Query:
How to wash away sins we incur in daily life? Is to ok to tell personal experiences
of god to others?
Vijay
Kumar:
You need
to first basically understand the system created by God before venturing into
the meaning of the Prayers and Pujas.
Why
do we at all pray
to God ... atheists (non believers of God) ... if these people can
survive without praying to God then what is the meaning of Prayers ... offering
a Puja to God Almighty! Different Prayers for different purposes ... if we keep
praying all the time ... does it mean all our wishes shall get fulfilled. If it
were true ... there was no need to perform Karma ... everyone would sit in the
temples and pray to God all the time.
The priest of the temple we find is normally not happy ... for he is bereft of
even the basic necessities of life. Who wants to serve a priest In present times
... in a Kali Yuga ... the priests suffer most. Why?
There
was a time in the society when the priests were the most respected lot. Most kings
could not survive or administer their kingdom without the advice of the head priest.
It was this time ... the period between Satyuga and Kali Yuga that the priests
of that era had almost monopolized the religious system. The downtrodden ... the
shudra (the underprivileged) in the society were not even allowed to venture near
the temples ... what to speak of their learning the sacred Scriptures.
The
Brahmins of that era shunned the downtrodden denizens of the society. God Almighty
never differentiated between different Human Beings but here on Mother Earth ...
the priests and the Brahmins were promoting casteism. There was none who could
counter them ... the priests and Brahmins of that era were all powerful. Some
of the Kings even feared the might of the priests.
Every
system in the Cosmos rotates a full circle ... time has now come that these downtrodden
denizens of the society ... the shudra are ruling the society. The priests and
the Brahmins are facing their wrath. It was in the times of Mira Bai that a priest
of that time ... the priest of the temple where Mira Bai wanted to go and worship
God did not permit Mira Bai to attend the congregation. According to the priest,
the precincts of the temple were not meant for womenfolk ... for the priest the
womenfolk were meant for rearing children and household works alone ... they were
not supposed to be reading the Scriptures and gaining Spiritual knowledge.
When in spite of all
efforts Mira Bai failed to gain entry to the temple ... she sent a chit to the
priest. and lo! The priest was at the feet of Mira Bai. He was profusely begging
pardon. He had misunderstood. What was written in the chit that made the priest
changed his mind. Mira Bai had simply mentioned that there is only one Purusha
(a Karta) in whole Cosmos ... one and only one Creator ... and all others are
ladies.
The priest
had understood the significance of the words of Mira Bai ... one who cannot create
... one who cannot produce a single pebble out of nowhere ... one who cannot create
a leaf ... is but a lady for Purusha, Karta, God Almighty is the one and only
one who can create. If such a happening can occur with Mira Bai then what of the
downtrodden denizens of the society ... those underprivileged class who were not
even considered worthy of entering a temple and offering their Prayers to God.
The priests of that era made it clear that a shudra is only supposed to serve
those higher in the society ... they are not supposed to be reading the sacred
Scriptures ... it so happened that many times the priests misguided the king for
their vested interests. It was a tyranny of the day ... not even in control of
the king. The whole society had to bear the tantrums of the priests.
The
shudra lived a life of humiliation ... yet, without offering Prayers to God in
the absence of a temple ... he did not die ... he did not perish ... he survived
the onslaught of the priests. If the atheists and the shudras survived ... then
what is it that impels us towards a temple?
God Almighty is Nirakaar (it has no form ... it is formless) ... it is a form
of energy ... the combined power of all purified atmans in the cosmos is what
we call God Almighty. It is a mighty source of energy ... much beyond the comprehension
of a normal human being.
In
our day-to-day lives we commit many sins knowingly and unknowingly ... for the
sins committed unknowingly ... how do we absolve ourselves out of it. It is only
the Prayers, which shall remove the dross within and propel us towards our goal.
For different kind of sins we have to offer different Prayers. Your purpose in
offering Prayers to Shiva and Ma Ganga is not understood ... what you want to
arrive at ... what is your purpose in performing this Puja! Every Puja is supposed
to be directed towards completion of a particular goal of life.
Carrying out a vague Puja never helps. Rituals do not help much these days. In
the present scientific society we need to proceed ahead on the path of spirituality
by following the path of Jnana Yoga. The path of Bhakti Yoga comparatively takes
a considerably longer time. It is as good as going from New Delhi to Bombay by
bus or catching the flight. Rituals were a practice at the time of the Vedas ...
subsequently came Lord
Krishna (an Avatar of the era) and gave us the wisdom of Bhagavad Gita.
Bhagavad Gita contains
everything that is contained in all the four Vedas - namely Rg Veda (Rig Veda),
Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda. It is the essence of all the four
Vedas ... In present times we are not required to read everything that is contained
in all the four Vedas ... for Bhagavad Gita contains the complete extract of all
the four Vedas.
In the modern times we prefer taking the juice instead of the fruits independently
... the four Vedas are four independent fruits ... we extract the juice and the
contents of the Bhagavad Gita are before us. Going to the temple ... offering
Pujas is part of the ritual ... we can even do without. The path of Jnana marga
is comparatively difficult than Bhakti Yoga ... Maharishi Ramana who initially
proceeded on the path of Bhakti Yoga ... at a certain stage switched over to Jnana
Yoga. This happens with everyone ... after a certain stage has passed on the path
of Bhakti Yoga ... this path of Bhakti Yoga combines with the path of Jnana Yoga.
The vice versa is not true. Anyone proceeding on the path of Jnana Yoga need not
proceed on the path of Bhakti Yoga.
One
needs to have complete faith in the system of God ... that is much more sufficient
than proceeding on the path of Bhakti Yoga. You have expressed you want to wash
away your sins ... for every different type of sin ... we need to pray differently
... I can guide you on the right path only after you send me the complete details.
Merely following a ritual ... going to the temple and praying ... is not the only
solution. Remaining wherever we are ... even while working in our office ... we
can always offer our Prayers to God.
Many a times it so happens that we keep ourselves under the impression that we
have committed a sin ... whereas we may have not! I shall write to you on the
subject after hearing from you further.
The
Vishnu ji you are refereeing to is your atman the soul within. The sweet small
inner voice which always guides us on the right path ... the voice of our atman
the soul within must normally be contained within the surroundings of our thinking.
What can we hope to achieve by disclosing the subtle truth of life to anybody
else. If you have committed a sin and if atman the soul within your body is guiding
you ... there is no point in telling anybody whatsoever your atman the soul within
is prompting you.
None
in this world cares for another ... we Human Beings are the most selfish breed
on mother earth. We always have two faces ... one for the society and other the
real self of us. If you really need to eradicate yourself of all the problems
and the ills facing you ... you need to continue hearing the sweet small inner
voice and get guided by it. For our atman the soul within is the only absolute
truth ... it has taken this body for its purification ... it is not vice versa
... when comes the time it shall leave the body.
It is not always that whatever you have been telling to others ... they were able
to follow ... it is not jealousy ... it is a sheer chance that most are not interested
in your personal episodes of life. It is when others do not follow that they tend
to become irritated. Personal matters of life as a matter of principle must never
be disclosed to anyone ... we may never gain anything out of it ... rather we
may get harmed by those who do not love us ... our close nears and dears who otherwise
pretend to be close to us ... are not so close! Refrain from talking to others
and you shall reduce your sufferings and pain.
Most
Human Beings do not pray to God directly ... they need to create an image of the
object they are praying to ... in your case it is the image of Vishnu, which is
helping you. It is fine. This is the prime purpose why so many idols are kept
in a temple. Send me the complete details of your problem and I shall suggest
a solution accordingly.
Always
there to clarify your queries (send
your query),
Vijay
Kumar "Atma
Jnani"
Vijay Kumar... The Man who Realized God in 1993 on Shiva Puja.
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Full text of query:
I would like to know
what is a rudra - not the beads but the actual Prayer of Shiv ji. How do we perform
a rudra and what are the necessary saman? I had asked Ganga Ma to show me how
to wash away all my sins and she had shown me a way - the Mohini Ekadashi. I had
doubts that something I was doing might be a sin. But on the day of the Mohini
Ekadashi I was not able to perform this Ekadashi - does it mean that I am not
doing a sin or is it too early for me to wash away my sins.
I
always address Vishnu Ji as my friend and he very often answers to my questions
which I ask straight away to him. Is it good or bad to repeat or narate to someone
else what Vishnu Ji told me. Does it not create a sort of jealosy in people. I
had in the past some experiences like this and after narating this to my Guru
he made sure that all my Prayers were nulified - I will tell you in full about
this experience of my mine another time.
