Sri Saibaba Temple , Nashville , TN Weekly Newsletter Volume 101

[Sri Saibaba Temple - Nashville]

Sairam

 

Goodness in the form of being good to people of any kind.

Goodness in the form of giving that helping hand when someone is desperately in need of it. 

Goodness in the form of removing the distinction of our status, to embrace our own fellow beings. 

Goodness in the form of respect which we give others and not hoping anything in return.

Goodness in the form of modesty which will always remind us that, what we have today will not be there tomorrow. 

Goodness in the form of generosity to give our best wishes to those whom we even dislike. 

Goodness in the form of forgiveness, to forgive and let go those who didn't value us for the persons we are. 

Goodness in the form of loving our loved ones who had been with us all the time when we actually needed them the most. 

Goodness in the form of being true to ourselves, so that we don't feel ashamed of who we are and what we are. 

Goodness in the form of being moral, so that may whatever the circumstances be, we continue to remain Rock Steady. 

Goodness in the form of being honest even though we see ourselves surrounded by thieves and dishonest people. 

Goodness in the form of doing our level best of what little we can do for others. 

Goodness in the form of being a plodder and never never never ever give up for the dreams that we wanna achieve, how ever difficult it may be. Having such goodness, is just absolutely free of cost in this expensive world and can be distributed and multiplied all around us, which will just result in more Goodness. While, it will be most surprising that such goodness already resides in us which can break the bowels of the inhuman which is ruling us in today's era. 

All what is so critical is to change ourselves to the path of Goodness, instead of pointing fingers on others. Change, in ourselves will bring the change in the world by itself. 

 

  

 

Bagahvatha Purana says

 

 

 

 

Let not my thread of life be snapped while I am weaving my song, nor the measure of my work broken up before its time.

- Rig Veda II.28.5, as translated by Krishna Chaitanya/KK Nair

 

In the hour of death those who have turned the focus of the mind inward, and who seeking Union (Yoga) with the God-within, remain in the sustained state of devotion easily attain the Supreme Spirit. These souls are never again reborn into this world, which Krishna describes as the abode of misery and all that is impermanent - the temporal illusory hologram (VIII.14-15).

 

The Uddhava Gita in the Bhagavata Purana says that ‘a wise man should not long for heaven just as he would not desire for the infernal region’ (XI.20.12-13). In this later text Krishna tells his friend and disciple Uddhava that even the gods desire to be born into a human body because the bodies that inhabit both heavens and hells are not ‘vested’ with the capability to attain Liberation by the path of Knowledge. The Bhagavata Purana suggests that in the celestial worlds there is ‘rivalry between equals, jealousy towards the superiors and the fear of the termination of the period of stay’ (XI.3.20).

 

 

Trapped in Time

 

The enlightened know that this universe perpetually endures the Cycles of Time as the Yugas, Manvantaras, and Kalpas. There will always be another beginning in the periodic creation of all living beings, just as there will forever be the inevitable dissolution and destruction. The night makes way for the day that follows and so on - world without end. The same beings are brought into the world again and again, helpless under the power of the wheels within wheels of eternal cyclical Cosmic Time (VIII.17-19).

 

Beyond these interminable cycles is the Imperishable (akshara) Unmanifest (avyaktas). This invisible unmanifest state is the highest goal and those who have found their way here, never return. This is the abode of the God-within as the Supreme Spirit. This dwelling place(dhama) is Home eternal (VIII.20-21).

 

All existences are contained in God, but God is not contained by them

 

मया ततमिदं सर्वं जगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना . 
मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः .. ९- ४..

mayā tatam idaṃ sarvaṃ jagad avyaktamūrtinā
matsthāni sarvabhūtāni na cāhaṃ teṣv avasthitaḥ 9.4

 

This entire universe (jagat) is pervaded by the Unmanifest (IX.4). The God within you is simultaneously within each man, woman, and child. The God-within is ubiquitous everywhere and pervades every forest and field, the infinite skies and the abyssal unfathomable seas. The God-within is every living creature, from the grandest king of lions to the lowliest worm. That same God permeates and pervades those billions of stars that swirl in spirals as millions of galaxies. God is the Space (akasha) between all that is and the All itself (IX.6).

 

All existences are contained in God, but God is not contained by them (IX.5). This great mystery is made manifest by the power of the Creator (yogam aisvaram). Abhinavagupta here translates yogam as Shakti and aisvaram as glory (B. Marjanovic). It is because of the Creator’s glorious power to veil Its Self in ignorance that beings imagine themselves to be Separate from the One. The truth beneath the illusion of multiplicity is - there is only the One. That’s my sai has manifested at our temple of universal oneness to show we all are one.

 

 

Editorial Team

Temple Seva Committee

Sri Saibaba Temple of Universal Oneness

Nashville , TN