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The sarus crane is easily distinguished from other cranes in the region by the
overall grey colour and the contrasting red head and upper neck. They forage
on marshes and shallow wetlands for roots, tubers, insects, crustaceans and
small vertebrate prey. Like other cranes, they form long-lasting pair-bonds
and maintain territories within which they perform territorial and courtship
displays that include loud trumpeting, leaps and dance-like movements. In
India, they are considered symbols of marital fidelity, believed to mate for life
and pine the loss of their mates even to the point of starving to death.
Om Tat Sat
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CONTENTS Vedanta Sandesh
June 2019
1. Shloka 5
4. Letter 13-14
7. Jivanmukta 26-28
12. Links 54
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Monthly eMagazine of the International Vedanta Mission
June 2019 : Year 24 / Issue 12
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Editor:
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rRoLo:ikuqHkokr~
mRiUua KkueUtlkA
vga eesfr pkKkua
ck/krs fnx~Hkzekfnor~AA
The knowledge produced by the realization of the
true nature of reality destroys immediately the ignorance
characterised by the notions of “I” and ‘Mine,” as the
sun the mistake regarding one’s direction.
Atma Bodha - 46
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Message
from
Poojya Guruji
There are various negative consequences of this bad habit. One, the per-
son loses reliability the moment it is realized that this person was speaking lies.
Trust is the basis of relationshipns, whether personal or business. No one ever
likes to relate with a liar. Howsoever much we try to hide, the truth is exposed and
we live in perpetual fear and even pray that this truth is not revealed. A person
living in fear, is obviously not a formula for successful living.
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The most terrible consequence of speaking lies is to create a split person-
ality. A split personality is one in which one part of our mind is like a ruling party
which wishes to respond in one way and the other part of our own mind is like the
opposition party which wishes to respond to the same situation in a different way
altogether. In effect there are as though two people with different values & moti-
vations in one mind. This split is a recipe for disquiet, upheaval and subsequent
disaster. Our time & energy is wasted in indecision and disoriented responses.
When the karma is not holistic & efficient, the results too are never good. All the
anxiety was for some specific results and that alone is compromised terribly. Only
those people who instead of having a split mind we rather have an integrated
mind in which there are no dharma-sankat and we act with clarity, dedication &
firmness. Speaking truth makes a drastic difference in such personality make-up.
No wonder, all those people who have gone into the details of such values, une-
quivocally declare that truth alone shall lead us to well-being & victory, and never
the falsehood.
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TATTVA
BODHA
Videha Mukti
Swamini Samatananda
Tattva Bodha
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Tattva Bodha
number of old people voluntarily retiring from their family &
homes and going to Kashi so that they breathe their last there.
But this does not matter to a man of Self-Realization.
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Tattva Bodha
He is contented and happy inspite of any situation and not be-
cause of some situation, time and place. This is affirmed by the
Smriti Granthas too. In fact the glory and beauty of a Gyani is
such that where ever he stays and where ever he casts off his
physical body that place alone will become holy and pious with
his presence.
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Mail from
Poojya Guruji
Well, the rulers do have a big role to play to set things right at policy
level. With their dedication & integrity they also set proper example
thought that it is some people sitting somewhere alone help make our
else is not a proper thing. We do have power to elect someone, but that
and will be possible when we rather ask that what can we do to facilitate
the process of nation-building. Even Ramji in his Purujan Gita invites the
masses to contribute with proper virtues to make our lives, families and
society better. A leader is one who leads and then we follow. He cannot
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be the sole doer, and we all just the benefactors. That will be an unfair
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expectation. To consider the King alone as the Karta, and we remain a
need to contribute in our own fields and in our own ways. Let us take the
Delhi to come and clean our streets, villages and cities, or, we all have
to roll up our sleeves and clean up our own dirt. Yes, we need help in our
own efforts, and that alone is the role of central government. It is just
tive to the needs & aspirations of people. The great mandate which
they will be sensitive to the aspirations of people and become proper &
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Gita Reflections
eqDrlaxks vugaoknh
/k`R;qRlkg lefUor%A
fl)~;fl)~;ksfuZfoZdkj%
drkZ lkfRod mP;rsAA
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(Gita 18/26)
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Lakshanas of being Sattwic
(eqDrlaxks vugaoknh------)
Swamini Samatananda
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Gita Reflections
E very action has three aspects to it. The doer
or performer, the knowledge of the action and the action it-
self. In this context too the Lord is revealing the nature of
these aspects in the light of the three ‘Guna’s-Saatvik, Raa-
jasik and Taamasik Gunas. So far Bhagwan Sri Krishna has
spoken about the knowledge of action and the action itself
in the light of the three gunas. Now from this sloka onwards
Bhagwan begins to reveal the three types of a ‘karta’ Saatvik,
Raajasik and Taamasik. In this sloka the Lord is painting the
picture of a Saatvik Karta’ (Saatvik Performer).
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Gita Reflections
in case of any obstacles that come in the way. It is very rare
that an action is free of any challenges or so called obstacles,
so this being inevitable one either has a choice to give up,
breakdown or press the pause button, re-think, wait and then
move on again. Just as we may experien the traffic lights on
the road while driving. There is a red light to stop, yellow
to refresh and green to pick up speed. So also the road of
life brings to us such ups and downs where we require to be
sometimes enthusiastic and sometimes patient. Like in Rama-
yan in Vibheeshan Geeta Bhagwan Ram describes that chari-
ot which leads us to victory where in he says-’Sauraj dheeraj
tehi rath chaakaa-enthusiasm and patience are like the two
wheels of a chariot. We need both enthusiasm and patience.
If there is no alternative in the present moment we may also
choose to leave it for a while and go back to it when the right
time comes. But will never say die.
Mukta sangaha:
A sattvik performer is never inpired by individual ego satis-
faction or for any personal desires. He will do that which is
right in a situation. This is one of the most important qual-
ities to work objectively and yet lovingly and dynamically. It
allows us to be completely focused on our work because there
is no personal loss at stake that may induce any kind of fear
or insecurity. A Sattvik karta is selfless yet works dynamically
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for the benefit and joy of others.
Anaham vaadi:
Not carrying the burden of fulfilling any action on the in-
dividual self. Any sensitive person will be able to see that no
task however small it may be can be completed without the in-
volvement of innumerable factors around us. We can not take
the credit for anything. To complete one thing the whole cre-
ation gives its contribution, even negative forces. Our sense
organs our blessed by their repective Devata, there is a devata
of the mind, then family, society, inactivity of terrorists, na-
ture, everyone is directly or indirectly blessing us. It is said
that we need the whole cosmos to grow even one apple. Even
a blade of grass has a role to play. So where do we stand in
the universe. How can we be arrogant so as to say that I have
done something. I may just have a wee bit of contribution of
my purushartha but that is just enough to make us humble. So
a devotee of the Lord a saatvik doer is anaham vaadi.
Sidhyasiddho nirvikaarah
Success and failure are two sides of a coin. Both are inevitable
and both are complimentary to each other. There is no value
of success if there is no failure. All that is required is a right
attitude towards success and also failures. Success comes to us
to reveal the blessings of God and everything in the cosmos
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Gita Reflections
that has blessed us with the pottential and convenience to ful-
fill a task. On the other hand failure is the best teacher in life.
It not only teaches us different alternatives but it gives us a
return gift of strength, dedication, perceverance, and faith to-
wards God. Thus one who does not get disturbed by success
and failure is a saatvik person.
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The Art Of Man Making
Reviewing life Afresh
P.P. Gurudev
Swami Chinmayanandaji
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The Art of Man Making
I n the last talk we touched upon the mys-
itc reeducation of our understanding of the world of hap-
penings around us. Apart from these, there are also scientific
and secular thoughts which when imbibed by us can change
our attitude towards things and cure many of our false val-
ues in life. Supposing, as healthy, extrovert personalities, we
do not believe in the existence of a permanent and eternal
reality behind the ever changing play of life, Krishna is not
forcing this belief down our throats there are other scientific
facts and worldly considerations by which it becomes impera-
tive that we should never try to run away from our problems,
that we must face them all, with courage and heroism. Let us
assume that as materialist, we believe life is an unbroken stream
of constant birth and death, even then, Arjuna you need not
grieve as you do now. If life is considered as a ‘sad story of
constant decay ‘, or as a ‘continuous stream of birds’. Then
also you need not worry-you must do your duty and face the
world. Why this melancholy, this dejection, young man?-Why?
According to the material’ standpoint, then, **That which is
born must necessarily die; and that which is dead must be born
again. Then over the unavoidable, the inevitable, you should
not grieve. Life is a series of births and deaths, it becomes an
irresistible whirl that we are caught up in. The last moment
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dies only to be born as a present moment; and that which is
born as the present must die again to be born as the future.
One wave dies and yields it’s place for another one to swell and
rise up. Today dies to bring forth tomorrow. Why then this
sense of frustration, young man, why that dejection?-Why?
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Apart from these salient, scientific and rational views, each one
of us, occupying as we do out our own status in the community,
we have our duties to perform. Arjuna is a kshatriya, now called
upon by the community of his times to command and lead the
Pandava forces. He is duty-bound to enter the war and direct its
destinies. To those who have war-vasanas-and so are born and
trained as Kshatriyas. There is nothing more conducive than a
righteous battle-field. **This is indeed a war thrust upon you,
and not started by your own cruel initiative. True warriors
are happy at such a responsibility calling upon their shoulders.
Why then this dejection, young man-this deluding grief-Why?
Again, in case you do not act now, the world will never un-
derstand your great compassion for mankind, your tenderness
towards life. It will laugh at your folly and even attribute your
hesitancy to act as supreme cowardice ***They will consider
that you ran away from the battle array because because of your
fear to die. They who had a great opinion about you will now
esteem you lightly. They will scorn your prowess, laugh at your
inefficiency, sliegh your intelligence and ridicule your valour,
what a tragic disillusionment this will be for them all! How in-
sulting it will be to you! Why this dejection young man?-Why?
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In war there can only be two alternatives-either you die or you
survive *If you die fighting, you win the highest acclaim in
heaven, as you die fighting for a righteous cause. If you survive,
you live a victorious life of power and riches, glory and fulfill-
ment. Therefore, get up-determined to fight. In action suicidal
‘It is death’. The problem facing us may be great ‘but the glory
of life consists in meeting the problem. Success or achievement
is not the final goal ‘it is the spirit in which you act that puts
the seal of beauty upon your life. Then why this incapacitating
dejection, young man?-Why? Act, act and act. That alone is the
remedy.-Elese you will drown into a deadly sense of frustration
and sink into the benumbing accesses of sorrow.
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Jivanmukta
Wandering In
Himalayas
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Trilokeenath
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subject of Vedas and the refuge of peace for thinkers. Even if
Lord Buddha a Kshatriya by birth and by education a profound
scholar in the Vedas and in Vedanta, has used the language of
negation inreffering to Brahman, it cannot be taken as a denial
of the existence of Brahman. Several modern historians now
hold the view that Lord Buddha fully believed in the Brahman
of the Upanishads-the Brahman who may be said to be exist-
ent or non-existent or different form either, or who may be
described as altogether indescribable by words.
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STORY
Section
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Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga
Sri Vishweshwara:
F amed as the Place of Devas that was
founded by Bhagavan Shiva Himself some thousand years ago,
Kasi the confluence of Rivers Varana and Asi, has a hoary legend
with world-wide reputation, referred to in Rig Veda and Pura-
nas. This was the spot where Bhagavan Vishweshvara manifested
as Avimukta Jyotirlinga. Brahma was stated to have made such
extraordinary Tapasya to such an extent that Vishnu moved his
head across so fast in disbelief and his ear-ring fell on the banks
of the River Ganges and continued his search there and the Sa-
cred Spot was named ‘Manikarnika’ ever since. As Brahma recit-
ed Vedas in praise of Maha Deva once, the latter was annoyed
as Brahma’s wrong and misleading stanza was recited and Shiva
sliced one of Brahma’s ‘Pancha Mukhas’ or Five Faces in great
exaspration; the sliced head found a lasting Place as Brahmakund.
Varanasi is also reputed as one of the Shakti Peethaas where Sati
Devi’s ear-rings fell where Devi Vishalakshi’s shrine stands now.
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Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga
Sri Vishweshwara:
Slave at Smashana or burial ground continues its operations of
despatching the Souls of dead bodies to Kailasa!
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Ashram News
Hanuman Chalisa Satsang: May 2019
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Internet News
Talks on (by P. Guruji) :
Gita Complete
Gita Chapter - 6
Mandukya Ch - 2 (Mumbai)
Sadhana Panchakam
Dakshinamurty Stotram
Hanuman Chalisa - 66
PDF Publication
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Sadhana Panchakam
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