At times, a song, a phrase, a hymn, or as a matter of fact even a name, can take us back in to those nostalgic times, that have taught us how to sustain thru the times of difficulties by channelizing our energies unto the path of divinity there by enabling us to derive the cosmic shield of spiritual protection until the 'karmic waves' of turmoil subside.....
Its almost 11 years now, before which I too was one of those hundreds of ardent regular weekend devotees visiting the
" Universal Temple " for prayers, in SriRamaKrishna Mutt, Domalguda. With my engineering buddies Sandeep.P, Harish.P, & ParashuRam.Ch, I have started my spiritual journey in RK Mutt ( albeit unknowingly ) and there on continued it regularly for 3 years and sporadically for a couple of years when I was caught up with my work life.
" Universal Temple " for prayers, in SriRamaKrishna Mutt, Domalguda. With my engineering buddies Sandeep.P, Harish.P, & ParashuRam.Ch, I have started my spiritual journey in RK Mutt ( albeit unknowingly ) and there on continued it regularly for 3 years and sporadically for a couple of years when I was caught up with my work life.
During my B.Tech days, my monthly 360 / rs' RTC rural route-pass from Balanagar-to-Vishnupur, was an all inclusive city ordinary bus-pass as well. So I used to regularly visit RK Mutt on every weekend for sure.
'41N' from Asbestos colony bus stop takes me to Khairatabad Bus-stop and I used to wait there for Harish and Parshu to join me and board '20P' to alight at R.K.Mutt. From Musheerabad, Sandeep used to come sometimes and join us directly in the Mutt.
Later on, be it rain or shine, I used to go there alone for that I felt a strong sense of ' unknown spiritual attachment ' with that place, people, & worship, that dragged me towards the
'Sri RamaKrishna Paramahamsa moorthy' in the Universal Temple that was worshiped by the revered swamijis in the Mutt with various flowers, especially with the 'NagaMalli Pushpam' collected from the huge cannonball trees present in the backyards of the Mutt where sumptuous Prasadam was distributed to all the devotees after the aaraathrikam and bhajans were over.
'Sri RamaKrishna Paramahamsa moorthy' in the Universal Temple that was worshiped by the revered swamijis in the Mutt with various flowers, especially with the 'NagaMalli Pushpam' collected from the huge cannonball trees present in the backyards of the Mutt where sumptuous Prasadam was distributed to all the devotees after the aaraathrikam and bhajans were over.
A few elderly Swamiji's who used to visit the Mutt all the way from the main branch, R.K.Mutt Kolkata, along with other chief guests, used to sing bhajans so ecstatically which makes all the devotees present in there to forget literally everything around by immersing them in to the divine traits of the Lord on whose name the bhajan was being sung in those holy environs.
It is to be noted that the 'bhajan books' present in there that are given to all the devotees participating in the bhajan for the sake of literary support in that group singing activity, comprise of all sorts of bhajans on various Gods, Godesses, Gurujis, Concepts, Pilgrimage centers, and of-course on SriRamaKrishnaParamahamsa and Sharada maataa's various invaluable teachings, which makes it clear that it isn't aimed at 'knowing' any particular God or Goddess or Guruji, thus giving the devotee a broadminded and an altruistic outlook on 'spirituality' by preaching it as a practice which doesn't 'bind' the human consciousness to any specific entity alone.
It rather establishes a 'supra-consciousness' within ourselves that gradually enables us to experience the innate
'aatma tatwam', dwelling in each and every living being, that which amalgamates everything under the sun in to the unparalleled philosophy of a universal entity called 'soul' that always wants to get merged with the 'supreme-soul', to derive the 'cosmic spiritual bliss' for that it alone is the nature of that 'soul', that is referred to by many a name, say ParaBrahma / Vishnu / Shiva / Shakti / and so on and so forth......!
It rather establishes a 'supra-consciousness' within ourselves that gradually enables us to experience the innate
'aatma tatwam', dwelling in each and every living being, that which amalgamates everything under the sun in to the unparalleled philosophy of a universal entity called 'soul' that always wants to get merged with the 'supreme-soul', to derive the 'cosmic spiritual bliss' for that it alone is the nature of that 'soul', that is referred to by many a name, say ParaBrahma / Vishnu / Shiva / Shakti / and so on and so forth......!
When one has to define what is the path to achieve the same, it rather has be answered by a rhetoric self inquiry of
" 'Paths' may be different, 'Practices' may be different, yet the cardinal 'Principle' remains the same and that principle of 'inseparable aatman' alone paves the way to explicitly enlighten us by our very own consciousness with the help of that 'derived momentary supra consciousness' by the grace of an enlightened guruji alone.....
" 'Paths' may be different, 'Practices' may be different, yet the cardinal 'Principle' remains the same and that principle of 'inseparable aatman' alone paves the way to explicitly enlighten us by our very own consciousness with the help of that 'derived momentary supra consciousness' by the grace of an enlightened guruji alone.....
"Sharaday Gnyaaana daayikea.......", is one such mighty phrase from the regular prayer in the Mutt as attached,
which is essentially an urge by every devotee asking
Shaarada maa to bless them with that much required spiritual knowledge and cosmic wisdom, so that they too can elevate themselves to those heights of realizing the all pervading 'Parabrahma'.....! ( and it is not at all about visualizing spirituality as a doctrine or a mere conceptual ideology alone.)
which is essentially an urge by every devotee asking
Shaarada maa to bless them with that much required spiritual knowledge and cosmic wisdom, so that they too can elevate themselves to those heights of realizing the all pervading 'Parabrahma'.....! ( and it is not at all about visualizing spirituality as a doctrine or a mere conceptual ideology alone.)
Thus, Sadguru Shree ChaaganTi gaaru,
( who is none other than a reincarnation of Shree RamaKrishna paramahamsa, in the current period, for being the guiding beacon to many a spiritual seeker by rightly propounding the concept of spirituality in a way it is ought to be tailor made for the current modern era and ultra fast gen-X folks, to get the same assimilated in to the daily lives of every aam-aadmi...)
rightly describes jagadguru Shree AadiSankaraachaarya's
'adwaita siddhaantam' / 'adwaita philosophy' as "Aatmaanubhavam" and NOT at all "Aatmasaakshaatkaaram", for that it isn't an external entity present elsewhere to be brought in for visualization and understanding.... !
'adwaita siddhaantam' / 'adwaita philosophy' as "Aatmaanubhavam" and NOT at all "Aatmasaakshaatkaaram", for that it isn't an external entity present elsewhere to be brought in for visualization and understanding.... !
My coaching classes for 'Carnatic Music' basics & 'Annamaachaarya Sankeertanas' too, were indeed a much cherished blessing by the R.K.Mutt itself, that have helped me a lot all along in my day-to-day spiritual journey.... 
"LajjaaPaTaavruTe Nityam Sharaadae gnyaanadaayikae....
Paapaebhyonah SadaarakSha KripyaaMayee Namosthutea.!!" 🙏
Paapaebhyonah SadaarakSha KripyaaMayee Namosthutea.!!" 🙏
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