The
All, In All
[SB,
C1-3:3]
It is imagined that the purusha, from the
excellence of His existence,
expanded into all the worlds.
Ayn Rand,
Editor of the magazine 'Objectivist', writes:
"Conventional morality does not teach or show
the child what kind of man he ought to become
and why. It is only concerned with imposing a
set of rules upon him - arbitrary, bewildering,
contradictory, and more often than not,
incomprehensible. The child grows up with
nothing but resentment and fear, for any concept
of morality. Ethics appears to him only as a
phantom scarecrow demanding the drab performance
of dry duty. The examples set by adults are not
meaningful enough to point the proper yardsticks
of behavior." No wonder the children are
attracted towards Baba who bestows pure love
upon those who seek it.
"The Americans come to Me since they do not know
a mother's
love"
said Baba one day.
"Baba is
Siva
and Sakthi,
Father and Mother." Velury Sivarama Sastry
states thus: "No one can understand, but
everyone can benefit from Him. Science cannot
define, logic dealing with cause and effect
cannot grasp. Its pristine glory is unique. It
overshadows the fleeting shadows. Only the wise
and the pure in heart can abide in it. Matter
seems less material, mind less mental, only
Atma
prevails. Each one sees an aspect of its
innumerable facets. Enough, if we know a little
but we never have enough. This is so near us and
yet so far away. The love that Sai manifests
pales into insignificance the love of every
mother in the universe, gathered together."
Sivarama Sastry is no ordinary observer; at the
age of 16, he rose to fame, as a prodigy, a poet
of dazzling merit. He was one of the few
prodigies that have blossomed. He was an
outstanding scholar, critic, and teacher, versed
in the intricacies of
Yoga,
Tantra
and Vedanta.
He wrote bold and brilliant treatises on the
Adhyasa Conception of
Sankaracharya
and the Integral Yoga of
Aurobindo.
Universities competed with each other in
honoring themselves by including his name on the
Boards of Studies in Sanskrit. At the ripe age
of 75, he came to Baba, enjoying close contact
for more than 6 years, before he dropped, like a
ripe fruit from the Tree of Life. Sastry
attained renown as a writer who weighs every
word of his in the super-'selectronic' balance
of Truth. So, when he says that the Love of Baba
as a Mother supersedes the love of all mothers,
he must be speaking with genuine
sincerity.
Therefore, the
mother festival, or
Dasara
when it is celebrated in the immediate presence
of Baba, is supremely sanctifying. During this
nine day festival of the Mother, the first three
days are devoted to worshiping the mother as
Guardian, the next three days Mother is
worshiped as Provider and, during the last three
days Mother is worshiped as Teacher. Victoria
Mills addressed Baba significantly. "This is
your Dream, Mother! A dream of purple flowers
and blue skies; a dream of pleasure, a dream of
pain, a dream of bodies moving in the passing
hours, a dream of minds churning desires - in
Thy Love, let us live again."
Dasara
[see also 'The
Task']
is the occasion when the Mother as Baba, or Baba
as the Mother provides us various inducements to
progress spiritually.
Sanathana
Dharma
of course, has the entire armory required to
conquer the foes on the path, and help us march
towards the final triumph. One day is spent in
celebrating the Annual Day of the Hospital, so
that the vehicle of the soul may be kept trim
and efficient, to enable it to cross the ocean
of duality and merge into the One. On another
day the distressed and the destitute are given
clothes and feasted. Baba has assigned to each
one of us a role to play, designed and directed
by Him, on the stage of life. On some days the
compositions of the great singers of India are
sung granting to the listeners a state of
unclouded exaltation. On other days we get a
chance to witness plays based on age-old tales
of gods and goddesses full of ecstatic incidents
enacted by little children, and so they can
taste innocence flowing from innocent lips.
These plays are written by Baba Himself, and so
they convey to us the lessons He prescribes for
the cure of our mental ills. We are inspired to
preserve, despite odds, the moral ideals in the
confusing conflicts of our lives. On the stage
and the screen away from the
Nilayam,
we only see crime, perversion and pollution
dramatized, whereas in the
Abode of Peace
everything is designed to elevate, sublimate and
save. There are musical recitations, and
expositions of philosophical parables and
mystery tales. Discourses on
Veda
and
Vedanta
are given by pundits, who had believed that they
had comprehended what is beyond comprehension,
until they met Baba! [read
more about
Dasara]
On the
Mantap
or sacrificial enclosure at one end of the
Auditorium, the adoration of
Vedapurusha,
[read
more about
Veda
Purusha Jnana Yajna
held
in 1997]
the
Deity extolled in the Vedas continues for seven
days without break. The fire is adored as
sacred, for it ignites and illumines; it
destroys and purifies; it burns and burnishes;
it spreads and shines. It moves fast from one
victim to another. So, it is praised and fed
with hymns of praise. The Sun is the giver of
life and energy; it nips a day off from our
allotted span of life, with every sunset; so, it
is worshiped by continuous prostration,
repeating each time hymns of extolment. Others
can visualize God in the expansive Banyan Tree,
timeless, self-propelling through roots dropped
from every branch, providing shade and shelter
for bird and beast and conferring beauty and
health to the entire region. Hymns are also
uttered to the spirit of trees.
Some of us
prefer as the symbol of God, neither Fire, nor
Sun, nor the Living Laborious Brother called
Banyan Tree, but the Linga. During
Dasara,
a pundit can be seen on the altar at the
Auditorium shaping 1000 Lingas every day, and
after worshiping them with utmost devotion
rolling the black clay back into a ball, for use
the next day! The permanent static base, pure
existence, is Shiva.
Its projection as dynamic energy is
Sakthi.
Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi used to write an 'O' at
the beginning of the letter he sent to people,
says Yogi Shuddhananda Bharathi. Maharshi
explained it as the
Lingam,
the symbol of the ultimate principle which is
beyond the triple entities of life, world and
God!
Others
might be thrilled by more elaborate
representations of the might, majesty and
magnificence of God. For them Baba arranges Puja
for Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi with flowers,
incense, camphor, sandal paste, silk and gold. A
few might be elated by the recital of the most
mystic sound Om,
with all its undertones and hidden
possibilities. This joy persuades us to take the
first step in spiritual endeavor
(Sadhana)
facilitating our pursuit till the goal is
reached. (picture:
Saraswathi)
Baba Himself
announced, on the opening day of Dasara,
"To celebrate
Dasara
at
Prasanthi
Nilayam
is indeed a rare chance, replete with wonder and
joy, ensuring peace by the extinction of the six
inner enemies." His Mission is to put mankind
again on the rails of peace and joy. So, when
the Hon'ble Minister for transport, Andhra
Pradesh, announced that he would shortly
initiate steps to improve the road to Prasanthi
Nilayam and make it a tarred high way, Baba
said
"The
body looks forward to a smooth drive over a
tarred road, but the heart prefers the road
of tranquility and humility, so that it may
reach the goal, God, and merge in that ocean
of glory. I am more interested in that Road.
I am not enthusiastic about tarring the road,
for, that would make even the little
discipline of "slow and careful driving"
superfluous for people coming here! Life is
not all smooth sailing. It is full of ups and
downs, sharp turns and sudden diversions.
India has always taught the first lesson in
safe travel, here and hereafter: "Start
early; drive slowly; reach
safely!"
Since
thousands of devotees had to sleep under the
sky, piling their belongings around their beds,
the rains that poured during three nights caused
a great deal of discomfort and dislocation.
Referring to these, Baba said,
"Some
people came running to Me saying, 'Swami!
Stop the rains!' Well, getting a little wet
is a trivial bother, when compared to the
benefits of timely rains. The Vedapurusha
Yajna is celebrated to persuade the Gods to
shower rain, that is its raison d'Ítre
as the Vedas assert. While the rite is on,
the rains have come: it demonstrates that the
Pundits did the Yajna on strict Vedic lines.
The rains will ensure a good harvest and
prosperity for the countryside."
On
the 20th of October, 1969, the valedictory Rite
of the
Yajna
was performed. Baba created a nine-gemmed
necklace for the chief priest who officiated; he
was a scholar in
Vedanta
and
Vedic
grammar. During the
Abhisheka
or ritual bath of the image of the previous
incarnation, the
Sai Baba of
Shirdi,
Baba created a sparkling eight-starred jewel of
gold and placed it on the forehead of the silver
idol; it stuck! Dr. S. Bhagavantham and Mr.
Tideman Johanessen who were among the audience
wondered at this: How could gold stick on
silver, without adhesive? Baba knew their
thoughts. He told them a few hours later,
without their asking Him or anyone telling
Him,
"If
I can create the jewel, can I not make it
stick, too? When you doubt one incident, you
start doubting all. Accept Me for what I am.
Then, no doubt can interfere with your
faith."
"You
complain that God is hardhearted; that He
does not respond to prayer, or give signs
from His portraits, or speak from 'nowhere'
to assuage or assure; but let Me tell you,
God is Love, Love is God. When there is no
response you have to infer that the cry from
your heart is insincere, it is mere
play-acting. It is set to a pattern,
addressed to someone alien to you, someone
accepted by you as a far away tyrant or a
taskmaster. Know that God is your nearest and
dearest kin."
On the 21st,
when Baba was on the floral Jhoola, a number of
poets recited the poems that He 'painted' in
their hearts - Deepala Pichayya Sastry, Begum
Tahira Sayeed, the writer, Vidwan Rama Sarma,
Vidwan Seshama Raju, and others. They were in a
multitude of languages, English, Urdu, Kannada,
Sanskrit. Baba advised them to see the handiwork
of God, the greatest Poet of all, in every grain
of dust, every twinkle of light, every drop of
rain, every whiff of air.
"Great
poems deal with the eternal thirst of man for
God; they are rich in the ambrosia that
quenches that thirst. They satisfy and build
up strength to laugh at life's fortunes.
Without spiritual Sadhana, the expansion of
the consciousness, the broadening of
sympathy, the sharpening of vision, the
deepening of contacts with the springs of
wisdom within oneself and within others,
poetry is but a purposeless, pallid
pastime."
The 7th of
November will be remembered as a landmark in the
history of the Women's College at Anantapur for
on that day amidst colorful scenes of grace and
glory the Vice-president of India laid the
foundation for a magnificent building. Dr. S.
Bhagavantham welcomed the Vice-president Sri G.
S. Pathak, as well as the Governor of Andhra
Pradesh Sri Khandubhai Desai who laid the
Foundation Stone for the college hostel, and
said, "I have considerable experience in raising
colleges, all over the country; I am wonder
struck when I consider how within a year and a
half, this college has gone ahead, with 300
students and the full complement of a library,
laboratories, ancillaries and a gas plant too!"
Baba says that no task on which He sets his
Heart can fail. His will is supreme.
Dr. V.K. Gokak
said,
"At a time when disorder has become the order of
the day, this college will transmit, under the
guidance of the Master, the lesson of
Order."
The Vice-chancellor of the Venkateswara
University said, "The Sathya Sri Trust
managing this college has a symbol which reveals
the core of Indian culture, the kinship and
closeness of manifold philosophies, religions
and ideologies formed by the aspiring mind of
man." Sri Khandubhai Desai also appreciated
the symbol, as a sign of genuine secularism,
"Secularism does not mean irreligion; it means
real religion. And real religion recognizes all
faiths as facets of the Truth."
The
Vice-president said that the Day was a Day of
Devotion and Delight for him. "I am happy to
find that the Trust has taken note of the need
of the nation. The next generation has to be
shaped straight and strong, so that it
efficiently bears the burden of this vast
country. We want disciplined, enlightened people
to assume national and international
responsibilities." Baba spoke of His Resolve to
establish such Colleges in every State of India,
"My Sankalpa, plan of action, is to provide
youth with education, which, while cultivating
the intelligence, will purify the impulses and
emotions, and equip them with the physical and
mental disciplines which can awaken the springs
of calmness and joy in their hearts. Their
higher nature has to be fostered and encouraged
to blossom by means of study, prayer, Sadhana,
contacts with sages, saints and spiritual heroes
and heroines of their land; they have to be led
on, to the path of self-confidence,
self-satisfaction, self-sacrifice and
self-knowledge." Baba blessed the College with
these words, "May this College educate
generations of noble mothers who will live
Dharma, raise heroes surcharged with dedication
to God and Devotion to Truth."
November 23 is
the Birthday of Baba. But, as Baba told Penn in
one of His transoceanic lessons,
"It is not My Birthday that you celebrate. It is
your own."
And again,
"My
mission is to raise the consciousness of man
to a level at which he neither rejoices nor
mourns over anything. In that supreme state,
one is going through rebirth and re-death
each moment, for these acts are one and the
same, emerging from the formless into form,
merging from the form into the formless.
Then, there is no success or adversity, no
joy or pain. When the devotee attains this
Oneness, his journey towards Me ceases for he
will be with Me endlessly."
The 1969
Birthday was marked by another event, namely,
the 3rd All-India conference of the office
bearers of the units of the Sri Sathya Sai Seva
Organizations. The delegates were happy that the
conference was to be at the Nilayam, in the very
center of Prasanthi (Higher Peace) and the Host
was no less a Person than Bhagavan Himself. At
Madras during the first conference Baba had
allowed the delegates to share His gracious
presence during most hours of the day. At
Bombay, during the World Conference, Baba moved
around the hostels where the delegates were
accommodated and was present at the dining halls
on most of the days. Besides Baba had invited
them to
Dharmakshetra
and He took groups of them round the building
explaining to them the significance of the
numbers of steps, pillars, concrete wind-cups,
etc., to the happy edification of the
uninitiated. The number was nine, multiples of
nine, adding up to nine, as was necessary in a
building that symbolized Sathya - Truth,
or
Brahman
- the ultimate Truth, whose numerical symbol is
9. Now, the third conference was being held in
the lap of
Prasanthi
Nilayam,
under the loving and watchful eye of Baba
Himself.
The conference
began on 20th November, with more than 2.000
delegates from all the states of India, and also
representatives from Ceylon, Australia, Fiji,
America, Europe, and Africa. The presidents of
the organizations of each state gave short
summaries of the various lines of activity in
their area. It was a heartening and instructive
recital, for each state could contribute some
fruitful ideas of service and
Sadhana
to the rest.
Baba explained
that the Sai Organization is unique in more
respects than one. It does not seek donations
and patrons. It works under a Master who is
present everywhere at all times, and so the
Organization is only a name for a group of
people who carry on work that would win His
grace, in a spirit of worship. There is no scope
here for malingering or personal rivalry or the
virus of vanity or envy. Baba said, "These are
associations of aspirants. Pay attention to your
duties and responsibilities; do not infect
yourselves with caste affiliations, or personal
prejudices or political predilections. I can see
you through and through, wherever you are! Do
not carry your head high and taunt people.
Stoop, so that you can lift the burden on to
your shoulders; serve, so that you may be an
example and an inspiration. Follow, so that you
can lead seekers into the heart of God. Be
humble, be cordial, with all. Devotion should
not be publicized. It does not end with the
acquisition of a badge which decorates that
shirt. It is a secret gain, a precious
boon."
While the
Conference was considering the recommendations
of the four subcommittees which dealt with
Organizational matters, Spiritual activities,
Publication of Sai Literature, Mahilavibhag
(Women's section) and service activities, Baba
counseled that devotees should not seek
concession and exemptions from participation in
the activities set out by the Samithis, but, on
the contrary, look forward to the chance
provided by the Sai Organizations for Sathsang.
It was resolved that members must attend at
least sixty percent of such meetings. It was
also emphasized that there must be unanimity in
the choice of Office Bearers. The Office Bearers
should behave as Torch Bearers, reflecting in
their behavior the light of His Wisdom. "The Sai
Organizations should try to reduce and remove
the hurdles and handicaps in the way of
spiritual progress, its members should be
ennobled by tolerance, truth speaking and
compassion, and saturated with love for all.
Whoever neglects his parents and allows them to
languish in poverty or sorrow does not deserve
to be a member. Carry the message of
self-realization through the Sadhana of service,
among the women, the youth and the children.
Encourage the formation of active groups of
women, who will take up the teaching of
children, develop Seva Dals."
Addressing the
Valedictory Session of the Conference on the
22nd of November, Baba said,
"Let
Me end on this note: Do not doubt your
destiny: it is to merge in the Highest
Wisdom, Power and Love. Do not waver or stay
away. At every step, inquire, discriminate,
search for Truth. Be self-reliant, bold and
free. Know that you are the instruments of
God in a Divine Task and so there is no
justification for weakness or vacillation. Be
an example to others in humility and
devotion. Do not scatter advice, without the
authority of practical experience. Love,
co-operate, serve. Your Office is a call for
spiritual exercise, a reminder of your being
under My care and direction."
The Conference
was a baptism of faith for the participants; it
revealed to them the Divine Love of which Baba
is the embodiment. He was the Person on whom all
eyes rested, all ears were focused, all minds
dwelt and all hearts poured adoration. He sat
among the members of the subcommittees during
their deliberations and shed light and laughter
on suggestions pompously placed and assiduously
argued upon. He moved among the delegates,
scattering Grace; He met the representatives,
State-wise, for hours at a stretch, and amidst
roars of laughter, and brilliant banter, He
smoothened rivalry, suppressed factionalism,
softened fanaticism, and sweetened bitterness.
In spite of being concerned with every detail of
diet, agenda, seating, and discussion, He was
the very picture of freshness and light. To see
Him was to learn the lesson of selfless
activity, to hear Him was to yearn for Grace and
for the chance to share His Task: to touch His
Feet was to change oneself with strength and
courage to face the world and its
challenges.
The delegates
stayed on for the birthday celebration on 23rd
and 24th November. "The
Day I am born in you as Love, that Day is My
Birthday for
you."
Baba announced on the 23rd. He reminded the
15.000 people who sat before the Nilayam to
witness the hoisting of the Flag, that
"Here
is the Siva Sakthi, born in human form to lead
mankind towards
Him."
When Baba declared that each individual is a
flower in the garden of God, drawing strength
from the earth and beauty from the sun, one was
reminded of the poem sung by Sri Das Ganu
Maharaj while expounding the life and teachings
of the 'previous body' of Baba:
"The
Bakul, Lotus, Chamelee, Dawan, Marwa, Panch -
such a variety of flowering plants bloom
together in a garden and make it grand. All
flowers spring from the earth and return to
the earth from which they sprang, and after
they re-enter, there is no more distinction!"
"Religion
is a perpetual encounter of the individual with
the Universal, a persistent invitation which
insists on
acceptance,"
said Baba. Those who have tasted the sweetness
of that Invitation from Baba know that He is the
Lord who as He Himself sang in the introductory
verse of His birthday discourse,
"commands
the sun to illumine, the stars to lend
brilliance to the sky, the wind to blow and
bolster life, the rivers to meander murmuringly
on, the fire to reduce everything to irreducible
ash, and the million species of living things to
populate the earth and sea, proclaiming the
might and majesty of the
Lord."
We have heard of gifts being given to a person
on his birthday, but, to the Lord who is amidst
us, what can we give? Therefore, Baba gives
gifts to us, on the 23rd November. We sit in
long lines all over the grounds of Prasanthi
Nilayam, and he gives each one a packet of
sweets, with a loving word or a charming smile
as a keepsake forever.
During these
festivals, after every discourse He sings a few
Bhajan songs, with which He activates devotion
and faith among the thousands. His songs are
genuine Muraligana,
that is to say, replicas of the magic music
which flowed from the Flute of
Krishna
on the banks of the
Yamuna.
The water of the Yamuna forgot to flow and
halted in ecstasy, when the Flute conveyed the
breath of the Lord to them. It is in the nature
of water to flow! So, the
Chithravathi
at Prasanthi Nilayam has freed itself of water
so that it can listen to Baba's voice, without
the bother of halting and holding still!
[MP3
- Listen to 'Murali Ghana Lola' -
Text]
A devotee
writes, "In the blissful joy of listening to His
melodious voice extolling the glory and majesty
of divinity one forgets all the cares and
distractions of living; one is released from the
prison of time and space."
On 31st
December, 1969, Baba was in the midst of
delegates from all the Units of the Sathya Sai
Seva Organizations in Mysore, and called them
lovingly as instruments of His Divine Mission of
Dharmasthapana.
While the Presidents from each district were
presenting their reports, Baba was standing at
the farther end of the Shamiana, instead of
sitting on the chair placed for Him on the Dais.
In explanation He said,
"My
place is among you, with you and wherever
work lies! Do not believe that I am on a
special seat, apart, distant on a pedestal. I
am part of you, partner and partaker,
inspiring, instructing, when you ask Me or
need Me for inspiration and instruction." "Do
not exude pride," He advised the workers.
"Spiritual pride is the most poisonous
variety of pride: it is the highest of
hypocrisy. Fear too is spiritual poison, for,
when you have in your heart the Person who
declares that you need not fear, why should
you fear? If you do, your lips belie your
heart. An uneasy conscience is a torment."
"If
there is righteousness in the heart, there
will be beauty in the character,"
"If there is beauty in character, there will
be harmony in the home;
when there is harmony in the home, there will
be order in the nation;
when there is order in the nation, there will
be peace in the world... "
said
Baba.
"So,
be righteous in speech, thought, and action.
Avoid all prejudices on the basis of caste,
creed, color, status or degree of scholarship
or affluence." That was the directive with
which the delegates returned to their place
of work."
Within a few
days, Baba inaugurated a Mahila Sathsang, under
the auspices of the Organization, and the advice
He then vouchsafed to the women workers has far
reaching implications. Baba has come to clarify
Dharma,
mark out the bounds of behavior, prescribe laws
and limits of conduct, so that vagaries may be
controlled and sublimated. He said, "Let the
Sathsang start with your homes! Let your homes
be happy, harmonious, with no friction or
faction or frills, fanfare or fanaticism. Let
the different generations, living in the home
with varying levels of intelligence, experience
growth and attainments, earnings, tastes, or
prejudices, learn to live together in mutual
cooperation, tolerance and loving kindness. Each
one of you must do your part in ensuring that
your home has the fragrance of a
Sathsang,
charged with the Sai atmosphere. Learn to put up
with different opinions, different temperaments.
Develop the desire to understand others, be
sympathetic towards them, be happy when others
are happy, be compassionate when others are
sorrowing. Engage yourselves in
Seva
- go into the slums, the hospitals and the
jails, the remand homes where delinquent
children are housed. Seva is better than even
Dhyana
as a Sadhana.
'Dill
me Ram, hath me
kam,'
Perform your duty, with God installed in your
heart."
Mahashivarathri,
1970! A flood of devotees flowed into
Prasanthi
Nilayam.
There was tremendous rush, but, absolute
silence. Baba told the young men and women of
the Seva Dals, selected by the Sathya Sai Seva
Samithis from the different States of
India,
"You
yearn to do some Seva in My Name, don't you?
Well I have a thousand heads, eyes and feet!
The Vedas proclaim that God is 'Sahasra
Seershaa Purushah,' 'He has a thousand
heads!' The thousands who have come here, the
aged, the children, the diseased, the
afflicted - they are all Me. Serve them, you
serve Me!"
Baba hoisted
the flag on the Nilayam, and said that loyalty
to higher truths has to be built up from
childhood, even through the lessons learnt while
in the mother's lap. At noon the creation of the
huge stream of
Vibhuti
caused wonder and amazement, even to those who
know that it was part of the
Sivarathri
Festival. In the evening, Sri Nakul Sen, I.C.S.,
Lt. Governor of Goa, Dr. Gokak, and Dr. D.
Venkatavadhanlu, Professor of Telugu, Osmania
University, addressed the gathering.
Baba's
compassion led Him to begin His discourse with a
Sanskrit verse, meaning,
"I
am not a human being nor a god or a superman.
I am neither a Brahmin, nor a Ksatriya, nor a
Vaisya nor a Sudra! Then you may ask Me who I
am. Well, I am the Teacher of Truth; I am
Truth, Goodness, and Beauty!"
During the
discourse the Linga
that was growing in the stomach of Baba since
about a week announced itself as ready to
emerge, and so Baba sat on the chair. The huge
gathering sensed the cosmic undertones of the
movement and sang with eager excitement a song
in praise of Shiva,
the God represented by the
Linga,
for whom Sivarathri
was dedicated.
Fifteen
minutes later, a heavy oval
Linga
of a substance akin to an opal came up and out;
the enormous gathering shouted Jai in adoration
and uncontrollable bliss, when Baba held it in
His hand for all to see. Throughout the night,
the Bhajan continued, the divine offspring was
placed in full view of all, so that it may
inspire them in their vigil and fast. [See
also 'The
Call'
& 'Cities
Aflame'
concerning Lingams]
The next day
when the Bhajan ended, Baba Himself gave
consecrated food to the devotees. He spoke of
the Geeta and its Message. He said that the song
celestial recommended action,
Karma,
first; then, in subsequent chapters, it wanted
that the Karma
must become untainted by any desire for fruits.
Later, it recommended righteousness,
Dharma;
a few chapters later, it advised that
Dharma
has to be given up, so that liberation,
Moksha,
can be attained. Finally it recommends that the
Moksha
desire has to be given up, for even that is
bound. It declares that one is free, all the
time, even when he imagined he was bound.
"Awake
from ignorance; you know that your bondage was
unreal; it was a dream, which was denied when
you woke. You are always free, liberated. You
are always the Atma that can never change or
suffer." [See
also: Bhagavan
on the Bhagavad
Gita
& Gita
Vahini]
Baba left for
Brindavan after a few days, so that He could
expedite from there the construction of the
college He had planned.
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