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 Happy Guru Day
 

 Jai Guru Deva Datta

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Jaya Guru Datta
 

 Here is a transcript to Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji's Datta Jayanthi 
discourse about Lord Dattatreya and His significance in all humanity.
 

 
https://dattavani.org/pravachana-malika/datta-vaakya/datta-vaakya-2018/december-2018/dec-22-2018/?fbclid=IwAR3GAnmnk5MmfVq8Gyb24A1nCcd8dfWGZQutd41LYSpUlnWiSLlie8mEPDg
 
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[FairfieldLife] Datta Jayanthi

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Jaya Guru Datta

 

 Happy Datta Jayanti!
 

 The Purnima of Margashirsa is What Lord Krishna told He was of all moons.
 It is celebrated as Datta Jayanthi.
 

 Datta Principle is of the highest. He embraces all paths.
 The Trinity. Sat-Chit-Ananda
 

 This is a link to the Datta Stavam being perfectly chanted by those in Veda 
Patashala in Mysore.
 Listen, learn, and chant and see how your life changes.
 https://youtu.be/xjyDrKckPKI https://youtu.be/xjyDrKckPKI

 

 Here is a link to Sri Datta Darshanam book that is a Purana in itself.
 Truly amazing stories of the Divine.
 Find out why the Devatas seek HIs Grace.

 

 Adi Shankara sought Lord Datta just before passing from His incarnation.
 

 Kindle:
 https://www.amazon.com/Sri-Datta-Darsanam-Vision-ebook/dp/B00AWD0PXW 
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 Here is a link to Dattatreya Trimurti Rupa bhajan.
 https://youtu.be/JXvop_VhVzk https://youtu.be/JXvop_VhVzk

 

 Sri Guru Datta
 

[FairfieldLife] Datta Tumahi Mata Pita bhajan on Lord Dattatreya

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Jaya Guru Datta

This link is the first of three that display the various activities, homas, 
pujas, veda pundit 
exam winners, etc at Dattapeetham in Mysore, India these past three days.
Beautiful.
At the bottom of the first page are the links to the next two days.

Enjoy..

http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/festivals/dattajayanti2005/dec13/dec13.html


Sri Guru Datta

Hanuman
 





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[FairfieldLife] Datta Jayanthi message 2004

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Jaya Guru Datta

http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/festivals/dattajayanti2004/dec24/
dec24_hh_speech.html

SRI SWAMIJI'S DATTA JAYANTI SPEECH ON 24.12.2004 AT 12PM
For many, spiritual interest is the last resort when nothing works out. Though 
it is 
unfortunate, it is true. Imagine this. When a person is dying, we try all 
methods to revive 
his life. We give him oxygen, we give shock treatment to revive his life. Many 
people 
entertain the feeling that going to a temple, God or Sadguru should be  the 
last resort 
when all else have failed. We think that we are too busy for any spiritual 
practices in life. 
Getting spiritual or religious in the last days of your life is of no use. It 
is like pushing a 
dying wick in a oil lamp further to squeeze the last strains of oil left in it. 
It is futile. Many 
feel that they are very good to society and that their ancestors built a 
temple, which will 
help the generations to come. Some also get ego by studying some books. Ego is 
the 
greatest stumbling block., The cause of ego could be education, haughtiness or 
false 
pride. Sadguru never misleads you. HE will only ask you to follow the good 
tenets of life 
like truthfulness, being good to others etc., Apart from this there is one very 
important 
thing. In spite of having everything in life, one occasionally feels empty. 
This empty feeling 
can be quite nagging. It can be psychologically damaging. Unfortunately most 
people have 
one another problem. That is wanting more. If you have money, you want even 
more. If 
you have a contended family, you want even more happiness. Doubts persist about 
Guru, 
Vedanta and spirituality. But you try to display a gait that you do not have 
any doubts. But 
when alone, the mind gets tired by this nagging emptiness. All this emptiness 
is there 
because you have no patience to do any spiritual practice with implicit faith 
and 
truthfulness.

We also are restless. We get restless when there are no spicy news on the TV. 
It is not 
good for health at all. You should not seek horrific news. In Europe, the 
garbage bin is 
quite ornamental and comafoulaged. People are driven to use it. But we have 
over spilling 
garbage bins, spreading the bad odor all around. Who goes  there to use it? 
Nobody! The 
very purpose is lost. Like you clean your teeth everyday, you should also clean 
your shoes, 
the garbage bin etc., Don't you still brush your teeth in the morning after 
eating Tirupati 
Laddus the previous night? Do you fear that the good Blessings it brought to 
you gets 
washed away? No.

Imagine this. You have a cow. You clean the cow everyday. You milk the cow. The 
vessel is 
yours. Don't you wash that vessel everyday? In spite of being the owner of the 
cow, the 
vessel etc., you still wash the vessel just to make sure that the milk does not 
get decayed. 
Like wise, In spite of having your own mind, you should still clean it 
everyday. For such 
activity, you should read Dattatreya story daily. He learnt from all types of 
Gurus. From 
snakes, women, from a bee etc., It is not a story. It is a guide for daily 
life. Because he 
Blessed us with such information, he is Guru for Devathas, for Manavaas. 
Everyday is Datta 
Jayanti. Even after become greatly educated, you must always remember  that 
there is a 
invisible energy that is helping you. We follow Sadguru to help us understand 
that invisible 
energy. One you understand, you will be full of bliss. I am not saying you 
should never get 
doubts. All I am saying is that you should not search for doubts. All it needs 
from you is 
little bit of patience. You would not have got the doubt, if there were no 
answer for it. It 
has come because there is an answer for it. Everything is planned by that 
invisible energy. 
If we acknowledge our existence to that energy humbly and truthfully, you will 
be a 
winner. We all are puppets in the hands of that energy.

You may believe it or not. You may have suspicion or not. But believe me. 
DATTATREYA is 
the GREATEST.

Dattatreya is not a story. Dattatreya is discovering your self. Dattatreya is 
self-surrender. 
Dattatreya is not Panchamrita Abhisheka. We do it to gain concentration. Puja 
is level one. 
It is like the foundation for a house. We do it daily till death to ensure that 
the monkey 
mind does not trouble you.

Look at a horse man in Mysore city. They have a humble and weak horse and take 
people 
in carriages around the city. He has a whip in his right hand, he holds the 
reins in his left 
hand and makes strange grunting noises from the bottom of his stomach. He and 
the 
horse can understand that communication. I want you all to write an essay 
explaining what 
it means. Do it.

Sri Guru Datta

In Datta Seva

Hanuman

 





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[FairfieldLife] Datta Jayanthi message about Goodness and Humanism

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SRI SWAMIJI'S MESSAGE First Day message of Datta Jayanthi 1998

* Conquer fear :
Sri Swamiji recited a Sanskrit sloka and explained its meaning in detail as 
follows:

Life is difficult, old age is difficult, childhood is difficult. It is 
difficult to face the various 
problems arising out of the government as aslos one's desires. Illness and 
diseases cause 
difficulties. Hunger is more difficult to bear.
Singing another song, Sri Swamiji described the problems of life and suggested 
a way out 
as follows:
Oh! God of gods! I am afraid of the ocean of worldiness with deceit as its 
water and 
relations as the crocodiles. I am unable to understand the treacherous ways of 
the world. 
The pongs of birth and the problems of childhood are unbearable.
Oh! Datta, kindly enlighten me with an easy way out of this devil. Enable me to 
realise the 
oneness of you and me i.e. bestow salvation's to me. I am helpless, please 
protect me. Oh 
Sadguru! guide me as compass. This bhajan is like an Upanishad. The entire 
concept of 
spiritualism is contained in it in a nutshell. It is easy to understand.

* Bheeja akshara :
Reciting the second verse Sri Swamiji revealed its meaning as follows:

The huge tree exists unmanifested in a seed. It manifests if the seed is worn 
in earth and 
if due care is taken to nurture the plant. Similarly the power of the bheeja 
akshara - seed 
leeter manifests by japa(repetition) of the divine name in a proper way with 
tapt attention, 
firm faith and deep devotion.
Elaborating the significance of bheej akshara(seed letter) Sri Swamiji sang a 
bhajn and 
explained its meaning :Bheeja askhara is the genesis of the entire creation. It 
is permanent 
and immortal. It uplifts the people who are shackled by the bondage's of the 
world. Sages 
attained supernatural powers and became famous only by repetition of mantra 
consisting 
of bheeja akshara. These powerful seed letters were bestowed by Lord Siva in 
his cosmic 
dance. Bheeja akshara is colorful i.e. it has multi faceted brilliance. Another 
form of bheeja 
askhara is Nada - the divine sound given out in various forms like mantras and 
epics by 
the noble sages for human well being.
Om indicates the supreme lord
Gam indicates Ganapathi
Nam indicates Supreme
Kleem indicates Kalika Devi
Dram indicates Datta

* Right path
Reciting a Sanskrit sloka, Sri Swamiji explained its meaning as follows:

Whether scholars praise or blame, whether prosperity comes or goes, whether 
death 
occurs today itself or after many decades the really heroic people do not go 
astray even a 
bit from the right path.
Conveying the same message, Sri Swamiji sang a song and described the attitude 
of a 
person of firm faith and staunch devotion as follows:
It is due to the effect of meritorious and pious deeds of their past birth that 
some people 
continue to be firmly devoted to god, whatever be the difficulties or losses 
that may occur. 
Great souls like Dhruva, Prahalada of ancient ages and Meera, Avvayyar always 
of recent 
times are grand examples of firm faith and devotion to god. Only due to the 
such pious 
people, righteous continue to flourish in the world even now. They are so much 
attached 
to the spirit of pure love of god that their fumness is unshakable - whether 
all the 
relativesdisource them, whether friends and sons leave them, whether the entire 
world 
heckles them, whether great grief affects them, whether they fall sick or even 
if they do 
not have any yoga.
All the difficulties arise due to desires. Problems are caused by the world and 
worldiness. 
Too much eating results in stomach pain. Hearing something evil, as a practice 
causes lack 
of mental peace, it upsets the mind. The more one tries to contact the senses 
by force, the 
more unruly they become. Hence adopt proper diet to chasten the tongue. Listen 
to 
bhajans, bhagavad gita and such sacred literature to purify the ear. Instead of 
forceful 
control, divert and properly channelise your powers of senses. Exhort your 
senses "Don't 
deceive me". By continuous satsang - linking our mind and senses by something 
noble, 
one can be purified. The devotion should be firm and continuos.

* Guru Deepa - Sadgur's light divine
In the fourth topic Sri Swamiji explained the meaning of a Sanskrit sloka :

I prostrate and surrender to Datta, who shines in the core of my heart like a 
bright light 
who removes the darkness of my egoism and worldly attachments, who wipes out t 
all 
miseries of my life,who is pervasive in all my nerves and who always enrgises 
them and 
who resides in the lotus of my heart in the exquisitely fine form of my guru, 
the perfect 
master.
Dining deeper into the significance of this song, we observe the gradual 
development in 
the path divine one can experience this:
1. Meditate upon the divine light in Anahata chakra - the spiritual center in 
the core of 
heart.
2. Then the brilliance spreads out to all the other chakras - the spiritual 
center, With the 
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SRI DATTA JAYANTHI CELEBRATIONS

Sunday,14/12/97

Photos of Various events of this day

Sri Swamiji conducted Sri Chakra Puja and Ganapati Homa as usual in the 
morning. Then 
Sahasra Kalasa Tailabishekam was performed to Kalagni Shamana Datta in the 
temple of 
the Ashrama. Following the Pavana Homa and Datta Homa were performed. Many 
people 
participated in the Anagha Vratam.

The following message was given by Sri Swamiji.

We are all tiny specks of the Universal Lord - Paramatma. Though He is unseen, 
He is 
invisible. His magnanimity is beyond our comprehension. We have drifted far, 
far away 
from him. No doubt we are precious, being tiny specks of the Supreme Lord. We 
are like 
various precious Ornaments glued to something impure, something undesirable. 
Seeing 
our sorry state, our miserable condition, the merciful Lord came down to uplift 
us, to 
rescue us in the form of Dattatreya, the unique spiritual master of all times. 
He is an 
expert goldsmith. He can remove the dirt and impurities of the ornament, 
without spoiling 
it in any way. He makes it fit for decoration of the Lord. This means he 
purifies and guides 
us properly to rejoin the supreme Lord. 
A capable master and a patient disciple - this is a fine combination. 
Dattatreya is an 
expert spiritual master. He is the perfect master. Less efficient goldsmiths 
spoil the 
ornament. Datta does his job thoroughly well. He is the Guru not only for 
humans, but 
also to celestials and demons. What?! - Guru for even demons? Yes! He slowly 
transforms 
the demons and leads them to the right path. A real Jnani, knower, does not 
boast of 
himself. Whoever makes such an announcement is a cheat. By Guru's grace the 
disciple 
gets salvation in a subtle way, even unknowingly. 
People are attached to worldliness, that is the cause of their misery. Sadguru 
cleanses us 
by making us perform different rituals properly. Contemplate on the divine play 
of Datta. 
Study Jnana Vasishta, which deals with the principle of renunciation.
Datta is the trinity in one - Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva in one form. He directed 
sages to 
perform Pavamana Homa, which removes sins, and bestows peace and plenty.

All the Devotees were enchanted in the musical discourse in the evening. The 
following is 
His message.

I. Datta's protection

Swamiji explained the meaning of Sanskrit Sloka. He recited thus:

"His Body is still as He is in ecstasy. However, He moves about daily in 
several subtle forms 
to protect and guide his disciples everywhere. Hence I surrender to Datta, who 
is both, 
moving and unmoving. Datta's only mission is to uplift the disciples." 

Sri Swamiji rendered a song emphasizing the protective power of Datta (Jaya 
janavana 
chitta).

II.
"Generally people say that they are fighting for peace, even at the cost of 
life. This is self-
contradictory. Who can a battle cause peace? Our thoughts and words and deeds 
should 
not hurt others, no insult or injury should be caused to others by our 
behavior. Before you 
aim at world peace attempt at inner peace of mind yourself. Then there will be 
world 
peace. What all we do at home generally causes tension and worry. You behave in 
peaceful 
way with you friends and relatives. The way you keep your things, books, 
clothes, utensils 
in your room and home should be neat and proper. This brings in peace of mind 
and 
peace at home. Gradually the peace spreads around." 
Swamiji sang one sloka and one bhajan conveying the above ideas.

III.
Swamiji sang a bhajan of Janardana part of Maharashtra and explained its 
meaning. 
" The saint sings the glory of Rama who is all pervasive. By singing the pious 
qualities of 
God again and again, one acquires such noble traits."


IV.


Swamiji rendered a bhajan and described its significance. 
"Before one goes to bed, one must analyze the mistakes committed in the day. 
Seek God's 
pardon with repentance. Do not feel proud of good achievements. Thank God. 
Think of 
God just on getting. People convince themselves for their mistakes. No mistake 
can be 
committed in secrecy, you cannot hide anything wrong. The five elements of 
nature, sun, 
moon, etc. are witnessing your deeds. Even if others point out, some adamant 
people 
don't repent, they do not apologize. This is wrong. Whatever good or bad we do 
- 
everything is recorded by Chitragupta, the celestial accountant of sin and 
merit. You 
cannot deceive him. Some people do many good things, but a single big mistake 
overshadows what all good they have done. Self-analysis enables them to correct 
themselves. 
Early in the morning, more so before sunrise, the mind will be pure and active. 
For 
spiritual practice, music practice or studies this is the most preferable 
period. Gradually 
the mind gets tired with the passage of daytime. Mind is affected by the heat 
and strain of 
the day. Hence, utilize the dawn and early morning daily in a purposeful way. 
Sound sleep 
is very essential for good health. One must go to 

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Paraarthamevaavataran muhurya
Shshishyaan svabodhaih kurute svatulyaan
Tam sparsha ratnaadadhika prabhaavam
Dattam guroonaam gurumaanatosmi
(Sri Datta Dhyaana Maalikaa)

He incarnates again and again for the sake of those who take refuge in Him. He 
turns His 
devotees into divine beings (as divine as Himself). His greatness is indeed far 
superior to 
that of a touchstone. (Whereas a touchstone can turn into gold, a piece of 
iron, it can 
never convert a piece of iron into another touchstone. It is not so with Lord 
Dattatreya. He 
uplifts those who take refuge in Him to His level. I prostrate to Lord 
Dattatreya, who is the 
Guru of all Gurus.

In Datta Seva

Hanuman






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