As It Strikes Me

TO MY LOVELY SATSANG FAMILY

Radhe Radhe!!

May this New Year bring in bountiful goodness and prosperity your way!

The Kalpatharu Day Mass Prayer took place in a very grand and festive manner at the Kotai Mariamman Temple Ground at Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. More than 10,000 devotees took part in this grand gathering. As the entire audience raised their hands and clapped blissfully to the tunes of the melodious and sweet Mahamantra, it was a sight to behold! It was as sweet as honey to the ears and my heart was overjoyed.

500 years back, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said, ‘He is indeed the most fortunate, who chants the Mahamantra even once in his lifetime.’ He said ‘Nama is the only way’. There are many suffering till date without understanding the truth in these words. We are extremely blessed and fortunate that we are treading this path.

My kith and kin in all parts of the world, have risen early every Margazhi dawn, and chanted Mahamantra in the streets of their cities and villages, gathering and motivating everyone in their neighbourhood, with the sole intent of making me happy and pleased. My blessings to each and everyone of you!!

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THE BLESSED HOUSEHOLDER

Even if one is wealthy and leads a comfortable life, if he fails to chant the Mahamantra, he is certain to suffer in the life after death! If a Sanyasi follows the rigorous austerities laid down for him, he suffers in this birth but is happy in the life beyond. By being a householder, leading a
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SHOWING BY EXAMPLE

The Vedas are the Lord’s word on how one should lead life in order to attain the highest state of realization. The Upanishads describe the state of a Jnani – the highest state of realization. Some may question if it is truly possible to follow the preaching of the Vedas and attain the highest
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THE WORST PITFALL

The story of Sage Vishvamitra is known to us all.A king called Trishanku requested Vishvamitra to send him to heaven with the physical body. When the king told Sage Vishvamitra that even his Guru, Sage Vashista, said he could not send him to heaven with the physical body, Sage Vishvamitra
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A MERE REPLICATION

Even today, poets when describing the gait of a woman, compare it to that of a ‘hamsa’ (swan). It has been centuries since the swan has become extinct from this world. It is not possible for poets of today’s world to have actually seen its beauty. The reference to its elegant movements is a
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NAMA AND GNANA

Mahatmas say, as one chants Nama incessantly, his ignorance will be wiped away, and he will attain wisdom in his anthima kaala. We may question, if one chants incessantly, why should Bhagavan wait till his last breath to bestow wisdom? Why not during his lifetime? ‘Anthima kaala’
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THE SELF

One can give comforts to our body by draping us in beautiful attires, or by anointing us with sandal and perfumes, or by decorating us with ornaments, or by giving a soothing massage. So also, one may inflict pain on our body by hitting or attacking us with sharp weapons. One may help us to
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BHAKTI AND GNANA

Narada the foremost among devotees is always engaged in singing Hari Kirtan (glories of Hari) and narrating His stories. From this we can conclude that devotion or bhakti manifests only through these two, that is kirtan and Harikatha. Dakshinamoorthy the foremost among the gnanis (enlightened ones)
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THE LOVING TEACHER

There is a boy who is dull headed and does not perform well at school. His teacher who is his true well-wisher gets down to his level, trains him with utmost care and tunes him to attain success in examinations. After doing all the hard work, when the boy emerges with exemplary grades the teacher
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BLISS

Every living being, including humans, do not function just because there is life in the body. From that life, arises the consciousness of ‘I’ and ‘Mine’. It is this consciousness that makes us associate with the world constantly and develop happiness, sorrow, jealousy, comparison, pain,
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CLEANSING THE MIND

As per modern medicine, a person is considered to be in good health if parameters connected to the various systems in the body are within normal range. If any other parameters go out of range, we consult a doctor to restore normalcy, failing which the body becomes diseased. Likewise, the mind
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