FEW THOUGHTS

Believe in Karma ,not in destiny .... karma creates your destiny

Nothing is impossible, If u command your mind then every thing is possible and vice versa ..

The weak mind is at the root of all Suffering...

Patience isn't virtue if we sit back and wait for our problems to solve itself. Time for patience is when we have tired every avenue possible and planted seeds of solutions....

O Rama ! Let me be free from the worldly bondage and let me realize the ultimate truth. I don't know about any real bliss, help me not be involved with anything else but to attain the real bliss. Oh Rama ! Guide me as to what I should do ???

When people hurt you, think of then as sandpapers. They rub and scratch you painfully: eventually you end up smooth and polished: and they end up worn out.
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is your karma.

The fact is, only a few are ready to pay the price for self-unfoldment. To realize God, the entire mind is to be given to him. The mind cannot be divided into different compartments. We cannot give some part of the mind to the enjoyment of worldly things and the rest to God. No, God wants to occupy the throne alone. He is in the sense a very jealous God. Therefore, if we want to realize Him, we must give our whole mind to Him

" Being true to yourself often involves hearing that one voice within you, even if others cannot hear it or agree to it, all it demands is all your courage."

" Even sages like Vishvamitra and Parashara; who lead a life of extreme austerity merely by breathing Air or drinking Water ans eating Dry Leaves could not resist their lust for beautiful things and were deluded. It shall be great wonder and rather an impossibility if people surrounded by all types of foods and luxuries can control their sensual cravings. "

" Nothing in the world is ours, We are just trustees of the wealth which belongs to the Divine. Let use it put wisely. "

If we do not use Today better than Yesterday then why do we need Tomorrow for ? One day our entire life will flash in front of our eyes..... so we have to make sure it's worth watching.

One who doesn't attend his duty for Dharma and chants Ram Ram only is foolish and Drohi because lord Rama took birth to estblish Sanantan Dharma and he is giving guideline to us about Nishkam Karma.
Now this is the time to analyze ourselves for our Dutys and what we are doing for Dharma. Open your inner sight ans see yourself whether Rama likes worshiping him or following Dharma ??????

Do not lose the joy of what you already have, by desiring what you dont have. Face is that what you have now is also one of those many tings, you once desired.

If you oblige or help somebody do not expect anything in return; even a word.
How ever if; someone obliges you, even a small favor, be always grateful to him.
Then only it would be service to God.

The way a wife's faults ans vices are owned by her husband, likewise,
a disciple's collected sins are certainly acquired by the Guru......

He is the only wise person who; never speck's what ever he decides .....

Forgive what you can. Stove away what you can't. Use happy memories as a source of strength. Look for all the pebbles of happiness you can find. There isalways sunshine after the rain;
just have faith in HIM...........

Silence and Smile are two powerful tools. Smile is the way to solve many problems ans Silence is the way to avoid many problems. So have a Silent Smile always........

The mind, it has been said, is the cause of one's bondage or liberation, Bad thoughts beget bondage. Good thoughts leas to liberation .......

No one has won a game of CHESS by taking only forward moves.
Sometimes we have to move backward to get a better step forward........

Positive pictures are made by developing negatives in dark room.
When things look dark do not worry...... God is developing your negatives to a colorful picture........

The SADHAKA should have absolutely no DESIRE earthly or heavenly in his mind. When offered a boon, PRAHLHDA thankfully declined, saying that he who asks for anything in lieu of his SADHANA or BHAKTI is verily not a SADHAKA but a businessman, a VANIK. But when the Lord still persisted , PRAHLADA said, " I pray you to destroy my desire for asking, there be any. This is the only boon I ask of you. "

A THOUGHT..........

I am just a normal person who is trying to quench
his spiritual thrust. My main motive behind
starting this blog is to aware more people about
our Great gurudev Shri Ramthakur and to reach out
to more people who is unaware of the stotras and
other stuffs given by Gurudev to other gurubhai
and bhaginies , so that they can chant them and be
benefited . In this world where ever I see I find
people unhappy , sad , cribbing , searching for
peace . Nobody is happy and satisfied with what
ever they have and crib for more and this is the
soul reason that we are loosing all the peace that
we need in our life . Things are getting worse day
by day . The effect of Kali yuga is getting
dominant on us as we can see the effects and its
collateral damages around us . There is only one
way we can get this effect of kali yuga not affect
us is by submitting at the lotus feet of a SAD
GURU like SRI RAMTHAKUR , and by chanting the
MAHAmANTRA . This is the most short cut way of
getting peace in life by doing satsang and
attending kirtans of the mahamantra .It helps in
reducing the effects of the six Ripus like lust ,
greed , jealousy , anger etc. and slowly releases
you from the cocoon of attachments . I am no
teacher , no preacher , not a sadhu but try to
follow and understand what Gurudev have told us to
do . I am always in search of truth and Gnyana
(knowledge) and always at the lotus feet of my SAD
GURUDEV SRI SRI KAIVALYANATH ..

jai raam
jai guru

DEVOTIONAL SONGS

http://www.srisriramthakur.org/audio_video/audio/index.asp?X=08

GURUDEV SRI SRI THAKUR

FEW RULES BY THAKUR

Before starting any kind of journey if few rules are followed then the reason for which the journey is made becomes successful . These methods were given to gurubhai Monoranjan Mukharjee by THAKUR himself .

They are as follows :

1. Sunday : hand on head (mathay hath ).
2. Monday : hand on face ( mukhe hath ).
3. Tuesday : hand on throat ( konthe hath ).
4. Wednesday : hand on heart ( hridoye hath ).
5. Thursday : hand on side ribs ( parshe hath ).
6. Friday : hand on ears ( kane hath ).
7. Saturday : hand on the back ( pristhe hath ).

On monday , friday , wednesday you should breathe through your left nostril ( bam nashika ) and on the other days through your right nostril ( dan nashika ) before starting for any place or going any where .

MAHA MANTRA

The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra ("Great Mantra"), is a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra which first appears in the Kali-Santarana Upanishad, and which from the 16th century rises to importance in the Bhakti movement following the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology, this higher consciousness takes the form of pure love of God (Krishna). The Hare Krishna mantra is composed of Sanskrit names in the vocative case: Hare, Krishna, and Rama .It is an anustubh poetry stanza:

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Har
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

"Hare" can be interpreted as either the vocative of Hari, another name of Vishnu meaning "he who removes illusion", or as the vocative of Harā, a name of Rādhā, Krishna's eternal consort or Shakti. Harā refers to "the energy of God" while Krishna and Rama refer to God himself, meaning "He who is All-Attractive" and "He who is the Source of All Pleasure". Rama can refer to Ramachandra or to Krishna as Radha-Raman, another name of Krishna meaning beloved of Radha. In the hymn Vishnu Sahasranama spoken by Bhishma in praise of Krishna after the Kurukshetra War, Krishna is also called Rama. Rama can also be a shortened form of Balarama, Krishna's first expansion.

The mantra is repeated, either out loud (kirtan), softly to oneself (japa), or internally within the mind .

Krishna consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind; this consciousness is the original energy of the living entity. When we hear the transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived ... This chanting of 'Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare' is directly enacted from the spiritual platform, and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousness - namely sensual, mental, and intellectual ... As such anyone can take part in the chanting without any previous qualification.

The mantra is first attested in the kalisaṇṭāraṇopaniṣad (Kali Santarana Upanishad), a Vaishnava Upanishad associated with the Krishna Yajurveda. In this Upanishad, Narada is instructed by Brahma :

Hearken to that which all Shrutis (the Vedas) keep secret and hidden, through which one may cross the Samsara (mundane existence) of Kali. He shakes off (the evil effects of) Kali through the mere uttering of the name of Lord Narayana, who is the primeval Purusha.

Narada asks to be told this name of Narayana, and Brahma replies:

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare; These sixteen names are destructive of the evil effects of Kali. No better means than this is to be seen in all the Vedas.

The mantra was popularized by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu roughly around 1500 CE when he began his mission to spread this mantra publicly to "every town and village" in the world, travelling throughout India, and especially within the areas of Bengal and Orissa. Some versions of the Kali Santarana Upanishad give the mantra with Hare Rama preceding Hare Krishna, and others with Hare Krishna preceding Hare Rama (as quoted above). The latter format is by far the more common within the Vaishnava traditions, within which it is a common belief that the mantra is equally potent when spoken in either order.

So let us all take the divine name of the LORD and fill our inner self with divine bliss , and may this state of bliss be everlasting .

" Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare "

jai raam
jai guru

GURU CHARAN KAMALAVHYAM NAMAHA

PURNA SAMARPAN

What ever I have read about Thakur from the books written by our beloved Guru bhais , and felt myself ,i have realized that Thakur never told people to renounce the worldly things and become a sadhu . He always told that by simple ways of living and worship can also produce the same effect . A person can also be one with god while doing his worldly duties . That is the reason Gurudev gave us the mahamantra which has no rules attached to it . Its a siddha mantra and which can be repeated when ever and how ever desired . If we go through different shastras we will find that there are different rules attached to every sadhana and every mantra which can not be uttered every time and different rituals are attached to it . To provide relief to the bhakta gan our beloved Gurudev provided simple and easy way to achieve what sadhaks looks for by giving us the mahamantra .
Gurudev said the mahanam and GOD are the same and there is no difference between them . Gurdev`s whole body is made up of this mahanam only .He always told us that each and every GOD can be worshipped the way they want . No special ritual is required but the thing that is required is BHAKTI and purna samarapan . Love and bhava is beyond all rituals and I have seen the result my self . To give an example I will tell a small true story which happened in a small village in nowakhali . ( this story was told by my father )

There was a temple of RADHAN GOVINDA and a man used to take care of it .This man was full of devotion and loved RADHA GOVINDA more then anything . He always used to make KHICHURI ( mixture of rice and daal ) as prasad and while cooking he used to put the RADHA GOVINDA bronze idol inside the hot khichuri. and after the khichuri is prepared he used to take out the idol , clean it again and then place the bhog in front of the idol . Once a sadhu was passing by thet village and too shelter n that temple . when he saw that man putting the idol inside the hot khichuri the sadhu said " what are you doing , is this the way you give prasad to your beloved deity ? Thye will curse you and you will end up in hell " and then the sadhu showed him the proper way to give bgoga to RADHA GOVINDA . From the next day the man started doin as was told to him by the sadhu . at the end pf three days he was taking a nap in the afternoon while suddenly he saw bahgwan RADHA GOVINDA STANDING in front of him with a very pale face . HE was first very happy to get their darshan but was also sad to see their pale face and asked " what is wrong wid ur face bhagwan , why are you looking so week and pale ? . Lord GOVINDA said " Beta we are very hungry and feeling very weak as we didn`t have food for the last three days " . The man was shocked and said " but bhagwan I did give you prasad in the proper way as the sadhu instructed " . Then LORD said " Beta its not about ways , its about the devotion and bhakti with which you used to give us Bhog " . Saying these lines Lord vanished .The man started crying and from next day he again started the same procedure of giving bhog which he used to follow .

From this small incident we can understand that God always take happily what ever food we offer if done with proper devotion . GOD does not care whether the plate in which you offer prasad is made of gold or earthen pot or banana leaf . HE does not care whether the prasad is very costly or just as simple as sugar or a glass of water with a tulsi leaf in it . What he cares about is the bhakti with which we offer the prasad .
LORD SATYANARAYAN is responsible of every breath we take for our life and every thing we achieve in life and in return what best we can give him is pure devotion .
Pure devotion and total submission ( purna samarpan ) with out any tolerance . This is the only way we can be one with the LORD HIMSELF .

jai raam
jai guru

THAKUR AND HIS MUSLIM FOLLOWERS

Gurudev was equally famous and respected by His muslim followers . He initiated different people with different kind of mantras like shakti mantra , krishna mantra and also in arbi mantras . Among His muslim followers CHARAG ALI BHI was the most famous of dingamanik . He was basically a cloth maker before he was initiated by GURUDEV and after his initiation Gurudev instructed him to leave his job and make a BEDI ( seat / asan ) for himself and help people with his healing power which was passed on to him by Gurudev .

Many other muslim followers are there who were initiated by gurudev. They attend the kirtan regularly and take part in the Satyanarayan puja which takes place every evening at dingamakik GURUDHAM . Once my father visited Dingamanik Gurudham during Gurudev Janmautsav . He told me that thousands of people visit gurdham during the utsav and all the milk for the sirni and prasad comes from muslim milkmen . Almost all the muslims of dingamanik carry a locket with Gurudevs picture on their neck and affectionately call him RAAM BHAI . My father was taken aback when he experienced that all the barriers of religion was broken when the asta prahar kirtan started . He saw that all the muslim and the hindu gurubhai and bhoginies were taking part in the kirtan together and were crying out of sheer devotion saying " HAI RAAM HAI RAAM " . This is what my Gurudev wanted , to go beyond the conventional barriers of religion and emerge as one HUMAN RELIGION .........

jai raam
jai guru

The Emblem

This picture was drawn by Bhagwan Sri Sri Ram Thakur. Through this very emblem Thakur articulated the truth that all the religions would, in course of time, converge into just one community i.e. human community that would only survive. Bhagwan Sri Ram Thakur who was himself Sri Sri Satyanarayana, had the rare greatness to honour all the religious communities.

The biggest circle in the picture denotes Brahmanda (the Universe), while the middle one, Buddhachakra, represents Buddhism and the smallest or the innermost one, Guru Nanakchakra, indicates Sikhism.

The straight line with Garuda, representing the place of the devotee, on its top criss-crossing these three circles north-south is Brahmadanda and the line running east-west through the middle of it symbolizes the Flute of Sri Bhagwan.The crossing of these two lines depicts the Holy Cross, the symbol of Christianity. The line with Trishul (trident) of Devadideva (God of Gods) Mahadeva reflects Shaiva and Shakta faiths. And, the remaining line with spud (khunti) and the crescent at its two ends replicates the symbols of Ramayet community and Islam respectively.

Once, a disciple asked Bhagwan Sri Ramthakur, "Baba, which community do we belong to?" Thakur replied, "Human community."

Today, we are living in the era of globalization. But, much before it Sri Sri Ram Thakur, the embodiment of eternal kindness, had come down in the guise of the most ordinary man among us, among the common people, to preach the value of love and affection.

GURU DEV`s CHANDI

shiv shakti ath shakti shamannita
brahma vishnu

sri sri chandi

shivang bhashkaramagnincha
keshavang kaushikintatha //

panchanama sharanityang
shadya patak nashanamah //

ja chadi madhu kaitavadi daityadalini
ma mahishunmulini

ja dhumrakkhata chanda munda mathini
ja rakta beeja shani //

shakti shumbha nishumbha daityadalini
ja shiddhi labhapara//

sha devi navakouti murti sahita
mang patu vishweshwari //

shulenu pahinu devi /
pahi khargenu chambike //

ghanta swanena pahi
chaparja nishwanena cha //

prachyang rakkha pratichanchya
chandike rakkha dakkhine //

bhramayang atma shulashya
uttarashayang tatheshwari //

shumyani jani rupani
trailakye vicharanti te //

tani chathartha ghorani
tai rakshmang statha bhubam//

kharaga shul gadadini
jani castrani chambike //

karapallava shangini
tai rakshang mang rakkha sarvata //

sarva swaroope sarveshe
sarva shakti samannaye //

bhayao bhoo srahinu devi
durga devi namahstute //

jaya twang devi chamunde jayabhutapaharini
jaya sarvagate devi kaal ratri namahstute //

jayanti mangala kali bhadra kali kapalini
durga shiva kshama dhatri swaha swada namastute //

sarva manga mangalye shive sarvartha shadhike
sharanye trambake devi narayani namastute //

SRI SRI GURU PRANAM

om namaha sri raam chandraya mridu madhur bhashine
shaumo shantabataraya tasmai sri gurave namaha //

shangsharavikramrudha patanti narkarnabe
jenadhritamidang bishmang tasmai shree gurave namaha //

gurur brahma gurur vishnu guudevo maheshwara
gurureva param bramha tasmai sri gurave namaha //

agyanatimirindhsya gnyanajala salakaya
chakshurur unmilitang jena tasmai sri gurave namaha //

akhandamandalakarang vyaptang jena characharam
tadpadang darshitang jena tasmai sri gurave namaha //

sthavarang jangamang vyaptang jath kinch shacharacharam
tadpadang darshitang jena tasmai sri gurave namaha //

chinmayang vyapitang sarvang trailokyang shacharacharam
tadpadang darshitang jena tasmai sri gurave namaha //

sarvashruti shirotarna birajito padambujam
vedantambu jashurjaya tasmai sri gurave namaha //

chaitanyang shashwatang shantang byamatitang niranjanam
bindunad kalatinag tasmai sri gurave namaha //

gyana shakti samaduda tatma mala bibhushitam
bhakti mukti pradatarang tasmai sri gurave namaha //

anek janmasangprapta karmabandha bidahine
athmagnyan pradanena tasmai sri gurave namaha //

shoshanang bhaba shindhoshcho gnyapanang sarsampadam
guruh padodokang shamyak tasmai sri gurave namaha //

na guroradhikang tatyang na guroradhikang tapang
tatmagnyanath parang nasthi tasmai sri gurave namaha //

mannath sri jagannath mad guru sri jagath guru
madathma sarva bhutatma tasmai sri gurave namaha //

guru radirnadischa guruh param daibatam
guroh paratarang nasti tasmai sri gurave namaha //

dhyana mulang guror murti puja mulong guroh padam
mantra mulang gururvakyang mokhamulang guruh kripa //

" om tath shath om "

" om sri sri kaivalyanathay "

kaivalyang shashwatang shantang
bhakti shakti paratmikah //
prem pijush purnay
shatyarupang namo namaha//
om namo bramanya devay
namaste bramhatejashe /
om shatyang parnag dhimahi
om tath sath om //

SADGURU RAAM THAKUR

My beloved gurudev Sri Sri Raam Thakur is the true human form of Lord SATYANARAYAN . He himself is above all tantra and mantra yantra . HE is Lord SREE HARI in human form to rescue human beings from the sufferings of the vicious cycle of life and death . He came among us to lead us to the path of Maha Nirvana , to attain kavalya prapti .

Kaivalya prapti means to get out of this cycle of life and death and to become one with the lord himself as it is written in Bhagavat geeta that all the livings beings are parts of Bhagavan MAHA VISHNIU .

SRI Gurudev had numerous number of shishya in shamsara as well as sanyasis . Keeping in mind about the samsarik shishyas he showed us simple and easy ways to attain what we actually seek for .. MOKSHA .. or kaivalya prapti .... HE gave us the MAHA NAAM which is above any purashcharan .. its a siddh NAAM which is to repeated all the time . No specific ritual is attached to it . It can be repeated any time any where .

Gurudev used to say " naam korte korte dham kuily jay " means by repeating the divine
Mahanama or name of GOD the road to salvation or moksha will autoamtically open .

Gurudev is also known as KAIVALYANATH ... the provider of kalivalya prapti or moksha .
Kaivalya is a state of being one with the divine GOD .
In India it is said that people want to leave their last breath in the holy land of BENARAS . It is believed that if a person dies in benaras he attains Moksha or liberation . When a person dies in benaras and his body is burnt in the holy cremation ground of manikarnika which is considered to be a maha shamshana or great cremation ground beside the ganges , his soul is ripped out from the layers of maya by goddess KALI herself and lord SHIVA infuses it with the Mahamantra and liberates it .
This mahanama with which LORD SHIVA infuses the soul is provided by our beloved Gurudev to us .
His simple instruction was after the days work what ever time you have do Hari naam or maha naam . It will provide you peace and slowly develop you for a state of unattachment .

Kripa Shindhu Shree Shree Thakur

First let me explain the title of my blog . Kripa as we all know is mercy and shundhu is ocean . The person I am talking about here is SRI SRI RAAM THAKUR my beloved gurudev . A vast ocean would also fall short in comparison to His divinity . He is the epitome of love and grace , also popularly known as DAYAR THAKUR or PREMER THAKUR .

HE is one of the few SADGURU`S who had shown us the simple path towards liberation {moksha}
. Human beings of east and west bengal and most of the parts of India were blessed by His divine presence from the period of 1860 to 1949 . 1 st of MAY in 1949 he left His physical form on the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya . Gurudev was also born on akshaya tritiya and got initiated by Dada Gurudev SHRI ANNANG DEV on akshaya tritiya . So this auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya holds much importance to us . May be not in physical form but HE guides us in different ways and always have an eye on us making his presence felt all the time .

My mother took me to Jadavpur gurudham on my 15th birthday to take diksha from MAHANT
Shri Bhabatosh Bandopadhya . I hardly used to do the MAHANAM which I received that day . I never understood who He was and the mahatya of MAHANAM . I always used to abuse him and say to my mother " what can this old man of urs do good to me " .I never took him as my gurudev as I was looking for some one who could initiate me into shakti sadhana . Its sheer ignorance or rather maya that made me speak those words that day about the person whom I love the most . All my senses were covered with the blanket of dark ignorance and could not see Him with my physical eyes , could not sense his presence near me , could not hear Him calling me . But slowly with the divine grace of gurudev I realized what HE is to me and what part He plays in my life , which is nothing with out him today .

Now i feel that every breath of mine , every act of mine , everything I do is in association with my divine gurudev , everything is just an act of being one wid HIM, LORD SATYANARAYAN Himself............