TAPAS and VIDYA !

• TAPAS and VIDYA ! essentials of SADHANA [ spirituality ] !!!!
• JEEVA ISHa bheda JNANA is alone VIDYA .... and KAAMtyaga is tapa
• now I will try to simplify these terms .. MANy a times in life we see [ourselves and also others ] revel in success .. whatare mundane successes , may be a knowledge a an art or a prficiency !!!
• WHEN we ask those people , they will say I can paint best , sing best play best etc etc .. HAVE they achieved everything ? NO because these proficiencies have a LIFE cycle and it ends with time ..
• at a given point of TIME as teh society is placed in its geo political economic social situation a particular VIDYA takes prominenece ...and people exhbiting that VIDYA gains SUCCESS .. for example .. IN olden days .. BEING in MILITARY and service of KING was the SUCCESS , BRAVE would earn NAME fame and KINGDOM and enjoy .. PEOPLE admired BARVE .. so all successful people in WAR torn SOCIETY will be MARTIAL experts .. ..... in cool stable economy .. MARTIAL guys will be at border no one wants to be chasing a jihaadi kill or get killed .. instead people will want to be a WELL EARNING MAN
• I am coming to TAPAS ...
• so KNWOLEDGE of ARTS science takes precedence ...in cool society .. IN previous era as consumerism was not high .. SCHOOLS taught VEDIC studies and variou arts .. .. SO PANDITS expert in sanskrit poetry grammar .. and women expert in dance [ as per natya shastra ] etc TOOK prominenece ... being a sanskrit poet was being SUCCESSFUL .. that is vidya
• when consumerism takes over vedic studies took back seat we are into IT , engineering , etc etc .. so VIDYA that shines at any moment is dependent on perception of the society .. BUT they are only for LIVING ... and not called as VIDYA .. they will give wealth and decent life and as the life ends everything evaporates .. we start all over again .. WHAT is the actual VIDYA ,, vidya that gives permanent HAPPINESS is VIDYA .. and that JEEVESHA BHEDA JNANA .. it comes with su after death too..
• THE success of loukik vidya is dependent on .. FORTUNES .. like even if you are in military why a missile doesnt hit a SUCCESSFUL aggressor and he wins over the land .. and loser becomes martyr is matter of CHANCE .. similarly why I am in IT and other is in bank is also matter of chance .. .. these need not be considered SERIOSULY ... BUT why I am a VISHNu bhakta and how much VIHSNU seva i am able to do .. is not matter of CHANCE .. its about efforts ..
• So success of LOUKIK vidya is about FORTUNE .. yet ask a CRICKETER ACTOR what is the secret of his SUCCESS .. he will say I worked HARD ...
• SOMEWhere just VIDYA seems not the reason for SUCCESS people want to attribute SUccess to some TAPAS
• it amy be hard work .. and what is hard work inavriable a sacrifice of self INETEREST .. desires etc
• SO just like LOUKIK Vidya .. in SADHAN too KNOWLEDGE is important // but si KNWOLEDGE alone IMPORTANT ? is that alone enough ?
• ONE who ahs had a good stint as singer actor cricketer politician ... etc etc will ask one day .. WHAT SHOULD I DO to be always SUCCESSFUL .. these tenure seems to end at some point or other , everyone retires .. what si THAT one vidya which ahs NO RETIREMENT ?
• So TAPAS is what required .. varnashram dharma is important for a yogi till he gets aparoksha .. SO tapas is about doing ones vihit varnashram adharma and KAAM tyaga .. these TAPAS and VIDYA [ jeevesh bheda GNANA ] are like horse and the chariot ]
• without tapas vidya will be like the chariot separated from the horse .. just like honey when mixed with rice , each spec is inseparable as rice and honey afix each grain .. and such a mixture si good for health ... so also tapas and vidya are good for SANSAARA roga nivaran
• just like the two wings of birds when in cohesion makes it fly and reach its destination .. gnana karma vidya tapas , takes a person nearer to LORD .. and only a YOGI who is together with VIDYA and tapas such bramhagnani alone gets release from lingadeha ..
• SO what is TAPAS .. ?
• manaschendriyaNaam ekagryam tapa ucchhyate || manas indriyaa ekagrata is TAPAS
• narsimha purana
• so while doing varNashram dharma .. seeing other KARMA baddha jeevas [ those in sansaara completely immersed in happiness and miseries ] ,, when one get a feeling that even he is bound by KARMAS . and is bound to experience HAPPINESS and MISERIES .. and by that cause and efffect the VISHYAS [ objects of desire and sese objects ] comes and goes .. so having this steadfast in the mind [ ie getting vairagya on vishayas ] with such SAMARTHYA of vairagya , aving TYAAG buddhi in mind and thus develping a SAMATA [ level headedness ] one who thinks about SARVOTTAM HARI always .. THAt is TAPAS \
• TAPAS is all about MANAS teertha
• when manas becomes a TEERTHA ... when it does nt get depressed by acts of VISHAYAABHILASHA [ desire for sense objects ] that MANONAIRMALYA is called teertha .. what enables that ? satya daya indriya jaya TATVOPADESHAK guru seva .. MOTHER's seva , VArnashrama dharma palan and AGNI upasana ...
• WHAT are the niyamas one has to follow in this teertha .. to be able to say I AM DOING TAPAS ?
• one which gives purifies is teertha ! purifies means one which leads to TATVAGNANA
• THE words of our YATIS . their nirmalya all lead to TATVAGNANA and hence RAGHEVDNRA swami and others are also called as RAGHEVDNRA TEERTHA
• NIYAMAS - eating only once [ ek bhukta or nakta ] , one must practise this on POORNIMA and amavasya
• chaturthi chaturdashi and ashtami one must do bhojana only in ight ..
• EKADASHi one must completely this gives complete removal of sins .. shuddhi
• one must ahve a healthy body to do sadhana else tapas will not be steady ./. so one must do SAURANAKTA vrata .. ie when SUNDAY and HASTA nakshatra comes together one must do DHYANA of MAHAVISHNU in SURYA bimba ie when SUN makes shadow twice our height at that time it is saura nakta .. eat only in night .. one will get released from all diseases
• on TRAYODASHI if it GURUVAAR [ thrusday ] then one must give tarpana to pitrus rishi devatas with rice and til ... and on fast and eat at night .// he will become released of all sins ..
• when agastya UDAYA [ nakshatra udaya ] happens that night if one gives arghya to AGASTYA muni with mantras [ agastya mantra ] .. he will immediately get gnana .. [ arghya hould be to SOUTH direction ]
• one who listens to this ABOVE akhyaana .. he will get KUMBH snana phala in PRAYAGA in MAGHMASA
• GHAR bhaite bhaite KUMBHA mela hogaya ..
• THAT is why JUST reading books is not enough .. TAPAS is must .. one who does bOTH .. can only be called as SCHOLAR or guru .. etc .. so if one is just a scholar and doesnt do any acharana .. he cannot UNDERSTAND shastras ... the innermeaning will be hidden from him .. he will be wingless bird
• whenever one feels lethargic ...mind revolting to touch books .. do adhyayan .. ITS a remin\der .. change gears for better TAPAS /.// introspect .. take up a vrata ..
• the anlogy of MADHU and rice by VEDVYASAru is very interesting .. TAPAS and vidya are intermixed
• start in maghamasa ..
• in pramana laxan vyakhtyanas itself it is said that .. a GRANTHa is one which talks about its SUBJECT in FIRST line and ends with SUBJECT only .. and then it is deemed that in between whatver is written si ABOUT subject only and no deviation ... IF first and alst verse talk differently then IN between has no purpose ..
• The above is comment on SANKARAS views that veda starts with VISHNU sarvottamatva as only precursory .. and it talks not about BHEDHA seems out of place
• yes best naivedya
• ghee should not be added in this naivedya
• here rice should be washed 4 times .. and then soaked in water for 15 minutes ... boil milk on fire .. and add rice [ minus water ] in boiling milk .. as rice boils ..keepstirring and the dish hardens .. [ milk is absorbed ] keep adding spoonful of milk intermittently till rice softens .. take it off fire .. for 250 gms of rice add two spoons of honey after rice has cooled .. mix it and give naivedya ..
• its very good for heart ... one becomes slim if consumed everyday .. it removes toxins from body .. manasshanti is main phala .. AISHWARYA increases ..
• all ayurvedic medicine gives quick results if one just eats this and nothing ..
• if consumed daily raaga dwesha vanishes .. one will feel he is walking in different zone and get dissconnect with surrounding
• yes only pure honey .
• honey sold at MALNAAD outlets are pure
• himalaya honey is also good
• never mix honey with ghee .. it becomes poison
• shubh ratri
• quantity of honey prescrfibed in panchamruta is very meagre .. ghee and honey in equal quntities turns the dish into poisonous effects ..
• use buffalo milk