Brindavan Ashram, 15.09.02
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Nanna was explaining his plan to propagate Sri Radha tattwa, while we all attentively listened to him. We all were still swooning in the ecstasy of Radhastami celebrations the previous day. None of us really came back completely into this world! If we feel like this, how would Radhasakhi who played with Radhaji in the celebrations be? Nanna was speaking to us in such a divine state!
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We must carry food ingredients with us while touring various places. They will make arrangements for our return journey. They will read our books and force us to take food! We shall stay for only one day in each place. We will eat there and pack our food for the journey. This must be our plan.
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'Nanna, will you accompany us?'
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To a certain point. I will remain seated.
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'Will this take place after idol installation ceremony?'
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Yes, First is Mother's idol installation, then only other activities must follow. People will invite us to visit individual villages, slowly they will assemble ate one place in large numbers. This activity must continue.. we shall be moving in one direction or other to propagate about Mother. People will be influenced and come forward to invite us.
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Our corpus fund will fetch Rs. 1.1 lakh every year. I want to utilize this money to arrange a week long dhyana session.
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'Nanna, should we not speak for seven days?'
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It is a penance. I will arrange for your food here. You will be served tea in the morning followed by a light snack and lunch at noon time. I shall also provide mats and mattresses so that you can sit comfortably to do penance.
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Mother said that your karmas will be shed if you do such dhyana for seven days. That is why I plan to arrange saptaha deeksha (one week of penance). I propose to accommodate 16 persons in each batch and arrange one week of dhyana every month. This arrangement should continue as long as the Sun and the Moon exist.
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'Nanna, Should we strictly avoid speaking during this week?'
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Instead of speaking, you can chant Her name! During dhyana saptaha, you must not speak to anybody. Remain in Silence. This is the penance. When you do such dhyana, your karmas will be removed. This is what Mother Herself told us.
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'Nanna, this dhyana is for a week. We can continue later also .'
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You may do so. This one week's dhyana is compulsory. It has a lot of effect. That is why, I am finally arranging dhyana for one week.
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I propose to begin three days after idol installation ceremony. We shall arrange a separate cook for the 16 persons. I shall not ask anybody for money. Mother will arrange whatever we need. There will be separate rooms for men and women. They will not communicate with each other during this week. I am also planning to buy a car and print some books. The book will cover four aspects: What was our original state before our downfall? What is the importance of our penance? What is the cause of our downfall? Who should we worship to move upwards? What powers do we need? How should we worship and satisfy Mother? The fifth aspect is the arrangements that I am making here.
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The book is almost ready. We will print 5000 copied initially. We will buy a car to distribute these books. We will travel all over India - Orissa, Chennai, Hyderabad, distributing these books.
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During Dhyana, we will arrange for stay of 4 members in each room; 2 rooms for ladies and 2 rooms for gents with totally 16 members. Mother stressed on incessant dhyana. We do not know what we did in our previous birth. Definitely we did something.Otherwise why would we come on earth like this? Atleast in this birth, we must do incessant dhyana for 7 days. It will not go waste. Moreover it is Mother's penance. It can never go waste! You must not speak for seven days; you must not come out of your rooms.
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Badari Narayana did the same penance in Himalayas. He remains in silence. We plan to do penance for 7 days and 7 nights. Such week long penance every month will continue as long as the sun and moon exist. We will have Her name; but it is not ordinary chanting of her name. It is dhyana along with name. It is very special. I will tell you about it in detail. In our penance, there are three aspects - name, dhyana and silence. It is penance with an amalgation of all the three aspects. I will teach about dhyana on the first day. The actual practice will begin from second day onwards.
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Mother assured us that She will remove the karmas of the devotees who take Her name. They will become totally free from karmas. When we do not have any karmas, we will go to the upper world after death. We will distribute books to every individual who attends the idol installation ceremony. You must read it thoroughly.
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'Nanna, you granted us Her name and mantra . '
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There is name in this deeksha but not mantra. Unless you take Her name, dhyana is difficult to achieve. That is why I am initiated with Her name. It will be wonderful. You must remember that She gave Rehman only Her name! He was incessantly chanting ' Shyama Shyama', nothing else. Finally he went to Mother's kingdom exactly within seven days. So one week is not a small time period! If you do incessant dhyana, day and night non stop, for one week, it is enough for this life. This is the only way to fructify this life.
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I will print the verse from Sri Radha Sudhanidhi - Kaisoradhbhutha . and explain its meaning. I will stress that Rehman's life transformed in one week that was his penance-chanting Shyama day and night. Mother made him do the penance. He was beaten up, he was made to starve, yet he did not stop. Finally, Champaklatha (Radhaji's sakhi) came down and took him with her. So a week long penance is not an ordinary matter.
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' Nanna, you mentioned that we must do dhyana day and night for seven days ..'
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You may sleep in the night for a while. As soon as you wake up, you must continue taking Her name. This is what Mother taught me. She will not allow you to sleep for a long time. The Gods will come down and join your penance. They will not allow you to sleep. I am always only in this chair because I must not sleep. I do not like to go into deep slumber. Whenever I wake up, I begin penance! You must also do such penance for seven days.
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I propose to begin on the 4th day after Mother's idol installation ceremony. All the devotees who come to attend the function will leave within three days. Then I will start this vow of penance. I will talk about dhyana on the first day and make you practice from the second day. You must not come out of your rooms except during lunch time.
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I will not use the principle amount. We must make arrangements only with the interest of the corpus fund. We have enough money to fetch us an interest of Rs.1.10 lakh per annum.
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The books distribution will begin soon after their release on the occasion of Mother's idol installation ceremony. We will start during Her procession the same evening. Later we will visit other states and distribute them. We will print 5000 copies initially. I will reprint 10000 copies. Mother's glory must be widely propagated. There is no other organization like ours in the whole of India.
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We will make comfortable seating arrangements for 16 persons while doing Japa. Water and Coffee will be kept in the corner of each room so that you need not come out unnecessarily. We will arrange a cook exclusively for 16 persons.
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Recently somebody wrote 'the lower mind pulls many people down. It is very difficult to control and conquer it. It may even take several lives for some people. What is the solution? It is true. It is not possible in one birth. We are making a beginning in this life. Mother's power will be with us. The Gods from higher worlds will help us during these seven days.
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'Will you give us some tips to practice now?'
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Mother will give you when you begin to practice. She will send Her delegates. The angels will come down. They will not do dhyana but they will make you do. Dhyana so great.. This penance will continue for ages. The kishori fund will remain untouched. It will never deplete. We will use the interest amount. We shall pay a handsome salary and engage a good cook. We anticipate an expenditure of Rs.1.25 lakhs every year. We are ready to spend any amount of money. Mother assured to give us the money. She already arranged the money. Presently we are getting Rs. 96,000/- per annum. She arranged this money in just 15 days.
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Everybody will come down at 5 a.m., take a bath, have coffee and go back to your rooms upstairs. You must come down only once a day .. I will arrange for 32 persons
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'How Nanna?'
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I shall arrange for 32 persons to do dhyana in each week. We have 8 rooms to accommodate them. That is the maximum. That means 32 persons will worship Mother's name for a week and leave!
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Nanna visualized the dhyana yoga saptaha(week) as he spoke to us. With infinite love for us, he wanted to uplift our lives which are aimlessly confined in family bonds and deeply entangled in maya through dhyana yoga. He wanted to uplift as many as possible. No wonder he suddenly said 32 persons though he only planned for 16 persons. Radhasakhi came down to earth only for our sake. He planned an activity which was not and cannot be accomplished anywhere else in the entire world. He explained the minute details of his plans for dhyana yoga saptaha, right from drinking water arrangements!
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His love and resolution to organize such a divine dhyana yoga has no parallel! It is indeed unique and wonderful. No wonder Nanna said ' during these seven days, the Gods will also help us. We have Mother's support also.'
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'Nanna, do we be in silence and take Her name?'
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Yes
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'Will Mother ensure that we be able to come here without any hindrance?'
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Mother has nothing to do with that. It is your responsibility to come here. She will take care of your penance only. Your family, children, husband . is your look out. After 7 days of penance, I will surrender them to Mother saying 'These are the ones who did dhyana as instructed by you'
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We all listened to Nanna with awe. Ah! Radha sakhi personally making us do Sri Radhadhyana and surrendering us at the holy feet of Mother! Can we ever understand this divine love? Nanna spoke about idol installation ceremony.
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We will have a procession all over Brindavan before the ceremony.
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'Will we take the marble idol of Mother in the procession?'
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Yes. She will move in Brindavan standing in the lotus. We must arrange a chariot .
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Later giving Chinnari's photo to a devotee, Nanna explained how to look after Her!
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Offer Her milk in the morning and evening daily. Chant Her name 'Radhe Radhe Radhe' for one hour in the morning and the evening.
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One day Krishna came to see Radha. Her sakhis did not allow him to enter. He wept and pleaded with them. Then they told him to become a female. Krishna became a sakhi. Only then he was allowed to go near Her! There are only sakhis in Her kingdom. That is why, Her path is known as sakhi culture.
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A devotee Rasamani requested that She would like to write a book on sakhi tattwa. I told her ' you cannot write , it is very difficult' In sakhi tattwa, an important point is that Sakhi wants to say Radhe .Radhe, but cannot. Yesterday Kulapati garu mentioned this in his talk.
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'Yes, He said that if Nanna listens to Mother's name, he begins to weep'
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As I am speaking now . I am unable to speak. You must reach that stage. When I asked her whether she included this point in her book, she said she did not. This symptom does not come easily. You need to do incessant dhyana to develop this symptom. Without dhyana, it is just not possible.
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'The positive and negative together ...'
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Positive and negative must be present together. Otherwise it is not possible. I created Kishore fund to organize one week of dhyana every month. I propose to start with 16 members. If the number is more, we shall accommodate 32 members. Mother gave me this idea. Such an arrangement cannot be found anywhere else in India. Though many ashrams exist in India, nobody organized such weekly dhyana(including Vivekananda) till eternity. In fact in Brindavan, this system does not really exist.
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Such dhyana is very difficult. Mother will come on the fifth day ..
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We will have silence and Mother's name also.
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'Nanna,Should we begin with Mother's name?'
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Incessantly chanting Her name plus silence plus comtemplation on the all pervading Mother. All the three will be combined in our dhyana. Some devotees in Hrishikesh said that though they are practicing dhyana, they did not attain the state of weeping for Krishna. That is because it is not incessant.
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Rehman's dhyana was incessant. That is why, he was weeping. He said that his father was not beating him. He was oblivious of the floggings to his body. What penance did he do? Only Her name! Nothing else; just Her name. Mother granted Her name to him automatically. He said 'Her name is coming within involuntarily. What can I do?' This is a part of sakhi tattwa. Name comes involuntarily. That is how Rehman never cared even when he was not given any food for five days, nor did he stop uttering Her name! Mother granted him Her name only. Now is Her name present or not?
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'Yes Nanna, it is present'
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There is nothing else but Her name
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'But name is dissolved in Her dhyana!'
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That is why name is in dhyana. There is name, there is silence and there Is all pervading bhava. All the three are present in dhyana.
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The Bhagawad Gita said ' Bahunam janmanamanthe . '
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You must get that feeling. You must feel the all pervading Mother every minute. That is very essential. Our heart is congested. It must expand. Then only you will get tears. This is what Narada taught Prahlada. He showed his father the all pervading nature of the Lord! while practicing sakhi tattwa,, you should not go to temple.
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'Nanna, should we not go to temple?'
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No
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'Is it that we don't feel like going?'
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It is a condition. You did not observe carefully.
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'But Nanna, Mother is present in the temple also ...'
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That is philosophy. Mother's is sakhi tattwa. Philosophy is different. Her tattwa is peculiar. You feel Mother as part of all pervading. Mother is near me but as part of all pervading. You must attain this bhava part of the all pervading. She is all pervading.
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If somebody is bathing in a river, will he think that he dipped in the river or in a tub ?
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'He will think he is in the river only Nanna'
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Yes. The river is all pervading. I got into that river. So my beloved is always all pervading. Your weeping emerges from this all pervading nature. All pervading, silence and regular nama...
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Nanna spoke totally immersed in the flow of love of the all pervading Mother. Whenever the occasion arose, I used to mention to Nanna that I wished to write a book on sakhi tattwa. Speaking about sakhi culture, Nanna said that even Krishna transforms into a sakhi when he comes near Mother.' The most important point in sakhi tattwa ..sakhi wants to utter Radhe . but can't. that state must be reached.' Nanna thus described a Radhasakhi. He categorically stated that to develop this state, name plus silence plus incessant dhyana on the all pervading Mother is essential. He plans to make us do such a dhyana and would hand us to Her. Does such a guru exist anywhere in all the 14 worlds? None! It is impossible for another Radhasakhi as a guru to exist. He emphasized that Mother would come down on the fifth day of dhyana yoga week. When the Rasikacharya, our Nanna, our Guru, our God, our Life lovingly calls Radhaji, She certainly responds!
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Na hrudayaveedhilo nee madhura dhyanamune
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Nirathambu ne cheyu varameeya rava janani
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Mother, Please grant me the boon that I shall incessantly do only your sweet dhyana in my heart.
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