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An Endless Divine Continuity - Part 9

 
Our Association With Nanna - Part 9
   
*Nanna's words
*Amma's words
*Foreword by Author
 
 
1The All Pervading Sovereign
2Attachment and Renunciation
3Where words retreated
4Diversity in Oneness
5Devotion – Meditation – Grace
6 Incredibly rare are the Realized Saints
7 My Heart is a Shrine
8 Sakhi’s Innerness
9 Rasikacharya’s Message
10 Sri Radha Sakhi Rasavani
   
 
THE ALL PERVADING SOVEREIGN
 

 

 
 
Sri Radha dhyanadharaiva madhurataramanandakandam rasaikam
Sansare karmagyalena asurasurasakthi prabhavenaruddham
Sri Radha bhavachintamani rasaguru padabjamekasrayena
Sadhyam premaikarajyam madhura madhura Brindaraha kunjavasam
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'The flow of Sri Radha dhyana, which is nectarine, blissful and filled with rasa is obstructed by our karmas, evil forces and godly forces. One can attain a place in Brindavan Nikunj, the kingdom of blissful love only be seeking shelter at the holy feet of Rasaguru, who is always immersed in rasa.'

 
 

 

18.2.2003:


Nanna was in a state of bhava as Anjani amma and I sat near him. A devotee of Shiva approached Nanna and requested him to grant her Sri Radha mantra. She told that She was chanting 'Siva Panchakshari' daily. Nanna explained to her about the supremacy of Radhaji. When the devotee expressed her desire to continue both mantras (Shiva and Radhaji), Nanna said:


" Suppose two sofas are arranged and a Governor is sitting in one of them, can a clerk sit in the other sofa? Is that agreeable? Krishna is bowing before Radhaji. He is chanting Her name. He is serving Her in many ways. Krishna is inferior to Radha. Shiva is much inferior to Krishna. Do you understand? You must not equate Shiva to Radhaji. First you must give up all other mantras. I don't insist that you must give up your mantra. You can continue what you are doing presently. I want to emphasize that you cannot do both together. Radha is all pervading. She has encompassed all the Universes. This is clearly stated in religious scriptures. Shiva is great no doubt, but he is not all pervading. That is the difference. In our ashram, we talk only about the all pervading Mother. "


" The Bhagawad Gita describes the all pervading nature of the Divine. 'Bahunam janmanamanthe gyanavan mam prapadyathe Vasudeva sarvamithi sa Mahatma....' They only are Mahatmas who see the Lord everywhere. Shiva is not found everywhere. Dhyana must always be on the all pervading deity. Since Shiva does not have the all pervading nature, I respect him but do not accept him as my deity in dhyana. My God is here, there, everywhere. You must attain that state.' "


'Nanna, to do so---------'


" Shiva is not everywhere. His form is limited. Mother is all pervading. Dhyana must be associated with the all pervading nature. Now, I am here. She is here too, with me. My deity is present here right now. If I go to Kashi, She is in Kashi. If I go to Rameshwaram, She is present there also! That's how She is present everywhere. Prahlada said 'indugaladandu ledani sandehamu valadu chakri sarvopagathundai , endendu vedaki joochina andande kaladu.' That is Her all pervading nature. That is dhyana! In your case, dhyana is not applicable. This is not my bhava. Anybody will tell you that Shiva is inferior. "


" When Krishna was born, Shiva came to see him. He asked Yashoda, Krishna's Mother 'I came all the way to see Krishna. Please show him to me.' Yashoda said 'he will be afraid of the snake on your body. He will not come near you.' 'Why will he be afraid of me? Please allow him to come.' Finally, Shiva sat in a corner under a tree. Even today, in Brindavan you will find Yashoda and Shiva's houses opposite to each other. That's why I say there is no dhyana without all pervading nature. "


'Then what shall I do?'


" You can continue what you are doing. It is not good to stop. I will not force you to stop. "


'You will not force me to stop; can I not continue this also?'

'Nanna told that you must give up', Anjani amma said.


" There is no all pervading in your worship. It is like riding two horses simultaneously with one leg on each horse. That is not correct. There must never be two mantras together. Only one must be present. You have one; so you can continue with it. "


The lady who came near Nanna was unable to give up Shiva mantra. At the same time, she wanted to accept Radha mantra from Nanna. She was in a dilemma.


" Think over it leisurely and come back after two days. If you ask Lord Shiva to forgive you, he will understand and accept. I don't discriminate between big and small; I see everybody. "


'Nanna, everything is present in Mother only.'


" Then why do you need another God separately? "


'Mother only, we want Mother only!' we said together.


" In school, you are taught small words initially. Gradually, as you grow up, the horizon of learning widens....Once I give Mother; you must not mix with other Gods. That is wrong. You can tell your Lord Shiva. He will not mind! "


The lady said she would return after two days and left.

Nanna was listening to the 6th volume of Brindavaneswari Sri Radha Devi.


" .... That is Radhaji. Your mind will be transformed. Then Mother will enter. You must write about this. Many people are not aware of this truth. It is a truth of rasa! "


The discussion focused on a scholarly elder person.


" They are inferior to me. I am total bhavuka. He lacks this quality. That is why many issues are not matching. They talk about truth. Where is the truth? Neither did you ask nor did I tell! "


'Please tell us the truth now, Nanna.'


" I will cite an example. Suppose your friend in America is suffering from very severe head ache. It is an incurable head ache. Can you send spiritual waves from here without using any instruments, within five minutes? Can you do such a feat? "


Nanna particularly repeated the question to a Reiki teacher who was keenly listening to him.


" What do you say? "


'It can be controlled through Reiki'


" Is it so? "


In Reiki, there is a concept of distant telepathy...


" That is known as athmic vibrations. Find out whether the Reiki teacher has these vibrations or not... "


'They are not present in the subject of Reiki.'


" We do not know what happens. The mind does not work in such cases. Mind is a lower thing. It is higher than mind.....There are some vibrations from there. Does she posses them? "


The Reiki teacher wished Nanna and left because she had to board the train. The topic ended. Nanna is the all pervading Sovereign Radhaji's sakhi. That is why he attained so many divine powers. He declared 'I am a total bhavuka'. Many people would come to meet Nanna. He often cautioned his devotees about false gurus, who appear competent but are at a spiritually lowest level. He always looked after the welfare of those who surrendered to him.

Suddenly, Nanna asked:


" What is that verse in which Krishna chants Mother's name day and night? "


'Kalindi thata kunjamandiro .....'


" No, there is another verse. If we write without taking care, it creates complications. Mother or Her name is the same. You can cite the example of Krishna. You make it very simple. What does the 80th verse of Sri Radhasudhanidhi imply? "


'If we do incessant dhyana on Mother.....'


" Are there any conditions? None! Tomorrow we shall tell how this incessant dhyana must be. "


'You dictated a chapter on the 80th verse.....'


" We shall hand over the book saying 'Radhe Radhe'. The books will be distributed to thousands of people. That's why we must stress our point. People will feel that many saints like Vivekananda already spoke about dhyana, so what is new? Mother has a peculiar power. That is Hladini power! That one power makes Her the Supreme. We must explain about that power. We must not simply complicate issues. "


" You must explain this point with my examples. They will read the book and about me and follow. There are two examples in my life. When I retired from service, I had only Rs.50/- in the bank. I am a poor man. I never took any bribe. I composed all my experiences in one song. Do the Vedas say that you must experience your karmas? "


'Yes'.


" Then are Mother's words beyond Vedas or the Vedas? "


'Beyond Vedas.'


" Then why do you need Vedas when you follow what is beyond Vedas? Vivekananda spoke about the smaller matters. Only Mother has the power to transform even Manmatha. The God of love, he who controls the world with his arrows of love fell before Her power. You can write about this leela, my life and Krishna. That is enough. You can revise the script in this way. "


In 2003, Nanna wrote the divine book Raseswari Sri Radha, he gave his message to the world through Sri Radha's leelas. As I read out the draft, he suggested modifications. In one instance, while he was giving the example of Vivekananda, he heard Radhaji's voice 'give your example'. That's why he told me to include his example in the book. In this divine book, we can find Radha and Radhasakhi, who are both beyond Vedas. Their divine aim is to ensure welfare of human beings.


" She has several powers. She is all pervading. Even Krishna chanted Her name. You can include the verse where he chants Her name. If you develop the script on these lines, nobody can question you. Hladini sakthi suppresses the base instincts in us. That's why so many Gopikas could lose their ego. What did She do? 'Manayeva manushyanam karanam bandha mokshyaoh'. The mind is the cause for everything. Only Mother must suppress the mind, we cannot. Saubhari Maharshi, Lord Shiva and Brahma also could not suppress their desires. If they could not do it, can you? You are such an ordinary human being. This is my point. Whatever She can do will happen only by Her grace. "


'We must write on these lines. Only Motgher can suppress the lower nature; she has extraorinidany Haldini Sakthi; this is why She must be worshipped...' Sekhar suggested.


" Yes. That's right. Don't write about Vivekananda. Mother's Hladini sakthi and example of Manmatha's defeat; Krishna worshipping Radha-such points must be highlighted. "


Suddenly, he spoke about the book 'Maha Brindavan.'


" We began to write the Maha Brindavan. Mother asked us to stop as She would tell us what to write. We must simply stop and wait. Can we question why She told us to stop when we already began to write the book? She gave me this thought. 'Without putting Me directly in front, why did you include all other points. On one hand, you say they are inferior to Me. Then why did you include them? You declare that Vedas are nothing and Vivekananda was nothing. Then why do you put these smaller things before Me?' Did you understand my point? "


'Yes.'


" You are declaring that I am highest and then why do you....it is meaningless. That is what Mother says. Strike out everything and have only Mother. We must seek Her shelter and surrender to Her. This is only way. Then She will shower Her grace on us. She suppressed Manmatha, that is Her greatness. Even Krishna admitted Her greatness and worships Her. Let us also follow him. This will directly appeal to the reader. "


" Take this as the central aspect and build upon it. Only Mother can shower that grace. Many people fell before Her. If you worship Her, you will not face downfall. One cannot say anything more. "


'We do not know Vedas or Upanishads....'

'Even Vedas became silent because they could not speak about Her', Anjani amma said.


" We must emphasize that this is the only right path of spirituality. She will give us another new thought. We wanted to write Maha Brindavan; she gave us a thought. You can revise this matter. "


" She showed us this way. Krishna also follows this path. Krishna agreed that She toppled Manmatha. These points are enough. Don't question. When Krishna was challenged by Manmatha, he approached Mother. This is Her greatness and not the grace of Vedas or Vivekananda. You must project Her greatness. It is relevant that She protected Krishna in the challenge. Our answer is only Mother. Such is Her grace; that is our experience. "


" She said that She would be present wherever we speak about Her; however we worship Her. All the worlds belong to Her; all places belong to Her; No wonder somebody constructed a temple in America! She is there also! Imagine Krishna pressing Her feet. You may be surprised but this is clearly mentioned in the books. You may wonder why I am speaking like this. I know everything. I am telling you that Krishna is Her devotee. All Gods are Her devotees. There is nothing in the world that She cannot do. "


" Anybody can visit our ashram in Brindavan. It is unique in India. You can come there, listen about Her and then worship Her. See, read and follow. Then only you can install Her. She has all powers. How do you know about them? Read the books about Her. After She came near us, we acquired everything. I don't lie. Now tell me, do you want Mother? "


Everybody laughed.

The Vedas and Upanishads mention marvelous facts about Radhaji. Nanna quoted them authentically in the volumes of Brindavanewari Radha Devi. During his last days, he wrote a divine book 'Raseswari Sri Radha.' While writing that book, Radharani told Nanna

while saying Radhaji is beyond Vedas, why do you again refer to Vedas? Write about me directly.


While giving the example of Vivekananda, She said.

Why? You are here. Give the examples from your life.


That's why Raseswari Sri Radha is a divine book beyond Vedas and with live examples. Nanna included points on Radha's greatness, Krishna's worship, Madanamohana Leela etc. emphatically stating


" I know everything. I am telling you. "


He invited everyone who came to see him in Guntur to visit Brindavan and do dhyana yoga.


" There is a book on my life. You can read it. She only gave me life span, She gave me wealth, prestige, status and money. Nobody else gave me anything. This is the truth. See this portrait; She is a three year old girl! The knowledgeable Krishna bows to Her. This is a fact. Why would he do so? Krishna and we worship Mother together. You would be amazed to hear about this. "


Nanna became totally immersed in Radha bhava. He explained in detail about the supremacy of the all pervading, Sovereign Sri Radha. He emphatically stated that once you gain the fortune of doing dhyana on Mother, who is the origin of all Gods, there is nothing wrong if you do not even think of other Gods. Nanna declared that 'Krishna and we worship Her together.' Surrendering at his holy feet is the only way to reach Sri Radha.
 

 

 
 
Nirupamanamu kada Nee divya sobha
Nin pogadaleka sruthul nethi nethani balke
Aiswarya madhurya gyana sakthulagudi
Sarveswarivi aina saubhagya Radharo
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Your divine magnificence is un-paralled. Even the Vedas were unable to describe you. You are the Sovereign encompassed with opulence, sweetness, knowledge and powers

 
 

 
 

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