The auspicious
month of September has brought with it the joyful festival of"Krishnajayanthi". It is a usual practice that during
Krishnajayanthi everyone engages themselves in decorating the idols of Bagawan
Krishna, preparing various eatables for offering it to Krishna and performing
pujas. According to everyone the concept of Krishnajayanthi is restricted to
this only. This does not mean that this is the wrong way of celebrating
Krishnajayanthi but one has to go beyond this.
The correct way
of celebrating Krishnajayanthi is to dedicate your hearts and minds in doing
namajapam of Bagawan Krishna continuously and remembering his Leelas. Whatever
the offerings may be but it should be made to Bagawan Krishna with such a love,
devotion, dedication, thirst, eagerness and desire that Bagawan HIMSELF should
be readily waiting to accept it.
It is not that
Krishnajayanthi comes only once in a year. If you engage yourselves in
continuous namajapam and have unconditional faith then each day and every moment
is Krishnajayanthi.You will be able to feel Bagawan Krishna who already exists
within you.
Bagawan Krishna
is eagerly waiting to shower HIS grace on each jeevathma who is longing for his
love. If you call Bagawan Krishna with wholehearted love and devotion then HE
would willingly perform Leelas with you and bless you with divine experiences.
These experiences would give you paramanandam (eternal happiness). Enjoying this
eternal happiness means celebrating Krishnajayanthi in real sense.
Bagawan Krishna
is the ocean of mercy. All the jeevathma's are HIS children. Our duty is to lead
a life as per HIS wish. HE is always there to take care and fulfill our every
small need. Bagawan Krishna who gave happiness to HIS bhakthai Sackubai and got
tied at her hands in this kaliyuga, who came in the form of Narasimha to rescue
HIS five year old bhaktha Prahalad, who wholeheartedly accepted the food offered
by Namadev, who worked as a servant in the house of Ekanath, who used to be
eagerly waiting to save his bhaktha Tukaram from all the difficulties, who
fulfilled the desire of even a mountain named Gowardhanagiri by lifting it with
HIS own finger, who gave HIMSELF to the Gopi's of the Vraja Bhoomi and played
Rasa Krida with them would undoubtedly respond to your call also. All that you
need is a little desire and love for Bagawan Krishna in your hearts and mind.
Bagawan Krishna gets pleased even with the little love, which you have for HIM
and will showers on you HIS unlimited blessings.
What is the harm
in calling Bagawan Krishna who is waiting for your call? All of you have an
ambition of becoming a doctor, engineer, chartered accountant, lawyer,
scientist, and so on. But along with this ambition you should also try to lead a
life and do bhakthi like Prahalad, Dhruva, Meera, Sakhubai, Janabai, Aandal,
Tukaram, Jayadevar, Namadev, Swami Ramanujar, and all the great bhakthas who
resided on this Bharatha Bhoomi. If you have the true desire to see Bagawan
Krishna then Krishna would surely come and play with you, dance with you, sing
with you, be with you at each and every moment of your life, make you enjoy the
real happiness, and bless you. This itself will make you experience the
happiness of Krishnajayanthi in each and every moment of your life. Just by
dedicating your hearts and minds to Bagawan Krishna you would float in the ocean
of happiness and will be permanently relieved from all your sorrows, miseries,
confusions, burdens and tensions.
Now it is in your
hands whether to celebrate Krishnajayanthi once in a year or each moment of your
life.
For all jeevathmas
who do namajapam and have unconditional faith on Bagawan each day is
Krishnajayanthi although this year's Krishnajayanthi festival is over.
This is the great
paasuram of Sri Madhura kavi aazhwaar. In this pasuram Sri Madhurakaviaazhwaar
describes the power and mercy of his Aacharyan Swami Nammaazhwaar.
Swami Nammazhwaarchanges the life of every bonded soul which is not in a position to
accept the reality. There is no benefit for Swami Nammazhwaar by changing that
souls attitude toward the life and God.That is the mercy of Swami Nammazhwaar.Sri Madhurakavi aazhwaar describes that he is keenly trying to attain the
love in Swami Nammazhwaars lotus feet who is the Nambi of Thirukurugoor where
kuyil's(cuckoo) were singing in the park.Even thoughSwami Nammazhwaar is not benefited by us in any way, He being
the ocean of mercy engages Himself in training and correcting us through His
Upadesham and behaviour. Although we are a total scrap He takes every effort to
make us a diamond. Such is the greatness ofSadaacharyan of Sri Madhurakavi aazhwaar who enjoys the Paramanandam and
hails from Thirukurukoor, which is known for its fertility.
Bagawan is in
existence in this kaliyuga in the form of a Sathguru. All the jeevaathma's are
not great bhakthas that Bagawan HIMSELF would come in front of us and solve our
queries and problems. Even if the merciful Bagawan appears in front of us we
would call for proof and won't accept HIM. Hence, Bagawan sends a Sathguru in
the ordinary human form, as HIS messenger to prove HIS existence to all the
jeevaathmas.
A Sathguru looks
upon every human being as a jeevaathma irrespective of its caste, creed, sex,
status etc. A Sathguru gives Upadesham to all the grieving and craving souls.
The day a jeevaathma gets Mantra Upadesham from a Sathguru it's a rebirth for
that jeevaathma. While a Sathguru gives Upadesham, He takes away all the sins of
the previous, present and the future birth and makes us relieved from all the
sufferings, sorrows, burden, tensions and prarabdha karma. Sathguru creates a
strong feeling in every jeevaathma that it is the child of Bagawan Krishna.
Even if we are
the neglected ones and considered to be a mere scrap, a Sathguru lifts us up,
provides us a helping hand, guides us, develops a confidence within us, teaches
us Namasankeerthanam, bhakthi and finally make us enjoy the real happiness. A
Sathguru is never concerned about His well being, as His sole intention is to
feed bhakthi in each and every jeevaathma. By making every jeevaathma experience
the divine grace and enjoy the eternal happiness, a Sathguru is not benefited in
any way nor do they expect anything in return for this. The only expectation of
a Sathguru is that all those jeevaathmas who have surrendered before Him must
perform all their duties perfectly by doing continuous namajapam and lead a
happy life. The only faith of a Sathguru is Bagawan and His only strength is
Bagawan's nama.
There are
infinite instances in the history of our Bharatha Bhoomi to prove the power and
greatness of a Sathguru. It was only Sathguru Naradha Maharishi who showered His
grace on the robber named Ratnakaran and taught him "RAMA"
Namasankeerthanam. This changed Ratnakaran from a robber to Valmiki Maharishi
and made him write the divine script "Ramayana". Bilvamangalar was
drowned in the love of a prostitute named Chintaamani, who was a bhakthai. She
asked him to divert this deep love, which he had for her towards Bagawan
Krishna. This proved to be a turning point in his life and changed him from
Bilvamangalar to a great Krishna Bhaktha, Leela Surar. He accepted Chintaamani
as his Sathguru and gifted us with a divine script known as "Krishna
Karnaamrudham", by dedicating the first sloka to his Sathguru, Chintaamani.
This reveals the
necessity and importance of a Sathguru in the life of every jeevaathma. The duty
of every jeevaathma is to surrender itself to the Lotus feet of Sathguru and
follow His teachings
jay sathguru
maharaj ki jay
ACHYUTHA
PRIYA
short
stories to regain your faith
The time has
arrived to know what happened with the youth who was unknowingly drowned in
namasankeertanam when the thieves dragged him down from the treetop.
Till that moment
the youth was doing namasankeertanam with the sole intention of wining the
challenge. He was totally unaware of his surroundings and also the people around
him. The youth came out of the world of namasankeertanam only when the thieves
dragged him down.
Even though the
youth did namasankeertanam only to win the challenge, it made him forget
everything and unknowingly he got drowned in it. This itself reveals that even
if we do namasankeertanam with an intention to test it, it would yield fruitful
results and develop within us an interest to do namasankeertanam. Such is the
greatness and power of namasankeertanam. In this kaliyuga Bagawan Himself is in
the form of namasankeerthana . Hence namasankeerthanam is the only easiest and
simplest way to attain Bagawan Krishna in this kaliyuga.
The result that
one yields in kritha yugam by doing dhyanam (meditation), the result that one
yields in thretha yugam by doing yagnam, the result that one yields in Dwapar
yugam by doing archanai (pooja); the same result is derived in this kaliyugam
jusy by chanting Bagawan's Nama.
Everyone in this
kaliyuga is leading a very busy life. One does not find time to read the Holy
books like Ramayana, Mahabharatha, Narayaneeyam and other divine scripts but it
is possible for everyone to do namasankeerthanam in this kaliyuga. The only
requisite for namasankeerthanam is desire and there is no restriction regarding
place, time, money, caste, creed etc. Namasankeerthanam can be done alongwith
our daily routine work.
The thieves who
had dragged the youth from the treetop started asking him the reason behind
leaving the food over there. But the youth was completely blank as he was
unaware about it. Then the youth revealed the whole truth behind his coming to
the forest but it sounded very foolish to the thieves. The thieves refused to
accept this story of the youth. As the thieves doubted that the food contained
poison they asked the youth to eat it first, but the youth kept on refusing and
this strengthened the belief of thieves.
Finally two of
the thieves held his hands, one of them opened his mouth and the other one
dumped the food inside his mouth. The youth was helpless and was forced to eat
the food. Inspite of this the youth kept on repeating the same story. Thus the
thieves considered him to be a fool and left the place.
Any situation it
may be, if I have faith on my Bagawan, then in that situation itself and at that
very moment if HE would give me Moksham itself without any trouble then whether
it is necessary for me to say that HE would give me the worldly pleasures also?
For instance: a
person who is in need of Rs. 1,000/- if given a cheque of Rs.10, 000/-, then
won't his need of Rs.1000/- be fulfilled? This itself means that if we do
continuous namajapam and have faith on Bagawan, HE makes us eligible for
Moksham(salvation) itself; then is there any necessity to ask whether HE would
fulfill our worldly pleasures?
Situation does
not matter for Bagawan, but the only thing HE expects is namajapam and faith on
HIM, if we have these two then our worldly pleasures will be fulfilled by HIM
within no time and not only this but HE would gives us Moksham itself.
The youth had
entered the forest with a stern belief that there would be no one to provide him
with food over there. But the elderly person had stubborn belief that if the
youth would do Namasankeerthanam then he would be provided with food
irrespective of place and circumstances. So as to pay heeds to the prayer and
belief of that elderly person and to make the youth realize the power of
Namasankeerthanam and the truth in the words of that elderly person, Bagawan
played such a Leela with that youth.
Such is the
greatness and mercy of our Sathguru and Bagawan. Sathguru takes every possible
effort to uplift every craving jeevaathma. The sole intention of a Sathguru is
to give eternal happiness to every jeevaathma and to offer that jeevaathma as a
flower on the Lotus feet of Bagawan. The elderly person who is in the form of
Sathguru for that youth was in no way going to be benefited by this challenge.
The only one who was going to be benefited was the youth. As the elderly person
(Sathguru) had unconditional faith on Bagawan Krishna he was sure that Bagawan
would make the youth realize HIS mercy and understand the power of
Namasankeerthanam.
After the thieves
had left the place, the youth started memorizing the whole incident that had
taken place in his life for the past three days. He started remembering the
words of that elderly person. It was at this point of time the youth realized
that while he was doing Namasankeerthanam even thirst, hunger and other things
did not affect or disturb him for the three whole days. The youth had neither
any sincerity, dedication, devotion nor any desire to do Namasankeerthanam.
Inspite of this Namasankeerthanam proved its result. Even on doing
Namasankeerthanam in such a way in that dense forest the youth was seated
comfortably on the top of the tree without any fear, tension, and disturbance
and at the end of the third day, he was provided with food without his personal
efforts.
This entire event
made the youth realize the power and greatness of Namasankeerthanam and the
truth in the words of that elderly person. This developed within him a strong
belief that Bagawan is in existence in this kaliyuga also and is eagaerly
waiting to provide a helping hand to all those who call HIM. Tears of happiness
started rolling down his cheeks. He understood that although he had lost his
challenge the elderly person who is in the form of Sathguru had made him
victorious in his life. Through this challenge the elderly person had showed the
youth the correct and the real way of leading a happy, contented life. The
elderly person had taught the youth a lesson that the sole purpose of our life
is to do Namasankeerthanam and to lead a life for Bagawan.
On realizing this
fact, the youth ran eagerly to fall on the feet of that elderly person who
taught him to enjoy the eternal happiness. The youth reached the temple and
everyone including that elderly person was engaged in doing bhajans. The bhajans
were going on in its full swing and everyone was totally immersed in
Radhekrishna Namasankeerthanam. The youth who previously considered the bhajans
as waste of time and a silly superstition and used to get irritated was now very
eager to hear those bhajans and wanted to get drowned in it. He too sat down and
joined them. After having such a great experience of realizing the power of
namajapam and the mercy of Sathguru(elderly person) he enjoyed every moment of
that Radhekrishna Namasankeerthanam and got involved in it.
After the bhajans
got over, the youth ran to that elderly person and fell down at his feet. The
moment the elderly person saw the youth; he could find a great change in him. He
lifted the youth and the youth revealed the truth to that elderly person. The
elderly person was confident that Bagawan's nama would surely prove its results
and that was what had happened. Seeing the mercy of Bagawan Krishna the eyes of
that elderly person got filled with the tears of happiness.
This was the
rebirth of that youth due the unconditional faith that the elderly person had on
Bagawan Krishna. Though the youth had insulted that elderly person, he remained
indifferent to it. The sole intention of that elderly person was to make the
youth realize Bagawan. Such is the mercy of the great Sathgurus of our Bharatha
Bhoomi. No words can be put together to express the mahima and the greatness of
Sathguru. A Sathguru has such a remarkable power and capacity that He can pick
up scrap and make it as precious as a diamond.
Every human being
in this world has some or the other defects. Such an ordinary human being cannot
take right efforts to correct and remove the defects of another human being. The
only one who can read and understand our mind and heart, remove all our defects,
guide us, show us the right way to lead a happy life forever, teach us
Namasankeerthanam, make us understand and realize the mercy of Bagawan is none
other than a Sathguru. Sathguru is not an ordinary human being but HE is the
messenger of Bagawan. Sathguru is the only Aathmabandhu of every jeevaathma.
From the day the
youth realised the truth in the words of that elderly person he accepted that
elderly person as his Sathguru and engaged himself in doing kaingaryam(service)
for his Sathguru. He remained ever grateful to his Sathguru for forgiving all
his mistakes and teaching him Namasankeerthanam and making him realize the power
of Bagawan. The youth performed all his duties as he used to do previously but
the only difference was that now he had a Sathguru and was doing
Namasankeerthanam while performing all his duties. Till these days the youth had
never enjoyed such a happiness, which he was experiencing now. The youth was
relieved from all his burdens as he had shifted his entire responsibilities on
the shoulders of his Sathguru and to the Lotus feet of Bagawan Krishna. The only
thing he knew was Namasankeerthanam and the mercy of his Sathguru. This made him
lead a happy, contented and a tension free life.
Every youth who
is impressed by this story can test the power of Namasankeerthanam just as this
youth did. Even if we take a little interest in doing Namasankeerthanam along
with our routine work it would become a usual practice for us. Doing
Namasankeerthanam along with our routine work would cause no harm to our work.
It would contribute in performing our work in the most perfect manner. Chanting
Bagawan's nama does not call for any expenditure nor involves any waste of time.
The only fruitful result it yields is eternal happiness, divine experiences and
a permanent end to our sorrows, sufferings and tensions.
Namasankeerthanam
is the only way to lead a happy life in this kaliyuga. A Sathguru teaches us
Namasankeerthanam and makes every effort to uplift us from this samsarasagaram.
Hence life without a Sathguru is beyond imagination.
Bagawan Krishna
has showered HIS mercy on us by taking the form of Radhekrishna Namasankeertanam
in this kaliyuga and has blessed us with such a merciful and compassionate
Sathguru Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar. Now we have with us
Namasankeertanam and a great Sathguru, so why not reap the benefit of enjoying
the real happiness by surrendering ourselves to HIS divine feet.
jay sathguru
maharaj ki jay
HRUDHAYAANJALI
the power of divine grace
RADHEKRISHNA
POOJYA
SHREE SHREE AMMAVKU JAI
Till recently, I had a neutral view as far as topics like spirituality, existence
of god etc were concerned. I never bothered to spare a moment and think on these
topics. Little did I know that my view was to change dramatically.
When I met Guruji- Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar for the first time, guruji
asked me to try chanting "Radhekrishna", exactly in the same manner as
anyone tries eating a food item he has never eaten before. I tried it and found
it very effective. Previously my mind used to wander in the past and the future
It never used to remain stable. But due to chanting, I found that mind remains
stable. Chanting has given me peace of mind; something that I had been searching
for; since a long time but hadn't found it. Now I feel that anyone who complains
about tension stress etc should definitely try chanting.
I also started attending sathsangs held by Guruji and though I don't know Tamil,
the atmosphere in which sathsang was held and merely the sight of Guruji used to
relieve me of all kinds of fatigue. Since I can speak Telugu, I can grasp
certain Tamil words. Whenever I see Guruji I feel very confident and energetic.
Of the several incidents where i was at cross wads not knowing where to go and
chanting showed me the right direction; here is one of such incidents.
I was the captain of our college team in the Inter collegiate chess Tournament. This
event had won by us for the last six consecutive years. The sports Head of
our college had told me that I had to guide and motivate the team and win the
trophy for the 7th year in succession. Our team was relatively weak as the senior
players had completed their education and left our college. The incident took
place just hours before our college team faced the toughest rival team. it was a
must win situation for us. Younger players of our team had played with members
of that rival team previously in other individual competition and lost. I had to
take a difficult decision of selecting four players of six players and leaving
out 2 players.
I kept racking my head as to whom to pick and whom to leave out. It suddenly
stuck me that the solution to the problem was simple. I closed my eyes, chanted
Radhekrishna and prayed to Lord Krishna to give me an answer and show me the
right direction. I opened my eyes within a half a minute, and told my final
choice to all the team members. It so happened that the players that I had
chosen for the game; all four of us beat our counterparts of the rival team.
Later all my team members, coach and Head of sports praised me for my good work.
But I knew what the truth was this victory was only due to chanting Krishna's
name and Guruji's kripa(grace). Hence I dedicate this victory to Krishna.
Until Guruji tells me to write again.
RADHEKRISHNA
NINAD KONAKANCHI
MUMBAI
jay sathguru
maharaj ki jay
DIVYA
DARSHAN
the
feast for your soul
jay sathguru
maharaj ki jay
PUNYA
KAAL
sathsang
programmes
The
RamayanamPravachan by MAHAN
BRAHMASHRI GOPALAVALLIDASAR commenced on 15th July at Ponnu
Guruvayoorappan temple and ended on 16th August. Disciples of Mumbai
were blessed to hear the Pravachan on Ramayanam for the one whole month. The
Pravachan on Ramayanam by MAHAN BRAHMASHRI GOPALAVALLIDASAR touched the hearts
ofeveryone.
Lord
Indra(Rain God) was also pleased by this Pravachan and expressed his happiness
by showering heavy rains during that period. Mahan Brahmashri Gopalavallidasar
presented Ramayanamin such a
beautiful and extra ordinary manner that every episode, philosophy will remain
in the hearts and mind of the people forever. On the last day of Pravachan the
committee members honoured Mahan Brahmashri Gopalavallidasar. A preacher Shri
Chandrashekar Sharma on hearing the Pravachan on Ramayanam honoured Mahan
Brahmashri Gopalavallidasar and praised HIM for the same.
Mahan
Brahmashri Gopalavallidasar left for chennai on 20th August. The last
four days before Mahan Brahmashri Gopalavallidasar left for Chennai the
sathsangs were held both during the morning and evening hours. The entire
sathsang hours were spent in doing continuous namajapam only. This was a novel
experience for all the Mumbai disciples. This was an attempt by Mahan Brahmashri
Gopalavallidasar to make everyone practically realize the true power of
namajapam. During these sathsang hours everyone were lost in the world of
Bagawan Krishna and experienced the ultimate happiness, forgetting all the
worldly sorrows.
Currently Mahan
Brahmashri Gopalavallidasar is in Chennai pouring His spiritual showers on the
disciples over there. At the Raman Temple in Chennai Mahan Brahmashri
Gopalavallidasar is rendering Pravachan on Shri Ramanuja Vaibhavam. Chennai
disciples are fortunate to hear the Pravachan on a great sathguru (Swami
Ramanujar) by a great sathguru Mahan Brahmashri Gopalavallidasar.
KRISHNAJAYANTHI
CELEBRATIONS
CHENNAI
A
unique and great festival celebrated all over India. Krishnajayanthi
celebrations were held at the residence of SRI POOJYASHREE SHREE AMMA on 5th
September. As every year, this year also the celebrations were done in a grand
manner. This auspicious celebration started at 5:00 pm. Details of the function
were:
Dhyanam
sloka
Namasankeerthanam
Bhajans
by SRI POOJYASHREE SHREE AMMA
Krishna
ashtothara pooja
Recitation
of Divyaprabhandham
Pravachan
on Krishna Jananam by MAHAN BRAHMASHRI GOPALAVALLIDASAR
Mangala
aarathi
During
the day of celebration since morning there was heavy downpour. Shri Poojya Shree
Shree Amma and Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar asked each of the disciple
present over there to do dhyanam so that the function could be enjoyed in an
undisturbed manner. Everything went in favour of these great Sathgurus. Exactly
a few hours before the function the rains stopped and the celebrations went on
very smoothly. Everyone experienced the sanctity of Bagawan Krishna and grace of
Shri Poojya Shree Shree Amma. The pravachan on Krishna Jananam made each one
feel the birth of Bagawan Krishna in their hearts. Immediately after the
function was over the downpour started again. This reveals the greatness of
Namasankeertanam and the power of Sathguru.
For you to get a
chance of seeing and get blessed a few photographs of the functions are given
here under.
To add to this
celebration a new spiritual TAMIL e-magazine named VEDHA RAHASHYAM was launched
by the great Sathguru Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar.
Mumbai
As
usual mumbai devotees celebrated krishna janmashtami on 05.09.2004 from 5.30 to
8.30 pm starting with namajapam, ashtothara pooja, bhajans, deeparadhnai and
ending with Mangala
aarathi.Though at the same time the same
celebrations were going on at chennai presided by sathguru sri poojya shree
shree amma and Sathguru Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar every devotees
present at the mumbai functions also sensed and felt the presence and blessings
of our gurujiamma and Sathguru Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar.
For
you to get a chance of seeing and get blessed a few photographs of the functions
are given here under.
KrishnaJayanthi
festival was also celebrated by the disciples of Mahan Brahma Shri
Gopalavallidasar at various places namely South Africa, America,
Bangalore,Coimbatore and many other places.
jay sathguru
maharaj ki jay
SHRADHAARPANAM
our
wholehearted dedication
We dedicate this
Krishnajayanthi special issue of our Krishnavedham to our Kind, Compassionate,
Loving, Merciful, Caring, and Simple Sathguru Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar.
Sathguru Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar for his disciples is no less than
Bagawan Krishna. The Premai (true love) of Krishna Chaitanya Maha Prabhu,
Unconditional Faith of Meera, Patience of Sackubai, Namasankeertanam of Tukaram,
Mercy of Swami Ramanujar, Valour and Patriotism of Shivaji Maharaj is reflected
in our Sathguru Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar.
As vaduga Nambi was to Swami
Ramanujar, Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasan is the incomparable shishyan
of the ultimate Sathguru Shree
Poojya Shree Shree amma.
The sole Aathma Bandhu of
all the grieving souls.
The perfect preacher of
Namasankeerthanam.
An easily approachable
Sathguru who showers his grace on every craving souls without any
discrimination.
The ultimate Sathguru who
comes down to the level of the samsaris to lift them up and gift them with
eternal
happiness.
The great mahatma with the
sole aim of making every jeevathma a Krishna bhaktha.
A truly devoted and great
Krishna bhaktha who is the best guide and caretaker of all the jeevathmas.
