गायत्रीमंत्र

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💥 क्या गायत्रीमंत्र साधना से स्त्रियों को वंचित रखना चाहिए ? 

👉 कदापि नहीं.... 

🔷 गायत्रीमंत्र ईश्वर की सर्वोत्तम प्रार्थना है और ईश्वर की प्रार्थना से वंचित रखना कदापि उचित नहीं है। माँ गायत्री की गोद समभाव से स्त्री और पुरुष, दोनों के लिए उपलब्ध है। माँ गायत्री परम कल्याणकारी हैँ और हृदय वातसल्य से परिपूर्ण है। अपनी गोद में चढने वाली संतान को कभी निराश नहीं करती हैँ। 

🔶 गायत्रीमंत्र की उपासना द्वारा स्त्रियां अपने पतियों को सुधार सकती हैं। गायत्री उपासना द्वारा पतियों के बुरे आचरण और स्वभाव, कुसंग, व्याभिचार, इत्यादि को सुधारा जा सकता है। अभिमंत्रित इलायची और जल के 'विधिवत' प्रयोग से पुरुषों के झगड़ालू, निष्ठुर व रूखे स्वभाव को मधुरभाषी, सद्भावी, स्नेहमयी, इत्यादि में परिवर्तित किया जा सकता है। गायत्री मंत्र की उपासना से घर को स्वर्ग तुल्य बनाकर आनन्दमयी जीवन व्यतीत किया जा सकता है। 

🔷 गायत्रीमंत्र की उपासना करने वाली गर्भस्थ स्त्रियों की संतान बुद्धिमान, तेजोमयी,विवेकवान, इत्यादि गुणों से सुसज्जित होती है। संतान को दुग्धपान करवाते समय यदि गायत्रीमंत्र की उपासना की जाए तो दूध अमृतमयी बन जाता है और संतान के शरीर और मन को शुद्ध बनाने का कार्य करता है। संतान को निरोगी, हंसमुख, तेजस्वी, दीर्घायु ,इत्यादि बनाने में गायत्रीमंत्र की साधना रामबाण का कार्य करती है। अभिमंत्रित जल व इलायची के विधिवत उपयोग से गर्भस्थ स्त्रियां समाज/देश/जगत को संस्कारी संतान प्रदान कर पुनः सतयुग की स्थापना में महत्वपूर्ण योगदान दे सकती हैँ। 

🔶 प्रारब्ध के कठोर विधानों के प्रकोप को गायत्रीमंत्र की उपासना द्वारा कम किया जा सकता है। अभिमंत्रित जल के विधिवत प्रयोग से घर में व्याप्त नकारात्मक ऊर्जा के प्रभाव को निष्क्रिय किया जा सकता है। गायत्री माँ कामधेनु के समान मन इच्छित फल देने वाली हैँ। गायत्री माता का आश्रय लेना सब प्रकार से उत्तम है। गायत्रीमंत्र की उपासना से यदि उक्त आध्यात्मिक लाभ प्राप्य होते हैं तो महागायत्री उपासना से....🙏 

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        ज़रूरत नहीं मुझको किसी तख्त ए ताऊस की

      पसंद आ गई है मुझको शागिर्दी गुरु महाराज की 

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On Phalaharini-Kali Puja

On Phalaharini-Kali Puja.

Phala Harini means one who eats up the results, the Karma-phalas, of all the karmas done in the worshipper’s past and present lives and grants him Mukti, liberation from Samsara. 

Puja or worship means complete self-surrender.

On the night of the 5th of June, 1872,  Sri Ramakrishna worshipped the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi and invoked the Divine Mother of the Universe in her. 

Here is the description.

(A.D. May 25, 1873) had elapsed. It was the new-moon day, the holy occasion for the worship of the Phalaharini Kali Devi. 

It was the day of a special festival at the Dakshineswar temple. 

The Master had made special preparations on that day with a view to worshipping the Mother of the universe. 

Having finished the nocturnal service and worship of Radha-Govinda, the first priest, Dinu, came to help the Master in the preparations. 

It was 9 p.m. when all the preparations for the mystery-worship of the Devi were completed. 

In the meantime, the Master had sent word to the Holy Mother to be present during the worship. 

She came to the room and the Master started the worship.

The Master sprinkled consecrated water on the Holy Mother and worshipped her

The Master beckoned to the Holy Mother to sit on the wooden seat decorated with Alimpana. 

While witnessing the worship, the Holy Mother had already entered into a divine semiconscious state. 

Not clearly conscious, therefore, of what she was doing, she, like one charmed with Mantras, sat facing north to the right of the Master, who was seated with his face to the east. 

According to scriptural injunctions the Master sprinkled the Holy Mother repeatedly with the water purified by Mantras from the pitcher placed before him. 

He then uttered the Mantra in her hearing and then recited the prayer:

“O Lady, O Mother Tripurasundari, who art the controller of all powers, open the door to perfection; purify her (the Holy Mother’s) body and mind, manifest Thyself in her and be beneficent.”

Sri Ramakrishna went into Samadhi at the end of the worship. He offered Japa, worship, etc., at the feet of the Devi

The Holy Mother also lost normal consciousness and went into Samadhi. The Master too uttering Mantras in the semiconscious state, entered into complete Samadhi. 

The worshipper in Samadhi became perfectly identified and united with the Devi in Samadhi.

A long time passed. Returning to the semiconscious state again, he offered himself to the Devi. 

He now gave away for ever at the lotus feet of the Devi his all—the results of his Sadhanas, his rosary etc.— along with his self, and saluted her uttering the Mantras:

“O Thou, auspiciousness of all auspicious things, O doer of all actions, O refuge, O three-eyed One, O Thou fair-complexioned spouse of Siva, O Narayani, I bow down to Thee, I bow down to Thee.”

The worship was at an end. The Master’s Sadhana reached its culmination with the worship of the Ruler of the universe, the divine Mother in the body of a woman, the embodiment of spiritual knowledge itself; the god-man attained perfection in all respects.

By invoking the Universal Mother, and offering all the results of his life-long Sadhana, Sri Ramakrishna made Holy Mother the Universal Mother.

Since that time Sri Sarada Devi became the Trustee and distributor of Sri Ramakrishna’s powers for all his future children.

On this Sacred Day may Sri Ramakrishna and Holy Mother bless us all with Bhakti and Jnana.

Photo 1: Mother in the Dakhshineshwar Kali temple.

2: Jairambati

3: Baghbazaar

4: Nilambar Babu house

5: Belur Math.

Jai Maa

Vivekananda’s View of Holy Mother

Vivekananda’s View of Holy Mother 

One can know God only by His grace and not by means of austerity, or by japa and meditation. Grace dawns upon those, who are endowed with purity and renunciation, humility and unselfishness, devotion and passionate yearning. Swami Vivekananda recognized Holy Mother’s divinity long before he left for the West. From America he wrote to his brother disciples about Holy Mother: 

“You have not yet realized how precious Mother is. People will not understand her now, but they will, gradually. Brother, there will be no Salvation of the world without the help of the Divine Power. ... Why is it that our country is the weakest and most backward of all countries? Because Shakti is held in dishonour here. Without the grace of Shakti nothing will be accomplished. What do I find in America and Europe? The worship of Shakti, the worship of Power. Yet they worship Her ignorantly, through sense gratification. Imagine then what a lot of good they will achieve, when they worship Her with purity, looking upon Her as then Mother! I am coming to understand things every day, my insight is opening out more and more. ... Let Ramakrishna disappear, that does not frighten me. But it will be a calamity, if people forget Mother. ... 

Don’t be angry with me. None of you has understood Mother. Her grace upon me is one hundred thousand times greater than that of the Master. … About Mother I am a little fanatic. I can do anything, if she gives the order. I shall give a sigh of relief, when you purchase a piece of land and install this living Durga there. ... Brother, when I think of Mother, I say to myself: “Who is this Ramakrishna?” I say this because of my fanaticism. Whether Ramakrishna was God or man, you may say whatever you like. But, Brother, shame upon him, who is not devoted to Mother!” …

By Holy Mother’s grace, Swamiji realized her true nature. Once he remarked at Belur Math: “Mother is the incarnation of Bagala* in the guise of Saraswati. Outwardly she is all peace, but inwardly she is the destroyer of evil”. 

Once Vivekananda and Turiyananda went to Visit Holy Mother in Calcutta. In the boat from Belur Math, Turiyananda noticed that Vivekananda was drinking the muddy Ganges water. He warned him: “Swamiji, you will become sick”. 

Swamiji replied: “No, brother, I am afraid, when I visit Holy Mother. Our minds are not pure enough, so I am purifying my mind by drinking Ganges water”. Swamiji was afraid that Holy Mother would absorb his impurities and suffer.

(* Bagala represents one of the terrible aspects of the Divine Power, as the slayer of a fierce demon, and Saraswati represents wisdom.)

(Swami Chetanananda “Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play”, Vedanta Society of St. Louis 2015, Ch. 13 “Holy Mother and Vivekananda”, pp. 199-200, 209)

Shodashi Puja - Sri Ramakrishna

Shodashi Puja - Sri Ramakrishna

According to Tantra, the Divine Mother has ten forms: Kali, Tara, Shodashi, Bhuvaneswari, Bhairvi, Chinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagala, Matangi, and Kamala. Shodashi is also called Rajrajeshwari and Tripurasundari. According to the 'Lalitha-sahasra-nama', Shodashi is the most benign and purest form of the Divine Mother. One can worship this deity in a clay image or in a young girl about the age of 16. According to the 'Narada Pancharatra', one day Kali became mad at Shiva and took the form of Shodashi - literally, a 16-year-old girl and a paragon of beauty. The Divine Mother takes various forms according to time and situation. Creation, preservation, and destruction are all Her play. When killing demons, she takes a destructive form, but She assumes a benign form for Her devotees.

On 5 June 1872, the night of Phalaharini Kali Puja, Ramakrishna worshipped Shodashi, the third form of the Divine Mother, in Sarada. Years before, he had begun his sadhana by worshipping, 'Adyashakti', or the Primordial Power, in the image of Bhavatarani Kali of Dakshineswar. Finally, on that new moon night in 1872, he worshipped the same Adyashakti in the living form of Sarada. Thus he completed his sadhana by offering to her the results of all his spiritual practices.

This important event awakened Sarada's divinity, manifested his own spiritual relationship with Sarada, and made clear the role she would play in the future. By performing the Shodashi Puja, Ramakrishna signified that the Adyashakti had taken form as Sarada Devi.

[The short meditation mantra of the Goddess Shodashi is:

'Balarka-mandala bhasam chatur-bahum trilochanam;

Pasha-ankusha-sharan-chapam dharayantin shivam shraye. 

The worship mantra of Shodashi is:

‌"Hring tripurasundaryai namah"] 

-Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play

स्पिरिचुअल हीलर

स्पिरिचुअल हीलर

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स्वामीजी में एक बार ऐसी शक्ति आ गई थी कि वे इच्छा मात्र से ही रोग दूर कर सकते थे परंतु अपनी इस शक्ति से अवगत होकर भी वे उसे शायद ही कभी उपयोग में लाते थे इसलिए इसके विषय में उतनी जानकारियां नहीं हैं। इस विषय में उनकी जीवनी में केवल इतना ही लिखा है कि एक अमेरिकी महिला पर द्रवित होकर उन्होंने उसके 'हे फीवर' नामक बुखार को दूर कर दिया था। काफी दिनों बाद उक्त महिला ने स्वामीजी के एक शिष्य को पत्र लिखकर, घटना का इस प्रकार वर्णन किया था:--

"अपने एक मित्र के घर रहते समय मुझे बुखार हो गया। वह एक बड़े ही भयंकर किस्म का बुखार था ।मुझे पीड़ा से छटपटाते देखकर स्वामीजी ने पूछा ; तुम्हारी बीमारी दूर कर दूं? मैंने कहा यदि ऐसा कर सकें तो यह बड़े आनंद की बात होगी। यह बात सुनने के बाद वे मेरे सामने आ बैठे और मेरे दोनों हाथों को अपनी हथेली पर रखने को कहा। मेरे ऐसा कहने पर वे आंखें मूंदकर स्थिर भाव से बैठे रहे। धीरे-धीरे उनके दोनों हाथ शीतल होने लगे और ऐसा प्रतीत हुआ कि वे काठ के समान कठोर हो गए हैं। कुछ देर बाद उन्होंने आंखें खोलकर देखा और तेजी से घर से बाहर निकल गये। इसके साथ ही मैंने विस्मयपूर्वक देखा कि मेरा ज्वर बिल्कुल ही चला गया है।

20 मई 1894 को, स्वामी सारदानंद को लिखे पत्र में स्वामीजी ने कहा था:-"तुमसे एक अचरज की बात कहूं---

जब कभी तुम लोगों में से कोई बीमार हो जाए तो वह स्वयं अथवा तुममें से कोई उसकी मूर्ति का मन ही मन अच्छी तरह ध्यान करे और साथ ही सोचे 'वह निरोग है ,उसे कोई बीमारी नहीं'। देखोगे कि वह शीघ्र ही आरोग्यलाभ करेगा। अस्वस्थ व्यक्ति को बिना बताए भी तुम ऐसा कर सकते हो और हजार कोस दूर से भी यह क्रिया की जा सकती है।इसे याद रखना।"

 स्वामीजी के भाई 'महेंद्रनाथ दत्त' अपनी पढ़ाई के दिनों में लंदन में रहते थे ।उन्होंने अपनी पुस्तक 'लंदने विवेकानंद' नामक बांग्ला ग्रंथ में लिखा है कि, स्वामीजी ने चिंतनशक्ति के द्वारा एक बार उनका बुखार भी ठीक किया था।अब तो यह शक्ति पराभौतिकी की दृष्टि से 'स्पिरिचुअल हीलिंग' के रूप में स्वीकार की जा रही है।

ॐ,

Those, who seek Nirvana, are selfish and small-minded

Sri Ramakrishna: "Those, who seek Nirvana, are selfish and small-minded. They are full of fear. They are like those parcheesi players, who are always eager to reach home. An amateur player, once he sends his piece home, doesn't like to bring it out again. Such players are unskilled. But an adept player is never afraid of coming out again, if by doing so he gets the opportunity to capture an opponent. Then he rolls the right number and returns home once more. It seems that whenever he rolls the dice, the right number comes up for him. So do not fear. Play without any fear".

I asked: "Does it actually happen?"

The Master replied: "Of course it happens. By Mother's grace everything takes place. 

Mother likes people to play. Take the game of hide-and-seek (there is a 'granny', there is a 'thief', who is blindfolded, and there are children trying to escape being caught by the 'thief'). The 'granny' likes to have the children run about and make the game go on. She may extend her hand to help a child so he will not be caught by the 'thief', if she thinks it necessary. Similarly, the Divine Mother is not really pleased with those, who seek Nirvana, for they want to retire from the game. She wants the game to continue. That is why devotees do not seek Nirvana. They say: "O mind, it is not good to become sugar. I want to eat sugar".

Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna

(Swami Chetanananda "Ramakrishna: As We Saw Him", Swami Turiyananda, p. 190)

AURANGZEB ALAMGIR, THE PIOUS PERSECUTOR ... 1

AURANGZEB ALAMGIR, THE PIOUS PERSECUTOR ... 1

When people criticise Aurangzeb for being an intolerant ruler, one who persecuted the 'polytheistic' Hindu and his false idolatrous, 'polytheistic' religion which included the imposition of the jaziya, mass conversion by force and inducement, the destruction of 1800 temples including the major Hindu shrines at Mathura and Varanasi, the brutal execution of Guru Tegh Bahadurji for his refusal to convert to Islam, the burying alive of two minor sons of Guru Gobind Singhji and the treacherous assassination of the tenth Sikh Guru himself, why do they not understand that through the perpetraton of all these dastardly deeds he was all along only being a committed, true Muslim, one who was following the precepts of Islam as enshrined in the Qur'an, the Hadith and the Sira with fidelity and precision? People should remember Aurangzeb as the exemplar of the real Islam which mandates the conversion of the kafir (infidel in the eyes of Islam) or the penalty of death should he refuse, the destruction of worshipped idols, the houses of such worship (Hindu temples in this case), plunder and molestation of the infidel, the taxation of the Jew and the Christian in dar-ul-Islam (the realm of Islam) and by default that of the Hindus in Hindustan to facilitate their easy subjugation in the cause of Islam. Aurangzeb killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Hindus as per the mandate of his divine scripture. So, how can you label him as the originator of the dastardly destruction of the kafir? As a devout Muslim he was merely carrying out the scriptural injunctions that bound him theologically. 

Seek the source-cause of this Hindu genocide in India at the hands of Islamic invaders and rulers instead of superficially attempting to understand its causes which will only hide the core content of the doctrine that impelled it and continues to do so till date. Study the source books and you will get to realise why Aurangzeb, Shah Jahan, Jahangir, Akbar, Babur, the Lodhis, the Sayeeds, the Tughlaqs, the Khilijis, the Slave rulers and generals like Qutub-ud-Din Aibak and Bakhtiyar Khilji, their plundering, persecuting, murderous predecessors in Muhammad Ghori, Mahmud of Ghazni, Taimur Lung (Tamer Lane) and Muhammad Bin Qasim, and their latter-day successors like Nadir Shah, Ahmad Shah Abdali, Tipu Sultan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Hussein Shah Suhrawardy and others of this brutal brigade behaved the way they did. Why blame Aurangzeb alone? Blame the whole lot but forget not the source-cause that fuelled it. Study Sir Jadunath Sarkar and you will stand aghast and illumined as to what for 1300 years your forefathers had to undergo at the hands of these barbarians and their intolerant exclusive philosophy of life and death which had all but snuffed out the life of Hindu civilisation but for its intrinsic inner strength. Aurangzeb was but the climactic culprit in this serial oppression of Hindus that lasted 1300 years and continues to plague them even today all over the Indian subcontinent wherever they are a minority.

Seek not the superficial solution to this pernicious problem in the symptom but seek it in depth right at the source. It is a doctrinaire disease and it cannot be solved by superficial treatment. The symptoms are but the effects of the underlying source-cause that goes unheeded owing to political considerations. So, the disease persists and continues to plague humanity still. Aurangzebs are yet arising in a different garb owing to mass subscription to this intolerant philosophy. Here lies the ideological battle, the war of words, the titanic struggle to reorient brainwashed humanity to rational, humanistic existence where Man displaces a divisive God of unforgiving disposition.

All is not lost. If tribal populations historically initiated tribal cults, civilised people can in course of time duly replace them. It may take a bit of time, perhaps a few more generations but progress in that direction is the evolutionary imperative. If Hindus have suffered between 80 and 100 million deaths at the edge of the sword of Islam, it will be the Hindus who will deluge the world with the lofty spirituality of the Vedas. History will seek vengeance on behalf of the Hindus as the Sanatan Dharma eventually replaced all irrational, dated, intolerant cults and unites the world in a common bond of universal oneness. 🕉 

Written by Sugata Bose