SATSANG

SATSANG

"Sat" means True (Good)
"Sang" means Company

Therefore, Satsang means the True Company. But whose company? 

Company here referred as a single individual like a Guru (Saint) or a group of people who can present truth. Or in other words we can say discussing the truth of life is known as Satsang.

Our country comprises of various religions and corresponding gurus (saints) which speaks up about the various positive things of life. However we are unable to understand their views as it seems to be boring and most of the facts are well known to us.

This is due to the fact that majority of the guru speaks up the bookish language which is described in our holy books. We all are aware that these books are the foundations of our society but still bookish language make us unable to understand the message.

Now, it is neccesary for a guru or saint to make a platform of a lower level, means to develop a message in line with the level, like of a common man, so that he can easily understand the thought.

Speaker needs to deliver the message with an example of daily life so that a common man can understand. Message from our holy scriptures are very strong and only one single phrase of it can answer many questions.

Summary: For making the Satsang more effective, Guru can deliver the message with daily life examples so it will be convenient for the individual to understand.

SIGNIFICANCE OF 108 BEADS IN A MALA

In a mala, or set of mantra counting beads, there are generally 108 beads, or some fraction of that number. The question often arises:

Why are there 108 beads on a mala?

Below are some of the many reasons that have been given for having 108 beads on a mala, as well as a few other points of interest. None of these reasons are being promoted here as more or less true than the others. However, you may notice that 108 appear to be somewhat like a road map of reality in general, and the human in particular.

Regardless of the meaning of 108, it is important that if a mala is used to count mantras, the mantra be remembered with sincerity, devotion, feeling, and full attention.

SIGNIFICANCE OF NUMBER 108 IN MALA (BEADS)

9 times 12: Both of these numbers have been said to have spiritual significance in many traditions. 9 times 12 is 108. Also, 1 plus 8 equals 9. That 9 times 12 equals 108.

Powers of 1, 2, and 3 in math: 1 to 1st power=1; 2 to 2nd power=4 (2x2); 3 to 3rd power=27 (3x3x3). 1x4x27=108

Harshad number: 108 is a Harshad number, which is an integer divisible by the sum of its digits (Harshad is from Sanskrit, and means "great joy")

Desires: There are said to be 108 earthly desires in mortals.

Lies: There are said to be 108 lies that humans tell.

Delusions: There are said to be 108 human delusions or forms of ignorance.

Heart Chakra: The chakras are the intersections of energy lines, and there are said to be a total of 108 energy lines converging to form the heart chakra. One of them, sushumna leads to the crown chakra, and is said to be the path to Self-realization.

Sanskrit alphabet: There are 54 letters in the Sanskrit alphabet. Each has masculine and feminine, shiva and shakti. 54 times 2 is 108.

Pranayama: If one is able to be so calm in meditation as to have only 108 breaths in a day, enlightenment will come.

Upanishads: Some say there are 108 Upanishads, texts of the wisdom of the ancient sages.

Sri Yantra: On the Sri Yantra there are marmas where three lines intersect, and there are 54 such intersections. Each intersections has masculine and feminine, shiva and shakti qualities. 54 times 2 equals 108. Thus, there are 108 points that define the Sri Yantra as well as the human body.

Pentagon: The angle formed by two adjacent lines in a pentagon equals 108 degrees.

Marmas: Marmas or marmasthanas are like energy intersections called chakras, except have fewer energy lines converging to form them. There are said to be 108 marmas in the subtle body.

Time: Some say there are 108 feelings, with 36 related to the past, 36 related to the present, and 36 related to the future.

8 extra beads: In doing a practice of counting the number of repetitions of the mala, 100 are counted as completed. The remaining are said to cover errors or omissions. The 8 are also said to be an offering to God and Guru.

Chemistry: Interestingly, there are about 115 elements known on the periodic table of the elements. Most of those, around or higher than the number 100 only exist in the laboratory, and some for only thousandths of a second. The number that naturally exist on Earth is around 100.

Astrology: There are 12 constellations, and 9 arc segments called namshas or chandrakalas. 9 times 12 equals 108. Chandra is moon, and kalas are the divisions within a whole.

River Ganga: The sacred River Ganga spans a longitude of 12 degrees (79 to 91), and a latitude of 9 degrees (22 to 31). 12 times 9 equals 108.

Planets and Houses: In astrology, there are 12 houses and 9 planets. 12 times 9 equals 108.

Goddess names: There are said to be 108 Indian goddess names.

Gopis of Krishna: In the Krishna tradition, there were said to be 108 gopis or maid servants of Krishna.

1, 0, and 8: Some say that 1 stands for God or higher Truth, 0 stands for emptiness or completeness in spiritual practice, and 8 stands for infinity or eternity.

Sun and Earth: The diameter of the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the Earth. The distance from the Sun to the Earth is 108 times the diameter of the Sun.

Moon and Earth: The average distance of the Moon from the Earth is 108 times the diameter of the Moon.

Silver and the moon: In astrology, the metal silver is said to represent the moon. The atomic weight of silver is 108.

Numerical scale: The 1 of 108, and the 8 of 108, when added together equals 9, which is the number of the numerical scale, i.e. 1, 2, 3 ... 10, etc., where 0 is not a number.

Meditations: Some say there are 108 styles of meditation.

Breath: Tantra estimates the average number of breaths per day at 21,600, of which 10,800 are solar energy, and 10,800 are lunar energy. Multiplying 108 by 100 is 10,800. Multiplying 2 x 10,800 equals 21,600.

Paths to God: Some suggest that there are 108 paths to God.

Smaller divisions: The number 108 is divided, such as in half, third, quarter, or twelfth, so that some malas have 54, 36, 27, or 9 beads.

Hinduism: 108 is said to refer to the number of Hindu deities. Some say that each of the deities has 108 names.

Islam: The number 108 is used in Islam to refer to God.

Jain: In the Jain religion, 108 are the combined virtues of five categories of holy ones, including 12, 8, 36, 25, and 27 virtues respectively.

Sikh: The Sikh tradition has a mala of 108 knots tied in a string of wool, rather than beads.

Buddhism: Some Buddhists carve 108 small Buddhas on a walnut for good luck. Some ring a bell 108 times to celebrate a new year. There are said to be 108 virtues to cultivate and 108 defilements to avoid.

Chinese: The Chinese Buddhists and Taoists use a 108 bead mala, which is called su-chu, and has three dividing beads, so the mala is divided into three parts of 36 each. Chinese astrology says that there are 108 sacred stars.

Stages of the soul: Said that Atman, the human soul or center goes through 108 stages on the journey.

Meru: This is a larger bead, not part of the 108. It is not tied in the sequence of the other beads. It is the quiding bead, the one that marks the beginning and end of the mala.

Dance: There are 108 forms of dance in the Indian traditions.

Praiseworthy souls: There are 108 qualities of praiseworthy souls.

First man in space: The first manned space flight lasted 108 minutes, and was on April 12, 1961 by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut.

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MEANING OF MANTRA (HYMNS)

Mantras are the sacred verses or sounds which are used by any individual for his inner & mental peace. It is a group of words which is believed to have strong psychological and spiritual power. By chanting the mantras again & again leads to spiritual transformation which further connects the soul of the person to the God. 

The very basic mantra is OM or AUM or ऊँ (In Hindi)

Basically, Mantras are the name of God which is recited by the person having faith in spirituality and who wants to get connected with the creator of the world. These Hymns have the power and energy which produces the vibrations inside the system which further dispels the negativity.

Repetitive use of Mantra leads to formation of JAPA i.e. uttering or practicing of mantra for an auspicious number of times. The most popular is 108 which is counted on Rosary Beads (sometimes referred to as the 'meru', or 'guru' or ‘mala’)

The devotee performing Japa using his/her fingers counts each bead as he/she repeats the chosen mantra. Having reached 108 repetitions, if he/she wishes to continue another cycle of mantras, the devotee turns the mala around without crossing the head bead and repeats the cycle.

IMPORTANCE OF KARMA YONI (HUMAN LIFE)

KARMA (Deed) – "Karma” is an action performed by a living individual / human being which allows them to experience its consequences, in coming future.

Consider an example of a ball: - Suppose we throw a ball on a wall, what will happen? The ball hits the surface of the wall and tries to come back to its position or somewhere near to it. 

Meaning of it, what you throws, will revert back.

The same thing happens with our lives, whatever we did in our daily life cycle, it accounts to add as a DEED in our accounts, whether it is positive or negative. Both types will show their impacts in the future tenure of life. Positive deeds tends to provide positive things viz. joy & happiness while Negative provides the opposite viz. sadness or misery.

Deeds acts like a LOOP (Chakras) in the Life Cycle of the Human Beings

This Loop (Chakra) makes the individual fool throughout the life and does not allow mind to think about other aspects. People throughout his life, spent all their consciousness in unnecessary things and wastes the valuable gift of life provided by the almighty.

The only solution to get rid of this LOOP is by surrendering ourselves in to the lotus feet of GOD. Enchanting the name of Holy God, lead us to burn all our Sins/ Grace (positive or negative deeds) which further allow us to free from this cycle of birth & death.

KARMA YONI is the only Yoni in which we all can achieve Salvation by virtue of burning of sins, deeds & desires coming in our daily lives. 

TYPE OF YONIS- DIVYA YONI, BHOG YONI & KARMA YONI

Birth in form of Human Being is very valuable and exquisite as it takes around eighty four lakhs (8.4 million) Yonis to complete and rebirth in the form of human.

“YONI” means “A Type of Birth” like birth in form of humans, animals, insects, fishes etc. But precious one is in the form of Human Being which comes under Karma Yoni.

Basically there are 3 types of Yonis, which are:-

1.        Divya Yoni      -     Intangible or say non-material body
2.        Bhog Yoni       -     Cannot perform Deeds but have material body
3.        Karma Yoni    -     Can perform Good/ Bad Deeds & have material body

All these YONIs are result of the Deeds (Karma or Act or Work) performed by the individual (in human being form) in their past from thousands of years which gets accumulated in their account from time to time.

Divya Yoni-  Divya Yonis exists in a non-material form and is a type of light with positive energy. They can feel, experience even use their minds but they cannot perform any task as we can do which are visible to everyone. They exist in this Pure Yoni as they accumulated good moral values with their Sanskaras and Spiritual practices when they were humans and alive.

Example:- Good Spirits, Angels, Demi-gods etc.

Bhog Yoni- Bhog Yoni exists as living being species in any form except human beings as they do not have the power to perform deeds. They are here only to suffer and face the circumstances based on the quality of deeds they have deposited in their accounts. They are trying to satisfy themselves by hunger and sleep.

Example:- Animals, Birds, Insects etc.

Karma Yoni- The most valuable and important Yoni in this world is Karma yoni. It is the yoni in which the Soul enters the human world and can able to perform deeds in such a way that he can clear his balance and get liberated from the life cycle (Jeevan Chakra) and achieve its final destination termed as Salvation.

In this Yoni, the individual can use his brain & senses and can shape his thoughts to perform a positive Deed/Act.

Example:- Human Beings

KUNDALI JAGRAN (AWAKENING OF SOUL)

Beyond human mind and body, One of the most important, powerful and minute creation of God is the SOUL. No one has the capability to explain “SOUL”, as very few people feel the power of its existence. It cannot be visualized, touched or felt until we energize it to a certain level.

“The Process of Awakening of Soul is known as KUNDALI JAGRAN (In Hindu Mythology)”

Kundali Jagran can be achieved through Direct Meditation, Yoga Activities or by Enchanting Mantras.

One should have to activate and boost its inner strength to feel the essence of it. This process is used to purify the complete system of the body whether it is physically or mentally. Awakening of Soul provides you divine power and leads to the state of mental peace.

Five (5) major impurities which get extracted from the system, by the process of Kundali Jagran are:-

1.     SEX or LUST (KAAM)
2.     ANGER or RAGE (KRODH)
3.     GREED (LOBH)
4.     ATTACHMENT (MOH)
5.     PRIDE or EGO (AHANKAAR)

A normal human being is completely occupied from the above 5 things which results in a huge disturbance of the Soul to its reality and facts. The person seems to be active in physical word but inactive from inside. Due to the above realities, the inner progress becomes motionless which leads the person’s mind to negativity.

Kundali Jagran awakes the beginning of actual spiritual experience, which is very simple, natural and necessary in terms of reaching the goal.

And obviously, The Goal of each and every individual on this earth is to achieve the status of Salvation.

SALVATION (Moksha)

SALVATION (Moksha in Hindu Mythology) is the process by virtue of it the Soul cannot enter in any life cycle and will never come to existence in future. In short, the soul exempt to born & death cycle and attains peace.

The word "Salvation" needs to be understood properly as most of the world treats Death as Salvation, which is wrong.

As I stated in my earlier posts, God sent us on this living planet so as to burn our remaining deeds (karma). These deeds (karma) are already reduced to some extent by our soul which completed their desired span in hell/heaven. After that only we arrived on this planet.

God allows us (us here stands for only human beings not animals, birds etc.) to enchant his name so that our books of deeds finishes within the life cycle, which allows your further to mix our soul with the God's.

Ancient saints use to mediate for years to achieve Salvation but in current scenario, we are so busy with our schedules of life, that we are unable to do so. Henceforth our beloved god makes the steps easily so that we can reach him.

One of the easiest and best ways to achieve Salvation is to enchant the God's name regularly.

We can remember him all the time by thanking him for the things he had given to us and making our life perfect. We can start and end our day by mesmerizing him. We can thank him that he made us healthy by health, wealthy by wealth and provides us the basic amenities like food, shelter and clothes. We can pray for his blessings so as to live happily with peace & prosperity.

By connecting with the divine power of god and doing such things, I am sure God will lead us to the correct path and help us to achieve Salvation within our lives.

IDENTIFY YOURSELF

Most of the people recognize them by their official designations, on which they have been appointed viz.  CEO, CMD, Doctor, Engineer etc. They loved to identify by their designation as they feel pride and honor from inside. But this results an ego formation in their mind that they are superior from others and under this influence, they starts misbehaving with their friends and colleagues.

Actually, they are ruled by their portfolios & designations and are bound to behave like that.  As they are spending time like a King, they ignore basics aspects of life.

Person with such an attitude forgets that:-

1. They also have born and will die one day
2. They also take the same food and water to live
3. They also wear clothes
4. They also sleep and wake up in the morning
5. They also feel love, pain, sorrow

So where is the difference between the Rich and Poor, CEO and a common employee, etc.?

God is common to all of us and the same way he treats. He is just fulfilling the wishes and desires of peoples after analyzing their deeds in the past. 

He produces challenges in front of all and wants to see whether they remember him in their good as well as in bad time. He used to check everyone throughout the life by assigning tasks to them. 

One has to pray god and appraise him for what he provided to survive on the earth. Also, always try to move one step forward towards god by keeping in mind that :-

"We are just a drop of water who started his journey, to end up in the ocean"

Once our account reaches to zero in terms of good or bad deeds, our soul will reached to its destination, i.e. Holy feet of god.

HELL OR HEAVEN - BOTH TEMPORARY

People throughout the world think about life after death, but their mind is incapable to think beyond only two things, which are HELL and HEAVEN. And most of them want to enter Heaven as we heard a lot of that place viz. Gods, Angels, Full of peace etc.

In short we can say that:-

“Heaven is a Galleria of all good stuff at a single place whether tangible or intangible”.

Heaven as in books, described as the holiest place where Souls of good people resides. Good people here referred to the persons, who added a lot of positive deeds (Karma) in their account during their stay at earth.

HELL, just opposite to Heaven is a place, which also comes after the life ends. This place is full of pain, misery, sufferings and in fact it is a home full of negativity inside.

But Hell is better known as:-

“The area where the Souls get punished due to their Sins added in their account during their period of stay”.

God, the supreme power has the rights to evaluate and allocates the Soul, to enter either Hell or Heaven. As per Hindu Mythology, Chitragupta is the holy god who has been assigned with the task of keeping complete records of human beings on the earth. And he is fully responsible for allocation of souls into Heaven or Hell.

But in both the cases, the Souls have to complete their span in their respective places viz. Hell or Heaven and later on they have to move forward so as to enter into a new body.

As 100% of Soul’s Goodness cannot be Utilized in Heaven

&

100% of Soul’s Sins cannot be Burnt in Hell

So

God directs the Soul (good/bad) to enter the life cycle

SALVATION (MOKSHA):- GOD ALLOWS THE SOUL TO ENTER THE CYCLE OF BIRTH & DEATH AGAIN, SO THAT THE SOUL GETS ONE MORE CHANCE TO ATTAIN SALVATION AND HENCE IT GET RID OF REBIRTH CYCLE.

Both Hell & Heaven are temporary, Only Salvation is permanent and allows the soul to rest in peace.

Now, It’s up to the person, What he want?

1)     Heaven

2)     Hell

or

3)     Salvation (Moksha)