About Hari Parivār


Sanskrit Transliteration:

mahābrahmaṃ nirvikaḻpaṃ
pūrṇānandamayaṃ hariḥ ।
sarvaghaṭe yaḥ acyutaḥ
tasya pade namāmyaham ॥


English Translation:

The greatest reality, unvaried,
Complete in essence of bliss, is Hari.
The unchanging that in all body stays,
Onto His feet I bow with reverence.

(As extracted from Pañcasakhā’s Māḻikās)

Hari symbolizes Taking Away (Haraṇa). Hari takes away the Sukha (Happiness) and the Dukha (Sorrow), the Viḻāsa (Enjoyment) and the Pīḍā (Suffering), the notion of Su (Good) and Ku (Bad). Hari takes away the Illusion of Reality (Māyā).

Hari is Acyuta (Unborn), Anāma (Unnamed), Anāhata (Unstruck).
Hari is Śūnya (Void). Hari is Ananta (Infinite).

Hari is Nirguṇa Nirākāra (Arbitrary, Abstract).
Hari is Saguṇa Nirākāra (Definite, Abstract).
Hari is Saguṇa Sākāra (Definite, Personified).

Hari is Space (Vistāra). Hari is Time (Kāḻa).
Hari is Kṛṣṇa (Personification of Space) and Kāḻi (Personification of Time).
Hari is the Space Time Singularity (Kṛṣṇa Kāḻi Yoga) at the Black Hole (Goloka).

Hari is Brahma (Reality). Hari is Māyā (Illusion).
Hari is the Paramātmā (Supreme Soul). Hari is the Jivātmā (Life Soul).

Hari is the Mūḻa (Root) and the Bīja (Seed).
Hari is the Kartā (Doer), the Kriyā (Doing), and the Karma (Action).

Hari is the Force (Baḻa), the Energy (Vīrya) and the Power (Śakti).
Hari is Reverberation (Nāda). Hari is Sound (Śabda). Hari is Light (Jyoti). Hari is Letter (Akṣara).

Hari is the Puruṣa (Form) and the Prakṛti (Nature).
Hari is Ādi Puruṣa (Primeval Form, the Form with Beginning). Hari is Anādi Puruṣa (Eternal, the Form without Beginning). Hari is Anādi-Ādi Mūḻa (Root of Eternal and Primeval Forms) ~ the Puruṣottama (Greatest among all Forms).

Hari is Aṇākāra (Devoid of Form). Hari is Virāṭa Puruṣa (of Ginormous Form). Hari is Yajña Puruṣa (the Form created from Sacrifice). Hari is Cit Puruṣa (the Form of Consciousness). Hari is Avatāra Puruṣa (the Form taken as Incarnation of the Era).

Hari is Sadguru (Teacher in Gross Body), Śrī Guru (Teacher in Subtle Body), Parama Guru (the Great Teacher – Brahmā), Parātpara Guru (the Highest Teacher – Viṣṇu), Parameṣṭhi Guru (the Exalted Teacher – Maheśvara). Hari is the combination of the Five Gurus. Hari is Viśva Guru (Teacher of the World).

Hari is Sevānanda (Embodiment of Bliss from Service), Sadānanda (Embodiment of Eternal Bliss), Saccitānanda (Embodiment of Truth, Consciousness and Bliss).

Hari has no form. Hari has infinite forms. Hari is Param Brahma (Greatest Reality), Mūrti Brahma (Reality in Idol), Dāru Brahma (Reality in Wood), Śabda Brahma (Reality in Sound), Akṣara Brahma (Reality in Letter), Pūrṇa Brahma (Complete Reality). Hari is the form you think.

Hari has no name. Hari has infinite names. Hari is Rāma, Gōvinda, Śiva, Śakti, Gaṇeśa, Rādhā, Jesus, Muḥammad, Buddha. Hari is Jagannātha, Baḻabhadra and Subhadrā. Hari is the name you give.

Hari is Nirguṇa (Devoid of Material Attributes). Hari is Brahmā (holding attributes as the Creator), Viṣṇu (holding attributes as the Preserver), Maheśvara (holding attributes as the Destroyer) ~ the embodiment of Triguṇa (Three Material Attributes) viz. Rajas (Passionate, Excitable), Sattva (Pure, Real) and Tamas (Indifferent, Dark). Hari is Guṇādhina ~ playing with the Triguṇa (Three Material Attributes). Hari is Guṇādhiśa ~ the Controller of the Triguṇa (Three Material Attributes). Hari is Guṇātītaḥ ~ Unaffected by the Triguṇa (Three Material Attributes).

 

We are Hari Parivār. We are the Dāsas (Servants) of Hari. There is no Dharma (Religion), Varṇa (Caste), Jāti (Community), Sampradāya (Sect), Liṅga (Gender) or Deśa (Country) that differentiates us.

We are Jivātmās (Hari) yearning to reach the Paramātmā (Hari) by shedding the Illusion of Reality – Māyā (also, Hari). We are the Parivār (Family) of Hari.

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