Barsana - Ashtasakhis join Sri Radha Rani

 By the causeless grace of Sri Swamini Srimathi Radha devi and as ordained by our beloved Sri Swamiji through the Jaya Hanuman Seva Trust,  The  Ashtasakhis samarpan day at the divine temple of Sri Swami Radharani, Barsana happened today (15.12.24) with great pomp and splendour. Thousands of devotees thronged to see this beautiful, divine darshan of Shrimathi Radharani with Bhagavan Sri Krishna, along with ashtasakhis, each doing a seva to the divine yugal sarkar in Barsana. It was a day to remember for all devotees.

Ocean of Bliss flowed in Sri Jagannath Puri Chariot Streets

Nov 25. 2024
This date shall be etched in the memory of thousands of our satsang devotees!
Sri Swamiji had announced a grand nagar-sankirtan in the broad ‘Grand road’ just outside the Simha-dwaar of Puri Sri Jagannath temple this day at 7:30 am.

Just less than two thousand devotees assembled to participate in this unique divine experience of nagar kirtan, that too with our beloved Sri Swamiji, especially in the divine dhaam of Puri right outside Sri Jagannath temple East Entrance. Sri Swamiji arrived promptly with a Jagannathji shawl and a fresh flower garland.

More than a thousand and a half devotees with Love in their hearts and name in their lips eager to be with Sri Swamiji yet maintained great discipline. The sisters of our satsang to swamiji’s left on the back and brothers to the right!

Sri Swamiji started the kirtan with a shikshastakam shlokam and then the nectarine rain of mahamantra showered in the streets!

Sri swamiji soon started dancing sweetly to the chants of mahamantra. All the  devotees had heard about the divine bliss of mahamantra with Sri Chaitanya mahaprabhu through the lectures of Sri swamiji and many confided that they could experience what they heard this day!!

Sri swamiji chanted, clapped, danced, hopped, jumped, twirled, swirled, whirled, rolled with divine ecstasy!! A divine wave of bliss drenched the devotees who were present there.  And so were the devotees who witnessed this divine spectacle vicariously live in youtube.

The whole procession circumambulated the temple’s outer paths and Sri swamiji shared a divine secret with the devotees out of immense compassion and love

“It was November 2007. Our beloved Sri Sri Anna had taken lot of devotees for a Sapthaha Mahitsavam at the divine dhaam of Navadweepam in West Bengal. Sri swamiji used to send our Sri Venkatesanji wherever Sri Sri Anna travels for satsang yatras. That year was no exception. At Navadweepam one day morning Sri Sri Anna called Sri Venkatesan aside and said, “I had a divine vision today morning. In that I saw Muralidhara Swamiji doing Mahamantra kirtan in the temple streets Jagannatha Puri with thousands of fortunate devotees from South India. It shall come to pass soon.”

That fortunate event verily was this!
That fortunate day was this day!
Those fortunate devotees are these!

Jai Jagannath!!

 

நவம்பர் 25, 2024

இந்நாள் நமது சத்சங்கத்தின் பல்லாயிர அன்பர்களின் மனதில் நீங்காது நிறைந்து நிற்கும் நாளானது.

காலை 7.30மணி அளவில் பூரி ஸ்ரீஜகன்னாதர் ஆலய சிம்மத்வாரத்தின் வெளியிலுள்ள பெருவீதியில், பெரிய நகரகீர்த்தனம் நிகழ்த்துவது என ஸ்ரீஸ்வாமிஜி அறிவித்து இருந்தார்கள்.

ஸ்ரீஸ்வாமிஜி அவர்களுடன், அதுவும் பூரியில், மேலும் ஸ்ரீஜகன்னாதரின் காலடியிலே கீர்த்தனம் செய்ய ஆவலுடனும், பக்தியுடனும் ஸ்ரீஜகன்னாதர் ஆலய கிழக்கு கோபுரவாசல் வெளியே சுமார் இரண்டாயிரம் பக்தர்கள் காலையில் அதுபடி குழுமினர்.

ஸ்ரீஸ்வாமிஜி அவர்களும் ஜகன்னாதரின் ஒரு Shawlஐ(ஷால்) மேலே போர்த்தியவாறும் ஒரு புது பூமாலை அணிந்தபடியும் குறித்த நேரத்தில் வந்தார்.

ஆயிரத்து ஐநூறுக்கும் மேற்பட்ட நம் சத்சங்க சகோதரர்களும் சகோதரிகளும் கட்டுக்கோப்பாக ஓரோர் புறமாக நின்று வந்தபடி, இதயத்தில் அன்புடனும் நாவில் நாமத்துடனும் ஸ்ரீஸ்வாமிஜியுடன் சேர்ந்து கீர்த்தனம் செய்து நகர்ந்து வந்தது அருமையான காட்சி.

சிக்ஷாஷ்டக சுலோகம் ஒன்றை பாடி ஆரம்பித்தார் ஸ்ரீஸ்வாமிஜி. அதன்பின் முழுக்க மகாமந்திர அமுதமழைதான் தெருவில் பொழிந்தது என சொல்ல வேண்டும்.

ஸ்ரீஸ்வாமிஜியும் இயல்பாக மகாமந்திர தாளத்திற்கேற்றபடி ஆடிக் கொண்டே வந்தார்.

ஸ்ரீஸ்வாமிஜி பாடினார்; ஆடினார்; கரத்தாளமிட்டார்; குதித்தார்; சுழன்றார்; சுற்றினார்; உருண்டார்; பக்தபாவாவேசங்களில் மூழ்கினார்; அங்கிருந்தவர்களுக்கும் தெய்வீக பரவசம் தந்தார். அங்கு குழுமி இருந்தோர்மேல் ஒரு ஆனந்த அலை வீசியது.

யூடியூபில் நேரலையாக ஔிபரப்பு செய்யப்பட்ட இந்த நகரகீர்த்தனையை கண்ணுற்ற எண்ணற்றோரும் அந்த தெய்வீக ஆனந்த சுகம் அனுபவித்தனர்.

மகாமந்திர நகரகீர்த்தனம் கோவிலின் வெளிவீதிகளை வலம் வந்து பூர்த்தியாக, ஒரு தேவ ரகசியத்தை ஸ்ரீஸ்வாமிஜி அன்பர்களுடன் பரிவுடன் பகிர்ந்துகொண்டார்.

நவம்பர் 2007 வாக்கில் நமது ஸ்ரீஸ்ரீ அண்ணா அவர்கள் பல பக்தர்களை வங்காளத்திலுள்ள நவத்வீபத்திற்கு ஒரு பாகவத சப்தாஹத்திற்காக அழைத்து சென்றிருந்தார். அப்பொழுது ஸ்ரீஸ்ரீ அண்ணா அவர்கள் யாத்திரை சென்றபொழுதெல்லாம் ஸ்ரீஸ்வாமிஜி நம் சத்சங்க அன்பர் ஸ்ரீவெங்கடேசனை அனுப்பிவைப்பது வழக்கம். அம்முறையும் ஸ்ரீவெங்கடேசனை ஸ்ரீஸ்வாமிஜி அனுப்பி வைத்து இருந்தார்.

நவத்வீபத்திலே ஒருநாள் ஸ்ரீவெங்கடேசனை அருகில் அழைத்த ஸ்ரீஸ்ரீ அண்ணா அவர்கள், “நான் ஒரு தெய்வீக ஸ்வப்னம் கண்டேன். அதில் ஸ்ரீபூரிஜகன்னாதர் கோவில் வீதிகளில் ஸ்ரீமுரளீதர ஸ்வாமிஜி மகாமந்திர கீர்த்தனையை பாக்யவான்களான பல்லாயிரம் அன்பர்களுடன் சேர்ந்து நகரகீர்த்தனமாக செய்வதை பார்த்தேன். இது விரைவில் நடக்கும்” என்றார்.

அந்த பாக்ய-நிகழ்வு இதுவே!
அந்த பாக்ய-தினம் இன்று!
அந்த பாக்ய-அன்பர்கள் இவர்களே!

ஜய் ஜகன்னாத் !!

Enchanting Experiences #1

அனுபவம் அருமை - 1

தூத்துக்குடி நேரு பிரகாஷ் அவர்கள் நம் சத்சங்கத்தை சேர்ந்தவர். அவர் தான் தூத்துக்குடி நாமத்வாரை கட்டி கொடுத்தவர். அதை நன்றாக நடத்தியும் வருகிறார். சென்ற மாதத்தில் ஒரு நாள் அவருடைய மகன் விக்கேஷ் ஸ்ரீ ஸ்வாமிஜியை பார்க்க ப்ரேமிக பவனம் வந்திருந்தார். அப்பொழுது அவருடைய

மனைவிக்கு வளைகாப்பு செய்வதற்கு நல்ல நாள், மற்றும் நேரம் இவைகளை குறித்து கொடுத்தார். ஆடி பூரத்தன்று ஸ்ரீ ஆண்டாளுக்கு சாற்றிய வளையல்கள் இருந்தால் பிரசாதமாக கொடுத்து அனுப்பலாமே என்று நினைத்து தேடினார். ஆனால் ப்ரேமிக பவனத்தில் அந்த வளையல்கள் இல்லை. என்ன செய்யலாம் என்று யோசித்து கொண்டிருக்கும் பொழுது ஸ்ரீ தீனதயாளன் என்ற பக்தர் குடும்பத்துடன் தர்சனத்திற்கு வந்தார். அப்பொழுது அவர் தான் படைவீடு சென்று ரேணுகா தேவியை தர்சித்து வருவதாகவும், அப்பொழுது அங்கு பூஜை செய்பவர் ஸ்ரீ ஸ்வாமிஜியிடம் இந்த பையை தர சொன்னார் என்று ஒரு பையை தந்தார். பையை திறந்து பார்த்தால், பை நிறைய வளையல்கள். அதை விக்கேஷிடம் அப்படியே கொடுத்தார். 

அப்பொழுது ஸ்ரீ ஸ்வாமிஜி பக்கத்தில் இருப்பவரிடம், “*சிலர் யோக சித்தியால் நினைத்த பொருளை வர வைப்பார்கள்; நமக்கு அது தேவையில்லை. ஏனெனில் நமக்கு தேவையான பொருளை பகவானே நம் கையில் கொண்டு போட்டு விடுகிறார்!* “ என்றார்.

Divine Company

 This happened quite a few years ago….

Sri Swamiji was at the Madhurapuri Ashram and I had gone to have his darshan.  Sri Swamiji was in the Ashram sitting on a reclining chair, reading a book. I prostrated before Him and sat a little away.  
A little while later Sri Kalyanakrishnan, an ardent devotee of Sri Swamiji came in and sat down after bowing down to Sri Swamiji. Sri Swamiji's benign glance fell on him. Sri Swamiji gave the book to him asking him to read it aloud. Sri Kalyanakrishnan began to read it aloud. It was the life history of Shirdi Mahatma. Sri Swamiji leaned back on the reclining chair and listened to the reading. It was then that He suddenly sat up and with a gesture of his hand and a nod of his head beckoned to someone to come inside.
Curious, I turned and found four stray dogs standing in a row, quietly, just outside the Ashram and looking at Sri Swamiji! Sri Swamiji was beckoning to one of them to come inside! That dog responded. He came inside and stood to Sri Swamiji’s left facing the other dogs outside. Sri Swamiji said, “Sit down,” and tapped the dog lightly. And the dog sat down. He seemed relaxed. No sooner had this dog sat down than the other three standing outside began to bark loudly. They did not seem to be in favour of one from their group leaving them and joining the Guru! The dog inside did not seem to bother much.  He seemed nonchalant; placing his head on his forelegs he relaxed!  The dogs outside continued to bark. Sri Swamiji leaned back on the reclining chair and listened to the reading. Some time passed.
The dog beside Sri Swamiji stirred and Sri Swamiji said, “Stay here.” The dog sat quietly. It looked up at Sri Swamiji and then at the barking dogs outside. They barked continuously without a break! It became louder and louder as they found their friend not responding to their call. Some more time passed.
The dog inside now got up and looked at those outside. The barking became louder. Sri Swamiji looked at this dog and in a serious tone said, “Hm! Sit down.” The dog sat down once again.
The dogs outside began to bark louder as their friend inside had got up but sat down again at Sri Swamiji's command. The fellow inside seemed undecided now; It looked as if he wanted to sit inside beside Sri Swamiji but the cry from outside had also begun to affect him. He sat for about five minutes but again got up. Sri Swamiji with his left hand pressed him down and he sat down. The dogs outside could not bear this and louder they began to bark. Some more time passed.
Sri Kalyanakrishnan, oblivious of the tug of war, was reading loudly from the book.  The dogs outside continued to bark calling their friend to come back to them. Some time passed.
The dog now got up once again and took a step forward! But he stopped for a moment to look at Sri Swamiji! Sri Swamiji said, “Don’t go. Sit here.” But the dog stood as if undecided.        
Sri Swamiji said again, sternly, “No. Don’t go. Sit.” The dog sat down but seemed restless. The dogs outside continued to bark. They stopped not for a moment. They could not tolerate this indifference to their call. Louder and louder they barked.
Some more time passed and now the fellow inside could not defy their call any more. He got up once again and Sri Swamiji sat up and said to him in a soft tone, “Don’t go. Sit here.” He touched the dog lightly. The dog stopped but did not sit down. He stood for a few moment; the dogs outside, seeing their friend now responding to their call, seemed excited. They barked louder as if asking the fellow to come out quickly. The dog inside would take two or three steps forward but move back on Sri Swamiji ordering him not to go. This went on for some time; but after a while he could not defy the cry of his friends and dashed outside without turning towards Sri Swamiji. Sri Swamiji called out, “Yei! Come here! Come here!” But the dog did not turn. The moment he joined the other dogs the barking stopped and, in all glee, all of them took a right about turn and fled from there taking their friend along with them. Sri Swamiji kept looking at him as he ran, along with the other dogs, all the way down the drive way and moved out of the Ashram gate and disappeared from sight!

I felt a sharp pain in my heart for that jiva who could not stand against the onslaught of his friends and gave up the ‘rare to attain’ Divine Company; the thought crossed my mind ‘well! This is how the ignorant friends and relatives who know not the value of Satsang (Divine Company) persuade a person against seeking it.’

- Nirmala Giri

Source : http://www.namadwaar.org/

KALPATARU DAY - MASS PRAYER – 2024

KALPATARU DAY - MASS PRAYER – 2024

On the first of Jan 2024, amidst the vibrant energy and palpable anticipation, the 18th Kalpataru mass prayer unfolded at the ‘Thapo Bhoomi’, Kanyakumari by the grace of our Guru Maharaj, HH Maharanyam Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji and Madhuri Sakhi Samedha Sri Premika Varadhan, leaving an indelible mark on all those fortunate enough to partake in its multifaceted experience. It was organised in the expansive grounds of the venerable Vivekananda Kendra. The arrangements had to facilitate a whopping crowd of about ten thousand devotees from all over the globe, and so it did. The event was scheduled to start at 5 pm but devotees could be seen thronging the precincts of the venue from 2:30 pm to seat themselves in the initial rows and experience the splendour to the fullest. As they entered the precincts, they were given a small bag which had the prasad for the day.

As the devotees settled themselves for the divine rendezvous, every eye was eager to get a glimpse of the Master. The seating was meticulously planned with broad aisles that facilitated seamless navigation through the rows. At every aisle volunteers stood to help the devotees get themselves seated comfortably. 

Ten minutes before the clock struck five, the devotees sensed some fervour near the stage and spotted some running legs. They knew at once that this marks the arrival of the one, whose darshan they were yearning for all this while. Sri Swamiji decided to sit down next to the stage on his chair and grace his devotees with his darshan. At once the occasion unfolded with a captivating and divine light music session that set the tone for the memorable evening. As the inaugural segment of the event gracefully concluded, seamlessly paving the way for the ensuing phase, Sri Swamiji enchantingly strolled around the stage to quench the thirst for darshan, of his devotees sitting on both sides of the massive ramp. Then Sri Swamiji ascended to the stage for his much-awaited address and mass chanting. Sri Swamiji honoured and blessed the musicians for their soulful rendition. The welcome address was delivered by Dr. Bhagyanathan, personal secretary to Sri Swamiji. As a mark of gratitude for not only giving space physically for this massive event, but also in their hearts, Sri Swamiji honoured the distinguished authorities of Vivekananda Kendra, himself. Soon after the welcome speech and amidst thousands of eager ears and eyes, the much awaited ‘Anugraha Bhashanam’ of Sri Swamiji commenced. Sri Swamiji started the discourse by stating that Kanyakumari is known for its Triveni Sangamam where the three massive waterbodies meet. 

But Kanyakumari had witnessed that day, the meeting of one more ocean making it four, the ocean of bhaktas who had assembled there. He addressed the devotees as Ratnas, Pearls and great souls who chant Nama.

Towards the end of his mesmerizing and enchanting discourse, Sri Swamiji commenced the most awaited part of the event. He asked the devotees to pray for their wishes for 10 minutes and assured that he himself will accompany them in their prayers. For 10 minutes the massive venue was encapsulated by silent prayers. As the time ordained ended, fervent, zealous, and devoted chanting of the Mahamantra led by Sri Swamiji engulfed the whole arena and reverberated till the horizon. Sri Swamiji beaming with joy walked through out the massive ramp and blessed each and everyone. He showed his ‘Abhaya Hastam’ the absolute assurance that he will take care, to all the eyes fixed on him. The fervour and zeal grew for every Nama, and as the clock was about to strike 30 minutes past eight, the curtains were brought down on the Kalpatharu day.

The Kalpatharu day is a commemoration of the day on which Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa declared that he will grant all the wishes that his devotees ask him. It is this day that Sri Swamiji chose to give us what he has come to give. This day reiterates his message that we should ask our wishes and offer prayers only to God and chant his name, which is the only beacon of hope in Kali Yuga. The devotees left with a tranquil mind, blissfully resonating his assurance and blessings. Fortunate and blessed were those who participated in this divine event.

Aho Bhagyam!!

K. Sai Charan