Thus Spake Bhagavan

If you really want to be great no one can stop you. 

Your quality will reach you there. For that you 

don’t have to show off yourself. If you have the 

quality it will flourish surely. 

                                           ~~Bhagavan. (8/5/2013)

“তুমি যদি বড় হতে চাও তো তোমায় কেউ

আটকাতে পারবে না। তোমার যোগ্যতাই তোমায়

 সেই জায়গায় পৌঁছে দেবে। তার জন্য তোমাকে

 বাইরে দিয়ে নিজেকে সাজিয়ে রাখার প্রয়োজন

 নেই। তোমার মধ্যে যদি কোন শক্তি থাকে তবে 

তা প্রকাশ পাবেই।”~~~ ভগবান। (৮/৫/২০১৩)।

Thus Speaks Bhagavan

It is easier to realize GOD by serving others. While you serve mix love and then you serve. Service not should be like a machine.  It should come from the heart. Then only it is a service. This will be then the work of GOD. This will help you to realize the Supreme.                           ~~~Bhagavan (5/5/2013)

“ঈশ্বর কে সেবার মাধ্যমে তাড়াতাড়ি পাওয়া যাবে। 

সেবাতে ভালবাসা মিশিয়ে মানুষের মাঝে পরিবেশন

 কর।”                   ~~~ ভগবান। (৫/৫/২০১৩)

Thus Speaks Bhagavan

“God is attraction. He is attracting everybody and everything. Every moment we also feel to be attracted towards worldly matter. As our mind filled with   worldly matter we fail to feel the attraction of God, we feel more attached with the world. When we will shift the focus of our mind from worldly matters then only we will realize GOD.”~~Bhagavan.

“ঈশ্বরের অপর নাম আকর্ষন। ঈশ্বর সবাইকে এবং সকল বস্তুকেই আকর্ষন করছেন। আমরাও প্রতি মুহুর্তে জগতের প্রতি আকর্ষিত হচ্ছি। আমদের মন সব সময়ে বিষয় খোঁজে। তাই আমাদের মনে হয় যেন জগতই আমাদের আকর্ষন করছে। আমরা ঈশ্বরের আকর্ষন অনুভব করতে পারি না। যখনই মন বিষয় শূন্য হবে আমরা ঈশ্বর অনুভব করতে পারব।“~~ভগবান। ৩/৫/২০১৩.

Bhagavan, Guru Purnima 2012

Bhagavan on His Bangladesh Tour

Tumi Esecho Dhara dhame......

Tumi Esecho Dhara dhame......

Guru Purnima~2012

Bhagavan speaking

Wisdom

Wisdom is the treasurer – that enriches you.

Smile is the light – that lights your life.

Ego is the wall – that blocks you.

Time passes on and heals your pain.

Wait not for the better future - live in the present and enjoy.

Accept everything – good or bad – all are the taste of life and that makes the life a complete one.

Every day is an inspiration to proceed towards your ideal. On the way there is no obstacle but your imagination about that.

Love & Renunciation are the two expression of the same Knowledge.

Bhagavan

In the year 1942, 3rd of January, witnessed the birth of the greatest legend of this modern era.  Who became Bhagavan to everyone.  The life of Bhagavan is a life of a fighter.  Having the trust and courage on himself Bhagavan not only achieved the Supreme spiritual realization but also helped a great number of people to establish themselves in deep spirituality. 

The Childhood-

Smt. Induprava Chakraborty & Kanailal Chakraborty are the parents of Bhagavan.  His father was the Jamindar of Rahamatpure of present Barisal district of Bangladesh.  But the unstable political condition due to the fight for independence forced them to leave all their prosperity there and to settle in Kolkata.

In Kolkata it was a fight for life.  Here they had nothing.  They have to struggle just to earn enough so that they can live.  In those years, though Bhagavan was just a boy of 12 years he helped his mother in the kitchen and also taught small children just to earn something to support his father financially.  After so many struggles for life still Bhagavan had enough spirit to help and support for others. He at that age joined a club and took up a voluntary job to distribute free milk to the poor.  He arranged cold water to be distributed to the thirsty railway passenger in the summer days in the rail station as there was no alternative arrangement for this.  By his natural love Bhagavan always feel other’s pain and need and he had that spirit and courage to stand for others.

In spiritual world-

Bhagavan was an employee of NF Railway.  As being the elder brother he always has to bear the load of his father’s family.  After his marriage with Joyasree Chakraborty he met one sannyasin, Swami Pabitrananda Maharaj at his in-law’s house. Seeing the old saint the question came in Bhagavan’s mind-‘how can this saint be so happy and always laughing and enjoying life to its full, when he has nothing to support his life materially!’  He directly approached that saint and asked what made him such that he enjoys without being worried about future!  The saint smiled and gave initiation to Bhagavan, and started to teach him Advaita Vedanta.  As Bhagavan was employed at Guwahati, far away from his Guru who was residing at Janai, Maharaj use to send him letters on Vedanta.  Just with the help of those few letters Bhagavan achieved Ajata-Brahman-Vigayan on the auspicious day of Sarada Maa’s birth anniversary, on 15th Decembar, 1984. 

This realization changed him completely.  Transformed him into the giant spiritual power who has descended to this earth for a spiritual revolution which the world now is experiencing.  Within a short time many a people started following him in this path.  His immense spiritual power helped many of his followers to achieve spiritual heights.  

The organization-

Bhagavan formed one spiritual organization to spread the message of Advaita Vedanta among masses, named it as International Vedanta Society, on 19th November 1989, on the Birthday of his Guru Swami Pavitrananda Ji as the respect for his master.  The organization started its journey right from the most common people to the most respected personalities of society with the message of Vedanta.  Making Vedanta philosophy lively which is more relevant to the lives of people no matter what the status one enjoys in the society or what the financial condition is. 

International Vedanta Society (IVS), Bhagavan named it with a intention that like in a society where live everybody of all sex-cast-creed-religion of various financial status all together;  here also people will come in this organization to practice  spirituality irrespective of everything  of their social status-financial condition-educational background or religion.  And here IVS proved to be a successful one.

The spiritual revolution-

In the history of spiritual world never it is witnessed such a huge number of people has come for shelter and have realized Truth.  The whole society thus starts a new journey, with new style of living with the philosophy of Vedanta.  The driving force of the society is now ‘love’.   

Never is it happened before, the whole society, cutting across from all section of life joined in a spiritual movement.  Irrespective of cast-creed-sex or religion and it’s rituals that changes with time but the society starts to establish itself more on love, harmony, peace and knowledge. 

Advaita Vedanta & “Hare Krishna”-

It is never heard before that the practice of Advaita Vedanta and chanting of “Hare Krishna” happens together.  But, as a complete being, Bhagavan has done it.  Everything here in this world is Brahman, then why to leave that section of people who love to chant the name of God, that is Brahman too.

When, on 17th April 2004, at the Head Quarter of IVS at Guwahati, Bhagavan heard the Divine Voice in the state of Samadhi – “Become mad and madden the world, chant ‘Hare Krishna’.”  From then on, this spiritual revolution just became a Tsunami flooding the world. 

Bhagavan started chanting ‘Hare Krishna’ not to mingle with Krishna but with the knowledge that everything is Brahman and to mingle with everything.

Bhagavan on Guru Purnima, 2010 morning at Kolkata

On GURU PURNIMA 2010 at KOLKATA

My Master-My Guru-My Bhagavan

Bhagavan, an inspiration, that which is flooding the world with a very powerful spiritual wave. He is the ideal of this modern world.  Who, knows to win against all the odds. Bhagavan, shows the path, there you need nothing extraordinary supernatural power to solve all your problems.  What you need is just a self-inspiration.  With the help of this one can conquer everything.

Bhagavan, the embodiment of love, in this world where untrustworthiness rules, where everybody is very suspicious about everything, there he stands firm with his engulfing love as the new beacon and hope for this civilization.

Bhagavan, he is everybody’s very own and very close to their heart.  His simplicity makes other feel comfortable to be with him.  He seeds the power to those who come in contact with him, so that one can achieve liberation.  Liberation from all those which make us suffer.

An inspiration, the embodiment of love, the simple person, whose sermon is so powerful and dragging everyone in the path of liberation.  Bhagavan is such.

A letter by Bhagavan to his sannyasins

                                                                          A letter by Bhagavan to his sannyasins

Dear Sannyasins,

            Received your letters. The news of the world what we are making or receiving is no news at all.  These are all like old news from old news papers.  The news from inner world is the news.  On getting the news of that world you renounced your so called world.  The Truth is, we ever have nothing.  What I only have was “I”.

            The two words- ‘my’ & ‘I’ has to be ‘I’ – this is the only work.  Only one ‘I’ is flowing.  Till the physical feeling have to – remain with ‘I’.  Even that flow also stops.  Writing you letter, Swamiji’s (Vivekananda) photo is in front of me.  Writing you two lines from Swamiji.  Meditate and think on these two lines.

            >“My body’- this feeling is the cause of all evils.  If there is any sin, then this is the only sin.’

            >Worldly matters which can not vibrate one person has achieved immortality.

            You are monks’ Swamiji should be your ideal.  The path on which you are – have to see the end of it.  It won’t be the yard stick of Truth, no matter how many Taj Mahals you will build.  How much you have established yourself on ‘I’ is more important.  It is more important to be perfect to myself.  Your deed will be done according to your sanskars (habits).

            In this world, I think, I have finished my work.  I am standing at the end of this perfect path.  I am satisfied. Very satisfied.  For that you believed me and followed me in this path – if you can keep your firm faith going, you too will one day reach here.  Received letters from Nirgunananda, Sankarananda & Bhaskarananda.  Till this body remains, more works will be done automatically.  You be true monks.  The world has not witnessed a true thing for long.  The Supreme Power that which is controlling us all, the Great Shiva who is always alive at your place there, who bestowed me the blessing of  immortality – your sannyas is my immortality; praying to that Lord the Great Shiva – “ O my Lord! Make my sons also immortal.”

            Nothing else remains for me to do at this moment. … Every month let me know about your spirituality and work.

            Work for Vedanta Society for time pass.  Or what else you will remain with?

                                                                              With love,

                                                                                 Bhagavan.

Consciousness

The consciousness within us help us to understand everything and thus we earn knowledge. Everyone and everybody has that same consciousness. The diffirence is among us very few are conscious about this CONSCIOUSNESS. Those who knows it are truely blessed.

Everybody of us knows everything, still knows nothing untill one knows that CONSCIOUSNESS.

From bhagavan

THE 68th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF BHAGAVAN, THE FOUNDER AND THE CORE OF INTERNATIONAL VEDANTA SOCIETY WILL BE HELD AT
KHEMKA HALL,
BALLYGUNGE SHIKSHA SAMITY,
51A, GARIAHAT ROAD, (Near Pantaloons)
KOLKATA-19.

WHAT IS RELIGION

Religion – the most debated topic in the world. Many wars were fought in the name of religion. So many books were written, all over the world, on religion. Still people are confused about religion. They sometimes fear this, or follow some rituals blindly on the name of religion. Still the question hunts the mind of the inhabitants of this world- “What is religion? Do we really need to have a religion?”
These are the questions of very ancient days. Still the most of the modern mind has not been satisfied with any solution. Still so many people are in search of these very questions. In this search people go from temple to church, from mosque to gurudawara. They search through the pages scriptures for solution. They reach to the knowledgeable persons -‘Guru’ to find the right answer.
Let us try to understand this from a different view point. Every person has a look and a mind, which makes one’s personality. The look is important to create a nice impression in this world. We do understand this fact and for that reason we spend so much time, energy and money to have a perfect look for us. After that we always try our best with all our deeds to express ourselves. What we try? We try to project our mind, our thoughts with all our deeds and present them to this world. The better we are organized in our mind the better we are with our presentation of our works. This is a continuous process in our life.
This is the secret of our inspiration to live up to life. But sometimes it eats all our energies in the race for excel. We then lose the righteousness within us. Then we trend to become the slaves of our desires. We then sail ourselves with the wind of our desires. The strong wild wind of our desires then take the control of us and pushes us towards more darkness in our mind.
Here comes the need of a science – religion. This science is the only help, the only guide, which can lead us towards ultimate goal, to realise the perfect satisfaction.
The religion helps us to understand ourselves better. This science has two dimensions- the rituals and the philosophy. The first part been developed more to suit the culture and habits of the persons who follows the religion. Though this part has a base on philosophy, but most people they turn their blind eye and follow what been traditionally practiced by their ancestors. Due to this ignorance religion creates divisions among people. But the true religion never divides people but support them to find ‘Oneness’.
The rituals are the ‘look’ of a religion. And philosophy is the mind of it. From generation after generation every religion changed itself to suit the demands and likings of its followers. These rituals are only the outer and not very necessary part of a religion. The real science of religion is with its philosophy which supports in realization of ‘Oneness’.

THE MAGICIAN BECOMES A BETTER MAGICIAN

SPIRITUALITY

IS A KIND OF ESCAPISIM – MAKES ONE DULL AND INACTIVE

SPIRITUALITY

IS DETRIMENTAL TO PROGRESS – DENIES THE JOYS OF LIFE

THAT’S HOW MANY OF US (SPECIALLY THE URBAN MIDDLE CLASS) REACT,

 

IS SPIRITUALITY MEANT FOR THE WEAK MINDED,

OR FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM

SOME SORT OF IDENTITY CRISIS?

IS IT A FACT THAT THOSE THAT HAVE NOTHING

SOLID AND SUBSTANTIAL TO HOLD ON TO

TURN TO SPIRITUALITY?

 

NO, SPIRITUALITY IS NOT FOR THE IDLE MINDED

NOT FOR THOSE

THAT ARE FAILURES IN LIFE, NOR FOR THOSE

THAT HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO CLING TO

THESE ARE POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS

ABOUT S WITHOUT ANY BASE.

 

SPIRITUALITY

 IS FOR EVERYONE

IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE,

IT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING, MAKES IT

BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL AND FRUITFUL.

 

 

SPIRITUALITY

TEACHES US

HOW TO HARNESS OUR POTENTIALS

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT,

GUIDES US

HOW TO COMBAT OR COPE WITH

STRESS AND LIVE IN HARMONY WITH

OURSELVES.

 

AS OUR JOURNEY BEGINS

THERE ARE GENUINE SIGNS OF INPROVEMENT

ALL AROUND.

OUR CAPACITY—OUR CREATIVITY --- OUR CAPABILITY

EVERYTHING INCREASES.

 

LIFE BECOMES MEANINGFUL

ONCE WE ARE AWARE THERE IS A

HIGHER PURPOSE IN LIFE,

 

ONCE WE GET A GLIMPSE

OF A VAST NEW WORLD OF BEAUTY

AND BLISS, LIFE BECOMES A BOON.

 

AS WE MARCH AHEAD

THE HUSBAND BECOMES A BETTER HUSBAND

                ” HOMEMAKER BECOMES A BETTER HOMEMAKER

                                      ”       MAGICIAN ---- A BETTER MAGICIAN

                                      ”       MUSICIAN ---- A BETTER MUSICIAN

AND SO ON

 

AS WE GROW

WE REACH A STAGE WHEN

WE FEEL ONE

WITH THINGS LIVING AND NON- LIVING

TILL WE MERGE

WITH THE INFINITE INTELLIGENCE

AND ULTIMATELY BECOME ‘THAT’

 

THAT MEANS

THE JOURNEY HAS COME TO AN END.

THAT MEANS THE DESTINATION IS REACHED.

THAT MEANS LIFE HAS FINALLY FOUND FULFILMENT.

 

 

                                                                           --- Asish Deb