Divine Discourses His Holiness Shri. Datta Swami
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DIVINE DISCOURSES Volume 8 HIS HOLINESS SHRI. DATTA SWAMI Copyright: © 2007 Sri Datta Jnana Prachara Parishat, Vijayawada, India. All rights reserved. Shri Datta Swami Sri Datta Jnana Prachara Parishat CONTENTS 1. SWAMI’S BIRTHDAY MESSAGE 6 Repulsion Between Common Media ...................................... 6 Salvation of Sage Nara ........................................................... 7 Removing the Repulsion of the Common Medium .............. 10 2. AWARENESS, SOUL AND ADVAITA 13 Limitations of Awareness ..................................................... 13 Difference Between Liberated and Realized Souls .............. 15 Life of Lord Ayyappa ........................................................... 18 Was Krishna Just a Realized Soul? ...................................... 19 Four States of the Soul ......................................................... 20 Need and Benefit of Shankara’s Philosophy ........................ 22 3. RECONCILIATION OF THE THREE PHILOSOPHIES 26 Levels in Spiritual Education ............................................... 26 Equal Opportunity to Godhood ............................................ 31 Nara and Narayana ............................................................... 32 Choose Your Angle .............................................................. 35 4. SHANKARA AND RAMANA 37 Major Lessons from Minor Incidents ................................... 37 God and Soul: No Comparison ............................................ 39 Confusion about the Source of I ........................................... 44 Spiritual Chocolates ............................................................. 46 5. DEVELOPING DEVOTION 48 Selfishness of Human Devotion ........................................... 48 Astrology Continues Devotion ............................................. 50 Eclipse on New Year’s Day ................................................. 53 6. DESCRIBING UNIMAGINABLE GOD 54 Knowable Items to Represent God ....................................... 54 Why Awareness? .................................................................. 55 Shankara Implied the Human Incarnation ............................ 56 Three Similies for God ......................................................... 58 Multidimensional Dance of Shankara .................................. 59 Subsequent Levels and the Final Level ................................ 60 7. RENUNCIATION, DEVOTION AND SATGURU 63 2 Shri Datta Swami Sri Datta Jnana Prachara Parishat Devotion Produces True Renunciation ................................. 63 Human Incarnation or Greatest Devotee? ............................ 65 Can Songs Give Salvation? .................................................. 67 Present Validity of Manu Smriti .......................................... 68 Importance of Satguru .......................................................... 68 8. SPARKS OF DIVINE KNOWLEDGE 72 9. COMPASSION IN PUNISHMENT 78 God’s Endless Compassion .................................................. 78 Proper Utilization of Misery ................................................ 81 10. PRAYING IN DIFFICULTY 84 Praying for Basic Needs ....................................................... 84 Misery the Real Preacher ..................................................... 85 Correct Context of Three Philosophies ................................ 86 Difference Between Similar and Same ................................ 88 Purpose of Service to God .................................................... 89 Defects in Different Religions .............................................. 89 11. CLARIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE, DEVOTION AND SERVICE 93 Who is Intelligent? ............................................................... 93 Importance and Limitations of Each Step ............................ 94 Knowledge: Decisive First Step ........................................... 96 Important Terms ................................................................... 98 12. WHICH IS THE GREATER SACRIFICE? 99 Greatness of the Renunciant ................................................. 99 Fruit of Sacrifice of Wealth ................................................ 100 Need for Physical Rebirth .................................................. 102 Human Incarnation is Brahman .......................................... 104 Identity Card of Prajnanam ................................................ 105 13. GOD MEDIUM AND WORSHIP 107 Partial Benefit of Model Worship ...................................... 107 Service to God is Your Test ............................................... 109 Mini-World in the World ................................................... 111 Silence About God ............................................................. 113 Creator, Controller and Destroyer ...................................... 114 14. BEYOND RELATIVITY AND EVOLUTION 118 3 Shri Datta Swami Sri Datta Jnana Prachara Parishat Limits of the Validity of Evolution .................................... 118 Ultimate Cause—Atman .................................................... 119 Relative Realities ............................................................... 124 Sat and Asat ........................................................................ 125 15. TWIST OF ADVAITA 130 Background-Relevant Preaching ........................................ 130 Shankara: God or Soul ....................................................... 135 Diplomacy and Genius of Shankara ................................... 135 16. CELIBATE SAINT OR MARRIED PERSON? 140 Proximity Breeds Negligence ............................................. 140 Reconciliation of Scriptural Injuctions ............................... 141 Tactful Handling of Maya .................................................. 143 Knowing and Managing the Mind ..................................... 146 17. EQUAL-MINDEDNESS AND SACRIFICE 148 Equal Enjoyment is the Solution ........................................ 148 Remove Attachment and Replace with Devotion .............. 150 Double Minus is Plus ......................................................... 153 18. WEALTH AND PREACHING 155 Wealth: Moderation Necessary .......................................... 155 Importance of Human Form–Sage Nara’s Example .......... 157 Caste, State, and Sex Are Unimportant .............................. 158 Why Does God Limit Our Wealth and Happiness? ........... 159 Who is the Best Preacher? .................................................. 160 Aum Tat Sat ....................................................................... 161 19. GOD’S JUSTICE 163 God’s Justice is not Sadism ................................................ 163 Sun, Saturn and Yama ........................................................ 164 Message From History ....................................................... 166 Recognition and Value for God ......................................... 167 20. GURU POURNIMA 171 Attaining the Maximum Attainable .................................... 171 What is Real and What is Unreal? ..................................... 174 Beyond Unreal Love and Hatred—Universal Spirituality . 175 The Truth About Brahma Loka .......................................... 176 The Secret to Rising Higher ............................................... 178 4 Shri Datta Swami Sri Datta Jnana Prachara Parishat Best Worship ...................................................................... 179 Creation is Real For Souls .................................................. 180 Need for Ishwara and Avatara ............................................ 181 Necessity of the Correct Analysis ...................................... 182 21. JUSTICE AND SPIRITUAL EFFORT 186 Extent of Total Sacrifice; Not Potentiality ......................... 186 Essential Components of the Spiritual Effort ..................... 188 God is Blameless ................................................................ 190 Two Parts of the Divine Constitution ................................. 191 God’s Guidance in All Worlds ........................................... 193 22. SHRI BABA’S COSMIC VISION ON THE MOON 195 Significance of the Unshown Miracle ................................ 195 Tribute to Shri Baba ........................................................... 199 God Helps in Pravritti and Discourages Nivritti ................ 203 Nivritti, the Invention of Rigid Devotees ........................... 207 23. SHRI BABA’S LIFE, MIRACLES AND PREACHING 211 God’s Effort is for Pravritti ................................................ 211 Miracles and Cosmic Vision: Needed for Pravritti ............ 212 God’s Opposition to Nivritti .............................................. 213 Nivritti: Needed to Establish Pravritti ................................ 215 God Revealing Himself is Not Boasting ............................ 218 Spreading of Divine Knowledge ........................................ 218 Miracles Are No Use in Nivritti ......................................... 220 Meaning of the Defeats of God .......................................... 221 24. SHRI BABA: THE INCARNATION OF GOD 224 The Truth of Miracles ........................................................ 224 Cosmic Vision By Swami .................................................. 228 Two Birds on a Single Tree ................................................ 229 God as Divine Servant........................................................ 233 God Does not Seek Devotees ............................................