Guru Raghavendra Swami
Question
Dear Dhananjay,
Om Sri Raghvendray Namaha
As metioned by you "Self realized soul merges with Almighty, just like a drop of water merges into the ocean".
Then my question to you is while entering the Vrindavana, HH Guru Raghavendra Swami stated that he would be there (in the Vrindavana) for 700 years and he would continue to bestow his grace on his devotees from Mantralayam for 700 years.Can you make my understandings correct?
Dear Dhananjay,
I really want to know your matrubhasha. May I know your matrubhasha?
Thanks.
Answer
For complete liberation (without return to the physical/mental & causal planes) the Jiva should be free from both Punyam (merit) and Paapam (demerit) born of karma. Suppose a Yogi has attained to self-realization but still has much merit left in his karmic account due to the various good deeds performed by him (with the I-sense before attaining enlightenment), then he either has to enjoy such good karma in the physical/astral planes or he can distribute such merit to others based on devine will. Enlightened souls such as Guru Raghavendra Swami do not have any desire for material/physical enjoyments. Hence the only option left is to reside in the Sukshma Sharira (astral body) and guide others till all the merit is exhuasted and the passage for irreversible liberation clear.
This is what Swamiji meant when he stated that he would reside in the Vrindavana for some more time. He still resides in the holy place of Mantralayam in his astral body, constantly in the state of Sahaja Nirvikalpa Samadhi. When devotees who deserve help/guidance approach him, he expends some part of the accumulated merit in attending to them.
ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)