Sadgurunath Brahmananda maharaj's aradhanotsav

 Sri Anand spoke on moksha praptiya guttu of Sri Brahmananda Maharaj

Sri Brahmananda Maharaj's Aradhana and Nama Sadhana Shibhir, Sharannavarathri Programme

Sri Guru Pournami lecture in English

Shree Guru-Pournima – 1

In the name of God I solemnly affirm that I always feel that everyone is activated by Rama, even the one approaching to me for initiation. The disciple may be inferior, deficient, humble, ignorant, and yet I have looked upon him as no less than Rama. I see no one as evil-minded.

I prefer little children and retired persons because both have no inhibitions. I have respect for the learned, but little love or preference for them; I respect the Goddess of learning, Saraswati, that inspires them. I have scant regard for the rich, because they tend to lean on the strength of wealth and to connive at God. Simple-minded, little-learned people are dearer to me than pedants. I prefer village life to urban life. I have stated my preferences, but these may vary from person to person. If you ask a person to set his eye aside before coming to see you, he can not comply. Similarly, I simply cannot exist in the absence of nama. Wherever nama exists, I am there. If there is anything to learn from me, it is to give up worry, in the faith that God is the sole doer. To young boys and girls, my exhortation is that they should obey parents and elders, learn to be sincere in whatever they do, never swerve from honesty and integrity, and never lose sight of God. Good, disciplined conduct in young age will make a really responsible unit of society in due course.

I know what goes on in the innermost thoughts of a visitor. I listen to everything with your ears. When anyone of you feels depressed, I feel disturbed; then I search for and discover source. I sincerely feel sorry when anyone of my people worries; everyone who calls himself mine should have unquestioning trust in me. I say as a matter of personal experience that if you conduct yourself in life with trust in God, you will lose nothing. Resolve to follow my guidance, and leave all care and worry to me. When I assure you that I am by your side, I do not mean that I am there in physical form; it means that God Himself is with you. Be sure that I am doing everything needed by you. On your part do what you can, but never pine for anything. Why not believe that I reside in your heart and prompt you in your thought and action? You should have firm faith that whatever you do is by my will, by me. I never feel despondent about anybody, for anyone born as a human being is bound to attain to God one day or another.

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Gurupournami on 9th July 2017

Sri Maharaj's Pravachan in Kannada-Delivered on a Rama Navami day

ಶ್ರೀ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚೈತನ್ಯ ಮಹಾರಾಜರು ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮನವಮಿ ದಿನದಂದು ನೀಡಿದ ಪ್ರವಚನ 

Sri Maharaj's Discourse on a Ramanavami day

Sri Rama Mandir, Gondavale

Shree Ramanavami – 1

Today we have celebrated the birthday of Rama with great e' clat. Now, does everyone feel sure that this joy will last till the next celebration a year hence? Have we bid good-bye to all fear, anxiety, yearning? If not, this enthusiasm is but a nine-days' wonder. In that case, even a month-long celebration would be useless. If we don't celebrate the day in the proper spirit, how will the joy thereof be durable? Fanfares for mundane celebrations create enthusiasm that lasts only for a day. If the joy of Rama's birthday is only daylong, what is the net gain beyond the bother and pother of it all? The Lord is by no means eager for celebrations for their own sake. Therefore, I say, remember not to make this a routine celebration. It should rouse enthusiasm among rich and poor, grown-ups and young ones, for Rama-nama, make them more devotional to God and affectionate to each other.
Rama's life is a model for all of us to follow. The true duty of every ruler is to protect the good, and it is to perform this that God appeared on the earth as Rama; this is the main principle that we should never lose sight of. True Rama is not the picture or the idol in a temple or the worship room; He is in every heart. The celebration of Ramanavami can only be said to have been fruitful if we see Him in everyone and everything. We have eyes but no sight due to the cataract of passion and desire. The surgeon may remove the cataract and its opacity. This has to be followed later by using the prescribed medicine and precautions. Similarly, it is essential to take nama with fervour and love and follow the moral code.
Use the Ramanavami festival to see how the seed of nama-smarana will sprout and grow. The true benefit of the celebration of the festival is that as years go by, love for nama is continually enhanced, as also the joy derived from it. The true fruition is the strengthening of the conviction that Rama is the true doer, and of the love for nama.




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Sri Maharaj's Pravachan in Marathi-delivered on a Ramanavami day