meaning of ( sachidanand)

[venku21]

Aum Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai
 
Every time the Aarti is sung or some devotee visits Sri Sainath Maharaj,
they hail him as Sri Sachidananda Sadguru Sainath Maharaj Ki Jai. What is
the real significance of this term Sachidananda ?
 
The famous sage Shuka, son of Sri Vyasa Maharishi, goes into deep forests
for penancing in search of Brahman. After sometime, he returns and tells
his father. Oh father, I found Brahman. It is nothing but the Food we eat.
All the beings on this earth sustain because of food. They take form from
food and after leaving this body, they again enter food. Vyasa tells his
son that it is incorrect and asks him to continue his penance.
 
After some more time, Shuka returns and conveys to his father that Brahman
is nothing but Life. Because, it is the life that is making everything
active and any object on the earth is inactive without life in it. The
father sends the son to the forest again.
 
Shuka was in a deep penance this time and after some more time, comes with
an explanation for Brahman. He says this time that the Mind is the Brahman.
Because, it is where all this thoughts and ideas start, develop and end
finally. It is the one which is playing a crucial part in all the human
beings activities to do or not to do something. Yet, the untiring father,
Vyasa, is not convinced and sends his son into the deep woods again.
 
The boy retires to the forest with more zeal and vigor to know the real
form of Brahman. He forces himself to still more severe penances and comes
home after some more time and submits to his father; Oh father, Brahman is
nothing but Knowledge. Though one has food, life and mind. Without the
knowledge of realizing all these, there is nothing. Sage Vyasa seems not to
be fully convinced and asks his son to explore still further.
 
Sage Shuka returns to forest and this time after a long time, he returns
to his father to submit that happiness or eternal bliss is nothing but
Brahman. Here, the real meaning of happiness is contentment. Though you have
everything at your disposal, lack of contentment would throw all this into
dark and make you unhappy.
 
Then, Vyasa explains to his son, Oh, my dear son, Brahman contains all the
aspects you put forth till now. But that is not the entirety of Brahman.
Note the subtle difference that this is all Brahman but Brahman is just not
this. Brahman is nothing but Sat [Truth], Chit [Eternal or immortal, the
soul] and Ananda [infinite]. In real terms of Shastra, ananda is not
happiness but infiniteness.
 
The term Sachidananda is made of 'SAT', 'CHIT' & 'ANANDA'. Thus, Sri
Sainath Maharaj is the embodiment of Truth [always existent], Eternal or
immortal & infinite shape of Brahman in physical form.
 
My humble pranam to Sri Sachidananda Sadguru Sainath Maharaj.
 
Bow To Sri Sai - Peace Be To All
May Baba Be Always With You

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