DEEPAN MUKHERJEE

Every year, we begin the New Year wishing others happiness and prosperity. What is the sign of prosperity? The sign of prosperity is freedom, a smile and the willingness to share with people around you, without fear. The sign of prosperity is the trust and confidence that you will get whatever is needed in life.

Welcome the year 2009 with a smile from within. As we flip the calendar, we need to keep flipping our mind as well. Often, our diaries are full with memories. See that you don't fill your future dates with past events. Learn and unlearn from the past, and move on.
You want to be free from greed, hatred, jealousy and all such imperfections. If the mind is holding all these negative qualities, it cannot be happy or peaceful – you cannot enjoy your life. So the first step is to see that negative emotions are due to the past and not let the past affect your experience of life now. Forgive the past. If you cannot forgive the past, then your future will be miserable. This new year make up with someone with whom you are not on good terms. Commit yourself to dropping the past and starting a fresh life.

When the new year arrives wish everyone with a sankalpa (intention) for peace and prosperity for all the people on the planet. With the economic meltdown, looming terrorism, with floods & famine around, do more selfless service. Realize that our foremost priority is to check violence in the world, to free the world from domestic and societal violence. Make a resolution to do more good to society, help the people who are in need and bring solace to those who are suffering. Take responsibility for the nation.

The spiritual dimension of life brings a great sense of belonging, responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole world, for the whole humanity. The spiritual dimension in the truest form smashes the narrow boundaries of caste, creed, religion and nationality and gives one a broader awareness of life present everywhere.

This year, let your devotion flower. Give it a chance to work. We should experience the divine's presence, the divine's light around us. You should have a desire in your mind to experience this. Has such a desire ever risen in you - that you want the highest peace? The whole world is running by this divine light. When you sing or pray there should be total involvement. If the mind is preoccupied elsewhere then that is no prayer at all.

You are like a free bird. You are fully open. Feel that you are flying like a bird. Learn to fly. This is something which you have to experience within yourself. There is nothing else. If you consider yourself as bonded, you will remain bound here. Be free. When will you experience freedom? Become free right now. Sit down and become content. Spend some time in meditation & satsang so that your inner self becomes strong enough to deal with the challenges.

When the mind relaxes, the intellect becomes sharp. When the mind is loaded with small things such as ambition, feverishness and desire, then the intellect loses its keenness. And when the intellect and observation are not sharp, life does not express itself fully, ideas don't flow and abilities diminish day by day. With this understanding, step out of your little mind and that step will solve many problems in your life. Be natural. Be with love. Involve yourself in service. Celebrate your life

............ .CELEBRATE NEW YEAR - 2009

Jai Gurudev !

Gurudev’s Coimbatore visit 13th Feb 2008
Guruji : How many of you have body pains since early in the morning, raise your hand ?
(There was about 25% of the crowd raising their hands)
Guruji : You know why? We eat the crops that are cultivated by using chemical fertilizers. This causes a lot of diseases in our body. Do you understand? We don’t detoxify the body. To get good yield we use artificial chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Because of these fertilizers, soil turns toxic and he produce from the soil in turn becomes toxic and our body gets toxic substances as we eat them which cause disease and pain.
How many have hip, joint, back pains and different kinds of headaches. I don’t want you to tell me the number of head aches that you have at home!!! If we have to get rid of all these pains and diseases, we have to go back to our traditional method of farming. We have to do natural farming, Zero budget farming low-cost, more yield, better health. So we have to take this as a revolution to the farmers.
You know the white sugar is termed as white poison in western countries. As it overs the knobs of the intestine and stops the nutrients from being absorbed by the body. The children who consume a lot of sugar are mostly lean because oflack of nutrition. If you stop giving them sugar, they will start getting healthier. We eat a lot of sugar and reduce our body growth as well. So instead if white sugar you should start consuming cane sugar which is in turn good for the body. It helps the liver as it has minerals. We have to know how to eat tell not how to eat more.
Similarly we need to learn breathing practices to keep our body healthy and earn meditation to get peace of mind and these things are very much essential for life. We should have knowledge and awareness on meditation, breathingpractices and food.
Now let us switch on to cane sugar. The only difference that you may notice is that gulab jamuns would look much darker and jalebis would be of a different color!!! It does not matter.
After 30 -32 years everyone should take 3 Triphala tablets at night. It sets right all the three doshas, vata, pitha and kapha in the body. . It eliminates toxins from the body. Even if there is a problem with the food, Triphala clearsthe stomach and helps in good elimination the next morning. It also maximizes anti- oxidization in the body. All of you should take “Triphala” and you yan see the effect in your body within 5 to 7 days.
“Deva Vati” is a good cure for amebiosis and other diseases caused by change in food and water. It is harmless and every one must carry with them wherever they go. It replaces antibiotics like Flagyl and others. Two to three “Deva Vati” can cure ever.
In India, what ever we prepare we add turmeric in it. You know why? Because of its anti-oxidant properties and it has medicinal value. In 1980, we called upon scientists for a conference in Delhi. When asked about the use of turmeric, they said it is just a color pigment without any value. Today, the foreigners may turmeric is an antioxidant and it can give immunization against Cancer and let we do not understand its real value.
In Tamilnadu we add turmeric in the pickles, especially the lemon pickles. Turmeric means Goddess Devi. She isincarnation of lemon, turmeric, and neem. All the three plants are considered sacred in our country and they all give good energy to our body. If we grow lemon and tulsi in each and every house we can have good health in our country.
You know in our country there is a shortfall in the production of pulses. We are importing nearly 40% of the pulses and if this continues we will not have sufficient food In the future. So we have to plant pulses in our home garden and our women can do it.
My Grandmother was in Papanasam even at the age of 92 years she used to do things for herself and she had a good system of eating. Like, eating “Agathi Keerai” , on every “Dwadesi” day ( The day after ekadesi Fasting) and she used to take two kinds of vegetables . She had laid rules for herself and hence had a lot of energy. In the next generation the energy level came down and now in our generation it is getting lower.
One more interesting thing you know our “Idly” is considered to be the most nutritious food in the World. Because it contains carbohydrates, proteins, enzymes, fats, amino acids and fiber.Every one should consume ghee. Ghee helps the body to absorb nutrients. If I start talking on food I can go on for hours together. “Idly” is said to be the complete food it is a happy thing to know don’t you think so.

Hey ma we are having idli tonight.
Jaigurudev !!!!!!!!!

Guruji's words on Sudarshan Kriya
After kriya, many people feel so pure and so clear, so complete, because the consciousness, which was stuck in the matter, material, which is foreign to itself, got released from that and came back to its home. That is the sense of purity, feeling of purity.

Jaigurudev !!!!!!!!!

Fight With Equanimity, Channelise Energy- His Holiness Sri Sri Ravishankar

When there is an attack on society and we lose our loved ones, it causes a
lot of sorrow and fear. If we keep reeling in sorrow, fear and anger, then
life moves on the path of destruction. But if we want to channelise this
energy and prepare to face this war bravely, we need to first calm the
mind and come to a state of equanimity.
We need to become sam-darshi or one whose vision is equanimous. Today,
we are all angry with the politicians or with our system. Our police lack
the necessary tools... The whole of Mumbai seems angry. In a way, we have
woken up. We are no longer ready to take the ?chalta hai? attitude. For so
many years India has seen terrorist attacks in different places, for the
first time, the entire community, especially the youth, has woken up...
How to make our system stronger? Firstly, we need to come together...
We need social leaders who are satya-darshi or truthful, sam-darshi or
equanimous, and door-darshi or far-sighted. So let?s also resolve to first
examine the qualifications of those whom we elect. We need to protect our
country from those who mani-pulate issues for their personal gains and
lead by playing vote-bank politics. Secondly, we must resolve not to act
out of anger, but instead channelise our dynamic energy for the common
good; to expose all those who are supporting violence, no matter what
religion they belong to; to get rid of the mentality which asks us to
protect people from our own religion, or community, even if they are doing
wrong. This is very important.
Three things need to be done today: Stringent laws should be in place
and the hands of the police have to be strengthened. Second, intelligence
agencies and the police should be wellequipped and third, politicians
should allow them to take necessary steps independently. We consider the
entire world ours... We might have different religions, communities,
languages and cultures, but underneath all this diversity, every Indian is
One. We are proponents of peace, but we are also from the land of Guru
Gobind Singh. Today, we need Sant-sipahis or soldier-saints. Every one of
us needs to be a peace soldier...
Peace does not mean inaction. We want a revolution, but a peaceful one.
Mahatma advocated peace, but he did not just sit back and allow injustice.
Being in peace, he took action. The essence of the Bhagavad Gita is this ?
to fight with equanimity. Today, we are again seeing a dharma yuddha ? a
battle for righteousness. ..
Whenever i visited Israel, i have been told by Jewish leaders that
India is the only nation in the world where a Jew has never been attacked.
India is known for its tolerance and peace... We shall not let the terror
attacks in Mumbai sag our spirits. We shall overcome. And in doing so we
will not let go of our culture and nature of peace and non-violence.
I would like to say to all the families who have lost their dear ones
that the soul never dies. Know that once you drop the body, there is no
more suffering to the soul. Those who have departed have merged with the
divine, and their souls are still with you, with us, with the entire
nation... Everyone will die, including us. But they have sacrificed their
lives to wake us up and make us realise that others should not suffer,
that this should not happen again. They are asking us to be Arjuna

Jaigurudev !!!!!!!!!

Invocation to Lord Ganesha

This mantra, dedicated to Ganesh the beloved elephant-headed god of Hinduism, is chanted before any activity, ritual or puja is performed.

vakratunda mahaakaaya kotisuuryasamaprabh a
nirvighnam kuru me deva sarvakaaryeshhu sarvadaa

O elephant headed and large bodied Lord, radiant as a thousand Suns, I ask for your grace so that this task that I am starting may be completed without any hinderences.


Hare Krishna Maha Mantra

This simplest of mantras is quite popular all over the world. Devotional in nature, chanting this mantra is said to bring one closer to God, and wash away all sins.

Mantra:

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

Meaning: The mantra simply refers to Rama and Krishna, who are regarded as the incarnations of Vishnu. The word 'Hare' probably refers to another name for Krishna, but also means the 'energy of God'.


Prayer before studies
Saraswati namastubhyam varde kaamrupini
Vidyarambham karishyami, siddhi bhavatume sada

Godess Sarawati, my humble prostrations to thee,
who are the fulfiller of all my wishes.
I start my studies with request that
Thou will bestow Thy blessings on me.


Bhojan Mantra

This mantra is to be chanted before one eats food.


Brahmaarpanam
Brahmahavih
Brahmaagnau
Brahmanaa hutam
Brahmaiva tena gantavyam
Brahma karma samaadhinaa

A process of offering is Brahman, the oblation is Brahman, the instrument of offering is Brahman, the fire to which the offering is made is also Brahman. For such a one who abides in Brahman, by him alone Brahman is reached.


Mangala Aarti

Karpooragauram Karunavataram
Sansarsaram Bhujagendraharam
Sadavasantam Hridayaravinde
Bhavam Bhavani Sahitam Namami
I salute the merciful bhava(i.e. Shiva) who is with his consort Parvati; adorned with the necklace of the serpent

Universal PrayerS

Sarvesam Svastir Bhavatu
Sarvesam Santir Bhavatu
Sarvesam Purnam Bhavatu
Sarvesam Mangalam Bhavatu

May good befall all,
May there be peace for all
May all be fit for perfection,
May all experience that which is auspicious.


Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaha Sarve Santu Niramayah.
Sarve bhadrani pashyantu, maa kashichad dukhbhag bhavet.
May everybody be Happy, May everybody be free from disease, May everybody have good luck, May none fall on evil days.


Loka Samasta Sukino Bhavantu
Loka Samasta Sukino Bhavantu
Loka Samasta Sukino Bhavantu
Om Shaanti, Shaanti Shaantihi

MEANING:
May The Denizens Of The World Have Peace And Happiness.
Peace peace peace.

JAigurudev !!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Friends,
On 26 th sep 08 i would be performing at zalawar its a city which is 2hrs drive from kota,Rajasthan. Reportedly their would be 4000 people .So wish me so that I rock the concert.I will certainly upload the pics and ay be some audio and video clips when i am back. see u then
Jaigurudev !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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