Скачать или смотреть Man Kara Re Prasanna | Tukaram Maharaj Abhang Unraveled by Swami Madhavananda (in Marathi)

In this short discourse, Swamiji elaborates on Abhang (verses) written by Saint Tukaram Maharaj (who was a 17th-century poet-saint of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra). The verses captures the fundamental drivers of being happy.

The Abhang (verses) read:
Man kara re prasanna
Sarva siddhi che karan
Moksha aathava bandhana
Sukha samadhan ichha te

Swamiji unravels deeper nuances of this abhang by Sant Tukaram Maharaj (Saint Tukaram).

Key Points:
The Abhang says that be cheerful all the time. It helps you be successful in many walks of life
Why is it important to stay Prasanna (cheerful)?
You mind generates will power, thoughts, creativity and drive
Mind is the Guru as well as the disciple. It teaches and learns by itself
It's the root cause of your success or degeneracy
What is prasannata (cheerfulness)?
Prasannata (cheerfulness) is a combination of being pavitra (pious), shanti (calmness) and anand (happiness). All three need to coexist for you to feel prasanna.
So how do you get all the three
-There is a Saki (verse) by Saint Kabir (who was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement ): TAN PAVITAR SEVA KIYE, DHAN PAVITAR KIYE DAAN; MAN PAVITAR HARI BHAJAN SE, IS VIDH HO KALYAN (Happiness is: selfless service, charity, good thoughts - absorbed in Nam)
To be Pious and Calm: Get absorbed in Nam
Your happiness inversely proportional to your desires (good or bad)
To be successful in any thing that you take up, you need to think, plan and act well.
When you are calm, you could plan well and act more efficiently.
Pious/ righteous mind doesn't waste time in going down the wrong path
Swami Vivekananda used to say that the greatest sin is to underestimate your own self, to think of yourself as a sinner
That doesn't mean we overestimate either

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Full Lyrics of the Abhang:
Man kara re prasanna
Sarva siddhi che karan
Moksha aathava bandhana
Sukha samadhan ichha te

Mane pratima sthapili
Mane mana puja keli
Mane ichha puravili
Man mauli sakalanchi

Man guru aani shishya
Kari aapulechi dasya
Prasanna aap aapanas
Gati aathava aadhogati

Sadhak vadak pandit
Shrove vakte aaika maatra
Nahi nahi aanudaivat
Tuka mhane dusare


About Saint Tukaram Maharaj:
Saint Tukaram Maharaj was a 17th-century poet-saint of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra. He was part of the egalitarian, personalized Varkari devotionalism tradition.
Saint Tukaram is known for his Abhanga devotional poetry and community-oriented worship with spiritual songs known as kirtans. His poetry was devoted to Vitthala or Vithoba, an avatar of Hindu god Vishnu.

About Saint Kabir:
Kabir (Hindi: कबीर) (IAST: Kabīr) was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikh (a religion in India) scripture Adi Granth. His early life was in a Muslim family, but he was strongly influenced by his teacher, the Hindu bhakti leader Ramananda. Kabir suggested that True God is with the person who is on the path of righteousness, considered all creatures on earth as his own self, and who is passively detached from the affairs of the world. To know God, suggested Kabir, meditate with the mantra Rama, Rama.