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Friday, July 27, 2012

Selected Sayings of Shri Shri Thakur


             
                      (taken from facebook status of various groups on Satsang)

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CONVERSATIONS WITH SRI SRI THAKUR: ALOCHANA-PRASANGE (BY PRAFULLA KR. DAS): SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 1946: PART 2: REALIZING THE SUPREME; ...WE CANNOT REACH THE FINEST STAGE OF REALIZATION WITHOUT ACCEPTING A MAN WHO IS ENDOWED WITH NORMAL MEMORY AND CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE SUPREME.”

Kestoda, “What is the means of realizing the Supreme?

Sri Sri Thakur, “In the bosom of the Beyond creation has evolved out of many stratifications and variations. Every individual is a specimen of His becoming. If I cannot feel the gradations of my becoming from the grossest to the finest layer with all their mechanism then that will not do. The fact is that if there is anything that is not related to my system in any way, I shall not be able to feel it even if it exists. If there is anything that lies beyond the basis of my present form of existence, then that will not come within the ken of my comprehension. Where this pattern and the rulings of that do not operate, our perceptivity (receptivity) is also dumb there. So we cannot reach the finest stage of realization without accepting a man who is endowed with normal memory and consciousness of the Supreme. If we go on with his recollection, thinking, meditation, pleasing work, fulfillment and nurture attended with repetition of Name, then his internal perceptions sprout in us according to our constitution.”

Sarat (Halder), “Can there be anything that lies beyond the perception of the Supreme Being?”

“That Prime He alone knows,” Sri Sri Thakur answered smilingly.

After a pause in a whispering tone Sri Sri Thakur spoke as if in soliloquy, “If some sincere, sane, insane people with a scientific craze and acumen could be secured, then quite a lot of objective truths might be determined. If they were behind me and the Supreme Father were gracious to grant me the appropriate things, I would have called and given them (the appropriate things). If there was anything rugged and unsystematic in what I said nakedly, then they could have put that in order.”(Emphasis by G. L.)
Bottom of Form

CONVERSATIONS WITH SRI SRI THAKUR: ALOCHANA-PRASANGE (BY PRAFULLA KR. DAS): WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1947; PART 1: RELIGION: 'BINDING ONESELF WITH GOD' BY ACCEPTING THE IDEAL; “SOCIAL CUSTOM HAS TO BE EVOLVED IN A MANNER SO THAT IT NURTURES DHARMA I.E. BEING AND BECOMING. THAT WHICH HAMPERS DHARMA IS SOMETHING WRONG. THAT IS TO BE OVERCOME AND MOLDED PROPERLY.”
In the morning Sri Sri Thakur took His seat under the mango tree. Hausermanda, his mother and an English lady named Miss Marjory Sykes came and took their seats before Sri Sri Thakur. Many of the ashramites became eager and came over to listen to the discussions. Gradually talks started. Prafulla acted as the interpreter.

Miss Sykes asked, “What is the relationship between Dharma and social customs?”
Sri Sri Thakur smilingly replied, “Religion does not include the whole of Dharma, though it is an inseparable ceremonial part of it. The derivative meaning of the term ‘religion’ implies the act of ‘binding oneself with God’ by accepting the Ideal. In a word, it conveys the idea of being reborn through initiation. (‘re’ means ‘again’ and ‘ligare’ means ‘to bind’.) Dharma means to do that which maintains our being and becoming intact along with those of the environment. It will not do to proceed towards being and becoming according to our own whims. That will create troubles at every step. So being and becoming have to be made meaningful and free from impediments by adopting the divine way of life i.e. through an Ideal-centric move. Social custom has to be evolved in a manner so that it nurtures Dharma i.e. being and becoming. That which hampers Dharma is something wrong. That is to be overcome and molded properly.”
Miss Sykes, “Then may we conclude that the social customs that are favorable to being and becoming are flawless?”
Sri Sri Thakur, “Yes. Custom should naturally be existential. ‘Politics’ also means fulfilment and nurture. The goal of everything is being and becoming. Everything will have to be adjusted with an eye to that objective.”
Miss Sykes, “Do you believe that Dharma can turn out to be the guiding force of the entire human society through the sincere effort of a handful of people?”
Sri Sri Thakur, “If Dharma does not become the guiding force of humanity, then deviation and deficiency are inevitable. So religious people will have to take up the responsibility of making the human society religiously inspired. If we cannot make the environment good, we cannot ourselves remain well. If we are earnest, everything is possible. Whatever may be the nature and passion of a human being, his real interest lies in following the path of Dharma. If we can make people understand it, there is nothing to worry about.”

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CONVERSATIONS WITH SRI SRI THAKUR: ALOCHANA-PRASANGE (BY PRAFULLA KR. DAS): WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1943: PART 6: WE ARE TO MAINTAIN OUR OWN EXISTENCE WITHOUT CAUSING ANY INJURY TO OTHER PEOPLE...; “WHATEVER WILL MAY APPEAR, WHATEVER DESIRE MAY LINGER, IF THEIR GOAL IS GOD, IF THER SOLE PURPOSE IS TO FULFULL HIM, THEN THEY (DESIRES) CAN CAUSE NO HARM. BUT WE SHOULD NOT GIVE INDULGENCE TO THOSE DESIRES THAT ARE OPPOSED TO HIM.” “I AM AS MUCH WITHIN ME AS I AM WITHIN YOU. IF YOU DO NOT BECOME FULFILLED, I REMAIN UNFULFILLED TO THE SAME EXTENT.”

Capel, “There are people who consider preparation for killing others as part of preparation for self-defense because if others realize that their attempt to kill us is sure to bring about their death, then at least that fear will dissuade them from taking aggressive measures and our security will be ensured. But the race of making preparations for self-defense will automatically bring in violence and war.”

Sri Sri Thakur, “The unconscious force that should guide us is to maintain our own existence without causing any injury to other people as far as practicable. We have no right to allow our existence to be victimized by others violence, because existence is the endowment of God.”

Capel, “It is said that God cannot be attained without extinction of desires. But is desireless life possible? How can it be possible that no desire will spring up in one’s mind?”

Sri Sri Thakur, “Whatever will may appear, whatever desire may linger, if their goal is God, if their sole purpose is to fulfill Him, then they cause no harm. But we should not give indulgence to those desires that are opposed to Him. To indulge in them is to burden ourselves by carrying unnecessary loads. Of what use is it to indulge in that which separates me from my Beloved and hurls me down into the vortex of afflictions?”

Capel, “I have given you a lot of trouble. I have profited a lot by talking with you. Let us close here today.”

Sri Sri Thakur, “No trouble at all. I like it immensely. But I am an ignorant man. I do not know English. Moreover I do not possess sufficient knowledge to present my ideas in a systematic manner.”

Capel, “I have read your ‘Message’. No one can speak like that without knowing English.”

Sri Sri Thakur, “I do not know anything. Kestoda has somehow brought out those things from me.”

Capel, “I shall talk with you again according to your convenience.”

Sri Sri Thakur (smilingly), “Oh yes! Whenever you like. If anyone benefits by talking with me, I consider myself the gainer thereby. I am as much within me, as I am within you. If you do not become fulfilled, I remain unfulfilled to the same extent .”
Imparting the Ideal (Jaajan)

The Good Effects of Jaajan

The good effects of Jaajan are infinite. Our human assets grow through it. That facilitates the go of our worldly life in all possible ways. It improves and tones up the health of our body and mind, nay it even serves to increase our longevity. Again a man who is properly engaged in Jaajan normally develops the knack of adjusting himself along with his environment. Through this his personality and will-power become vigorous. Through Jaajan the secret of dealing with people, inquisitive serving attitude and resourcefulness of intelligence etc. evolve automatically. If a man can attain mastery over these traits, then he acquires the capacity of meeting the most difficult challenges of life in a befitting way and thus emerges triumphant by overcoming all resistances. In a word, he becomes invincible in life. He does not become a slave to circumstance, rather he rules over them. He becomes free in the sense of the term by dint of his Ideal-centric allegiance, service and efficiency. He roams about in the world with the characteristic stamp of self-confidence that is born of a divine masterliness.

Jaajan and Realization

A Jaajak rediscovers himself, the world and human nature everyday in newer and newer modes. In course of Jaajan a man unexpectedly comes across newer and newer perceptions, knowledge, realization, and enjoyment and his consciousness expands extensively giving rise to an unending ecstatic joy and inspiration. All these things combined together serve to make his body, mind and vital being blissful. A man who is immersed in selfishness and is averse to the bigger world has not learnt the art of living. If the urge of Jaajan seizes us, we automatically come to be eager about and interested in the wider world and we become intensely conscious about our social environment with a concentric compassion and it is thus that we are liberated from the narrowness of self-engrossment. This is not all. We also become free from the obsession of complexes to a considerable degree. Perhaps we passionate people cannot properly assess the value of the freedom that flows from the conquest of complexes. It can hardly be described as to how much it helps us in attaining all-round success and fulfillment in life. Every man constitutes a distinct world by himself. By winning different individuals for Lord we discover and acquire intimate acquaintance with so many different universes. Through this everyday our consciousness reaches newer depths and dimensions in the realm of realizations. Every single day provides newer experiences. In this context it needs to be mentioned that if we are in the habit of making Jaajan to superior quality of people, the wealth of our experience grows all the more.

Jaajan and Divine Communion

Again, Jaajan puts us in active tune and communion with the Ideal. To sustain unbroken tuning with the Ideal is of paramount importance in our life. But how can we achieve this? We are social beings. We are infinitely entangled with our environment in a complex network of receiving and giving, obligations, and responsibilities etc. we have to pass most of our time with other people in connection with discharging various duties. We can make this unavoidable necessity of maintaining social contact helpful towards the attainment of the highest fulfillment of our life if we are constantly given to Jaajan. Then all the contacts and relations of a man become conducive to his joy and progress. At that stage all his works become perfect, disciplined, and fine and quick through the influence of his joyous balanced mental state and mutual cooperation. Again, it cannot be fully described as to how much mutual discourses on the Lord serve to make our family-life and social meets enjoyable, uplifting and sublime. An active maddening, Ideal-centric urge creates a delightful divinely-charged atmosphere all-round us. The varied temptations and oppressions of Satan do not succeed in destroying it. Then the current of our spiritual life flows uninterruptedly like an incessant unbroken stream of oil. By this we transcend selfish worldliness notwithstanding our being engaged in executing all worldly duties. In fact we constantly enjoy the sweet divine beauty of life in various ways in and through all the twists and turns of our day to day affairs. We feel a transcendent ecstasy even while facing the stern realities of this dirty world. And this does not remain confined to our subjective perception alone, but we go on transforming our environment and the existing world with all its complex affairs in a divine rhythm through the effectual medium of Jaajan. Thus Jaajan makes our inner and outer world supremely blissful.

Jaajan and the Unfoldment of Character

This endeavour to effect a divine transformation involves infinite toleration, patience and perseverance. Man has to be exalted towards life and growth through toleration, love, service, effort, affection, uphold, protection and nurture. All the poison of the world has got to be eliminated by absorbing and assimilating it like Nilkantha (a god who is said to have devoured poison for saving the world and had his throat turned blue). This divine urge endows a man with infinite wealth of character. When we are to secure the welfare of people, we cannot achieve it by yielding to fraud and falsehood. A man has to be out and out sincere. He has to be engaged in contributing to the welfare of the individual and the collective body undergoing all sufferings with a responsible concentric urge of upholding and protecting all. And the meaningfulness of human life lies in a normal manifestation of a divine go of life flowing from a radiant realization of truth. This is why Lord Srikrishna has declared in the Gita—“Those who impart me also attain me.” Sri Sri Thakur has also said “Jaajan brings in a sense of communion, with all integration; again it invites intelligence and efficiency culminating in a crowning achievement of unlimited wisdom.”
Let this Jaajan which is calculated to ensure all-round success, possess us like anything. Let Ideal-centric Jaajan serve as an invulnerable and inexhaustible weapon in the remaking of ourselves along with the country, the world and the whole human race. ▀
Fulfillment of the Fourfold Objectives of Life :-----Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra.

The domestic life is meant for the realization of fourfold objective i.e., acquisition of Dharma, all possible resources and liberation along with provision for fulfillment of existential desires. If Dharma is not made the basis, and liberation, i.e., emancipation from the bondage of passions and unworthy attachments and living, moving and having our being in God does not become the end of our life and if we employ our energy in the acquisition of wealth and fulfillment of passionate desires alone, then animal propensities predominate in our life and the family and the society invariably run downwards.

Then we aim at fulfilling our passionate craves by hook or by crook and do not hesitate to abandon all moral codes and principles and forsake the Ideal of achieving self-realization and social welfare. Where such a go of life becomes primary, people feel encouraged to gain their selfish ends by leading others to suffering, loss and destruction. This unscrupulous beastly move makes the world unfit for human habitation. This is exactly what we are witnessing today. So in the scheme of domestic life if Dharma and liberation are not properly rehabilitated, in other words, if a complete philosophy of life is not aptly translated into action in our day to day life, it will surely hasten the self-ruination of all. None will be able to survive in such a social setting. If existence is annihilated, how can we materialize the plan of acquiring and enjoying the objects of passionate desires ?

BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS !!

Beware of false Prophets,
they are neither
the nurturer of distinctiveness
nor its fulfiller,
but their delusive language,
characteristics,
action and attitude
betray the cause of
individual upliftment
along with the
specific specification of
individual characteristics.

[The Message,Vol-II]

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"All the Prophets of the world have the same characteristic feature. There's no difference in between their speech and action. When you see the otherwise (when there's a considerable difference between speech and action), know for sure that he is a FALSE PROPHET.

[Diprakshi, Vol.6]

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Question: Why do the Degeneration comes?

THAKUR: Without accepting the Prophet of the Age, if someone else is considered to be a Prophet, then Degeneration comes.

Q: But how does it come?

THAKUR: If FALSE PROPHET is accepted as a Prophet, degeneration starts from there only.
In the Bible, it's there -
BEWARE OF THE FALSE PROPHETS!
The ways shown by the False Prophets do not match with your traditional trail. They have some satanic complexes. For example, they preach of marrying one's own sister. The Prophets always take such steps which is propitious to the existence. But the False Prophets always take the steps which would satisfy their own self.

[Diprakshi, Vol.6]

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WHO IS ANTICHRIST?

The name "antichrist" is only found in 1 John 2:18,2:22, 4:3, and 2 John 7. The Apostle John was the only Bible writer to use the name antichrist. Studying these verses, we learn that many antichrists (FALSE PROPHETS) will appear between the time of Christ's first and Second Coming , but THERE WILL BE ONE GREAT ANTICHRIST who will rise to power during the end times, or"last hour," as John phrases it. He will deny that Jesus is the Christ. He will deny both God the Father and God the Son. He will be a liar and a deceiver.
1 John 4:1-3 says,

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in theworld."

By the end times, many will easily be deceived and embrace the antichrist because his spirit will already dwell within the world.

MAN OF SIN!

In Thessalonians 2:3-4,the antichrist is described as the "man of sin," or " son of perdition ." Here Paul, like John, is also warning believers about the antichrist's ability to deceive:

"Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God."

[THE HOLY BIBLE]

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JAIGURU TO ALL.












Thursday, July 26, 2012

Some Words from Shri Shri Thakur


ভগবান:

জগতের যার সমস্ত ঐশ্বর্য্য জানা, ভালবাসা কর্ম যার ভিতর সহজ উৎসারিত, আর যাঁর প্রতি আসক্তিতে মানুষের বিচ্ছিন্ন জীবন জগতের সমস্ত বিরোধের চরম সমাধান লাভ হয়, তিনিই মানুষের ভগবান। (সত্যানুসরণ)

ধনবান তিনিই যার ধন আছে। তেমনি জ্ঞানবান তিনিই যার জ্ঞাণ আছে। বান এর আগে ধন জ্ঞান দুটিই বিশেষণ পদ। তাহলে আমরা একথা নিশ্চয় বলতে পারি, ভগবান শব্দের ভগ শব্দটি একটি বিশেষণ তথা গুণবাচক শব্দ। ভগ হলো ছয়টি গুণের সমন্বয়। তাহলে চলুন দেখা যাক ছয়টা গুণ কি:
. এশ্বর্য্য: সমগ্র ঐশ্ র্যের ঐশ্বর্য্য, ঈশ্বরের ভাব, আধিপত্যের ভাব।
. বীর্য্য: বিক্রম বীর, ঈর ধাতুর অর্থ হলো প্রেরণা। প্রেরণা যাতে actively move করছে, তিনি বীর।
. যশ: যশ্ ধাতুর অর্থ হলো বিস্তার ভাব।
. আশ্রয়: শ্রী ধাতু থেকে এসেছে। শ্রী ধাতুর অর্থ হলো সেবা।
. জ্ঞাণ: জ্ঞা ধাতু থেকে এসেছে। জ্ঞা ধাতুর অর্থ জানা।
. বৈরাগ্য: কোন কিছুতে রঞ্জিত না হওয়া। বি-পূর্বক রঞ্জন ধাতু, যার অর্থ সব সময় uncolored থাকা।
এই ছয়গুণ যার মধ্যে বিদ্যমান তিনিই ভগবান। (নানা-প্রসঙ্গে)
Shri Shri Thakur and His state of Supreme Father
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'When I say Supreme Father or God etc, I mean such a state of myself when instead of feeling myself an “individual”, I feel my Normal (universal) state. The state of the Supreme Father is such a peaceful state, that I almost fall asleep there. And after waking up I still see (feel) the Father. That means a feeling remains in the memory, and that feeling brings joy. That extreme state cannot be described, it is beyond words. However, even though it is beyond words, it can still be felt – only the soul understands what it feels'

[Ref : Amiyo Baani, Page89]
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'In the state when the Holy Sayings (in Punya Puthi) are dictated, that also is one of my state and that too a “conscious” state. But I cannot remember everything and say now. It is almost like we see so many things in our sleep and talk about it…..sleeping however not unconsciously, a different state you may say.'

[Ref : Amiyo Baani, Page146]

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Shri Shri Thakur said, 'Look, the publicity of me as Viswa-Guru(World Teacher), Thakur etc is not only your fault. Even the Supreme Father has a mischievous involvement in it. Without letting me do any work, He wants to get His work done through all of you and so He presented this obstacle. May be instead of directly listening to Him and following, it will be easier (for others) to understand His sayings through all of you and so He made such arrangement.'

Ashiwinida (the writer of Amiyo Baani) adds, He and Supreme Father are same- this feeling always exists. So in spite of caution that oneness comes out in His talks sometime. So He said, “directly Listening to Him”.

[Ref : Amiyo Baani, Page83-84]
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Ashiwinida (the writer of Amiyo Baani) said to Shri Shri Thakur, 'Gopal Karmakar went to Sonamukhi to buy tasar silk sarees. There he met Haranath Thakur and asked him that presently he, alongwith Jagatbandhu, Dayanand and Anukulchandra, were propagated as Avatars. Which one of them was the right one? Who was the real Avatar or if all of them were Avatars then who was greatest among them? Or, who was what type of Avatar? Hearing all these questions Haranath Thakur silently gazed towards the sky for a while and then said, "Jagatbandhu, Dayanand and I - none of us is an Avatar." He, however, did not express his opinion on you.'

Gently smiling Shri Shri Thakur said, 'I am not that type of Avatar or anything. I am verily like you all. I too catch diseases, I too have death - like any common man. However, I know, there exists a Universal-I, Universal-life or Supreme-soul - whatever you say. Till the time I am detached from that feeling, I am just like any other living being. On the other hand, when I am attached to that feeling of Universal-I, I feel myself as that Universal-I. That is the state of Avatar, God or Supreme Being - whatever you say. In that state, all that is said or done, are verily the words or acts of God. Apart from this there exists no Avatar etc. here - do understand this.'

[Ref : Amiyo Baani, Page170-171]
ONVERSATIONS WITH SRI SRI THAKUR: PRATUL-DIPTI (BY MANILAL CHAKRABORTY): SEPTEMBER 12, 1961:
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At about 5:30 PM Mr. Exman came to Sri Sri Thakur, “I have spent a very busy day. I have visited Satsang Press, Topovan Vidyalaya, Philanthropy Office, Chemical Works, Ananda Bazaar , Motor Works, Water Works etc. and am very glad to see all these institutions of Satsang. I shall take photographs of all of them tomorrow. Here everybody is helping me. They all are really full of sincerity.”

Sri Sri Thakur, “They all love you. They have heard about you from Ray. Hence they are doing the needful as required.”

Mr. Exman, “I would like to use some of Your messages on different subjects. I request Your permission”

Sri Sri Thakur, “I have already given My consent.”

Mr. Exman, “I shall let You know the messages that would be inserted in Your biography “Ocean in a Teacup” written by Ray and also how the book can be made more beautiful in all respects. I shall also send the proof to You so that You can go through it.”

Sri Sri Thakur, “I don’t understand all these things. I am not a learned man. You will do what you think best. I have my understanding and I can say something from that understanding only. I see, I think, I feel and I speak. This alone is My capital.”

Mr. Exman, “I like Your easy and simple talk very much. I like this place very much and I also love You very much. Your environment is also very enjoyable. I shall come again tomorrow morning. I am very eager to be initiated in the ‘Holy Name’. I shall accept it tomorrow morning.”

Sri Sri Thakur (nodding His head in agreement), “Good.”

After Mr. Exman left, Sri Sri Thakur took the water piper and gave the following message:

“Initiation makes a person dexterous
if he follows properly.
Love makes a person propitious
when he follows the principles
of being and becoming.”
THE ACTUAL MEANING OF 'RESIST NO EVIL'.
> > > > > > > >

"Even if a person tortures you, then also, you should behave him in a nice manner. If someone misbehaves you, abuses you, You do justice to him. Tell him, 'It's my fault. I couldn't behave properly.' In this way, pour water on his fire. In this manner, Love spreads. This should be done only in your case.
But, if infront of you someone is assaulting Kiran or Harinandan (persons present there), there it's your duty to resist the evil. 'Resist no evil' doesn't means that someone is being harmed and I shall not resist it. If someone harms Prafulla, you should resist there with a thunderous stand. That is my view."
-S.S THAKUR

{Ref. Diprakshi Vol.6}
WHAT IS ‘FATE’?

“Work on, but be not enslaved. If a change of circumstances brings an undesirable change in your heart, know for certain you have enslaved yourself by your work.
Do not be confined by any kind of prejudice. Except those of the Supreme Father, all prejudices are bonds.

Your fate is what is just beyond the range of your vision and knowledge—the not-seen, the not-known---hence is fate as you say.
Throw off your proud, stupid, satan ‘I’. Move on the will of the Supreme Father. Fate can do nothing. The will of the Supreme Father is fate.

In your every condition just try to understand His blissful will. You will see, grief can’t touch you ; rather, strength will come in your heart and even in sorrow you will find bliss.

Don’t break down thinking about fate. Work on! Don’t be idle! For just as you work, so is your fate unfurled to your vision. The doer of good never fares ill. He gets his rewards sooner or later.

With eyes on the supreme Father, work on! His will is fate. Don’t sit foolishly making fate anything else. Many people leave their rudder, sit non-plussed and think they are without a destiny. Having no reliance, they ultimately pass their whole lives in distress. That is foolishness".

- SRI SRI THAKUR ANUKULCHANDRA
CONVERSATIONS WITH SRI SRI THAKUR: ALOCHANA-PRASANGE (BY PRAFULLA KR. DAS): WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1947; PART 2: “EDUCATION IMBUED WITH DHARMA IS REAL AND COMPLETE EDUCATION. AS IT WILL TEACH US TO LIVE, SO ALSO WILL IT TEACH US TO MAKE OTHERS LIVE. THAT WILL NEVER MAKE PEOPLE SELFISH AND PASSIONATE.” “TO INFUSE THIS URGE OF DHARMA IS THE VERY SOULD OF EDUCATION. TO ACHIEVE IT WHAT IS MOST NEEDFUL IS A DIVINELY INSPIRED TEACHER. IN THE COURSE OF PLEASING SUCH A TEACHER STUDENTS WILL SPONTANEOUSLY IMBIBE HIS CHARACTER. THE TEACHER ALSO SHOULD HAVE A SUPERIOR BELOVED, IN ORDER TO PLEASE WHOM HE WILL STRIVE TO PROPERLY REGULATE HIS INSTINCTS, COMPLEXES, HABITS AND BEHAVIOR.”

Miss Sykes, “Is it possible to introduce a system of education in which Dharma will occupy the main place?”

Sri Sri Thakur, “Education imbued with Dharma is real and complete education. As it will teach us to live, so also will it teach us to make others live. That will never make people selfish and passionate. If a person is motivated by the urge of increasing the happiness and comfort of the environment through activity and service, he cannot but be efficient as a result of that goading zeal. Dharma means ‘existential uphold’.

“To infuse this urge of Dharma is the very soul of education. To achieve it what is most needful is a divinely inspired teacher. In the course of pleasing such a teacher students will spontaneously imbibe his character. The teacher also should have a superior beloved, in order to please whom he will strive to properly regulate his instincts, complexes, habits and behavior.

“Whatever system of education we may introduce, the fundamental factor is the availability of religious and Ideal-centric teachers. The character of the teacher itself will be the transmitter of Dharma and Ideal. Otherwise whatever we may do, the students will not have any palpable perception about Dharma and Ideal. Again I say, Dharma is not anything separated from life. To proceed towards love, life and lift along with our environment embracing everything of the world with an active adherence to the Ideal is what is called Dharma. Wherever Dharma is awakened, it brings in its trail resources, fulfilment of desire and liberation. Whatever we want to do by ignoring Dharma proves our undoing. Instead of upholding our existence it serves to hurl us down. (Emphasis by G. L.)






Prayer --- Barun Chakraborty

Prayer is a wonderful concept in spiritual pursuit. It is perhaps as mysterious as the concept ‘God’. Owing to its mysterious essence, it is practiced in innumerable ways. Seeing its universal acceptability and its ubiquitous practice, I am inclined to believe that praying is natural to human being.
Prayer is a silent communication. It is dedicated to a deity on whom one has faith that his prayer will be granted by the deity. One perhaps carries an impression that more submissive one is and more transparent one comes out before the deity, the better is the communication and higher is the chances of the prayer getting heard.
Those of us who are bred in Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra’s ideology believe that prayer is a psychological process. It begins with a desire to communicate to the Lord. That desire owning to its intensity gets resolved within. Further, owing to faith on the Lord, the fructification process also gets streamlined within. That internal resolution and streamlining of actualization process push us towards action for its actual materialization. We believe and then we work for the materialization of our prayer. Then prayer takes shape in fruition.
When we pray to Sri Sri Thakur, it moves Sri Sri Thakur. Sri Sri Thakur works for the object of prayer in terms of mobilization, preparation and putting acts together. He acts in the same way as we act at our end, of course at a different plane. When all these things happen from both sides, then some outcome takes place.
At times we heard Sri Sri Thakur explicitly saying, ‘it is my submission at Supreme Father that …..’. Sri Sri Thakur’s desire, wish and benediction, whatever terminology we may use, is actually His prayer. His prayer has a great signal value for us to get a clue and act. He expects us to do in the manner and direction, as He wanted and then transform ourselves and the environment by which the desired outcome happens.
‘Verily you know, action begets acquisition’, said Sri Sri Thakur. Accomplishment, achievement and success are some key words in Sri Sri Thakur’s lexicon. Beauty, accuracy and timeliness are some adjuncts in Sri Sri Thakur’s vocabulary of performance. “Where action pursues desire, fulfillment appears immediately, with a smile”, is what Sri Sri Thakur wanted his devotes to believe and orient themselves accordingly. ‘Happiness does not lie in leisure and luxury; rather it springs from accomplishment that flows from unicentral disciplined activities, steadfast to the goal with well wishing urge’.
Therefore there are some preconditions and concomitant actions along with prayer. First is our faith on the Lord. We need to believe that the Lord, Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra as we know him, is alive to our prayer. Second, we need to believe in Sri Sri Thakur’s saying which dictates us to do things as per His liking, being free from complexes. Third, we need to know the process of acquiring what we are longing for. Fourth, surrendering ourselves at His desire; thereby allowing His will to prevail.
Summarily stated; prayer involves three parts: a) deep desire, b) appropriate action and c) mutual reciprocation (between self and the divine). Each of these three elements has multiple sub elements, which requires deep research to articulate. The sub elements are dynamic in nature, as the process gets evolved psychologically, physically along with interface with surrounding environment. We are, knowingly or unknowingly, dealing with these factors and process day in and day out. What makes the process easy and enjoyable is the communion with the Lord.
Whenever these factors are not properly configured and the process gets clumsy, prayer may not lead to desired outcome. Pent up desire, with best of sincerity, may end up in frustration; which at times lead to disillusionment and disbelief in self and in the Lord.
Prayer in practice actually turns out to be a combination of elements like ‘purity, patience and perseverance’. It is a wonderful tool in our hand and it acts wonderfully in our life.
May our prayer lead us to Him!
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