Beauti of Sun ctg.: Jai Sree RaamThakur

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Jai Sree RaamThakur

The story goes like this :

Once Gurudev and Dr. J N Dasgupta went out for an evening walk and suddenly they saw a young boy coming towards them carrying some plants in a basket . Dr. babu wanted to take one plant but gurudev informed him to take a specific plant form that basket . So Dr. babu took out the plant and when he turned to pay the boy the amount for the plant but he found nobody was there .

This is the specific tree I was taking about previously which is found in Vrindavan only .

There is an emblem of Kaibalya Shakti present on top of the house exactly located on top of the room where Gurudev used to stay .

I would love to visit Raam Nivas once again if and only if Gurudev wants me to .

Jai Gurudev

Jai Raam

RAAM NIVAS

 This Akshaya Tritiya was a very special day for me . I have never enjoyed so much in Akshaya Tritiya . My aunt invited us to a house in balygunge place called Raam Nivas . She mentioned about this place to me before but i was unable to find out a right time to visit this place . This house called " RAAM NIVAS " is actually the house to Dr. J N Dasgupta who was a very dedicated shishya of our beloved Thakur . This house was built with the instructions given by Gurudev . I reached there at 12 pm when kirtana was going on in full swing . There is a huge vibration of GURUDEV still present in that house and it will remain forever . Gurudev has spent a lot of time in that house and has established many Gods and Goddesses in the house temple while staying there on the 1st floor . According to Gurudevs instruction the satyanarayan sinni < food offered to NARAYAN > which is used in Jadavpur Ashram every day during Satyanarayan puja in the evening would be made here in Raam Nivas first and then it would be taken to Jadavpur Asram and offered to LORD SATYANARAYAN for the sandhya satyanarayan pujan . Due to unavoidable circumstances this rule is not followed now instead the required money is provided from Raam Nivas to Jadavpur Ashram for the daily Satyanarayan Cinni . There are a lot of photos present in Raam Nivas of our beloved Gurudev and also a stone Idol of lord Kaivalyanath present in the main hall on 1st floor .

While talking to one of Gurdev`s shishya I came to know that there is a tree present in this house which was planted by gurudev and which is found only in Vrindavan .

GURUSEVA

There are many stories revolving Thakur where thakur says that HE is there in the PICTURE and looking after every one . There are also many stories where few devoties gets message from THAKUR through HIS HOLY picture .

Thakur always used to say that " AMI APNADER OI CHOBITEI ACHI " < I am always in the picture > . By saying this GURUDEV have showed us the way to do GURU SEVA always by taking proper care of the picture .

Let me take an exaple of a small story :

Once GURUDEV visited a bhaktas house in the afternoon . The Landlord of the house was at work at that time , only the female members were present . Th land lady was in seventh heven when she saw THAKUR entering the premises of the house . She arranged a bed for GURUDEV in the THAKUR GHOR < room used for puja > . GURUDEV went and sat on the bed . The land lady looked at THAKUR and asked thakur why HE is looking so pale and thin . Thakur looked at the small temple present inside the room and replied that the land lady was not taking proper care of him and his food , that is why HE has become pale and thin . The land lady was taken aback . She was feeling very ashamed aswell as had a question in her mind that how is it possible when GURUDEV doesn`t even stay with them .

GURUDEV realised that the question raised in the landladys mind and pointed towards the Thakur ghor < temple > . There was a picture of THAKUR and many other DEV DEVI ,

Some sweet was there on a small copper plate and a glass of water half filled . A group of ants were happily feeding on the Naivadya < food > provided on the copper plate in front of the picture of GURUDEV . The land lady finished doing puja early in the morning and through out the day the prasadam will stay there till evening before the sandhya arati .

Pointing this GURUDEV said " SHEVAR MOTON SHEVA KORTE PARLE KORBEN , NAHOLE KORBEN NAH " < if you are taking care of some one dont do it half heartedly > .

The land lady started crying and fell on GURUDEVs lotus feet . She realised her mistake and also realised that GURUDEV is very much present in the photo aswell . Having a photo at home is as good as having Thakur at home .

Moral of the story : No different between PHOTO and GURUDEV Himself .

There was a Lady who used to continiously speak to gurudev like we converse with our friends , parents, siblings etc . She considered Gurudev as her husband and used to take care of GURUDEV like nobody else . < please forgive me , canot remember the name > . There are others who gets messages through the picture as i have mentioned above and some from mear thin air .

There is another story where GURUDEV came to a lady`s house and gave her diksha .

After few months when she and her husband went to a renouned bhaktas place in patna where they were having an GURU-UTSAVA , they came to know that gurudev left HIS physical form 12 years back .

There are hundreds and thounds of other stories published , unpublished of GURUDEV showering HIS blessings .

GURUDEV always used to say : " EI SHORIR TAKE LOIYA TANATANI KOREN KANO , AMI TO OEE POTEI ACHI " . < No need to run beyond this physical body of mine , i am very much present in the picture itself > . So HE always has HIS eyes on us . I believe strongly that we can also experience that kind of relationship and bonding with GURUDEV if we get involved or drown in the HOLY SOMA RASA OF NAMA . We can also hear and see gurudev clearly if we submit ourselves completely at his HOLY LOTUS FEET .

Gurudev used to stay at HIS bhaktas house as a member of the house and used to take care of every small thing . GURUDEV can be considered as the head of the house like the same way we have our grand parents taking control of everything , because everthing that we have in this mundane world is provided by HIM like parents , kids , wife , money , fame , prosperity , house . We are just given an opourtunity to enjoy all this but we do not own any of this . Its HE who is the soul owner of everything that we have in our life . If we can keep this in mind and fulfill out duties then few of the ripus can be taken care of . We can also take care of GURUDEV`S picture the same way we take care of out parents . Then we can surely realise that slowly and steadily HE has become a member of the family and we can develop the same bondage we have with our parents . This will definitly help us in our future developments .....................................

JAI RAAM CHANDRA

JAI GURUDEV

Sri Sri Ram Thakur was the nearest and dearest one to all His disciples. He never intended to develop a guru-shishya relationship. He used to keep close contact with His followers through His numerous letters almost like a close or intimate relative, even when He was far away from them. His disciples had so many queries familial, social, spiritual and so on. He would convey His valuable words of advice and messages in the shape of letters in exclusively His own style.

Prof. Dr. Indubhushan Bandyopadhyay, former Head of the Department of History, Calcutta University, had revealed in the introduction to the first volume of Veda-vani :

"I had started to collect His letters twenty years ago and setting aside personal matters, I compiled just the essence of His messages keeping intact His own language. Initially, I collected His letters for myself only … I had no intention to bring these letters before common people. Although I did not have any discussion with Sri Sri Thakur in this regard, yet I had to change my mind after His departure from this mortal world when many of His disciples painfully detected that many people were getting distracted and misled due to so many untrue propaganda about Thakur and I felt the need to rein in such a trend to stop its further spread. We, common people, do not generally get to know the sermons of great men directly from themselves and their messages percolate through generations of their disciples. But, Sri Sri Thakur was an exception. He had articulated His messages and advice in His own letters and as such nobody can raise any question regarding the authenticity of these letters at all and these invaluable letters will go on serving as touchstones in every walk of our lives. I realized, these letters require permanent preservation and in this process two volumes of Vedavani have already been published. I do hope, the third volume, too, will see the light of the day very soon."

 However, Dr. Bandyapadhyay's dream to get the third volume published remained unfulfilled since he had to respond to the call from the Kaibalyalok in the midnight of November 13, 1956 (Kartik 27, 1363 B.S). Sri Sri Kaibalyadham, Jadavpur, came forward to materialize his unfulfilled great dream.

Prof. Dr. Gobinda Gopal Mukhopadhyay, former Head of the Department of Sanskrit, Burdwan University, said in the foreword of  Veda-vani, Sadhya O Sadhantattwa :

Indian spiritualism originates from the VEDAS and the VEDAS are the purest form of spiritual wisdom. The Vedic sermons are being pronounced in the guise of the messages of the saints, seers and great men from time to time and in this very process our spiritualism is getting nurtured, well-protected, permeated into generations in our holy land. Sri Sri Ram Thakur was one such great man, who descended in Bengal in the modern age. Neither had He undergone any formal education nor had He a vast range of knowledge, still He was the wisest of the wise - an ocean of wisdom in true sense. These are the Vedavanis through which He enlightened people irrespective of caste and creed, haves and have-nots, educated and uneducated. His sole objective was to open up every one's spiritual eyes, leading on to spiritual and inner awakening with the help of Vedavani.

It is all the more an uphill task for the common people to realize the inner meaning of the sermons of Vedavani and even explaining their substance in the mother tongue is also not a very easy thing to do. Therefore, it is almost next to impossible to get these sermons translated in toto into other languages keeping intact their flavour. And, this fact is crystal clear in the introduction to the first volume of Vedavani by Dr. Indubhushan Bandyopadhyay :

"According to my personal experience, the inner meaning of Thakur's advice in the form of His letters becomes transparent only through their repeated reverent reading and our heart gets enriched with newer enlightenment as we delve into them again and again"

Some of the messages of Sri Sri Thakur :

The events of life flow down the stream that took its course at your birth (Prarabdha). Accept them without regret, take heed not to force the hand of Fate.

Do the duties of life as penance, leaving the rest to the Guide - who will protect you from all the imbalance of prosperity and adversity.

Live consciously in God with according ableness. The events come owing to the urges that initiated this life; meet them with resignation to the Guide, do your bit to the best of your ability, but give away neither to elation nor to depression.

Man can have no control over the events of life till he shall have completely paid all his dues brought forward from the previous life.

The word 'Samsara' means the world of becomings that obscures and eclipses Being, and consists of joys and sorrows that appear on the surface of the mind (only to disappear).

Do not distress yourself : whatever God does must necessarily contribute to your good.

He that adores the Lord with single-minded devotion does verily make a clean sweep of all the accumulated debris of life.

Marriage, birth and death are all fated events, Fate being the arbiter in respect of each and every item of one's position in life. The time and the shape of things to be are all predetermined. Be in all circumstances vigilant with a view to submitting yourself to the God of Truth Who gives all the awards through the mechanism of Destiny that does never fail.

The heart burns night and day in the fire of the faggot of desire. Have trust in God. All that rise and set are unreal. Know what is real and what unreal and you shall have done with your delusion.

God and His Name are one - not different. To live by the Name is to abide in God. By uninterrupted abidance therein one is able to cross the bounds of dualistic knowledge and attain Peace and bliss.

It is egoism in man that splits the unity of Being into kinsmen and strangers. In truth, no body in the world is other than your Self.

No body can escape the consequences of his actions as determined by Fate, which should therefore be accepted as a matter of course. A man reaps as he has sown.

Adore the God of Truth. He will always sustain and protect you. As fate wills it so are people encumbered by the experiences of life, which now give satisfaction, now discontent.

Don't worry. Always try to live in submission to God. The world is a delusion which disappears as soon as the destined time series terminates. It is wrong to distress yourself over what fate has in store for you.

Always bear with what fate offers you in the right spirit. So will you have God's mercy.

Be content with your portion in life as meted out by Nature. Thiswise can you release yourself from destiny and attain eternal Truth.

If you want to serve the God of Truth you should do so by living in submission to Him, bearing patiently with the forces of the natural instincts which rule creaturely existence with delusive egoism and cognate effects.

In the three worlds that be, there is none but Truth that is your very own, Truth which is Providence as well as Dispensation.

Man is bound by the ties not of wedlock but of cravings. Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and the other Gods lived a married life. As the Elders say, as you have sown so do you reap.

All maladies are curved if you constantly recite the Holy Name with absolute trust in Him.

This world of Ignorance revolve on the wheels of Time. No one can interface with its course.

Everyman would teach others; few can teach themselves.

Always recite the Name ; to do so is singleminded devotion. The acquired dispositions become a spent force only through patience : everything in its time. The Name alone is Truth ; naught else but the Name endures in this world.

Fate is the arbiter for all and duly gives unto each what falls due to him. It is no good giving thought to that. None can escape the concatination of the destined events of his life.

People are subject to birth and death owing to their allegiance to Appearance and cannot get release therefrom except by being devoted to Reality. But then Fate bears fruit everywhere.

All people are ruled in this world by Destiny. Whatever Fate offers you at whatever hours, must needs be to your good.

Marriage takes place just when it must, according to the decree of Providence, which cannot be interfered with.

If you keep doing your immediate duties here on earth with surrender to God and goodwill to all, He will forever be looking to your good by removing all your wants and granting you absolute repose in Him.

Accept the predestined portion of your life with cheerfulness.

Fate alone, and nothing else, is responsible for all that befalls you. In this human predicament patience is your only friend.

The world is like a dream where people are embogged by their illusory ego-sense, and wherefrom they are saved by single-minded devotion to the Lord.

If you act with resignation to God, the forces of destiny will go over your head.

Man looks before and after owing to having been enmeshed in the net of egoistic becomings.

Always recite the Holy Name : the Name, alone, will remove all your wants and make your mind still.

Do what you would with calm conviction. Indecision leads you nowhere. Stick to one thing, whatever be your choice.

Find fault with none, be angry with none. Be always alive to your duty of serving the Lord. The servants of the Lord are always free.

The world is a magic show, run by the cosmic forces which admit of no individual freedom of action.

This world of Ignorance revolves on the wheels of Time. No one can interfere with its course.

Do not worry over God's dispensations. Truth alone is the ultimate Goal. Forsake It not, but exert yourself always to follow Its course.

Patience is a priceless possession. Exert yourself always to nourish it.

To save and salvage human beings from the unending and unbearable pains and misery, injustice and corruption of the materialistic world, the Almighty God comes in human form to this world from time to time. The Saviour shows the right path to set them free from their predicament. By His divine love and by demonstrating the ideal way of life He uplifts the ordinary human folk to extra-ordinary level of spiritual enlightenment and God-consciousness.

Sri Sri Ramthakur is such a great soul. He is our most revered "Sri Sri Kaibalyanath" or "Sri Sri Satyanarayan". He took the human form for the spiritual uplift of all irrespective of religion, caste and class. A considerable section of His followers were the so-called 'untouchables' and people of other religions. Most of them were drawn towards Him fascinated by His magnetic divine personality, His magnanimity & affection for all and also by His pleasant personality.

He said that to attain "Brahma", the supreme being, requires a lot of perseverance and practice of the ways and means demonstrated by a great soul. Renunciation of 'Sansara' (material world) is not the only path to realize the Self. God consciousness may be achieved by chanting of 'Nama' within this mundane world of ours by means of hard work without attachment.

After setting up 'Sri Sri Kaibalyadham', Thakur proclaimed that all the divine deities are present here with full power and heartfelt blessings. "In future a great soul will appear to disclose the glory of Sri Sri Kaibalyanath and liberate the devotees to attain Kaibalyamukti". Thakur pronounced that people belonging to all religions will come here and attain their ultimate goal of spiritualism performing their own ways of worshipping. He said that the Mohunt of Kaibalyadham should be regarded as the empowered representative of 'Sri Sri Kaibalyanath' and will be the supreme spiritual and administrative head of 'Sri Sri Kaibalyadham'.

Thakur's exemplary ways of life and His invaluable advice, showered throughout His life, provided guidelines for ideal and sacred life and the right path for seeking God. His innumerable letters and the diaries of His intimate disciples, are replete with His precious advice. The valuable extracts of His letters written to various devotees, have been compiled as "Vedavani" in three volumes.

There is another incident mentioned in the book of Sri Phanindra Malakar about himself. Once he had a desire of taking sanyas from the sansar or renouncing the material world and go in search of God and do sadhana in a forest. But he didn’t revealed it to anybody in his home, he was unmarried at that time. Instead he thought he would quietly leave his home without anybody’s knowledge and take sanyas. But our almightly Guruji was knowing everything and on the night of his escaping Guruji alerted the family members of Malakar babu and he was caught and stopped from going. When Malakar babu came to know that they were informed by Guruji himself he felt very dejected at heart also felt being betrayed by Guruji. Next morning, when he went to met Guruji along with the family members He explained in detail as what is actual sanyas. He asked that have you acquired that qualification to stay in forest and amongst the animals? Do you have the basic eligibility? If you have violence in you heart, your violence will attract the animals to attack you!! First gain that qualification!! You have previous births karmas due to which you have taken birth here in this family otherwise you would have taken birth in some isolated part of the world and until and unless you pay all your debts you cannot escape from here. Where will you go? Wherever you go, your prarabdha will also follow you! (Guruji used to say that our forehead is our fate and you cannot keep your forehead at a place and go to some other place, it will go with you wherever you go! Further also when you die and your body is fully burned into ashes your forehead bone only remains!!) Don’t try to run away from your karmas instead face them (like Arjuna who also tried to run away from his duties but was ultimately brought back by Sri Krishna) Guruji also said that instead of going to aranya (forest) stay in this sansar aranya (world forest) and do tapas or sadhana through bearing with patience all sorts of miseries, blames given by family members, society etc. different types of difficulties, agony, sorrow etc. keep your mind at the lotus feet of God and do all your duties with an akarta bhav (detached state). This is called nitya tapasya and I bless you to be able to do that. So here we can see that how beautifully Guruji had explained us that sanyas is not escaping from your home instead facing all difficulties with patience and keeping your mind in God/Guruji. Jai Ram!