Upanishads Vol 1: Ishavasya, Kena, Katha, Yogasara by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Author:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar [Shankar, Sri Sri Ravi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789387578951
Publisher: Westland
Published: 2018-11-16T20:00:00+00:00

bhūtāni sama vāñchanti

Bhūta is not just a creature. It is also the element. Every element and the entire universe will fall in love with you. Ancient people begun every ritual with the sowing of seeds of many types of grains. Suppose a celebration is about to happen in a hall, you put decorations, you put buntings or streamers or whatever. What the ancient people put were different types of seeds and some sand. They would sow the seeds three to four days before the ceremony. At the beginning of anything, first you sow the seeds and then other ceremonies happen. Five bright ladies are chosen to sow the seeds and they would do it chanting the mantras, singing and wishing for good and prosperity for all the people. With that feeling they used to sow the seeds and when they sprouted, then the celebration would begin. Whether it is a wedding or a naming ceremony, the first ceremony was sowing the seed. How happy environmentalist would be to hear these customs existed at that point of time. Even today this custom is being followed but just out of fear. People think, “Maybe if you don’t follow the tradition, something will happen. God is going to punish you,” but there is such sense in sowing the seeds. Trees are sacred. They are honoured, and if you have to cut one tree, you have to first take permission from that tree. There is a whole procedure for cutting a tree, you promise the tree, “I am going to plant five of the same kind as you, not another kind. So, please give me permission to cut you”, and then they cut it. That’s how this planet has been sustained until now. Just imagine if a thousand years ago, people cut down all the trees and just ransacked this planet, you wouldn’t be seeing the world as it is today. Maybe, you wouldn’t be here. You wouldn’t even exist.

People the world over have been following certain traditions. If you go to any tribal village, whether you go the Maoris in New Zealand or tribes in India, you will find they keep their villages are spick and span. There is no plastic and no garbage lying around here and there. You will be astonished to know that tribal villages are kept spotlessly clean. Because they are living with nature and they are very simple people. Their mind is simple and not complicated like ours, worrying, “What is that person thinking about me? What does that person think? How can I impress him? How will I impress her? Or how can I take revenge from that person? What can I do with this?” My God! This mind we have is so complicated.

Upāsana means getting close to the universal consciousness, the simplest form of our own consciousness. So, you don’t have to do too much for that. It’s not that you have to sit in a lotus position for ten thousand years or stand on one leg for forty days to attain something like that.

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