Taittiriya Upanishad Lecture 48 on 16 April 2025

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Oṁ jananīṁ śaraḍāṁ devīṁ prāṇaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ jagad-gurum ād-apadmetayo śrutva pranamāmi muhur-muhur Oṁ śanno mitra-śaṁvarūṇaḥ śanno bhavat-varyamāḥ śannayindro-brihaspatiḥ śanno viṣṇur-urukramāḥ namo brahmane namaste vāyo tvameva pratyakṣaṁ brahmāse tvāmeva pratyakṣaṁ brahma-vadiṣyāmi ritam-vadiṣyāmi satyam-vadiṣyāmi tanmām avato tad-vaktāram avato avāto mām avato-vaktāram Oṁ śānti-śānti-śānti-hari Oṁ May Mitra be blissful to us, may Purna be blissful to us, may Aryaman be blissful to us, may Indra and Brihaspati be blissful to us, may Vishnu of long strides be blissful to us. Salutations to Brahman, salutations to you, O Vayu. You indeed are the visible Brahman. You alone I shall call the direct Brahman. I shall call you righteousness. I shall call you truth. May Brahman protect me, may Brahman protect the teacher. May Brahman protect me, may Brahman protect the teacher. Oṁ, peace, peace, peace be unto all. We are studying the Eleventh Tanvaka of the first chapter called Sikshādhyāyaha in the Taittiriya Upanishad. And it is the most marvellous section outlining and giving a blueprint of how every human being should live a life. These are, we can call them the rules of life. Just like any game has certain rules and regulations. Violation of these rules and regulations can lead to disaster, even to death and misery. So also we see every day in front of our eyes when someone transgresses, violates these rules. It may be health rules, moral rules, social rules, psychological rules. The end result will be disaster. But our ancient Rishis and a Rishi means one who became an instrument in the hands of God and they know what they are talking about, what is life about and how to go about life and that is the only way we can attain to what we call eternal happiness, eternal peace, otherwise called Moksha. In this context we have discussed so many things but the teacher is telling something marvellous. The teacher is instructing the disciple, perhaps this may be the last time for many of you that you will be able to come and meet me. So you should not simply go on remembering me, you should go on looking for others and then the teacher says that you might get even much better Acharyas than us. First find out who are greater, far superior to us, you might get. And why he is talking this way, we will explore very shortly. And when and if you are very fortunate and when you come into touch with them, now take shelter at their feet, never leave them and throughout your life as long as at least that person is available you will bestow his grace. Such a great Brahmana bestowing his grace is equivalent to the grace of God. In fact as Shankaracharya tells us the association with great people, holy people is possible only because of the grace of God. So the greater a person, the lesser will be the spirit of competition, the lesser will be the jealousy. Otherwise nowadays we see these so called teachers fighting with each other and then they become jealous and they do not become famous. You open your eyes, you can see in front of your eyes, if anybody is criticising, finding fault, looking down either directly or indirectly that means they are people possessed by jealousy and intolerance etc. But here look at this wonderful instruction, you will find we are not the only Acharyas, not only that we may have plenty of defects within us, that also we will discuss very shortly. Those Brahmins who are superior to us, you should receive them respectfully, bow down before them and if they happen to visit you, give them a seat so that they are comfortable. But don't stop there, welcome them, give them some drink and nowadays tea, coffee, cold drinks, anything will do. Make them comfortable. And then He says, so long as they are there with you, you should not open your mouth and go on talking utter nonsense. I am so much astonished practically every day I see these so called devotees come here and they have only one switch called on switch, they don't have off switch. They say they want to see the Swami but going on with a loud piercing voice, talking 45 minutes, one hour like that, disturbing the whole building, not only those who are in front and they are blissfully unaware of this kind of behaviour. So the teacher is specifically instructing, so long as you are in their presence, so this sentence is interpreted in two ways. The first way is Tesham, as soon as they come, you must give them a seat, make them comfortable so that they can sit, if necessary they can even lie down and take rest, offer them, if they are thirsty, offer them drink, if they are hungry, at least give them something temporarily. So this is how it was there. Jealousy is not unknown. So whenever I am giving talks, I would like to recollect certain incidents that happened, not only in our Ramakrishna tradition but whether it is Ramana Maharshi or many other saints. India is fortunate to have produced and even now they are producing many saints, but about them very few of us really know. So once Swami Vekanandaji was invited to London from America, so he came and he felt a need that there should be a permanent Swami in USA, for that he invited Swami Abhidanandaji to come there. And Abhidanandaji, he came, he was received at the London station and Swamiji was so glad, now he can put permanently his brother disciple and then he took him to one of his own meetings and then suddenly he got up and said, today my brother disciple who is very scholarly and great austere person will speak in my place. That is really an unusual step especially in the West. But then the audience were very happy to see and then they were eagerly expecting, how does this new Swami do? And Swami Abhidanandaji, it was a shock for him because he was not expecting, he was actually wishing to observe how Swamiji gives lectures and then learn from how to deal with these foreign Western audience. Remember in those days, 19th century, people, Indians, they have got an inferiority complex, skin wise, colour of the skin wise and many other wises also. But he had to get up because Swamiji, he made him and then he gave a beautiful talk on Vedanta and then the audience started appreciating and there were some discerning people among the audience, who wanted to know how was Swami Vivekananda reacting to this growing appreciation of his brother disciple and he was keenly observing whether he could detect a trace of jealousy etc. So long as somebody is not as famous as we are, we are very happy. But the moment the attention of the people shifts to somebody, then our attention also shifts into something worse. And then the observer observed that the more the audience was appreciating Swami Abhidanandaji, the more was the visible joy that was growing in the face of Swamiji and the observer could not contain himself. He had expressed it later on, such was the greatness of Swami Vivekananda. So when a real teacher never becomes jealous and on the other hand, he will show respect to everybody and he will say that you go to such and such a person, there are so many things, new things which you can learn from him. If a person, any one of us is fortunate enough, so that great teacher must be entertained with seat and other things you should provide and not even, that is the first meaning. Second meaning is not even a word should be breathed out by you when they are seated in their assembly for discussion. Idea is that you must be all ears and eyes. When the eyes talk and not full of noise and talk, don't go on making clicking, clucking, choking, noises etc. Many times we see, sometimes when the Swamis are giving audience and then giving nice talks, they show the reaction of the audience also. Of course the poor audience do not know what others are going to see. So somebody is eating, chewing gum, somebody's mouth is continuously working, you can also see that one. And then some people, they lean over and go on whispering to other people hardly hearing what the Swami is talking about. Why did you waste your time coming here? So therefore you should be very respectful and the only attitude should be I am open. Maybe I know many things but I might know something new. It may be even one point, not even two points. One something new, one point I may learn and you should salute that person because that very moment he has become a teacher to you. Now that topic is over, we will come to other things later on. Now one of the things every student is taught according to Vedic way of instruction, you should make your life a dharmic life. That is the very first Purushartha everybody is taught. Everything comes later on. In fact we all know Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. Dharma and Moksha, that is what is called two pieces which contain the other two Artha and Kama. Without Dharma, that is without the foundation of Dharma, Artha, Kama will not come. Even if somebody steals, they cannot derive the result of this Artha and Kama. That is to say they will not be able to enjoy, only others might enjoy or they will even suffer. So how this is called? One of practice of Dharma and this practice of Dharma contains several steps. In some places it is only three. What is Dharma? It is Satyam, Dhanam, Yagnam, etc. In some places it is four. Sometimes five qualities are considered to be the embodiment of Dharma. I will come to that very shortly. So one of the most important thing the teacher is teaching that earlier we have seen that you should never neglect Ushalana Pramaditavyam, Bhutyayana Pramaditavyam, etc. You should strive of course within certain time limit and righteously, not immoral way, unrighteous way, but in the righteous way, but just because the instruction is given Bhutyayana Pramaditavyam. Earning wealth, acquiring wealth should never be neglected. Doesn't mean 24 hours you are running. No. But what we call is wealth. Dhanam for what purpose? For practice of Dharma. Dharma expresses the form of Karma. Karma produces Chitta Shuddhi. Chitta Shuddhi leads to the quest for knowledge, Jnanam, and Jnanam leads to Moksha. So Dhanam is for Dharmam, Dharmam is for Chitta Shuddhi, Chitta Shuddhi is for Jnanam, Jnanam is for liberation. This is the Krama steps and this is what the teacher is emphasizing part of one's life. One should do one more than what is necessary. In fact in Taittiriya itself we get, Annam na nindiyat tad pratham. So food should never be despised, criticized. Not only that, Annam bahukurvita. One should increase a food. Food means all sorts of food. Food, drink, everything. Why? Because it is your duty to share it with others. So sharing what one has, one particular percentage of one's wealth should be given as Dhanam to other people. And that is the very important point because first this person might become a Grihastha, a married person, a householder. And a householder is the second ashrama which is the support, the ashraya for the Brahmacharya ashrama, Vanaprastha ashrama and Sanyasi ashrama. Even today the Grihastha ashrama who support the old age people and the people who are indigenous or poor and then even the students, every country is striving to help them. So even every individual should also divide his wealth into four parts according to Hindu law. First, for one's own expenses. Second part, it should be saved for the future because we don't know whether we will be able to earn any more money. Definitely not. And the third part, it should go for what is called looking after parents, looking after, this is what is called Pitru Rinam and looking after other people. But the fourth part should go to what we call social service and that is a must and it is there in every religion. So Dhanam is very important and this Dhanam is part of the Dharma. So charity is a vital part of Dharma. And what are those things? Dhanam, Dhamaha, Ignaha, Swadhyaya, Tapa, Arjavam. According to Bhagavad Gita, Dhanam, Dhamascha, Ignascha, Swadhyaya, Tapa, Arjavam. All these qualities consist of what we call Dharma. So naturally the question comes, why is Dhanam should be practiced? It is known that Dharma is the only way to live. But how to practice it? The action plan of Dharma is given in the Hindu Shastras. So the word Igna is translated as sacrifice. In a very limited sense, every ritual is only a symbol. So Dhanam is a very meaningful practice in one's life. But if we want to simplify the concept, what is this Dhanam? Punya Karma. That's why it is called Dharma also. So what happens when a person becomes charitable? To the extent a person is charitable, to that extent it is not even charity. It is not even giving away. It is what I call, what I prefer to call, future investment in the form of Punyam. So if I give away something, share it with somebody, the other person is helped or not, I do not know. But certainly that much Antaryami, he keeps an account. This person has given so much of Dhanam and that will be converted into Punyam and Punyam will give tremendous amount of happiness. After all, everybody wants happiness only. So this is one way not only for the present happiness but for the future happiness. Future means that is next life. All Hindus believe that everybody is reborn. For what purpose? Punar Janma is to exhaust either the Punyam or the Papam of the past lives. Let us remember it all the time. So let us see how this Dhanam is one of the important. Also Dhanam shows our love. There is love but no Dhanam. You go to a baby and go on showing all your 32 teeth. So baby, I love you so much but no chocolates and the baby will hate you for that purpose. But even if you do not say anything, just give the baby what the baby likes and then he will be looking forward to seeing you again and again. So whether it is a poor person or whether it is a baby, we are all expecting. So that is called love. Love means complete unconscious sacrifice for the sake of the other people. So Dhanam, it is part of Dharma. But how do we know? We must have that faith in our scriptures and Dhanam is also when I give away something that belongs to me, I am really sacrificing something and without sacrifice something is not entitled to be called Dhanam. For example, if there is a millionaire and he gives 100 rupees in charity, no doubt he is giving but that is not proportionate to what God has given him. He forgets God has given and it should be given to God. Do you think that God wants your 100 rupees? Yes, but not as God but as a manifestation of God in the form of the poor, indigenous, helpless people. That is not only that, they should be looked upon. A beautiful word is coined by Swami Vekananda that is Daridra Narayana, Rogi Narayana, Murkha Narayana. Later on Mahatma Gandhi changed it to Harijan, people of God. So part of a Dharmic life is Dhanam and Dhanam alone proves whether we love somebody or not. If we go on saying I love you but not willing to sacrifice either our time, our resources, our energy, that cannot be called real Dhanam. But how should Dhanam be practiced and before we go into the subject let us look what Swami Vekananda has to say. This is what he is telling now and then I might intersperse a little with my own little bit of small commentary. This is what Swamiji says at various places. No civilization can grow unless fanatics, bloodshed and brutality stop. No civilization can begin to lift up its head until we look charitably upon one another. And the first step towards that much needed charity is to look charitably and kindly upon the religious convictions of others. How adroitly Swamiji had turned that word charity. Charity means a charitable way of looking upon other people and there will be people following various religions. So we should not look down. You look now at what is happening in the Middle East, America and Middle East. It is pure hatred in the name of religion. So Jewish people are not people because they are following another Dharma. Muslims are not Muslims because they are following another Dharma and we are powerful and you are poor. So this is what brings so much of Adharma and conflict. And Swamiji is telling what we were discussing is about what is called sharing our resources. But what Swamiji said the first thing is change your outlook and then look upon everybody charitably. More Swamiji continues to understand that not only should we be charitable but positively helpful to each other. Not only merely tolerant behaviour but actively helpful to each other. However different our religious ideas and convictions may be. Seek no praise, no reward for anything you do. No sooner do we perform a good action then we begin to desire credit for it. No sooner do we give money to some charity then we want to see our names blazoned out in the newspapers. Misery must come as a result of such desires. We must inform our minds that no one in this universe depends upon us. This is a most marvellous statement of Swamiji. You know Swamiji is a Rishi. A Rishi's word is a mantra. Mantra means Upanishad. So just as Upanishads become inscrutable to us so also Swamiji's words have different layers of meaning. That's why I said I'll pass my own remarks. Now we must inform our minds that no one in this universe depends upon us. What is the idea? Very briefly. The idea is as Shri Ram Krishna clarifies it that who are you to help other people? The one Ishwara who created this whole universe. He will look after. He is looking after and he will continue to look after. So even if you think if you are not there, nobody is there, people will die because you are not there to help them because the creator is there. Purandar Dasa, a great saint, he has written a beautiful bhajan. Oh mind, be patient and understanding. There is a huge rock. Within that rock there is a small tiny empty space. In that space millions of microbes are there living in their own world and who do you think is supplying food for them? It is the same Lord who created them. It is the creator. He is called also Srishti, Sthithi and Laya. Everything is going on by the same Lord. Even if all of us perish, even if one creature is alive, there is a creator who is going to look after. So this is one idea. Second idea is that nobody can bring happiness or unhappiness to others. Nobody can help or hinder. This second idea is based upon the law of karma. If somebody is destined to be happy, even if you are not there, somebody else will come because his own karma phala is bound to come. And if that person has done something bad, wrong, then he has to suffer and you will not be the cause of that suffering. That is why one theory says all these demons were created by God not to torment us but to exhaust our adharmic activities which we have done in past lives. And now coming in the form of suffering and the suffering must come either through weather or through some other people, something like that. So therefore other people are only instruments of our own karma coming back to us. They are not the causes of our suffering or happiness but they are mere instruments just helping us rather to fulfil. So if somebody is tormenting you, so he is helping us to exhaust our negative karma. If somebody is trying to make us happy, then he is helping us exhaust our punya karma. But you have to understand there is nothing to do with them. They are there only because of your karma, my karma, your karma. This is the idea. Swamiji says continuously, not one beggar depends on our charity, not one soul on our kindness, not one living thing on our help. All are helped by nature and will be so helped even though millions of us were not here. So nature means what? Nature means God in the form of other people, in the form of beautiful weather or bad weather or in the form of circumstances etc. This God in the form of nature or God in the form of Maya, He is only helping us towards realising God because when there is misery, as Holy Mother says, it is a gift of God. So the course of nature will not stop for such as you and me. It is, as already pointed out, only blessed privilege to you and to me that we are allowed in the way of helping others to educate ourselves, to learn so that we can return back from where we have come. This is a great lesson to learn in life and when we have learnt it fully, we shall never be unhappy. We can go and mix without harm in society, anywhere and everywhere. Swamiji continues, the Gita says that there are three kinds of charity, the Tamasic, Rajasic and the Sattvic. So Tamasic charity is performed on impulse. Rajasic charity is what a man does for his own glory and Sattvic charity is that which is given to the right person in the right way, at the proper time, in the right place, with the right spirit. So therefore, Swamiji advises to not stand on a high pedestal and take five cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be grateful that the poor man is there so that by making a gift to him, you are able to help yourself. This is what I call future investment. So Swamiji continues, it is not the receiver that is blessed but it is the giver. Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world and thus become pure and perfect. All good acts tend to make us pure and perfect and Swamiji at other place, he cites a story from Mahabharata. So the war was over and Yudhishthira was overcome with unending sorrow and then Krishna advises him to take up a great sacrifice and then he sent his brothers to collect lots and lots of money and it was one of the greatest sacrifices as other people thought. So the sacrifice was conducted properly by the proper people and spending lot of money. This is, I am quoting a little bit here and there from Swamiji's talks. So there was a mongoose and this is the story of the five Pandava brothers. But after the ceremony, there came a little mongoose, half of whose body was golden and the other half brown and he began to roll on the floor of the sacrificial hall. He said to those around, you are all liars. Only Swamiji can utter this kind of words. This is no sacrifice. What? They exclaimed. You say this is no sacrifice? Do you not know how much money and jewels were poured out to the poor and everyone became rich and happy? This was the most wonderful sacrifice any man ever performed. Now I am putting it in my own words. Then the mongoose said, listen to a story I am telling and perhaps many of us know that story but just to briefly recollect. Now there was this mongoose, same mongoose and once there was a famine and there was a family of four people. That is father, mother, son and his wife, four people. And after many days of starving, they somehow got a few grains of food and they prepared food and then suddenly a guest appeared and said, sir, I am starving. For many days I have not eaten. So they welcomed him with greatest joy and the father gave up his portion, gave it to the guest and the guest exclaimed, oh sir, you have killed me by giving me this, your portion. Why? Because it only has increased my appetite. Now what we call nowadays appetizer. You take a little bit of soup or something like that and it will kindle your appetite more and more. So then the wife of that Brahma, the mother also gave up her portion and then the son gave up her portion. And the wife of the, that is daughter-in-law of the house gave up her portion. Very, to be very brief, marvellous story. You have to go to the original story to enjoy the flavour of it. And then the guest said, I am satisfied. He belched and then he left blessing them. But these people died and immediately golden chariot had come and then took all of them to heavenly world. So the mongoose is continuing. I was also starving. So when the, where the guest was eating, a few grains of eaten food had fallen here and there because he was eating so hastily. And then I rolled up and then just a small amount of food, half of my body touched those few grains and immediately it became golden. And that's it. There was no more food left out and ever since that time I am searching for another great sacrifice which can make my other half of the body also golden. So I heard about your sacrifice. I came running and I rolled many, not once, but many times. This is my description, my masala. But nothing happened. So you people, so you think that you have done, you are so self-satisfied, but that was real sacrifice. What was that? They gave up their life itself. Whereas here, you are walking here and there to digest what you have eaten because you have brought buried treasure and then at other people's treasure and you have performed that one. And this is no sacrifice at all. So Swami, what does Swami wants to say? He wants to say sacrifice must involve hardship, something we feel and then only that is real Dhanam. So in our Hindu concept, the cover of Dharma always stands on the four pillars of Dharma. What are they? Sathyam, Yajna, Dhanam and Tapas. So keep this in mind. Now the teacher instructs the rules. Six rules he gives for how charity should be given. What does he say? Shraddhaya Adeyam, Ashraddhaya Adeyam, Shriyadeyam, Priyadeyam, Bhiyadeyam, Samvidadeyam. Six conditions are there when we give charity. What is that? First Shraddhaya Adeyam. Never look down upon the other person. It is the greatest faith in Vedas that if I am doing something, it is going to do me only good because it will give me Punya. The other person might be satisfied with a little bit of food, his hunger might be appeased but I am going to get far superior result because of that Shraddhaya. Not only that, who knows? Just like Kamana came to Bali Chakravarti and his Guru understood and said, this is Vishnu, crafty fellow. He has come to deprive you of everything so don't give anything. Bali Chakravarti said, Bali means sacrifice. He said, this kind of great good fortune doesn't descend upon anybody. Everybody is running to God but God is running towards me to ask me of something so therefore I am not going to give up this golden opportunity. And then the Vamana Dwarf came and he asked and then Bali Chakravarti said, what do you want? I want only three steps of land. Alright, with one step he covered all the earth, pathala, the other step, all the heavens, etc. Now where is the third step? He says, put on my head. If Bhagavan Vishnu's foot stands on the head of anybody then what do you think is going to happen? Just pause and meditate upon it. So that is called real Bali. That's why he is not only a king, he is a Chakravarti, he is sovereign of his Dhanam. As a result, he became God's person. That means in simple Vedantic terms he attained Moksha. Because do you think God really takes anything without giving? So satyam, jnanam, dhana and tapas, these are the four pillars and they go on reducing. Satya Kala, Satya Yuga, all the four will be there. Treta Yuga, slowly they will come down. And Dwapara Yuga, they will be less than half. In Kali Yuga, practically on one leg. What is that leg? Maybe the people are greedy, etc. This is what we are in now, for now. Therefore, the rules are Shraddhaya Deyam. What is Shraddha? The person in front of me, Atidhi Devo Bhava, remember. So if somebody comes, he is a poor person, don't think he is poor, he is an Atidhi and Atidhi himself is none other than Deva, God himself. With that Shraddha, you give. Not only that, you give with the idea, it is God who has given. I am not giving, it is God only who is giving to another person, another prani in the form of God only. God gives to God. What am I got to do with that? Then naturally, Ashradhaya, it is a commandment. So never give Ashradhaya. It is better not to give rather than giving with contempt. Get the hell out of here. Don't ever show your dirty face in front of me. No. Ashradhaya, if you don't want to give, hold your hands and say, even if you have got money or things, I do not wish to give, you please go elsewhere. Tell sweetly, but don't shout, don't curse. Ashradhaya, without Shraddha, Adayam should never be given. Not only that. Third rule, Shriyadayam. So if you are a millionaire, don't give just a bit of it. No, you must give according to your capacity. Giving according to what you can easily afford to give, that is called Shriya. According to your wealth, capacity, give them. That is the rule. And then Shriyadayam. Shriya means modesty. Don't go on saying, I am a great Dhani, I am a charitable person, etc. You must be ashamed. My son, this is all that I can give, please forgive me. Like the widow who gave a small dried amalaki to Bhagavan Shankaracharya. Shriyadayam. Shri means with modesty. I am not doing anything great, it all belongs to God, etc. Then the fifth rule is Bhiyadayam. So Bhiya, with fear. What is the fear? Am I exhibiting myself? Am I giving less than what I am supposed to give? And am I trying to increase my Ahankara because I am giving? So like that think within yourself. So fear that I have not done my fullest share of Dhanam. I am only doing very small bit. That is called Bhiyadayam. And then at the end comes Samvidadayam. The word Samvid is a beautiful word. There is a magazine run, I think Sharada Martyrs, called Samvid. Samvid means Atma Jnanam, knowledge. Samvid means with great modesty and with the knowledge I have nothing to do, God has given and God is giving. So the right hand receives and the left hand gives away. That's what Jesus Christ beautifully puts it. Let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing. So Samvida is the fullest knowledge. I am not the giver, I am only an instrument. What He has given me, you give. Is there anybody who embodies all these qualities? Yes. You may recollect the story of Sudama. That is how he lived. Recollect also the story of Upendranath Mukhopadhyay. That's what he did. Recollect the story of Shibi Chakravarti, Satya Harishchandra, according to the Puranas, etc. So all there are a few people, may be rare, but they have fulfilled all these conditions. So these are the six conditions are there. So we have to be careful also, do not be a fool. Many people come, sir we don't have anything, so we have to be cautious. So that's why Shri Ramakrishna says, if you are a devotee on that account you should never be a fool. So find out, is this person or is this institution really doing great work or not? At the same time, the person who wants to practice a benefactor at the right, not only right, but a duty to enquire into the real bona fides of the cause which he is trying to patronize. A miserly giving will not benefit either the giver or the receiver and therefore it is said that having come to judge a cause to be deserving, give it your entire patronage, give in plenty, with both hands give. All these ideas were given beautifully by Holy Mother in one sentence. If a person has to give, then measure it out without calculating. So everybody has a right, has a mind, they can pray. In fact there are some convents where the only duty of the nuns, they will be praying for the welfare. There is an earthquake, pray for the people who are suffering. There is a drought, there is a flood and there is a war like Gaza war. So pray, there are people who do that. Whatever you want, you do that. So that is the instruction about Dhanam. There are so many other things but I don't want to continue further. Now a beautiful topic is going to be started. What to do when doubts arise regarding rituals or one's profession? Now the student will go away, he might never again meet that guru, teacher in life. So suddenly he might get, am I doing this ritual correctly or not? Or am I doing this activity dharmic way or adharmic way? So in those days there was no way to communicate. Therefore if such doubts beset a person, assail a person, then what should that person do? And that is what he is telling. So you are not going to get me always. Find out, there must be a Brahmana. Brahmana means a great person living the life according to the dictates of the Upanishads or Vedas. He is called a Brahmana. They are not, what is called, we want to get name and fame, we want to be well known. They are not running after name, fame, etc. And they will never do anything unrighteous. That is why dharmakamahasyahu. Whatever they do, they will never ever transgress dharma. Yatha te tatravartena. If you find such people in your village, next village or nearest village which you can access, yatha te tatravartena. Under the same circumstances how they are living. Yatha te tatravartena. So you also imitate them. Marvellous ideas. We will talk about them in our next class. Om Jananim Saradam Devim Ramakrishnam Jagat Gurum Adapadmetayo Sritva Pranamami Mohur Mohur. May the Ramakrishna holy mother and Swami Vivekananda bless us all with Vati. Jai Ramakrishna.