Bhaarathi-Bhaaratham

4 April 1973, Ugadi, Sivam Inauguration, Hyderabad

Professor Kasturi's English.

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(activity) is primarily movement, motion. Movement results in energy and matter is but condensed energy. Ether, air, fire, land, water - all are the cause as well as the consequence of this incessant movement. All things that move are active, engaged in . To live is to change, to move; you may not move the entire body or any of its parts, but still, movement is taking place in you. Food is being digested, blood is being circulated, air is being drawn in, analysed, absorbed and exhaled, impressions are welcomed or resisted and conveyed or rejected.

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Life is ; the Body is a (abode of activity). All living things are engaged in offering themselves in sacrificial rite of ceaseless activity. The fruit of that Sacrifice is Selfrealisation. When you have your eyes open, you see thousands here; when you close them, they are not here! Or, if your sight is impaired, you don't see them. You cannot therefore say, they are non-existent. Since your sight is impaired by doubt, pride, or prejudice, you don't see God, who is in you as well as outside you. You long for a thing that is not; you ignore the treasure that is within your grasp. You swear you have no bird in your hand; you struggle for the birds, that you believe, are waiting for you in the bush. The bird in the bush is only the image of the bird you have in your hand but you are unaware of this truth. You have faith in the senses and the knowledge they garner; you have faith in the fancies and fantasies of your mind; you have faith in the syllogisms of your reason; but you have no faith in God who cannot be bound or found by these. So, you fear, you grieve, you doubt.

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It is wrong to cast blame on others Have the curtain of "Thought of God" all around you; then, the deadly mosquitoes of desire and distrust cannot harm you. That curtain will confer health on you, through immunity from disease. You will have undisturbed ease, with nothing to pine for, nothing to fear from. You will love all God's creation, you will welcome opportunities to serve and assuage the pain of others. This morning, while conversing with a group of persons, the problem of suffering was analysed; it was ascribed to one's own past deeds and one's own mental tendencies. It is wrong to cast the blame on others. But, some one pointed out that God was the originator of both joy and grief, that without His Will no blade of grass .can waver in the wind. Yes. If that Truth be firmly established in the heart, one gets the unique bliss of liberation. God gives everything, whatever we get is His Grace. You have no right to judge whether what you get is good or bad. In order to get God so firmly installed, worship of idols or pictures, meditation on His Glory, recitation of His Name are all useful as preliminary (spiritual effort). I won't say that temples or houses of worship, altars-and shrines where God is invoked and adored are wrong or wasteful. Until the letters are learnt, illustrations are necessary in the primers. The letter A is learnt in association with the Apple of which a picture is printed above it. On that account, you cannot be constrained to remember that Apple whenever you have to think of A.

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Be in perpetual contact with God I am always emphasising the value of Service as a for realising the one-ness of all in God and the one-ness of one-self with God. I do not recommend the giving up of ; for it is not possible. What is generally meant by (renunciation of activity) is the giving up of rites and rituals prescribed by the Scriptures. I call upon you to adhere to a new rite, (selfless service), a new , sacrifice of the ego, a new ritual of worship, (total loving surrender), dedication of all thoughts, words and deeds at the Lotus Feet of the Lord and acceptance of all that happens as Gifts of Grace from Him. Be in perpetual contact with God - let the pipe that leads into the tap which is you be connected with the reservoir of His Grace. Then your life will be full of unruffled content.

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: "God's hands and feet are everywhere." : "God's eyes, head and face are everywhere." : "God's ears are all over the Universe." : "He remains, enveloping all."

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When you pray for the Vision of the Feet, you are rewarded with it. When you cry out in agony and call on Him to listen to your woe, His ears are there to respond. When you plead with Him sincerely to come, He comes, to give; He gives. But, the best is to behave as you do, when you get a parcel of books by post. To get at the books you unwrap the parcel, and throw off the material used to pack the books. Now, take the prayer that is the deepest and the most significant - "" - "I require Peace". Unwrap it of the "I" (the ego) and of the "require" (desire); get hold of , in the core of the packet. When you are burdened with egoism and desire, how can you attain ? So, throw away the packing and hold on to the thing packed and protected.

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So, too; there are three stages in Spiritual Life - first as a - the seeker, curious, inquisitive, earnest, thirsty, enthusiastic. Then as a - the steady, straight, adventurous, hardy. Finally the - the realised person, face to face with Reality, strong, intelligent, good, showering Love on all. The dull inert temper leads man to sloth and slavery; the passionate temper entices him to faction, competition, conflict; the balanced unruffled equable temper leads man to peace, justice, love and truth. Overcoming the tempers by the development of , one must discover the Truth of oneself and others, namely, God.

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Be happy when grief strikes you "What is not Indian is not knowledge; all knowledge is the domain of the Indian intellect."

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is . (The Universe is God.)

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