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|| OM NAMA SADGURUDEVAYA || Answers to the inquiry (SHANKA SAMADHAN) Editor & Commentator: Blessed by HH Sri Paramhans Ji Maharaj Swami Sri Adgadanand Ji Shri Paramhans Ashram Shaktishgad, Chunar Rajgad Road, Dist. Mirzapur, (UP), INDIA. Tel.: (05443) 238040 › Publisher: Shri Paramhans Swami Adgadanand Ji Ashram Trust 5, New Apollo Estate, Mogra Lane, Opp. Nagardas Road Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400069 India The Vision Brothers! You must have had known through the medium of His Holiness Shri Parmanand Ji Maharaj’s biography “Visions of Life and Self Realization” that Shri Paramhansji was a great soul totally immersed in Sadhana in absolute absolution. Based on the insights infused by the almighty he entered the Anusuiya Forest in Chitrakut at time when India was on the verge of getting independent. Sitting right here You had declared that, “This Nehru will be the King. I been to the court held at Delhi and blessed him. The Lord did show me this and so will happen.” Soon it was known that we were a free country and Sh. Nehru was designated as the Prime Minister of India. Your stay at Anusuiya started with a fast. On the fourteenth day due to the excessive heat some matter resembling blood was observed in your urine, and you pleaded with the Lord. Oh Lord where have you dropped me, in this dense forest? There is no provision for food neither anybody for help. If there will be no body then who will sing your praise? The very day there was the vision, “If you must eat, do it tomorrow.” From the very next day the sky got overcast, the heavenly system started getting in action. There were no farms, neither the stability of a rich man, not a temple neither a garden around. Your stay that started with a fast & the hut, soon was transformed in a proper Ashram. This is the default ashram of Sati Anusuiya. Soon disciples started following. About eight to ten worthy disciples like turned up like HH Swami Shree Sachchinandji Maharaj, HH Swami Shree Akhandanandji Maharaj, residents of Anusuiya Ashram viz. HH Swami Shree Bhagawananandji Maharaj, Swami Shree Shivanandji, Swami Shree Ramanandji, Swami Shree Swayamanandji etc. all mirror images of Yours and have become the guiding beacon of enlightenment to all the mortals based on the blessing endowed by You. Amongst the disciples of Shree Paramhanji, Swami Shri Sachchinand is the most enlightened specially on the basis of his divine dedication and influence, under the auspice of his able guidance many a books and other literature have been created for the benefit of this mortal world, thanks to which you all share the prosperity and eternal happiness. It is our endeavor to bring it to you as soon as possible. But only the ones responsible and mature enough and alert will be able to grasp the thoughts in totality, because as the saying goes, “ Only those who are faithful, alert, control their being – will get it.” I request you to study, think over and meditate about these sayings collected by the divine blessings of HH Gurudev. Your questions and suggestions are always welcome. Commentator: Swami Adgadanand Two Words! The questions are universal but their story is Indian. Some religious questions have lost their focus. Many a beneficiary inquiries have become a source of blind faith. For example there is the ladder of gradual enlightenment through Yoga, the stages of mind that people have subjected to the timeline. It does make sense to nomenclatures all these stages but how good is it to disguise the basic query under this pretext? In the same fashion there are a lot of misconceptions about non-violence. There are eight parts of the Yoga Sadhana – Yama, Niyama, Aasana, Praanayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi; of these Yama has five parts viz. Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, Brahmacharya & Aparigraha. Thus Non Violence is after induction in the Yoga but the society has interpreted it as, if you kill the rat donate a cow, if you kill a cat donate a gold cat. The question of Violence and Non Valance has been made all encompassing including the mosquitoes and flies. Thanks to millions of Gods and Goddesses people are sure of whom should they praise? Who will absolve them? In India we can see people who will get hold of a cow’s tail and cover the pilgrimage thinking that it will take them to the God. In the name of the sciences they will chant the praises of some God or Goddess, the Hanuman Chalisa and will feel that they are absolved. In order to satisfy many such queries Shri Paramhans Ashram Jagatanand had published twelve booklets. Each booklet discussed a single issue with regards to bhajan. Looking at the convenience factor we are compiling and presenting these booklets in the form of a small book. Please let this be your guiding light in matter of religious or social confusions. – By the Ashram Index Chapter Page No. 1. Who Should We Worshiped 1 2. Karmkand 39 3. Havan 53 4. Celibacy 71 5. Gayatri 77 6. Yugdharma 85 7. Non Violence 101 8. Sin and Righteousness 133 9. Sanatan dharma 165 10. Varna 209 11. Vipra 235 12. Arya 271 13. Protection_of_cows 281 14. Sati 335 15. Eternal Commandment of Incarnation and Possibility for the Eligible Kabir and Incarnation 372 Incarnation as Tortoise (Kaachhapavatar) 374 Churning of Ocean (Sagar Manthan) Incarnation as Fish (Matsyavatar) 422 Incarnation as Boar (Varahavatar) 429 Incarnation as Part Lion & Part Man (Narsinhavatar) 431 Ultimate Liberation of Ajamil 435 Ultimate Liberation of Airawat (Elephant) 437 Perfect Perspective on Incarnation 1. The Great Sage 439 2. Knowing About Shri Krishna 442 3. Incarnation in the words of Shri Krishna 453 Summary 457 A Question of a Devout 460 16. IN THE NAME OF THEISM …. 463 17. In the Name of the Vedas… 505 18. Charity 547 19. Created by Reverend Shri Swami Ji 563 GYAN GANGA (Spiritual Verses) Who Should Be Worshipped? There is no lack of the truth, It cannot be written off. Enlightenment of, what is the truth. Expounded by Swami Shri Adgadanand Ji, at a public meeting held on the occasion of Maha Kumbh at Chandidwip, Haridwar on 10-04-1986 2 Shanka Samadhan Who Should Be Worshipped? Dear Brethren! The history of the organisation of the Kumbh Melä (Fare) dates back to the time when the pitcher of nectar that appeared as a result of the churning of the ocean, spilled over at these places. The purpose of organising these fares is to explore a system of attaining immortalising element. It is not sufficient enough to visit the fare, have an ablution, watch the scenario around and return home. These Kumbh-Meläs are organized only with a view of eradicating all our delusions about Dharma, about God, and the misapprehensions prevailing in the path of our emancipation. Innumerable systems of worships are prevalent these days, instead of one prescribed system of attainment of One God propounded by the Geeta and other scriptures on Yoga. Some might say worshipping the cow is true religion, whereas according to others Peepal tree (a holy tree) could be true religion (Dharma); while some other might exhort the importance of caste-system and ashrams. Hence, ‘what is a true Universal Religion’ is the question, baffles many a minds. The question today is similar as ‘Who is our God? Who should be worshipped?’ In the world, the Hindus are the most religious people, worship, meditate and perform religious rituals. However, what surprises is that despite being ardently committed Hindu for his religion remains indecisive till the end of his life about who could be his God? Who should we worship for attainment of our emancipation? Examining the root-cause of this incongruity, we come to realize that the propagation of multitude of deities is the basic impediment in formation of a spiritually committed singular community. In case a family has ten members, each one has individual deity. If one may be a devotee of Hanuman, the other might be of Shiva, whereas someone may worship a goddess, the other may worship some other god. People have been found to quarrel with each other regarding their individual gods or goddesses. No one knows who is eternal? Whose worship may help attain the ultimate eternal state of spirituality? So many gods and goddesses have taken hold of our minds Who Should Be Worshipped? 3 in such a manner that until we reach the end of our life we fail to retain faith upon any one of them. At the time of the death when children standing nearby ask an old man, “Dada Ji, leave all your worries aside and concentrate your attention on the God,” the old man would begin chanting the names of innumerable deities as, “Hey Hanuman Ji! Hey Durga Ji! Hey Shitalä Mai! Hey Vindhyaväsini Devi! Hey Maiharwäli Mäta! Hey Harsu Brahm Bäbä! Hey Shankar Ji!” – this way the old man would recall almost twenty-five to thirty names, one after the another. In this manner, delusion prevails till the end, and ‘when tens of gods dwell in a temple how could one manage amidst such market-place!’ A heart is a temple, which can accommodate only one god within it. Not many a gods could be accommodated within it. ‘Duvidhä Mein Dou Gaye, Mäyä Mili Na Räm!’ - Illusion leads one neither to the Heaven nor the Hell! Therefore, it would be prudent to establish only One God within our heart. Let’s see what our great seers had to say in this regard? Who did Lord Krishna call the Supreme Soul – (Isht)? Who did Bhagwan Ram ask us to worship? Who has Lord Shiva asked us to hold in our memory? Who did these enlightened saints worship? If only you accept this simple fact, you will neither have any doubt, now, nor in the future.