Monday, January 22, 2018

Welcome to the 2018 Sripanchami issue of e-Sanai

by Sri Sandip Dasgupta


Welcome to the Saraswati Puja issue of e-Sanai.  This is the special day on which our Sadguru Sri Sri Babathakur had come to our world to bless us all with His own unique realization – The Science of Oneness. Just like we pray to Maa Saraswati for wisdom on this day, let us pray that we strive to learn at least a little bit of the “Science of Oneness” that our Master has given us.  In this editorial, I will quote some of His sayings that were delivered in Delhi on March 11, 1988.

According to Sri Sri Babathakur, Gurus are of various grades:


a)     A Guru who simply gives Diksha.

b)    A Guru who tells us how to function and live life (Shiksha) in this Samsara.

c)     A Guru who does both (a) and (b) above.

d)    A Guru who does not give Diksha or Shiksha.  Such a person just points us to the very essence of all of us.  These people are very hard to recognize – but one gets totally harmonized when one comes in touch with such people.

Sri Sri Babathakur further went on to say that in the first stage of the spiritual world, the seeker declares that “He knows nothing”, “Nothing belongs to Him” and “I don’t belong to anybody”.  A wet matchstick doesn’t really light quickly – and we need to dry out the matchstick by means of heat.  Similarly we need to remove our state of “ego” by the “Knowledge of Oneness”, so that the matchstick can ignite quickly and we can use the matchstick to burn the fire.

On this auspicious day, let us resolve to reflect on His teachings and apply them in everyday life.

Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur! Joy Babathakur!

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