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Datta Guru Datta Jayanti Teachings Of Datta Datta Mantra Incarnations
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birth day of Shree Dutta is the day when the Datta principle becmae
active on this earth.Datta jayanti is celebrated on the full Moon day
of Hindu Month "Margashirsh".Shree Datta who perfroms the role of a "Guru",has assumed sixteen main
incarnations. Dattatreya,the three Gods,transformed themselves into mendicants and approached the dwelling of sage Atri and begged for alms.Sage Atri was away at the river for offering his daily oblations.His wife,Anusuya came out and offered them food.However,the three Gods made a strange request.The said that the food should be prepared and served to them by Anusuya herself, in the nude. As per the Hindu notion,the Guest is God and can not be sent back with empty hands.Hence Anusaya was placed in a dilemma. She convinced herself thatshe was totally purified by the long association with the holy sage Atri so she had no fear of anyone.When the food was served from her hands, she looked upon them as her own children and not as strangers and grown up men! Soon,the men got transformed into small
three babies.Sage Atri on his return saw his wife Anusuya with three babies. Anusuya said
"These children are the gift of God to us". Sage Atri was overjoyed and named them Datta, which means
'given'. At this the three Gods got transformed to their original forms
and disclosed the truth. His favorite abode is
the Holy Audambar tree. He has
matted hair on His head. His body is smeared with holy ashes and wears tiger-skin
as garment. A cow and four dogs are always with him as constant companions.Shri Dattatreya,
in order to bless his devotees wanders about in the guise of a random
guest at the meals hour. Hence, it is
said that a random guest should be treated nicely as if they are the embodiment of Lord Dattaterya.
The Cow, She is always with Datta and symbolizes the Mother Earth and Dharma. She is called 'Kamadhenu',the wish fulfilling cow. The four dogs They symbolise the four Vedas the external repositories of spiritual wisdom. The trident It indicates that he has transcended the three gunas, which constitute the illusory world: Sattva-illumination, Rajas-activity and Tamas-inertia. Sudharshana chakra The disc indicates his being beyond the cycles of time i.e. the past, present and future.His holding of 'chakra' indicates his controll over the time. The conch It represents the eternal sound Aum' which is the manifestation of the Spirit. Bhasma The Ashes symbolize his purity and the ultimate state of all matter. Begging bowl This teaches us to share our wealth and food with others. Japa-mala The Rosary,Japmala,tells us that our first duty is to chan the divine name of the God. Thousands of years ago,Guru Dattatreya gave Ashtanga Yoga (eight fold path of Yoga) Lessons to the world,as follows,- 1.Yama truthfulness,non-receiving of any gifts. Moral discipline 2.Niyama study and self-surrender to God. 3. Asana posture 4. Pranayama breath control exercises. 5. Pratyahara withdrawal of senses from sense objects. 6. Dharana concentration. 7. Dhyana meditation and knowledge. 8. Samadhi the state of being merged with the God
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Shripad Vallabh was born to a brahmin couple Appala Raju Sharma and Sumathi, in a village named Pithapur in Andhra Pradesh, India.They were devotees of Lord Datta and had many children of whom only two survived. One was lame and the other was blind.
They worshipped Lord Datta and always offered food to mendicants and monks as if they were forms of Lord Datta. One day, they were performing the annual ceremony in their house and many Brahmins were invited as guests. Tradition holds that none should eat on that day before these guests partake their food.The Lord said, "Mother, I am pleased with your devotion, you have given me food with the full faith,even before you fed the Brahmin guests. Now, ask me for anyboon and it will be granted".
"Lord", she said, "Lord! You addressed me as mother, please let your word be turned into reality" .
Soon,Sumathi conceived and delivered a male child with divine features.The child was none other but the very first incarnation of Shri. Dattatreya,known as Shipad Vallabh.
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Shripad Shri. Vallabh told a Brahmin lady to devote her life to the worship of Lord Shiva,who obeyed him and subsequently,was born in Karanja, near Akola ( India),in a pious family and she was named Amba.Later on she was married to a pious man Madhav Sharma.
She was devoted totally to her husband.Her holy tendencies were growing
due to her spiritual achievements in the previous life. She
then became an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva.
Later on she delivered a baby boy.To the surprise of everyone,the child did not cry
on birth.but he uttered the divine sound 'Aum' and everyone was
amazed at it. Learned people assured Madhava Sharma that their child was
indeed an avatar of the Lord.The
child was named Narahari.
As he grew he got the thread ceremony done and prepared for his pilgrimage.He took a staff in his hand and left from home to fulfill his mission,to revive faith and uplift the people morally and spiritually.
On his way to Badrinath, Narahari reached the Holy place Kashi.As per the Holy tradition, Narahari resorted to his Holiness Swami Krishna Saraswati as his Guru and anounced the vow of sanyas.Henceforth, He came to be known as Shri Narasimha Saraswati,the second incarnation of Shri. Dattatreya.
