Manishi -II; Pujya Gurudev

My Role as a Manishi 

=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya

Ordinarily, by Manisis people understand a great man, Mahapragya r whose mind is under his control, who is not guided by the impulses of his mind but guides it. Such a person is known as Manisi and his pragya (divine intellect and intuition) as Manisa (spiritual wisdom). It is stated in the scriptures, manisa asti yesam te manisi na. But side by side it has also been stated, Manisi nastu bhavanti, pavnana na bhavanti, which means that there are so many Manisis who are very sharp of intellect but it is not necessary that they may be holy or pious also. One may be intelligent but it is a different thing to be not only intelligent but also have a pious and pure inner consciousness. 

Today a large number of editors, intellectuals, writers, investigators, and scientists are scattered throughout the country but they are not Manisis. Why? Because they have not performed tapascarya to acquire piety by inner purification. There is no dearth of books, literature etc. these days. Looking to the plethora of newspapers, magazine s, journals etc., which are being published these days, it would appear as if the number of Manisis and, their readers have increased manifold. Why then are these publications not having healthy impact on the minds of their readers? The reason can obviously be found in the aforesaid dictum pavnana na bhavanti. If literature of high standards had been written and published to uplift and refine thoughts and feelings one would not have found so much perversion and chaos in the society.

The right solution to the dayrtorday problems lies in the hands of Yugr Manisis. As I have stated earlier, the new era will dawn by refinement of thoughts and emotions. If there has to be any revolution it will not be through shedding blood but by eliminating the base instincts and thoughts embedded in the human psyche and their substitution by refined, noble and uplifting thoughts and feelings. If a new society of a nobler and higher order is to be formed it will be possible only by the implanting of righteous thoughts and feelings. The sorcalled intelligentsia is responsible for making the present society utterly debased. The intelligentsia has played a prominent role in creating hatred, riots, illrwill, racialism and extensive human bloodshed. Had they followed the righteous path, had their hearts been pure, had they been purified by tapascarya, they would have created a constructive flow of scientific achievements and had written highrquality inspiring literature.

When Hitler intended to give material shape to Nietzsche’s theory of dictatorship he, first of all, turned the minds of the people of the entire nation towards it. The teachers and scientists became fanatic supporters of Nazism and this negative ideology of ’Mein Kemph’ was propagated through the curricula and newspapers of the country. The entire nation became a victim of this fanaticism and this frenzy of racial superiority resulted not only in widespread human destruction but ultimately ruined the country itself. If this Manisa had been turned in the right direction, it would have helped Germany in attaining unheard of prosperity and allrround progress. Karl Marx, who was economically indigent throughout his life, propounded an economic theory that revolutionized the whole society.

The castles of capitalism were demolished and death knell of imperialism was sounded in almost tworthirds of the entire world. His book Das Kapital inaugurated the beginning of a new era in which the rights of the workers were recognized and a new chapter of equitable distribution of money and materials was opened. 

Thanks GOD, Thanks Sadguru,

Shiv Sharma