“Brahmacharya sutras.”

Brahmacharya sutras. Let Me just read few words from the original sutra. Yesterday somebody wrote a letter to Me, ”Swamiji, we are not able to understand the original sutra – better you read only the translation.” See, not only you, I also don’t understand the original sutra, because I don’t know the language – this language, it’s not Sanskrit. It’s a different version of Sanskrit, which was used for speaking in those days. So not only you, I also don’t understand but Master’s words, they have their own sanctity. Even if you don’t understand, just listen. The word, which came out of Mahavira naturally, will carry His presence. The words, the very sound that came out of Mahavira’s vak - vak means the energy which converts the air into sound. See when the air travels till the vak, you call it as vocal cord. It's only air-pran, there something happens and that becomes a sound. So any sound comes out of an Enlightened vocal cord, Enlightened vak energy, is Mantra, is Mantra. That is the reason, I am reciting those words. So even if you don’t understand it’s ok. Our respect to Mahaveera, that we should remember the same words, we should hear those same words, then we will see the translation. I will read the translation also but first it is our respect to Him, the great master Mahavira that we repeat the same word which came out of his vak energy; his words.

Chathari paramangani tullahaniha chandune

Manusatham sayisudhha sanjamambeem yaviriyam

Kammanamamtu bahanaye anubupi kyayiho

Jeevasohi manupatha ayaya Indira manusayyam

Manusathami ayavojo dhammasocha sathahe

Tavasiveeryam lathum sambute nidhunerayam “

The very word is sacred. Please understand, in the eastern tradition, language is not only used to convey the ideas, it is used to create certain kind of vibrations also. So it is not only linguistic importance, phonetic importance is also added to language. Maybe when we find time I’ll try to explain how the aksharas - the letters in Sanskrit is beautifully carved and designed. If I start talking, we won’t have time for these things. If the tongue moves the front and back - first level of aksharas, the side & side - second level of aksharas. If you see your tongue moment अ(a) आ(aa) इ(i) ई(ee) उ(u) ऊ(oo)- all the sanskrita aksharas - the letters, it just a beautiful dance and it’s like cleaning your prana flow.

The person who chants some mantra, at least 10 minutes everyday morning, will never have gas problem – understand, it’s My personal experience. If you have any gas problem or any difficulty related to breathing, the prana flow, any asthma or anything, just chant some mantras, some Enlightened Master’s words. You may not understand it, chant those words which is in Sanskrit, the traditional language – just chant for 10 minutes. You may think, ‘How can creating some sound for 10 minutes can heal Swamiji?’ You don’t know the power of these sounds. They come from the hara, means your very root and completely heal the whole path in which the prana flows, the whole prana energy is clean. That is why, I never miss the original sutras, even if you don’t understand.

Many times I have seen, people are closed to something which they don’t directly understand. In Gita books also, I have seen people, they just move the page where the Sanskrit slokas are printed; and they just jump, they go to the next page. They think, ‘Oh, why should I unnecessarily touch these things.’ No, just try, try to experience that sound. You don’t even have to understand. Try to experience that sound. It can do miracles in your being.

Let us enter into the translation, ‘It is indeed difficult for anyone in this world to achieve these four things: human body - manushyatva, listening to dharma - dharma shravana, devotion and progress towards the spiritual experience - Enlightenment’

Here the ‘Veeryam’ word has been translated into restraint; but I tell you, that word is, that word means going towards higher energy, going towards higher Consciousness.

Beautiful sutra – ‘It is indeed very difficult for anyone in this world to achieve these four things- human body, listening to dharma, devotion and Higher energy. While walking on planet earth through different forms, when the pressure exerted by the sinful karmas veins, becomes less, then the soul attains purity and becomes eligible for a human birth. Only the one who is capable of listening to pure dharma and find trust in it and through right conduct, releases the baggage of karma, attains the human birth.’ He is saying, ‘Only the one who is capable of listening to pure dharma’.

You may think, ‘What is there, why should we be capable of listening to pure dharma’, don’t think, listening to pure dharma is such an easy quality, simple quality, No. Even if you are sitting here, there can be 1000s of obstacles inside your mind, it is not so easy to open to the real dharma. People come up with all kinds of weird excuses to escape from dharma. People come up with all types of weird excuses to escape from dharma. I have seen many people, 'He is so young, what He can teach?’ That’s the big problem, what to do? In the spiritual field, always the age is a big problem. The Vedic tradition age is not required to achieve Enlightenment.

See two things: Anubhava and Anubhooti. In Sanskrit we have two words for experience, in english we don’t have two words, because they don’t know about anubhooti – that’s why no word exists. Anubhava, Anubhooti - Anubhava means experience by so many incidents in your life. Anubhooti means experience of Enlightenment. Let me explain this Anubhava and Anubhooti, then you will understand about the pure dharma and how we are escaping from pure dharma. Anubhava means going through many experiences, like a first you touch the matchbox fire, and you understand, ‘Oh this fire will burn’; then you touch the fire in the oven and you say, ‘Oh this fire also burns’; then you touch the cigarette fire, ‘Oh this fire also burns’; you touch all kinds and all varieties of fire and understand, ‘Oh all these fires are going to burn me’. By the time you come to the conclusion, all the fire will burn, by touching and touching and touching and experiencing, your body will be ready to be burnt. You will become old enough to be burnt. This is called Anubhava, means adding more and more experiences and doing big analysis, coming to the conclusion. Anubhooti means, first time you touch one fire and realize and experience the truth, ‘All fire will burn, all fire will burn’; just one experience is enough to give you the truth. This is called Anubhooti. See Anubhava means the number of incidents which happens in your life. Anubhooti means number of lessons you learn from the incidents in your life. There is a big difference. For outer-world you need Anubhava, for inner-world you need Anubhooti. There is big difference between this anubhava and anubhooti – Enlightenment and there is another one category, which is beyond Anubhava and Anubhooti. They don’t even touch the fire. They just see somebody else touching the fire and will realize that fire will burn – they are called Paramahamsas, they are called Paramahamsas; they don’t even go through one experience, they just see what others go through and escape.

If I have to give another one example: you can see in your life you always postpone life. The person who constantly postpones the joy and bliss, he waits, he will have Anubhava and enjoy. The person who tries and lives the life, he starts expressing Anubhooti. Person who sees others and learns the lesson without even going through, uses the knowledge of others research and development is Paramahamsa. Spiritual Enlightenment does not need anubhava - age; it needs Anubhooti.

Many time, when we don’t want to listen to the higher truths, we create all kinds of confusion, difficulty for ourself. Mind is so cunning, whenever you can’t practice some truths, you just try to tell, ’Ah, as if he is practicing or what, forget about it, all are like us only’. When you can’t come out of your hypocrisy, you feel comfortable thinking and believing that everyone is hypocritical. When we can’t come out of hypocrisy, when we cannot raise ourselves to the higher spaces, at least we feel comfortable by pulling others to our space. That is why our mind creates enough of difficulties to listen to the higher truths. Only the one who is capable of listening to pure Dharma, means person who is ready to transform. Person who is not ready to transform, he will find 1000 reasons not to sit here or not to listen. You will find 1000 reasons, and you can always find reasons, you can always find reasons. It's not big thing. You will find 1000s of reasons, only the one who is capable of listening to the pure Dharma and find trust in it. Understand, do not take yourself for granted.

Many time, I have seen people come and sit and listen all these things, the end of the discourse, they come and tell Me, “Swamiji, I am listening to so many things, I really trust but I don’t know how to become Enlightened”. I tell them, ‘Hey, first thing, celebrate you have taken such wonderful steps. First thing you are sitting here, second thing you are feeling connected, that is the reason you are continuing to sit and third thing, you are trying to work towards this, means you are trusting it. Celebrate all the achievements which you did, then we can find little time later on to repent what you have not achieved. Do not take yourself for granted, celebrate that you being here and feeling connected and having trust in these great words. You have done great things, according to Mahavira, now you need to take only one step through right conduct –releasing the baggage of karma, attains the higher consciousness.

Understand, the last step, you don’t even have to struggle; just sit and listen intensely and let these words be allowed to work on you; you will see you are doing it, you will see you are doing it.

Just for one example, if I am talking about fasting and clearly explain, and tell you ‘do not eat tonight’ and if it goes straight and touches your heart, you think you will be able to go and eat? No, you won’t be. Simply you will see, that you have not even having the idea of eating. Only one thing, allowing these words to penetrate you. When you allow these words to penetrate you, you don’t even have to bother – you don’t even have to plan how to practice. If you are sitting here and planning how to practice, you will miss the words, which I am uttering. So don’t plan, allow them first, let them go into your being; let them work on you and find its own way. They are capable enough to show you the way to express themselves in your life.

I always tell people, whenever you listen the great truths, don’t plan how you will go back to house and start practicing it. No, if you practice, if you plan, you will be a failure. Just listen, let these words go into your being, let them work on you, they will find their own way to express themselves in you through your system-through your body because they are very powerful. Understand they are very powerful. They are not simple as you think. They are so powerful and simply they will work on you. They have their own independent intelligence.The Masters words have got independent intelligence. They work on their own.

Let us start the sutras word by word - ‘It is indeed very difficult for anyone in this world to achieve these four things’. Almost all the great masters are telling, you have achieved difficult thing, Manushyatva. Same way, Shankara is also telling - Manushyatva, Mumukshutva, Mahapurusha Samyama. Understand, achieving human body and seeking for Enlightenment and the satsanga means the nearness of an Enlightened Being - very difficult. Here Mahavir is saying, human body is very difficult for anyone in this world to achieve because only from human body you can experience Enlightenment. Understand human body is like a runway whether you want to take-off or land - you have to take only human body. You can’t blame Enlightened from the Devata Sharira - Sharira of angels, no. You can’t become Enlightened from the body of animals, no. They don’t have the possibility. Only from here - Human body can go to hell or heaven. You have choice only in Human body. Other bodies don’t have choice. They go through a clear program. They may have little freedom, but all the senses and the mind has got freedom only in human body.

Understand, in other animals they may have freedom in one sense or two sense, they will not have complete freedom, means the choice to choose the human body all your five senses and your mind all.