Guru Gita
Guru Gita
Atha Śrī Guru Gītā
Now the Guru Gītā begins.
om asya śrī guru gītā stotra mantrasya bhagavān sadāśiva ṛiśiḥ
Oṁ. Of the mantras of this Śrī Guru Gītā stotra (hymn), Bhagavān Sadāśiva is the Ṛṣi, the sage and the seer.
nānāvidhāni chandāmsi śrī guruparamātmā devatā
The chanda, vedic verse-meter of this composition are diverse. Śrī Guru Paramātma, the Supreme Self is its devatā, the deity God.
ham bījam saḥ śaktiḥ krom kīlakaṃ śrī guru prāsād siddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ
'ham' is its bījākśara-energised seed letter, 'saḥ' is its śakti-power; and 'krom' its nail (that unlocks the power). To accomplish Śrī Guru Prasād-Guru's grace, chant this repeatedly.
(note: krom-Kaa is the cause, Raa is the mind, O is the energy of the subtle sound and M is perfection)
Atha dhyānaṁ Now meditate.
hamsābhayām parivṛotta patra kamalair divyair jagat kāranair viśvot kiranamaneka dehanilayaiḥ svacchandaṁ ātmecchayā tadyotam padasabhvam tu caraṇam dīpānkuru grāhinām pratyakṣākara vigraham gurupadaṁ dhyāyed vibhum śāśvatam
The Guru's lotus eyes are represented by 'ham' (the individual Self or śakti) and 'saḥ' (the universal Self). He is the Divine Cause of the Universe. He, of His own being's will, manifests in numerous forms to uplift the world. He is supremely free. His form is imperishable, manifesting divinity. He is eternal and all pervading. Meditate on His feet.
(The Guru whose feet are the visible form of the imperishable—one should meditate on that all-pervasive, eternal Guru.)
mama catur vidha puruśārthaṃ siddhyarte jape viniyogaḥ
With authenticity, I engage in the chant of Śrī Guru Gītā to realize Puruśartha, the four goals of life (dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa).
INTRODUCTION (FOREWORD pages content)
Guru Gītā is a great book. Mahādeva speaks to MahāDevī about Him. He speaks to Her about Him. He speaks to Her about Him! Nithyānandeśvara speaks to Nithyānandeśvari about Guru.
The Guru Gītā is directly spoken by Mahādeva to MahāDevī, Pārvati about Guru. So, as our Sampradāya deities are Nithyānandeśvara and Nithyanandeśvari and THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, Guru Gītā will be the best book to be declared as the book of our Sampradāya, that is the book of Sampradāya.
The happening of the Guru is not an easy thing. It is the Ultimate gift, the ultimate experience for any human being. Master is the ultimate luxury.
Understand two or three things.
We do not know how to live with whatever has happened to us, how to enjoy ourselves. Master is the ultimate thing in your being. He demands the ultimate luxury – your ego, your being.
When Master happens in our lives, nothing else is needed. If he does not happen, nothing else is of use.
Over the world, I have seen so many cultures; so many ideologies, so many social systems. There is so much calamity, so much depression globally; these are global problems, at root level. People are doing research to create a new social system to get over these problems, to minimize these problems. They find that Hindu society is the most stable. It has withstood many upheavals, political slavery, cultural invasions, every possible problem, and still alive more or less the way it was created millions of years ago. Depression and similar ailments on a percentage of population basis are negligible.
All this is the result of over 10,000 year of recorded R&D in the inner world, in the laboratories of temples and ashrams, by scientists, the Rishis and Sadhus, who enriched us with this Vedic culture (add about Sanatana dharma here). Hindus are respected world over and wanted for their confidence, honesty and low levels of depression. Their dhārmic level is high.
In the Hindu gurukul system, till a person is mature he is given protection; this gives maturity. Till 21 a student is given a manual of do's and don'ts. But slaves are not given opportunities to become Masters. These students have the possibility.
We enjoy the gifts of this system; music, food, medicine, dance, and many more things apart from spiritual progress. These are the gifts of the great Masters, fruits of their R&D.; fruits of their enriching sacrifice.
Let us express gratitude to Guru-Paramparā lineage for creating, developing and keeping this Vedic system alive, this Sanātana Dharma tradition alive. By their grace, millions have become enlightened. I never thought I would. I did because of their grace, not because of any penances I did. They wanted their tradition to be alive. They pick up the best of what is available as candidates. This culture, this vedic culture must live on. If it dies Planet Earth will disappear.
I have studied so many systems. They offer either no freedom or too much freedom with no maturity. They did in dilemmas. I give my disciples freedom, if they wish, as a punishment. In the spiritual path, one may look like a slave, but you do not know the joy. When I got enlightened I lost my freedom. I cannot even move my little finger on my own; but I got bliss, bliss of slavery to the Universe.
It is time to express our devotion, in gratitude for creating this culture, this social ideology. Just because of these Masters this Vedic culture is alive. Life still exists on Planet earth. Otherwise it would have been wiped out by power hungry politicians; because the Masters preached spirituality and created these systems, we still exist.
Try and inspire your educated son to attend a meditation program. Then you will realize the difficulties these Masters would have had in making this culture survive through thousands of generations, starting from Mahādeva Himself.
These great Masters have inspired millions by creating, developing, and transmitting for many thousand generations, conveying their knowledge clearly. If you observe a single temple in South Bharat you will understand. Each took hundreds of years to complete, 500 to 600 years; 30 generations or more. No architect or sthapati could work for more than 20 years working on stone. 30 generations of sthapati understanding the Master plan and executing, knowing fully well that he will not live to see the end product. They were not fools, they were inspired.
These Masters inspired people like this to work on projects; they inspired Kings and noble men to donate to these enriching causes; they built hundreds of thousands of such temples. In Bharat there are over 11 million temples where daily rituals are conducted, and over 90 million where such rituals are not regular.
It is time for us to remember these great Masters, remember all of them, remember the Guru-Paramparā for the wonderful philosophy they handed down, and the great way of life.
Master is a channel to bring wisdom to your life and to update it, according to your need.
In the body where there is no 'I', then whatever is said is mantra; whatever is done is tantra; whatever path is taken is yantra.
If you receive these words in silence and in prayer, you will experience. If you are a superficial person you feel I am just talking. If you are a devotee you realize I am doing alchemy; if you are a disciple, you know that no one is speaking, this throne is empty, words are coming from somewhere.
Creation is one, words are two. When one is enlightened one speaks for enriching the world to cause their Enlightenment. When you start enriching others, you are traveling towards yourself. Experience and expression are not different. When you experience you express; when you express you travel towards the experience. In enriching, start expressing compassion. Imitate the Master. You will travel towards experience; towards enlightenment. Enriching is the path to enlightenment; it is a part of enlightenment.
Seekers who do not serve and enrich are caught in ego. To enrich you have to relate and reach out to the world. Your tumors will be exposed. If you decide not to enrich, you escape into your incompletions; no method to find out your incompletions. Tyaga, sacrifice, will show what tumors you have; what depths you have reached. To enrich human beings you need to be perfect; you need intelligence, you need completion.
Giving our gratitude to Master is to strengthen our commitment to the dharma of Completion, Enriching. It is not worship with 100 namsakaras (prostrations), that will give you only back pain and knee pain. Committing your trust to strengthen the Master's mission, the Sangha is the only way to express your gratitude to the Guru.
Let you all understand, stand up and take responsibility; that is the only way to show respect to the Vedic system and lifestyle.