He
is the sub-stratum, the substance; the separate
and the sum, the Sath;
the
SATHYAM
He
is the awareness, the activity, the
consciousness, feeling, the willing and the
doing, the chith;
the
SIVAM
He
is the light, the splendour, the harmony, the
melody, the Ananda;
the
SUNDARAM
"He
who understands the significance of My Divine
Birth and My Divinity will overcome the cycle of
Births and Deaths, and attain Me" --
Gîtâ iv-9 --
Congratulations
Congratulations,
dear reader! I am glad you have taken this book
in your hand and decided to delve into its
pages. In the first volume of this book,
"Sathyam Sivam Sundaram", I communicated the
story of the Advent of the Divine, as Baba, in
human form; of the early years of superhuman
intelligence; of the epoch-making announcement
of the fact of Incarnation; of the marvelous
works and signs by which He gives understanding
to those whose hearts beat slow; and of the
richness of His mercy, the universality of His
comprehension, the might and munificence of His
compassion.
I
am now seventy six years old. He has let me live
the last twenty-five years with Him, in Him,
through Him, by Him, for Him. This i is but a
reflection of the I which is He. I am full of
thanks that He has preserved me and that He has
permitted and prompted me to declare again, His
doings among the peoples.
I
am but an amateur sherpa, trudging along the
panoramic path to the highest Himalayan peak,
thrilled to sublime silence by the glory and
grandeur that grow with every onward step,
gasping to tell others, in the anaemic prattle
of the plains, the upsurge of empyrean joy.
There are thousands, millions, on the mountain
tracks, drawn by the strange fascination of the
Supreme Power, the Sempiternal Wisdom and the
Sovereign Love of the Gaurishankar that Baba is.
Many of them have, I know, firmer grasp, finer
perception and maturer wisdom. They are more
acclimatized to altitudes, and better trained to
overcome the hazards of the heights. I do hope
you will soon be able to delve in the pages of a
book that emerges through such a
pilgrim.
Meanwhile,
come! Give me your hand; we shall go along, page
after page, sharing the wonder and the wisdom,
the awe and the mystery, the truth and the
testimony, the glory and the grandeur, and the
abundance of the peace.
Prasanthi
Nilayam
Dasara, 1973
N. Kasturi
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Bhajans
janma
karma ca me divyam
evam yo vetti tattvatah
tyaktvâ deham punar janma
naiti mâm eti so
'rjuna
janma --
birth; karma -- work; ca -- also; me -- of Mine;
divyam -- transcendental; evam -- like this; yah
-- anyone who; vetti -- knows; tattvatah -- in
reality; tyaktva -- leaving aside; deham -- this
body; punah -- again; janma -- birth; na --
never; eti -- does attain; mam -- unto Me; eti
-- does attain; sah -- he; arjuna -- O
Arjuna.
Anyone
who knows as such of my Divine birth(s) and
activities will never, after leaving his body,
take birth again, but will attain Me, O Arjuna.
[BG:4-9]
