by Sri Sandip Dasgupta
Welcome to the Raas Purnima edition of our e-zine. In this edition, I will transliterate some very powerful messages delivered by our Master (Prajnanpurush Sri Sri Babathakur). These messages are taken from a speech that our Master delivered at Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi on March 13, 1988. Like all of His speeches, these messages flowed spontaneously from Him.
Sri Sri Babathakur categorically stated that the Atman, Ishta or Guru is always residing within us and is ever present as our substratum. Therefore, we can never lose our Atma, Ishta or Guru! We cannot however recognize His presence because we are not conscious of His presence. We do not need any intellectual knowledge to recognize His presence; however, we must make sincere efforts to seek Him. The easiest way to seek Him is to do bhajans regularly. Bhajans will please Him and He will reveal Himself to us. He then gave a very practical example:
The authors/composers of folk sangeet like Baul music, Bhatiali music, Kirtan were not educated people. However, the composition and words of these songs point to the fact that these rural people had a very deep understanding of philosophy. Nobody taught them any philosophy. Yet the deep philosophical content were revealed to them because they were sincere seekers of the Truth. The Truth which was already present within them was revealed to the composers of these songs, which in turn allowed them to compose such powerful songs.
Sri Sri Babathakur has often given us the example of Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramhasa. He did not receive any formal education, but He had realized the Supreme Truth! This example further illustrates the point that God realization does not require a formal education from a school or university.
He concluded His speech by stating that all that is needed is the intense urge for Ishwar Darshan. One who reaches out to the Lord with this intense urge and is regularly discussing the topic of Ishwar Darshan will definitely attain Ishwar Darshan. This is because the Lord loves to see His bhaktas take His name (e.g. through regular bhajans) and the Lord is waiting for the bhakta to reach out to Him. No formal education is needed for that!
Let me conclude by reiterating what Sri Sri Babathakur has repeatedly told us.
· Listen to His words regularly (Sravanam)
· Chew on His words regularly (Mananam)
Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur!
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