Swami Veda Bharati
Guru Purnima Message 2011
Dear Fellow Disciple,
May a full moon enter your skull on the night of Guru-purnima.
A disciple is helpless when the mantras flow into his soul from the thousand udders of the cosmic sound-ocean of the Guru.
I have chosen to present them as they have appeared to honour the sacred waves that flow inwards towards us as at an auspicious and blessingsful conjunction of estrellas of grace.
Those celebrating the guru-purnima may this time take a year to daily contemplate the hidden meanings of these mantras received from the Guru.
JAPAN and other DISASTERS
It is said repeatedly in the Puranas (the great cosmological epics of India in Sanskrit) that when the earth can bear no more the burden of human sins, she, our mother, turns on her sides and we all come tumbling down all over.
It is also stated repeatedly that when the rulers are immoral and selfish, that corrupts the entire social order. AND, the order of Nature. This is a well known tenet in the teachings of India and of such philosophers as Confucius.
So, in the ancient stories of kings and kingdoms in India, whenever a natural disaster strikes, the king enters introspection :
Stories and Parables of Power
[This is an excerpt from The Light of Ten Thousand Suns by Swami Veda Bharati, published by Yes International Publishers, pp. 33-36. We invite you to visit the website of Yes International Publishers http://www.yespublishers.com/ and to read the entire book.]
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Do you seek power? Do you wish to conquer your world? Is the whole world your adversary? Do you seek the power of wealth and control over others? Does the world seem full of unsympathetic, unjust people, always criticizing you, attacking you? Are you anxieties and worries of the past or of the future?
Shiva Sankalpa Sukta
SHIVA SANKALPA SUKTA1
Our much maligned mind deserves a look at its positive attributes. It is the most creative form of energy in the universe. It is our very being. With some malignancy, it is still the source of immense benevolence, all beneficent knowledge, and all love and beauty.