My Humble Spiritual Concept:

What little I understood spiritually as the essence of life, by reading a very few books
from the precious and voluminous Scriptures of Sanatana Dharma, the entire edifice of Indian
Philosophical thought and the ever-perennial wisdom of ages, founded firmly on Vedas, is that
there is only one God and that is the Brahman. It is supposed that no question remains unanswered
in our Scriptures. The whole world literatures put together will not weigh equal to our Scriptures.
It is a treasure house of knowledge yet to be explored in many Chathuryugas to come, it seems.
The Brahman, also known by many names like PARAMATMA, God, Eswaran,
Bhagavan etc., is the one and the same and is all pervasive. The Brahman is the Impersonal
Concept (Avyaktigata Bhava) of God. The question then is ‘Is there a Personal Concept or Form
of God?’ Yes, there is. It is the Personal Concept (Vyktigata Bhava or Roopa) of God? Yes, of
course, the Brahman can manifest in any form since it is all pervasive and all inclusive. It is like
the Air inside and outside a pot; inside it is personal and outside impersonal, but both are the
same. When the pot is broken or destroyed, the air inside and outside it, becomes one.
Some people can worship the Brahman, without any form, but some others can worship
only with form. It is all relative, mostly depends on the mind-set towards its satisfaction.

All sentient and insentient, including their habitat, is Brahman. The potency of the
Brahman is very strong, of great magnitude, voluminous, diverse and quite beyond words, –
‘‘Ananatham, Ajnatham, Avarnaneeyam.” Science proves that living things can survive only on
a living environment, above, below and in the middle, to complete the Circle. So, it is complete

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Brahman. The eagerness and inquisitiveness to try to understand Brahman-Brhma Jnanam-needs
primarily ‘Atma Jnanam’-Self-Realization. The only easy way to begin obtaining it is through
Satsangh. Spiritual enlightenment needs strength and sagacity, perseverance and persistence, and
patience to follow austerities
KARMA forms a most significant part of the Brahman. Bharata is named as Karma
Bhoomi since we believe in Karma Phala, Rebirth, Incarnations and the like and the only Science
that can educate us regarding Karma and its consequences, along with its some remedial measures
at least to a certain extent is Astrology. KARMA is the law of consequences of merit and demerit
of our actions, whether they are done by mind, words and deeds- ‘Manasa, Vacha and Karmana’-
including that of our past births or janmas. There is no way out, to escape from the result of
KARMA. Every ounce of it, we have to experience. What we sow, so shall we reap. Brahman
deluded potency as Maya. Understanding this great truth, and to make it convenient,
comfortable and easy for those dull-minded -‘manda-budhis’- like us, to do sat-karmas and
worship of God, with focused attention and concentration, our ancient Sages/ Seers/ Rishis, sitting
austere and sublime, doing severe penance and ‘tapas’ in the dark caves of Himalayas and other
such sacred places, where they could do deep deliberations, commune with the Brahman, which
could create, sustain and annihilate anything and everything in Its simple imagination -
(Sankalapamathra)- classified, like the great Rishi, Veda Vyasa divided Vedas,- into three
forms from Brahman as ‘Bahma, Vishnu and Maheswara’. Our Seers made it clear that they are
not different from Brahman, the PARMATMA or God, but only to give the devotees a personal
form or attribute (Vyaktigatha swaroopam) to worship with true faith, seeing them with their own
eyes, in the most beautiful and attractive forms of idol, image, picture, stone or any other
substance- ‘upadhi’, as they like.
The great Seers of the Yore, by their foresight, felt the pulse of the populace and
understood that even the ‘Trio’ manifestation of Brahman, as Brahma,Vishnu and Maheswara,
would not be easily accessible to them and so they were given thirtythree crores of manifestations
of Brahman, in a vibrant variety of form of demigods or Devas and Devis. Now people can pick

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and choose the Deva/Devi, they like to worship with various kinds of bhakti margas - like prema
bhakti/valsalya bhakti etc., of their own, in close proximity, as and when they like, with or
without certain ritualistic observances or Vedic injunctions. People got very much satisfied, they
worshipped and still worshipping their Moorthis, gladly for material, and sometimes for spiritual
benefits. It is proved fact that God alone or people alone, cannot live happily; only when mutually
interacted together they can live, which is called ‘Lokayutham’ or Materialism. It reminds me of
Jawaharlal Nehru’s words, ‘The East is East and West is West, but when both combine, produce
the Best’. Divinity is not separate from Humanity. The Lord and His creations, together make the
world joyous. Bhagavan(Brahman) is capable of doing anything sitting quietly in His Abode, by
His ‘sankalapa’ alone. He is the number one ‘Bhavagrahi’, He understands our bhava (the exact
thought and attitude of our mind) well beforehand. Mutual understanding based on Divinity, with
Providence and prudence together with unselfishness, develops love among people. Also, we
should realize the fact that whatever that surrounds us, including ourselves are only the creations
or manifestations of the Para Brahma. We should get rid of our ego, which is the main reason for
all our misunderstandings and even clashes.
We should be social for a meaningful and happy life in the world and always indebted to
God. We cannot live alone. God, whether in personal form or impersonal form, is Omnipotent
and is ‘Sudha Satwa’. By birth itself It is so happened, since Bhagavan was born in the Milky
Ocean (Palazhy). He is ‘Ksheerodakashayi’. But, we are born in the amniotic fluid (water) in the
womb of our Mother- ‘Udakodakashayi’. We are not born Sudha Satwa form, by birth. It is also
not easy to become Sudha Satwa, since by birth itself, we are an admixture of the three gunas-
Satwa, Rajas and Tamas- put together. It says that in the colorful abode of Bhagavan, Vaikuntam,
There is no rain, heat, AC, rest rooms or the like. There are no entrails like ours, inside Bhagavan’s
Body. Bhagavan’s Body is always clean and it is called ‘Sachit’- Thirumeni. He is always in
‘Sachidananda Swaroopa’- Existence, Conscience and Bliss. It says that Brahmaji took years
and special extra ordinary things like sky buds, roots of grinding stones and such many rarest of
the rare things, from different places, for making the Thirumeni of Lord Krishna, most beautiful..

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In the final stage, after so many procedures, it became unique, and effulgent by itself, producing
‘Kodi Soorya Prabha’. Srimad Bhagavatam says that Lord Krishana is ‘Poornam, Brahma S
anatanam’. We need not necessarily worship any other God, when Krishna is there. He is easily
available -‘sulabham’ too for us, but quite unknowingly we are searching God somewhere else,
keeping Him always with in our reach-inside ourselves. He wants only our unconditional and
unalloyed love. He incarnates not only for ‘Parithranaya sadhoonam , vinashaya cha dushkrtam,
dharma samsthapanarthaya’ etc., but also for, mixing and mingling with His loved ones and to
shower boundless mercy on them. But what He suffered and still suffering on that account for us,
is inestimable, unimaginable and we cannot pay off the debt even if we have seven births or
janmas more to serve Him. He loves more devotees from ‘Grahastasramis’, than from
‘Sannyasins’, as He spoke in Srimad Bhagavat Gita.
He is showering mercy on us, explicitly and immeasurably. Make Him happy with
service, He will make us enjoy our life, throughout. Do not withdraw even a step back from His
service, thereafter. I think it is high time for us to stop the search of any other God outside,
except Krishna and stop asking more and more things; instead, express our deep gratitude for
every moment in our life, whether it is rain or shine. He is ‘Poornam Brahma Sanatanam.’
Live strictly observing ‘Sanatana Dharma’, which is not alien to us, since what we follow
unknowingly every day in our life, is Sanatana Dharma or Bhagavata Dharma. It is in our beath
irrespective of caste, creed, colour, gender or age. Do our Karmas unto His Lotus Feet, the Karma
Phala will not afflict us and we will never get any re-birth or‘punarjanma’, aswell.
Each Yuga has its own Dharma. The Dharma of the present KaliYuaga is ‘Danam’ or
Gift- giving away things to have nots. Your trashes will be their treasures. Do not go for any
excess of any kind in life. Be humble, always realize the truth that PARAMATMA is in every
being. Give respect and take respect.
Walk through the path of Dharma (righteousness), hold the flame of Vairagya (dispassion
towards unnecessary things) aloft in your hand, let there be tears of Bhakti in your eyes, when
you remember God with gratitude, and the ultimate aim be, to acquire Jnana – BrahmJnana (the

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knowledge about the impersonal form of God). The above path leads us to Self-realization and
God-realization, which will make us Jeevan-Muktas in this life itself, and enjoy the Eternal Bliss.

Jai Hind, God Bless America.

‘Padaravindame Sharanam, Guruvayoorappa Sharanam’