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foreword
This small booklet is collection of discource which
Brahmrishi Vishvatma Bawra
our reverend Gurudev B.V. Bawra Ji Maharaj has given in
Compiled by :Margot Davinder Milcetch
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Worlds Religions Conference held from 24th August to 31 St
Edfted by : Swam Brahmrita Parivarajika
- August 1992, in Seoul Korea. All Dharmacharyas & Gurus of
different Religions of the world were called to discuss the
First Edition Jan.2006 problem.Howto attain peace in world. In his address Reverend
Guru ji said that peace can be attained only through spiritual
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discipline. All the pnests and Dharmacharayas accepted the

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said untill & unless we are rooting out the cause of
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can be achieved through yoga & meditation. -Vishvatma Bawra.
1f man is not peaceful internaNy how we can bring Haana, India
peace in the world.The Vedic philosophy shows us the way of
intemal practice only then we can attain happiness and peace Assembly of the Worlds Religions
inourownself&intheworldatlarge.
August 24 to 31, 1992
1 hope this smailbooklet will give rightdirectiontothe
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readers & thinkers of the world for solving this great problem.

BrahmritaParivaraJika
My dear souls!
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Gladly, 1 am welcoming this auspicious occa

sion provided by the lnter-Religious Federatlon for
World Peace. This is a great opportunity for all reli
glous, saintly people and wise men to discuss globaL
disturbances and the restlessness of man kind. It is a
well known fact that these disturbances and restless
ness are not the cause in itself but the effect of some
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deeper and more subtle cause. My innermost wish is
that we may jointly explore and discover the root cause
of this undesirable situation and search solutidns to
remove them and create a peacelul atmosphere in the
world in which humankind can live happily and lead
prosperous lives.
As we all know, mans inner demand is to
achieve eternal happiness and that happiness is the
result of inner peace. This is not only the individuals
demand, but that of the family, state, nation and world
as a whole. Our every elf ort is directed at full illing this
indispensable inner demand, but resultantly we are
receiving the reverse of our inner wish in the form of
tension, anxiety and numerous other kinds of miseries.
Herein lies an important question that must
be addressed. When mankind is directing so much
efrfort and energy in an attempt to achieve peace and
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happiness, why is It receiving the opposite ? Why are
we getting resuts that are against our will, our nature,
our inner demand, our deeds, our activities or our ac
tion itself. A great, ancient seer once said that 1f one
tres to remove any disease without searching dut an
understanding of the root cause of that disease, one
cannot be successtut So, it appears we are not aware
of the problem on the level-of the root cause of suffer
Ing, anxiety, pain and calamities. Therefore without
knowing the root of our restlessness- and
disturbacnces, we are tryingto removethem, this is not
possible. In my opinion, such kind of circumstances
are not new in human history. This pattern repeats ftself
over and over again. According to Samkhya Philoso
phy, the root cause of all miseries is residing in the
human intetlect, but mostly mankind is not aware of
this fact. People are searching for answers on the sur
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face of life and outside of themselves in the world.
Mostly people are busy with their individual
interest or selfish motive. They believe that they will
achieve peace and happiness through this process.
Others believe that not just momentary enjoyment but
the accumulation of the objects of woridly enjoyment
as well as the increase of wealth will guarante their
peace and happiness. These two ideologies are corn
monly known as individualsm and capitalism.
Some modern thii,kers be!ieve that individu
alism and capftalism are the root cause of miseries
and restlessness. They think that as a result of capital
ism, people do not have equal facilities or properties.
Due to lack of this, they concluded that people are
restless in pursuit of their own resources which in
creases disharmony in society. They propagate the ide
ology that 1f wealth would be distributed among all
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people, then human bengs would be happy an free
from all miseries. These ideas form the basis of social
ism and communism.
From these conciusions another question
arises. It wealth is not giving peace and happiness to
the richest persons, then how can that wealth, when
dstributed, have the power to give happiness to soci
ety as a whole ? A Vedic Seer, Yama, declared in the
Kathopanised, na vitten tarpaniyo manushya, a man
will never be satisfjed with wealth. This is my personal
experience, that happiness is not the result to wealth.
Inner satisfaction comes through the affainment of true
knowledge about lite and its own source. This does not
mean that 1 am denying the value and proper use of
wealth, but It must be giien its own proper place.
According to my tradition of philosophy the
root cause of all miseries is intellectual disease, called
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nescience. This disease appears in the torm of errone movement and stability. In our tradftion, these are catled
ous cognition. This misapprehension produces an ex
satoguna, rajoguna and tamoguna, respectively.
ternal movement outside ones own self and resuftantly
As previously mentioned the inteltect is the
creates ndividuation and separation from wholeness. first projection of nature so It has all three qualites of
Along wfth individuation comes delusion and egotism. light, movement and stability within itself. When
When the inteltect is under this influence we say that It
satoguna (light) prevails in the intellect, then the self
has become polluted or impure and that in that state It
becomes fully aware of its own real nature, but when
becomes bound and loses fts own real nature of eter
rajoguna (movement) or tamoguna (stability) prevail in
nat happiness and peace. In fact, our real self is not
the intellect, the self toses its own glory and real nature
individual or limited, but is a mainfestation of supreme
and becomes prey of nescience or false cognition. This
consciousness which is omnipresent, omniscierh and
creates as 1 -am- nes& or ego and its further mcve
omnipotent. Lord Krishna States 1fl the l4th chapter of
ment appears into sixteen forms. Among those, the first
the Bhagavad Gita that manifestation takes place in
is mmd and others are the five cognitive sense, f ive
the intellect which is the fist projection of Divine En
active senses and f ive objects of senses. Samkhya
ergy. This Divine Energy is catled nature in philosophi
philosophy describes this process in great detail.
cal terminology. Nature has three attributes called the
Even though the nind is the projection of ego,
three Gunas.The properties of these attributes are light,
It works as ts own instrument, yet It is more powerful as
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 which comes about through devotion and development
the agent of the self. Due to the impurfty of intellect and of pure wisdom. That can be achieved through Yoga,
existence of egotism, the mmd becomes restless and thtough realizing Oneness with Supreme Conscious
creates tension, anxiety, lust and greed. In this state, a ness.
persons life becomes miserable and peaceless. In the 36th chapter of the Yajur Veda, Dadhichi,
We are t ully aware that a restless person can a great ancient Seer enunciated a great method in a
not be happy, nor can a restless family, society, nation prayer. It is:
or world tuit iii their inner desire tot happiness and Lord, May there be Peace in the Heaven
peace. So, according to my experience, each person Peace in the Space
must be aware of the cause of unhappiness and try to Peace on the Earth
remove that nescience. As long as we are not rooting Grant us Peace in the Waters
out that infatuation we cannot create peace in the world, Peace in our Foodgrains
let alone any other level of family, society or nation. Bring Peace in the Cosmos
Therefore, the remedy for individualism is not social Peace in the Whole Creation
ism but spiritualism. The remedy for capitalism s not Peacen Alt
communism but monotheism. As brd Krishna states in May there be Peace n Peace
the 2nd chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, happiness is the Peace in our Heart
result of peace and peace is the result of generosity 73 Peace Through Spiritual Discipline
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and Peace in the World.
In this prayer, the seer first enunciated that
heaven, space and earth all must be peaceful and un
polluted, because 1f pollution or impurfty exists at any
level, then we will never by able to make our body,
mmd, and intellect pure. Heaven is always pure, but is
a welIknown fact that our space and earthly environ
ments become polluted by our unwise actions and
greedy behavior. 1f we are eager to bring peace in the
world, then we must first correct our own actions and
behavior. We know that our action is the projection of
our inner desire, and our desire is directed by our own
thought. 1f our intellect and mmd are not pure and peace
ful, then our thought and action cannot be pure. Impure
thought cannot direct us towards peace and happi
ness.
According to my phi1osophy peace is related
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with Divinity. Man can be a vessel of peace, not a source
of peace. Peace is the light of Divinity, where there is
Divinity, there is peace. What are the sgns of Div,nity?
Divinity is the projection of Aditi or Iimitless conscious
ness. It we make limitations and delineations among
mankind, how can there be peace? Peace exists in
Oneness. Divinity resides in Oneness not plurality. To
achieve peace, we must bring Iimitless thought in the
human mmd. We must bring generosity and catholicity.
Then peace will come into the space, in the heart and
into behavior. That will result from a change in the hu
man mmd first.
How peace can be made stable in life is ad
dressed in the next few lines of the prayer. Peace in the
water and food, those sustainers of life must be pure.
Whatever we are drinking and eating, whatever we are
breathing also must be pure. 1f what we are taking in is
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polluted and creating disturbance, how can we be
peaceful? 1f the air in the space is not pure, our breath
will not be peaceful, Breathing will create diseases and
make us restless. 1f our food and drink can be pious
and divine, then we can sustain peacefulness.
When peace moves into the human mmd,
heart and behavior and is sustained by pure and pious
breath, water and food, then peace will come in our
environment. in the prayer, the word Wsvadevais used
to mean both universe and universal soul. As themac
rocosms of heaven, space and earth are found in the
microcosm of the individual, so hete the universe is
reffected in the universal oul of mankind. Then, the
next line says, into the whole creation or Brahma, peace
will mcve. Then peace will move into each part and
particle of creation designated by the word AIl in the
next Hne. Tlen peace will move into peace. Peace must
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fuily and completely move into peace and be stable
there. Glimpses ot peace do not bring permanent peace.
After peace is stable in itself, the prayer calls for peace
1 to move into my heart. Therefore, peace must embed
t itself into each individual heart, then finally the world
will be peaceful. To bring peace in the world, each per
son must bring peace en his own level. This is the
idelogy of the Veda. Peace cannot be in universal life
without residing wfth integrity in the human heart. Rest
lessness is created by mankind. All beings have be
come restless as resutt of the actions of humankind.
This disturbance is established in every sphere 6f life.
Unfortunately, human potential can be misused. sci
1 ences are creating pollution, toxicity and more extreme
dangers for all forms of life than ever were known in the
past. We need a knowledge that can free us from
peaceiessness on all levels, that is one that creates
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peace in mankind and can influence life in all spheres
of the world.
The process of bringing peace into each mdi
viduat heart is caNed spiritual discipline. Every person
has three instruments, body, mmd and intellect. Senses
are inciuded in the category of mmd, being the minds
insttuments. Spiritual discipline must work on all three
of these levels. It restlessness is in any one level, there
cannot be peace. We create peace in human life by
working on these levets of the individual. Spirit is above
these three levels and is always peaceful. According to
the Upanisads, thetermforspirit, Asangoaympurusha,
indicates that spirit isnever polluted or disturbed. Dis
turbance onty lies in bdoy, mmd and inteilect, 1f peace
fulness is in al), then that peace will vibrate to create
peace in society and the world.
How to make the body, mmd and intellect pure,
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heatthy and stable is the subject of spiritual discipline.
Spiritual science teaches methods that create harmony
in these three spheres. For success, pure intellct or
pure wisdm is essential. Again, according to the
Bhagavad-Gita and the Upanisads, it is specified that
only sharp intetlect can pnetrate that ultimate truth
and give proper knowledge of Supreme Conscious
ness,
To purify the body, there are several processes
which are popularty known as Yogic exercises. These
are asanas, or Hatha Yoga postures and pranayam or
breathing exercises. Both processes are for cleansing
the body. But the most valuable method for purification
of the body is pure food. Its impact is not on the level of
body alone but extends with greater impact to the men-
tal and intellectual levels. According to the Vedas,
Ahara shudou sattvashuddhi, i.e. pure food creates
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pure intellect. 1f the intellect is pure, automatically Di
vine Knowledge will appear. With this knowledge, one
can realize oneness in all beings and be free from all
kinds of bondages, for making the body, mmd and in
tellect pure, pure food is imperative.
To create a pure mmd that is a stable mmd
three aspects of our mentat awareness are enlivened
and combined in an interative process. Self-study,
chanting of mantra and meditation work on the three
levels of thinking that is mmd awareness of sound and
awareness of afocus, orcommonly breath awareness.
When mmd, sound and breath are brought in harmony,
then meditation can deepen. Meditation has varjous
processes using the focus of different symbols. These
symbols can be divided into the three categories of
external, internal and imaginative. External symbols
are commonly known to mankind, such as the cross,
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sun, moon, light, pictures and various other symbols.
Internal symbols are related with our own body, in the
form of eight chakras and the breath. imaginative sym
bols utilize our imagination to develop difterent cosmic
energies and divine forms. In my opinion, internal sym
bols are the best as they are provided by Divinity. 1f we
turn our eyes indside, there are eight cha kras o vital
centets upon which to focus, from Mulhadhara to
Brahmachakra. There is no need to pay attention and
accept man-created external symbols when we have
such a wealth of God-given symbols. The inward focus
of breath and chakras are two kinds of symbols f o
cused on in meditation. Others inciude any other sym
bols of vastness, such as light ot space or a symbol of
ones chosen divine form or other dearest thing. A prac
titioner, with guidance, can choose according to his
own preference.
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 An example of a meditation process is the
use of Pranava Om. Om is a divine, cosmic sound,
indicated bythe Pranava Om. When chanting Omwith
the breath, we take our breath back to the source of
breath, the cosmic breath or cosmic energy that sus
tains the Universe, we make our mmd one-pointed on
that symbol and think about the root source of our 1
am ness. By searching out the root source we are
purifying our intellect as weB. Also, the body is auto
matically purified in this process because It is the most
gross projection of the self and .will naturatly be puri
f jeU jf higher levels are being purified. So even though
we are talking about a mental process, we cannot avoid
the integrative nature of these spiritual disciplines.
So physical and mental purity are needed to
uphold the higher, essential process of purification of
intelfect which is summarily, self-study. Self study is
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Uifficult without a Guru, the company of a wise person
who himself has realized Divine truth. With that inspira
tion, then three processes are inciuded in self study.
Two are study of ones self and ones status along the
path in canjunction with the guidelines of the scrip
tures.The thrd is searching out the root cause of t am
ness, a practice which can be continued in and out of
the practice of meditation: Seeking for the essentiat
reality of life with the ald of Divine company, study of
scripturs and ones own self is cafled intetlectual purifi
cation.
Lord Krishna, in the Bhagavad-Gita, taught
the way to achieve eternal peace. Hete is an instance
of the inspiration and specific guidance of scripture
that purifies the inteflect and makes it a stable vessel
for peace. Lord Krishna told in the 2nd chapter, how
one becomes a vessel of Divine peace. When ones
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wsdom is stable all causes of disturbance, all desires,
will merge into. ones own ..self as all rivers enter the
ocean. The causes of disturbances will come but will
not create any disturbance in a peaceful mmd. Peace
will come with stable wisdom. A person of stable wis-
dom has left all desires and become selfless. Such a
person has annihilated ideas of egotism and posses
sion and is busy in the divine service for the welf are of
all beings. When ones own wisdom is stable, peace
can be achieved as the result of reatizing union with
Godhead. Union with Godhead comes naturally as a
result of the Divine devotion that springs from stable
wisdom. Again in the 4th chapter, Lord Krishna mdi
cated the means to attain supreme peace. Peace is th.e
result of Divine knowledge which is gained by having
tirm taith in Divinity, unwavering determination, mod
eration of the senses. Through Divine knowledge one
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can be elevated to Supreme peace. Finally at the end
of the Sth chapter, Lord Krishna stated that peace comes
through knowtedge about the Supreme Being.True
knowledge about what the Supreme Being is, becomes
the source of Eternal Peace. In this verse, the supreme
is indicated as the enjoye of all virtues and all pen
ance, the ruler of all beings, the sovereign master and
Supreme weil-wisher of aLl beings. When one becomes
fully aware about the Supreme Being, he becomes the
enjoyer of Supreme Peace.
In conciusion, when we are talking about gb
bal peace, we mean peace in the human mmd. This
can be attained through pure and stable wisdom. The
process of gaining stable wisdom is called spiritual
discipline. All great religions proclaim that man is the
image of Godhead. Also, in the Veda, we :read
Sahasrasya pratima purusha, which has this same
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meaing. Vyasadeva a great Seer, wotte in the
Mahabharata, that in this creation, none is better and
greater than mankind.The greatness of a human beng
resides in his pure wisdom; this is the greatest gift of
Godh eaU for main kind. In my philosophy, when man
has stable wisdom and a restful mmd, he not onfy be
comes a vessel of Divinity, but he becomes honorable
tot deities, too. On the othr hand, when a man has a
restless mmd and impure wisdom, he becomes dan
gerous for all creation aRd worse than a wild animal.
Therefore, we should all try to adopt a spiritual disci
pline which will lead us to divine wisdom and bestow
us with a peaceful mmd.
Finally, l would like to say that we must be
aware about one more truth. Our self is eternally pure
and by nature it is blissful, knowledgeful and infinite.
Fnite is not our own nature but It is the nature of the
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intellect. When our self becomes identified with the in
teltect, it assumes limitation and all impurities begin
from there. So the purpose of a spiritual discipline is to
be fully aware of our own real nature and try to elevate
ourselves torm this tinite state to realize unity in diver
sity. As the Upanisads declare, eternal happiness is
the nature of infinity. That very infinity is our own sburce
of life, in other words, that is called Godhead or Su
preme Being. Truely, our real self is a mainfestation of
that Infinity and therefore, we can say we are all chil
Uren of this Divinity. As a ray of sun cannot be sepa
rated from the sun and have its own indiviUual exist
ence, simitarty we have no separate, individual exist
ence apart from supreme consciousness. My heartiest
wish is that having this truth in our thought, we may
meditate upon that source and realize oneness with
God. This is the highest goal of spiritual discipline and
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meditation. With this, we will bring peace in our own life
and in the world. May God bless us all. -
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