Thursday, September 21, 2017

Shanti Mantra - Elaborate Discussion

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WE start with the famous Shanti mantra:
ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः।
सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु।
मा कश्चित् दुःख भाग्भवेत्॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

All of our spiritual legacy is timeless, lets see how
We pray that all live in peace!!
This is what is currently going on the planet.
Radical Islam, and other forms of fascists and separatists operating in the world to destabilize and force their ideological agenda.
They live in some fantasy world wherein they feel that simply by forcing people to follow will bring Jannat, which is wrong!! Totally wrong!! Peace entirely lives in mind!!
What an irony, just to enjoy heaven on earth we are harassing, insulting, mocking and eventually killing people!!
This has been the pattern since ages and we hope as civilized people of modern society, all the violence stops!!
Hence, we pray that all live in peace!!

 ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः।
 Let all be in happiness.
We know that happiness is purely in mind. Happiness differs from person to person. But then what it really means, Lets see

In spiritual development  there is a concept known as content, which means to be satisfied with whatever you have. This means that the person who is satisfied will remain happy in whatever the conditions he is in. It is the greed that makes the person unhappy. Hence this is an indirect pointer to us!!

सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।
Let everybody enjoy good health.
Health is wealth and Health is happiness is known to everyone. So then what would be a deeper meaning hidden in this. Lets see

In spiritual concept, mind and intellect should be pure, clean and without corruption. Then is very mind and intellect would be stated as healthy. If mind and intellect both are healthy then the actions performed would be completely genuine and this very process would give immense satisfaction which is equal to happiness and eventually peace both interior and exterior.

सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु।
Let everybody see good.

"Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder", this is well known. Similar to this the entire world revolves around the vision of the person. A person gentle and kind hearted will see everything nice. So the prayer is that all should be so spiritually advance to see everything good. There would be another thought, make all people so happy that they will see good in whatever happens, this is called as "Positive Attitude".

There is another dimension to the sentence:
May all see what is spiritually uplifting.
Unless one blessed with spiritual vision or spiritual guru or has done efforts in the path of spiritualism, to see what is spiritually uplifting is missing. So this line is very complex to understand. One has to do efforts in order to see spiritualism or one has to search his own path to see what spiritualism is all about.

मा कश्चित् दुःख भाग्भवेत्॥
Let no one suffer with miseries.
Who want sufferings, no one. Therefore the prayer says no one should suffer. Lets see how:

When the person is content (is not greedy), has healthy mind and intellect (mind without any negative affliction)  and sees everything good or makes an effort to make everything good (does karma)  then the result is that there is no suffering. If everyone does that then there is eternal peace, that is the next line:

ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
 Hence, we pray that all live in peace!!

Some commentators and scholars, have given thrice Shanti, meaning three loks, heaven, earth and hell which is true, but then all the three states are of mind, heaven if you do good, hell if you do bad and suffer in earth if you are not enlightened. So three times of Shanti means peace of mind will give heavenly experience, peace of mind will show the right path so one does not suffer in earth and peace of mind will avoid hell like experience!! 

Sincere request to all friends, family members, member of any caste and creed and more specifically religious outfit, please bring peace to this world!!

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