GURU-BHAKTI YOGA : 1.2 - Sri Swami Sivananda.
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1.#OPINION : Wednesday, June 28 , 2021. 7:30. AM. 2461.
GURU-BHAKTI YOGA : 1.2 -
1. INTRODUCTION -2.
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Those who teach the theory that a Guru is not necessary and that each one should follow one’s own reason and conscience forget the ostensible fact that they themselves take on themselves the role of the Gurus to those whom they teach the doctrine. They begin to command respect, adoration and worship as great teachers, though they teach that there is no need for a teacher. We know how the Buddha, for example, asked his disciples to think for themselves rationally and convince themselves for themselves in regard to the validity of the doctrine which he preached and not to accept anything by mere authority of his word. He did not propound the worship of any god, too. However, the result has been that he is being worshipped as a Great Guru and even a God. The teaching in regard to thinking for oneself and the denial of the need for a Guru naturally implies the acceptance, on the part of the taught, of the person who teaches as a Guru. It is found that the need for a Guru cannot be overcome in any walk of life. It is the nature of human experience to get effected by a process of subject-object interaction.
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There is a feeling among some people in the West that the ‘dependence’ of the disciple on the Guru is a psychological bondage which according to the theory of psycho-analysis has to be got over. In this connection it has to be noted however that the relation of the disciple to the Guru is not the psychological dependence which psycho-analysis is familiar with but the surrender of personality to the care of a higher consciousness which includes and transcends the limited individualistic consciousness of the disciple. Further, the disciple’s dependence on the Guru takes the form of a personal relationship only in the beginning, but in the end it becomes a veritable surrender of the individual to the universal. The Guru becomes a symbol of the Eternal. The patient’s dependence on the psycho analyst will not doubt a relationship from which the patient has to break himself away, for this dependence is brought about temporarily for the sake of bringing about a relief of tension in the mind of the patient. When the task is done, the dependence is broken and overcome and the patient becomes free and independent as before. But neither in the beginning nor in the end the relationship of the disciple to the Guru takes the shape of an undesirable dependence. It is dependence on the universal through and through. The Guru is taken not as a body or even as a personality but as a representation of the highest spiritual reality. Thus the dependence of the disciple on the Guru is a gradual process of self-purification on the part of the disciple and of his final attainment of the supreme Godhead.
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There are some who often cite the instance of Yajnavalkya’s dissociation of himself from his Guru Vaishampayana as an indication even in ancient times of the possibility of one’s leading an independent spiritual life unrelated to any Guru other than oneself. It is true that Yajnavalkya disconnected himself from Vaishampayana, but this was not because he was not loyal to his Guru but because the Guru was enraged at him and asked him to quit his Ashrama after returning to him whatever knowledge he had imparted. This, of course, created in Yajnavalkya a distrust towards all human Gurus, but he did not give up his search for a Guru. Instead of feeling that there is no need for having a Guru and that one can proceed for oneself independently along the spiritual path, he resorted to a superior Guru, the Sun-God Himself. There is no argument whatsoever in the behaviour of Yajnavalkya which can establish or demonstrate the undesirability of dedicating oneself to a Guru. And when Yajnavalkya acquired a fresh knowledge from the Sun-God, he was ready to impart it to the other disciples of his previous Guru at the request of the latter who is said to have been highly pleased later on at the tremendous strength and aspiration and courage which Yajnavalkya revealed in propitiating the Sun-God.
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The highest Guru is God Himself Who reveals Himself in manifold forms through Nature. The universe in which we live is a great teacher of the lessons of life. Every event that occurs before our eyes presents itself before us as a deep lesson with deep significance in it, if only we would be alive to the manner in which Nature works. The universe is the body of God, and it operates in a very mysterious way embracing within its processes the whole gamut of experience, internal as well as external, subjective as well as objective. All that we sense, feel or understand is meant to bring about in us the necessary transformation required in our evolution towards the Supreme Being.
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When the process of universal evolution is cut off from our individual consciousness, it goes by the name of mechanistic evolution which seems to drag all individuals with it by force and over which no individual seems to have any control. But when this evolution becomes a part and parcel of one’s consciousness and is assimilated into one’s consciousness it is called the process of Yoga. Yoga is really the cosmic evolution envisaged by the human consciousness in its own Self and with which it has identified its own being. It may also be said to be a compression as it were of the whole scheme of a cosmic process in the human consciousness. When this is done, the surrender of the individual to the Will of God or the Law of the Supreme becomes so complete that all apparent conflict that is seen to exist between the operations of Nature and the ambitions of man vanishes altogether, and human aspiration becomes inseparable from Divine Will and the processes of the universe. This is the highest concept of the Guru, to which every aspirant has to rise, ultimately. The acceptance of a personal Guru is a preparation for and is one of the steps leading to the final absorption of the individual in the Universal. There are various stages in the development of the concept of the Guru and in the manner in which one surrenders oneself to the Guru. But in no stage of spiritual Sadhana can the need for the Guru be overlooked, for the Guru is a name applied to the different degrees in which the Absolute manifests Itself in relation to the aspirant endeavouring to realise it in his Self.
To be continued ....
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Note : Beware -
1. You are following a wrong path even in your studies and educational career; and neither your parents, your government, your society nor your friends are good enough or intelligent enough to tell you what your problems are going to be when you become an adult!
2. "Here comes the need for a new type of education. You may call it Sanatana Dharmam."
THIS IS WHAT NOT HAPPENING IN THE MUSLIM WORLD,
THEIR POISONOUS MADRASA EDUCATION, IS FUNDING HATRED, VIOLENCE, MENTAL DISTURBANCE, CREATING TROUBLES AMONG THEMSELVES AND OTHER COUNTRIES!!
3. Christianity violates all discipline, by by religious conversions and Church, cum evangelists, using the money, spreading lies, cheat the public all over the world,
4. Nature can suddenly burst a bomb on the head of all humanity, which she has been keeping secretly tucked under the arm to burst any time. The whole Earth can shake, and the matter ends there in one second!!
5. THE BREAKING INDIA FORCES CONGRESS AND COMMUNISTS ALONG WITH ALL REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES USE DEMONIC POLITICS; VOTE BANK POLITICS WITH MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS ASSOCIATED WITH ABOVE SAID POLITICAL COMBINATIONS TO DESTROY THIS HOLY NATION.
6.TO STOP THESE EVIL MOB IN THE PRESENT DAY, ONLY WAY TO IT BE RIGHTEOUS, TRUE TO ONE NATION AND ONE PEOPLE PRICIPLE.
7. TODAY IN KERALA AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THIS HOLY NATION, WHERE GREAT BRAHMA RISHIS, MAHARISHIS TOOK BIRTH AND GAVE US GREAT TEXTS, FOLLOWED BY GREAT ACHARYA SRI SWAMI ADI SANKARACHARYA AND MANY MORE BORN AND SUCCEEDED IN ESTABLISHING A STRONG SANATANA DHARMAM THROUGH OUT BHARATHAM; BUT THE PRESENT POLITICAL SYSTEM NOT PREPARED TO FOLLOW THEIR TEXTS AND SERVE THIS NATION, NEED TO CHANGE THIS TENDENCY BY RENAISSANCE.
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### Role of parents and teachers in a child's life :
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1.School, teachers and parents play vital role in holistic and the teacher is the second. Both have an immense contribution and responsibility in shaping child’s personality.
2.Role of parents : Parents are the child’s first role model. Children behave, react and imitate same as their parents. Parents play important role in encouraging and motivating their kids to learn. Good parental support helps child to be positive, healthy and good life long learner. Children acquire skills at the parent and teacher is a real secret of child’s happy learn very early stage of their life if the parents are responsive and development of the child. Parents are the first mentor of the child understanding.
3.Teacher-Parent Relationship :Trust and mutual understanding between. Support and Cooperativeness from parents towards teacher helps a lot to connect, understand and work towards child. Remarkable positive change is seen in a child if the parents and teacher understand and work hand in hand. A good parent teacher relationship leads child to be positive towards attending school.
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##### National Code Of Conduct For The Citizens Of Holy Bharatham : Swami Sivananda.
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1. Patriotism: Our Motherland should be our first and highest consideration. Welfare of the nation is our own welfare. Therefore, let us willingly be ready to offer up even our own life for our country. Let us inculcate in our children and members of our family love for our country, the spirit of patriotism and service to our country and our fellow citizens.
2. Duty: Our first and foremost duty is to God and to Righteousness. Leading a righteous life is the best and most valuable service of our Nation.
3. Character: Character is the greatest wealth. A pure, incorruptible citizen is the greatest asset of our Nation. This is vital and indispensable. Therefore, good character is to be given top priority value; upon this depends our nation’s welfare and its future stability.
4. Health: Health is the basis of success. Health is wealth. Next to character, it is the greatest national asset. As citizens, building up character and safeguarding health, should be our primary duty to the Nation.
5. Virtue: Let us join hand and eradicate the evils of gambling, liquor-drinking, drug-taking, tobacco-smoking and betel-chewing. Let us eradicate the evils of bribery, corruption, selfishness, immorality, dishonesty and misconduct. Disloyalty to our Nation is crime and unpardonable sin.
6. Public Property: O Citizen! We are custodian of public property. Let us not spoil, misuse, steal or destroy National property. Let us preserve it with love and care. Let us keep our country neat and clean. This is your sacred duty.
7. One Family: All our citizen are brethren. Let us feel this fraternity. Let us all love each other and one another and be united because, we are one family.
8. Religion: We must have equal reverence for all religions, creeds and faiths. Let us love as our own brother the followers of our faiths. Let us treat others as we wish to be treated by them.
9. Non-violence: At all cost avoid every type of violence and hatred for, this is a blot on the fair name of the Nation. It is soul-killing and cause great harm to our country’s welfare and development. It is totally opposed to our Nation’s ideal.
10. Economy: Let us adopt simple living and high thinking. Let us not be extravagant. Let us avoid waste. Let us practise frugality. Let us share what we have with our less fortunate fellow citizens. This is National virtue that our India needs today.
11. Law: Let us respect the rule of law and uphold social justice. In this lies the guarantee of our welfare and orderly progress towards better India.
12. Ahimsa: Non-injury is our highest virtue (Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah). Compassion is a divine quality. Protection of animals is our sacred duty. This is India’s special teaching. Let us be compassionate towards all creatures. Thus be a true Indian. Try to become an embodiment of kindness compassion and goodness in your every day life.
13. Ecology: Man and Nature are inseparable. Man and his natural environment are inter-related and mutually interdependent. Everything in Nature contributes to our protection and nourishment. Let us, therefore, protect our natural environment. Helping in maintaining the ecological balance is our duty. It is indispensable for our safe living and highest welfare. Polluting of public places and polluting of air and water of the country is a national crime. We must make amends of our past lapses.
14. Unity: The more united the people of a country, the greater is their ability to withstand all obstacles and dangers. United we stand, divided we fall. This is particularly true about today’s India. Therefore, let us live in close harmony and loving goodwill with all our countrymen. Love of our country means love of our countrymen. This is the most invaluable service a Citizen of India, can offer to our Motherland.
15. Education: The process of education should incorporate within it the imparting of the basic knowledge of India’s great culture, its lofty ideals and noble values and principles of living. Our education has to be oriented for enriching and enhancing the quality of life of our youth and students.
##THUS, SHINE AS A TRUE CITIZEN AND SERVE YOUR COUNTRY BEST, BY THE VERY MANNER OF YOUR LIFE AND CONDUCT.
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JAI HIND
JAI BHARATHAM
VANDHE MADHARAM
BHARAT MATHA KI JAI
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