JANUARY 1st: THE DAY OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA'S SELF-REVELATION
Kalpavriksha also known as kalpataru, kalpadruma and kalpapādapa, is a mythological, wish-fulfilling divine tree said to fulfill all desires. It was mentioned in Sanskrit literature from the earliest sources onwards. Sage Durvasa meditated under the Kalpavriksha.
The kalpavriksha originated during the Samudra manthan or "churning of the ocean of milk" along with the kamadhenu, the divine cow providing for all needs. The king of the gods, Indra returned with this tree to his paradise.
A kalpavriksha is mentioned in the Sanskrit work Mānāsara as a royal emblem. In Hemādri's work Caturvargacīntama, the kalpavriksha is said to be a tree of gold and precious stones.
One Kalpavriksh is believed to be have been planted by Jagadguru
Shankaracharya himself at Jyotirmath, Badrinath, Uttaranchal in the
cradle of the Himalayas. It has been preserved and protected by Armed
forces by installing a wire mesh around the tree. The unique property of
the tree is that it never loses a single leaf by itself, it is
evergreen and is said to be emanating the deep seated devotion of
Shankaracharya for the Supreme Godhead Vishnu.
Kalpvriksha has many spiritual, religious and environmental values. It's a divine tree on the earth planet. Himalaya Vahini is conducting mass movement to planting the sapling of Kalpvriksha at the all pilgrims like a mission, mission started from Haridwar. Due to planting world's first Kalpvriksha forest at Daksh island Kankhal, now Haridwar has been complete pilgrim. Conveyor of this mission Vijaypal Baghel is planting more and more saplings of this wish fulfiller, spiritual and endangered species around the world as a holy tree.
'Kalpataru' is a tree that finds mention in Hindu mythological texts as
the wish-fulfilling tree!!! In fact, it is a very rare species of trees.
According to a report in Ranchi Express, there are only five alive 'kalpataru' trees in the world. Four of them are in Ranchi, located near Doranda college. It is sad how ignorant we are that these trees stand so neglected. Even if they are not the mythological ‘kalpatarus’, they are definitely very old, historical trees, which must have seen generations of Ranchi. Indeed, they need attention.
By: Dr Himanshu.
According to a report in Ranchi Express, there are only five alive 'kalpataru' trees in the world. Four of them are in Ranchi, located near Doranda college. It is sad how ignorant we are that these trees stand so neglected. Even if they are not the mythological ‘kalpatarus’, they are definitely very old, historical trees, which must have seen generations of Ranchi. Indeed, they need attention.
By: Dr Himanshu.
"'I shall make the whole thing public before I go,' the Master has said some time before. On January 1, 1886, he felt better and came down to the garden for a little stroll. It was about three o'clock in the afternoon. Some thirty lay disciples were in the hall or sitting about under the trees. Sri Ramakrishna said to Girish (Ghosh), 'Well Girish, what have you seen in me, that you proclaim me before everybody as an Incarnation of God?' Girish was not the man to be taken by surprise. He knelt before the Master and said with folded hands, 'What can an insignificant person like myself say about the One whose glory even sages like Vyasa and Valmiki could not adequately measure?' The Master was profoundly moved. He said: 'What more shall I say? I bless you all. Be illumined!' He fell into a spiritual mood. Hearing these words the devotees, one and all, became overwhelmed with emotion. They rushed to him and fell at his feet. He touched them all, and each received an appropriate benediction. Each of them, at the touch of the Master, experienced ineffable bliss. Some laughed, some wept, some sat down to meditate, some began to pray. Some saw light, some had visions of their Chosen Ideals, and some felt within their bodies the rush of spiritual power."
From the Introduction to THE GOSPEL OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA,
by Swami Nikhilananda
"Those words words of profound blessing, untouched by the slightest tinge of selfishness, directly entered the devotees' hearts where they raised high billows of bliss. They forgot time and space, forgot the disease of the Master and forgot their previous determination not to touch him till he recovered, and had the immediate feeling that sympathizing with their misery, and heart overflowing with compassion, had come down to them from heaven and called them affectionately to Him for protection, like a mother sheltering her children against all ills."
From SRI RAMAKRISHNA, THE GREAT MASTER
by Swami Saradananda
A COURTESY OF www.ramakrishna.org & Wikipedia.comby Swami Saradananda
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