Notes from PP Mohan Bhagavat Ji on Rakshya Bandhana Utsav

1. Utsav is part and parcel of Bharathiya samskruti.
2. Brother and sister  tieing rakshi has been long tradition.
3. It looks good and henc people does it. Even others start following it also.
4. However we should nto do somehting which just look good but there is no internal thought behind it and there is no goal we want to achive.
5. Parampara based celebration si good however without underatdnign the philosophy behind this jus tfolloing somehting as mY father was going this, grand father was doing this not not good. This will not lead us to the right destiny. Waht is the Mahatva/ significant of doing this that we need to dunderstand.
6. If we do things with proper understand then we will get the fruit of that. THat;s that reason everybody
7. We need to recall why we are celebrating
8. Samajik mahatva, rastriya, sanskrita mahatva kya hai ?
9. Sankalp ka divas hai
10.
a. Varsha Pratipada or Hindu New Year on first day of Chaitra maasa
b. Hindu Samrajya Dinotsav on Jyeshtha Shuddha Trayodashi, commemorating the coronation of Chatrapati c. Shivaji
d. Gurupooja on Ashadha Poornima
e. Raksha Bandhan on Shravana Poornima
f. Vijayadashami on Ashwayuja Shuddha Dashami
g. Makara Sankranti

11. When sister was not there Pandhit/prise does the same saying the mantra "...."
12. It is not only protecting the person or life which is temporary...but we need to protect something which is eternal and pure and sacred.
13. Sarir mana, buddhi is jo byakt hota hai yo byakti nehi hai ...Vastavik swarup ka prakash ka Sarir , mana buddhi ke dwara jo prakash/vyakt kartha hai  , how Byakti hai..He is non other then God/ Atma etc
14. Bhagavan is there everywhere... our culture is such that if garva/ahamkara/madamatta/Atyachari Raja,  kicks to a rocky piller then also God comes out from there ... that is our culture. Kan kan ke Bhagavan...
15. Only Human is the only medium who can menifast the divinity through his Conduct/ characters and become God himself.
15. Andar ka bhagvan ko byakt karna sirf Manusya karsakta hai.... Who cannot do that is called Prani(who has prana) they are not Manusya.
16. Mans is the karana of Bandhan also for Mokshya
17. "Karni karke Nar Narayan ho jana"
18. Laltin ko andar ka jyoti ko purna prakash karna hai , to kya karna hai, we need to clean the Kach. If there is any layer in the glass then it will not glow fully. If it is colored then we will see a colored light. Same way we should not have any Mala in our Body, mind and thought. We need to clean ourself everyday. That is called our samskruti which has been followed.
19.  Swabhab :
- Lion was unhappy in forest as he has to hunt everyday to eat. THey he was caught and placed in A circus. Free food and new learning, house, money income. But will he be happy ?  No.. that is not his swabhab / true nature...Same for human if we ignore our true nature then we cannot be happy just in mere income/house/bonglow etc.
- Because of this only Rana Pratap did not do Bhojan with Mansingh. Mansingh apna swatrantrata ka samjhotata kiya tha..... But Rana Pratap was roaming in Jungle for apna swatantranta...but still he was happy because that was his swabhab for which he will be happy. Eating roti made of of roti,

20. Samaj ka swabhab ko samskruti kahte hai
21. Samskruti is safe we are safe and we can prosper ourself.
22. Jo Surakshita nehi hai , uska vikas nehi ho sakta ....
23. Earlier it was only disease and out side forces/ enemies etc .....But now we are very must in danger, because it is not someone is attacking using a sward...but it is through our finance, educations, other intellectual things we are getting attacke deveryday.
TV advangaes, Movies, Digital, Sessure pleasure. etc
24. Now it is not just a person surakshya, but we want every protection, women protection, child protection, food, water etc ... It is not Dharma Yuddha but it is a trajon horse wala attack. Chhadma Yuddh ...we are facing every moment.
25. Samskruti  and Sambrudhi has to go together....no need to lie to do extra income.... Samruddhi is a bondage if not followed with Dharma...
26. By birth we are bound (under bandhan...)...but the pholosophy bind bandhan is that we need to break the small bandhana and come to a bigger bandhana..... Sabse bada bandhan jo hai , yo Mukti/ mokshya ka bandhan hai .....
28. As we grow we are bounded with more responsibility ...when I was a kid, I had less but Now I am owning more...we protect the family, our soceity, our india...etc .... Peoplw ill consider them as bigger people or mahapurush.
29. Vivekananda break his bandhan to have more bandhan as the world as his family.... more responsibility...
30. Chidiya ude kitne aakash, chara hai, mati ke pas
31. Surakshita hai to Bikashita ho jayega....
32. Once upon a time Bharath has no King and rajya or no praja, no danda, no danda denewala, or lenewala -  People used to take care of each otehr and whty were living happily. In a way our sangha also runs in the same way..... we never consider other's house as not mine we consder others also our own....
33. Dharma holds everyone..., Jodta hai,,, murtyu se amrut se taraf lead us.... lead us to light from dark ness.... rakshya bandhan, is Dharma ka bandhan, aar bahan karna hai....
34. Every utsav focus on some celebrations, vikash, idea exploration...but rakshya bandhana focus on Surakshya..that is the key for all of our existance... if we are suraksita then we are a possibility... hence rakshya bandhana utsav.
35. If rasktra is protected then only own religion/ society will be protected.... then only we wil be protected... Not only SIs and brother celebrate inside home.... but come out and let's bind the rakshya everyone who ever wants to protect the rastra/society etc....
36. Family was suffereing because of Bakasur. THey were sad. Kunti was unhappy listening...SHe told that I will help you as you have help us.  Kunti came back and told her sons - "I have fed you and brought you up for a purpose, one such purpose has come now.... I want Bheeem to go for that purpose now....". There is a family who was for this problem. Krishna took their help keeping Dharma.

37. They understaood the mahatva of rakshya bandhana  ... we need to understand the same... Many poeple has already done this for our rastra....

38. We need to stand up for a right cause for which we are under Bandhan....
39. Are we corouagious to take this responsibility? Pandav accepted it....
40. If we are not taking that responsibility, then again our samskrit will go down, we will loose our glory...
41. We must think in these lines , hence this Utsav. Also we must critical think hence this Baudhik, Chintan ke lie, Parivarthan, Atma CHintan ki abasyak hai....
42. Vivekanada, Shivaji was like us. but gradully they became and so that we can also..if we think we are going in the right direction then we will become once day.
43. This is a step towards a Byaktivta-van manusya banenge. Else we will be like  Animal... "Rakshya ke kie Bandhan.." Svikar karna, aar palan karna...we will get pratistha and samskar... To make a Patha Pradarshak Samaj.... If we start folling this
44. We are becoming stronger and we started correcting our own mistake....370 removal is an example of that... the whole world is watching us now. ... this is the result of this Rakshya bandhan.
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https://blog.practicalsanskrit.com/2010/01/human-or-animal-what-is-difference.html   :

AhAra-nidrA-bhaya-maithunam cha
samAnam_etat_pashubhir_narANAm |
dharmo hi teShAm adhiko visheSho
dharmeNa hInAH pashubhiH samAnAH||

While tying sacred thread below mantra is normally said -
Yen Baddho bali raja danvendro mahabal
ten twam ABHIbadhnami raksh machalmachal
(With which was tied King Bali, the Lord of Giants, of great strength, with the same I tie you: be protected: Do not go, do not go).

RSS Utsav - Raksha Bandhan on Shravana Poornima

We have gathered here to celebrate Rakshya Bandhana Utsav. Bharath is such a culture that we have Utsav every day. Sanghs as an Organization has taken up 6 Utsavs to celebrate based on their Social significance (Samajika mahatva), Spiritual Significance (Adhyatmika mahatva), Rastriya mahatva. Rakshya Bandhana is one of them.

• a. Varsha Pratipada or Hindu New Year on first day of Chaitra masa
• b. Hindu Samrajya Dinotsav on Jyeshtha Shuddha Trayodashi, commemorating the coronation of Chatrapati Shivaji 
• c. Gurupooja on Ashadha Poornima 
• d. Raksha Bandhan on Shravana Poornima 
• e. Vijayadashami on Ashwayuja Shuddha Dashami 
• f. Makara Sankranti

Today in this coming 10-15 minutes we will put some thoughts about this Utsav. Chintan karenge to parivarthan ayega, this is the day of Atma chintan… Hence in every Utsav day we will have a small talk so that we will recall the importance of it and celebrate the utsav with Consciousness.

• The Philosophy behind this.
• How this is started and evolved based on time?
• Some important Historical events happened on this day?

Rakshya Bandhana. Composted of 2 words: Rakshya + Bandhana:

• · Bandhana, which is also called as Bondage, Our ancestors have termed this as Bairagya from Bondage. We need to break the bondage and come out of it. Because we need to move to Mokshya, that is our altimate goal. …
• · Why are we celebrating this Bandhan? If we understand in a deeper level then everything in the whole cosmos has a bondage, Mother Earth is binded around Sun and so it Moon, Sea is bounded by beach…
• · Human being since the day of birth bounded…. A kid is binded with responsibility of just living…. Grown up as a student, bounded with Gurukul Dikshya, Then Parivar Bandhan….. then Society bandhan or rastra bandhan.
• · However, our Philosophy is to break all Small/lower Bandhan and go to the next bigger Bandhan. Dr ji or our pracharak has given their life for the cause of this Rastra or our society.
• · They break the Bandhan of the small family then accepted the whole Bharath Varsh as their own family…. Then consider every house as their own house…. They expand their horizon in everything, things are not limited for them…..
• · So Bandhan is a natural thing which we have to accept (स्वयं स्वीकृतं नः सुगंकारयेत्॥३॥ )…..
• · Bandhana is Responsibility. The Bandhana represents Atmyiyata, the binding represents Bandhuta, the binding represents samanata, this binding represents samarasata.

Rakshya: (Byakti->Samaj->Samskar & Samskruti)

• · Our culture is build such a way that Dharma is the base of everything…. If you see our Philosophy of Purusharth – (Dharma, Artha, Kama, Mokshya ), the first thing is Dharma…… then only other things will come….
• · Dharma holds everyone, Dharma Joins things (Jodta hai), murtyu se amrut se taraf lead us.... lead us to light from dark ness.... What is Dharma can be a separate baudhik topic “dasakam dharma lakshna….”..
• · But there is a popular part of Shloka “Dharmo rakshati rakshitaha” if we want to be protected we need to protect Dharma. If Dharma is protected, then we will be protected…. So our main intension is to protect the Dharma.
• · Who can protect the Dharma? Is it a person who can protect? It is all of us together only can protect. 
• · However, we are mortal being how long we will live to protect Dharma…. We are nothing but a part of the society. We are mortal, but the society is immortal. Society is eternal…. People like us keep coming and keep going.
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• · Vivekananda came from this society, Shivaji came from this society…. So we are just part of the society.
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• · Samskar and samskruti are the mind and heart of the society. A society can be possible without this mind and heart as well. But we cannot say them as we society. To protect the society we need to protect the samskara and our Samskruti.
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• · When people from a society starts living a life who are संस्कारित , संगठित, धार्मिक then those behavior will come as संस्कृति for that society. A society with good संस्कृति and संस्कार can only live longer. Hence Hindu is existing since eternally….

Rakshya Bandhana:

• · Rakshya + Bandhana = Taking responsibility , a day to take a sankalp to protect the dharma and samskruti.
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• · A story of Pandava…. Bakasura story everybody may be knowing…. The family was in suffering who will go to Bakasura. Then Mother Kunti listen that and then She told that “You have given me shelter” and I will help you. I will send one of my Son. Then Kunti came back to ser Sons and brought the point “जो महत्व केलिये में आप को पाला बढ़ा हूँ , अभी एक महत्व हमारे पास है |, I want Bheem to go to Bakasura…”
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• · When there was a problem in the society, a family came up and own that problem… then forget about their own comfort or selfishness … They accepted this for a bigger cause… we are not living not just to enjoy, construct house but we have a bigger objective to achieve.
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• · Byakti Dharma, Kutumb Dharma, Samaj Dharma, Rastra dharma and then Mokshya … that is the way. For Dharma Ram went to Vanavas… Everbody knows that, Or else “he could have told that Janta hamare sath hai ji, hum kyon jayenge Jungle….”

What is the Spiritual Importance’s:


We all share the same Divinity - Oneness is Rakshya Bandhana:

• · Advaita Philosophy - Sanatana Dharma which believes in multiple ways lead to the same goal. Multiple gods represent the same Bramhan. Rivers are many and they flow to the same sea and reside there peacefully.
• · Sarir/Mana/Buddhi is not Byakti, But Jo sarir-mana-buddhi ke madhyam se byakt hota hai, yo Byakti hai. So that who can do this is God himself.
• · We believe that God is everywhere. Even when a Ahankari/Atyachari raja patthar ke piller ko lath marta hai, to bhi bhagvan comes out from that piller.
• · Only Human is the only medium who can menifast the divinity through his Conduct/ characters and become God himself. Andar ka bhagvan ko byakt karna sirf Manusya karsakta hai.... Who cannot do that is called Prani(who has prana) they are not Manusya. ….“Karni karke Nar Narayan ho jana"
• · From the same concept our Samskra “Namaskar” has come. Both hands represent duality and then come together as a perfect one. By doing Namaskar we accept and acknowledge the Vedantic philosophy of oneness. By doing Namaskar we honor and inherit the wisdom of Yoga.  

• · Rakshya Bandhana is to represent Yoga or Union, this is to represent Oneness and non-duality. This is to represent “Vasudhiva Kutumbkam”. This is to represent “Ekam sad viprabahuda vadanthi”.
• · Rakshya Bandhan is nothing but a Yoga, Yoga between Byakti to Byakti, Yoga between byakti to samaja, Samaj to Samskar, Samskar to Dharma, and lead us to Mokshya….
• · Rakshya Bandhan is a sadhana which binds us together and makes us as One. व्यक्ती व्यक्ती मे जगाये धर्म चेतना, जनमन संस्कार करे यही साधना ।

Let’s talk some of the historical events which had happened on this auspicious day.

• · It is believed that Sri Rama started for Lanka to rescue Sita on this day. He crossed the sea from the bridge made by the Vanar Sena by throwing stones in water.
• · This is the day when Lord Vamana has come to Mahabali and asked for land of 3 steps and He pressed Mahabali to Patala…
• · Full moon (Poornima) day of the holy month Shravana (August). known by many names such as Baldev, Naliyeri Purnima or Coconut Day.
• · Another ritual enjoins on the Brahmins renewal of their investiture. On this occasion, they take a pledge to rededicate themselves to the cause of vedic dharma and to rise above mundane pursuits.
• · Fishermen start their voyages on this day for fishing.
• · The farmers start sowing seeds on this day and pray for a good crop.

Beginning and Evaluation of Rakshya Bandhana:

• · According to the Bhavishya Purana, the practice of tying rakhi began when Maharani Shachi, Lord Indira’s wife, who possessed occult powers, tied a protective knot containing rice and sarson (rape seed) on the right wrist of her husband to help him in his crusade against the demons. Lord Indira succeeded in crushing his foes.
• · Mahabharata, when Sri Krishna kills Shishupaala with his weapon, Sudarshan-Chakra, his finger gets wounded. Seeing this Draupadi tears a piece of cloth from her sari and ties on the wound. And after quite some time, when Draupadi was insulted by the Kauravas, Sri Krishna rescues her by showering saaris.
• · As Kali Yuga was approaching, Once Yudhishthira asked Sri Krishna how best he could guard himself against impending evils and catastrophes in the coming year. Sri Krishna advised him to observe the Raksha ceremony. Hence this took a form of festival and it has been continuing since then.
• · If you go to any temple also they tie a sutra which symbolizes the protection form God. Many of us also keep tying the sutra from different sources….
• · Rakshya Bandhana has taken many form/manner and styles based on different time. Earlier it as limied to only in family and mainly brothers and sister. With the onslaught of foreign invaders, the practice of tying a rakhi extended beyond the bounds of family and sometime became an intra-family or even an inter-racial affair.
• · Rani Karmavati of Chittor sent a rakhi to Humayun, soliciting his help against Bahadurshah, the ruler of Gujarat.

Threats Current:

• · Earlier it was only disease and outside forces/ enemies etc .....But now we are very must in danger, because it is not someone is attacking using a sward...but it is through our finance, educations, other intellectual things we are getting attacked every day. TV advangaes, Movies, Digital, Sensual pleasure. etc . Now it is not just a person surakshya, but we want every protection, women protection, child protection, food, water etc ... It is not Dharma Yuddha but it is a trajon horse wala attack. Chhadma Yuddh ...we are facing every moment.
• · In Sangh, the festival is celebrated in a little different way. Sangh participants not only tie raksha to each other, but also to bhagava-dhwaj (Saffron flag). Bhagava dhwaj symbolizes entire Hindu society. The tying of raksha to the sacred bhagava dhwaj at the start of the function signifies this social and cultural aspect.
• · The Mantra,”I will save you. You will save me and together we will save our Motherland”. Dharmo rakshati rakshitaha
• · "Rakshya ke ye Bandhan…", “Dharma ka ye Bandhan…” Svikar karna, aar palan karna hai...If we follow, then we will get pratistha and samskar... This will make a Patha Pradarshak Samaj....
• · A recent instance of abolishing 370 is an example of that: We are becoming stronger and we started correcting our own mistake. The whole world is watching us now. ... this is the result of this Rakshya bandhan.

• · Are we courageous enough to take this as a challenge? When required we are ready to stand for the society? Are we ready to sacrifices for the rastra? Are we ready to put yourself for the Dharma?
• · Let’s come out of our house, all sisters and brothers and take a Sankalp for this.

Samarasata Mantra:


हिन्दव:सोदरा: सर्वे, न हिन्दू: पतितो भवेत्।
मम दीक्षा हिन्दू रक्षा, मम मंत्र: समानता।।


भावार्थ:
सब हिन्दू भाई है, कोई भी हिन्दू पतित नहीं है। हिंदुओंकी रक्षा मेरी दीक्षा है, समानता यही मेरा मंत्र है।


[Baudhik given in Sangheek on 11th-Aug-2019, on the occasion of Rakshya Bandhana]