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An Endless Divine Continuity - Part 13

 
Our Association With Nanna - Part 13
   
*Nanna's words
*Amma's words
*Foreword by Author
 
 
1Divine Rasa
2Bhava is God
3Divine Dham is Mine
4Nanna, the embodiment of leela
5Inward Seva - Outward Seva
6 Sri Rose Aura
7 Nanna's Loving Message
7 Sri Radhasakhi Rasavani
   
 
NANNA'S LOVING MESSAGE

Guntur Ashram:


Nanna gave a series of lectures on Radha dhyana yoga for one week. Those who could attend them are indeed fortunate because Nanna was in a state of complete bhava. It was evident that he was in Mother's presence and speaking what She made him say.


" Suppose you get into Delhi bound train in Chennai, you need not move to reach Delhi. Buy a reserved ticket and sit in your seat. The train will go there, not you! In the same way, you will do penance here. 'Mother, You are not away from me even for a single moment. I am also not away from you. Come near me. Be with me only. I will sit in your express train. I will not move anywhere. I will not be disturbed. You only take me to You.' Strange! Don't move in the train. Remain seated in your reserved seat. The train will move station after station, not you; your penance is also like that. Just 'Mother!' Nothing else. 'Mother is with me. She is filled everywhere.' A great power will emerge from this bhava. That power has pervaded all the worlds. "


" Even this room experienced a strange change from that power. In this room, I do not do any other work except Mother's. I was writing the 3rd volume of Brindavaneswari Sri Radha Devi. It was peak summer and I was sweating profusely. Mother was watching me. She is present everywhere. She will not allow me to suffer. She will take us near Her. The train moves on without stopping. See, how She is taking care of us! She crept into the mind of a wealthy man who visited me that time and inspired him to covert this room to A.C. I did not make any effort. I did not ask Her. I will not ask even Mother. An invisible power worked here. She is Radha! My train is moving on. She made the resolution and this room became air conditioned. See, I did not move, I did not spend a penny, and you also need not ask anybody. An invisible divine power is arranging everything for us! "


" Mother came down to earth in Ravali, 20 miles from Brindavan. She is powerful and benevolent too! I wished to celebrate Her birthday every year as long as the Sun and the Moon exist. Even after me, the function must go on. Mother told me from within 'My son, do not stretch your hand before anybody. There is no need to ask anybody. I will give you everything.' Ah! I took this resolution 25 days back. I wanted to build a corpus fund of Rs. 4 lakhs. The interest of Rs.60,000 will be used to celebrate Her functions every year. "


" Whether I am there or not, irrespective of donations, Her function must be celebrated year after year. We need Rs. 4 lakhs. How can I get that money? I have nothing with me except tapasya. Rs. 4 lakhs is not a small amount! Whom to ask? Mother told not to ask anybody. She will give everything. She knows what and how to do. She is giving me what I need. Strangely, I am not moving from my place. In the last 25 days, I received Rs. 4 lakhs! I deposited the money in the bank. Even if you try, you cannot get so much money in such a short time. I will not make any effort. I will hold Mother and She will take care of the rest. I am holding Mother only. "


" I am teaching you how to hold Mother like me. Do dhyana yoga. It will protect you from any kind of danger. If you want money, health or life span, Mother will give you. Now I am 100 years old. I am not suffering much. I don't need anything for me. Mother gives everything- life span, health, wealth, fame, power - everything! She gave me some powers which no human being has. I never visited America; I am not familiar with the streets and buildings there. I do not know the people there. One engineer was suffering a lot. The doctors said they could not cure him. I made a resolution here, Mother is there; Mother is here also. 'Mother, he is suffering a lot. Please save him.' Within 15 minutes, She cured him. After half an hour, he said he was relieved from the pain. I told him to come to Brindavan if he wanted a permanent cure. He came here and got cured. "


" I did not go to America. I don't need to; you remain here but hold Mother. Listen carefully. This is the secret but maya is just beside you, provoking you. 'What will you hold Her; you have to meet somebody else. Forget Mother.' You cannot hold Her so easily. That is the biggest secret. That is why, it is known as maha maya. "


" Maya takes you away from God. Radha Devi takes the human being towards God. She is such a great power! We came near Mother. We are making our offering to Her. It is not our will. It is Her will. She brought you here. This is an express train. She gave you a reserved seat. Sit down. That's all. Hold Mother and do not leave Her. How is it possible? 'Mother is with me every moment. I will not ask anybody. I don't need to ask anybody for anything' Do tapasya with this bhava. That is only the greatest silence. In the past, sage Atri practiced this tapasya of silence with total determination. The trinity (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) came near him. He was surprised. 'I did not worship three of you. I worshipped only Shakti. Then how and why did the three of you come?' They laughed at sage Atri's confusion. 'We three are present in that One(Shakti). You must meditate only on that One; then only we three will come, not otherwise.' Now do you understand the world's secret? Not one but three. These three forms are present in us even though we are not aware of this fact. "


" Mother is here, moving with us. I am addressing as Mother to the entity formed by the combination of these three forms. Some people address as Radha; some say Shyama. You need not say anything also. A 9 year old muslim boy chanted Shyama's name and reached Her. "


" Silence is very important. Do not under estimate it. The power found in silence is not found anywhere else. Silence is Radhaji's form. Just utter Mother, not even Radha. There is only one Mother, the real Mother. When you call Her, She will respond and come near you. That's the amazing fact. Mother comes near me. I showed this to some people. We need not go anywhere. Visiting temples is for those who cannot maintain silence. Sage Garg said 'There is nothing in the temple. Everything is in the form of the great power, Silence. Sit at home and pray to that Mother. Everything will come to you.' This is the real secret. If you visit Hrishikesh, you will find that nobody speaks; they do penance in silence. There is nothing that they can't do. "


" Valmiki's Ramayana also elucidates this point. Bharata came to see Rama along with millions of people, elephants,camels and soldiers. 'Rama, so many people came for you; please give up your journey to the forest and return to the kingdom. We all came to plead with you to come back.' Sage Bharadwaja invited them to stay in his ashram that night and leave the next morning. Bharata hesitated because the sage was all alone. 'We are so many in number; men, camels and elephants; you do not have either cook or utensils to prepare food!' 'You do not know about the invisible wealth I possess'. Each one of them got sumptuous food in unlimited quantity. This is the importance of Ramayana. It reveals so many unknown and invisible truths. A great sage, who always did tapasya in silence, had the power to feed thousands of people without any preparation, men or materials! Bharata was amazed and thought that even King Dasaratha would not have feed them such savories! "


" We also attained such a fortune. How will we move forward? When the first station arrives, we will get some qualities. When the second station arrives, we will get some more qualities; really wonderful. I had nothing when I came here, no money at all. Mother told me to take (Premature) voluntary retirement, 2 years before I could officially retire. 'My Mother, You ordered me to come to You. I will follow Your instructions immediately.' I quit my job. I had no bank balance or cash in hand. How could we get an ashram worth Rs.20 lakhs in Brindavan today? I never asked anybody for this ashram. It came on its own. So do not worry about anything, even for health and wealth. Hold Mother. She will save you. This is my message to you; you do not need hundred Gods; Mother is enough. "


" A Brindavan maharishi gave a message before his death. 'One who has hundred thoughts is a worldly man. One who has only a single thought is a yogi. He has everything. I held only one deity; I have the whole wealth of Brindavan with me.' "


" Don't bother about hundred Gods. Just one supreme Mother! This whole universe is born out of that One! The great Krishna also worships Radha, says the Vedas. We are holding that One! We are addressing the One supreme power, who is worshipped by Krishna also as Mother. We are holding Her. That is enough. The express train is moving on; you should not get down. Don't move from your seat. This is their message. Radhe Govinda. "


Nanna gave a sweet analogy for Sri Radha dhyana yoga. Buying a reserved ticket and sitting in the train without moving is itself incessant dhyana. Mother takes those who do such dhyana to their goal. Nanna declared that 'I have nothing else except tapasya' He gave the essence of dhyana yoga in one sentence 'I held Mother. I am teaching you how to hold Her. This is only dhyana yoga.' Mother can be attained only in silence.


" We have no right to go there. We cannot go there. We are taking births after birth. We took thousands of births. 'Janmanthara Sahasreshu.' As we take more and more births, we are moving more and more away from Her. Our journey is becoming more difficult. We are getting delayed in reaching Her. That is why; we must understand some important points. "


" We must remain in silence; do not speak out. Only silence! If you be in silence, it means you crossed prakriti. When you speak, you are in prakriti. You can go beyond prakriti only in silence. That is why; the sages in Hrishikesh remain in silence. They do not respond even if you speak to them. The state of silence! When you speak, you are linked with prakriti because of sound which is one of the five senses of prakriti - sound, touch, smell, sight and taste. It is very difficult to move upwards in such a state. "


" Swami Vivekananda also stressed this point. He said 'Whatever you think, speak or act is all recorded inside'; otherwise how can you remember incidents which took place 10 years ago? Everything is recorded in the unique recording machine present within you. That is how the sages could see back in time and tell about your previous birth. That means your previous birth; in fact several thousands of births are recorded. This is nothing new.' So remember that whatever you speak is being recorded inside. By whom? Mother. Where is She? Inside us! "


" Arjuna asked Krishna where the Lord is present. 'Eswara Sarvabhootanam hriddese Arjunaha tishtathi' Oh Arjuna.I am the Lord. I am present in the heart of every living being. I am in your heart also' The Bhagawat Gita clearly stated that where Eswara is present, Eswari is also present. Eswari is Radha. Where Krishna is present, Radha is present. So Radha is taping everything in our heart. She is watching everything we do, every moment. "


" Once Mother told me 'didn't you do like this in your childhood'? How does She know what I did in my childhood?'She is present in my heart from time infinity. She knows everything. "


" That's why we are travelling towards Her. She is moving with us; watching us. I am speaking in Her presence. She knows I am giving this talk today. So don't think 'I am stealing the pen from your pocket while nobody is watching'. Mother is inside you, watching you. She is the witness for your actions. She is watching your words, actions, behavior, bad deeds, your theft... you must always remember that you are climbing this step. "


Nanna's talk was incomplete.

12.01.2001 :


" Krishna spoke about dhyana step wise. He explained the step above japa and yagya. 'Ananyaschintayantho..' Whoever contemplates on me with one pointed devotion, I will always be with him and look after him. I will give him whatever he needs; I will remove his problems. I will take care of his welfare.' So japa is not important, one pointed devotion is! The highest step, above japa and ananya nishta is the desire that the sovereign supreme Mother must be with you every hour, each and every minute. It is very difficult, but also very easy; so blissful; everybody must be told about this path. "


" The highest path is dhyana; the greatest and important sadhana. 'Bahunam Janmanamanthe.' 'My God is not limited to a temple, an idol, a river or a mountain.' 'Then where is your God?' 'He is everywhere. He is wherever I think he is. Wherever I go, he is there. Where my mind goes, there is my Lord.' Really great. Those who can think like this are mahatmas. Only one who can see God everywhere, one who believes in God's presence is a real mahatma. Such mahatmas are very rarely present. "


" When Hiranyakasapa asked Prahlada about his God, he gave his father the same reply. Who told him about this path? Sage Narada! The Lord is present where you wish him to be; where you wish to see him; you can see him wherever you want because he is everywhere; he is all pervading. He is not only in a stone or rock but anywhere that you want to see him. "


" What a great lesson! I will now tell you about dhyana yoga. This is natural to Radhaji because She is all pervading; She is everywhere. She publicly declared that She is all pervading. She is present wherever somebody wishes Her to be. Devotees are constructing Her temples in America, Austria and India. She is present in villages and towns as well. She is present in the dhyana of yogis. We are having such a Radha in our dhyana. The rishis were amazed at Her powers and requested Lord Brahma to tell about Mother's life. He replied that his life span is not enough to describe Her qualities, powers and greatness; it needs to be prolonged. His life span is 12,960 crores of years. "


" In Chaitanya Charitamrutham, the very first sentence states a fact mentioned by Krishna, who is Sacchidananda himself that only Radha gives him happiness. 'I worship Radha' He is immersed in Her worship. 'Krishnena Aradhyathethi Radha' He incessantly worships Her. Nobody named Her as Radha. She is Radha because Krishna worships Her. This is what Vedas say! She is Radha because of Her greatness only! "


" The Devi Bhagawata states 'Radhnothi sakalan kaman tasmath Radhethi keerthitha.' There is nothing that She cannot accomplish. Even difficult tasks which could not be taken up by Vishnu, Narayana and even Krishna were successfully completed by Her. The Brahma Vaivartha purana describes about Daksha yagna. Daksha, father of Sati Devi refused to give the fruit of yagna to Lord Shiva. Sati Devi was enraged by this insult to her husband. 'You are not my father. You are a ignomy. I cannot offer this body, born as your daughter to that pure Lord. I cannot go back to him'. She is a great yogini, beyond happiness and sorrow; she created fire from her eyes and burnt herself in it. MahaDeva is the great God, the Neelakanta (blue necked one) who drank the poison and stored it in his neck because he knew the poison which was generated when the Gods and demons whisked the milky ocean will burn the upper worlds if he leaves it in his mouth and burn the lower worlds if he swallows it. When such a great Maha Deva was in a state of depression due to separation from Sati Devi, Krishna gave him Radha Shadakshi mantra. It is a maha mantra. We all got it from Lord Shiva. It is also known as sakthi mantra. When you are deeply worried about something and weep for Her, Radha Devi cannot bear it. She will certainly give you solace. "


" Mahadev did penance in the Himalayas with that mantra. 'Sada Dwadasa Varsheeyam' - Her age is eternally 12 years only. That 12 year old came to him. 'Mahadev, I know what is in your mind. I will give you back your wife. If I must totally belong to anybody, it is conditional that he must take the vow of austerity. I will fulfill others wishes, no doubt but I will not completely belong to them. That means, brahmacharya deeksha is the first condition. If both of you wish to be with Me, you must accept this vow; your temple and her temple will be separate. Only then, I will give her back.' 'I accept Your condition.' find that Shiva's temple and his consort's temple are always separate. That is his word given to Radha Devi. She is so great! "


" Many human beings are falling down in dhyana. Brahma Deva desired the girl created by himself and fell. Similarly Mahadev, Viswamitra and Saubhari - all fell down due to desire for worldly pleasure. When we begin penance, we also will face the obstacle of pleasure. Nobody can conquer desire. Then what is the solution? You cannot do penance unless you conquer your desires. If your tapasya is not completed, you will be reborn again and again for several ages; you must bear the sufferings. You can neither have moksha nor bear this life. Then what to do? Seek shelter of Radha Devi. I will explain one incident to tell you what She can do. I will tell you only what is mentioned in scriptures. I never preach anything that defies religious scriptures and scientific principles. "


" Manmatha told his family 'I instilled desire in Lord Brahma and he fell. I will stop everybody who tries to go near God. I will not allow them to attain God's darshan. When they are prone to desire, they will automatically fall down' they all agreed. 'Only Krishna did not fall a prey to my desire. I must disturb his serenity. I must see that he also falls down. Manmatha went near Krishna and said 'I want to fight with you, win over you, equal you with those who fell due to my arrows of desire and prove to be superior to you. That is why, I came here.' Krishna agreed to face Manmatha during rasa when thousands of gopikas would be present. If even a single gopika succumbs to desire, it would mean Krishna's defeat. "


" Krishna thought 'I have only one I must seek shelter, at Radhaji's feet. Except Her, nobody else can save me' Radhaji assured that She would protect me. She has two unique powers; Hladini - the power of blissful ecstasy. This power is supreme, higher than even Krishna. The spell of that power can burn millions of Manmathas. All desires will be destroyed. That is Radha's true form, true power! Desires cannot be present anywhere in Her vicinity. She will suppress them. Krishna sought Her shelter. During maha rasa, Manmatha used his bows of desire. Krishna thought 'Radhe Radhe Radhe' She appeared before him and raised Her hand towards the sky. Immediately, Manmatha lost all his powers. He fell at Krishna's feet. Since then Krishna is also known as Madan Mohan-one who was desired by Madan, Manmatha. Radha became Madan Mohan Mohini "


Nanna, who declared that 'Mother comes near me, I showed this to a few persons' is our Guru, God, everything! Who can get such a Guru! He tells us such deep secrets in such a simple manner. He observes our words, deeds and thoughts every moment. He cautioned 'Radhaji is within us, taping everything'. Nanna, the embodiment of Radhaji is constantly shining in us, watching everything. He sees the all pervading Mother each and every moment. Saying that Mother is present in the yogi's dhyana, he invoked the urge in us to do dhyana which would destroy desire. Since penance is incomplete till desire is conquered, he advised us to seek Radha Devi'

'Silence is Radhaji's form. Sit at home and do penance on Mother; everything will come near you. Do not stretch out your hand before anybody. I held on to only Radhaji. I have all the wealth present in Brindavan. Hold Mother. She will protect you. This is my message' Thus Nanna granted his divine message to the world.
 

 

 
 
Athmarpaname .. Nilachunu.
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Surrender to Mother is your right path, the highest and blissful path. Mother, the power of ecstasy resides in the hearts of the devotees who surrender to Her

 
 

 
 

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