Invitation to Sadguru Aradhana Mahotsav (1-1-2013 to 7-1-2013)

                                                   All the devotees are requested to attend.

Satsang in Sri Sheshadri's House, Whitefield,Bangalore -09-12-2012

Satsang

Satsang of Chintamani Mandir Devotees was arranged by Sri G.V.Seshadri at his house in the peaceful precinct of 'Smaran' , a layout developed by Chaitanya Projects.

It was well attended by Shri Maharaj's Devotees.

Sri G.V.Seshadri is the eldest son of Sri G.H.Venkatesh Murthy of Chintamani Mandir.

A time to remember a Divine incident - November

November 1913. Sri G.Venkannaiah (Founder of Sri Brahmachaitanya Sri Rama Mandir, Chintamani) who was working as a Sub-Oversier in the Public works Dept of the then Mysore State, was called to Gondavale by Sri Brahmachaitanya Maharaj who revealed himself for a moment . Sri G. Venkannaih who was supervising the construction of a tank in Malligere, a village near Chikkanayakana halli, was sitting meditating during the lunch period near the tank. The detail of his Darshan, visit to Gondavale and Sri Maharaj's instructions, construction of Sri Brahmachaitanya Sri Rama Mandir at Chintamani, is given elsewhere in this blog.

An artist Sri G.S.Surya Prakash has sketched the Divine incident.

The Divine Grace.

An artist's conception of  Sri G.Venkanaiah being blessed and called to Gondavale, by Sri Brahmachaitanlya Maharaj.
A drawing by Sri G.S. Surya Prakash

An invitation to the Opening ceremony of "Sri Brahmananda Bhavana", attached to Sri Brahmachaitanya Mandir,Banashankari I stage,Bangalore.

Shri Brahmachaitanya Dwaadasha Namavali

श्री ब्रह्मचैतन्याय नमः

श्री गणपति नामकाय नमः

श्री मारुत्यंशाय नमः

श्री रामदासस्वरूपिणॆ नमः

श्री तुकाराम शिष्याय नमः

श्री गीतापुत्राय नमः

श्री रामस्थापकाय नमः

श्री ब्रह्मानंद पूजिताय नमः

श्री ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणॆ नमः

श्री गॊंदावलॆ महाप्रभुवॆ नमः

श्री सद्गुरुवॆ नमः

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Sri Brahmachaitanya Maharaj's Pravachan-Oct.28

                                               Sri Maharaja's Pravachan Oct. 28                                            

God Resides in Our Heart

A subordinate merely obeys his superior and is absolved of all personal responsibility of doership. This freedom everyone can enjoy by putting his faith in the sadguru. The profit and loss due to any action are left to God, and are the responsibility of the sadguru. Since he prompts us in everything, including the sadhana, whatever comes brings credit or discredit to him. Whatever the disciple does then becomes service to the sadguru. The important thing is that there must be the firm faith that God resides in our heart, that we, too, are part of Him, that we and He, indeed, are identical. As an intermediate stage, we may cultivate the idea that God is present everywhere, at all times, and is watching us and all our activities. This may not destroy pride totally, but will at least prevent us from doing undesirable things.

A sacred place owes its sanctity to our own feeling regarding it; else, it has only ordinary water and a sculptured stone, the idol. 'Kashi/ 'Ganga/ and such other words raise holy thoughts in our minds, but many local residents look upon them as just ordinary streams of water, and do not take a dip for years on end. They therefore seem to hold no special regard for it.

A holy place is thus holy only because we think it so. If, after all, it is a matter of our sentiment, can we not create it, imagine it, even in the home? Of course, it demands a forceful conviction. If we do not have such convictions, and also lack the means to go to a place known as holy, we should at least repeat the pious wish to visit such a place, so that holy thoughts occupy the mind.

Similarly, though God is omnipresent, we have to realize Him by strength of sentiment. Prahlad and Draupadi did have that conviction in their heart, so God had to manifest Himself in concrete form for them. Similarly, if you have the conviction that your sadguru does exist and help you, he will have to run to your help. It is entirely upto you to have proof of this.

To be free of all doubt of the existence of God is true knowledge; this knowledge is easily obtained by one who lives in constant consciousness of Him.

Shri Brahmananda Maharaj - A Brief Biography-1

An humble effort has been made to write a brief biography of Sadguru Shri Brahmananda Maharaj. It will be published in parts.The Book 'Sri Sadguru Brahmananda Charitre' in Kannada by Shri Venkanna Bhatta Raghunatha Bhatta, is the main source of reference.

                                                      Sri Rama Samartha

                               Sadguru Shri Brahma Chaithanya Maharajaki Jai !

A brief biography of a Great Saint – Sri Brahmananda Maharaj

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Shri Bhayya Saheb Modaka , a devout person of Indore, visited the Maruthi Mandir near his house, as usual, in the evening. He noticed a youthful mendicant and spoke with him. He was amazed by the scholarship, detachment and the divine aspirations of the youth and invited him to his house.  At first, the youth refused to go to his house, but on the repeated request of the elderly man, he accompanied Shri Bhayya Saheb to his house. After attending to the mendicant, Bhayya Saheb left him in his house asking him to take rest, stating that he was going out to meet a saint who has come to Indore who would be delivering a lecture that evening.

The mendicant, feeling that he also should have gone to visit the saint, told Shri Bhayya Saheb, next morning, of his desire to meet the Saint. Shri Bhayya Saheb told the youth that the saint was Shri Brahmachaithanya Maharaj of Gondavale and took him to the place where the saint was staying. The mendicant saw to his dismay, that the saint was wearing only a loin-cloth (Koupeena) , and was sitting surrounded by women. Some of them were massaging his feet. The celibate mendicant could not understand how a person can be of a detached mind, though surrounded by women. Thinking that this person can not be his Guru, he did not go near the saint, but returned to his place of stay.

After lunch, he left Indore.

Sri Anantha Shastry, the mendicant, who was wandering in search of his Guru, was born of parents Sri Balambhatta Gadagoli and Smt Jevoo Bai, on Thursday 27-2-1859.in Jalihala, near Gadag, a district of the present Karnataka state. As the child grew older, he was very precautious. He was fast in learning having very good memory power. He learnt the lessons his teacher taught very fast, and then he had more time to play. His playful nature, his boyish pranks, seemed to have no bounds. But he had a very strong determination which can be understood by the following episode. Banashankari temple is only a few kilometers from Jalihala. During special occasions, there used to be processions and Maha Prasad (food offered to God and served for Lunch is called Maha Prasad) for everyone who attended. So, Anantha and some of his friends went to Banashankari. After taking food there, while returning, some of his friends felt tired to walk. At the same time, they noticed a bullock cart, which was passing by. Anantha, eldest in the group, asked the cart-man which way the cart was going? The cart-man said “Jalihala”. Then the boys said that they were also going to Jalihala, and jumped into the cart. But the cart-man said the Ox tied to the cart was new and un-trained. And it may be dangerous for the children to travel in the cart. But the boys were adamant and did not listen to his advice. So, the cart-man got angry, and hit the ox to go faster. This made the cart wobble. This shocked the children and they were afraid to continue to sit in it.. But the cart-man did not stop though the children begged him to stop. A few of them began to cry. So, Anantha, determined to stop the cart any way, put his leg in between the spokes of a wheel, which made the cart to stop. The cart-man noticing the cause of the sudden halt of the cart, got afraid about Anantha’s leg, and asked all the children to get down from the vehicle.

 All such rough nature of Anantha made his parents worry about him. They scolded him. This made Anantha very sorry. When he realized that his own parents were disgusted with him, he did not want to live any more. With the purpose of killing himself, he left his house, went to Banashankari, a sacred place, had the darshan of Shri Bana shankari Devi and took Prasadam there.. It was in a forest area. After sun-set, no one stayed there. So, all of the priests, assistants and devotees, left the temple well before sunset. One of the priests noticed this boy, Anantha, and asked him to accompany him. But Anantha refused to go with him. So, He was left alone in the temple in that forest area. He prayed to the Goddess that he intended not to live any more.  As darkness fell, he walked to the nearby Saraswathi river. When he tried to jump into the river, he felt some one holding him from behind. But, as no one was there, he again tried to fall in to the water. This time, there was a tremendous force, and he found himself forced towards the front of the temple, He was stunned and realized that the mother did not want him to kill himself.

So, he decided to pursue his studies, as per his parents wish, and went to Menasagi, a place which is not far off from Jalihala.

.He got his Vedic education under the tutorship of  Shri Dhondabhatta Dada Modak, a great scholar, in the town of Menasagi. After he finished the course, his spiritual desire took over him, and he declined to marry. White patches started to be seen on his skin, and stating that as the reason for not entering the domestic life, he started on a pilgrimage in search of his Sadguru. He visited all the pilgrimage centers, meeting many saints, in the north. On his return journey, he had come to Indore.