 Rishis
and Masters
Rishi
Parmpara - Heirarchy of Rishis and Guruparmpara - Heirarchy
of Masters are the two corner stones of Inida Spiritualism.
In recent history of India Veda Murty , Taponista, Yugadrasta
, Nishkalanka Prajnavatar Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya, founder
of All World Gayatri Pariwar, has made an attempt to revive
the tradition of rishiparampara. He did the herculean
task of reviving the tradition of rishis. He could accomplish
this great task under the guidance of his Guru Sarveshwaranandaji,
the living Himalayan guru. He took the oath in his third Himalayan
trip "“I shall try for the revival of the traditions
of rishis". History is witness that he has spent his
life time in rigorous penance and succeeded in reviving the
rishiparamparas of 14 rishis.
- Vishwamitra
- Vyasa
- Patanjali
- Parshuram
- Bhagirath
- Charak
- Yagnavalkya
- Jamadagni
- Narada
- Aryabhatt
- Shankaracharya
- Pippalad
- Kanad
- Sutashownik
Masters :
“Avatar of Synthesis – Jnana Yajna”
is targeted at those individuals who know that their mundane
daily existence is not the sole idea of creation. They want
to know the purpose of creation, their true nature and the
powers of nature.
Many start out on this quest at any point they happen to
come across. Some start with the direct study of scriptures
while others start with commentaries. Some start with a Guru
and His/Her teachings, but soon reach a stage where they feel
the need for more fundamental answers. Without an understanding
of this, they feel like a building without foundation. Soon,
the sheer volume of information overwhelms them and they get
lost.
Dr R.K, who Himself has climbed the steps of spiritualism
and now stands at its peak, explains that the answer to the
above problem is to understand what various Gurus taught and
how one’s teaching paves the path for the next. Then
one can put forth the first step and then the next.
Dr R.K has created the concept of “Akhanda Gurusatta”
and has explained what each Master teaches and how it fits
into the vast canvas of our life’s quest. Note that
we are not grading the masters, but what you can learn from
them. This is like a school where the all teachers are at
the same level while the student moves from one class to another,
learning different things from different teachers.
Guru Gita says – As a bee goes from flower to flower
and collects nectar, so should a student go from Guru to Guru
and gain knowledge.
Before we embark on learning from the Masters, we should
understand clearly the concept of Guru. The actual Guru lies
inside each one of us. The external Guru shows us the path
of reaching the Guru inside. But who is a Guru?
There are 3 definite energies working in Nature. These are
the Generative, Operative and Dissolutive energies. These
are the energies of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva also known as
the creative (srishti), sustaining (sthiti) and dissolution
(laya) energies. Note the term dissolution. Dissolution (Laya)
does not mean Destruction. It means that a form is dissolved
so that a better instrument may be formed. Whenever a form
is dissolved, a form of better quality emerges from the dissolved
content. In us, these 3 energies are manifested as energy
of Will (Iccha), Knowledge (Jnana) and Action (Kriya)
How are these three energies related to Guru?
Gurur Brahmā Gurur Vishnuh Gurur Dēvō Mahēshwarah
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Guruh Sākshāt Parabrahmā Tasmai Sri Guravē
Namah
|| There is a power that operates behind these 3 principles
and that is the Guru power.
He is the Maha Iswara. That Guru can work only when
you know
Akhanda Mandalākāram Vyāptam Yēna
Charācharam
| Yatpadam darshitam Yēna Tasmai Sri Guravē
Namah ||
The Guru power is the culmination of these 3 powers. The
Guru utilizes the energies of Will (Iccha), Knowledge (Jnana)
and Action (Kriya).
We have the ability to understand concept of Guru since it
was once prevalent in India. The Guru parampara slowly denounced
the matter and paved way for divinity at the cost of matter.
In the west, they denied God and got matter. They lost God.
This is the present situation.
Today, there exist a group of people scattered here and there
who have reached God, but denounced matter. Another group
has mastered matter at the cost of God. Now these two should
meet. The east has to meet the west. Materialism should understand
spiritualism and vice-versa. The new era humanity should create
this wedlock of matter and spirit. All the intelligentsia
of today has touched the peaks of material science and hence
should turn inwards and explore the vistas of spirit.
All manifested world is controlled by word. Some words are
made potent by embedding a lot of meaning into them (They
are called mantras). These words are said to be mantric. The
words used by Gurus when they described about their life brimming
with details of sadhana for God-realisation are also mantric
in nature. It requires intense study to understand the life
and its purpose of one great master.
To learn this, we can form a group. Group approach is very
effective because the result of a collective aspiration is
expressed through an individual. Let us understand this concept
with an example -
From 1600s, men wanted to learn flying. From then onwards,
many people tried. They all contributed to the technology
of flying. After 300 years, it got expressed through Wright
brothers.
Collective approach to a cause comes out through an individual.
We do not know when it will come or through whom? We do not
care about these details. But we know that collective aspiration
is the key to obtain a result to any effort. This is the
secret of science progressing at this pace. Science means
collective aspiration towards a goal for many lives. Let us
all incorporate this principle into our endeavor to understand
life and its energies in a very progressive and positive way
with the collective experiences of the many great realized
souls whom we call our mentors, guides and Gurus.
Let us understand the unique contribution of each one of
the Gurus in the Akhanda Gurusatta in our endeavor to understand
life in its most complete sense and take the reins of life
into our hands.
Each life is an experiment. But this single life is the result
of the dissolution (laya) of many previous experiments. Our
lives are experiments where we experiment and observe many
things. These are stored as inferences. Only the one who knows
the inferences of the past can move forward. Others begin
the experiment again from the beginning.
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