CREATION
OF THE UNIVERSE
And
the Rishi Vashisht, preceptor of the Divine Ram, went on:
"The
poison plant of the world's illusion springs from the mind entangled in
sensuous enjoyment. But it is through mind alone, that the ills of mind can be
cured and eradicated. Those who live in this world without attachment to
worldly objects, like a duck in a pond, are the true conquerors of the mind.
For what are they--but vermin--those who cling to the objects of the senses,
and taste not of the fruit of renunciation? One ought to rid the mind of all
thoughts of ego, and fix it on the Soul Supreme, according to the teachings of
the Vedas (Four books of Wisdom), to attain complete bliss and harmony in life.
"Even
as one thorn removes another thorn, so the higher mind of a man, will remove
the impurities from the lower mind of man. To cleanse the mind of its
defilements and desires is the first step on the high road to salvation,
trodden by the great Saint and Sages.
"When
the mind that wavers and flickers like a flame in the wind, is steadied and
made one-pointed, as it were, through desire lessness, then alone is the Real
Truth that sustains the Universe made manifest in all its refulgent majesty.
May you tread this Sacred and Ancient Path (Yoga), O Ram, and by knowing the
true nature of your own self, and freeing your mind from all worldly
entanglements, attain to the highest bliss of salvation. May your mind, freed
from hankerings and longings for the objects of the world, be merged in
God-Consciousness. Past, present and future become as one, to he who has
controlled his mind, and conquered his worldly desires. When all the shining
tinsel of the world becomes a mere nothing. then alone is mind conquered. These
thoughts of attachment and possession,--that this is mine, that is thine, etc.,
belong to the realm of the lower mind. When all such lower thoughts of
differentiation are lost, and the Atma, One behind all, is recognized, then
alone the sorrows of the world cease to exist. May you, O Ram, attain to that
Divine State. When the mind is fully controlled and the desires arising from it
are destroyed, then alone comes surcease from pains and afflictions that
torment humanity. When the baser passions of the mind are slain, then one
attains perfect peace, and becomes, as it were, the fountain head of peace in
the world for the salvation of suffering humanity.
"By
meditating on the heart, spiritual Wisdom awakens, all doubts vanish, and the
mind is contented. This mind of ours, is susceptible to all kinds of
influences, hankering after pleasures,
and this is the greatest obstacle in the path of salvation. Control your. mind
with the thought that these worldly objects are the merest tinsel compared to
the liberation which is a veritable treasure-trove of all bliss and happiness.
Then will you be freed from all worldly thoughts of possession and
differentiation, arising from an overgrown ego.
The
Divine State of liberation, where one is freed from the cycle of birth and
death, confers untold bliss, and is everlasting like the Eternal One Himself.
"It
is indeed hard to find in this world, a mind really free from the snare of the
senses. To control this ever-fluctuating mind and make it one-pointed is the
aim of all meditation, and is the theme of all discourses on metaphysics.
Constant meditation on the One Unchanging Reality of the Universe, which is
God, the Self Supreme. The mind takes on the qualities it meditates upon. For
that reason the wise keep within strict control, those tendencies of the mind
which incline it toward the baser objects, and in the end attain the Bliss of
complete freedom, liberation, or Nirvana.
"The
moment desires and distractions crop up in the mind, they should be weeded out.
The destruction of sensuous desires is akin to the destruction of ignorance.
Desirelessness leads to the peace of salvation. Constant effort is necessary to
attain such bliss. With the realization of the Supreme and Sustaining Reality
of the Universe, one sees that all worldly objects are false and unreal to the
core,--mere illusions, nothing else, like bubbles on the deep."
Prince
Ram asked: "Tell us, O Saint, how one can destroy ignorance?"
Rishi
Vashisht, the Preceptor, replied; "Through ignorance it is, O Ram, that
the Atma, which is eternal, is forced to go though the cycle of births and
deaths. To conceive of the illusion, which besets the embodied soul as real, is
ignorance, and a barrier to seeing true reality. A man, free from births and
deaths, and realizing the all-refulgent reality of the Universe, perceives that
desires are a creation of Maya. Extinction of lower desires is the extinction
of ignorance."
Prince
Ram asked his preceptor, the Holy Vashisht: "All visible objects of name
and form, O Lord, you say are illusions, and that illusion is destroyed by
meditation on the true reality of the Atma. Pray, what is this thing called
Atma?"
Rishi
Vashisht replied: "It is the Wisdom of the Brahma (God), who has no
visible form. All things of the world, perceived through our senses, contain
the essence of Brahma, such as growth, mind, birth and death, which are
illusory, not real. Brahma alone is true and self-existent, the Creator and
Upholder of the Universe. Out of that Supreme Soul, which is Eternal, Immortal,
and Absolute, arose the intelligence that governs the Universe. This Atmic Jnan
is the Absolute Self shining everywhere.
"From
the Brahma arise different forces and powers like waves and currents in the
ocean. To realize Oneself as Brahma is the goal; but to know the soul as
distinct from the body is to know the truth and be free from ignorance. It is
only the fancy of fools, that gives illusion the garb of reality. The wise have
pierced the veil of illusion by the shafts of their Jnan (Wisdom). Know then,
this body, this wealth, these kith and kin are not real. Atma alone is real and
eternal. Perform actions in this world without being absorbed by them."
Sri
Ram then said: "How marvelous it is that illusion, which is unreal, should
cause so much pain and suffering in the world, and that which appears so solid
and concrete should be but a manifestation of Maya. O Master, I cannot believe
this Universe really came out of the unreality. How do you account for the
pains of King Lavana?"
Saint
Vashisht answered: "King Lavana was not bound by the results of his
actions, as he performed them without attachment, and with complete
indifference to the outcome. One morning while sitting in solitude, the King
fell into a profound reverie and thought of performing mentally the Raj-suya
Vajna, as performed by his powerful ancestor Harish Chandra. He thought of all
the accessories to the Sacrifice, and in imagination offered oblations to the
gods, and went through all the details of the sacrifice. When he awoke from his
reverie, it was night-fall. It is a rule that whoever performs the Royal
Sacrifice, must undergo great pain and suffering. So the King of the gods,
Indra, sent a celestial messenger to inflict suffering on King Lavana. The mendicant,
who appeared before the King, and put him into a trance in which he suffered
cruelly, was none other than Indra's messenger. This I discovered by my ascetic
powers. So you will see from this episode, that actions performed even mentally
have far-reaching consequences.
The
story of King Lavana is as follows: A mendicant came to the Court of King
Lavana and besought him to witness has powers. On the King consenting, the
mendicant waved a peacock feather before the King's face, and immediately the King
sank into unconsciousness, while his body writhed fearfully. When sometime
later the King recovered consciousness, his minister asked him what he had
experienced. The King replied "I felt dizzy when the mendicant waved the
fan. Then I saw a horse coming toward me. On the mendicant's suggestion I rode
the horse and was carried away to a dense forest, where I fell from the horse
and felt very thirsty. While I lay dying of thirst, I saw a young woman pass my
way with a pitcher of water. I asked for water, but the girl refused, saying
that she was low-born and could not give water to the King unless he married
her and promised to live with her folks. In my extremity, I consented. I
married the girl, but found it very hard to live with her folks, who were no
better than barbarians. I moved up on the hill top and built a house. There I
lived with the girl for eight years, and we had two sons. Then there was a
severe draught, and as a result, terrible famine. People died by the hundreds
and thousands for want of food. I started, with my wife and sons, for some
other land. On the way, my wife died from fatigue and exhaustion and my sons
cried for food. Unable to see them suffer, I killed myself. Just at this point
I recovered consciousness." So said the King, and all present marvelled at
the strangeness of the dream. They looked around for the ascetic but he was
nowhere to be found.--by the Author.
"O
Ram," continued the Rishi Vashisht, "I will speak to you of the
nature of Jnan and Ajnana--Wisdom and Ignorance. Each of these is seven-fold in
character. Wisdom enables men to perceive the true reality of the Universe and
thereby obtain salvation; whereas, ignorance, by regarding the physical body as
the real "I", leads to bondage.
"Now,
the difference between a seer and one who is denied spiritual vision. The seers
are those who have conquered illusions, and have awakened to a realization of
the true reality of the Universe. The ignorant slaves of illusion. Shallow
human intelligence causes doubts and disbeliefs and leads men astray. This is
but delusion. Wisdom leaves no room for doubts or disbeliefs. To the man who
has attained true Wisdom, the human soul and the Supreme Soul becomes One.
"The
seven states of ignorance are Bindu-jagrat, Jagrat, Maha-jagrat, Swapnajagrat,
Swapuna, Sushupti, Bindu-jagrat is the primary state of partial perception. In
the second state the individual begins to perceive the difference of mine,
thine and his. In the third state the man begins to have some conception of the
relationship between man and the Universe. In the fourth state the mind
realizes its supremacy over matter. The fifth state is really the dream state.
In the sixth state the individual recalls to mind things long past. In the
seventh state the individual realizes the futility of all his previous states,
fraught with pain and suffering.
"There
are likewise seven states of Wisdom, although any number of divisions and
subdivisions can be made. These seven states of Wisdom lead to Nirvana. They
are Subeccha or right desire, Vicharan or contemplation, Tanumansi, the state
in which the mind is alert, Satwapatti or the generation of the serenity of the
mind, Asansakti or detachment of the mind from
things, Padarth Bhavana, the perception of the truth and reality, and
Turya or light. These states free the seeker from delusion, and lead gradually
to complete Nirvana or salvation and to the end of pain and suffering. Subhecha
or right desire is of course the longing and desire for spiritual
enlightenment. Vicharana is defined as meditation or contemplation of the
things of spirit and mind, contemplation of the Divinity that pervades the
Universe, and the realization of the Godhead, These two states lead to the
third stage of keen intellectual perception, which naturally leads to the real
truth or divine philosophy. Atma Jnan (Wisdom of the self) brings about
emancipation from the thraldom of worldly things. This state confers ineffable
bliss and enlightenment on the seeker. By logical sequence in that state of
advancement, the student realizes his relationship with the Divine, and his
relationship with the Universe. here he sees, knows and understands all. Then
the last state of complete enlightenment and mastery is reached, when the very
presence of the man radiates spiritual light. Such a soul is free from the
cycle of birth and death. He is called Jivan-mukta (bodily emancipated). These
souls are free indeed. Free front worldly longings and desires, pleasure, pair,
success, failure, praise, blame, profit, loss, victory and defeat are as one to
them. They have attained salvation by the continued discipline of their mind,
by unceasing effort in the realm of divine philosophy.
"Rising
by degrees from one spiritual stage of enlightenment to another, until having
passed through the seven stages, you attain liberation. Those who have
subjected their mind and acquired true perception of the Divine within, are
truly great, worthy of every respect, and adoration. Others have to go through
innumerable births and deaths. One desire leading to another, thus the wheels
of Maya move on, and the soul is bound more and more, until true awakening
comes, and the man starts on the path of enlightenment. This path begins with
the desire for spiritual light, and attains completion with acquirement of that
light, by means of the seven stages described above. Such a one realizes Brahma
and becomes one with Brahma, the first Cause of the Universe, the Source of
Ineffable Bliss, the Ocean of Power, the Sun of Spiritual Illumination,
Immortal, Untreated, All-pervading, All-seeing, All-knowing, All-powerful,
Supreme Creator, Preserver and Destroyer of the Universe."
Rishi
Vashisht continued: "O Ram, I will narrate further the story of King
Lavana to illustrate the working of the Maya. On recovering consciousness, the
King was seized with a great longing to visit the strange country he had
dreamed of, so he started for the Vindhya mountains. and in due time reached
the impenetrable forest that cover its slopes.
He
wandered about hither and thither unlit he reached the North, where he came
upon a settlement of the very people he had dreamed about. And wonder of
wonders, these people were actually suffering from famine and in a miserable
plight. The King and his courtiers saw an old woman bewailing the loss of her
children, who had died during the famine. As they listened to her lament, they
discovered with much surprise that the old woman was weeping for the girl whom
the King had married in his dream, by whom he had two sons, and who had died
while on the way to a land of plenty. Greatly moved by the incident, the King
pacified the old woman, giving she and her tribesmen food and clothing, and
conducting them to his kingdom. He then sought an explanation of the mystery,
at the feet of the learned. After due discipline, meditation, and study he
attained the Bliss of Nirvana. It is thus, O Ram, O Ram, that illusion works
and gives the unreal, the appearance of the real."
Ram
asked: "How was it, O Master, that what the King saw in his dream actually
came to pass?"
Muni
Vashisht replied: "You will better understand this incident by the story
of Gandhi, which I will narrate for your benefit later on. What happened in
this case was not really true, only a conjurer's trick played by Indra's
messenger on the consciousness of the King and those aborigines on the Vindhya
Mountains. The King experienced in his unconscious state, and the tribesmen saw
in their conscious state, that was all. But that is how illusion works,
tricking us into believing as real that which is not, piercing the veil of
illusion, O Ram, by the shining shaft of Jnan (Wisdom of the self). May you
attain that state of bliss, my son, in which the human soul becomes one with
the Divine--the state of complete Nirvana. May you realize the Divinity within
you, and know it to be the same that brought the world into being and pervades
and sustains it. Conquer, O Ram, by ceaseless meditation, the ignorance of
illusion, and attain the One Omnipotent and Omniscient God, from whom the world
evolved, and in whom it resolves itself."
THE
POWER OF DHARANA, DHIYANA, AND SAMYAMA YOGA.
THE
POWER OF THE PRANAYAMA YOGA.
KUNDALINI,
THE MOTHER OF THE UNIVERSE.
TO
THE KUNDALINI—THE MOTHER OF THE UNIVERSE.
Yoga
Vashist part-1 -or- Heaven Found
by Rishi Singh Gherwal
Shakti
and Shâkta -by Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe),
Mahanirvana
Tantra- All- Chapter -1 Questions
relating to the Liberation of Beings
Tantra
of the Great Liberation
श्वेतकेतु और
उद्दालक, उपनिषद की कहानी, छान्द्योग्यापनिषद, GVB THE UNIVERSITY OF VEDA
यजुर्वेद
मंत्रा हिन्दी व्याख्या सहित, प्रथम अध्याय 1-10,
GVB THE UIVERSITY OF VEDA
उषस्ति की
कठिनाई, उपनिषद की कहानी, आपदकालेमर्यादानास्ति,
_4 -GVB the uiversity of veda
वैराग्यशतकम्, योगी
भर्तृहरिकृत, संस्कृत काव्य, हिन्दी
व्याख्या, भाग-1, gvb the university of Veda
G.V.B. THE
UNIVERSITY OF VEDA ON YOU TUBE
इसे भी पढ़े-
इन्द्र औ वृत्त युद्ध- भिष्म का युधिष्ठिर को उपदेश
इसे भी पढ़े
- भाग- ब्रह्मचर्य वैभव
Read Also Next
Article- A Harmony of Faiths and Religions
इसे भी पढ़े-
भाग -2, ब्रह्मचर्य की प्राचीनता
वैदिक इतिहास
संक्षीप्त रामायण की कहानीः-
वैदिक ऋषियों
का सामान्य परिचय-1
वैदिक इतिहास
महाभारत की सुक्ष्म कथाः-
वैदिक ऋषियों
का सामान्य परिचय-2 –वैदिक ऋषि अंगिरस
वैदिक
विद्वान वैज्ञानिक विश्वामित्र के द्वारा अन्तरिक्ष में स्वर्ग की स्थापना
राजकुमार और
उसके पुत्र के बलिदान की कहानीः-
पुरुषार्थ और विद्या- ब्रह्मज्ञान
संस्कृत के अद्भुत सार गर्भित विद्या श्लोक हिन्दी अर्थ सहित
श्रेष्ट
मनुष्य समझ बूझकर चलता है"
पंचतंत्र- कहानि क्षुद्रवुद्धि गिदण की
कनफ्यूशियस के शिष्य चीनी विद्वान के शब्द। लियोटालस्टा
कहानी माधो चमार की-लियोटलस्टाय
पर्मार्थ कि यात्रा के सुक्ष्म सोपान
.jpg)
0 Comments
If you have any Misunderstanding Please let me know