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1 Sattva-gu¸a, when pronounced, results in enlightenment, cheerfulness and all-fold sublimity. Soul-delight replaces sensory pleasures. The fact that inner fullness is independent of external situations, adds gracefulness and confidence. Knowledge shines as supreme, persuading one to cultivate wholesome spiritual refinement and sublimity in thoughts, words and actions. It is the blessed state when Wisdom radiates in full measure. This is what every spiritual seeker should aim at. June 2010 Vol. 45 No. 09 Vicharasetu - June 2010 2 Contents Jayanti Message The Call for Loka-sa´graha 03 Science of Inner Redemption – 19 Spatial Sentience — the Supreme Reality 06 Telesatsang - 12 Sublimating K¡ma & Krodha 14 77th Jayanti Report — Devotees 21 Correspondence Imbuing the Mind with Confidence & Courage 28 News & Notes 31 Blessings from a Saint’s Company ™…: ∫x……i…: ∂…“i… ∫…i…™…… ∫……v…÷∫…K i…M…K™…… * ÀEÚ i…∫™… n˘…x…Ë: ÀEÚ i…“l…Í: ÀEÚ i…{……‰ ¶…: EÚ®…v¥…ÆË˙: ** For one who has bathed in the cool and nourishing stream of a Saint’s company, of what use are austerities like charity, pilgrimage, penance or sacrifice? (Yoga-v¡siÀ¶ha, MumukÀu Prakara¸a. 16.10) Subscription Annual 3 years’ 6 years’ 12 years’ India Rs. 50/- Rs. 125/- Rs. 250/- Rs. 500/- Foreign (by Air) Rs. 1000/- Rs. 2500/- Rs. 5000/- Rs. 10000/- Bank charges Rs 35.00 to be added in the case of outstation cheques (within India). Narayanashrama Tapovanam Venginisseri, P. O. Paralam, Thrissur. Kerala - 680 575. India. Fax & Tel. (0487) 2278363 email: [email protected] Website: http://www.brahmavidya.org Vicharasetu - June 2010 3 The Call for Loka-sa´graha [Jayanti Message] 13 May 2010 HariÅ Om Tat Sat! Your Swamiji’s body completes 77 years in its earthly sojourn. During the past few years, especially after the reconstruction of the Ashram, our activities have grown considerably. One important aspect of dissemination that has become possible now is the periodic meditational sitting with me of those initiated by me into Brahmavidy¡, in the new sound-proof meditation room. In the pursuit of jµ¡na-tapasy¡ that Brahmavidy¡-d¢kÀ¡ insists upon, this sitting with me to get absorbed into the Self, has great importance. I have also been initiating new incumbents into Brahmavidy¡ in the same room. Many of you know that we have been conducting every year a major event, áreemad Bh¡gavata Tattva Sameeksh¡ Satram in Naimish¡ra¸yam Parlikkad, Wadakanchery, since 2002. Finding that devotees should also have some written material on the subject, besides the talks they hear, I began to write a series of books on ‘value-enunciation’ (maulya-nirvachana) on Bh¡gavatam. Eight volumes have already been published, covering 10 skandhas. I am now writing on the 11th skandha, called the Mukti Skandha. Quite strangely and suddenly, in a providentially fulfilling manner, I was approached for the telecast (in Asianet) of the same Mukti Skandha. The programme is expected to run for more than two years, consisting of nearly 650 episodes. My dear children, it is quite amazing and enlightening that the telecast series is being heard the world over with a lot of enthusiasm, commitment and devotion. People are finding something very new – as they have communicated to the producer – in the way of its depth, magnitude and sublimity. Even if hundreds of sanny¡sins were to give such lectures from different venues, the number of people exposed would have still been much less. It Vicharasetu - June 2010 4 is the great contribution that modern technology has given us. We should be thankful and grateful to it. The result is an explosive growth and propagation of our ancient spiritual culture. I am feeling extremely happy and also enthusiastic about the effectiveness of such dissemination. There is also a feeling in the minds of many of you that your Swamiji should speak similarly in English for an altogether new section of people. I don’t know whether this will be possible, and when. Mentally I am prepared for it. But all these things are taking place as my body is getting older. The message for all of you on this account is that age is not standing in my way. I am quite fervent and also devout in making this telecast series possible. I have to race against time. Every month, at least 4 days of shooting or recording will have to be done, and at one sitting I speak for about 2 and a half to 3 hours. I have only one message for all of you – mark my words: There is nothing greater than enabling the devotees as well as seekers to listen to the words of wisdom about God or the supreme Reality. The only way this can be facilitated is by widespread participation in this extremely benevolent and devotional service. Though your Swamiji is sitting in the Samadhi Mandir in Narayanashrama Tapovanam and delivering the telecast, understand that he does so as the antar¡tm¡ of all of you. As I always say, every drop of blood in my body is contributed by the loving devotees and seekers associated with me. Being so, whatever this Swamiji does, in whichever area it may be, is also a resultant of all that you do, think, and wish for. Yesterday I got the news that the Delhi Chattarpur Temple authorities have agreed for our conducting a 7-day Bh¡gavata Satram in the temple complex during the month of November. While the overall plan is extremely beneficial, the task of conducting it well, meeting all the requirements including volunteering and sponsorship, appears to be stupendous. My intention is to perform it extremely well. I would like all of you to participate very earnestly in the telecast series Vicharasetu - June 2010 5 now going on, in the possible similar telecast in English, and also in the November event of Bh¡gavata Satram. Mention about these to all people, and see that these welfare-activities are done well. God’s work will be done and has to be done. I always remark in a humorous manner that God should not feel and say: “Nobody tried to spread my word, a panacea for the human hearts and minds!” So, we have decided to try. It is for all of you to take part in our efforts, stand by us and see that every one of you is trying to do something good for the people, for the nation and the world. One more year has passed, and your Swamiji is physically getting older. Apparently Nature beckons him not to become old, but to grow younger and younger. The mind has the capacity to do so. It is already doing. If this is the case with me, I expect that it is equally, and even better, the case with all of you. May you have all the strength, devotional piety and spiritual fervour, and the power of your Indweller, in doing what the world asks for. HariÅ Om Tat Sat. Jai Guru. Our Cultural Heritage To think fondly of others, to be interested in the welfare of one and all, to be devoted to noble causes — all these are great cultural traditions of our country. — Swamiji Vicharasetu - June 2010 6 Science of Inner Redemption – 19 Spatial Sentience — the Supreme Reality (Series on Yoga-v¡siÀ¶ha, Nirv¡¸a-prakara¸a) Earlier, Sage VasiÀ¶ha recounted his visit to Mount Meru, wherein he had extensive discussion with Bhu¿u¸·a, who lived long without aging. That was to tell Rama about the effectiveness of pra¸¡y¡ma in accessing the mind, which alone needs to be touched, sublimated and enriched. Now the Sage refers to the episode of his austerity in the Himalayas, during which he had a dialogue with the supreme brilliance that appeared before him, identifying itself as Lord áiva. Limitations of idol worship Lord áiva enquired of Sage VasiÀ¶ha: EÚŒSS…iEÚ±™……h…EÚ… Æ˙h™…: ∫…∆ ¥…n˘∫i…‰ Œ∫l…i……: {…Ɖ˙ * EÚŒSS…k…{…∫i…‰ x…Ã¥…Px…∆ EÚ±™……h…®…x…÷¥…i…«i…‰ ** +EfiÚ j…®…°Ú±…∆ i™…Ci¥…… ™…: EfiÚ j…®…°Ú±…∆ µ…V…‰i…¬ * i™…Ci¥…… ∫… ®…xn˘…Æ˙¥…x…∆ EÚ…Æ˙\V…∆ ™…… i… EÚ…x…x…®…¬ ** §……‰v…: ∫……®™…∆ ∂…®… < i… {…÷π{……h™…O…… h… i…j… S… * ∂…¥…∆ S…x®……j…®…®…±…∆ {…⁄V™…∆ {…⁄V™… ¥…n˘…‰ ¥…n÷˘: ** ∂…®…§……‰v…… n˘ ¶…: {…÷π{…ËnÊ˘¥… +…i®…… ™…n˘S™…«i…‰ * i…k…÷ n‰˘¥……S…«x…∆ ¥… r˘ x……EÚ…Æ˙…S…«x…®…S…«x…®…¬ ** +…i®…∫…∆ ¥… k…∞¸{…∆ i…÷ i™…Ci¥…… n‰˘¥……S…«x…∆ V…x……: * EfiÚ j…®……S……«∫…÷ ™…‰ ∫…HÚ…Œ∂S…Æ∆˙ C±…‰∂…∆ ¶…V…Œxi… i…‰ ** (6p.29.105, 126-129) Are the functions of your inner consciousness focused well on the supreme Indwelling Presence? Is your austerity, free of obstructions, proceeding rightly in the path of supreme felicity? Forsaking natural, inner fruition and fulfillment, whoever (due to ignorance or delusion) takes to artificial, false (sensory) pleasures, is like one who leaves the beautiful mand¡ra (the coral tree – one of the five divine trees in Indra’s paradise) garden seeking the thorny karaµja. (‘Karaµja’ is a tree Vicharasetu - June 2010 7 known as Pongamia Glabra, which grows in the forest). Those who know áiva, the most adorable, as auspiciousness and pure sentience, are clear in their mind that right understanding, abiding equalness, and desire-freeness are the choice flowers the Sentient Lord relishes most. Know that divine worship of the supreme Lord, the inmost Self, consists in offering tender flowers of desirelessness, right awareness, enlightenment, etc. Worship of visible forms with material items is no worship at all! Neglecting the Self, which is but the sentience abiding in oneself, those who take to idol worship, remaining attached to its artificial and ostentatious details, are bound to undergo long-lasting misery.