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On the eve of Akhanda bhajan, Bhagawan explains what is the significance of
Bhajan singing, as practiced since several hundred years.
Born in 1469 A.D., Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru, started the practice of
community singing (bhajans). This gathered momentum over the years and the
great Saint-composer Tyagaraja (in 1700s) invested Bhajans with raga and tala
(musical form and rhythm). Since then bhajans have acquired national vogue in
all parts of India. All major religions also emphasize the importance of
community prayers for the wellbeing of the individual and the world. Bhajans
are intended to harmonise the feelings, the singing, and the rhythmic beats of
the participants so that they experience in unison the oneness of the Divine.
Devotion (Bhakti) should be given the first and foremost place in Bhajans. Such
bhajans are spiritually efficacious. Hence, let your songs be surcharged with
love and let the intense love for the Lord and pure devotion flow through every
song that is sung.
- Divine Discourse, 8-Oct-1986.
You must realise that the grace of the Divine cannot be got by sweet talk or
singing songs. When your hearts are pure the Divine will dwell in them. - BABA.
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The farmer ignores food and sleep, and focusses on ploughing, levelling,
scattering seeds, watering, weeding, guarding and fostering crops. He knows
that the harvest he brings home is critical for his family’s subsistence and if
he fritters away the precious season in idle pursuits, his fam...ily will be
confronted with hunger and ill-health. So he prioritises all his attention on
farming alone and defers all other pursuits. He bears all difficulties and
deprivations, and toils day and night, watches over the crops and garners the
grain. As a result, he happily spends the months ahead, in peace and joy with
his family. All students and spiritual seekers must learn this lesson from the
farmer. Youth is the prime season for mental culture. Use these years
intensively and intelligently for your progress irrespective of difficulties
and overcome every obstacle. Silence the clamour of your senses, and control
hunger and thirst; the urge to sleep and relax also be curbed until spiritual
harvest is obtained.
- Divine Discourse, 26-Oct-1981.
Indulgence in petty pleasure, flimsy gossip, feast and festivity, and idleness
and sleep, makes you unfit to receive or retain spiritual wisdom. -BABA.
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