Om Hrim Ritam Lecture 01 on 18 August 2019
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We are discussing The Avatara Sthothram. This is the second one composed by Swami Vivekananda. Poetically, metrically, grammar wise it is perfect. But beauty wise it is not. So Swami Vivekananda understood it and gave it to Sharad Chandra Chakraborthy for correction & he refused because it has come directly as Rishi Sthothram. . It is called Arsha Prayoga. Rishi Prayoga. Two points We keep in mind. Why did Swami Vivekananda compose it? because he had a vision of Sri Ramakrishna in the form of 12 letters.
The second point is this is last class we discussed there are several varieties of hymns describing the form and qualities of God, And then the glory of God, for example Chandi. It is the glory of the Divine mother. And there are some hymns which are which you belong to the impersonal aspect of it.
प्रातः स्मरामि हृदि संस्फुरदात्मतत्त्वं
सच्चित्सुखं परमहंसगतिं तुरीयम् ।
यत्स्वप्नजागरसुषुप्तिमवैति नित्यं
तद्ब्रह्म निष्कलमहं न च भूतसङ्घः ॥१॥
Praatah Smaraami Hrdi Samsphurad-Aatma-Tattvam
Sac-Cit-Sukham Parama-Hamsa-Gatim Turiiyam |
Yat-Svapna-Jaagara-Sussuptim-Avaiti Nityam
Tad-Brahma Nisskalam-Aham Na Ca Bhuuta-Sangghah ||1||
Then Nirvanashtakam, etc. But this particular hymn gives us a glimpse into that our huge Human Condition, Which is incapable of attaining bakthi or anything. So psychologically it is describing. Therefore, the only option for us is to completely surrender ourselves.
Swami Vivekananda had composed many things poems and bhajans, stotras. So this first Sthothram was Kandana bhava bandana. we have completed it. This is the second Sthothram. They are daily in Ramakrishnam order, in this order only - Kandana, Om Hrim Ritham, Sarva Mangala or Prakruthim paramam etc we will be doing it. So this is the second hymn.
Why did he compose because he had a vision of Sri Ramakrishna in the form of 12 letters. This is called dwadasaakshari Mantra. Om Namo bhagavate ramakrishnaya. That is what we get the first letters in the - there are four parts to this hymn. The fifth part has been added later on. Which is the fifth part? Stapakaya Cha Dharmasya. That was composed at the house NavaGopalaghosh extemporaneously he composed it. But that was added later on.
So when we do something like that, we think and compose. When they do it just spontaneously comes out. Every artist real artist They don't do effort. They become fit instruments through which the music or poetry just expresses itself. And that's why it lasts. If somebody composes it may be there for few days, afterwards It won't last. And this hymn we are going to discuss is a charanagathi gadya. . Like Ramanuja who is famous for his Charanagathi gadya. Gadya means prose. So Here Swami Vivekananda's Charanagathi. how do we know / 4 times? It comes - Tasmat tvam-eva sharanam, mama dina-bandho. And here also Swami Vivekananda had to take into account Sri Ramakrishna's divine nature.
And in this particular hymn we get something much more wonderful than we get in the Avatara Stotra. So we are going to discuss it. Every day we sing it first Kandana then Om Hrim Ritham invariably.
So how did this world come about? What does it consist of? Where from does it come? srishti sthithi. Where from it comes? Om, then - Om is something indescribable. nirakARA, nirguna, nirvisesha - Brahma Akanda Sachidananda. But when we are talking, it is indescribable. Mana vachana ek adhaar. But really speaking, It is beyond speech and mind. That is represented by Omkara. We will briefly discuss about this Omkara Also.
The hymn goes like this..
Om hrim ritam tvam-achalo, gunajit, gunedyah
Naktam-divam, sakarunam, tava pada-padmam;
Mohan-kasham, bahu-kritam, na bhaje yato'ham
Tasmat tvam-eva sharanam, mama dina-bandho.
So the first meaning we have to seek is - Tasmat tvam-eva sharanam therefore you are The only refuge. dina-bandho why you are there to bestow your grace? Dina bandu-Who is a dina? Dina means helpless. You are the helper of the helpless. So are we really dina-bandho. Before we can receive something? We have to make it vacant. Anything furniture, bed or construct a house. So simply it is a hilly land. And unless you remove the rubbles Stones Etc and make it in a way of uniform, Level it down, We cannot do Anything. So that receiving capacity is called Saranagati. 06:54-5
So if I am helpless, can I really take refuge in God? It is impossible. God only will come and helps us. Everything he does only he makes us feel I have taken refuge in Him. First example is Girish Chandra Ghosh. Oh, can you repeat my name in the morning and evening? He said no, you know that. We at least can you repeat once he said no, because what was his excuse that I don't know what is morning and evening? Then third chance he has given what is the third chance? At least before food, Do you remember? Girish Chandra Ghosh rejoinder was, I have eaten food many times without being aware that I'm eating food.
Like children, you know, sometimes they are sleeping and also drinking milk, they are not aware of after that They complain. Yesterday You did not feed me why I don't remember. Will you remember? This child is complaining yesterday. if we have not drunk milk where from The Voice is coming?
So then Sri Ramakrishna said give me your power of attorney. Only when SRI Ramakrishna gave him the power to give their power of attorney. Then he said yes that much energy was left out to say yes, and then Sri Ramakrishna has taken them. So it is charanagathi means complete surrender.
This is the hardest thing in the world. How do we know because the charanagathi if it is to be true charanagathi much fulfill six conditions. How many conditions? Six. Do you know? What are those six conditions? This is Ramanujacharya Bakthi Marga. He was an expert in it. So he gives us the hint… shavidha saranagati.. shat means six. So charanagathi is Possible only when we fulfill six conditions. Otherwise, it is not charanagathi. What is this…
Anukulasya sankalpa pratikUlsya varjanam
raksisyati iti visvAso goprtve varanam tathA
Atmaniksepa kArpanye Sadvidha saranagati
So first, Anukulasya sankalpa pratikUlsya varjanam..they go together. that beautiful kannada song Is there. a na-go, youngo kn onae – Ranga.. This is my responsibility to do these things. This is a contract between you and me and I'm gonna go and and all the devotees are big Witnesses with this contract signing the contract. So what is it? If I do not cultivate sath sanga, then I am guilty.
Having cultivated sath sanga, If you do not prevent me from Dhus Sanga, then you are responsible for that. so like that, it is one of the most wonderful bhaJans. if you understand the meaning it is marvelous. So, spiritual journey is a contract between me and God. It is not one-sided affair.
So Anukulasya sankalpa, sankalpa means a firm determination this word sankalpa as is a very strong word. That's why before doing Pooja we have to do sankalpa mentally. But if it is elaborate Pooja there is a special formula, you take a little bit of rice though, etcetera and sit. On This particular day SRI Ramakrishna Pooja, kamaneya.
why bakthi, gnana, Viveka, vairagya udayartham poojam karishyami or karishaye or whatever. It is. This sankalpa is most important. when we take brahmachraya Dheeksah, We do the sankalpa. when we have taking Mantra diksha, we do something. I said we do sankalp not I do sankalpa. Who are we? Both guru and Sishya. What this Sishya does until I reach the goal, you will have to hold my hand and take me; and what is Guru sunkAlpha that until you reach the goal, I will not let you your hand go. So it is not one-sided Affair. He will give mantra dheeksha and then he will disappear. That's not like that. So what happens to the guru if he dies? Guru can never die. What dies is not Guru. What dies is the body. The real Guru is God. In fact, the real Guru means knowledge. Is an abstract idea. I have also discussed these ideas but few people keep notes. That is way I have to repeat again And again.
Whenever we are looking at any object we are not looking at the object. We are looking at the knowledge we have about that object. So when we are Looking at Sri Ramakrishna, We have some knowledge, where you call Him Incarnation, you call Him God it is this knowledge which produces the reaction action and reaction from us. So Guru means it is knowledge. So the sankalpa has to be done before any good activity is to be undertaken.
So, Anukulasya sankalpa - So these are clipped words in the form of mnemonics. What we take really means is the devotee had already read about what God wants me to do. How do we know what God wants me to do scriptures?
Many stupid devotees I have to say stupid. How do I know what Sri Ramakrishna wants me to do? Very clear. Read the gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. is it you know, you just read and go away. Is that what he's telling? You read it? And you understand it and you put into practice, What I'm asking you to do. Is very interesting. Read the gospel. And then after that you go to Sri Ramakrishna. Now you bestow your grace. The question is will he be able to do it? He wants to do it. But will we be able to receive it?
So, why? Why do we do all those things? Not to get the grace, because the grace it doesn't start at a particular time. It is constantly glowing. But to use that Grace we have to be ready. For that all these things. Kshetri cover - this is the peculiar vedantic concept of Sadana. What is it?
Our sadhana is not to obtain anything. Because we are already that, what we are seeking. But there is an obstacle, barrier, covering. It is to remove that covering. That is what Sri Ramakrishna Does it. How does he do it? He tells us do this do this do this. Don't do this. Don't do this. Don't do this. If we follow his instructions that is then his grace will follow and then he will..
We will be able to experience his grace. So what Anukoolasay sankalapa means, O Lord, you told me what to do what not to do. Therefore,. I am taking about whatever pleases you I am taking a vow, whatever pleases you only that I will do. Anukoolasya means whatever brings your favor. Anukoola Antane - Favorable whatever makes you favorable towards me I'm thinking about I will do only that. PraticoolAsya varjanam - whatever displeases you, I am taking a vow I will never ever even think about it. Let alone do it. So these are the first two steps like Yama and niyama.
Anukulasya sankalpa pratikUlsya varjanam
and if we do that then what would be the result automatic result?
goprtve varanam tathA
raksisyati iti visvAso..a firm shraadhdha possesses and the us excepting God, There is nobody who can save us. So I am using God in a personal way. What should be done, Actually if there is a Darkness. What is the only thing which can remove it? Light. If there is ignorance, what is it that can really remove it. Knowledge. So here God means knowledge. (17:01-9)
So raksisyati iti only God can save. Nobody else can save. That firm faith will come only when we our heart gets purified. That is why this shraadhdha. Shraadhdha doesn't come in the beginning. What comes In the beginning is belief, but shraadhdha is gift of God. I have to say that the Christian religions greatest contribution is this concept. Faith is not a human possession. It is God's gift. I hope you remember one devotee went to Raja Maharaj. And he said if only I had Faith then my meditation would have been very easy.
Then Raja Maharaj said, what are you talking about? Faith is the last world just before God realization, He bestows his faith upon the disciple. Just before God realization. Once a person has Faith, What follows is God. Like the Dawn is followed by sunrise.
But then without faith, how are we going to even do something that is called belief. This is called belief. This is the difference between belief and Faith. So when we do the things God wants us to do, when we completely refrain from what he wants us not in the vidhi and nisedha .you understand now. Anuculasya means vidhi. Pradhiculasya means Nisheda - Shastra.
Which is our shastra? Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. So if we follow it our heart gets that firm faith that nobody else can save excepting God. That is what bagwan Krishna also tells in the bhagavad-gita.
daivi hy esa guna-mayimama maya duratyaya
This ignorance belongs to whom. To me. duratyaya, it's impossible to cross for anybody. but then there is no is there no way out. Yes.mam eva ye prapadyante those who Adore Me take refuge in me; mayam etam te taranti They on their own cross this Maya because it is God's Maya. Is God's Maya good or bad.?
It must be good only. Because if His Maya is bad that means he is also bad. People don't understand it. Sri Ramakrishna’s teachings have profound commentaries on The Vedas and Upanishads. He is giving an example. That's why every day you read with attention.
There he says, Maya is like the covering of a fruit. So Why? You are not going to eat the covering. You are not going to eat the seed. But you only eat the pulp. So when you see that one remove all the skin. What will you get? Rot. Any fruit when it is on the tree. you cut off the covering. Will the fruit grow. It will just rot. So what is the purpose of that covering? To protect to the fruit from all sorts of you know birds and insects and other things, so that it will grow nicely and in the end you can throw it out.
Sri Ramakrishna gives other very meaningful analogies. When there is an injury scab forms scab. This scab is not desirable but it is essential. If there is no scab, you remove this scab what happens? Your injury never gets healed. So the very purpose of this scab is to help you by quickly getting rid of that wound.
Forcibly, He says, the fools forcibly if they remove this one and then the wound will never heal. So what are we talking about. Avidya - Maya is that which is developing with vidya maya. vidya maya is like the pulp. 21:57 - 4
Avidya - Maya is very much necessary. So like the seed of bakthi the seed of gnanam are to be covered here. What is avidya here?
Do you know what Avidya - Maya means? According to Sankaracharya’s interpretation. See we don't study these things. That is why we have a lot of problems - Avidya - means ignorance. What is ignorance? Not to know anything. That's not avidya. Avidya means the appearance to certain rituals certain routines. Like, you know, Pooja, Theertha yatira, this is what shankaracharya calls avidya.
So without these rituals and other things, Where are you? How are you going to develop at all? If you prostrate hundred times, then you may remember God once. At least until after the 99th time when you come to the hundredth time, you have lost all energy. You just tumble down and you get injured - my God. You remember at that time?
So the purpose of Avidya - Maya is to prepare us for the Vidya Maya. This beautiful idea with one stroke Sri Ramakrishna had removed hundreds of years of misconception what Sankaracharyas followers are propagating that this whole world is avidya. Sri Ramakrishna tells It is not avidya. It is nothing but Divine mother. So why did God creates this prapancha. for his enjoyment or for our development? Huh? These are the revolutionary ideas Sri Ramakrishna brought in.
Bagwan Krishna never condemned. So I can give a big talk on that subject, but I will just give you a hint. Say sannyasa ashrama means spiritual life. Sannyasa ashrama means completely dedicated to spiritual life is called Sannyasa ashrama. when does sanyasa ashrama comes? You will say Sannyasa ashrama is the highest ashrama. oh. So brahmacharya out. Talak. Grihastha Ashrama Talak. Vanaprastha Ashrama Talak. Straight a baby wants to become a sanyasi. Sanyasi also dhigambara. Baby is also is dhigambara. Because they gomber him send him and she also become straight Sunyasi. natural sanyasi.
Sanyasi may not have any hair baby also doesn't have any hair. natural Sanyasa. Is that what is meant? So Brahmacharya Asrama, grihasthasrama - what are they? Steps leading to the proper right development of the mind so that it is capable of leading that Sanyasa Asrama. That is why it is called AshRama. 25:13 -2
Every stage of life is an Ashrma. So we have some faith in God. What is it? He will save us; He can save us. But we also have got other things also can save. Anacin also can save; some homeopathic if it is not Allopathic doctor, Ayurvedic Doctor will definitely save us. Even swamis suffer from there You know. One of our swamis here is suffering from lot of this problems.
There is a very beautiful allopathic remedy he refuses to even think about it, let alone apply it. He says only Ayur Vedic. The leg has become like that. It is black. He says I have faith only in Ayur vedic. What is his rationality should be? I don't care. whatever pathy no pathy can help. What is the naturopathy cannot help, Allopathy cannot help, Homeopathy cannot help. No pathy can help body will only Sri Pathy can help.
So what is it? practical vedanta whatever helps I will take it. I will not have any prejudice against anything. That should be the Practical vedanta. So only when we go through anucoolasya whatever pleases the Lord I will do. Whatever displeases the Lord, I will never do. So in this light you go on analyzing whether I should attend classes, whether I should talk to people, whether I should cook this one, then you will get a lot of light (insight).
raksisyati iti visvAso - tremendous Faith will come, that God Alone can save. Only then the fourth step will come. What is this fourth goprtve varanam - goprtve varanam means choosing only God as my only protector. This is called goprtve varanam. Until the time, I will have many pathies. That means my dependence upon will be so many pathies . But ultimately it is only God who can save. so I'll just give you a small hint how wonderful these ideas you know. Somebody has a disease. So different systems Are there allopathy, Homeopathy, naturopathy. Now What is it that which cures.
Which pathy cures? No pathy cures, why because Hindus have a system of belief. You know, what is that believe unless the prarabdha karma is over, No pathy will help. So there is a story I heard from somebody recently somebody a very rich man. He had a disease. So he went to all the types of Chikithsa - Homeopathy, allopathy, ayurvedic and then unani and then acupressure everything.
He spent almost all of his money on this. Nobody could cure. suddenly after two years. He heard in a village, There was a village quack. He is very famous famous for curing this one. He heard it only after two years. So he went. He took the medicine and that day itself he was cured. completely cured and next day morning. He was joyfully going through his village both sides. You know, all doctors there both sides Chambers are there – What did the stupid fellows or Village quack cured me. These fellows could not cure. All the medics started in laughing. You stupid fellow. It's a till yesterday, Your prarabdha karma was there. only it was over only yesterday if you had taken any one of us yesterday. You would have been cured. So this prarabdha karma is there. Now prarabdha karma can be removed only by whom? Only one. That is God.(29:45-8)
That is why but raksisyati iti visvAso. Then whatever is our faith, This is the psychology whatever we believe in our heart of hearts to be real - whether it is real or not is not the point, we will follow that. That is our way. So goprtve varanam - We wholeheartedly choose ourselves - Only God Nobody else can save me - excepting God so I take refuge in God. Then after choosing God, what is the next step? athma Nickshepaha. I transfer all my burdens to him. You are the person who can carry me. All my burdens I am transferring to you.
That is the fifth step. What is the last step? Karpanye - That means ever since that time, he lives a life of great humility. What is the humility? It's all this six step 5 Steps are possible only because of your grace the six steps. Five last step is Karpanye humility, but all the five steps were possible because of what? God's grace is not my greatness God's grace. Therefore, O Lord! Without your grace, I would not have been able to do all those five things that to live in that humility that everything is you only that is the sixth last step in saranagati.
When a person fulfills all these six Steps that is called Charana gathi. Shadvidha charanagathi. Simply morning you go there and say I surrender myself to you. You forget that you surrendered. Evening again I Surrender myself to you where from did you get. Morning you gave it to him. Where from you got to again to give it to God. So immediately you took it back. Do you follow what I'm saying ?
I offer myself to you. Once you offer you are no more. But evening again you are saying I offer myself to you. Where from you got? That means you forgot about it took yourself back and then offering the same old stuff to him. If somebody prepares first class DOSA for you in the morning. Evening also is offering the same is keeping special because you liked it very much, appreciated very much. He's keeping it not even in the refrigerator outside. And next morning also is offering it to you. How Will you feel? Feel like running away. If not slapping the fellow, running away from that fellow, isn't it?
So, what do you think God will feel? This fellow yesterday morning He offered me and again yesterday evening also the same thing he is offering me today morning also he is offering. Every day is going to offer me the same old stuff. And God is unchangeable, but we are all changeable that means day by day We rot.
So these are the six steps to be followed. And that is why the bhagavad-gita one particular thing we need to notice is when did they saranagati world come in the Bagavad Gita?
Where did when did it come? That is the last one? Sarva-dharman? Parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja. But Arjuna wanted to surrender his he said I Surrender myself to you in the very beginning. Then only the teaching came. śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam - pranarpana means to take refuge in God. But to prepare Arjuna he had to go to almost 699 slokas. Only then at the very end. The God is telling now you give up dependencies on everything take refuge in me.
So the Second hymn, Composed by Swami Vivekananda - the main summary of the hymn is – thasmath – therefore I take refuge in you – friend of the lowly. Mama dheenabandho. what is that the thasmath- So originally the first to hymn goes Om hrim ritam.
And in that order, what is the highest reality? Om - om means Brahman. Brahman is beyond body-mind. Whatever. We comprehend a Brahmin through the body mind is not Brahman, but it is grossified Brahman. So what is that grossified Brahman? It is called Shakti. That Shakti is called here represented by hrim.
That is why all our mantras beja Mantra. What is the beja Mantra hrim. Sri Ramakrishna is parabrahma. Holy mother is the Shakti. Holy mother is the Shakti om hrim. Hrim means shakthi. The whole world is shakthi. Why is the world called Shakti World means energy; World means movement. And World means Shakti means movement. So that movement is called world. What is that movement it goes in cycle. What is that cycle? Shrishti, sthithi and laya.
Srishti sthithi vinasanam sakthi bhuthe sanathani
Gunasraye gunamye narayani namosthuthe.
That is why this is Wonderful idea - There are no male gods in Hinduism according to vedanta. Is narayana male or female. See, who is Bramma’s wife? Saraswathi. Who is Vishnu's wife. Lakshmi. Who is Shiwas wife? Kali. So why the wife wife means putting into practice? Husband means knowledge. because this is the Krama. you will not do anything unless there is an idea of what you want to do. So you are sitting here before sitting. What did you what knowledge you have?
I have to sit. I can't go on standing. So before doing any action, there must be something which chosen up, which prompts to that action. That action is called knowledge. So Brahma is the knowledge and Saraswathi is the Shakti. Vishnu is the knowledge. Lakshmi is the Shakti. But you can understand actually Brahma means is not male or female. Knowledge plus action is Brahma Knowledge plus action is Vishnu. Knowledge plus Action is Shiva.
Soundarya Lahari- Shivah shakthya yukto yadi bhavati shaktah prabhavitu if sakthi is not associated with shiva, Brahma Vishnu Shiva, they will not be able to do anything. What is their job? Shrishti shrishti is a job. What is Vishnu’s? Palana sthithi. What is shiva's job Laya. These are all jobs and to create the jobs to do the job they need power and that power is represented by the three. So why Lakshmi? why for creating you need that knowledge Saraswathi.
For maintenance, Money is needed. That is why Lakshmi. For finishing you need sword and that is Ma Kali. So there is no male. It is all the female. That is why the bhagavad-gita is says Brahma is called Yoni. Thusmin GarbaM Dadamyaham. I the knowledge of purusha, plant the seed of this world then only it comes. 39:13-5
If I go on like this so many connections are there. In Chandi you get Brahmma is sleeping. Why was he sleeping? Because his shakthi is sleeping. Brammas’ Vishnu is the shakthi and to Rakshsas come to kill him. He is helpless. So he has to pray to the Divine mother. Yadevi sarva bhutheshu nidhra roopena samsthitha. So mother was pleased and then she who put Vishnu to sleep and she only alone can arouse him up. as soon as Brahmma did.. thvam swaha thvam sadha thvam vashatkara swarathmica, beautiful hymns are there in the chandi. Divine mother was pleased and then she withdrew herself in the form of nidhra from Vishnu. Immediately Vishnu jumped up, saw the whole situation & then he fought with Madhu & Kaidapa & killed it.
So what is the subject we are telling, the whole universe is nothing but play of the shakthi, play of the Shakti and that Shakti is represented in the form of Hrim. Om Hrim. Om – vakya mana athitha, Hrim mana vachana ek adhar. Here vachana means all the karmendriyas & gnanendriyas both. Ek adhar – om hrim - so there is that adhara Brahman.
Yes Jagath. Jagath mean this world. This world means there will be counterpart of the five sense organs, knowledge organs, five organs of action. Without these world doesn't exist. I hope you you are aware of it. Because if the Eyes cannot see it is it doesn't become prapancha. It becomes only 4/5. If one cannot hear it will be 3/5. If all the five knowledge organs disappear. There will be no world at all. First follows the knowledge organs and what knowledge do we get through them our Karmendriyas follow it either go towards or run away. If you see a tiger it is a knowledge. So you don't go there.
There are some fellows - once in London Zoo one fellow jumped Into the London Zoo and then one lion is coming like that. This will happen. That fellow ran away. Again, he came meanwhile this all the visitors said this fellow jumped. So the fellow said come and then discharged some bullets and lion ran away. Then the the he was half crack. But anyway, there was a real incident came in the readers digest.
There was a family. Did I tell you that one. there was a family and somehow they got a few days old lion cub. Sorry tiger cub. not lion. And then they adopted it ; They were feeding it was sleeping. There was one old man grandfather and he was most fond of it most of the time this tiger and the grandfather were sleeping together. it grew up within six months. It became a fully grown up Tiger and then they had to give it to Zoo; and then but the old man will always thinking what happened my grandson like that.
So after six months he met the whole family went. Do you remember it will be the story. So after six months they all went in a Jeep and then they met the Zookeeper. They said we have come to see he said you take this Jeep. It has bars and other things it cannot do you don't get down? I'll be following you in another 10 minutes. So these fellows came and his this grand grandfather saw the tiger lying under a tree.
He could not hold himself. He opened the jeep door, ran & embraced it. Meanwhile the Zookeeper / manager came. He was horrified. He did not know what to do. So after a few minutes that fellow patted the tiger everything and came back; then the zookeeper told that was not your tiger. (Big laughter)That was a wild tiger.
Anyway, what are we talking about? The whole world is nothing but waves and waves of energy playing. But it's not showing. We give the analogy of the ocean. You know on the surface of the ocean tremendous amount of waves, bubbles, wavelets Etc even tsunamis a big big wave, but at the bottom absolutely calm and quiet - this ocean water is there.
This ocean water is compared to Brahman. And all these wavelets and Aroopa shahre Lila Lahari. So these are all waves waves. That's why soundarya Lahari, Ananda Lahari – Shivananda Lahari – Lahari means waves and lahari waves waves can only function and there is energy and that energy is ripped the whole Energy available in the whole Cosmos the sun billions of suns billions of stars billions of everything. It is all represented by one Mantra beja Mantra, which is called Hrim.
Okay. Is there any reason or rhyme in this shakthi - play of the Shakti and that is where the word Rhythm Comes This is the most wonderful discovery of our Vedic rishi's. What is the Rhythm? Everything has got a deep meaning? What is rhythm Harmony the English word Rhythm comes from this word Rhythm.
So everything moves in its systematic cycle. There is a seed it becomes a tree it stays for some time. Then it gives birth to seeds then it dies. That seed again gives grows into a Seedling grows. The sun rises the sun sets; man is born man grows. He becomes old and then he dies. Again he is this constant evolution of this chakra in Sanskrit - We have given a wonderful name - It called Brahma chakra. 46:50-6
The whole world is called Brahma chakra. not nirguna Brahma. nirguna Brahma has no chakkar. Chakkar May come. chakra will not come. You know, what is chakra & chakar. You know, the difference between chakra means it is a cycle. chakar means head goes wrong. But when you look at it, the glory of the universe is we cannot comprehend it. It is impossible. Let's very well first vision of Sri Ramakrishna came overwhelming waves and waves of Consciousness from all the sides. He wanted to remain conscious.
But they just came and made him completely unconscious. That is called play of the energy. Shakthi patha That is represented by. So Sri Ramakrishna is the nirguna brahmma. But then we try to look at him through our limited prisons of mind is called shakthi. But this shakthi is is not a chaotic Shakti. It is a completely controlled rhythmic shakthi. They're called rithm.
Now to understand What is this Rhythm? It is a cosmic order is one; Moral order is the second. our karma karma siddhanta is derived from this concept of Rhythm. What is it? It's a moral order. If anybody deviates from this morality, the axe will come in the form of suffering. If anybody behaves accordingly, then the reward will be given which is called Swarga Loka – Punnya & papa.
Yes, there are some some things immediately It will come. You put your hand in hot water boiling water. You don't need to wait long time to find out the karma pala. instantaneously it will do it. Once one of our Swamis was giving a talk and he said, you know Brahman is like electricity. This fellow said how do we know there is electricity. There is a socket, you know. That you can I go on to put my finger there in the socket. Then I will know that electricity and not the Swami said you will not know we will know. (Big Laughter).If you put your hand you will not know that there is electricity or not and we will know that the city is there or not.
so the whole world is a play. From morning, from birth to death from morning till evening It is a play of energy. Now you have to understand every human being goes through three stages. Making jagrata avastha, swapna avastha and sushupthi avastha. All the avasthas are play of the energy. There is full awareness is there in sushupthi also (deep sleep also) is there. There is no time only a dead dead person his body is not there. But even a dead person's body the cells are still working to decompose themselves Etc.
In this world, there is nothing called Dead. Matter is not dead. But when it is manifested, it is called Energy when it is not manifest, it is called matter. Energy not manifested not dead. Energy manifested is called matter manifested is called energy energy manifested is called matter.
Manifestation a non-productive manifestation not existing or non-existing not living or dead. This is the difference. Yes see that means is it is this is lying here. You don't see any energy. That is what you think. Bring an electronic microscope. Look at it billions and billions and billions of atoms - what is Adam nothing, but pure energy - pockets of energy is moving at mind-boggling speed. People think that this is not this is dead thing.
It is not dead thing. If you can look at it you will see it is moving at mind-boggling speed. Nothing is what is called- Kinetic everything is dynamic, but we are not able to see it. That's what Karmanya karama pasye - we can tie up this thing.
So om hrim Rhythm this concept of rhythm is like mother and it gives birth to two concepts Satya and the dharma. So what are we talking about? First we talked about Om. Second We talked about hrim. Third We talked about Rhythm. Fourth we are talking about the Rhythm concept to Discovery had given it manifests into which Satya and Dharma. What is sathya. Knowledge. What is knowledge. This is truth. This is not truth. What is dharma? to move towards What is truth is called Dharma.
That is why in our vedanta Dharma is the very root of our happiness and unhappiness. We move towards the truth. Then it gives us puNya. Dharma Dharma gives birth to puNya . puNya manifest in the form of enjoyment Suka. Moving away from light we enter into darkness and that what is the result of the darkness? Adharma. Adharma leads to papa. papa leads to Dhukka. And I hope you remember the concepts. I have given you what does the puNya do? What does he do? What is puNya? What is Papa? The ability To squeeze happiness from any situation is called punia. The ability to make everything unhappy it is called papa.
So that ability it is not we are not talking about circumstances are talking about whatever with the circumstance. A Saint even if he gets a dry bread, he squeezes the highest happiness from that. That you read the life of st. Francis of Assisi people used to give him what you call, you know, old bread stale bread, etce. But he used to offer it and say this is the bread of Jesus. This is the Flesh of Jesus. And NagaMarcia you give me stale bread and say this is prasada. Will he will be happy or unhappy? Very happy because he does he doesn't look at it as a good bread with fresh bread stale bread. He will not look at it. You will look at it only. This is offered to God, this is God. In fact, I tell you something. These are all ideas taking time since there is something rotten- decomposing. For us it is not a proper suitable food, but supposing for a grub for a insect. What is it?
So now I will bring the dung beetle. What what is its food? Dung. The suppose it is a bakta. Will it do Brammarpanam or not? Well, you do premarpanam or not. when it does Brahmarpanam after Brahmarpanam , what does the dung become? Brahma. From now on to discuss it today that Brahma so it all depends. outside there is nothing good or bad. It is or nothing but pure Brhmam. All depends upon a capacity of our mind. So is there any illustration or am I spinning it, you know in my mind and when Sri Ramakrishna was practicing tantrick Sadhana? Remember what did Biravi Brahmani bring one day?
Rotten fish one day And it was cooked in a skull and she asked Sri Ramakrishna to eat it. How can I eat it? First of all it is rotten. Secondly it was cooked in a skull, Hopefully human skull. Does it make any difference? Dogs skull or Human skull? See how much we are. So he went into ecstatic State and he ate it. She ate it first. He ate it.
Then one day she brought rotten human flesh. Eat it. He said this I could not do it. Then suddenly he went into Bhava. The spirit of chendiaKa possessed him. He said I had no problem. Everything is Brahman.
Mirabai is that brother-in-law sent poison. Not secretly openly. He said I am sending poison. You drink it and die. She said I will drink it but it is my Habit to offer it to Krishna and she offered it to Krishna.
Peevathumeera haseere visha pyala rana ne bheja Peevathumeera haseere - with joy she drank but nothing happened. Because you know why she offered it to Krishna and Krishna was immune to Poison. Because Buthana tried to do that; Kali also tried to to do that. But he who is manufacturing poison. Will he be affected by poison? – 58:09
In fact, he is only lending all poison. To whom? To all these kuchka fellows. He is only lending. Isn’t it? who created Kaali? Who created Buthana? So this concept of Rhythm you one of the greatest discoveries. It gave birth to further to what is it Satya and Dharma. And this Dharma concept later on gave birth to the most wonderful concept called karma siddhanta. The whole Dharma is dependent upon Karma because if you don't do anything you are neither dharmic nor adharmic.
if you don't do anything you are you are neither a good person not a bad person. So if a person does it something good Dharma, then the result will come. That is now the whole set is forgotten by Hindus. Everything has become negative Karma siddhanta. Why I am suffering? Because of my karma. Why is this fellow has become this Trump has become the president of America? My karma. Why didn't Modi become Prime Minister. My karma is good. Karma Bad. Karma every thing is karma. This is the truth. So why did your all attending my class? Your karma. Why I am taking the class? My karma. Each other exhaust each other's karma.
So this Dharma in a way became degenerated into Karma siddhanta.That is why Bagwan Krishna held it up and said mere karma is meaningless. Only if it is Dharma Karma, then you will attain to higher worlds. But higher than this Dharma karma is nishkama Karma. This is the concept that had come there. So this is what Swami Vivekananda condensed. The root of all these things is Om. who is that om? Sri Ramakrishna. Because this is a hymn especially it is Sri Ramakrishna hymn. Yeah. The first one is Avatara. This one is Sri Ramakrishna
Om hrim ritam - This summarizes both saguna and nirguna , personal and impersonal God. So what is why is Swami Vivekananda is expressing? This world And God. What is the relationship God is OM the same God is manifesting as this world. How? in the form of hrim, and the hrim is bifurcated into sathya and Dharma and this Dhrma is now bifurcated into Good Karma and Bad Karma.
What a beautiful concept is Om hrim ritam. All these things. Oh Lord Ramakrishna. Tvam achalaha-you are the immovable, infinite, unchanging. Immovable mean's what? Unchanging. You are the unchanging truth why we cannot depend upon somebody who is always moving away. He promises and he escapes we cannot depend upon. But Sri Ramakrishna with this the what Paul Tillich calls the ground of The - ground of this is building has to stand there must be a ground. Without ground you only build castles in the air. It is not going to work.
So this is called a foundation. Brahman is the foundation. That is way brahmano hi prathishtaham. Prthishta means the very Foundation of this whole universe. Gunajit, gunedyaha - the same idea came this “srava mangala mangalye”. “Gunashraye Guna mayi - you are the embodiment of gunas, and you are the very manifestation of all gunas. you are the gunas. You're also the manifestation of the gunas. That means what? what are the gunas We are talking about here? Three gunas. What are the three gunas sattva, rajas and tamas. 01:02:55-5
In this class today's class, I will give you a brief description we will stop there. The whole universe is nothing but Guna. My body is consisting of three gunas. My mind is made up of three gunas. This whole entire Punja buthas are made up of only three gunas. That is why– “Srushti sthithi vinasanam sakthi bhoothe, sanathani,
Gunasraye, gunamaye, narayani namosthuthe”. Now this is the exact expression of this. So .. sakthi bhoothe is equivalent to Hrim. Sanathane is equivalent to Om.
But what is she doing with that Shakthi. Shakti means srishti. So activities are only three. Whatever we do, activities are only three. Creation, maintenance, death. You apply any activity over there for here is a Potter. What does he do? He creates a pot. After that somebody uses that pot. After that the pot becomes broken. Again the potter recycling. Recycling. Here death means recycling process.
What a marvelous idea are we talking about, here. All activities can be divided only in to three. You create, maintain and then you will recycle. This is called a Brahma Chakra. Srishti, sthithi, Laya. There is nothing else in this world. So the same idea is here - gunajit, gunedyah – Gunajith means You are the master of the gunas. you conquered the guanas. Means what? if you conquer something who will be the master?
So the Lord is the master of the gunas and at the same time before the creation came where were the Gunas? in him only. That means he is the gunas. And he is manifesting as gunas. what is creation manifestation of the gunas. Trugunathmica. That is why the whole universe is nothing but triguna. I will end this class, As I said, everything in this world is consisting of three gunas.
The chair three gunas, the table three gunas. This room three gunas and living non living Everything is consisting of three gunas. So you may say this is marble stones, where are the gunas there? the gonna is in if it is a beautiful Italian marble sattva Guna. If it is beautiful Andhra / Karnataka Granite Stone first class polish it is Sathva Guna. if it is unpolished ugly looking cracked - Not only human beings non human beings also can be cracked.
Not very pleasing, functionally. it is called Rajo Guna. And the same thing is that it is ragged edges are there and all sorts of Ants mosquitoes and scorpions are all living underneath it, which you guna it represents? Thamo guna. Yes, look whether it is food whether it is worship whether it is utensils whether it is houses. Some house as soon as you see, you feel very pleased. Some places you go there some place you will see that place immediately your mind becomes very pleased with it. Is it not?
I should not say this. I hope Sri Ramakrishna will not get angry. Some images of Sri Ramakrishna pure Tamo. The moment You see could Sri Ramakrishna be like this. Some are okay. You can't consisting of what? Rajo Guna. outright because he might get angry, We have a sneaking suspicion is we bow down but instead we don't feel very happy about it.
Are some images you see living as though you are. Doing it. They were really pleased with it that the manifestation of that image is called Sathva Guna.
Anything dress ornaments if anything you name it it is a manifestation of these three gunas. Further point We need to discuss is we have tried telling it is three gunas. Really they are not three gunas. really what exists only one guna. it is like dimmer light this is my analogy. 1:08:26-1
That is that is pull the wheel to the lowest. It will be dark. This is called thamo guna. as so what is it you notice, where there is sathva guna, There is no other gunas. Where Rajo & other gunas take back seat. Where there is thamo guna any guna is prominent, but you cannot stick a knife and separate- This is sathva, this is rajas. It is only one guna according to its manifestation and the effect upon us It is called by a particular name. it is called Same thing.
I'll just give you an example. Here is a man a rich person and somebody comes sir. We are running a charity. Will you donate to me? If you donate just one Paisa is called Miser you it is called thamo guna. If he Donates 1000 rupees called Rajoguna because he is much more generous. If you donate 1 million or one koti (crore) he is called Sathva Guna Samapnnaha. so the garlands also depend upon his donation. Once you have that experience this fellow who only gave you one Paisa. What type of will he get any garlanded at all?
So this is the effect of Thamo guna. So do you see what I'm saying, thou putting it in a jokular way. The whole universe is but every action and reaction of these three gunas. If you remove this Guna there will be no Universe at all. There will be no world. So this is what we have telling gunajit. He is the master of the guna's means. What is this Gunas - another name for gunas. Do you know what is the name of the another name for this gunas? It is called Maya. It is called. How do you know how do you know because
daivi hy esa guna-mayi
mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante
mayam etam taranti te
Maya consists of what? Three gunas. Jagat is consisting of what? 3 gunas. My body is consisting of what three gunas. There is nothing else excepting this. this is the most wonderful thing. We have to understand it. Here.
So this concept a little bit further, We will talk about our next class. So what is the second hymn telling oh Sri Ramakrishna You are om. You are Beyond body-mind; you're beyond thinking and mind and speech. Then you are Hrim manifested here. This hrim is unmanifested power. Then the Hrim manifests as what – Rhythm. With the principle of still grossified and this rhythm is degenerates into again Satya and Dharma and this concept of Dharma has brought into effect. What is it karma siddhanta and the whole universe is run only by Karma siddhanta and it is all Consisting of 3 gunas. Maya is three gunas world is three gunas or body is three gunas our bakthi is also – thyamasica bakthi, Rajasica Bakthi, sathvic bakthi etc - This is the most wonderful truth.