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Samassarveshu bhooteshu paraapa[a vivarjitah I

Swaparaa bhaava roopoyam Dattaakhyo yo'dwayaprabhuh

Datta Curu who treats all beings eqttally,

who does not distinguish between the para (next)

and the apara (supreme), and who does not discriminate

between the things this. is mine and that is

otners.

s oohti

%loniari

Men seek success in their undertakings" They want the happy

consummation of their various enterprises. The means of achieving

success is the worship of God. We should worship Him with faith andwith devotion. The devotee may be a yogi or a house holder or a

person who hos renunciated everything. Any type of devotee has

to adore God in his heart. The adoration that issues from a pure heartis bound to get its due reward. Therefore we have to address ourselvesto the worship of God. Let us worship Him in all the different ways'known to custom and usage. [.,et us glorify Him in all the numerousways mentioned ir the scriprures. There is none greater than He. Thereis nothing whieh we cannot achieve by His grace.

-Swamiji.

Monthly News Magazine

Volume 2 May 1978 No. 9

Sree Dakshina MoortY Stotram

viswam pasyati KaaryaKaaranatayaa swaswami sambandhatah

s i shyaach aar y atay. aa . tathaiv a pi tru p utraa dy a atmanaa bhe d atah I

Swapne jagrati vaa ya esha purushu maayaa paribhraamitah

Tasmai Sri Guru moortaye namaidam Sree Dakshinaa moortaye ll

TotheAatmanwho,deludedbyMaaya,Sggs,injaagrat.or

swapna, the universe in variety, as cause and effect, as master and

servant, as teacher and disciple, as father and son, and so on; to Him

who is incarnate in the Teacher, to Him in the effulgent Form facing

the South, to Him (Siva) be this bow !

CONTENTS

Swamiji at GuruvaYur

Four stories

A Visit to Datta-Audumbara

Hari vamsa katha sudha-XIII

The Future Religion

Naarada bhakti sootras

Daily prayer

Datta Jayanthi Programme

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SWAMIIKII AT GURUVAYUR(A Report)

With a small baitd of followers, SriSwamiji left for Guruvayur on 19-2-78. Itwas 'a Sunday. The day's programmecomprising of the usudl archana, homa,bhajana and pravachana, had just endedwhen he started. He and his followers leftthe Ashram at 6-15 in the evening.

The party reached Guruvayur viaCalicut at about 2 A. M. on 20-2-79.Sriyuts Parasuram and G. G. Krishna l-verand a few others welcomed Sri Swarniji with[rcorna ]ltrmbha.

Sri Krishna Iyer had made excellendarrangements for Sri Swami.ii's stay as rvell as

ftlr that of his entourage

The trip to Guruvayur was in many' ways a rather interesting one. When half

the distarice had been covered, Sri Swamijibegan to entertain his followers wirh stoiiesof a humorous turn and a didactic slant.This helped them overcome sleep as well as

the strain of the journey.

(The stories wili be narrii.:,-d elsewhereseparateli,).

When they were soon to reach Calicut,Sri Swarni-ii sLrggested that they ma.ke a stop-over and rvalk about for hirlf an hour. Theplace where they were to halt was invitinglycaln and beautiful. But the follorvJrs did

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not quite like the idea. They were rathereager to drive on and reach Celicut as early

' as-possible. It was, they thought, too late.They drove on for about five miles, andthen they were on a wrong tra-ck. Tlieydiscovered this after having coverecl anothertcn miles. They dfove back'and set the cargoing again on the proper road to Calicut,

The half hour which they thought theywould s&ve had, however, been lost.Swamiji remarked that they corrld not avoidthat half-hour break, however they tried tomanage it.

At 2 O' clock rn the early hours of themorning, Mondav, 20-2-jB, they were all arGuruvayur. They rested until dawn.

At 8 O'clock Sri Swarniii visited SriKrishna Temple. The president and theMembers of the Temple Committee gave hima poorna kumbha welcome. The viSit overSri Swamiji went to Sri Ruknini KalyaniMandapam. He conducted archana thereand distributed tirtam and prasadam.

At 3 in the afternoon, Sri Swamijiwatched an elephant race (aane ottam).This is an event of traditional importanceand draws people from various parts of theregion. In {he past, the tradition avers. the

. temple of Guruvayu,rappiln dicl nol possessany elephants for temple service: Once, at aKrishna Festival celebrations, a tamed

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clephant came.frorn some-where, went roundthe temple, and stood in front of it.Nobody knew how it happened. Everylpdy wondered at the "happening, however.

The practice of using elephants in alltemple observances began at that tirne. Tomark the o$asion, an elephant race is held

every year. All the elephants in the elephantyard, a mile from the Krishna Temple, aremade to run toward the Temple. Crowdsof people line.along both sides ofthe tracktp watch the race. Sri Swamiji was out-side the temple, watching the racin8elephants

This year's title to pr"-.ioio.nre waswon by Raman Kutti

The.winning elephant is worshipped andannointed. It becomes installed as the templeelephant for the year.

The temple authorities wanted to havethe function inside the temple. But SriSwamiji desired that it be held outside. He

wanted to see and bless all the elephdntsthat had lost the race.

The race is quite unlike any horse-race.It is a race conducted for a godly purposeSo said Sri Swamiji.

The Guruvayurappan Festival was tobe inaugurated by Sri Swamiji at 6-30 in theevening. Invocation by Smt. SankamNeelakantan, welcome speech by Sri T. C.Balakrishna Nair, Administrative Officer orthe temple, and Presidential. Address by Lt.Col. T. S. Nair, were thq principal items ofthe programme o,n the inauguration day.

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Sri Swamiji inaugurated the function bythe singing of bhajans and a short speech.In his speech, he spoke of qualities attributedto God, and of His infinite powers. Wordslag behind, he said, and they can never hope

to describe them adequately. God hasmyriadsof forms and 'myriads of names.Yet God is one. And bhakti is tbe onlyeasy way of realizing Him. A life of bhaldibrings supreme' happiness. But to live such

a life it needs, of course, much persistenteffort, that is Sadhana, he added. Bhajan,bhakti, yoga are ways of winning Him. Itis likely that men folget God, caught as theyare in life's tr<rubles anel turmoils. TheyLre also likely to forget Hirn in theirhappiness. Festivals and jayantis remindman of the need to turn to him and seek hisavour. Worship and prayer, chanting and

singing, dance and poetry are means in thidirection. 'Your observing this aane ottamsevery 3'ear', Sri Swamiji said, 'has a gieatsignificance. To the wild, self-willed elephrnt,the hook is applied, which works by sending'hirn"running along the road to the ternple.Similarly, man inqhis egoism is like the wildbeast. Leaving aside his self-pride. heshould ledrn to rush toward God. God isfuil of kindness. He is forgiving. He has

an infinitude of names and forms. Menrealise him in one form or in another. Suchcelebrations as the present one have been invogue from times imiremorial. They help

men to turn to God. Today .we inauguratgthe festival with the kindling of this lamp.

The lamp is God's chaitanya (soul) form.Physical disturb4nces, mental distresses, hard -ships of life and spiritual anxieties are clearedby Him. Guruvayurappan has settled Him:self in this place for that very purpose.

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You who have .come

here to lvitness the

festival are, indced, very tbrtunate.

'God is the only efficient Being. We

are puppets in His hand. Let us lezirn to

do His bidding with love and obedience'

Bhakti is acquired through ceasel-ess.

determined effort. The fruits of intense

bhakti are jnaana and vairagya' AndVairagya is a prelude to aanand. May you

who have gathered here on this occasion be

blessed with aanand. Mav every item orthe programme to be conducted in this Hallbe a great success. May Narayana shower

blessings on all those who sing his name'.

The Inaugural Function was an

impressive ceremony. Swamiji's bhajan and

his benedictory speech produced a great

effect on the gathering' The devotees were

highly pleased. They experienced a sort ofspiritual uplift rvhich was intoxicating.

After routine worship on the morning

of Tuesdal', February 22, Sri Swamiji paid avisit to Sri Aniam Madhavan l'lamboodri'Sri Namboodri is a great bhakta' a

bhagavata. He has dedicated his life to the

spreading of the cult of Narayana bhajan'

He is a god-realised soul. This gleat saint

is belived to have seen Gurtlvayurappan and

talked to Him. He had a vision of Sri

Swamiji reclining on a bed in the house in a

meditative posture. As soon as Sri Swamiji

entered the house Sri Namboodri welcomed

him, crying aloud 'Guruvayappa' and

'Hari Narayan'. It was a moment ofsupreme joy

Tt the Namboodri.

As the Swamiji and the others were

being driven to Sri Namboodri's house,

Swamiji had said : 'He who has read and

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digested the whole of the Bhagavata, andhas drunk the neetre of its sweet rignificance-

will undoubtedly ha.r,e. guru darslratr'. Sri

Parasurarn and Sri Kri.;hna lyer lTad afso

accompained Sri Swamiii to Sri Na-mboodri's

house.

Until late aftsfnoon, Srvatn{i interviwed

onc after another sever&l pe',;ple who had

come to see him. Among! jthem was a sadhu.

The evening of the samc day (22-2-78)

rvas spent in going rouud the importanl

lemples in the region. Sri Swamiii and hisparty were takes round in a van' arrangecl

for the purpose by Sri;'ruts Krishna Iyer and

Parasuram* The very first temole so

visited was Sri. Parthasarati Temple. APoorna Kumt'a swagatam was offered toSri Swamiji at the ternple. The templ€officials explained to Sri Swamiji the

progress achived in the several items of workundertaken by the temple authorities. 'They

had, at the time, engageC on the

construction of Parthasarati Mandir. Theyprayed to the Swamiji to bless this work,so that it would be completed withoutdelaying impediments. Sri Swamijideclared that piece of cievoted rvork wouldfinish unimpeded.

The next temple visited bv thern wasTiru Venkatachalapati Temple. Thev haddarshan of the god of the temple.

This temple is in the midst of a thickwood. It was erected in those natnral andpeaceful surroundings a long. long time ago.

The temple excels in its impressiveness andbeauty. But the idol in the temple shows

up the deity as having cast off all grandeur

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.. Then they went to the temple of MammiyuruMahadeva, the resident deity of Curu_vavayur Kshetra. Its lsau1y is of a unique

. kind. The lord of this temple, it is said,has made over to Guruvayurappan all hisgrandeur, and has chosen to live in seclirs-ion. Unwilling to let Siva live alone andaway, Lord Narayana has come to abidewith him there jn the same parthasaratitemple.

Lord Krishira in child_form has cometo be known as Guruvayurappan. In thisguise the great Lord has .been-protecting

the world.

There are in front of Sri RukminiKalyana Mandapam a sand heap and,beside it, a lake. Sri Swamiji sat on thesand and gave interviews to people who hadcome to'see him. This began at 7 Ot clockin the evening, and went on until l0 O, clock.Among the interviewed w6re Sri SankaraNarayan, a member of the Revenue Borad,Sri Balakrishnan, the Administrative Officerof the temple, and Sriyuts Radha Krishnanand Venkatakrishnayya, Secretaries of theParthasarati Temple.

While Sri Swamiii was granting inter_views, Smt. papa Chudamani was makinga grand music recital offering to LordKrishna in the temple. It lasted from 7 tct9 P. M. From where he was on the sand_

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dune, granting interviews, Sri Swamiji could_ hear the music. He enjoyed it. aft., tfr"perfonnance in the temple, Smt. papaChudamani and the

"*;-;";;; uri,rr",came to where Sri Swamiji was and had hisdarshan.

As he was sitting there, Sri Swamiiiresolved to instal a navagraha complex(a temple dedicated to the planetary deities)at that place.

The morning of 23_2_7g saw Swamijiengaged in the usual daily archana. Srnr.Papa

'Chudamani and party gave a grand

music performance during the archana.Thereafter a dance recital was offered toSri Swamiji by Smt. M. R. Satyaraj ofMadras, accompairred by her troup". SriSwamiji agreed to have thi! dance perform_ance and Smt. papa Chudanrani,s musicat Mysore Ashram during Datta InstallatiorrWeek celebratio4s.

Aftcr "granting interviews to d"uot.",from Guruvayur and Cochin, Sri Swamijileft for Calicut at about 1l A.M. Hereached Calicut at l_30 ifl the aftemocn.

In Calicut Sri Sriranga Raj, an Income_Tax.Officer, extenclejd to Sri Swamiji and hisfollowers a warm welcome to his house anda sweet hospitality. Leavihg Calicut at 3_30the sarne afternoon, Sri Swamiji r-eached theAshram at 7-30.

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flou, Storieo(Continuecl from April issue)

Ram- He shall have my gradfathei'sname.

Wife- He shall ! '

She wanted no argument. She wani.edsleep.

Ram- He shall be called Veeranna.

Wife- That's right. But sleep nowplease.

Ram- Tell me how you will feel if rhechill should, toddling about, seel< me a,rdnot you.

Wife- f can't, for I don't know.

Ram-- Can you guess how I feel if heshould toddle towards vou ?

Wife- Tut, tut, what idle taik !

Ram- If by chance he goes to neitherofus but goes out ofthe house and goes faraway, what may we do,,then ?

Wife- What a dr""* world you arerearing ! I am fed up. It's high time youslcpt.

Ram- That's nqf it. Wait. (He goesout and cries aloud). Veeranna ! Veeranna !

A watch'man by narne Veeranna came

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running to him. He said : , Why did youcall nre, sir ? what do you Want done ? '

' In the presence of the watchman, the oldirresoluble quarrel over the name begande 4ovo. The watchmen listened patientlyand then said : .Why should you quarrel atall, sir'

. Tenali Ramakrishna- Don't ask mcwho's to blame you bad better ask theman in the garret who has been a witness tothis quarrel. (He pointed his finger in thedirection of the thief in the garret)

The thief was broug.ht down. He wasgiven the treatment that hc deserved, andwas allowed to go.

The thief was hoodwinked. The wife wasunable to guess why her husbantl behaved inthg manner he had lhat nighr. It is so withregard to any and every happening jn life.Though we may not sometimes understantlthe reason behind any or some happening,i t is clear, however; that no event takesplace witho it a purpose behind it.

ONE NIGHT STORY 2

A thiefentered the backyard ofa house,There was a well there and. beside it, atulasi plant, tall and bush1,. 'the thief hidhimseif behind it, and waited for an opportu-

nity to break into the house.

'Ihe master of the house came homelate that night. He went to the backyardwith a view to washing his hands and feet.He felt sure that there was a thief 'behind

the tulasi bush.

He called his wife to bring him water.When it was brought he gargled the mouthwith it. He then spat it out upon the thiefbehind the tulasi bush. It was obviouslydorie wantonly. Hb asked for more water.He asked again and again. Every time hegargled and spat, gargled and spat upon thethief. The poor fellow endured it all. Heremained rnum all the while, obviouslyhelplessly.

Tho wife became wild with rage astherc seemed to be no end to her man'sdemand fo1, and her supply of, water. Atlast, instead of a pot of wdter, she ,broughthim a bucket full of water. He emptied iton the poor, helpless thiefbehind the bush.He asked fgr another bucketful. Now shebegan to help him with bucket after bucketof water drawn from the well. Each tim"the man emptied the bucket upon the thief,spitting the water upon him. '

All this while rhe thief had no suspicionthat the master of the house knew of hishiding behind the tulasi plant.

The man, gfter sometime, turned togargling and spitting upon his own wife.This frightened her. She was now surr thather" husband had gone off his mind. She

shouicd aloud for help.

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A small crowd collected at the well.Everybody watched'the master of the housewith a rather curious look. The man turnedto the people and said : 'Gentlemen, she ismy lawful wife. I spat upon her once. Shecould not tolerate it at all. Then how muchmore intolerable it should have been.to thsman behind the tulasi bush, I ask. He hassuffered silently for quite a long time thisvery treament, an almost endless spittingupon him ofpotfuls and bucketfuls ofwater.

The wife was agog with joy andadmiration at the way her clever husbandhandled the situation.

The Thief was oaught.

Whatever happens is for the good, is alcsson which one can draw from this storv.

STORY 3

A certain m?n was travelling fromDelhi on a Bombay-bound train. He wasto go to langalore therefrom. He was stillfeeling drowsy when, in Bombay, he woke upto wash, 'dress and groom himself. Thetoilet finished, he boarded the train.

The seat number rvhich hacl beenassigned to him was unoccupied. He satdown there. He found the sleeping berthabove also vacant. He climbed on to it and l-.slept off.

He woke after a while. IIe lookeddown upon the lower berth. There was apassenger sitting. With a view to makinnfriends with him, he aslreC him: .Whither

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are you going ?' He answered: I rrin

going to Delhi'.

This was exciting. Our dunce of a h -ro

wondered: 'Lo ! How fast has scit: rce

advanced ! the lower berth goes to Delhi,

and the upper to Bangalore !'

A focl is dull of comprehension.

him prasada.

' Seeing the Sahyadri ranges, which werc

a veritable.feast for the eyes, we came to the

dam where the waters of the rivers taking

their rise at Mahabaleswar, are stored. On

either side of the dam are hillocks, which

Swamiji described as Atri, a rishi, and

Anasuya, his 'vife.

From there we .iourneyed back toKolhapur, via Satara. All along the way

rve occupied ourselves in singing bhajans.

We had a feeling that a satsang rneet was

therc, and that we contrary to all natural

laws' were flying across the skies. Such was

the efl'ect of the namasankirtan:I upon us.-

In that state of mind we returned to

I(ollhripur at 8-10 in the evenirrg.

"flie excitinq jour ey in tht' company

of a Sadguru, and the joy that we all shared,

will be cherished by us in life after life.

. Even after the long, long journey, Sri

Swamiji did not appear to be tired at all.

-A CV*;t tu 9ofta-,Jul.umLa,* , -A lll.upozt

RaChakrishna. (Continued)

. After a little while, the priest canre,

and an abhisheka was made to Shivl'chanting Rudra during. its perfortnance.

Then we went to the holy confluence ofthe five rivers I Krishna, Vennakoyna,

Savitri, Gayatri and Guptagarnini. Gor:tg

out, Sri Swarniji stood enjoying the bearity

of nature there. He found a quiet delilhtin the scene before him, which made himforget himself.

By then five tourist buses had drawn up

before him, and the tourists werc alightingone by one. As each of them saw Swamiji'he carne to him an'J calling him 'sadhulMaharaj' protsrated before him.

Near by there was a man standing.

He begged Swamiji to visit his house and

accept his humble hospitality. Swarnijiwent there. After a light repast in thathouse, Swamiji and his followers rested there

for a few minutes, which rnade the gentle

man very happy. A certain bns conductorwho was there sought Swamiji's blessing.

Sri Srvamiji blessed 'him and gave

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At 8-j0 he went to Sri Sripati Rao,s hous.at Shahapuri, where was to be given aPadaRuja. Then he visited ,h; ;;; ";Sri Vasanta Rao Sindhe uno s.ini.l-nu,Puri. And at 9_30 p.M he ,irrJ* ,"

. Bata Avadhuta Mandir. a O""i'Unu;u,.Tur in progress at that time. He sarlistening for a short while, and then wentinto sleep.

On February 2,...after the usual daily.worship, Sri Swamiji left for N"r"ri"rt"_wadi, in Sangli distric. It is t0 mil;;__Jaisingpur and is on the banks of theKrishna. It was 9-30 when *, ,"".n.a iO"plae, and tbe local officers *"rc"nr"i'",and took us to Datta p;;; "";;:'":- .

offerings ,,* "-*[",;[ti; ";f ?;'u;they were carried on with due adoration. .The entire area seemed chaiged

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the Datta peeta Sri Swamiji fhad alittle consultation with the p.irrt *il"iu,1l.p one. of the! trustees of NarasimhaSarswati Tiust which, administers the peetaThen he sang a few bhjaqs. il-;.i;;;t!u, Dattatreya waf there with us allthough in invisibte foim.

The bhaktas of Narasimhawadi gavey".9,t: Sri Swamiji that they *oufJ'U"nn,lhe holy earth from Datta peeta to theMysore Ashram at the tinre ;-il ,o'rruu_ation of Sri Dattatreya in the temple there.

Sri Swamiji walking down ther bazaarstreet was an impressive sight. ai,ilr,.place too had an unearthly quutity uUout'it.In that place there were beggars,

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ber of_them. They went about chantlng iuiGurudeva Datta' or ,Datta nig"ri"ri l"i,The feeling that is generated there is Datta,1l*gt invisibte, is a reatity. Tl";-;*shops and business transactions, ii-lr-r*".I::thetis in thar ptace a r;ent tnai wl,never on land or sea. Sri S$r;iji ,p"t" "fthis in an impressive way, and it wa; a veryconvincing way, indeed.

The Kshetra has, Sri Swamili saia,remained a tranquil little plac;-;i ,hr*centuries. It owes this to tfre Utesringr;fSri Dattatreya.

From there we returned to Kolhapurand to the lodgings at about l_30 p.M.

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Whcn Sri Krishna was thus doing

penance ihere appeaied some evil spirits with

dreadful features. They were shooting arrows

in all directions, driving dogs and acrrying fire

brancls in their hands. They looked very

terrible and wicked too. Among them two

were conspicous by their repulsive 'appear-

ance. Their faces were distorted' They

had protruding teeth and broad' jarvs'

Daggers' were dangling from their waists'

Their eyes wore viscous' looks' Their noses

were flat. hairs thick and shoulders high'

They had sunken stomachs and were hunch-

backed. Their fingers were long and legs

bent. They were shrieking and moving

ike strange inachines.

Of the two, one wore human intestines

around his neck like a garland and held in

his hand a human skull filled with human

brain pulled out just then' He was picking

hairslfrom it and throwing ihem out' Now

and' then he was licking ! the blood,

drippingfrom the hairs'- He tras sprttrng

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bits of flesh making terrific uoise. He was

pricking fresh corpses with the point of the

trident and scattering them. In this way

the spirit was enjoying his sport.

The second spirit also held by his

teeth a human corpse and a skull in his

hands. He had torn thc corpse into two

parts and rvrapped one round his waist like

a belt. There was a garland of human

skulls around his neck. He had smeared

his body with fresh blood and flesh and held

a blunt swgrd in one hand. Grinding

his teeth he was accompanying his brother-

spirit. Though immersed in penance Sri

Krishna heard the noise made by the spirit-

twins and yet remained undisturbed.

Then the two spirits who were gulping

hot blood and shouting that Sri Krishna

should be made to drink the blood, came

near the Lord and began to recite His names.

They said - " Murahari, O friend of the

devotees, Damodara, havd PitY on us.

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O. Sri Hari" tr'or-ir po\vers . are imnrense.

Destroy our sjns and shorv us ttre rightpath ". In this ntannL.r rhey praised theL,ord in many ways"

When the spirits savr that Sli Krishnaw-rs unmoi'ed, they rained questions on

Him. They asked - '. O son, whose soflare You ? From where have you come ?

Why are You sitting here ? Who feeds

You ? _Are You not afiaid to be herc ?

Will not the ivild beasts harm you ? Ifanything were to happen to you, your

mother will tre sad. We shall c;rrry youfrom here and throrv you away. Why are

You so handsome ? Who is the object ofYour penance ? Is it Lord Siva ? Do ]'ouwish, to.conquer all the lvoi-lds ? FromYour lbrm You appear ttl be closelv' relaiedto the celestial beings. Truly you must be

Hari Flimself and have come here to saveus. You are ceitainly the Lord sfVaikuntha. Somehow or other save us andemancipate us frorn our present dreadful

forms and.protect us from all of our sins".

On hearing the words of the spirits,

Sri Hari concluded that they were Hisdevotees and said " O Spirits, I am born

in the Yadu dynasty on this earth. people

call me Krishna, Kanna etc. I am the

Lord of the universe. Therefore punishing

the wicked and protecting the good are my

duties. I have a desire to be fulfilied a-n,l

therefore am propitiating Parameswara.

consort of Parvati, through penance heie.

Now who are you ? Why have you conrs

here ? . This calm and serene place where

tapasyins.dwell should not be hunted by you.

The maharsis are doing penance here withconcentrated minds. There should be no

noise here. Your actions appear to be very

cruel. A person like Me cannot tolerate

them, Behind ycur sweet words is hidden

a cruel heart. I shall therefore consume

you by the fire of my anger. If you foveyour lives get away from here ". Warning

the spirits thus Sri Krishna became silent.

(to be continued)

Punctuality is the politeness of kings. Italso the. duty of gentlemen and . the necessity

men of business-Smiles.

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Bhakthimala 10

THE FUTURE RELIGION(An excerpts frotn Sri Swamiji's discourse)

Veclanta teaches us that we need not go

out of ourselves to know the truth. All the

past and all theftrture are here in tlte present'

This present is all that is. One nroiuent in

i uflnite time is quite as comirlete ancl all

inclusive as every other moment. All that

is and was and will be is here in the present.

We, with five senses, look uPon this

world and find it gross, having colour, form,

sound and the like. When we go beyond

the power of the senses, the whole univefse

appears as spirit and God. Things are not

what they seem. i

All the heavens and everything are here,

now,. and they really are nothing but

appearances on the Divine presence. Thispresence is much greater than the earths and

heavens. Some persons imagine that this

worlcl is bad and imagine that heaven'is

sorne where else. This wolld is not bad.

It is God Himself, if we realise it. Even the

worst person is all God, perfect God. It is

very hard to understand this but can be

understood.

Vedanta formulates not

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brotherhood but universl oneness. We are

rhe same as any other man or animal. It

is one body, one mind, one soul through

out, Spirit never dies. The apparent

death is only an internal change. All minds

are one. TheY are God's mind. God

rvalks with all feet. He speaks through all

mouths. He resides in every body. But we

have not been' able to feel it because of

individuality. Generally people. think that

men arc mortal and that theY become

irnmortal by going to heaven and see God

after death. But if we'cannot see God here,

we cannot see him after death. Immortality

is knowing ourselves a: one with all, living

in all bodies, perceiving through all minds.

It is hard to give. up ,ni, Uoa, and to

feel in other bodies. Vedanta says not to

give it up but to ranscend it. When we

practise enjoying through the whole univeise,

the whole universe becomes our body.

. We create whatever we dream and think

of. Think good and great thoughts, we

become great. The univbrsal mind is always

behind our lives. But pecple . feel that theyonly universal

Bhakthimala

are sinners. When the whole universe is

full of the presence of God. where is the

place for sin or hell ? These are only our

assumptions; Why can we not assume good

things and heaven instead ofevil thingi and

hell.

- People nead not be afraid. They should.

not be laiy. They should not depend on

others for any help. Thev shorrld 'learn and

earn by doing" MerE listening to others and

reading books does not help. Practising the

truth hclps us to iealise the truth. The

great teachers and prophets show us only the

way to truth and reality. Help does not

come frorn outside. Security, strength,

wisdom and happiness should come from

with in. Men have to strive continually,

pull themselves out of difficulties, and save

themselves. To depend on others for he!p,

is no good.

To realise God that is truth, is the en

of human life. According to Vedanta God

is principle not person. - The absolute God

oftheuniverse, the creator, preserver and

destroyer of the uriiverse, is impersonal

principle. All the beings in the universe

are personal Gods. The worsliip of personal

Gods is the worship of our own selves'

Men have to wash off until they are cleansed'

of all the superstitions. The Lord is ali

blissfulness. He is the reality behind all

that exists. He is the goodness, the truth

in every thing. The beings are His

incarnattons. That is what 'is glorious'

The nearsr we are to Him, the less we wil

have occasions to cry or weep. The farther

we are from Him, the grore will long faces

come. The more we know in Him, thc

more misery vanishes.

(to be continued)

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Be ray of light wherever you go.

Ptuy a, if everything tlepantrs on God, Work as ifeverything depands on you.

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16 Poojadishwanuraaga iti paarasaryah I

According to Vyasa, the son ofparaasara, Bhakthi expresies itself indevotion to acts of worship and the like.

11 Kathaadishuriti Gargah I

The sage Garga has said Bhakthi isdevotion to .' sacred talks 'and the like.

18 Aaatmaratyavirodheneti Saandilyah I

The sage Sandilya expressesthat Bhakthiis a stage where there is no prejudice to the

delight in the Aatman.

19 Naaradastu tadarpitaakhila chaarata

tadvismarane paramavyaakulateti cha I

But Narada says that the essential

characteristics of Bhakthi are the consecration

of all activities, by self-surrender to God and

extreme angirish if He were to be

forgotten.

20 Astyevamevam.

(Sri Swamiji's discourse)

There are number of examples for such

perfect expreesion of Bhakthi.

2l Yathaa Vraja GoPikaanaam.

The Gopikas of Vraja had that kind ofBhakthi

22 Tatraapi na maahatmYa jnaana

vismrutYaPavaadah I

Even thcre, the oharge that they did not

recognise the divine glory of the Lord, does

not hold good.

23 TadviheenamJaaraanaamiva.

Bereft of that love to the Divine Lord,

' their love would be equal to that of harlots'

24 NaastYeva Tasmin Tatsukha-sukhitwam

In that profane love of the mistress for

her lover, her happiness does not at al'consist in the happiness of others.

It is by divine grace that desire

born in man's mind.'to know Advita

13 Bhakthimala

Sri Ganapathi Sachchidanandaashram

Daily Qroyu,

Shiveti shoureeti gajaananetiSkandeti deveeti raveeti. vaayum lt

Archanti bhaktya bhuvibhaaratesminTameka devam sharanam vrajaamah I I tl

Yadaajnayaa vyomni ravih prabhaatiY adaajnayaagnirdahati prakaamam il .

Y adaqjnay aa vaati sadaagatisohaTanneka devam sharanann vraiaam s"l1 I )tl

Jala swarupam dahana swarupamPrithvi qy,"4.ruppm ngnu vaayu rupam tl

Vadanti yam vaa gag?na swarupalnTameka devam shafanam vrajaamah-x 3lr

rAranya madhye giri thunga sringe- Nadee tate vaatha tataka madhye tl

Gehaantare yorchita eka eva

Tameka devam sharanam vrajaarnah rr 4rr

Ya evakartaa bhuvanasya hartaa

Samrakshakq vaa kathitatr puraanah rr

Trimurti rupena viraajateyah

Tanieka devam sharanarn vrajaamah tt _5rr

Alleti naamnaa jina deva naamnaaBuddheti naamnaa cha yamaahvayanti tl

Vadanti yam Goditi praachya lokaahTameka devam sharanam Vrajaamah n 6n

rBeiiballu madhyetha kuri,ana madhyeSastreshu vedeshu puraana varge ll

Ya.tkeerti rekaaviratam sushushtaaTameka devam sharanair viaidanian n li

Igi rju-m asj id a-srlmand ireshuPie.varnamaajaarchani pangtibhiryain rr

Archanti laayanti cha yadgunaughaanTameka dev-ern shararram vrajaamah il gtr

Ananta" naamnaa parishobito yah "

Ananta rupena viraajitascha ir

Anan!a,, veeryladj Cunaih .f rapurna h

Tam sachchi.daananda vibhum vrajagrnahil 9n

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THIRTY SEVENTH

BIRTH DAY CELEBRATIONS"FROM 4-6-78 (SUNDAY) TO. 11-6-78 (SUNDAY)

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Dharmic _

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" 4-6-78 "M;rning 8.30 A.M !I. Vi;aka bahula chathrudashi Procession 'of the Datta idol to be newly, sunday instalied, Ganga Pooja, Deeparadhana. : e:,

. Evening:--. Prayer. Pravesha bali, . I lomas, paravagni . .:'

'' Karena, Govasam.

j-6-78 Morning 9.00 A M.

Visirka bahula Amayasya _

i :. . , Monday : Rutvigvhrana; Goptja' Dhani pooja' Gana

:" .: - Eveni.ng-

', . / .\ )y:::ii**nan4. Ankurarpana, yagashala_ .

Draveslta.

,t Kunrbha Homarn,! Evening

: ;-r:.E;..*",. :.,1. , , ,t Yaga.,pooja, Jaladhivasam, :.Homas in.i.,,r . Co:rnegtiqn wirir it - Maha, Mangalarathi. r " .

i 6-6-79Jyeshtha Suiila padayam

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7-6-75. Jyeshtfa Sukla,?witeeya

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.. ,l Mornirrll :

' Japa l)ara_vanas, Kalasa Sthdpana, . AgniPratishtafbna, Agni Vibhajana,' Poorna

Morning 8. 00 A.MJapu poiuyunur, Yaga pooja, Bimbashuddhi,. 'Dhanyadhivasam, Homas in Connectionwith it. Maha mangalbrathi. "

Evening'Beginniiig of pooja, Skheeradhivasam. , .

Homas in Connection' with it, Mahi::angalarathi. r

Release of Sookti Bo'ok lets and

blessings' disconrses'Cultural Programmes

Evening 4 p.m.t tnauguration of the Installation

ceremony.

2 Release of the booklet, " VAIDIKA "PRARTANAMRUTA " .Sookti Sudha

' lrindu. - )

3 Benedictory speech by His Holiness

Sri Visvesha Tirtha Sripadauglavar of UdipiPejav-ara Mult.

I Release of Upanishad " Sookti Sudha

Bindu "2 Benedictory speech by His

I ClarionettSri A' K' c' Natarajan "u oiill;;nanapa'i

2 lr{rudangam by Chi ll V. G' Suresh

Kumar s/o Sri V. R. GoPalan, Madris.

Flute :-Veena :-Vlolin:-

Instrumental trio

Dr. B. R. Shlanlachar

Vidwan Sri R. N. Doreswami

Vidwan Sri iakariYaHoliness Sri Sri Srimadabinava RamanujfBrahmatantra Parakala Swavnigalu b'Parakala Mutt, Mysore.

I Release of the book '; Dasl,

Sudha Bindu "2 Benedictory speech by Sri

Ramananda Teertha Swami' of Sree

Hariharapura, Chickmagalur Dt.

Music recital by Sri Rama IYer ofMysore

Sookti

Sri\ .. :.matha

I Release of the

Satakam2 Benedictory speech by Acharya Sri

Buddha Rakkhita Tera, president, Mahabodhisangha, Bangalore.

book, Sislrtachara' Music recital by

R. Kannan KarnatakBenaras Hindu University.

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Sri Srirangam.

music, Professor

Date and Day ofthe Week Dharmic programmos

Morning 8-00 A.M. .Vcdicarchana, Japa parayana, pushpadhi-yasam, Homas, Maha Mangalarathi

Stoopi sayyadhivasam"

Evening :-Stoopi pratishrha during Godhooli Lagnam,Tatwarchana, Sayyadhivasam, TatwaHomam, Ratnanyasgm, Chakra. pratishtha_pana, MahamangalarathiInstallation of the idol during the night. l

Morning 4.A.M.Kala Homa, Nadi Sandhana, Maha

poornahuti, Yatradaana poorvaka Kala_sodwasana, praanaprathishta and Kumbha_bhisheka by Sri Ganapathi SachchidanandaSwamiji before 6.A.M. Dhanu-Dhenudeepa darshana, Mahamangalarathi,Blessings for the nation, Discourse andblessings of Sri Swahrji, Mangala.

Evening:-Sahasrananarchana, Ashtavadhana Seva.

8-6-78Jyeshtha Shukla Truteeya

Thursday

9-6-78Jyeshta Shukla Chaturthi

F'riday

10-6-78 Inauguration of Maharnandalabhisheka :Jyeshthrshukla Pauchami to Sri Dattatreya, chendihoma, Maha-saturdav

il:::ll'"$;;ilillTj:,:,'lffi,li"illiSuvasini pooja, yaga phata sweekara,

Release of Sookti Book lets andblessings, discourses cultural Programmes

I Release of the book, " Sarvajna Flute recital by Sri N' Ramani and

I"*"11;;:J#uvachanamby Sri no-uuju rvagaruianorMadras'

Jaina Mathadheesha Swasti Sri DevendraKeerti Bhattaraka Pattacharya, HumachaShimoga Dr.

I Release of the book, " Sharana Music recital by vidwan Sri T,V.Vachana " Gopalakrisnan of Madras. . :

2 Benedictory Speech by Rajaguru Tilaka ,Datta goopaka, _ A Music roopakaJagatlguru H.H.Sri Sri Sivaratri Rajendra directed by Sri Swanriji,

Swamigalu of Suthuru Veera SimhasanaMutt, Mysore.

Conference of All-India Satsanga I Music recital by vidwan Sri Ayalur'Sabhas, InaugurationbyMahamandaleswala Krishnan, Madras.

. Bhagavatha Charitha Vyasa Sri Sri 2 'Kunti-Karana' .-A Geetha roopakRamachandra Maharaj of Buddhanr, Bapatla ' produccd by GamakakalapraveenaTaluk, Guntur District, A P.' Vidwam Sri B.S.S. Kaushik.

Release of the book, .,Geetha Sookthi"

iaU tne activities of Sri Datta Installation iitt U. oxecuted with the blessings ofVidwan Agamika Sri A. V. Ramaohandra Deekshit of Kollegala, with the Co.operation

I l-6-78Jyostha Sukla Pinehhmi

.Sunday

Dranr Dram Dathathreya

Sri Sri Swamiji's 37th Birth day and special

Poojas and Homas.

Dram Diam D;thath:eya -

Dr:nr l).'am Datfiathreva

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Dram Dram Dathathreya

Dram Dr'um Dathaihreya

Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji by Agamacharya Aghora Sivam Veda Sivagama

of Vedic scholars and panditsl

I Release of the book " DattatreyaVijayam "- collected by Sri Natarajan forpratibha prasuram, Madras, bySrimatparamahamsa Swamy Sri SriSankarananda Theertha of mudiyanur, KolarDt, and Discourse by him.2 Discourse by SrimatplrarnatansaSwami Sri Narasimha Theertha the discipleofSri Sri Sankarananda Theertha.

Dram Dram Dathathreva

t' Saxophone- by vidwan Sri M.S.Gopal Krishnan of Moodabidirl"..

2 Flute by vidwan Sri T.N. Krishnan,Vice-president, Gnana Bodha Sabha, Madras'and Kumari Viji Ktishnan.

3 'Saptarshi Ramayana' -A Sangeota

roopaka produced and directed by Sri SriGanapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji.

Dram Dram Dathatherya

Dram Dram Dathathreva Dram Dram Dathathreya

Dram Dram Dathathreya

NITYA SEVA-DAILY SEVAI Negaswera Vidwan Sri Nagaraj and party2 Suprabatham Gamaka kala praveena Vidwan Sri B. S. S. Kausik3 Maha Sankeertsna sri Ramadas, disciple of Sri Avadhutendra l:rraswathi

Swami, Anthra.4 Bhajens l) Bajan Mandalis. of Mysore and Bangalore,

Gnana Bodha Sabhas.2) Sankari-Suka. Brahma, Madras.

Pancha Vadya Seva Kerala party.

Speeches

I Sri V. G. Ramachandran, Advocate, Madras.2 Sri pattabi Rama Sastry, professor of Sa'skrit Benares Hindu

University.3 Sri Kailasam, Delhi.rf Sri p. N. Wanchoo, Srinagar.' 5 Sri S. K. A. Bhagavath, ,Mysore S.G.S. Ashram.6 Sri V. Balarathnam, Advocate. Bangalorc

Other prominent persons participating in the programmes

1 Sri Chandra Swamiji Maharaj Sarva Dharma Sambhava Kendra, Delhi.2 Mahamandaleswara--sri Swami veda vyase'anc{a sarswathi Maharai,

Chancelloi, Rushikula University, Haridwar"3 sri Rajanarayan-Minister for Hearth and Family planning. Govt of India.4 srimathi Muthatlrar, professor of music, Delhi u'iversitv.

Note:-I As in the previous years, this year arsb, literary, cultural, sports and othercompetitions will be herd from 2a-5-7g to 25-5-7g. Detairs can be had from theorganiser Sri G. S. Seetharam & B. p. Shivaraman.2 All other programmes except Dharmic programmes are subject to the changes asand when necessary.

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