Sanctity of Master's Words🔗

Let us enter into the teachings of Mahāvīra so that we can understand the power of wisdom. Today we will be entering into a sutra called Chaturangi sutra and Brahmacharya sutra. We will be working on Chaturangi and Brahmacharya sutra.

Let me read few words from the original sutra. Yesterday somebody wrote a letter to me, 'Swamiji, we are not able to understand the original sutra, it is better you read only the translation.' Not only you, I also don't understand the original sutra because I don't know this language, it is not Sanskrit. It is a different version of Sanskrit which was used for speaking in those days. So not only you, I also don't understand but Masters' words have their own sanctity. Even if you don't understand, just listen.

The word which came out of Mahāvīra naturally will carry His presence. The words, the very sounds that came out of Mahāvīra's vak- the energy which converts the air into sound – are sacred.

See, when the air travels through the vocal cord, it is only air. From there something happens and that becomes the sound. So any sound that comes out of an enlightened vocal cord, enlightened vak energy, is His mantra. That is the reason I am reciting those words. So even if you don't understand, it is ok – out of our respect to Mahāvīra we should remember those same words, we should hear those same words. We should hear those same words, and then we will see the translation. I will read the translation also but first it is our respect to the great master Mahāvīra that we repeat the same words which came out of His vak energy.

Please understand, in the Eastern tradition, language is not only used to convey the ideas but it is also used to create certain kind of vibrations. It is not only linguistic but it has phonetic importance also added to it. All the Sanskrit aksharas, letters is just like a beautiful dance and it is like cleaning your prana flow. The person who chants some mantras at least 10 minutes everyday morning will never have gas problem.

Understand, it is my experience. If you have any gas problem or any difficulty related to breathing, prana flow, asthma or any thing just chant some mantras, some enlightened Master's words even though you may not understand. Just chant for 10 minutes those words which are in Sanskrit, the traditional language.

You may think, 'How can creating some sound for 10 minutes heal?' You don't know the power of these sounds. They come from the hara means your very root and they completely heal the whole path in which the prana flows. The whole prana energy flow is cleaned.

That's why I never miss the original sutras, even if you don't understand them. Many times I have seen people are closed to something which they don't directly understand. In Bhagavad-gītā books also I have seen people just move the page where the Sanskrit slokas are printed; they just jump and go to the next page. They think, 'Why should I unnecessarily touch these things?' No, just try to experience that sound. You don't even have to understand, just experience that sound. It can do miracles in your being.