THURSDAY  MESSAGE , SERIES No  219,   22nd   JULY 2010

INDIAN MESSAGE: When we say  there  are three level of elevation  for a spiritual enlightenment  through   improving the   body, mind and soul, there  are other benefits  also derived through  these procedure.   The body / physiological  improvement is also achieved here. It provides a great level of  endurance power and tolerance for the body.  The body and each organ get trained  for acquiring  unusual performance efficiency. Through the training of the body ( physical training)   all the  players  of different games  attain their mastery in the games.  Through the physical saadhana   many Rushies  could stay in  - 20 C  or even below in Himalayas without even a sweater,  by this method  one can stay without food for weeks.  So  improving / elevating / progressing / ….physically means  training the body  even to live with  lions, tigers, in the midst of forest or desert. Thus spiritual  elevation can also lead to   accommodation of all the environmental changes

UPANISHAD: Darsanopanishad  is an interesting Upanishad  which is  presented as a discussion between  Maharshi Samkruthi and his teacher Dattaatreya.  It is a yoga Upanishad which describes in detail the five yamaas and five niyamaas.  The first  five points are  yamaas  which are  ahimsa = non violence; satyam= knowledge on the   relative truth and absolute truth; astheyam = non stealing and living  through self reliance; Brahmacharyam= knowing the absolute meaning  and aims of life; aparigraham = depending upon one’s own assets and not depending upon others  for livelihood. These are the  five yamas which are to be practiced  perfectly before learning  next steps of  yoga. Many a times majority of the   yoga practitioners go directly to praanaayaama and dhyaana. But the  Darsanopanishad instructs us to  practice yama and niyama first.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF IISH:   Kerala vision has come forward for  telecasting the IISH programs through out Keralam. @ Support for the  orphanages  have been distributed.@  the pitru karma procedure  has been attached with this Thursday message. @ Many CDs have been freely distributed to temple on Ramayana, Sree Krishna Sandesa and also on our Granthas, particularly meant for temples.

SREE SANKARA  channel is a superb channel  focusing on various aspects of  Indian heritage. One should see and  try to learn many  messages from the channel. It gives messages in different languages

HERITAGE MESSAGES IN MALAYALAM CHANNELS: Variety of heritage messages are being telecasted in Malayalam channels  in the morning and also in the evening. Watching them is the best method for learning many  aspects our precious heritage.

IISH LECTURE PROGRAMS:  26TH JUL.2.00 pm Mary Matha Engineering college, Trivandrum;  6.00 PM  THEERTHAPAADAMANDAPAM, TRIVANDRUM (0471-2490149)  ;  28TH JUL. 11.00 AM   DC. SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Vagamon  (9846187286);   6.00 Dinner lecture  INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF  RUBBER BOARD, KOTTAYAM;  29TH JUL. 9.00 am Sree Sankara Engineering college, Kalady;  6.00 PM NSS Hall Aanandavalleeswaram, AASTHIKA SAMAJAM, KOLLAM; Jul.  30TH ONWARDS   5TH AUGUST,  CHENNAI  LECTURE SERIES  (09444068801)

ANCIENT INDIAN MANAGEMENT  PRINCIPLES  VIDUROPADESA: The wise man  should never put their full faith in the ruler / king, snake,  knowledge acquired without the guidance of a teacher, rich men, enemy, luxuries and his own (age) life expectancy. At any time they/ it  can  change, or it may change.

WHAT I SAW AND HEARD:  I felt thrilled  when I listened to   few speeches of Swamy Adhyatmaananda and  Swamy Bhoomananda  respectively in the evening and morning in different channels  for about 30 min. They were explaining our  literature   the Upanishads and Bhagavata using ultra modern science and latest technology like, genetics, cloning, DNA, RNA, Dolly, the body  and the mind.  The swamijies were  also citing examples from the movies Manichitrathazhu, which is  very rare from the  view point of a spiritual leader.  There was a wrong impression that the sanyasies  should  discuss only through spiritual angle. Even people do not expect them using the most sophisticated scientific and technological words and incidents  shown in movies. The Indian heritage learning and teaching methods are changing . Those who are  explaining the spiritual heritage started doing so through science UNLIKE THE SUVISESHA PRASANGAM jumping shouting and screaming  for waking the ever sleeping god up from the heaven to take the followers’ mahaapaapams and sins,.

SUPERSTITIONS:  Let us create  an awareness on  the  messages given in Ramayana  through the life sketch of Sree Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Dasarata. Kaikeyee, Ravana , Kumbhakarna, Vibheeshana, Baali and so on  during this Karkitaka month through rational, logical and  scientific commentaries for each incidents  in Ramayana. If we are not doing so, reading Ramayana as usual for decades, does not mean anything. It will become  a ‘ritual’ Remember that Rama did not come here for taking your sin.

OUR DEEP GRATITUDE: Hundreds of temples are now playing the Ramayana messages sent from IISH.  Hundreds of people are taking the copies of these cds and spreading the messages to people. In hundreds of locations pitru karma is being  done.

Our deep gratitude to Amrutha TV and Udayaamrutham group  for giving due publicity  for the Pitru karma to be held in Mazhuvanchery Mahadeva temple, near Kechery, Trissur,  on 9th August with detailed explanations.

MESSAGE FOR THE WEEK: A bus can be turned to left or right by a driver sitting inside the bus. The same driver cannot easily turn the bus left or right standing outside, even with the help of  other people. So one should remember that   bringing  external change through internal practice (mental practice) is the best method. Try to change ourselves through the internal method which is easier than  trying to change the outside for our internal change.

 LEARNING  HINDU DHARMA / HINDUISM  LESSON : 9   (2010  Jul 22nd)

POINTS TO REMEMBER BEFORE GOING DEEP INTO HINDU DHARMA: Everything in this  world including plants, animals and human beings can be divided into saatwic, raajasic and thaamasic.  Everything in the world is a continuation of past through present to future.  All the activities of living beings are connected with the body, mind and soul.  For everything, in this world  there are three steps  origin/srushti, the existence/ sthithi and  destruction/ samhaara.  For undertaking any mission three parameters are needed according to Hindu dharma  iccha sakti, jnaana sakti and kriyaasakti.  Three factors for a spiritual and general life needed is jnaana yoga, karma yoga and bhakti yoga.  Three factors of creation  are  the  space (desa) time (kaala) creator/ observer (kartha). Three factors on every rituals  are  mantra, thanthra and yantra.  Three factors on learning are  the guru/ teacher , sishya/ student  and subject/ vishaya.  Three branches of ancient Indian knowledge ( for the common man’s knowledge) Vedas / messages, Itihasas / experiences/ events. , Puranaas/ stories. Three types of mantras  are  Veda mantra , Itihasa & Puranaas mantra and Karma mantra. Thrimoorthies  are  Brahma  Vishnu and Siva. Thrisakthies, Lakshmi, Saraswati and Paarvati. Their equivalent  meaning are    prosperity-knowledge –power/force.

Four Vedas Rig-Veda, Yajurveda, Saama veda and Atharva Veda, four avastha/states are  jaagrath, swapana , sushupta and turya, four syllables of Om , A, U, M and turiya. , Four purushaarthas, dharma, Artha, Kaama and  Moksha, four Upavedas ; Artha saastra, Dhanurveda, Gaandharva Veda and Ayurvedaa. Four  faces of Lord Brahma  are  equated with  x, y, z and time axes( modern explanation)

SPECIAL INFORMATION: Good response for the pitru karma from the people belonging to all walks of life. Try to do the pitru  karma  in the simplest possible way.  The pitru karma procedure with mantra in devanagari script is also   attached here with.