3.4.15 - JKP Presidents, Distributed clothes and various items of utility, along with a monetary gift to around 4000 widows at Prem Mandir, Vrindavan.

VSK Sarkar Prem Mandir Tour

Whether the Guru as venerable as God?

Today was an unusual day. Yesterday night rains and thunderstorm hit Vrindavan. Today at starting around 4:00 p.m. repeated hailstorm hit all around till 6 p.m. Hailstone were about 3-4 inch diameter and 200 grams in weight. I have heard that some hailstones were observed of 1 Kg. But our Ashram’s program of donation of daily utilities and dakshina to about 4000Vrindavan widows went smoothly with the grace of Shri Radha Krishna & Shri Maharajji.
Now coming to the topic about the grace of Guru on his disciples.
Usually our minds are irresponsible, sometimes apparent and sometimes in very subtle manner. We are so bound by our desires, addictions & passions that we ignore the repercussions on ours as well as others body and mind and wickedness of our actions. Plus we do not believe that our deeds rebound on us, all good and bad, in form of good times and on the other hand diseases, infirmities, losses and hell. 

Moreover, it is our experience that Unbridled desires when fulfiled enhance lust and when unfulfilled result into greed for more. This is sure recipe for disaster.
At the same time, we are aware that whatever good we are getting is by some good luck and that may not last long. Means we do not believe that we create every situation by our past deeds. So we try to secure our happiness by fortifying against enemies, sometimes going ridiculous length by hanging black face on beautiful building, wearing charms, going to places of worship and try to maintain good relationship with the people who we think can help us in need but at the same time avoid people who are in need. We make relations all around but we also know that the same relation who claim sweets on our success as of right but pounce upon our failures like vultures. Rarely someone offers sweet solace on our failure. 

The Guru makes our fortified against all above by making our minds strong and responsible. Strong by making us strong willed. But how the Guru makes our minds responsible? Discussion shall continue but first let us ponder over an unusual Pada of Shri Kripaluji Maharaj from “Prem Ras Madira.”
सुनो मन! एक अनोखी बात। 

काम क्रोध मद लोभ तजहु जनि, भजहु तिनहिं दिन रात।
काम ईहै कब मोहिं मिलिहहिं, सुंदर श्यामल गात।
क्रोध ईहै घनश्याम मिलन बिन, जीवन बीत्यो जात।
रहु यहि मद मदमत्त दास हौं, स्वामी मां बलभ्रात।
रह ‘कृपालु’ यह लोभ छिनहिं छिन, बढ़इ प्रेम पिय नात॥

गुरु: कृपालुर्मम शरणम्। वंदेsहं सद्गुरु चरणम्॥

गुरु: कृपालुर्मम शरणम्। वंदेsहं सद्गुरु चरणम्॥

भाव! किसे कहते हैं भाव? कब उठता है भाव मन में? कैसे इसे पहचाने? 

क्या है भाव का उपयोग?

मन द्वारा किसी भी इंद्रिय ग्राह्य पदार्थ में, राग अथवा द्वेष संबंधी कोई

 भी, अनुकूल या प्रतिकूल “रस विचार” के साथ “तन्मय” होने जाने को 

प्रवृत्ति को “भाव” कहते हैं। 

भाव की अवस्था में ही तत् विषय संबंधी रस पान के आनंद का बोध होता है।

 इस अवस्था में रस का मेघ ज्ञान के सूर्य को आच्छादित कर लेता है और

 विषय के साथ प्रत्यक्ष संयोग असंभव हो जाता है। 

भाव की इस पराकाष्ठा की अवस्था को भाव समाधि कहते हैं।

 यह भाव समाधि यदि अनुकूल भाव से हो तो प्रेम समाधि कहलाती है।

 किन्तु यह प्रेम समाधि तभी संभव है जब विषय दिव्य हो यथा श्री राधा-

कृष्ण अथवा सद्गुरु। 

इस मनोस्थिति हेतु निम्न पद सहायक होगा, इस पद में श्री कृष्ण की 

परम रसमय लीला का वर्णण है: 

देखु सखि! झूमत आवत श्याम। 

गति मदमत्त गयंद लजावत, मनभावत ब्रजबाम। 

झुकि झुकि झोंके खात चंद्रिका, झुकी ग्रीव दिशि बाम। 

मुख आवत पुनि पुनि लट कारी, घुंघरारी अभिराम।

मुरली मधुर बजाय बुलावत, लै लै सखियन नाम। 

लखि ‘कृपालु’ अनुपम छवि लाजत, कोटि कोटि शत काम॥

Jagadguruttam Jayanti Mahotsav (Sharat Poornima) 2014

Courtesy :www.jkp.org

Ashramwasi perform the Leela.(Udav Gopi Samvad)

Roopdhyan

 

Roopdhyan is the practical process by which a devotee can absorb his mind in Shri Radha Krishna’s beauty and pastimes, and the the process is usually most fruitful when accompanied by devotional chants written by a Rasik. Unlike the passive meditation of the yogis, the roopdhyan of the Rasik devotees of Braj incorporates into it the selfless serving sentiment of the Gopis. It is in fact these sentiments of bhav, which when directed towards the Divine Couple Shyama Shyam, result in the formation of the bhav deha (or internal, transcendental body) by Their grace. This is the actual goal of the process of bhakti, as it is only in this body, that one can serve Shri Radha Krishna, with one’s Guru as an intermediary.

It is vital that roopdhyan be conducted exactly according to the writings and sentiments of the Rasiks, because their writings are revelations of the divine world for which the Sadhak is being prepared. Roopdhyan which is independent of Rasik revelations will also get results, but will not take one to the highest levels of ras.

There are four important points in roopdhyan:
i. One should see the visualised form of Shri Radha Krishna as having various divine qualities – infinite compassion and mercy, intense attachment for Their devotees, being ultimate repositories of selfless divine love and so on. This will create intense attachment to Their forms as compared to beautiful worldly forms devoid of these qualities.

ii. One should have a strong sense of identification with the Personalities in the roopdhyan. It is not passive viewing, like watching a film, but an active identification with the object of roopdhyan. For example, the person sitting next to Shyamsundar on the swing in the kunjas of Vrindavan is my Swamini.

iii. One should enter that roopdhyan with a sense of one’s own identity. For example, I am a lover of Shyamsundar or I am a serving maid of Shri Radha.

iv. One should have a selfless serving sentiment towards the Divine Couple in the pastime being visualised. For example, one could be fanning Them in the sentiment of a serving maid and so on. The selfless serving sentiment attracts Their grace and They immediately clearly appear in the sadhak’s mind, to receive the service. This has to be practically done to be experienced.

It is to be noted that at each stage the Guru accompanies the disciple in a more evolved divine form. The sadhak sees himself in increasingly selfless and evolved stages of divine identity. For example in the initial stages one will see the Guru only in terms of his physical identity in relationship with the world and in the final stages one will see him in his divine identity as an eternal associate of Shyama Shyam.

By: Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
Prema Rasa Madira – The intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love (Vol. I)

Courtesy: Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat - Official

कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम्

कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम्

गुरुपूर्णिमा के पावन पर्व पर सभी साधकों को हार्दिक बधाई।

श्री राधाकृष्ण भक्ति के मूर्तिमान स्वरूप, करुणा - दया - क्षमा के साथ मन उनकी यादों में खोया हुआ है। उनके साथ बिातये पल , भूले नहीं भुलाये जा रहे हैं। उन्होंने जो जन हित कार्य किये उनका वर्णन किसी भी प्रकार से नहीं हो सकता। अपना हर क्षण , हर पल हर दिन केवल जीव कल्याण हित ही समर्पित किया। ऐसे परम कृपालु परम परोपकारी सर्व प्रिय सद्गुरु देव के ऋण से कोई कैसे उऋण हो सकता है। उनके चरणों में कोटि कोटिप्रणाम करते हुये सभी साधक उनकी सेवा में तन -मन -धन समर्पित करने का संकल्प लें। ऐसी प्रार्थना के साथ -

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-डॉ। श्यामा त्रिपाठी { मंझली दीदी }