July/August 2012 [Vol 23. No. 4] - Chinmaya Mission San Jose

Chinmaya-Tej
July/august 2012
Vol. 23, No.4
Chinmaya mission san Jose PubliCaTion

MiSSion StateMent
To provide to individuals, from any background, the wisdom of
Vedanta and practical means for spiritual growth and happiness,
enabling them to become a positive contributor to the society.
Chinmaya Lahari
Think for a moment - is there anything that we
do well today with confidence or any amount of
mastery that has not been taught to us? If, for
every perfect act in the world, in any activity, we
need the guidance of an instructor, we can very well understand the need for
a Guru in the spiritual path; for there we have to deal with the subtlest forces
and the enormous confusions of the vehicle called the mind, and with its
moods called delusions.
The Guru-disciple relationship is unavoidable. Every great Master has been
under the guidance of a Teacher. It is not true to say that we can reach the
goal just through books. A Teacher is necessary.
But you have to understand very carefully. To say the Guru is necessary does
not mean that the Guru will take the responsibility, that all you have to do is
meet the Guru and thereafter he will carry you to the goal.
The relationship between the Teacher and the taught is exactly like that of
the gardener and the flowers on the bush.
The gardener does not create the flowers from the soil and the manure; the
flowers must themselves come from the bush. The gardener can only tend
its roots, water it, protect it, see that it has the correct amount of sunlight
and shade - all these externals he can provide. But no gardener can
guarantee the blossom; it has to come only from the bush itself.

ontents
Volume 23, No.4 July/August 2012
From the editors Desk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chinmaya tej editorial staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
status of Building project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chinmaya-tej . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Radha-Krishna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chinmaya Lahari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
the seventh pearl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
What Does the guru Do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chinmaya Mission West Krishnalaya Rejuvenation . . . . . . . . . 14
a Dialogue on Inner purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Lord's Chosen Flute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Meditation with talks on Vedanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Bala Vihar Locations & Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Bhakti Rasamrutam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
tapovan prasad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
scheme of study for Chinmaya study groups . . . . . . . . . . . 27
BalViHar Magazine — gita Chanting Classes for Children . . . 28
Community outreach program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Vedanta study groups adult sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
satsangs with Br . prabodh Chaitanya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
prabodhji's Classes at Bala Vihar Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
prabodhji's Classes at sandeepany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
swami tejomayananada’s Itinerary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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FRoM tHe eDItoRs DesK
Tej, is a bi-monthly publication of Chinmaya Mission San Jose. CMSJ is
in the process of getting the necessary permits to build the New Facility.
The City of San Jose is studying the building drawings and
when they are approved we shall begin the construction of our
New Building.
We are happy to show you some elevation drawings of the projects.
We invite you to visit the site when you can.
News and events update via e-newsletter on CMSJ web-site is serving
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Hari Om!
status new building
As Bala Vihar enrollment and attendance at events grows, the
Chinmaya vision - “to provide maximum happiness, to the maximum
(number of) people, for the maximum time” - continues to inspire
the entire Chinmaya Mission San Jose community. In the midst of
increasing challenges, our commitment to excellence remains strong
as ever. It is quite evident that the present Sandeepany San jose
Facility is not adequate to support needs of all our activities. Our
need for a new facility emerges from this situation.
New Building Plan & Status
We started the New Building project on Maha Shivaratri in 2006
and acquired the property - an old church - on 10160 Clayton Road
in San Jose, in January 2008 (2 buildings, ~11,000 sq ft total, 1.7
acres), at a cost of $2.6M and are in the process of building a new
ashram from the ground up on the property. Architectural plans for
the new ashram have been approved by the City of San Jose and
we have been granted a Planned Development permit. Construction
drawings are being reviewed by the City and this will culminate in
obtaining a Building permit that will help us commence construction.
We expect construction to begin by Q2’2012.
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Building Details
The permit allows construction of approximately 23,500 square
foot building for assembly use with associated parking of 90 spots.
A shrine for Lord Shiva, meditation hall, an auditorium, acharya’s
quarters, guest rooms, books store, commercial style kitchen and
dining area, a total of 15 rooms for classroom instruction, etc.
is part of the new building plan. At a given time, 370 children/
adults can be accommodated in the classrooms, and the assembly
area capacity is 340. For special programs we have conditional
use permit with demonstrated off-site parking.
Ground Breaking
The ground breaking function for our new ashram was completed
on July 22, 2011 in the auspicious presence of our beloved
Guruji, HH Swami Tejomayananda.
Construction Work To Be Done
From a limited perspective, ground breaking could be viewed as
a culmination and success of a long project – a great initiative
and lots of hard work by the New Building Project Team. Yet in
another way it is the beginning of a new project where quite a bit
still needs to be done. A construction project of this magnitude
naturally requires multiple conditions be met with the city and
other relevant agencies. We hope to comply with all requirements
in obtaining a building permit in Q2’2012 to enable us to begin
construction thereafter.
Thank You and Warm Regards,
CMSJ Board of Directors

Chinmaya ~ Tej
Thank you for asking about Chinmaya Tej. Pujya Gurudev initiated
and launched the CMSJ Newsletter in 1988. Later, finding the
CMSJ Newsletter to be, in his words, “like a catalog”, i.e., woefully
inadequate for the purposes he had in mind, he gave detailed
guidelines to transform it into a formal, informative, useful, and
high-quality publication. Thus Chinmaya-Tej was born.
The manifold purposes of Tej, as laid out by Gurudev, are as follows:
1. It is the voice of CMSJ.
2. Gurudev wanted CMSJ’s publication to be of high quality and
comparable to CMW’s Mananam and other Chinmaya Mission
Publications.
3. It is the official publication of CMSJ. When CMSJ was first
registered as Non-Profit Organization, there were queries from
various government agencies as to whether CMSJ had an official
publication, from which they could learn about CMSJ, our
history, mission, and values. Tej served that purpose.
4. Tej is CMSJ’s mode of outreach and communication to spiritual
seekers beyond those who are able to attend CMSJ’s discourses
in person. Extra copies of each issue of Tej are printed so as to be
available for new seekers.
5. Gurudev also instructed us to cover Vedanta topics in the Tej.
Accordingly, Tej has articles on Vedanta topics for beginners as
well as advanced readers.
Other Details about Tej:
1. The annual cost to produce 6 issues of Chinmaya Tej
is $21,000. It is paid for by CMSJ’s Annual Membership
contributions, Bala Vihar revenues, and general donations.
2. Chinmaya Tej is also available online. Hard copies of
Chinmaya Tej are distributed only to members of CMSJ
who reside in California.
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Radha-KRishna
sWaMI sHaRaDapRIyananDa
Under the dark shadows of the tamala tree waits
a fair girl, fairer than the full-blown jasmine. Her
heart throbbing with ecstasy and pain, her lips
breaking into rosy smiles and desperate sobs,
she awaits the eternal lover. The Dark One never
comes. Even if He appears, it is only for a brief
interval. He comes in a flash and vanishes in a
wink, throwing her into a gloom deeper than
before.
The story of the lovelorn Radha and the playful
Krishna is the theme of many Indian art forms.
Dance, drama, music, painting, sculpturing, and
poetry have all been enriched by the Radha-
Krishna love theme.
Who is this girl Radha? Did she really exist?
Wherein lies the secret attraction for millions in
India for Radha and Krishna?
The Bhagavata Purana by Vyasa, who was a
contemporary of Krishna, does not mention Radha,
but describes the similar love of innumerable gopis
for Krishna, and His exploits with them. Among
them there appears to be a gopis named Radhika,
yet Vyasa does not attach special significance
to her character. In the later literature of the
Vaishnava Tantric books, the name of Radha comes
into prominence. She becomes a living reality
through the works of Mahaprabhu and Jayadeva.
As understood by any serious thinking student,
Radha and Krishna represent the mortal individual
and the immortal Lord respectively, and Radha’s
pining for Krishna is the pining of the individual
for the Lord. Of all the things that can be said
of the love of a devotee for the Lord, why this
particular choice of comparing it to the love of
a married woman for an illicit lover?
The supreme Godhead is without name or form
and is attributeless. Ultimately, it has to be realised

as such. However, in the earlier stages of sadhana,
the mind, which is accustomed only to the sense
perceptions, cannot easily conceive of a formless,
nameless, attributeless reality, and refuses to get away
from its usual haunts among sense objects. For such a
mind the concept of a personal God with a beautiful
form, a sweet name and loving qualities, is easier to
comprehend. The devotee is able to love the Lord with
the love of a parent, a friend, a servant, or a wife.
Of all human relationships, the best and foremost is
the relationship between husband and wife, who are
united together in the eyes of man and God. Theirs is
a lifelong association of togetherness in joy and sorrow.
They are equal partners in life, who give and take with
a sense of belonging to each other. The love of a wife
for her husband encompasses all other relationships
in their variations. She serves like a servant, feeds
like a mother, advises like a well-wisher, loves like a
friend and all the while pleases him in all the roles.
Hence, this particular relationship of a devotee and
the Lord is considered the best, because it involves
the total personality of the devotee.
Love knows no rules and cannot be bound by laws
and dogmas. The love for the infinite Lord can grow
to an infinite stature. In its higher flights, this love
cannot be restrained by the limits of the legitimate
love of a wife for her husband, in which no risk is
involved. So the bhakti acharyas (teachers) have spoken
of a love that is far deeper in its intensity, wider in
perspective and higher in flights - a love that breaks
the bonds of convention and propriety, and runs after
the Lord with the abandon of a married woman for her
secret lover. Thus the concept of Radha-Krishna prema
(love), which is eternal and limitless, is established.
Of all human relationships, the best and formost is
the relationship between husband and wife, who are
united together in the eyes of man and God. Theirs is a
lifelong association of togetherness in joy and sorrow.
This concept is sufficient for a devotee who accepts
a personal God without question, and gets united
with Him in supreme love. In the case of seekers on
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the jnana marga (path of knowledge), the rational
intellect questions the validity of all this and
needs to be convinced in a rational way. The
acharyas were too perceptive not to understand
the needs of a thinking, reasoning intellect.
Hence the Radhika of the Bhagavata Purana gets
changed into the Radha of the Vaishnava literature
in order to add deeper symbolism for the benefit
of intellecturals.
Upanishads declare that the Lord and the
individual are ever together, inseparable from
one another. The Mundakopanishad declares:
Two birds (jivatma and paramatma), bound
one to the other in close friendship, perch on
the self-same tree. One of them eats the fruits of
the tree with relish while the other looks
on without eating. (III:I:I)
The Lord is never without His creative expression,
the jiva (the individual). By the same token, the
jiva, which is only a reflection of the Lord, can
never exist without the Lord nor be separate from
Him. All the jiva’s successes and achievements
are the Lord’s alone. The word Radha is derived
from the root radh, which means “to accomplish,
to achieve, to succeed.” Thus the couple, Radha-
Krishna are one in two and two in one -- like a
flower and its fragrance. Though every individual
is a combination of the two, it is not every Radha
that is worshipped, but only the Radha who has
turned away from the lures of the world to pine
for the unknown Krishna.
The following beautiful symbolic illustration
points out the true meaning of Radha. In the
rainy season, the rain comes pouring down. It
falls everywhere, over hills and dales, on the
plains and on the seas. The rain water thus
pouring down is pure, naturally distilled and
sparkling. When such water gathers on the peak
of a mountain, it is pure, calm and crystal clear.

But the water cannot permanently remain there,
and it starts flowing down. It becomes a stream,
gathers momentum, and begins to collect dust and
more water from other sources as it comes down.
By the time it reaches the foot of the mountain,
it becomes an invincible, mighty river, violent
and muddy, rushing ahead toward the depths of
the ocean.
At this stage let us suppose that the river wishes to
stop. There is only one way to accomplish this and
that is to turn around and retrace its steps toward
the peak of the mountain. The journey upward will
not be an easy one and will be painstakingly slow.
Every step in the climb will consist of breathless
panting, of giving up a little bit of the dirt and
water collected while coming down.
The Upanishads declare the Lord and the individual
are ever together, inseparable from one another.
Yet, as the river retraces its steps toward the source,
it becomes more and more pure, more beautiful
and clear. By the time the original heights are
reached, it will be as pure as when it was born.
This downward trend of a stream is called dhara
in Sanskrit, and the retracing of the steps in the
reverse direction becomes radha. The jiva, with
its extrovert tendencies, rushes into the world
(dhara); the seeker, turning inward, eagerly seeks
the Lord (Radha, the beloved of the Lord). The
Lord now and then bewitches her with His vision,
thereby making her feel His absence all the more.
A Radha pining for her Krishna, forgetting all
worldly ties, is the most beautiful spectacle of all,
and she, along with her Krishna, is enshrined in
the hearts of all seekers.
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Chinmaya
Lahari
All students, at some time, walk slowly under the crushing
load of their own fatigue. Pilgrims, all of them, they
wander on looking for help in walking the path straight
to their goal. They search for ideas that can refresh them;
they search for the Teacher, who softly advises his beloved
disciples in the secret chambers of his own sacred retreat.
But rarely do they understand the crack whip style of the
Teacher without softness or delicate consideration in the
approach to correct the erring student. A few criminally
sweet lashes, with the kindly cruel whip of horrible
impatience, coming with a tough love for the welfare
of the beloved disciples still sleeping in samsara sorrows,
can do wonders.
The great Vedanta masters rebuke their disciple children
and send them out, because the Knowledge they seek
is something to think of, find out and realise alone.
Such Teachers never try to interfere with the intellectual
decisions of the student. Even to the student’s direct
questioning, the Teacher never gives a direct answer. The
Teacher knows he can turn, change and influence directly
the student’s mind because of the student’s love and
reverence for him. So great Teachers never say anything
and brutally push the students aside. They do not allow
the students’s adoration to warp itself into a personality
cult. To the students, the Master can give nothing more
than encouragement and some guidance from time to
time. Alone to the Alone, all alone.
~Swami Chinmayananda

The Seventh Pearl
Savour the
Fragrance oF ForgiveneSS
Forgiveness is the secret beauty in any spiritual seeker’s
life. Not to forgive is to maintain the passions bottled
up in us and then we are never empty enough to
lift ourselves in our soaring meditations.
Forgive liberally your enemies... in fact, nothing can
annoy them so much! They expect you to kick back and
so have planned to break your ribs with return kicks.
All these planned onslaughts become empty and hollow
when you just forgive them. Many enemies become true
friends when lavishly and lovingly forgiven.
Forgiveness is the fragrance which crushed Tulasi leaves
on the fingers that crush them in a thoughtless act!
Sandalwood perfumes even the axe that hews it down!
The more we rub sandalwood against a stone the
more its fragrance spreads. Burn it, and it wafts
its glory in the entire neighbourhood.
So is the enchanting beauty of forgiveness in life.
Swami Chinmayananda
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What Does the Guru Do?
by Parveen bahl
(from Tapovan Prasad, July 2005)
The Shastra openly and boldly declares, “You are that you seek”. Also it
says, “The knower of Brahman is Brahman!” This being the case is it not
most logical to question the need for a Guru? In effect, I have ‘to do’
nothing to achieve or gain what I already have or am. Can anything be
added to ‘me’? Fullness or perfection being my very nature, what is it
that anyone can give me?
It is true that the Guru cannot give you what you already have. In my
hand I hold a string of rare and valuable pink pearls. For anyone to give
me the same string of pink pearls, which I hold in my hand is logically
not possible. Though no one can give me the same string of pearls, the
jeweller can evaluate them and convey to me their true worth. Knowing
the great value of what I have, instantly turns my mind to that which
I may have thought of as worthless. The higher the value the jeweller
attributes to the pearls, the greater will be my attraction to it and the
more concentrated my attention. My mind is mesmerised by the value
and beauty in my possession.

The Guru is the jeweller. He only points to the Self in you, making you
aware of your true worth and your intrinsic value. In the world we find
people suffering from either an inferiority or a superiority complex. An
inferiority complex requires no explanation and a superiority complex,
psychologists tell us, also stems from a basic sense of inferiority. There
will be few takers for the statement, ‘I think I am worthless!’ On the face
of it, it is shocking, but scratch the surface, loosen some of the soil of
the mind and take a deep hard look. The stark truth stares you in the
face. ‘Worthless’ or ‘of poor worth’ is how most perceive themselves to be.
Beginning with this ‘valueless creature’ the Guru transforms his disciple
into an ‘invaluable being’. Pointing to your uniqueness, he lovingly
accepts you as you are. For him to accept you as you are is easy, for
he sees the ‘perfection’ in you. Focusing on the perfection, he turns the
disciple around to face himself. This acceptance, which we crave from
all and sundry, which flows effortlessly from the Guru is what brings the
disciple to His feet.
Secure in the knowledge of the possession of the pearls, does the owner
need to prove his ownership? The truly wealthy wear with ease the mantle
of affluence. Similarly a Man of Knowledge has nothing to prove. He is
content and without desire, only because he knows himself. Desire can
come to an end only when there is nothing more to be gained.
Why is the Guru loved and venerated? We all love to hear good things
about ourselves. We effortlessly gravitate towards those who extol our
virtues. Is it small wonder that the Guru, who, with complete love, accepts
us as we are and points out our infinite and unique Nature, should be
accorded the highest accolades?
The Man of Perfection requires nothing. He can only give, for giving is
His nature. In His kingdom, love alone exists. He makes no effort to
accept or change. Acceptance and change happen in his very being. Love
is His essential nature. If one is fortunate enough to be enriched and
encircled by the presence of such a Guru, is there anything left to ask for?
At such an altar can any prayer go unanswered, any need be denied, any
desire go unfulfilled? Can even the need to ask remain?
In the presence of the Guru, lifetimes of impressions melt away, as clouds
driven by a strong wind slowly disintegrate and float away. He is like
the strong wind, blowing through the mind of the disciple, coaxing him
to give up his false identifications, surrender his ego and grow to accept
his true stature. His task is monumental — yet he smiles and with love
in his eyes, begins in the mind of the devotee, the process of purification
necessary for his Awakening!
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a dialogue on
InneR puRpose
By eCKHaRt toLLe
(from Mananam series “Divine Purpose 2010)
The following dialogue condenses numerous conversations I have had
with people who were looking for their true life purpose. Something is
true when it resonates with and expresses your innermost Being, when it
is in alignment with your inner purpose. This is why I am directing their
attention to their inner and primary purpose first.
I don’t know exactly what it is, but I want some change in my life. I want
expansion; I want to be doing something meaningful and, yes, I want prosperity
and the freedom that comes with it. I want to do something significant, something
that makes a difference in the world. But if you asked me what exactly I want,
I would have to say that I don’t know. Can you help me find my life purpose?
Your purpose is to sit here and talk to me, because that’s where you are
and that’s what you are doing. Until you get up and do something else.
Then, that becomes your purpose.
So my purpose is to sit in my office for the next thirty years until I retire or
get laid off?
You are not in your office now, so that’s not our purpose. When you do
sit in your office and do whatever you do, then that is your purpose. Not
for the next thirty years, but for now.
I think there is some misunderstanding here. For you, purpose means what you
are doing now; for me it means having an overall aim in life, something big and
significant that gives meaning to what I do, something that makes a difference.
Shuffling papers in the office is not it. I know that.
As long as you are unaware of Being, you will seek meaning only within
the dimension of doing and of future, that is to say, the dimension of
time. And whatever meaning or fulfillment you find will dissolve or turn
out to have been a deception. Invariably, it will be destroyed by time.
Any meaning we find on that level is true only relatively and temporarily.
For example, if caring for your children gives meaning to your life, what
happens to that meaning when they don’t need you and perhaps don’t
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even listen to you anymore? If helping others gives meaning to your life,
you depend on others being worse off than yourself so that your life can
continue to be meaningful and you can feel good about yourself. If the
desire to excel, win, or succeed at this or that activity provides you with
meaning, what if you never win or your winning streak comes to an end
one day, as it will? You would then have to look to your imagination or
memories -- a very unsatisfactory place to bring some meager meaning
into your life. “Making it” in whatever field is only meaningful as long as
there are thousands or millions of others who don’t make it, so you need
other human beings to “fail” so that your life can have meaning.
I am not saying here that helping others, caring for your children, or
striving for excellence in whatever field are not worthwhile things to do.
For many people, they are an important part of their outer purpose, but
outer purpose alone is always relative, unstable, and impermanent. This
does not mean that you should not be engaged in those activities. It
means you should connect them to your inner, primary purpose, so that
a deeper meaning flows into what you do.
Without living in alignment with your primary purpose, whatever purpose
you come up with, even if it is to create heaven on earth, will be of the
ego or become destroyed by time. Sooner or later, it will lead to suffering.
If you ignore your inner purpose, no matter what you do, even if it looks
spiritual, the ego will creep into how you do it, and so the means will
corrupt the end. The common saying, “The road to hell is paved with
good intentions” points to this truth. In other words, not our aims or
your actions are primary, but the state of consciousness out of which they
come. Fulfilling your primary purpose is laying the foundation for a new
reality, a new earth. Once that foundation is there, your external purpose
becomes charged with spiritual power because your aims and intentions
will be one with the evolutionary impulse of the universe.
The separation of thinking and awareness, which lies at the core of your
primary purpose, happens through the negation of time. We are not
speaking here, of course, of the use of time for practical purpose, such as
making an appointment or planning a trip. We are not speaking of clock
time, but of psychological time, which is the mind’s deep-seated habit of
seeking the fullness of life in the future where it cannot be found and
ignoring the only point of access to it: the present moment.

When you look upon what you do or where you are as the main purpose
of your life, you negate time. This is enormously empowering. The negation
of time in what you do also provides the link between your inner and
outer purpose, between Being and doing. When you negate time, you
negate the ego. Whatever you do, you will be doing extraordinarily well,
because the doing itself becomes the focal point of your attention. Your
doing then becomes a channel through which consciousness enters this
world. This means there is quality in what you do, even in the most
simple action, like turning the pages in the phone book or walking across
the room. The main purpose for turning the pages is to turn the pages;
the secondary purpose is to find a phone number. The main purpose for
walking across the room is to walk across the room; the secondary purpose
is to pick up a book at the other end, and the moment you pick up the
book, that becomes your main purpose.
You may remember the paradox of time we mentioned earlier. Whatever
you do takes time, and yet it is always now. So while your inner purpose
is to negate time, your outer purpose necessarily involves future and so
could not exist without time. But it is always secondary. Whenever you
become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you have
lost sight of your inner purpose. You have forgotten that your state of
consciousness is primary, all else secondary.
Being in the Present Moment
Would living like this not stop me from looking to achieve something great? My
fear is that I will remain stuck with doing little things for the rest of my life,
things that are of no consequence. I’m afraid of never rising above mediocrity,
never daring to achieve anything great, not fulfilling my potential.
The great arises out of small things that are honored and cared for.
Everybody’s life really consists of small things. Greatness is a mental
abstraction and a favorite fantasy of the ego. The paradox is that the
foundation for greatness is honoring the small things of the present
moment instead of pursuing the idea of greatness. The present moment is
always small in the sense that it is always simple, but concealed within it
lies the greatest power. Like the atom, it is one of the smallest things yet
contains enormous power. Only when you align yourself with the present
moment do you have access to that power. Or it may be more true to say
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that it then has access to you and through you to this world. Jesus was
referring to this power when he said, “It is not I but the Father within
me who does the works.” And “I can of my own self do nothing.” (John
5:30 and John 14:10 (New Revised Version)) Anxiety, stress, and negativity
cut you off from that power. The illusion that you are separate from the
power that runs the universe returns. You feel yourself to be alone again,
struggling against something or trying to achieve this or that. But why
did anxiety, stress, or negativity arise? Because you turned away from the
present moment. And why did you do that? You thought something else
was more important. You forgot your main purpose. One small error, one
misperception, creates a world of suffering.
Through the present moment, you have access to the power of life itself,
that which has traditionally been called God. As soon as you turn away
from it, God ceases to be a reality in your life, and all you are left with
is the mental concept of God, which some people believe in and others
deny. Even belief in God is only a poor substitute for the living reality of
God manifesting every moment of your life.
Be True to Your Inner Purpose
Would complete harmony with the present moment not imply the cessation of
all movement? Doesn’t the existence of any goal imply that there is a temporary
disruption in that harmony with the present moment and perhaps a reestablishment
of harmony at higher or more complex level once the goal has been attained?
I imagine that the sapling that pushes its way through the soil can’t be in total
harmony with the present moment either because it has a goal: It wants to
become a big tree. Maybe once it has reached maturity it will live in harmony
with the present moment.
The sapling doesn’t want anything because it is at one with the totality,
and the totality acts through it. “Look at the lilies of the field, how they
grow” said Jesus, “they toil not, neither do they spin. Yet even Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” (Matthew 6:28-29 (New
Revised Standard Version)) We could say that the totality --Life-- wants the
sapling to become a tree, but the sapling doesn’t see itself as separate from
life and so wants nothing for itself. It is one with what Life wants. That’s
why it isn’t worried or stressed. And if it has to die prematurely, it dies

with ease. It is as surrendered in death as it is in life. It senses, no matter
how obscurely, its rootedness in Being, the formless and eternal one Life.
Like the Taoist sages of ancient China, Jesus likes to draw our attention
to nature because he sees a power at work in it that humans have lost
touch with. It is the creative power of the universe. Jesus goes on to say
that if God clothes simple flowers in such beauty, how much more will
God clothe you. That is to say, that while nature is a beautiful expression
of the evolutionary impulse of the universe, when humans become aligned
with the intelligence that underlies it, they will express that impulse on a
higher, more wondrous level.
So be true to life by being true to your inner purpose. As you become
present and thereby total in what you do, your actions become charged
with spiritual power. At first there may be no noticeable change in what
you do -- only the how changes. Your primary purpose is now to enable
consciousness to flow into what you do. The secondary purpose is whatever
you want to achieve through the doing. Whereas the notion of purpose
before was always associated with future, there is now a deeper purpose
that can only be found in the present, through the denial of time.
When you meet with people, at work or wherever it may be, give them
your fullest attention. You are no longer there primarily as a person, but as
a field of awareness, of alert Presence. The original reason for interaction
with the other person -- buying or selling something, requesting or giving
information, and so on -- now becomes secondary. The field of awareness
that arises between you becomes the primary purpose for the interaction.
That space of awareness becomes more important than what you may
be talking about, more important than physical or thought objects. The
human Being becomes more important than the things of this world. It
does not mean you neglect whatever needs to be done on a practical level.
In fact, the doing unfolds not only more easily, but more powerfully when
the dimension of Being is acknowledged and so becomes primary. The
arising of that unifying field of awareness between human beings is the
most essential factor in relationships on the new earth.
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It has been unanimously declared by all Saints and Sages that it is just
an impossible task to describe the glory of one’s spiritual teacher. The
description is generally done in term of examples and similes. But in the
case of one’s spiritual teacher, all such examples become totally inadequate
to express the teacher’s glory since the teacher surpasses them all. The
greatest glory of the Master is that not only he becomes great by virtue
of his Self-Realisation but he makes his disciples also discover their True
Being which is identical with his own Self and, thus, the disciples too
get freed from the shackles of ignorance and its manifold binding effects.
Lord’s Chosen Flute
Swami Chinmayananda
by br. vivek Chaitanya
(Swami Tejomayananda, when he was a Brahmachari)
Param Poojya Swami Chinmayananda is one such great Spiritual Teacher of
rare eminence and it is indeed my great fortune to find in Him my teacher.
His is a multi-faced personality, unique in itself and I find myself incapable
of describing him fully and completely. Even though such a description
is not possible, yet it would certainly be worthwhile my attempting to do
it as best as I can.
A flute is an instrument which without any reservations or personal ambition
makes itself available for the flute player to sing his melody through it.
And when that flute player is Lord Krishna Himself, it is no wonder that
the entire universe of sentient and insentient things and beings enchanted
by His Divine Melody begins to dance in ecstasy and gets itself attuned to
Him. Blessed indeed is the flute which becomes a medium for the Lord

to sing His song that enchants the whole Universe. We find this divine
relationship between Krishna and his flute beautifully depicted in our great
epic, the Bhagavat Puran.
Let us reflect on the above said relationship between the Lord and His flute
from the standpoint of Vedanta. The Upanishads reveal the nature of God
as Brahman — the Pure Consciousness wielding the Power of Māyā. With
this Upādhi of Māyā, God becomes the Creator and the Sustainer of this
world. He provides all the Jivas with the necessary fields for performing
actions and enjoying their fruits. He presides over all actions and becomes
the giver of fruits and that is the reason why all the Jivas look up to Him
in adoration and reverence. To do all these functions, the Lord requires a
befitting Upādhi — a medium to bless His Creation. Even though through
His laws of nature he controls the total cosmos, but to lead the human
beings to their life’s Goal of Self-Realisation through the path of Dharma He
requires an upādhi of a Saint who has merged his own little individuality
with the Lord and, thus has made himself available for the Lord to express
His will fully. The religious and spiritual history of the world shows that
what these mighty Saints have achieved in their lifetime is in no way less
than the achievement of the Lord Himself for they express nothing but
the will of the Lord alone.
Poojya Swamiji’s achievements are all round. Not only has he provided
the spiritual leadership at the time when higher values of life are getting
shattered in the nation but he has also worked in the fields of education,
health and social welfare. His missionary organisation caters for all,
from children to old men and women of various aptitudes and
capabilities, to find their necessary fields to work and to discover the joy
of selfless service which is the most essential step leading to the goal of
Self-Knowledge. To work tirelessly and to inspire others to live the nobler
values of life is possible only when one has merged one’s individuality with
the Lord to become His Chosen Flute. Poojya Swamiji is one such person
and thus viewed, he is undoubtedly that Chosen Flute in the hands of
Lord Krishna — the Great Enchanter of the Universe.
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Chinmaya Mission san jose — september 2012 Class schedule
Meditation with talks on Vedanta
Saturday / 6:30-8:00am / Sandeepany Ashram
Guided Meditation & Mandukya Upanishad Brahman is the only Reality.
Nothing else is real. All the Universe, consisting of the evershining Sunday, moon and
stars, is a dream - a long, long dream. How can this everlasting Universe perceived in
the waking state be a dream? In the great Mandukya Karika, the illustrious Seer and
Acharya, Sri Gaudapada tries to answer this question. The Karikas explain clearly
and proves with various inferences and logic that this Universe is nothing but a dream.
Saturday / 1:30pm-3pm / Fremont BV Location
Bhagavad Gita - Ch. 6, Yoga of Meditation The Lord teaches the path of
meditation by which one can attain the highest possibilities in life. To a true seeker, a
thorough study of this chapter is sufficient direction and guidance to attain the highest
through meditation.
Saturday / 4:30pm-6pm / San Ramone BV Location
Bhagavad Gita - Ch. 1. Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief. The seed of all grief in our
lives is our mis-understanding of our true nature. Lord in Srimad Bhagavad Gita
reveals our true nature by giving Upadesha to Arjuna.
Sunday / 9am-10am / San Jose BV Location
Bhagavad Gita - Ch. 14: The Yoga of the Three Gunas;
Ch. 15: The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit. Continuing further from Ch. 13, the
Lord expounds in detail about the world of plurality and the Three Gunas. The
Lord also explains that the Three Gunas decides in which womb (good or bad) one
takes birth, etc. Chapter 15 is one of the most famous chapters in the Gita, often
recited as a prayer before meals. Lord gives direct teaching by which the Infinite is
indicated.
Sunday / 10:30-11:30am / San Jose BV Location
Discourses on Atma Bodha. Bhagavan Shankaracharyaji expounds on the
nature of the Self and the means to attain realiSaturdayion whereby one can be
free from the cycle of birth and death.
Monday / 10am-11:30am / Sandeepany Ashram
Discourses on Sri Ramacaritamanas of Sri Goswami Tulasidas. One of the
most popular texts of Hindu Philosophy is the Ramayana wherein we learn about
the life, trials and tribulations of the Lord, Sri Rama and His Beloved Consort Sita.
Dive deep into the manasa lake of exploits of Lord Rama and discover your true
Lord within.

Wednesday / 10am-11:30am / Sandeepany Ashram
Kathopanishad: Dialogue with Death revealing the Truth about the
Self. Nachiketa deMondaystrates the qualifications of an ideal student and
his dispassion for the world which makes him fit for the Self Knowledge. Lecture
folloWedesday by guided meditation.
Tuesday & Thursday / 6:30am-7:30am / Sandeepany Ashram
Brahma Sutra: Brahma Sutras constitute the central text of Vedanta
Philosophy. The Vedanta doctrines enshrined in the Vedas, Upanishads,
Bhagavad Gita, Puranas, etc. are summarized in the Brahma Sutras. These are
also known as Vedanta Sutras, the Sutras that give exposition of Brahman as
revealed by the Vedas.
Tuesday & Thursday / 7:30pm-8:30pm / Sandeepany Ashram
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is the greatest
of the Upanishads by its size as well as substance. The six chapters are divided into
three kandas which deal with upadesha, upapathi or exposition and meditation.
3rd Friday month
Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2
Sandeepany aShram
1050 park avenue, san jose, Ca 95126
San JoSe BV Location
Lincoln High school, 555 Dana avenue, san jose, Ca 95126
Fremont BV Location
Washington High school, 38442 Fremont Blvd .,Fremont, Ca 94536
San ramon BV Location
California High school, 9870 Broadmoor Drive, san Ramon, Ca 94583
hoMe satsang with Br. PraBodh Chaitanya
1st Friday of each month / 8pm - 9pm
TexT: sat Darshanam
Kirtida and Kamlesh Ruparel’s Residence
20668 seaton ave, saratoga, Ca 95070 / ph: 408-867-9550
2nd Friday of each month
TexT: Dakshinamurty stotram
geetha & sanjay Rao’s Residence
22314 Cupertino Road, Cupertino, Ca 95014 / ph: 408-863-0595
sweta & jnana Dash’s Residence
6789 glenview Drive, san jose, Ca 95120 / ph: 408-268-5056
all Classes and meditation sessions are free
Please visit www.chinmaya-sanjose.org for more information.
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bala vihar locationS 2011-2012
FrEMonT Washington High School
38442, Fremont Blvd.
Saturdays: 1:30 pm
CONTACT: Lakshmi Prakash / (510) 490-1266
SAn rAMon California High School
9870 Broadmoor Drive/San Ramon, CA 94583
Saturdays: 4:30 pm
ConTACT: Meena Kapadia / (925) 680-7037
SAn JoSE Lincoln High School
555 Dana Avenue, San Jose
Sunday: Session I-9:00am,
Session II-10:30am, Session III-11:45 am
CONTACT: Uma / (650) 969-4389
Shiva abhiSheka & Puja at SandeePany San joSe
ConduCTEd By MiSSion MEMBErS
Time: 7:30-8:30 pm / Every 2nd Monday of the month
Swaranjali youth choir
San JoSe
Choir sessions are held every alternate Sundays between 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
VEnuE: Sandeepany / San Jose
TEACHErS: Prema Sriram, Jaya Krishnan, and Jayashree Ramkumar
ConTACT: Prema Sriram: NANSUK@aol.com
Those who are interested in joining the choir as a
vocalist or musicians may please contact Prema at the address above.
San Ramon
Choir sessions are held once every two weeks, Saturdays at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
VEnuE: California High School
9870 Broadmoor Drive, San Ramon, CA 94583
TEACHEr: Shailaja Dixit / Contact: Shailaja at (925) 309-4837
Those who are interested in joining the choir as a
vocalist or musicians may please contact Shailaja at the above number.
FRemont
Choir is held weekly on Saturdays, 12 noon - 1:00 pm
VEnuE: Washington High School / Fremont
TEACHErS: Natana Valiveti and Rajashri Iyengar
ConTACT: Natana at natana@yahoo.com
Those who are interested in joining the choir as a
vocalist or musicians may please contact Natana at the above address.

Bhakti Rasamrutam
(The sweet essence of Devotion)
Swaranjali, Chinmaya Youth Choir, has produced 10 CDs containing
100 Bhajans, glorifying the Lord in many Indian Languages. The Bhajans
are rendered by 15 students of Swaranjali, with devotion, an offering
to the Lord as their contribution to the New Building Project.
Choir participants who sang on the Bhaktirasamrutam album were trained
by Prema Sriram, Jaya Krishnan and Jayshree Ramkumar. The CD
is entitled, Bhakti Rasamrutam, the sweet essence of Devotion.
All details on this CD are posted on our web-site, chinmaya-sanjose.org.
This is a rare gift which is very inspirational and uplifting.
The proceeds from the CDs will add to our Fund-raising efforts. Thanks to
all who contributed their time and talents to the production of the CD.
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1 . self unfoldment
2 . tattva bodh
3 . Bhaja govindam
4 . atma bodh
5 . Manah shodhanam
6 . upadesa saram
7 . narada Bhakti sutra
8 . Meditation and Life
9 . Bhagavad gita Introduction – Ch .1 & 2
10 . jnanasarah
11 . Kenopanishad
12 . gita, Ch . 3 – 6
13 . Dyanaswaroopam
14 . Kaivalya upanishad
15 . gita, Ch . 7 – 9
16 . Isavasya upanishad
17 . gita, Ch . 10 – 12
18 . Bhakti sudha
19 . gita, Ch . 13 – 15
20 . Mundaka upanishad
21 . gita, Ch . 16 – 18
22 . sat Darshan
23 . Vivekachoodamani
Vedanta Study Groups held in the Bay Area are listed in this issue of Chinmaya Tej
and you may contact them if you wish to join a Study Group.
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Kids' Own Magazine...
BalViHar
Parents...
This is a monthly magazine published by Central Chinmaya Mission,
Mumbai for Children. It is packed with stories, puzzles, arts and craft
ideas, children’s contributions of essays, riddles, games, and much
more. You can subscribe to it directly. The annual subscription is
$30 and you will receive it monthly by air. We suggest that you
subscribe in your child’s name so your child will have the
pleasure of receiving his or her own magazine from India.
Make your checks payable to Central Chinmaya Mission Trust
and mail it to: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust
Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Saki Vihar Road, Mumbai 400 072, India
Gita ChantinG Classes for Children
by mallika subramanian
San Jose: Lincoln High School / Every Sunday
Contact: (408) 245-4915
Fremont: Washington High School / Every Saturday
Contact: (510) 490-1266
San Ramon: California High School
Every Saturday (3:15pm - 4:15pm)
Contact: (510) 490-1266

Community
outreach program
seva opportunities
ChiNMAYA MiSSioN SAN JoSe
SAN joSe
Are You Willing to Volunteer or Just Sponsor the Program?
If yes, please call Krishna Bhamre: (408) 733-4612
or e-mail sbhamre@yahoo.com
We need VOLUNTEERS for preparing and serving
Hot Meals for the Homeless. Lunch bags are prepared at
Los Altos Community Center. All Youth volunteers
are required to sign up with Krishna Bhamre.
Meals For The Homeless Program: Served at San Jose’s
Emergency Housing Consortium at Orchard Drive off
Curtner Avenue (Adult & Youth Volunteers & Sponsors).
FReMoNT
Fremont BV sponsors Sandwiches For The Needy.
On the 2nd Saturday/Washington High School in Fremont.
Parents of Bala Vihar and the kids prepare 70 Sandwiches,
bag them and provide chips, fruit and juice.
The Sandwiches are delivered to the Tricity Homeless
Coalition, where they are served to adults and children.
The Shelter is located on 588 Brown Road, Fremont, CA
In addition, last Christmas, Fremont Bala Vihar donated
new blankets, sweaters, sweat shirts, and infant warm
clothes etc. to the homeless at the shelter.
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VedANTA STUdy GRoUPS
Adult SeSSionS
Concord: Bhagavad Gita, Ch. 11 Sevak: Vipin Kapadia
Contact: Meena Kapadia (925) 680-7037 Time: 7:30 p.m. (Wed.)
Cupertino: Kathopanishad Sevak: Sreeharsha
Contact : Ram Mohan (408) 255-4431 Time: 7:30 pm (Thur.)
Fremont: Viveka Chudamani Sevika: Priya Batheja
Contact: Priya Batheja (510) 490-1926 Time: 7:30 pm (Mon.)
Los Altos: Bhagavad Gita Ch. 3 Sevak: Uma Jeyarasasingam
Contact: Ruchita Parat (650) 858-1209 Time: 7:30 p.m. (Mon.)
Milpitas Vivekachudamani Sevika: Uma Jeyarasasingam
Contact: Suma Venkatesh (408) 263-2961 Time: 7:30 pm (Tue.)
Mountain House: Self-Unfoldment Sevika: Padmaja Joshi
Contact: Padmaja Joshi (209) 830-1295 Time: 8:00p.m. (Wed.)
San Jose: Bhagawad Gita Ch. 4 Sevak: Jayaram Reddy
Contact: Krishna Reddy (408) 257-9587 Time: 8:00 pm (Wed.)
Satsangs with Br. Prabodh Chaitanya
All events are from: 8:00-9:00pm
1st Friday of each month:
Kirtida & Kamalesh n. ruparell
Text: ABC’s of Vedanta • Ph: (408) 867-9550
2nd Friday of each month:
Geetha & Sanjay rao
Text: Srimad Bhagavatam - Kapil Gita • Ph: (408) 863-0595
3rd Friday of each month:
Sweta & Jnan ranjan dash, Almaden
Text: Aparokshanubhooti • Ph: (408) 268-5056

All classes held weekly unless otherwise stated
San Jose Clayton Facility Self Unfoldment Sevak: Ramana Vakkalagadda
Contact: Ramana Vakkalagadda (408) 564-2749 Time: 8:00 pm (Fri.)
San Ramon Bhagavad Gita, Ch 9 Sevak: Bela Pandya
Contact: Sireesha Balabadra (925) 804-6102 Time: 7:30 p.m. (Wed.)
San Ramon/Calif HS Bhagavad Gita, Ch 7 Sevak: Vipin Kapadia
Contact: Vipin Kapadia (925) 680-7037 Time: 3:15 p.m. (Sat.)
Saratoga: Self-Unfoldment Sevak: Kalpana Jaswa
Contact: Kalpana Jaswa (408) 741-4920 Time: 7:30pm (Thur.)
Redwood City: Bhagvad Gita, Ch. 6 Sevak: Sreeharsha
Contact: Sunil Jeswani (650) 364-1074 Time: 7:30 pm (Fri.)
Walnut Creek: Kaivalya Upanishad Sevak: Vipin Kapadia
Contact: Rakesh Bhutani (925) 933-2650 Time: 9:30 am (Sun.)
Prabodhji's Classes at Bala Vihar Locations
Fremont: Session 1:30-3 pm Bhagavad Gita Ch 3
danville: 4:30-6 pm Gitas from Tulsi Ramayana
San Jose: Session 1: 9 am Bhagavad Gita Ch 11
Session 2: 10:30 am Gitas from Tulsi Ramayana
Prabodhji's Classes at Sandeepany
Mondays: 10-11:30 am Sri Ramacaritamanas
Wednesdays: 10-11:45 am Kenopanishad (followed by Sanskrit class)
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 6:30-7:30 am Brahma Sutra
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 7:30-8:30 pm Brhadaranyaka Upanishad
Saturdays: 6:30-8:30 am. Guided Meditation and Mandukya Upanishad
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DireCtionS to SanDeepany San JoSe
If travelling South on 101
Take Guadalupe Expressway Exit
Then go past the airport about two (2) miles and get off at
Park Ave. exit
At the bottom of the ramp, and at the light, make a right turn
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Go to Park Ave. and make a right turn
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Go to Park Ave. and make a right turn
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Get off at Race Street Exit
At the bottom of the ramp, at the light, make a right turn
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