Teachings of Baba Lokenath

Teachings

Baba Lokenath lived his teachings. He was the living manifestation of a living Buddha whose very presence created vibrations of ultimate joy and whose words penetrated the very hearts of the seekers who came to learn at his lotus feet. His eternal promises bring to light his state of being one with the Divine. Only one who has completely erased the separate identity and merged into cosmic consciousness could give such powerful promises to humanity as a whole. When we hear him speak to his devotees, we see how his was the most practical spirituality that could be practiced by one and all, particularly by the householders.

A little deeper focus on his teachings given below can awaken the latent spiritual yearning in the hearts of a true seeker of light. He spoke at times with a bit of ambiguous words, which needed deeper attention to understand their right context. But his teaching was simple and most scientific. He made it very clear that it is not enough to read the scriptures like the Gita and know it as knowledge, but one has to chew and digest it to make it his own. Only those can teach who have realized the meaning, and experienced the reality, of what one is to teach. As he was the living Gita, people from all communities found their path from the words of this great Himalayan Master.

EACH CREATION IS GREAT IN ITSELF :

One day, Baba was visited by a pundit from a local school who proceeded to lecture Him on the scriptures. As the pundit was talking, a crow began making an unpleasant sound which the pundit found intolerable. He threw a stone to make the crow fly away only to have the bird return immediately to the same branch and resume making noise. To Baba, the bird was freely expressing the beauty of its existence through its own sound. When the pundit tried to drive it away a second time, Baba interfered. “You have driven away the crow because the sound seemed very unpleasant to your ears, but your sound, too, seems to Me equally unpleasant and disturbing.” The pundit was shocked because a crow is a crow and man is the master, superior to all creatures. To Baba, each and every creature is itself a manifestation of Divinity. He felt the same about the smallest ant as the highest being. As a result, hate had no place in His heart. Baba wants us to know that nothing should be looked down upon.

A SOCIAL SYSTEM WHERE LOVE RULES :

People from all walks of life came to Baba for guidance. They not only came for spiritual guidance, but for help with the complex problems of daily life. Baba was deeply interested in every problem and suggested appropriate actions. His suggestions always proved a blessing to both the seeker and to society at large. Baba advocated love and mutual respect among all classes, as well as interdependence, without exploitation of any class.

CONSCIOUS AWARENESS :

To the question, “What is the path to a happy and peaceful life?” Baba spontaneously replied, “Do whatever you like, but do it consciously, with a sense of awareness.” The questioner, however, continued, “If You give Me permission to do as I please, then what would You say if I hit somebody’s head with a stick?” Baba smiled and replied, “Do it and see. I asked you to perform all actions consciously. Once you become conscious and aware, you will find that your conscience will prevent you from hurting anyone.” The evils in society are perpetrated because awareness is absent. All evil actions are the result of unconsciousness. To seekers of truth and bliss Baba gave another fruitful instruction. “If you intend to become spiritual, you must analyze your actions and thoughts each day before you go to bed at night. You must assess the good actions and evil actions and come to a firm resolution not to repeat evil actions anymore.” A seeker should try to practice all activities in a state of awareness. This is the most important “abhyasa-yoga” or spiritual practice for the aspirant. Most recurring actions that flow from lust, anger, greed, jealousy and the like manifest only in a state of unawareness. The seeds of these tendencies lie dormant in the subconscious layers of the mind.

BE ANGRY BUT DO NOT BECOME BLIND WITH ANGER :

Baba also says, “Be angry but do not become blind with anger.” Never allow anger to possess you. Then it blinds you. When anger is given free rein, it bursts out and causes damage — not only to the person at whom the anger is directed, but also, more seriously, at all levels of being to the one who is angry. Let anger become conscious. Step back, be a witness to anger and its mechanisms, to what is appropriate and inappropriate in the situation. The show of appropriate anger in daily life may be inevitable. The parent chastising a child, the teacher reprimanding the student, may call out a display of anger in protective guidance. No one should be consumed by anger. Remain a vehicle of appropriate and conscious expressions of anger, always working for the highest possible good. Then anger cannot possess or damage the mind or body, or thwart the purposes of the soul.

PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH :

As a world teacher, Baba always followed the maxim, ‘First, practice yourself; then preach.’ He often repeated this principle to His devotees. It was a principle that He followed perfectly. For example, Baba taught the path of desireless action and the importance of self-help. When local landowners presented the land for construction of the ashram and proposed their intention to donate funds to build the cottage, Baba objected. With the help of the villagers, He personally worked on the construction of His own small cottage, at the same time inspiring everyone never to feel ashamed to do menial work, since all work is service to the Divine.

Teachings

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Reach Lokenath Divine Life Mission
And Baba Lokenath Temple, Kolkata, India

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Teachings

Direction To

Reach Lokenath Divine Life MissionAnd Baba Lokenath Temple, Kolkata, India

5 + 9 =

Reach Lokenath Divine Life Mission
And Baba Lokenath Temple, Kolkata, India