SWARUPANANDA AND HIS MISSION

[Satyajit Roy]

Article written by: Sri Subir Kumar Sarkar-Advocate,
Suprime Court, Bangladesh.

Book Ref: Dibbayan-2006, Dhaka University


What is life? Why the same is descended on earth? What is utility? Is it possesses any significance?

In reply some says life is a cigarette to be smoked and thrown away. Some says, life is a serious business, it hears a great deal of significance. Some says life in the world is less important rather there is eternal happiness waiting in heaven after the ends of this life. Famous writer William Shakespeare termed life in his prominent drama “Macbath.”- Life but a walking shadow……….it is a tale told by an idot full of sound and fury signifying nothing.”

Let us discuss the matter from the vedantic point of views. The Vedas regarded as Divine Revelation precisely meaning “the book of great knowledge.” So far life is concern the vedantic philosophers solved this question and at the same time they discovered the basis of ethics. In their view.-Life is the descended part of the great absolute, the Universal soul caused the remaining period of life in this world continuously feel attraction for its origin.

This is the internal affairs of a life for searching the Divine spirit i.e. God. None can over come this however mighty. This is mandatory and natural. In this context Akhanda Mandaleshar Sree Sree Swami Swarupananda Paramhansha Deva comments “Life is a serious business, fraught with the deepest meanings, transcending the highest speculations of the highest philosopher-Life is God’s design on earth.” God, the Universal soul, the self is the force by which from the beginning all things have been and will be manifested. On this point Swami Vivekananda discussed-Though all religions have taught ethical precepts such as “Do not kill, do not injure, love your neighbors as yourself etc. Yet none of these has given the reason-why should I not injure my neighbors? To this question there is no
satisfactory reply or conclusive answer forth coming , until it was evolved by the meta physical speculations of the Hindus. Who could not rest satisfied with mere dogmas. So the Hindu says that this Atman is absolute and all pervading there fore finite. Each individual soul is a part and parcel of that Universal soul, which is infinite.

Therefore by injuring his neighbor, the individual ultimately injuring himself. This is the basic Meta physical truth underlying all ethical codes.

The universal soul and its part-life both are termed as Atman, 1st one is Paramatmon & the last one Jibatmon. For understanding if we consider Paramatmon as a fire then Jibmatmon will be treated as a spark of it. Pramatmon is the temporary and for the time being. So one can not leave other for a moment. This love and affection is ever continuing.
Now, if we look closely, into our daily life style we observe our lives are miserable, laborious and very short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies and those of us, who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength and the cery instant that our usefulness come to an end.

No doubt, this is the reality. So what will be the way out? To same the mankind, our great master Swami Swarupanda said “Live a life worth living. Live for good and live for the world. Remain not simply a human being but make the best of your life and its. Opportunities to transform yourself into a highly spiritual and supremely potent force. Be strong in will and stout in heart. Be brave in hope and steady in action.

We must remember here with due respect and honor the echo of Indian Philosophy “ Atmonong Bidhi” i.e know yourself. Which is uttered by the wisest man of the old, the greatest philosopher of the age Socrates by his very words know thyself and the similar things reflected in the writhing of famous poet Alexander Pope as know the thyself presume not God to scan; the proper study of mankind is man.

Obviously a good man is needed and doubt he/she is at liberty for his/her own choice, belief and profession etc. But the 1st and foremost condition is he /she must bear a good moral character. This is the basic. The clairvoyant Rishi Swami Swarupananda then initiated:” The morality campaign” since 1914 for taking care to build up character in massive form. Right now corruption & corruption inundated every thing. In this aspect the invention of “Morality Campaign” is the only preventive. A pious man, a devoted person of every religion is in a sense good man and is useful to every respect but in the name of religion rise of fanaticism or fundamentalism should not be sustained. The most opportunity for their own interest disguises themselves by the religions uniform, with aim to perish human civilization & tranquility and establish far barbarism & inhumanity. Religions does not mean emotionalism and intolerance for the culture and feeling of other religion or beliefs rather it should be the high way to spiritualism . Swami Swarupnanda’s saying “When religion formants racial or national animosity, it indirectly encourages crimes and vices of the worst type. It is a sin to engender hated among races and nations. It is abominable from world by consideration and also unpardonable in the eye of God.” Very recently here and there whole world witnessed that in the name of religion veteran criminals brandish their naked arms for grabbing traditional culture, heritage and co-existence. It should be nipped in the bud. To avoid all sort of discrimination & conflicts Swami Swarupananda Paramhasha Deva established Akhanda Mandali as the result of His LOVE For ALL, GREAT AND SMALL. The mantra he initiates for his followers and disciples bear meaningful and a unique significance of nobility. His disciples are not confined with the names of any Gods or Goddesses rather they gathered equal participation for performing samabeta upasana or Congregational prayer with Bramha Gayatri & OMKAR. By this Swami Swarupananda send his clarion call “The truth I have realized has come unto me from God Himself. I am ready to help and guide those who are earnest, however fallen and lowly. But are you ready? If so, I am with you ever and ever.”

In conclusion, I shall like to appeal to my brothers and friends: sisters & mothers, What ever you are of where ever you may be, let us forget the minor differences of religions, customs or rituals as all of we are the spiritual children of the lord of universe and for salvation of mankind and uplifting the human soul towards the divine we must flock under the banner of humanity to reach our Absolute Destiny.

[Tapan Mukherjee]

On any journey obstacles are a factor. And the ultimate journey, back to home, back to Godhead, is no exception. As soon as we seriously adopt the path of spiritual perfection the material nature will test our sincerity in so many ways by placing one obstacle after another in our pathway. Just as on any journey we have to be solidly determined to overcome the obstacles to reach the destination, on the spiritual pathway we must also be staunchly determined to do whatever it takes to become a fully enlightened spiritual being, a pure devotee of sat Guru.

Major calamities are certainly obstacles. But in such extreme circumstances the devotee's natural tendency is to intensely take shelter of the Lord. Therefore major calamities, if taken rightly, are a great blessing to help one intensify one's God consciousness. For those who are expert with handling them, they are not therefore really obstacles. They are instead the greatest blessings.

So for many devotees the greatest hindrance for spiritual progress is not the major calamities. It is instead the regular everyday petty distractions that keep gnawing on their consciousness pulling them away from thoughts of God. For example, while sitting down to read the Akhanda Sanhita, Bhagavad-gita or chant, the neophyte devotee's mind gets diverted by wondering about the weather or about when the lawn should be mowed. Or plans are made to visit the temple but end up being put aside to doing something else instead which is not beneficial for spiritual life and not even materially a necessity. In this way, so much time is wasting diverting the mind away from God. Of course a devotee is not oblivious to the material world. He executes all of his material duties in a first class way. But at the same time he does not deal with the material world any more than necessary. This is why sat Guru has given the instruction that we should only deal with the material world as much as is necessary and not beyond that.

In this way, if the mind is always kept carefully focused on the ultimate goal, even while the devotee is taking care of so many material necessities, the devotee will make rapid progress on the pathway of spiritual perfection and overcome all obstacles.

[babamani]

There are many people today who believe the word “pride” is somewhat of a negative word. Some people who read the Bible say pride was the cause of man’s fall—I believe they’re only partially right, so let’s look at the meaning of words.



If I were to confront you and accuse you of being silly, you would probably be offended. But if I explained that the word “silly” comes from the old English word “selig,” and that it meant “blessed, happy, healthy and reasonably prosperous,” instead of being offended, you would be complimented. Yes, word meanings do change.



Genuine pride is an honest evaluation of that which is good. Think about it. Can it possibly be wrong for me to say to one of our co-workers, “I’m proud of the job you’re doing,” or to one of my children, “I am proud of your character”? Pride is what you display in your job, in the way you dress, in the way you treat your associates, mate and children. The pride mentioned in the Bible is false pride, or vanity, which is an extremely negative emotion which often leads to disaster. False pride says, “I’m better than you.” That’s bad. False pride leads to arrogance and when you become arrogant you are “riding for a fall.” For example, when “Iron Mike” Tyson, the “unbeatable” reigning heavyweight boxing champion, signed to defend his title against lightly regarded Buster Douglas, it was labelled a “mismatch.” Iron Mike’s arrogance led him to believe he did not need to train. He was knocked out by Buster Douglas, who never won another fight.



I love the acrostic formed by the word “pride.” It’s Personal Responsibility In Daily Endeavours. Think about it, develop genuine pride by accepting personal responsibility in your daily endeavours, and I’ll see you at the top!

[Abhijit Das]

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