I am really
amazed that how dare these followers of dadaji can explain about Sri Sri
Satyanarayan & His holy portrait about whom till date after Sri Sri Thakur
has left His divine body none of His devotees have been empowered or dared to
say anything about it!!! They are really
nuts I must say… they said that Sri Satyanarayan is the symbol of Truth (they
only prefer to address our Guruji as Truth) but this is completely nonsense!!
Infact He is not any symbol.. what do they mean by Symbol?? Is he representing
somebody?? He is the Truth Himself and yes He is not any person infact He is
the Lord of unlimit universe Sri Sri Satyanarayan Himself!! Using the portrait
they are talking like the Advaitis and believer of Formless Brahm who is even
unexpressionable and unthinkable, beyond any type of descriptions whom they are
trying to describe.. Firstly, the God or the Guru whose photo they are using to
advertise their beliefs among the devotees of Sri Sri Ramthakur, He Himself
never ever advocated such ideas among the common average man or the common
householder.. rather He wanted to become their family member & their family
God.. Secondly if it is so important to spread among the people about the
devotion of Nirakar Sadhana then why they are using the picture of Sri
Satyanarayan?? Again it is showing
Dwaitism!! One side u r saying it is free from subjectivity and the other side u
urself are using his photo as a subject??? Why??? Isn’t it is
contradictory?? And moreover, in Gita
also Lord Sri Krishna recommended Sakar sadhana in comparison to Nirakar so as
our holy Gurudev also reconfirmed it again and again which also nullify their argument
that teachings given by an avatar in a certain Yuga may not be relevant in
another Yuga or period just like Srimad Bhagvad Gita is even relevant today!! So
many stories are there in the numerous books & biographies of the closest
disciples of Gurudev about Lord Sri Sri Satyanarayan, so many experiences are
there narrated by them which is completely unknown to these followers of dadaji
and actually they are not bothered also to know.. It is said that even to have
such a urge to know about Him itself needs good virtues of previous births..
Long time
before the introduction of the portrait of Sri Satyanarayan, Sri Sri Thakur
introduced to all his disciples the Holy portrait of Lord Sri Sri
Kaivalyanathji which indirectly means the Lord Sri Sri Krishna Himself (Ref.
Srimad Bhagvatham).. Kaivalyanath is one who gives Mukti or Salvation
(Kaivalya) and only He none else is empowered to do so.. Not even their Dadaji…
This is an eternal Truth.. While introducing this portrait, Guruji always used to insist to devotees to not to
ask for anything from Sri Kaivalyanath except mukti as desires are reasons of
bondage of endless births and Sri Kaivalyanath on His own fulfils the
requirement of His devotees if it is in their benefit.. but still the devotees
doesn’t used to listen to this advice and would ask several things from Lord
Sri Kaivalyanathji and then Guruji introduced the rituals and practices for worshipping Lord Sri Sri
Satyanarayan which could be done in the portrait of Sri Kaivalyanathji itself..
among which there was like the offering of Shinni (a mixture of raw milk,
bananas and semolina or rice powder) to be offered to the diety which is
according to Gurudev is actually offering of one’s devotion and request for
grant of boons or their desires to be fulfilled by Him.. Guruji had also
written a small book of salutations which sings the glories of Lord Sri
Satyanarayan in a poetic form (known as Sri Satyanarayan Panchali) and
instructed all to read it before the diety while performing the puja with full
devotion!! In that holy book Sri Satyanarayan is being referred to Sri Satya
Pir!! Infact it starts wth the stanzas as Satya Satya Satya Pir Sarva Siddhi
Data….here Satya Pir also refers to the devotees from the muslim community as
our Gurudev was being worshipped by both the communities in undivided India
those days!! Before all these there has been several incidents where our Guruji
had already worshipped His own portrait of Sri Kaivalyanath for worshipping all
sorts of Gods and Demigods .. like Shiva, Durga, Kali, Jagadhatri etc.. He even
said that on his portrait of Sri Kaivalyanath 33 crores Demigods can be
worshipped..as all of them have come from him only…the Lord Govinda.. so
technically all the disciples of Guruji were already knowing this eternal truth
that on the portrait of Lord Sri Sri Kaivalyanathji all the Gods and Demigods
can be worshipped and so the worshipping of Lord Sri Sri Satyanarayan was one
of them… that is why even today in all
the Ashrams all over the world except the Kolkata Ashram at Jadavpur Sri Sri
Satyanarayan is being worshipped on the portrait of Sri Sri Kaivalyanathji
itself !! later one day the all merciful Sri Sri Thakur introduced this another
portrait of Himself as Sri Satyanarayan and told everybody that since you all
are habitual of asking various things from Sri Kaivalyanth so I have introduced
this another portrait of Sri Satyanarayan.. He is one who will fulfil all your
worldly desires of this material world..whether it is to be cured of incurable
diseases, acute poverty, jobs, wealth or other desires..
There have
been numerous incidents where Sri Sri Ramthakur has indicated clearly the
portrait of both Sri Kaivalyanath and Sri Satyanarayan are none but HIM AND
ONLY AND ONLY HIM!! One of them I just remember when during the time of 2nd World War one of his closest disciple Sri
Tulsidas Gangulyji was asked by Him to perform the Satyanaryan Puja on the
portrait of Sri Kaivalyanathji and after the puja was over Ganguly ji entered
the room where Sri Sri Thakur was sitting with an intention of worshipping Sri
Sri Ramthakur in PERSON as Sri Sri Satyanarayan with all the puja items as
perfumed flowers, tulsi (basil leaves), sandalwood paste, lighted lamps etc..
He saw Gurudev was not moving, sitting still like a portrait and divine light
was emanating from his divine body, the room was filled with divine fragrance..
when Gangulyji offered his respects with flowers and tulsi leaves at his holy
feet .. Guruji said in a loud voice I AM ONLY SATYANARAYAN!! I AM ONLY
SATYANARAYAN!! DON’T WORRY AT ALL!! EVEN IF HUNDREDS OF WEAPONS ARE HURLED AT
YOU THEY CAN DO NO HARM TO YOU!! Many
times when devotees who are unaware where to offer the Tulsi leaves Gurudev
immediately used to show His Holy feet and instructed them to offer there
only.. A lady on her deathbed taking her
last breath desired to have darshan of Sri Sri Ramthakur which Guruji fulfilled
and stood near her and said in a loud voice OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE THAT LORD
SRI HARI (LORD SRI KRISHNA) IS HIMSELF STANDING HERE!! He said it 3 times.. the
lady opened her eyes, saw Him and left her breath.. like this many many
incidents have been recorded by the devotees from all over the globe… even
after Sri Sri Thakur left His body this has been continuing what these
followers can never ever understand or imagine with their brains of following
the concept of Formless Brahm..At the Kolkata Ashram Jadavpur such an incident
happened and coincidentally only this Ashram is worshipping this holy portrait
of Sri Sri Satyanarayan which can be a befitting answer to the followers of
Dadaji!! A close disciple of Sri Sri Thakur used to regularly visit the Ashram
at Kolkata and like this one day when he reached the diety to offer his
salutations chanting the Sri Naam given by Holy Gurudev Himself to this disciple,
to his wonder he saw that the portrait of Sri Satynarayan is not there and in
that place THE FOUR HANDED NARAYAN WITH CONCH SHELL, CHAKRA, LOTUS AND GADA IS
STANDING THERE!!! Seeing this divine darshan he immediately prostated before
the deity with full devotion and when he again got up he saw that holy figure
has vanished and in that place he saw Sri Sri Ramthakur is Himself sitting
there (here he mentioned exactly like a picture of Gurudev given in Vedvani, a
holy book of teachings of Sri Sri Ramthakur), again he closed his eyes and
offer his respects and when he opened his eyes he saw the original portrait of
Sri Sri Satyanarayan!! He understood clearly that Gurudev wanted to convey Him
that He is everything and He is only Sri Satyanarayan!! This very same devotee
again another day in the evening during some utsav had visited the Ashram when
the portrait of Sri Satyanarayan was being kept near the holy tree of Tulsi and
devotees were singing harinam sankirtan.. when the kirtan was over everybody were
paying their respects.. this disciple waited for his turn and when he
prostrated before it to his astonishment he saw a 6 to 7 hooded big snake of
green colour which had spread its hood on the top of the portrait of Sri
Satyanarayan.. it happened within a fraction of seconds and then that snake
mixed into the tulsi tree.. he didn’t told anybody this experience of him but
later on he brought this in his book..
It is true
that He is not any person but this is also true that He is Lord Himself… those
who believe in formless devotion or advaitism are free to follow it but they can’t impose
it on others under the disguise being a devotee of Sri Sri Ramthakur.. because
if you are using His portrait of Sri Satyanarayan then you will have to follow
His guidelines also not your Dadaji’s… Sri Ramkrishna used to say follow any
path but then don’t say that only yours is correct!! when people from India
themselves were not knowing properly about Him as He always liked to hide
Himself, His mysterious powers or that He is God Himself..then it is quite
obvious that people from western countries may not know Him but when some fools
who know everything about Gurudev and are initiated also and taken Sri Naam, when
they talk all these nonsense without realizing that this will confuse the common
man who are ardent devotees of Guruji from generation to generation they are
going against the instructions of Gurudev Himself.. When u can’t even follow
the minimum instructions given by you Guru what Guru bhakti you have?? And when
you don’t have Guru bhakti how can you claim to realize God through any of ur
desired paths?? Mantra Moolam Gurum Vakyam..Does ur Guru have given any such kind of orders to u?? Ur minds are restless.. a wavering
mind.. a pond’s ground under the water can be seen clearly if the water is still
but if the water is always having continuous waves it can’t be seen.. here the
ground denotes the God himself.. how can a restless mind achieve God?? Sometimes
u r under the influence of sathya sai, some times dadaji.. today u r under his
spell tomorrow u will be under somebody else's spell.. Ur all merciful Guru gave u the easiest way to
realize peace, easiest way to attain God by following ur destiny, doing all ur
duties, always remembering the mercy of Lord by chanting the Sri Naam!! But u have now found new God and new Guru and are busy in spreading his teachings..that is fine but why under the name of Sri Sri Ramthakur who never advocated these teachings!! Recently I came across a devotee who was worshipping Lord Sri Kaivalyanath since his childhood days and who by chance got to read the book Look Within and became totally confused... he was having sleepless nights and became mentally disturbed.. he contacted me somehow and clarified all his doubts and get rid of that book.. now he has regained his mental peace.. so this is what these followers of dadaji are doing either knowingly or unknowingly!! I can only pray to Lord Sri Satyanarayan to guide them and show them the correct path!! Jai Sri Satyanarayan!! Jai Ram!!
A blind may well see the light, but never a blocked brain. All logics are laced with limitations of individual comprehension – which again is influenced by our conditioning.
ReplyDeleteThe paradox of our pursuit of knowledge in scriptures lies in identifying ourselves with the personification – alas! not with the perennial propensities. It is our ignorance that makes division in divinity;
Sight has no benefit in the absence of light. Unless we have light within, we are not capable to lead without.
" নামের গুনে গহন বনে মৃত তরু মুন্জরে,
বল মাধাই হরি নাম বিনে আর কী ধন আছে সংসারে । "
Dear Manish da…
ReplyDeleteI am a devotee of Sri Sri Ram Thakur and so are most of my relatives from both my mother and father’s side , after my marriage of 1 yr my husband also believes in our Gurudev. Both my parents and myself feel that our Gurudev is our everything and we are not anything without His grace..He guides us , protects us and is there like our Almighty Father and even when we breathe each time its because of His grace, that whether we worship him in Sri Sri Kaivalyanath form or Sri Sri Narayan form HE is The Same , One and Only, this is our belief for years…HE has answred all prayers whenever we worshipped and prayed to him.In fact all our relatives have portraits of Sri Sri Kaivalyanath at our homes and worship Him in that form , offer our regular pujas even Shirni and pray to Him like all humans do also arrange for Naam Kirtans before Sri Sri Kaivalyanath. In fact while purchasing a portrait of Sri Sri Kaivalyanath my mom asked the gentle man at the Jadavpur Ashram counter if portraits of Sri Sri Satyanarayan and Sri Sri Kaivalyanath were same he too replied both were exactly Same and One…I visited ashrams where Sri Sri Kavalyanath is only worshipped in ever form and prayed to..however I read somewhere the following and is confused… Pointing towards the picture of Sri Sri Satyanarayan ,Sri Sri Thakur told Dr. Jatindra Mohan Dasgupta , Mr. Purna Ganguly and his spouse and few disciples present their that - "He is Satyapir- Satyanarayan. By offering Shirni (Holy-Custard made of rice flour, banana, sugar, honey etc.) one should offer prayers to Him expressing one's desire. One should not pray to Sri Kaivalyanath."
But after reading your article I felt good and happy….Thank you…. Please suggest if I got the right concept from your blog…request you to….kindly do so….
Dear Guru Sister, Jai Ram!! what u have understood & been following all ur life is perfect.. Remember always that we are very blessed soul to have Sri Sri Thakur as Guru and God!! Putrarthi re putra dey dhonarthi re dhon, doyarthi sodai sebe Shottero choron... this holy stanza is from Sri Satyanarayan Panchali.. since devotees were habitual of asking from Sri Kaivalyanathji, Sri Gurudev only started Sri Satyanarayan worship and Lord Sri Satyanarayan is very kind enough to fulfil the desires of his devotees also.. here I would like to request to you and to all the devotees of our Guruji to not to read any book just like that as it may distract ur mind very easily.. if at all u r fond of reading then read Sri Satyanarayan Panchali and always remember the Sri Naam bestowed by Him to all of us!! May Sri Guru bless u and ur family always!! Jai Guru!! Jai Ram!!
DeleteManish Da
ReplyDeleteThank u very very much for advise...Yes...I do read the Panchali whenever I can...also thanks for expressing your views on dadaji and gaudiya Vaishnavs ; I totally agree with u , with full respect to people of the above mentioned thoughts...but I disagree with them totally and feel the way you feel about them.... My Gurudev is My everything.....I feel am very very lucky that I am Sri Sri Ram Thakur dikhita and always pray that till the end of time where ever my soul is .... I hope I get little place in Sri Sri Ramthakur's feet, should receive HIS grace and HE should bless me always to be a better human every day...
Thank u for writing such beautiful blogs... keep writing such nice blogs in praise of our great Gurudev and His devotees like us...
Joy Ram....