राधास्वामी /saarvchn -सारवचन

IMAY THE MERCIFUL
RADHASOAMI HAVE MERCY

MAY RADHASOAMI HELP!

(SARBACHAN)

DISCOURSES DELIVERED BY PARAM PURUSH PURAN DHANI RADHASOAMI SAHAB

AT THE TIME OF SATSANG, SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RECORDED FOR THE GUIDANCE OF SATSANGIS

Bachan 6

26. He alone who has a true desire to reach the Supreme Being can subjugate his capricious mind. Just as an elephant in rut wanders in the jungles from place to place and nobody can stop him but when he is goaded by the driver, the same elephant comes to be used as a ride for the king and begins to live happily, similarly, those who are ‘Gurumukhs’, i.e. those who obey the orders of the ‘Guru’, will get admission into the Palace of the Supreme Being and those who have not surrendered to the ‘Guru’ would get entangled in the cycle of births and deaths. Hence, as far as possible, one should develop the mentality of a ‘Gurumukh’ and his ‘Guru’ should be a Perfect ‘Guru’.

27. Whatever we state and advise is according to what people deserve. These days however, no person appears to be really deserving. Those who are known as great ‘parmarthis’ make hundreds of disciples and, whether a disciple is a householder or a ‘Bhesha’ they make him read ‘Vicharmala’[i] and convert him into a ‘Jnani’. But both such ‘Gurus’ and their disciples are misguided, and they will not achieve anything except that they would become egoistic. Those who are among the followers of Guru Nanak have kept the Holy ‘Granth’[ii] with them tied up in a bundle and perform its ‘Arti’[iii] and prostrate themselves before it. They have been doing so for a long time but so far, the Holy ‘Granth’ has not blessed them so that the Holy Name may fill their mind and they may be happy. They do not think that they should search for the ‘Sant’ Satguru whom the Holy ‘Granth’ has praised. They do not act on the advice which the ‘Guru’ had wished to be followed these days. One should consider the fact that there was no ‘Granth’ when Guru Nanak manifested Himself and that He must then have guided the people with His own discourses only. It is clear from this that the ‘Granth’ cannot create Saints and the Saints are not dependent on the ‘Granth’ and that they have the power to make Saints and, whenever they so like, write the ‘Granth’ also. There are many people who have read through the Holy ‘Granth’ hundreds of times but have never cared to think what teachings are contained in the ‘Granth’. Such reading of the ‘Granth’ will not serve any purpose. It is necessary to search for the Sant Satguru who can remove all misconceptions. There is no other method of escaping from the cycle of births and deaths.

28. The Satsang of the Saints is such a ‘Kalpataru’[iv] that it removes all worldly desires and though it is said that the legendary ‘Kalpataru’ fulfils all desires but so far nobody has been able to find it. For this reason, Satsang is the real ‘Kalpataru’. One should, therefore, attend the Satsang again and again. If one cannot do so for long periods, he must attend for short periods, but should do so with all sincerity and not with hypocrisy, as in the latter case, he would not gain anything.

29. The diamond makes a hole in a pearl but not in a stone. Similarly, the teachings of a Saint produce effect on a man possessing ‘adhikara’[v] they do not produce any effect on a person who has no ‘adhikara’, but if the latter also continues to attend Satsang regularly, he would also one day become fit for attending the Satsang. The trouble, however, is that he would not be abler to stay in the Satsang.

30. In the beginning, everything was unmanifest, and ‘Purusha’ i.e. the Supreme Being was in a state of absolute self-absorption until there was creation. When it was His ‘Mauj’[vi] (Will and Pleasure), ‘Sabda’ manifested and then from the ‘Sabda’ the entire creation manifested itself i.e. first of all ‘Sat Loka’ and then from the currents of the ‘Sat Purusha’, the three ‘Lokas’ and the entire universe came into existence.

Contd….






NB

[i] Name of a Book.

[ii] The Holy Granth is the most authoritative book of the Sikh Religion. It contains the compositions of the ten Gurus (Preceptors) of Sikh religion and also of some other Saints. It is in Gurumukhi language.

[iii] The word ‘Arat’ and ‘Arti’ are commonly used in India in connection with worship of Deities etc. When the devotee brings a lighted lamp or lamps on a dish on plate and also brings his offerings and, after moving the dish or plate in front of the Deity in a circular motion, places his offering before the Deity.

[iv] In Hindu mythology, there is mention of Kalpataru or Kalpavriksha it is stated that all desires of man are fulfilled by this tree which is in heaven.

[v] It is believed that a man is moved by a desire for ‘Parmarth’ only when his ‘samskaras’ are favourable. As a man’s ‘samskaras ’determine the circumstances of his life, his physical and intellectual qualities and his attitudes and aspirations etc. etc., his desires as well as his abilities are in a way determined by his ‘samskaras’

[v]The word ‘adhikara’ signifies that a man with ‘adhikara’ for ‘Parmarth’ is physically, intellectually, and by his desires, aspirations, samskaras etc. fit and willing to engage in activities pertaining to ‘parmartha. And as a man engages in’ Parmarth’ his ‘adhikara’ for achievement of higher and higher stages of Parmarth goes on increasing.

[vi] Any, even the least, commotion on the spiritual plane, which results in activity on the spiritual plane, or even mental and physical planes is called ‘Mauj’. Literally, the word means ‘wave’ of the sea. The Supreme Being is often described as the Ocean of spirituality and as such the word ‘Mauj’ is used for the ‘Will’ of the Supreme Being. As Incarnations and Saints also act from the Spiritual plane, the word ‘Mauj’ is used also when we speak about their Will or Pleasure.



Radhasoami

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