Upstream: Selected Essays
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A Seek out the way. Be a seeker; don’t be a believer. A 1. What is quantum mechanics 2. The early days 3. Double slit experiment 4. Copenhagen interpritation 5. ब्रह्म सत्य जगन्नमिथ्या 6. मिथ्या का अर्थ ओर विभिन्न स्तर 7. दृष्टा ओर दृश्य का भेद 8. दृष्टी सृष्टी वाद 9. सत-असत विवेक 10. सूक्ष्म विश्व विवेचना
11. वेदांत प्रतिपादन
A B The specific practice called "Praises to the 21 Tara"We see and practice 21 Tara, each with different names, colors, and attributes.  One might asks, "Why 21 Tara in specific? And not 22 or 23 or 40 or any random numbers?"The answer to this question is beautifully clarified by Khenchen Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyol in their book, "Tara's enlightened activity". At the basic level, Buddha have taught us 21 techniques with which we are able to attain Enlightenment. According to the Mahayana Sutra system, as we practice we traverse the ten different levels (Bhumis), eventually reaching the enlightened state. The basis for our enlightenment is right where we find ourselves now, with the precious endowment of our own human body and our own buddha-nature. Vajrayana or Tantra is similar to the sutra system, but its methods are more specifically targeted. According to tantric teaching, within this human body we have twenty one knots. These are in pairs and they obstruct or block our channels. Through practice, as we release each of these pairs of knots, we obtain a specific experience or realization.
After we have released all of the 21 knots, we are known as enlightened beings, having attained Buddhahood.
Buddhahood is not some force that is outside us, waiting for the knots to be untied in order to come in. From basic Buddhism all the way to Dzogchen, it is made perfectly clear that Buddhahood is an innate state, already within us.
Our inherently awakened state is an already enlightened being, a Buddha, Tathagatagarbha. When we release those 21 knots, we attain the ultimate awakening known as the Dharmakaya state.
The Dharmakaya, in turn has 21 spontaneously inherent qualities. They transcend duality, the compound state, permanence and impermanence, and effort or striving. Unceasingly, they arise as necessary for the benefit of all sentient beings.
These twenty one active Dharma kaya qualities appear as the twenty one emanation of Tara. Thus Tara combines all the active energies of the three kayas by which we release our own knots and those of other beings, the energy by which we achieve enlightenment and help other beings to achieve it. A Swami Sivananda’s slogan, “Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realise,” embodies the four paths of yoga in a simple way: Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, and Jnana Yoga. He often followed his slogan with the words “Adapt, Adjust, Accommodate, Bear Insult, Bear Injury, Highest Yoga”. By further asking us to “Adapt, Adjust, and Accommodate” Master seems to be reminding us of the importance of adaptation. A
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Nature is always there to give us insights into the next best option. Whether it is a simple case of concentrating our thoughts on a leaf, a tree, a bird or a flower to bring ourselves into the present moment and calming our activated nervous system, or if it is to recognise that skies can be grey, or blue or cloudy, the one thing we can always rely on is that they will forever change. Change is a constant and it is in becoming aware of that indisputable fact, that comfort is to be found.
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Speak as little as possible, only what is absolutely necessary. When you mix socially with people who laugh and talk about worldly things, don't pay much attention to it and go away as soon as possible. Read only books that will help your 'sadhana'. Meditate as much as you possibly can. Think that He lives in you through 'prana vayu’ (vital energy).”
~ Anandamayi Ma
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ABOY Chapter : 12 - Years in My Master’s Hermitage The monastic regulations do not allow a swami to retain connection with worldly ties after their formal severance. He cannot perform the ceremonial family rites which are obligatory on the householder. Yet Shankara, the ancient founder of the Swami Order, disregarded the injunctions. At the death of his beloved mother, he cremated her body with heavenly fire which he caused to spurt from his upraised hand. Sri Yukteswar also ignored the restrictions, in a fashion less spectacular. When his mother passed on, he arranged the crematory services by the holy Ganges in Benares, and fed many Brahmins in conformance with age-old custom. The shastric prohibitions were intended to help swamis overcome narrow identifications. Shankara and Sri Yukteswar had wholly merged their beings in the Impersonal Spirit; they needed no rescue by rule. Sometimes, too, a master purposely ignores a canon in order to uphold its principle as superior to and independent of form. Thus Jesus plucked ears of corn on the day of rest. To the inevitable critics he said: “The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.”
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