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which indicates the living human being. In a living human being also
the human body is inert like statue, when there is no life in it. Therefore,
the inert statue with life means a living human being. Again the model is
misunderstood and people thought that life has somehow actually
entered the statue by this process of life initiation. If this process has the
capacity of introducing life into an inert object, why don’t you do the
same for a dead body and make it alive? If you say that the life
awareness (consciousness) is already present in the statue, then what is
the necessity of this life initiation again? Since both experience and
reasoning contradict such an assertion, it cannot be valid. Finally the
human being is given as a model. The human being has all similarities
with the human incarnation, except that in human incarnation, the Lord
is living in the body instead of an ordinary soul. Thus, the human being
is the best metaphor for the Lord in human form. Again this model is
misunderstood and every human being is thought to be a human
incarnation. Like this, starting from inert objects like the sun up to a
living human being, all are only similes or models. Thus, you have to
eliminate every inert object and every living being and such elimination
process is called ‘Neti Neti’ as per the Veda.
The various inert models in nature explain the qualities of the
human incarnation. The human body of any human being explains the
external human body of the human incarnation. Let us take a king. He is
compared to the Sun in his valor. This does not mean that the king is the
Sun. His silk cloth is compared with the same type of silk cloth of a rich
man. This does not mean that the rich man is the king. The external
human body is like the external dress for the Lord or for the soul. Every
human being is repelled from another human being. This is due to the
natural jealousy and egoism. This is the main reason, which hinders the
acceptance of the Lord in human form. This is the only actual reason for
the misinterpretation that comes at every stage. People will be prepared
to accept the statue of human form as the Lord. Otherwise people are
prepared to accept every human being as the Lord.
Difficulty in accepting Divine Knowledge
Accepting a particular human being as the Lord is very very
difficult. Therefore, knowledge of the Lord (Brahma Vidya) is very
complicated. The reason for the complication is not in the subject. But
the reason is only the egoism and jealousy of human beings. Due to such
jealousy several enemies opposed Lord Krishna in His time. Lord Rama
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was not opposed as much because Rama behaved just like any other
human being. He never exposed His divinity and so nobody was jealous.
Jesus revealed His divinity and so He was killed. Shankara revealed His
divinity and He was killed. Swami Dayananda spoke the truth of Vedas
and so He was killed.
Even a temple is a model of the body of the human incarnation.
The statue in the temple represents the Lord. Thus, a temple is a model
for the body of the Lord (Deho Devalayah Proktah, Jeevo Devah
Sanatanah). The outer compound wall of the temple is the gross body
(Sthula Shareera). The inner temple is the inner subtle body (Sukshma
Shareera). The inner most chamber of the temple (sanctum sanctorum)
is the cause body (Karana Shareera). The statue represents the
Parabrahma with ‘Maya’.
If you take the human body of an incarnation such as Rama or
Krishna, the external human body is the outer compound wall. The inner
subtle body is Lord Vishnu. The innermost causal body is Lord Datta.
The innermost statue is ‘Saguna Brahman’ (Brahman associated with
Maya). The Nirguna Brahman (Brahman without Maya) can never be
even imagined.
Shri Chakra
Each Yantra (mystic designs or patterns) is a design indicating a
concept of spiritual knowledge. For example, the Shri Chakram
indicates the whirlpool or illusion of money. The four triangles in this
pattern represent the Lord indicating Manas (oscillating/vacillating part
of the mind), Buddhi (intellect), Chittam (memory) and Ahankara (ego).
These four [are the four parts of the mind and] indicate the life energy or
the basis of knowledge. The five triangles in the Shri Chakra indicate
the five elements, which constitute the Maya or ignorance. In one type
of Shri Chakra the knowledge becomes the base. In this type, the base of
the four triangles of knowledge is upwards and it is called ‘Samhara
chakra’ which means the destruction of the mental bond with money. In
the other type of Shri Chakra, which is called the ‘Srushti Chakra’ the
base of the five triangles of Maya is upward and this denotes the
formation of the mental bond with money.
The three circles denote the three types of bodies in both types of
Shri Chakra. In the first Chakra the eight petals of a lotus indicate the
eight super powers and the sixteen petals of another lotus indicate the
sixteen divine qualities of the Lord. The four gates indicate the four
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Vedas. In the second Chakra the eight petals indicate the eight forms of
wealth and the sixteen petals indicate the sixteen Kalas (phases of the
moon, representing the mind). The four gates indicate the four
Purushaarthas or human goals. These are Dharma (righteousness), Artha
(wealth), Kama (pleasure) and Moksha (liberation).
The essence of the concept indicated by Shri Chakra is only that
you should come out of the influence of the Chakra (vicious circle) of
Shri (money). Shri Chakram is considered to be the root of this world
because the influence money is the root of all the family bonds. Without
understanding the concept, ignorant people have started worshipping the
Shri Chakra!
Proper use of a model
Thus the temples, statues and yantras are all models, which are the
teaching aids used in spiritual knowledge. Ofcourse, all these models
must be protected carefully, but the model becomes fruitful only when
people understand the concept. A planetarium is a model of scientific
knowledge. When you visit the planetarium you must learn the concept
from it. Without this, what is the use of simply enjoying the visit of
planetarium like a small child? Once you understand the concept, the
model is not necessary, for you. Ofcourse the model should be
preserved for the sake of future ignorant people. When the finger points
to a dish of food, you must look at the dish, go and eat it. Without doing
that, what is the use of constantly looking at the finger? Ofcourse, since
the purpose is served, you should not cut off the finger of the person,
who showed you the dish. Let the finger remain; it will be useful for the
next person.
Therefore, respect the statues, temples and yantras and meditate
upon them. Meditation means learning the concept of the Lord clearly.
Once you understand the concept, there is no use of worshipping the
temples, statues and yantras. When you have recognized the human
incarnation of the Lord, there is no need of the temple and statue. When
you have broken the bond with money, there is no need of worshipping
the Shri Chakra. The Lord comes in human form in every generation to
avoid being partial to a particular human generation. Therefore, your life
becomes fruitful if you can get rid of your jealousy and egoism towards
the human form and identifies the human incarnation with the help of
the models like temples and statues. If you become His servant in His
mission and participate in it by sacrificing work and the fruit of work
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Then get blessings to your newborn child from them so that your child
will flourish in all aspects by the grace of God. Such function becomes
meaningful and fruitful because your money is properly utilized in
proper direction. Otherwise everything becomes waste and sometimes if
the demons and ghosts are present in your relatives, the sin is showered
on your child for feeding them. The child will suffer in several ways.
Ofcourse if you are determined to call the ghosts and demons only, it is
better to call the ghosts and demons from your kith and kin than from
outsiders, because the family is always more important than the society.
There is only one possibility to justify such blind function. The scripture
says that the enemy in your previous birth is born as your child to
collect the wealth you have stolen from him or her. Now you are calling
the ghosts and demons and making the child cursed in order to pacify
your old enmity!
Birthday is to be Celebrated by Society
The birthday celebration of your child should be later on and
should be done by others and not by the parents and relatives. When this
child grows and does some permanent benefit to the society, its birthday
is celebrated by the society. Shri Rama Navami, Shri Krishna Ashtami,
Shankara Jayanthi, Buddha Purnima etc. are performed by the society.
You should not celebrate your own birthday, which will be like self-
praise. Similarly you should not celebrate the birthday of your child
which is like praising your own child. I do not understand why the
parents celebrate the birthday of their child. What is the greatness of the
child that is expressed in the childhood itself? Or, is it for the great act
of producing a child? Even animals and birds produce children. The
parents should get the real happiness of the celebration of the birthday
of their child by the society in future. If this angle does not exist, you
can celebrate the birthday of the child in the angle of real worship to
God and getting blessings from the real devotees. One of these two
angles should be present in the birthday celebrations.
If these two defects are rectified, Hinduism will shine in the top
most place in the world. Do not misunderstand Me immediately because
I am born in the Hinduism. If a country is giving the noble prize to the
greatest scholar in the world and in one year if that greatest scholar
happens to be the citizen of that country, should you reject the prize to
him? Similarly, if I am in Hindu religion, should I not speak the merit of
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