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Taken from skandavale.org<\/a>\n

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The installation of Lord Dattatreya at Skanda Vale (17th August 2018), with a discourse from <\/em><\/a>Brahmarishi Mohanji<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Download discourse \u2013 mp3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jai Guru Datta! <\/strong>It\u2019s extremely auspicious today. First of all, Dattatreya<\/a> coming to Skanda Vale \u2013 it\u2019s always purpose-bound. Datta is always purpose-bound. He means transformation. Transformation is the purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transformation means integration. When I say integration it\u2019s being one unit. Becoming one unit. That\u2019s the only thing a human being needs to do in a lifetime. Being one unit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember this carefully. When I say being one unit \u2013 we look like one unit. We have a body, we have a mind, an intellect, we have an ego and we have a spirit. Ego means personality. We have a personality and we have a spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it all aligned in us? Body is here, where is the mind? Most of the times mind is scattered in the past or moving towards the future. So we are not aligned that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Datta represents a state where there is a perfect alignment. Mohanji<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mind is fully settled in the body. That means minimal mind; the mind which you work through your eyes so that you are able to see, through your ears so that you are able to listen, with the tongue so you are able to taste. That kind of mind which is just utility mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dattatreya & the Nath Tradition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I have not seen many lineages that do not have Dattatreya. First of all in the tradition of Nath<\/a>; that\u2019s a very common tradition. Most of the gurus of the world are from Nath. Because it has structure. Structure in the sense that it displays bhakti yoga fully, jnana yoga (knowledge) path, devotion path\u2026 all practices. All these paths are defined in Nath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Lord Krishna was about to leave his body he called Datta. He spoke to Datta because Dattatreya was the Yug Acharya (the teacher of the era of Lord Krishna) Dwapara Yuga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He spoke to Lord Datta, and said \u2018After my leaving the body what I came for will not be followed because people are going into Kali Yuga\u2019. (An age where people don\u2019t care about other people. It\u2019s about cheating and stealing, you know?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said, \u2018There\u2019s no alignment, so that which I came for will not be carried forward. Can you make a system which will help people to maintain what I came for?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord Krishna and all the avatar\u2019s incarnations are to maintain dharma. (Dharma means righteous lifestyle, or ground rules of existence \u2013 Sanatana Dharma \u2013 ground rules of existence. This is based on which the universe is created.) To preserve Sanathana Dharma they appear at times. They keep reincarnating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So Dattatreya has taken birth because of that purpose. Krishna said \u2018Create a tradition which will preserve what I came for.\u2019 That is how Lord Dattatreya created and codified the Nath tradition, based on the state of Shiva. He used the state of Shiva \u2013 totally in bliss, completely in detachment and existing as a source \u2013 all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He used Shiva as the state and created the Nath tradition. That is why, in the Nath tradition, enlightenment is only one part. It is not the end. It\u2019s only one stage. You don\u2019t see many traditions where enlightenment is only a stage. Most of the traditions end in enlightenment. Then what do you do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Nath tradition, you have to become Shiva. That means total dissolution.Mohanji<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

When I say total dissolution \u2013 even the seed form (which is the subtlest form) falls into the ocean and becomes the ocean. Total expansion. Becoming Shiva. That\u2019s the pattern or structure of the Nath tradition which Datta created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is one side \u2013 Datta\u2019s role in the creation of the Nath tradition. There are a lot of Nath gurus. Babaji<\/a> is Adinath (of Yogananda\u2019s book in Nath tradition.) Babaji is also in the Kriya tradition, so that is also him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Datta \u2013 the perfect Avaduta<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Then in the Avaduta tradition, there are people who are not even conscious of the body. This is the fifth stage of samadhi, defined in the yoga sutras by Patanjali<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An average individual has a desire that requires a fulfilment. In that stage, the mind is still. For example; you are hungry, you have some food. For some time you are happy. But again you will become hungry. Again you need food. This is the average human existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then you reach a stage where you are hungry, but you are not affected by it. Second level of samadhi. Means you have a desire and whether you get the fulfilment or not you are okay. Second level of samadhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third level of samadhi is that the thoughts that carry the desire itself are outside of you. It means they do not affect you. Desires do not affect you. That means you are getting much more free. Thoughts drive desires, right? So your thoughts are not powerful enough to bring forth the desires, so then you attain a deeper level of freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fourth state is where thoughts die. Because thoughts cannot influence you they die. They have no reason to stay alive. They die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thoughts are like pillars, thoughts maintain the mind. When thoughts die, the pillars collapse and the mind collapses.Mohanji<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the fourth level of samadhi. When mind collapses, the mind becomes the minimal mind. The mind will not go away completely \u2013 you will have the minimal mind just to experience the surroundings and whatever you are incarnated for. If you eat food, you will know you are eating food and there will be a taste, but you are not bound by the taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is how Avadhutas<\/a> eat food. You know, Datta is a perfect Avadhuta. They never eat food separately. They mix everything together. Everything becomes one taste. They are not bound by taste. You can look at any Avadhuta \u2013 they walk with a bowl and they put everything together \u2013 sweet, spicy \u2013 everything together and they eat it like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So you\u2019re not bound by anything at that stage. At the fourth state, when the mind becomes the minimal mind then you are not going to go back. That\u2019s like graduation. That\u2019s what we call stability in awareness. Here awareness stabilises and you become Buddha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then comes a state where you are aware of the body, but you are not bound by the body. It\u2019s again a much more liberated state. You know you have a body, but you are not bound by that body or the needs of that body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the sixth state, you do not even know that you have a body. Total abandonment, complete bliss, total expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So becoming a unit happens in the fourth state. Until then, you will be guided by a master. The master holds your hand until you reach the state where the mind collapses. Then you become the master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the tradition of dissolution. Datta stands for that because he\u2019s an Avadhuta, he\u2019s a person who\u2019s almost reached the sixth state, where sometimes he doesn\u2019t even know that he has a body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neem Karoli Baba<\/a> was a prime example. When people give him food he would ask people nearby \u2018Have I eaten?\u2019 Someone would say \u2018Guru you have not eaten\u2019, so then he would eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then half an hour later somebody else would ask again, and if the guy says \u2018no you have not eaten\u2019 then he will eat again! So it\u2019s all happening but in total abandonment. That\u2019s the state. He\u2019s a perfect Avadhuta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dattatreya Gayatris <\/strong>\u201cAvadhuta Chintana, Sri Guru Deva Datta\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the chant. In the Dasa Mahavidyas<\/a> \u2013 the ten Mahavidyas including Sri Vidya \u2013 sixteen thousand stanzas delivered by Datta. So he is also in the Sri Vidya tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So in the Shakti tradition, or the Shiva tradition, or the Vishnu tradition, you will see Datta. He is Mahaguru. Great master. He is Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva all put together. Here [Mohanji points to the murthi] we have Datta predominantly as Mahavishnu \u2013 as the prime deity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shiva on that side and Brahma on that side. Right is Brahma, left is Shiva, centre is Vishnu, so mostly worship method would be that of Mahavishnu, who is in the front. That\u2019s the worship method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gayatri you already know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOm Digambaraya Vidmahe
Atri Putraya Dhimahi
Tanno Datta Prachodayat\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digambaraya is one whose clothes are the sky \u2013 one who is naked, just a loincloth. Digambaraya Vidmahe Atri Putraya Dhimahi \u2013 son of Atri. (I recognise you as an incarnation of the son of Atri). Tanno Dattri Prachodayat \u2013 that Datta may enlighten us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the Gayatri. There\u2019s another version; Avadhutaya Vidmahe. I respect you as an Avadhuta. (the state I mentioned earlier). Also Atri Putraya (son of Atri) Datta Prachodayat. These are the Gayatris usually chanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please understand Datta has every dimension. Whatever dimension you can look for, in every deity, he has it. So he\u2019s not just a guru, he\u2019s a complete god \u2013 whether it is Shiva or Vishnu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shiva & Vishnu in Dattatreya<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

There are certain idols with the face of Shiva. (I think one of them we have in Switzerland \u2013 the front is Shiva). That\u2019s the intense mode, when he\u2019s just destroying all the negativities in one blow. That kind of aggressive mode. And this is more peaceful, loving, kind \u2013 the Vishnu mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please understand the operating level of Shiva is usually no-nonsense. He wouldn\u2019t even care. Ravana came and asked him for a blessing. Shiva gave part of his soul and said \u2018take it\u2019. It then became a problem for Vishnu and people to salvage it! Because Mahavishnu is looking at maintenance. Everything is peaceful; that\u2019s why he took many avatars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Shiva it doesn\u2019t matter, it\u2019s all dissolution. Okay, you have this desire; take it. Then what happens next\u2026 we\u2019ll see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why he gave the blessing to Bhasmasura<\/a>. He gave the blessing that whoever he touches becomes ash. A very dangerous blessing. First, he tried to touch Shiva himself. Shiva ran away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he gave the blessing. He said \u2018Whoever you touch will become ash.\u2019 And then he tried to do it on Shiva. Shiva escaped. Then Mahavishnu had to come as a beautiful woman \u2013 Mohini. And told Bhasmasura \u2018I don\u2019t believe that you have this kind of a blessing.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Yes I have, I can show you\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018No, no put it on your head, let me see.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So he touched his head and he became ash! That is how Vishnu saved people. Shiva is a very funny guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The miraculous birth story of Lord Datta<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Back to Lord Datta. You know his origin, right? Atri<\/a> and Anasuya<\/a>. Anasuya was only taking care of her husband and attained immense powers. Just by focusing on care. Concentration, dedication and consistency give you immense powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concentration is very important. Any object. Keep concentrating it will give you powers. Dedication means there\u2019s nothing else \u2013 only this. That gives you powers. Consistency means you don\u2019t deviate into too many things. Just focus. Do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These three are a deadly combination. She became very powerful and her power was so immense that it was even more than great Rishis. Her fame reached the heavens. So the gods told the trinity \u2013 Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva \u2013 there is a woman who is very very powerful. \u2018Will you go and check how she is? Test her.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So they came to her doorstep as wandering monks. (In our system you cannot send off anybody without food. Anybody coming to your house should be given what you have. It doesn\u2019t matter how rich or poor you are, but you should share.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These monks came and said \u2018We are hungry, can you give us some food?\u2019 But she hadn\u2019t prepared food as yet, and she said \u2018Please wait, I will prepare it and give it to you.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They said, \u2018We have one condition; you should serve us totally naked. You should give us food completely naked.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a problem. It\u2019s an embarrassment. How do you go in front of strangers totally naked? It\u2019s inappropriate because she\u2019s married. (Even if she\u2019s not married it\u2019s inappropriate, but otherwise, it\u2019s even more inappropriate!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So she went inside, brought some water, did some prayer and sprinkled it on them. Everyone became small babies! Then with her yogic power, she produced milk and breastfed them. So both the conditions were solved. She served them food, naked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She fed them, then they became their usual selves. Then the monks said \u2018Actually we are not monks. we are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. We have come to test you because the gods were very worried about you\u2026 because you attained the state of gods.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then they said \u2018What can we do for you?\u2019 (Because if they like something they have to bless and give some boon). \u2018What do you want?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So she said \u2018I would like you to come into my womb as my child.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So they said \u2018So be it\u2019 and they blessed her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She conceived and later told Atri her husband what had happened, and Atri was very happy \u2013 her own yogic powers are so envious to gods! They were very happy. Later on, she became pregnant and she delivered the child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The child had three faces; Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva. Then she told the child \u2018This is okay, nice to see your faces! I know that you three have come to keep your promise, but it will be difficult to be in the world with three faces; you\u2019ll be a freak child! Why don\u2019t you have one face?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So then their three faces joined together as one. That is why all the old Datta idols will have only one face. Earlier idols all have one face. Then later on, in the last century or two, people started getting confused between Datta idol and Mahavishnu idol. That\u2019s why people started making three faces, to differentiate between the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Incarnations of Datta Avatar<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Then Dattatreya became a powerful master. He has many incarnations. First incarnation \u2013 Sripad Srivallabh<\/a> a powerful incarnation. You can read the Charitramrut \u2013 the story of Sripad Srivallabh, that book is available. That story was written 33 generations ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that time, Sripad Srivallabh said \u2018This story should not be available to people until 33 generations have passed because people are not ready for this story.\u2019 But it\u2019s released now, it\u2019s available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the Sripad Srivallabh Charitramrut \u2013 PDF document<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s the first avatar. Then the second avatar was Narasimha Saraswati<\/a> and third was Akkalkot Swami; he was another very powerful avatar. Then we have Manik Prabhu<\/a> and fifth avatar we have Shirdi Sai Baba<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, there are so many avatars. Datta has appeared in various forms. Most of them have been Avadhutas. (Avadhuta means completely unaware of their body). Very powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So if you surrender to Datta he gives you everything.Mohanji<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We were chanting this morning \u2013 Nama Mantra. When you think or use the name he is pleased. Smaran Mantra \u2013 even if you think \u2018Dattatreya\u2019 he becomes happy, he connects. It\u2019s that simple. So if you chant, definitely he becomes pleased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Om Sri Gurudev Datta\u2019 is usually what people chant. Very simple. Dram is the Bija Mantra. People greet each other with \u2018Jai Guru Datta\u2019 \u2013 like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thus spake Dattatreya\u2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cPlace, time, causation are all delusions. It is your disease that you think you are bound and will be free.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are the Unchangeable. Talk not. Sit down and let all things melt away, they are but dreams. There is no differentiation, no distinction, it is all superstition; therefore be silent and know what you are.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are the essence of bliss. Follow no ideal, you are all there is. Fear nought, you are the essence of existence. Be at peace. Do not disturb yourself. You never were in bondage, you never were virtuous or sinful. Get rid of all these delusions and be at peace.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whom to worship? Who worships? All is the Atman. To speak, to think is superstition. Repeat over and over, \u2018I am Atman, I am Atman.\u2019 Let everything else go.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Avadhuta Gita<\/a> or \u2018Song of the Purified\u2019 by Dattatreya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagaraja Inauguration<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Taken from https:\/\/www.skandavale.org\/blog\/nagaraja-prana-pratistha-inauguration-puja\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the installation of the Nagaraja murthi at Skanda Vale, with a discourse from Mohanji
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Download discourse \u2013 mp3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nagaraja is primarily about protection.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

We are deeply integrated with snakes, whether we have knowledge about it or not. Naga Loka is a subtle world, it exists. (Don\u2019t think that they have the form of snakes, it\u2019s only when they come to Earth that they take the form of snakes.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they go to another loka they will take the form of a ferocious being in that place. So in this plane they usually come as snakes. Why? Because we don\u2019t go and hug snakes! To save themselves from people and other beings they use this form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagaraja Gayatri:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Om Sarparajaya Vidmahe,
Padma Hastaya Dhimahi,
Tanno Vasuki Prachodayat.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So Nagaraja is primarily protection. His aim is protect from the negativities from entering this zone. The area gets protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would also like to say that wherever Dattatreya is, various celestial beings come. Wherever you have installed Dattatreya, celestial beings spontaneously start visiting, so the energy of the place becomes great. Much higher than normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nagaraja has two connections. One is lineage. It represents lineage; what you have inherited from the past, because we are not just this existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lion\u2019s share of our karma is what we bring from our past lives, but another portion is brought from lineage \u2013 inherited karma. This is mixed together, like milk and water, so it\u2019s very difficult to say which is which. These two are mixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The snakes represent that karma which is from the lineage. When people talk about \u2018Kala Sarpa Dosha\u2019 \u2013 the curse of snakes, the dosha (the negativity) is all connected to lineage, not necessarily from our Prarabdha, our past lives. It\u2019s almost always lineage \u2013 ancestral. Comes to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does it manifest? Mostly as problems in relationships. Children, education, all those kinds of things. When you are connected to these snakes, or when you are in tune with the Naga Loka<\/a>, it reduces the weight of the lineage karma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, it reflects in the mind. Mind is connected to it. Its usual reflection is in the mind and skin. Allergies and skin issues \u2013 all those things are usually connected to snakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirdly, the knowledge part. You look at any images of Patanjali<\/a>; half portion is snake. So Patanjali is probably not from Earth. You know, he would probably have come from Naga Loka. A lot of beings come from other worlds to here and they impart knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But don\u2019t think that all the beings coming from other worlds to here are benevolent. Some of them are like our scientists \u2013 they are coming to experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there are beings who are very highly evolved. They come here and they deliver. They give knowledge. Snakes have been giving us knowledge \u2013 if Patanjali is from Naga Loka then that one example is enough. Complete knowledge about Yoga Sutras, including states of samadhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What more do you need? That one text is enough for you to attain the highest possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have a great role to play in our lives. You can see Shiva as Takshaka, Karkotaka, Shankapala, Kulika, Padma, Mahapadma Vasuki and Shesha \u2013 the Ashta Nagas \u2013 all Shiva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the powerful, poisonous beings Shiva is wearing. Naga Bhushana, right? Shiva is wearing all of them. Mahavishnu is lying on Ananta. Infinity. In Yoga Nidra \u2013 in tune with the cosmic consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You see the connection? Most probably all of this knowledge, including the states of consciousness, such as Shiva and Mahavishnu \u2013 all this was probably delivered by Nagas. That\u2019s why we see Nagas in most everything. We see a representation in everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That means they would have probably imparted it. We don\u2019t know because we\u2019re very ungrateful people isn\u2019t it? When we get something we take it and we destroy the source, right? Then we say it\u2019s mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time and again we have seen that in history. We never respect the real teachers. We take them for granted. As far as possible we crucify them. Then no problem! We can interpret their teaching in the way we want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same thing happened to Nagas. That\u2019s why we have Naga Dosha. This whole subject of Naga Dosha started there. Ingratitude. Ungratefulness. That\u2019s the one point where we have this whole astrology\u2026 it\u2019s all about ungratefulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we don\u2019t have gratitude, all this comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mohanji talked about Naga Loka here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Naga Loka, the World of Snakes<\/a><\/blockquote>