Tathastu: Unconditional Acceptance (with Sanskrit Hymn by Swami Tadatmananda)
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Unconditional acceptance and enlightenment are
Unconditional acceptance and enlightenment are like two sides of a coin. According to the teachings of Advaita Vedanta, recognition or realization of your true divine nature, atma, invariably leads to unconditional acceptance of all experiences, even painful ones.
Vidhātā Shatkam (Tathāstu) by Swami Tadatmananda
As springtime surrenders to summer and fall,
And sunsets are swallowed by night’s murky sprawl,
Birth, death and old age – these none can forestall.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
Our gains lead to losses, each loss to some gain,
Successes and failures are certain as rain,
Such karma we’re born with, no scope to complain.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
While treading the true path of dharma we stray,
Immersed in deep quagmires of discord we play,
Then weary and soiled, regaining our way.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
One hungry for triumph who suffers defeat,
Renounces the world with despondent deceit,
But cravings return and again he competes.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
All born with avidyā can feel kāma’s roar,
Such kāma breeds karma and phala to store,
Which leads to rebirth with avidyā once more.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
Reborn as a beggar, a king, or a toad,
We strive for contentment and shoulder our load,
‘Till merging with brahman, the highest abode.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
0:00 Intro
15:44 Song: Tathastu
Tathastu is an ancient Sanskrit expression formed from two words, astu, let it be, and tatha, in such a manner. It's usually translated let it be so, or so be it. Tathastu is used to indicate unconditional acceptance of a particular situation. For example, when King Janaka was informed that his palace was on fire, he simply said, "Tathastu." He accepted the situation unconditionally because the enlightened king had no attachment to his palace or to anything else.According to the teachings of Advaita Vedanta, unconditional acceptance of life's many difficulties is the key to complete freedom from suffering and is the result of enlightenment. Unconditional acceptance is the ability to embrace any experience, no matter how physically or emotionally painful it might be, but without feeling any hurt or sadness, without feeling disturbed or resentful, without wanting the situation to be different in any way whatsoever.
Vedanta's approach to unconditional acceptance is two-fold. First, knowing the inevitability of pain and heartache, and second, radically transforming your relationship with your body and mind when you ultimately discover that you are ever-present, unchanging consciousness, the consciousness that reveals everything that happens in your mind, like your thoughts and emotions. As pure consciousness, whatever happens in your mind does not truly affect you, the awareful witness or conscious observer, called sakshi. Like sunlight isn't affected by anything it happens to shine upon, in the same way, the so-called light of consciousness reveals your thoughts and emotions without being affected by them in any way whatsoever. These realizations can lead you to a state of unconditional acceptance, a state of enlightenment in which you remain utterly untouched by suffering.
A wonderful example of unconditional acceptance is found towards the end of the great epic, Mahabharata. After the bloody war between the Kauravas and Pandavas came to an end, all one-hundred sons of King Dhritarashra and Queen Gandhari lay dead on battlefield. The King requested Sri Krishna to comfort and console Gandhari, who was holding the lifeless body of her eldest son, Duryodhana, in her arms. Gandhari was overcome by grief, and she falsely accused Sri Krishna of deliberately allowing the war to take place when he should have prevented it. Her deep anguish drove Gandhari to curse Sri Krishna and his entire clan to be killed like her sons had been killed. In response to her curse, Sri Krishna spoke to her tenderly, without a trace of anger on his face, saying, "All of us will certainly die, according to own karma." Not surprisingly, Sri Krisna unconditionally accepted Gandhari's curse.
Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: https://www.arshabodha.org/
Vidhātā Shatkam (Tathāstu) by Swami Tadatmananda
As springtime surrenders to summer and fall,
And sunsets are swallowed by night’s murky sprawl,
Birth, death and old age – these none can forestall.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
Our gains lead to losses, each loss to some gain,
Successes and failures are certain as rain,
Such karma we’re born with, no scope to complain.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
While treading the true path of dharma we stray,
Immersed in deep quagmires of discord we play,
Then weary and soiled, regaining our way.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
One hungry for triumph who suffers defeat,
Renounces the world with despondent deceit,
But cravings return and again he competes.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
All born with avidyā can feel kāma’s roar,
Such kāma breeds karma and phala to store,
Which leads to rebirth with avidyā once more.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
Reborn as a beggar, a king, or a toad,
We strive for contentment and shoulder our load,
‘Till merging with brahman, the highest abode.
This world thus was fashioned by You. Tathāstu!
0:00 Intro
15:44 Song: Tathastu
Tathastu is an ancient Sanskrit expression formed from two words, astu, let it be, and tatha, in such a manner. It's usually translated let it be so, or so be it. Tathastu is used to indicate unconditional acceptance of a particular situation. For example, when King Janaka was informed that his palace was on fire, he simply said, "Tathastu." He accepted the situation unconditionally because the enlightened king had no attachment to his palace or to anything else.According to the teachings of Advaita Vedanta, unconditional acceptance of life's many difficulties is the key to complete freedom from suffering and is the result of enlightenment. Unconditional acceptance is the ability to embrace any experience, no matter how physically or emotionally painful it might be, but without feeling any hurt or sadness, without feeling disturbed or resentful, without wanting the situation to be different in any way whatsoever.
Vedanta's approach to unconditional acceptance is two-fold. First, knowing the inevitability of pain and heartache, and second, radically transforming your relationship with your body and mind when you ultimately discover that you are ever-present, unchanging consciousness, the consciousness that reveals everything that happens in your mind, like your thoughts and emotions. As pure consciousness, whatever happens in your mind does not truly affect you, the awareful witness or conscious observer, called sakshi. Like sunlight isn't affected by anything it happens to shine upon, in the same way, the so-called light of consciousness reveals your thoughts and emotions without being affected by them in any way whatsoever. These realizations can lead you to a state of unconditional acceptance, a state of enlightenment in which you remain utterly untouched by suffering.
A wonderful example of unconditional acceptance is found towards the end of the great epic, Mahabharata. After the bloody war between the Kauravas and Pandavas came to an end, all one-hundred sons of King Dhritarashra and Queen Gandhari lay dead on battlefield. The King requested Sri Krishna to comfort and console Gandhari, who was holding the lifeless body of her eldest son, Duryodhana, in her arms. Gandhari was overcome by grief, and she falsely accused Sri Krishna of deliberately allowing the war to take place when he should have prevented it. Her deep anguish drove Gandhari to curse Sri Krishna and his entire clan to be killed like her sons had been killed. In response to her curse, Sri Krishna spoke to her tenderly, without a trace of anger on his face, saying, "All of us will certainly die, according to own karma." Not surprisingly, Sri Krisna unconditionally accepted Gandhari's curse.
Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: https://www.arshabodha.org/
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