CHARANAM SHARANAM RAMAMBIKE CHARANAM SHARANAM THRAYAMBAKE BULLETIN NO 15 RAMA SAKTHI MISSION TRICHUR SREE RAMADEVI MANDIR, POOKUNNAM, TRICHUR, KERALA.INDIA 680002 1.MRS.P.B.NAIR (PRESIDENT) 2.SMT V.K.SARASWATHI AMMA (VICE PRESIDENT) 08-02-2004(EVERY SUNDAY) TOTAL PAGES 4 AMRUTHA VANI (Divine Mother and Bhagawan Sree Krishna Bhagat) GOD IS LOVE 3.SRI.K.N.PARAMESWARAN “Knowledge of Atman and supreme God-love existed together in Mother. Indescribable is the sweetness of the Name, the fascination (SECRETARY) and love for the Name, which Mother experienced. Name became unforgettable. Name possessed Her entire being. God and His Name became one in the intimacy of devotional kinship with the Beloved. CONTENTS Life becomes a perennial spring of bliss only when God becomes 1.AMRUTHAVANI your sole object of love. In the absence of love, heart is dry, life is 2.MESSAGE BY POOJYA meaningless. God is love. When you love God, you will be able to SREE BHAGAWAN love all alike without any particular attachment. Then you will be able 3.ONE EXTRA MILE to love even your enemies, i.e., even those who revile you and stand 4.SMRITI ROOPINI against you. One cannot truly love another. God alone loves. Love, 5.OMKARAM mercy, compassion, these attributes belong to God only.” 6.MANDIR NEWS. - DIVINE MOTHER SREE RAMA DEVI Simhavahini Krishna Leela MOBILE: -9447285405 TELEPHONE: -MANDIR :-0487 2382406 Email: -ramadevimandir@yahoo.co.in TELE: -PRESIDENT (RES):-04872332262 SECRETARY (RES):-04872305500 (PTO) TEACHINGS OF POOJYA SREE BHAGAWAN LOVE AND SERVICE Spirituality is not confined to those who run away from the house and seek God. Our literature says that one should work, do service, help to improve society and live fuller life. Again the yogas do not advocate escapism.” Deal with social work and enrich yourself for life beyond.” This is what Divine Mother also taught. Our indifference to our neighbors’ sorrows ultimately brings us suffering. A human must help other human beings and this id defined as service by Divine Mother ONE EXTRA MILE -RemaMenon, Canada Let us begin each day with a little kindness, a little love, a little unselfishness and a little sacrifice for someone. And that someone is none other than our beloved Guru Poojya Shree Bhagawan. Yes, let us devote at least one hour each day with prayers at Mother’s feet for Deva’s good health. They say that a creator of things can also destroy. In this case, we are the creator of Deva’s sufferings and pain and we alone can destroy it and what better way to achieve this than by chanting the one and only powerful Sharana Mantra given by Mother herself. So let us all discipline us to do a little good deed at the start of every day. The combined effort of all our prayers will soon yield results and Deva will always keep good health. Mother will surely listen to our loving and sincere prayers. True we are all busy in mundane activities but nothing is impossible when it comes to show our love for our Guru. Divine Mothers and Bhagawan’s lives on this earth are examples of how much one can achieve in 24 hrs. All it takes is a little discipline and a little effort in going an extra mile to chant the mantra for our beloved Guru’s health that keeps failing time and again ONLY BECAUSE HE LOVES US SO MUCH. Yes, we owe Him much more than one hour a day! RAMA SAKTHI MISSION BULLETIN NO15 OMKARAM (This is a part of an article by Late Sri.P.K.Narayana Pillai of Trivandrum) ---I longed to see the divine lady (Divine Mother). It was then that Thangam (Mrs.T.N.K.Nayar) came from Madras and related to others and me in the family, her strange personal experiences. . Here I may take privilege of recording that the first Bhajan praising the Glory of Divine Mother ever to be conducted in Kerala was performed at my residence. An incident that happened during this time is worth mentioning. One evening when all were assembled in the hall for Bhajan and when little children was adorning Mother’s pictures with garlands on strange sound like “OMKARAM” was heard emanating from the picture The children naturally feared drew back but elders knew the deep significance that Mother’s Chaitanayam has been established in my house beyond doubt and that she has been responded to our prayers. PAGE 2 (PTO) SMRITHI ROOPINI (MOTHER OF MEMORY) It was time when Divine Mother was living in Tellichery.Bhagawan, Her consort and Herself were particular in making all comforts for disciples who come and stay there for Darshan And blessings. 1. You are what your deep, Bhagawan Krishna Bhagat was a pious man. He was very humble driving desire is. As your and behaved like a child of Divine Mother. But for Divine Mother it desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. was very particular that all disciples should respect Her husband also. She will direct Her disciples to prostrate Bhagawn also. At that As your deed is, so is your time some desciples from Trichur also came to stay with Mother. destiny One woman disciple among them thought that She would prostrate Brihadaranyaka Upanishad Mother only; Because in her view Bhagawan was an ordinary man. So he did not deserve respect as Divine Mother. This time she 2.He needs no other rosary whose thread of life is strong decided not to prostrate Bhagawan.Divine Mother did not tell anything about this, as if She did not notice this. In the evening from with beads of love, service, 5 to 6, it was meditation time. Desciples from Trichur also charity and renunciation assembled for meditation in the verandah of upstairs in Divine -Anonymous Mother’s house. Minds of all desciples merged in the blissful peace of meditation mentally chanting Mahavakya, which was Divine 3. Self is the opaque veil that Mother’s Upadesha Manthra.But unfortunately the woman disciple who refused to prostrate Bhagawan was restless and she could not hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in even remember Mahavakya.At first she felt like a wonder. Even spiritual experience, never by after repeated efforts, she could not remember. Some how she finished meditation. She was very gloomy. It was not proper to ask mere instruction. to another disciple the upadesha manthra, because Mother insisted to keep it secret. In the night also she was very much restless and could --A. W. Tozer not sleep well. In the morning she got up early and took bath .At that time she tried 4. The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are to introspect the reason. At last she felt that her lapse in giving words. They're not the Way. proper respect to Bhagawan might be the reason for her restlessness The Way is wordless. Words and forgetfulness of upadesha manthra. After taking bath she moved are illusions... Don't cling to to front verandah where Bhagawan was sitting. She prostrated appearances, and you'll break before him and began to weep. Bhagawn was slightly confused and did not know the reason for her agony. At that time she saw Divine through all barriers...----Mother also standing in front door looking her and smiling. The Bodhidharma woman disciple prostrated Divine Mother also with tearful eyes and said,” Mother I will not repeat this mistake. Please forgive me.” Mother did not ask anything. Mother asked her to go for meditation, as it was 7 am, the morning meditation time. She moved to place where other desciples doing meditation. She sat for meditation. Without any effort she could remember Mahavakya and her mind merged in peaceful meditation. It was a divine play of Mother. K.N.KRISHNAN NAMBOODIRI RAMA SAKTHI MISSION BULLETIN NO15 PAGE 3(PTO) WORDS OF WISDOM MANDIR NEWS Poojya Sree Bhagawan’s Visit Poojya Sree Bhagawan has graciously consented to visit Trichur Mandir for Gurupoornima on July 2nd 2004.There will be two days function in connection with Sree Bhagawan’s visit. The Vigraha Pratishta day celebrations will start on 25th Februry.Detailed program in next bulletin. Responses Jai Matha! I am writing this to congratulate you on your email bulletins. I have been receiving them weekly and look forward to reading the next one every Sunday. Living so far away from home, getting the bulletin is like going to the mandiram for the weekly Sunday bhajans. I really like the quotes from the different religions also. It shows how basically all religions are the same. Thank you for sending the bulletins. 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