then only will
the mind will be serene and pure. In which case internally one's own
inner vivek (conscience) will develop more and more such that one will
be able to see with pristine clarity what is to be done.
Otherwise people get confused again and again and get permanently caught
up in the negative track. Because always one or another sub-group
faction will try to convince you that their way is best.
So to avoid that poor outcome, it is needed in one's practical,
day-to-day life to adhere to dharma in all regards, on all the points--
including all the simple things. In each and every sphere dharma should
be upheld.
Only then will the proper guideline always get reflected in the mind, in
which case one will not go astray. Otherwise this time is very delicate;
this is the crucial time when a lot of problems are coming on this
globe. Various types of natural calamities, severe types of economic
problems, political problems-- all these things are coming.
SIXTEEN POINTS IS THE ANSWER
So whom to support, what to do, what not to do, all these decisions &
answers do not come until one does not follow dharma strictly-- in their
everyday practical life. And that means following 16 Points. And when
one does that, then the direct guidelines of dharma will come from
within. And the right answer will always be found. This is Baba's
expressed guideline.
By Baba's grace those who are following dharma, they never get misled or
defeated. That is the key point. Thus in one's practical life one should
follow dharma. And then the grace of Parma Purusa, the grace of Baba
will be there. And one will always be victorious in each and every step
of life. All this Baba has told in numerous discourses.
BABA'S BLESSING
Baba says, "Marching ahead is Jiivan Dharma (the characteristic wont of
life). And to march ahead, carrying all, viewing the world humanity as
an integral entity, is the principal aspect of Jiivan Dharma. Resolve
courageously to observe this Jiivan Dharma. Remember:
'Yato Dharmah tato istah, yato istah tato jayah.'
"Where there is Dharma, there is Ista (Baba) and where there is Ista, there is Victory." (AV #43)
Namaskar,
Phanindra
NOTE: MORE OF BABA'S ETERNAL TEACHINGS ON DHARMA
Here following are a few more of Baba's divine guidelines about dharma:
(A) Baba says, "Only dharma accompanies you even after death. None but
dharma is suhrd (Eternal Friend)."
'Eka eva suhrd dharma nidhane api anuyati yah'
"Dharma alone is suhrd and remains with one till the end." (AV-5)
(B) Baba says, "Dharma raks'ati raks'itah-- one who protects dharma is
protected by dharma. Dharma saves the dha'rmika, the upholder of dharma,
in the material sphere, in the subtle sphere and in the casual sphere.
When dharma saves people in the material sphere, they experience it
before their very eyes, they hear it with their ears, they feel it with
the tenderness of touch. When dharma helps them in the causal sphere,
they experience it by loving Parama Purusa with all the sweetness of
their hearts. This feeling has no external expression. When dharma saves
people in the subtle sphere, they experience it through deep
reflection." (Shivokti 11)
(C) Here Baba reveals how dharma works secretly.
Baba says, "With the increasing development of the power of reflection,
dharmik people realize that dharma is always with them in a very subtle
way. They further realize that their dharma and their beloved Parama
Purusa are one and inseparable."
'Dharmasya su'ks' ma' gatih'
Meaning: "The ways of dharma are very subtle." (NSS, '95 Edn, p.156)
(D) Here Baba guides us that dharma is the essence of life.
'Dhriyate dharma itya'huh sa eva paramam' prabhu'
Meaning: "Dharma is that which sustains."
Baba says, "The seed of humanity cannot sprout and flourish unless it is
planted in the soil of dharma. To diverge from the path of dharma means
to rush headlong towards total annihilation. In all one's actions one
should keep Parama Purus'a as the goal, and be well established in
dharma." (APH-8)
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MAMMALS AND LOVE
MAMMALS AND LOVE
Baba says, "There are fishes who carry something like a sack inside
their bodies and they carry their children in those sacks. There are
some snakes who also take their children with them. Not only have they
inborn instinct, but they have something more, that is, they have love
and affection for their children. This is also true of some species of
snakes, but love and affection for their children is more prominent in
mammals. Mammals are more developed than non-mammals because in the case
of mammals mothers feed the children with their breast-milk and
certainly they have got affection for their children -- that is why they
do so." (YP '98, Edn, p.83)
Note: Mothers of financially poorer countries keep their babies along
with them and breast-feed their infants. But the case is different with
so-called advanced mothers from around the globe-- especially in the
so-called developed nations. In those so-called developed places,
neither do those mothers want to breast-feed their infants nor do they
want to keep their infants along with them.
So in comparison to those animals we have to see how far the whole
situation is working. Because those mammals and animals do love and care
for their offspring; accordingly, then humans are more advanced so they
should express more love. And mothers of poor countries do like that.
But the strange thing is that mothers from the so-called advanced
countries...
With the scale of Baba's above teaching, we have to judge whether such
mothers are really developed or moving in the opposite direction.
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