Vishwa kalyan AUGUST 2008

Vishwa K alya n
(For Welfare of the Universe)
Monthly news letter of
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Vol II Homam Special December 2007
Om Parashakti Namo Namaha
Sarvesham Swasthir Bhavathu Sarvesham Shanthir Bhavathu
Sarvesham Poornam Bhavathu Sarvesham Mangalam Bhavathu
Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu

Respected Sir/Madam,
Namaskar,

Shri P.S.Varadarajan (Guruji)

Shri Guruji believes in simple living and high thinking He does not
believe in any outward show. He makes each and everyone feel at ease and
is always ready to help everyone. When I (Hari Krishnamurthy) had gone to
meet him in January 2007 during his visit to Delhi in connection with
Kumbhabishekam of Sree Meenakshi Temple at Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi, I was
overawed by his presence. I had wanted to ask him so many things but was
dumbstruck in his presence. I felt I had got everything I wanted without
even uttering a word. From that moment he was my Guru I had read some
where that there is an oriental proverb “one need not search for a Guru,
when the student is ready the teacher would just find him”. I found that
proverb to be true in my case. In the last eleven months his grace has
elevated me spiritually to a level beyond imagination. Recently during his
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visit for Sarva Devata Homam in September 2007, he asked me to control my

anger He had not asked anything from me but wanted me to be a better human
being, so from that moment onwards I had shed my anger totally and till
today I am enjoying the benefit. From a non existent common ordinary
person people now respect me because of his benevolence. Without my asking
Shri Guruji chants for me and my family and when I enquired about this to
him he smilingly replied that he did this for all the people who had come
into contact with him. This fact was confirmed by all others whom I met in
the presence of Shri Guruji. We may have prejudices, petty quarrels with
our own folk and here is a person who does not know any thing else but
selfless love, affection and benevolence. I had then decided that if ever
my life was to be dedicated to some one it was Shri Guruji. After taking
this decision I consulted the matter with my wife and she too agreed.
Since then I am doing what you all are experiencing. This vishwa kalyan
issue too is just my way of submitting flowers at Shri Guruji’s feet. I
request you all too to kindly correct me, suggest, and guide me to make
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Vratas and festivals in December 2007

9 Amavasya 24 Arudra 27 Sankatahara

darshanam Chathurthi
23 Pournami 7, 21 Pradosham 14 Thiruvonam
21 Krithigai 20 Vaikunta 15 Shashti
Ekadashi

Shuba Muhurtham Days 5,6,13

Personal Experiences of people (names kept secret on request)

I was jobless for about six months in 2003 and was facing lot of difficulty
in getting a new suitable job. My uncle asked me to contact Guruji and told
me he would solve my problem. Though I did not believe him but I thought I
there was no harm in trying so I contacted him in Chennai and gave my

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uncle’s reference. My uncle had already spoken to Guruji about me, but I was
surprised to find a simple person who was kind and courteous unlike some of
the so called Guruji’s(no intention to blame anybody)ad asked my details and
started his chanting and within few minutes he told me to conduct Vishnu
sahasranama chanting to be done by 9 people and to feed them after the Puja
and this was to be done within 45 days and he assured me that I would get a
very good job and I performed the same as per his directions and within a
week of performing the puja I got a call from Delhi to attend an interview
and was offered the post of Asstt. Manager in that Company with twice the
salary what I was getting in my previous employment. Now I am transferred
back to Chennai and living happily with my family. I don’t know how to repay
the debt to Guruji? Always you can contact me for any kind of help for the
Trust he has formed. (GS Chennai)

I am thankful to Guruji for saving my life. (ms.M, Singapore)

We are indebted to Guruji for all the Puja and Japams he has done to cure
illness (Cancer) of my wife (mr. K & family Malaysia)

Thank u Guruji, we are blessed with a son after two daughters, with your
grace and kindness ( MR&Mrs G Delhi)
…….to be Continued….

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MAYA AND ILLUSION - Swam Vivekananda
Attempts have been made in Germany to build a system of philosophy on the basis that the Infinite has become
the finite. Such attempts are also made in England. And the analysis of the position of these philosophers is this,
that the Infinite is trying to express itself in this universe, and that there will come a time when the Infinite will
succeed in doing so. It is all very well, and we have used the words Infinite and manifestation and expression,
and so on, but philosophers naturally ask for a logical fundamental basis for the statement that the finite can
fully express the Infinite. The Absolute and the Infinite can become this universe only by limitation. Everything
must be limited that comes through the senses, or through the mind, or through the intellect; and for the limited
to be the unlimited is simply absurd, and can never be. The Vedanta, on the other hand, says that it is true that
the Absolute or the Infinite is trying to express itself in the finite, but there will come a time when it will find
that it is impossible, and it will then have to beat a retreat, and this beating a retreat means renunciation which is
the real beginning of religion. Nowadays it is very hard even to talk of renunciation. It was said of me in
America that I was a man who came out of a land that had been dead and buried for five thousand years, and
talked of renunciation. So says, perhaps, the English philosopher. Yet it is true that that is the only path to
religion. Renounce and give up. What did Christ say? "He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Again
and again did he preach renunciation as the only way to perfection. There comes a time when the mind awakes
from this long and dreary dream -- the child gives up its play and wants to go back to its mother. It finds the

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Why is the belief in God so strong? Please answer!?

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none who seek it with a pure heart. If you were a Loving Mystical Being, Creator of the Universe, would you set
things up so simply that there was only one road leading to this kingdom you want all to share?

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different approaches in rearing them. And the way you parent a 4 yr old will be different than how you parent a
15 yr old.

Always know you are loved beyond your wildest dreams. A person's beliefs, not just religious beliefs, but all
beliefs are their most personal possessions. Your beliefs are the foundation of everything you are, how you think,
how you judge, how you relate to the world around you. They are, in effect, what makes you an individual. Is it
any wonder then why belief-based arguments, be they religious, political or otherwise are often the most brutal?
That which you're attacking or defending is, after all, the core of a persons very being.

Astrological Queries
Panditji, My DOB is 10-05-1959 time 13.32.30 place Indore, please tell me when can my finances will improve
and united with my family?
Shri NK your bad times are going to be over very soon. You are born in Simha lagna and vrishabha rashi, Rohini
Nakshatra charan 4. presently you are under shani dasha till 2019, however, you had suffered losses in business
and other set backs due to its influence and due to Sadhe saati Guru has come to its own Rashi from November
15th 2007 and would bring about positive changes in your life and you would be reunited with your family very
soon.

Sir, I am at present jobless when will I get a new job?

Sir, You have not sent any details about your DOB, time of birth and place, however, based on the time of
receiving your query you will soon receive an offer in a weeks time, carry on this job till next year when you will
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Best wishes for happy and prosperous New Year 2008 to all
From
Editorial Board of Vishwa Kalyan, Lokakshema International Mission Trust
and Sarva Devata Homam Committee

Editor: Hari Krishnamurthy

on behalf of Lokakakahema International Mission Trust
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We request you to send only genuine and specific questions relating to

your problems to guruji. It has been observed that certain irrelevant
vague questions like domestic servant problem, water scarcity problem
and other miscellaneous questions. About 21 such queries were posted to
Guruji by a lady. Kindly avoid such references to Guruji as he is an
extremely busy person who has devoted his life for serving mankind.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

Be strong! Don’t talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth.
The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and
get hold of it! There is salvation only for the brave.
- Swami Vivekananda

Rajee Sundaram

Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, Srila Gurudev and Lord Sri Gauranga.

This is the Part-II of qualifications of the Bhagavat shrota (listeners). In this category, those Bhagavat listeners are included who are of
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the lowest category. They are known as AVAR-SHROTA. So, below are their qualities, again the composition is in Hindi (Avadhi)
language with translation in English:

AVAR-SHROTA

Shrotaa avar kathaa chit thore

Vrik, bhurund, vrish, ustra vrittivat rahahin anta kore hi kore..

"The avar-shrota, i.e., the lowest quality of Bhagavat listeners have highly unsteady mind and feeble concentration. They are
like wolf, bhurund, ox and camel."

1. VRIK-SHROTA

Vrik chillahin saanjh hi hote daarahin shanti vighna chahun ore.

Tab lagi udham machavahin jab lagi sigari rain jaai ik chhore..

"Vrik is a wolf–like animal that sleeps during the day and while all other creatures are asleep, it gets up and howls loudly."

The vrik-shrota tends to be quiet and lethargic most of the time. But during the sessions of Bhagavat discourses, he goes on disturbing
others around him with comments that are not related to the topic. He also asks deliberate, irrelevant questions to disturb others and
divert their attention.

2. BHURUND-SHROTA

Khag bhurund aapahin chillate auranh cheekh dekhi barjore.

"Bhurund is a kind of bird found in the Himalayas. It makes a very squeaky, screechy, unpleasant sound and flies from branch
to branch where other birds have been sitting quietly."

A Bhurund-shrota goes to the Bhagavat session with the sole aim to interrupt and disturb the attention of sincere and dedicated
listeners. After the Bhagavat session is over and when he meets a devotee, he talks only about worldly-materialistic matters that
dissuade one from contemplating and analyzing himself.

3. VRISH-SHROTA

Vrish kahun udar bharan ke kaaraj baithi samaya kaatahin bani bhore..

"Vrish (ox) is extremely lethargic. If he is hungry then remains very unrest. Once he eats, then sits quietly, closes eyes, and
continues munching food for a long time. He does not care about his surroundings."

Basically, vrish-shrota is one who knows that any satsang or a session of Shastra is followed by delicacies in the form of prasada. He
restlessly sits in the satsang paying least attention to what is taught. He is only physically present in the satsang, but mentally he waits
for the prasada to be served. If the prasada is served before the satsang, then he eats nicely, sits quietly, closes eyes and dozes
simultaneously. Satsang becomes secondary or even tertiary matter for him.

4. USTRA-SHROTA

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Ustra sadaa meethe ras kahun taji neem, babool kasaaya chatore.
Taji ke avar, pravar apnaayee kathaa bhaagavat sunahu nihore..

"Ustra or a camel munches leaves from the trees with most thorny bushes. His mouth may bleed due to thorns but it does not
eat tender leaves from the bearing trees. He likes the most bitter – neem and thorny babool leaves."

Similarly, the ustra-shrota despite being aware, that any nature of idle talks, literature or scenery would be a hindrance towards his
spiritual growth, continues to lack any such realization. He remains ignorant and does not bother to caution his actions. He relishes his
ignorance and becomes furious if someone provides proper suggestion. He knows that his actions are taking him in to stronger
material bondage, but remains tied with Maya and fails to come out from the illusion.

Oh my dear mind, please leave avar-shrota (un-attentive) habits and become a pravar-shrota (attentive) habit of Bhagavatam, because
the Bhagavat-katha has been given to us by the causeless mercy of the Lord for our liberation.

Please forgive me for the mistakes. I pray to the lotus feet of Srila Gurudev and vaishnavas so that I can acquire the qualities of the
Pravar-shrota not the Avar-shrota (which is my current position).

Thank you very much. Hare Krishna.

Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada, Gurudev and Gauranga,
Sarvaishvarya Krishna Das
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Swamiye sharanam Aiyappa

navadurga sthothram
navadurga sthothram
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dwitheeyam brahmacharini
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From: Ravishankar Gopal <ravishankar_g@yahoo.com>

Subject: Sant Tukkaram- Part-8 by Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji
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To: BRAHMIN-ASSOCIATION-owner@yahoogroups.co.in
Date: Monday, 7 July, 2008, 2:13 PM

Radhe Krishna To All,

Securing the company of a Sadhu is the result of good merits (`punya')

earned in crores of janmas. So says Adi Sankara in Viveka Choodamani. The

`janma' in which you attain a Sadguru is verily your last `janma'.

A dog, when beckoned, runs to eat the food thrown at it. The man picks up a

stick and beats the dog with it. Unable to bear the pain of the beating,
the

dog decides not to come running to this fellow the next day if he were to

beckon. But, the next day it runs up when called, having forgotten the
vow, and

gets beaten up along with the food thrown. In the same way, in this life
we face

some problem or the other. While faced with the problem we vow not to
indulge in

life but to dedicate our life to attain Bhagavan. But, once the pain of the

suffering vanishes we forget the vow and step into the drama of life -
only to

suffer all over again!

When a snake catches a frog, it takes almost a day for it to swallow the
frog.

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Meanwhile the frog caught from behind has its face turned outwards. It
puts out

its tongue and keeps swallowing the flies that fall on to it! It is being
pulled

into death in the form of the snake but the frog, unaware of it, is
enjoying its

food! In the same way Yama (the God of death) has his hand on our neck;
yet we

are trying to snatch as much fun and frolic out of this life even while
moving

towards death!

Once Pattinathar found people weeping over a dead relative in their home.

Pattinathar sat on the pyol of the house and began to weep, too. The
relatives

stopped crying and came out to find out in what way was this man
(Pattinathar)

related to the dead. They asked him, "Who are you? We have never seen you

before. How are you related to the dead?" Pattinathar said to them, "I am

weeping for the `live' corpses that are crying for the `dead

corpse'!" Every one is going to meet death some day but without realizing

this we weep for the dead!

A snake catches a frog and tries to swallow it. A snake's throat is very

small. It is unable to swallow the frog. Both the snake and the frog

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suffer and

finally both of them die. Thus, if one embraces a Guru who is not of the
highest

order, both the Guru and the sishya (disciple) would fall headlong.

!!! Will continue !!!

Regards

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

--- On Sun, 6/7/08, Krishnan <vsk_tiruppugazh@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Krishnan <vsk_tiruppugazh@yahoo.com>

Subject: The Importance of Being a Brahmin
To: madraslawyer@yahoo.co.in
Cc: BRAHMIN-ASSOCIATION@yahoogroups.co.in
Date: Sunday, 6 July, 2008, 5:57 PM

Dear Friends,

Vedas describe the origin of Brahmins in detail. "Brahmano Syamugha Maaseedhu" . Brahmins have
originated from the face of Brahman, so says the Vedas. There were saints who have attained realization and
knowledge by virtue of meditation, penance and contemplation. They have set the standard of life which have
come to be known as Sanatana Dharma. These Rishies have got married and allowed their generations to grow
and prosper.
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Brahmin community belongs to different Gothrams like Athreya Gothram, Aupamanya Gothram, Bharadwaja
Gothram, Koundinya Gothram, Kousika Gothram, Tharakayana Gothram etc. All these Gothrams are derived
from the name of respective Rishies and those coming in the lineage of a particular Rishi are named after the
name of that Rishi. For instance, Bharadwaja Gothram indicates that the people belonging to this sect
originated from the family of Bharadwaja Muni.

The Munis were the enlightened sages and they passed on their knowledge, wisdom and culture through their
generations. Every generation has gained fresh knowledge by assimilating the new thoughts that emerged from
time to time. So a Brahmin embodies the accumulated knowledge of all his forefathers who are traced to saints
belonging to Vedic past.

When the embryo of the baby is formed, it inherits all the accumulated knowledge of earlier generations but
once the baby is born, it severs its connection with the past. This detachment is marked by the cutting of
umbilical cord. The childhood passes away and the boy becomes a youth. The childhood stage is considered
as an intervening period between birth and Brahmacharya. Now what is the link that traces him to his hoary
past? What is the link that connects him to the collective wisdom of the past? The Vedic link that the child lost
when the umbilical cord is cut is now re-established in the form of Yagnopaveetham. In other words, the
Yagnopaveetham (Poonal) serves as an umbilical cord that connects him, not just his immediate parents, not just
the three generations but the entire tree of generations and the Rishi on whose root the whole tree flourished.

The childhood is the stage when the boy prepares himself by nurturing noble qualities. As he attains the right
age, he is initiated into the order of Brahmacharya. Poonal is the mark of his formal entry into Brahminhood. It
gives him an authority to pursue his spiritual path. He is now supposed to cultivate the habit of devotion and
discipline. He is supposed to find a Guru who would lead him to the path of Jnana. He is supposed to acquire
knowledge by reading scriptures and Vedic texts so that he can equip himself to face the future with confidence
and reach the right destination.

Poonal is not a mere symbol to identify a community. One who wears a Poonal may not necessarily be a
Brahman and one who does not wear a Poonal may not be a non-Brahmin either. Poonal has a sanctity of its
own and one has to qualify himself for wearing it, not by birth alone but by practice. He alone is a Brahmin
who does his Nithya Karmas, follows the path of Sanatana Dharma and remain free from ego, avarice, anger
and pride. Bharatiyar has thrown his Poonal away saying "Nadu Arintha Parppanukku Poonal Etharkku?"
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(What is the use of a Poonal for one whom the world knows as Brahmin?). He was wrong. Poonal is not
something that is worn for the world to know. It is for the realization of Brahman within. But one who has
thrown away his Poonal but has led a life of truth (like Bharatiyar) is nobler compared to one who wears his
Poonal but does nothing to justify it. There also prevails a wrong notion that Avani Avittam is an occasion to
make up the deficiencies of the past. It is an occasion when you commit yourself to do your Nithyakarmas and
duties diligently, as in the past, so in future.

Yours truly,

V.S.Krishnan

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