Prabhat Samgiita Day
Note: A link to the original sound file has been appended below.
Namaskar,
Those were wonderfully, spiritual occasions when Baba was explaining and elaborating upon the purports of Prabhat Samgiita. Many understood that this was a most unique and unusual time as Baba was openly speaking about the sweet relation between bhaktas and Parama Purusa.
Before Prabhat Samgiita was introduced, everything was in discourse form. So it was more technical and philosophical in nature and did not address how and what bhaktas should say to Parama Purusa. With Prabhat Samgiita, Baba lovingly guides us how we should express our inner-heart feelings towards Taraka Brahma. That is the special quality of Prabhat Samgiita, and that is what makes those compositions uniquely different from His original discourses.
Below Baba contrasts this difference by highlighting the beauty of Prabhat Samgiita. Here then is the very sweet and spiritual scene that took place at morning general darshan on 02 January 1983. At the time, Baba had just completed reviewing the purports of Prabhat Samgiita #42 – #45.
In the purport for PS #0045, the following meaning was expressed: “O’ my Nearmost Parama Purusa, You are with me in my pain, pleasure, and misery; You never leave me. By Your exquisite grace, I have gotten You close with love and affection. In my sweet dreams, You are always with me.”
Then Baba asked, “Do you like this description of Prabhat Samgiita?”The margiis replied, “Yes, Baba.”Baba said, “Intellectuals write philosophical books in very difficult and literary language. Is Prabhat Samgiita not sweeter than those philosophical books?”“Yes, Baba, this is far sweeter”, was the reply from the margiis present.Baba said, “The philosophical texts are written by intellectuals, but Prabhat Samgiita is the feeling of the heart, and the expression of the heart, and it has been written with the ink of the heart.”After this, Baba was smiling and looking at everyone.Then those bhaktas present started laughing.Then Baba spoke, “Why are My boys and girls laughing? Are they laughing because they like this idea?”All the margiis responded, “Yes, Baba.”Then Baba also started laughing.Baba continued, “Let this whole year pass in laughter and enjoyment.”
Note: That day Baba was explaining Prabhat Samgiita purports in all three languages: Hindi, Bengali, and English. However, the above exchange between Baba and those sadhakas occurred exclusively in Hindi.
Namaskar,
in Him,
Brahmashuddhi
Original Hindi
Here is the original Hindi of that key line from Baba’s morning general darshan when He spoke about Prabhat Samgiita:
Sadguru Baba says, “फ़लसफा की किताब तो क़ातिर लोग लिखते हैं, और ये जो बातें हैं, ये [ Prabhat Samgiita ] तो दिल की बातें हैं, दिल की रोशनाई है |” (MGD 2nd of Jan 1983 in A'nanda Nagar // Purport, प्रभात सङ्गीत, PS #0045)
Listen to sound file ==> PS written with the ink of the heart
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The below sections are entirely different topics, unrelated to the above material.
They stand on their own as points of interest.
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The below sections are entirely different topics, unrelated to the above material.
They stand on their own as points of interest.
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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==
What You desire is what happens
"Tomáke cená náhi jáy..." (Prabhat Samgiita #2089)
Purport:
Parama Purusa, You can't be understood by the mind. You are all-pervading, everywhere, and always with me - even then it is not possible to know You with my unit self. By ideating on You, my I-feeling loses its existence in You. Baba, whenever I think that, “I know You well”, then due to ego my viveka gets completely clouded by the Cimmerian darkness. In result, I become more ignorant. When the mind concentrates on You then it ultimately merges in You, and the unit being becomes one with the Cosmic Mind.
Parama Purusa, sometimes You are vehemently sounding Your sermons by the beating of the marching drum and the blowing of the trumpets; and, on other occasions You are smiling sweetly and showering Your causeless grace with flower pollen. My Supreme One, such is Your beauty. In the end, in the lonely, isolated moment, I see that everything happens by Your sweet wiil. What You desire is what happens - that is the final story.
Parama Purusa, in Your grand kingdom, all belongs to You. I cannot boast that anything is mine; indeed to think that something is my own is the height of foolishness - it is sin. Because everything is created and maintained by You. This whole expressed universe is Your mental projection. Due to this eternal truth, everyone wants Your blessing and asks for Your grace. Each one longs for Your karuna' - divine compassion.
Baba, it is not possible to realise You without Your krpa...
== Section: Important Teaching ==
Fearless writers use the pen as a swordAnanda Marga philosophy states, "When for age after age society spins in the murky eddies of evil and vice, when individual and collective knavery masquerades as intelligence, when hypocrisy, bribery and fraud are the yardsticks for measuring the ability to lead – it is then that the genuine followers of Bháratii [the goddess of learning] must struggle on in spite of constant humiliation. Only taunts and insults will be their fate. Those who are afraid of these insults are incapable of offering anything really lasting to humanity. How can people who lack moral strength, under whose feet the soil is not hard and strong, invite anyone in to a cool, refreshing shelter and impart happiness to them? It may be possible to drag oneself through life by sucking the blood of others like social parasites, but this will not bring fulfilment to either sáhityikas or their readers." (1)
In His above teaching, Baba is guiding us that when society is degraded then fighting against the status quo is very difficult. Cowards surrender, while heroes face abuse, slander, bad name, and torture, but they never give up their stand. They persevere. They are are real saviours of society. In our AMPS also, there are many goody-goodies and so-called bhaktas who face humiliation but keep quiet and do not write anything. Baba calls them cowards. True writers are never afraid and always use the pen as a sword to oppose wrongdoers and injustice.
Reference
1. A Few Problems Solved - 1, The Practice of Art and Literature
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