J A Y A D E V the SAINT POET of ODISHA

                                              SRI JAYADEV the SAINT POET of ODISHA


Source (Photo) : http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/File:Jaidev.jpg

Born : 12th Century,    Father : Boja deva,     Mother : Ramadevi   Village : Kendubilva   (Odisha)

Biography:

Sri Jayadev - 1

Bhakti is the easiest means of attaining the Lord.  Devotion to the Lord can be expressed in a variety of different ways.  Of them, 'Prema Bhakti' - loving God in the 'Nayaka - Nayaki Bhaava' (love towards one's beloved) is Supreme. 

Throughout our history, many devotees have reveled in Prema Bhakti for the Lord, out of which one devotee stands out... the moment we think of 'Ashtapadi' or 'Gita Govindam', it is Sri Jayadev who comes to the mind.  The couple Padmavati-Jayadev had supreme Prema Bhakti for the Lord.

Today, we shall reminisce the life history of Sri Jayadev through the following article, one that has been adapted from one of Sri Swamiji's discourses.

Sri Jayadev (Part - 1)

Jayadev was born to Bojadeva and Ramadevi at Kindubilva (now Kenduli Sasan) in Orissa district, in the 12th century. Bojadeva and Ramadevi were childless and after intense prayers to the Lord, Jayadev was born to them. He was a different kind of a child. He learnt the Vedas, the Shastras and music. He sang with a melodious voice. When the son grew up the parents desired to get him married. But, his mind was not in marriage. He had deep love for the Lord and desired to live in solitude doing tapas. When his parents died he felt free in as much as there was none to press him to get married. He lived in a forest in solitude devoted to the Lord.

Jayadev used to sit in front of the little Krishna idol and pour milk on it slowly even as he chanted the Vedas, slokas. Just as Lord Krishna taught ‘Prema Bhakti’ to Uddhava, so too, the Lord decided to teach Jayadev.

There lived a childless couple. People laughed at the lady and scoffed at her calling her ‘barren’. She prayed fervently to Lord Jagannath of Puri. She said, ‘Oh! Lord! I am unable to withstand this stigma of being ‘barren’. Please bless me with a child so that this label is removed. I promise to offer the child to your service.’ Soon after, the lady conceived and bore a beautiful child. Alas! It was a female baby. The parents, who named the baby Padmavaty, were at a loss to know how to keep their promise. Had the child been a boy they could leave the son at the temple in service of Lord Jagannath. But, it was a girl and how could they keep their promise to the Lord? The Temple authorities will not accept a girl. What was to be done? They brought up the child and when the child had grown into a beautiful young lady the parents with tears in their eyes sought the Lord, “Oh! Lord! Please show us a way out. Help us keep our promise.”

The Lord appeared to them in a dream and instructed them to take their daughter to Jayadev living the forest and have her married to him.

Very soon, the parents took their young daughter Padmavaty to where Jayadev lived. Jayadev welcomed them and enquired about them and the purpose of their visit. As soon as Jayadev heard the word ‘marriage’ he rushed away from that place! But, the deeply devoted parents left Padmavaty there in the forest. They thought, “It is God who has willed the marriage. Only what He Wills takes place. Man’s ‘sankalpa’ (Will) does not come to be.” And without a second thought left their daughter in the forest and returned home.

Padmavaty lived there in the forest unseen by Jayadev. When Jayadev went out for bath she would quickly clean his house, clean the lamp and light it. She would gather flowers and string them into a beautiful garland and place it near God. She had decided to serve Jayadev in this manner. Jayadev was surprised that everything was sparkling in his humble home and decided to find out who was doing this service. One morning Jayadev set out as usual for his bath but hid behind a tree to see who came in to do these work. He found Padmavaty entering the house and doing all the work. He then realized the Will of God. Taking her along he went to her parents and married her in conformance with the scriptural procedures. He then returned with his wife Padmavaty.

Jayadev sat to perform abhishekha to Krishna. As he began to pour milk on Krishna Padmavaty cried out, ‘Oh! Stop it. The child will catch cold if you pour milk, curd, water in this manner on His head!’

Jayadev was astounded; and confused. Until then he had been performing worship as prescribed by the Shastras and was peacefully performing them. Now, what is this that Padmavaty is saying? He felt confused. All these days there was no confusion in his way of worship. And now Padmavathy is speaking differently. He knew only the Shastric way of worship. What is this that she is speaking of? She says that the child Krishna would catch cold? It was then that he understood that the Lord had decided to teach ‘prema bhakti’ to him through Padmavati.

Slowly he learnt from Padmavaty how to worship the Lord with love and affection. Padmavaty would string the flowers beautifully into a garland; dress the Lord in exquisite manner. Everything she did was wonderful. She treated it not just as an idol but the Lord in flesh and blood. Jayadev realized why the Lord had brought 

Padmavaty to him. Both of them began to worship Radha-Krishna yugala (the couple) in a loving manner.

Jayadev wrote Gita Govindam that has today become part of Radha Kalyan, Sita Kalyan, etc. It contains 24 ashtapadis of 8 couplets each. It sings on the various Divine sports of the Divine Couple Radha-Krishna.

Jayadev would compose, sing the kirtan and Padmavaty who was an adept dancer would dance in tune. 

Once, Jayadev asked her to do ‘abhinaya’ for the ‘viraha’ (deep longing) of Radha due to separation from her Beloved Krishna. One can depict the Moon or the Sun and such other things with a ‘mudra’ (sign). But, how was lovelorn heart suffering from the anguish of separation from the Beloved be depicted by a ‘mudra’? Jayadev said to Padmavaty, ‘the body cannot be used in this. But, use your ‘manas’ and depict it.’

Padmavaty became so totally one with Radha due to the ‘manobhava’ that she at once fell down in a swoon due to ‘viraha’. Jayadev, immediately taking the role of a ‘sakhi’ (female friend), lifter her head on to his lap and consoled her that Krishna would soon be there with her. Just at this instance Radha-Krishna appeared to them, seated on the swing.

Jayadev writes his 19th Ashtapadi - Radha awaits Krishna the whole night but in vain. He does not turn up. When he visits her in the morning the love-filled anger of Radha refuses to accept his excuses.

Krishna tells Radha, ‘I have not committed any wrong. I shall prove it to you in some way. I shall place My hand inside the snake hole and prove My innocence.’

Radha points out to Him, ‘Oh! What would a snake do to the One who has the thousand-headed snake for the bed!’

Krishna tries another way, ‘I shall hold a hot iron and thus prove my innocence.’

Radha, ‘Oh! For one who holds the ‘Sudharshana Chakra’, holding a red-hot iron rod is a child’s play. You cannot fool me by this.’

Krishna tells, ‘well! I shall get the three and thirty-crores devas to speak for me.’

Radha, ‘you are the God of all gods. Will they dare to speak against you?’

Finding all His attempts to pacify Radha failing, Krishna thought a while, ‘what do My Bhaktas do to pacify me? They prostrate unto Me.’ And as a last resort Krishna falls at Radha’s feet, takes hold of them and places them on His head!

As soon as writing this ‘Astapadi’ (19th) in this manner -

‘Smaragaralakhandanam mama shirasi mandanam

dehi padapallavamudaaram’

[the delirium of love has gone to my head. Place your tender feet on it.]

Jayadev felt dismayed and shocked that such words had come out of Him. Krishna holding Radha’s feet and placing them on His head! He immediately erased them and went for his bath. He felt very disconcerted. On return from his bath he picked up his writings to fill the blank with some other words. But, Lo! He found the blank space filled with the very same words. He wondered, ‘how could it be!’

He called out, ‘Padmavaty! Padmavaty! Did you fill up this black space with the very words that I had erased?’

Padmavaty said, ‘No! How could I know what you had written? I have not seen them. It is you who had written them. Did you not come back immediately on setting out and sitting on the swing ask me to bring it to you and fill in the blank? How soon have you forgotten it!’

Jayadev at once understood that it was verily the Lord who had come and written the very same words that he had wiped deeming it to be a mistake. Jayadev felt exhilarated. He said to Padmavaty, ‘how blessed and fortunate you are that you have seen the Lord!’

Padmavaty did not understand what Jayadev was saying. Jayadev explained to her, ‘I had gone for my bath. I am back home only now. Meanwhile, the Lord has come in my form and spoken to you. The Lord has called out to you, ‘Padmavaty’!

Padmavaty could not believe her ears. She felt overwhelmed, ‘Oh! Was it the Lord who called out my name? Was it He who called out ‘Padmavaty’?’

Since the Lord gave darshan to Padmavaty and He re-wrote these lines that he (Jayadev) had erased, Jayadev added Padmavaty’s name also in the ‘mudra’ of this Ashtapadi. The earlier 18 Ashtapadis have only the ‘mudra’ of Jayadev. This is verily the proof of the Lord having given darshan to Padmavaty. While rendering the Gita Govindam, ‘nivedanam’ (offering of fruits) and ‘karpoora harati’ is shown at the end of each Ashtapadi. But, while singing this 19th Ashtapadi alone ‘nivedanam’ and ‘karpoora harati’ is done twice - once while this line ‘Smaragaralakhandanam mama shirasi mandanam dhehi padapallavamudaaram’,  is sung and again at the end of the Ashtapadi because the Lord had placed the feet of the Bhaktai on His head!

Jayadev and Padmavaty were lost in Radha-Krishna Bhakti. Forever they were singing this ‘kavya’ and dancing to its tune.

Lakshmanasena was then the ruler of the kingdom. Seeing the acclamation that Jayadev’s Ashtapadi had earned, he wrote an Ashtapadi. But, none would sing his Ashtapadi. People refused to sing the king’s Ashtapadi. To find out whose Ashtapadi the Lord desired the king placed his own Ashtapadi as well as Jayadev’s Ashtapadi in the Sanctum Sanctorum of Lord Jagannatha before closing the doors for the day. 

The next morning while all the people, the king and Jayadev were present the doors of the Sanctum Sanctorum was opened. The king’s Ashtapadi had been pushed aside while Jayadev’s Astapadi was held by the Lord on His head.

To this day Jayadev’s Ashtapadi is sung every day in Puri Jaganath Temple. It is also sung in Guruvayur Temple.

The king realized his mistake and realized the greatness of Jayadev. The king sought Jayadev’s company. The king looked upon Jayadev as his Guru. He invited him to his palace. Since the king was deeply devoted, Jayadev accepted his invitation and went to the palace along with his wife Padmavati. Jayadev did not like staying in the palace for long as he was used to living in solitude on the outskirts of the kingdom and singing the praises of the Lord. He and his wife Padmavati, dependant only on the Lord, lived a joyful life in the forest. Whenever he expressed his desire to leave, the king pleaded with him to stay a day more. In this manner some days passed. The king did not like to part with his Guru Jayadev.

However, Jayadev had no desire to stay long with the king. With a desire to escape the king he said that he wished to go on pilgrimage. But, the king said that he had also been nurturing such a desire and that it would be all the more good to make it in the company of his Guru! Thus, the king and Jayadev went on pilgrimage. And Padmavaty stayed behind with the Queen.

The Queen and Padmavaty were always together. The Queen had utmost respect for Padmavaty, as she was Guru ‘patni’ (Guru’s wife). Moreover, she always spoke about the Lord. Once, while the Queen and Padmavaty were chatting on the terrace of the palace they saw a lady committing Sati in the funeral pyre of her husband in the nearby graveyard. The Queen said to Padmavaty that since her husband, the king, was a great dharmatma such ‘pativratas’ (loyal wives) lived in the kingdom.

Padmavaty said to the Queen, ‘She cannot be deemed a ‘pativrata’. A ‘pativrata’ is one whose life goes out of her immediately on hearing about her husband’s death.’

The Queen could not accept this statement of Padmavaty. The Queen, in a manner of testing Padmavaty, arranged for a messenger to come in while she and Padmavaty were together, with the fake news of Jayadev’s death. On receiving the news Padmavaty fell down dead! The Queen was thoroughly shaken up. She thought, ‘What would I say to the king and Jayadev? She is our Guru patni (Guru’s wife).’

It happened that due to the Will of the Lord the king and Jayadev returned at this time. The king, very angry at what had happened picked up a sword to kill the Queen and then to kill himself. But, Jayadev quickly stopped him. Jayadev then sang ‘Smaragaralakhandanam mama shirasi mandanam

dhehi padapallavamudaram’

the very lines that Bhagavan had written though Jayadev had erased them and tried to replace it with some other words. This brought Padmavaty back to life!

The King invited Jayadev to sing his Ashtapadi everyday in the Temple. But, Jayadev did not like visiting the Temple at a particular time and singing the Ashtapadi as a servant of the king.

A little girl selling vegetables used to listen very attentively to Jayadev’s Ashtapadi and watch Padmavaty dance to its tune. The girl began to sing the Ashtapadi sweetly. Jayadev was overwhelmed by this and taught the girl to sing them. Bhagavan, attracted by her devotion, used to follow her like shadow. One day, the Lord dropped His ring into the girl’s basket of vegetables. The girl was unaware of this. However, while delivering vegetables at the palace this ring got into the hands of the servants of the royal palace. The matter was taken to the king. The girl was brought to the king’s presence and questioned. But, the innocent girl had no answer for it. The king believing the girl to be innocent kept her safely in the palace. He desired to know how Bhagavan’s ring had got into the girl’s basket. The Lord appeared in the king’s dream that night and said to him, ‘It is verily I who had dropped it into her basket, bound by the bhakti of the little one.’

The highly pleased king, at the behest of Jayadev, ordered the girl to stay in the palace and sing Gita Govindam and worship the Lord as she pleased. Jayadev had this girl married to a young man devoted to the Lord and had them appointed to sing the Ashtapadi for Lord Jagannatha. Even today this practice is being followed by those who have come down this lineage.

Once Jayadev was going through a forest. Unknown to him, his disciples were carrying invaluable gifts that he had refused of the king. Some robbers attacked them and deprived the group of the costly jewels and coins. They then beat up Jayadev thoroughly and threw him in to a deep well. Jayadev lay their lost in singing his Gita Govindam. He was found in this state by the king and taken to the palace and attended to.

Once these robbers came to the court of the king in the guise of virtuous Sadhus. Jayadev recognized them at once and advised the king to take special care of them! Real Sadhus do good even to those who harm them. However, these ‘Sadhus’ were shocked, for, they had recognized Jayadev to be the man whom they had pushed into the well in the forest.

They wondered, ‘Goodness gracious! This man whom we had pushed into the well is seated here next to the king. What is the special treatment is he advising the king to mete to us? Has he informed the king about our true identity? What is to be done now?’ The king hosted them for some days in the palace and as per Jayadev’s advise honoured and worshipped them as he would a Sadhu. But, these ‘Sadhus’ doubting Jayadev’s intention and therefore deeply perturbed took leave of the king. The king, at Jayadev’s behest, offered them many valuable gifts and sent some guards along for protection. This only further deepened the suspicion of the robbers in the guise of Sadhus They thought, ‘This man is out to take revenge on us. We had pushed him into a well having robbed him of his valuables. He has now set some guards to square it up.’ The guards asked these men, ‘What is your relationship with Jayadev? He seems so much interested in your welfare and has offered such honour to you?’

These ‘Sadhus’ said to the guards, ‘This minister of yours is a criminal from another kingdom. We had helped him escape punishment and in a manner of gratitude he has done this to us!’ No sooner had they said this than they were struck by thundee. Jayadev felt truly sorry for the fate of these men who had harmed him.

Jayadev and Padmavaty spent their lives totally devoted to the Lord. Padmavaty attained to the Lotus Feet of the Lord first. Jayadev lived to a ripe age before mingling with Lord Jagannath of Puri.

Source :http://www.namadwaar.org/articles/mahans/jayadev1.html

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SAINT BHIMABHOI

Born 1850, Baisakh Purnima

Jatasinga near Subalaya,Subarnapur (previouslyRairakhol, Sambalpur), Orissa,India

Died 1895, Siva Chaturdasi[1]

Khaliapali, Subarnapur, Orissa,India

Biography :

He was most probably an orphan, cared for by a tribal couple. It is said that he composed songs[4] despite being completely illiterate. Later he became a disciple of Mahima Gosain, to whom he devoted all his poetry. It is generally accepted that after the death of his guru, Bhima Bhoi founded his own ashram at Khaliapali in Sonepur district of Orissa state in 1877. It is there that Bhima Bhoi composed part of Mahima Dharma’s devotional literature, the Stuticintamani, which is still sung today.[5] He also fought against caste and ritualised piety and initiated women into his community.[6] Because of his social engagement and poetry he is remembered today as a santa kabi (“holy poet”).

Source : http://www.orissa.net/body.php?page=bhima_bhoi

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Bhima Bhoi

Bhima Bhoi was born at Jatasinga nearSubalaya of Subarnapur district. PreviouslyJatasinga village was in Rairakhol ex-estate. Thereis a palm grove on the bank of a pond on the outskirts of this village where the infant was abandoned by his mother. Later on he was initiated by his Guru Mahima Gosain in his own cottage. A considerable knowledge of his Guru's teachings is handed over to us by the writings of Bhima Bhoi. The very essence of Mahima Dharma is echoed in the writings of Bhima Bhoi. The obvious advantage that he enjoyed was that he had the company and darshan of his guru. His writings are, therefore, the only original source materials of Mahima Dharma. The writings of the poet are second to none,  being original, authentic and real. It is learnt from the writings of Bhima Bhoi that Mahima Gosain himself blessed him and asked the poet to give expression to the basic teachings of Mahima Dharma in his poetry.The philosophy expressed by Bhima Bhoi is "Bhakti Yukta Gyana Marga" and not "Gyana Bhakti Marga" as expressed by Biswanath baba. Mahima cult, as expressed by Bhima Bhoi is basically a humanist cult. It believes that a house holder and a worst sinner can attain deliverance through devotion to Alekh. Thus he has drawn a

synthesis between the life spiritual and life temporal. Bhima Bhoi modified the tenets of Mahima cult and became himself the "Guru" of a new form of Mahima religion.

It is a phenomenon of great significance that Bhima Bhoi belonging to the Kandha tribe and became the progenitor of a religious system which disowns caste system and idolatry. He declared for the first time in the field of religion that "Yoga" or meditation and "Bhoga" the pleasurable are one and the same. He maintained the same status for both. He himself practised it during his life time. Although he became a "Gruhi Bhakta" or householder disciple after the death of his Guru Mahima Gosain in 1876 A.D, he was doing the duty of a Mahima Sanyasi by preaching Mahima cult and initiating thousands of disciple. The following illuminating lines of Bhima Bhoi have made him world famous.

" Boundless is the anguish and

misery of the living

who can see it and tolerate

Let my soul be condemned to Hell

But let the Universe be redeemed."

It was believed that Bhima Bhoi was born blind. But now it has been proved that he was not blind.

After the death of his Guru Mahima Gosain in 1876, he returned from Joranda to Khaliapali with a broken heart and tried to reorganize the Mahima Dharma in a different way. Bhima Bhoi in Khaliapali did not live the life of a Sanyasi. He made up his mind to organize  a monastic institute after his own idealism. Annapurna, his spiritual consort was a Sanyasini and was living with him in Khaliapali Ashram and was initiating the female

devotees. Besides Annapurna, there were four other consorts of Bhima Bhoi.

Bhima Bhoi died in 1895 A.D. when he was hardly 45 years of age. A Samadhi temple was constructed at Khaliapali after his death in his sacred memory.

Source : http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/may2005/engpdf/mahima_dharma_bhima_bhoi_biswanathbaba.pdf

Bhagirathi Nepak is an erudite scholar on Mahima

Dharma & Saint-poet Bhima Bhoi. He lives at N-1/121,

I.R.C. Village, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar.

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SAINT THIRUVALLUVAR

                                             S A I N T       T H I R U V A L L U V A R 


Saint Thiruvalluvar is thought to have lived sometime between the 2nd century BC and the 8th century AD.

                     

                          ( This biography is from Swami Sivanandaji's book "Lives of Saints".)

About two thousand years ago there flourished in Mylapore, Madras, a born Siddha and a born poet by name Valluvar or, as he is more commonly known, ‘Thiruvalluvar’, which only means, ‘the devotee of the Valluva caste’. Valluvas are Pariahs (now called Harijans) and their vocation was proclaiming the orders of the king by beat of drum. There is a tradition that Thiruvalluvar was the son of one Bhagavan, a Brahmin, and Adi, a Pariah woman whom he had married.


Thiruvalluvar was born at Madurai, the capital of the Pandyas. He is regarded as an Avatara of Brahma. His wife Vasuki was a chaste and devoted lady, an ideal wife, who never disobeyed the orders of her husband, but always carried them out implicitly. Thiruvalluvar showed people that a person could lead the life of a Grihastha or householder, and at the same time, lead a divine life or a life of purity and sanctity. He showed people that there was no necessity to leave the family and become a Sannyasin to lead a divine life of purity and sanctity. All his wise sayings and teachings are now in book form and known as ‘Thirukkural’. These sayings are all in couplets. Here are some of them:


Just as the alphabet ‘A’ is the beginning of all letters, so also, God is the beginning for this universe.
Learn the Shastras completely and then act according to their injunctions.


The Anicha flower will fade by smelling, but guests are more sensitive if the hosts turn their faces a bit.


Death is like sleeping in the burial ground;
birth is like waking in the morning.


These couplets are 1,330 in number. They contain the essence of the Vedas, the Upanishads and the six Darshanas. Thirukkural is regarded as a universal Bible. It is another Gita, Koran or Zend Avesta.


Some aspirants repaired to Thiruvalluvar and enquired: "O sage, which Ashrama of life is better—Grihastha or Sannyasa?". Thiruvalluvar did not give any answer. He simply kept quiet. He wanted to teach them the glory of Grihastha Ashrama by example.


Thiruvalluvar was taking cold rice in the morning. He said to his wife: "Vasuki, the rice is very hot. Bring a fan to cool it". Thiruvalluvar’s wife was drawing water from the well when Thiruvalluvar called her. She at once left the rope and ran to him with a fan to cool the rice. She did not say to her husband: "How can the cold rice be hot? Why do you want a fan now?". She simply obeyed his commands. The vessel that contained water was hanging half-way in the well unsupported, on account of her Pativrata Dharma Shakti. The aspirants noticed this phenomenon and the noble conduct of Vasuki and were simply struck with amazement.


About midday, on another occasion, Valluvar called his wife and said, "Bring a lamp immediately, O Vasuki! I am stitching the cloth. I cannot see the eye of the needle. I cannot pass the thread properly". Vasuki did not say to her husband: "It is broad daylight now. Why do you want a lamp? You can see the eye of the needle clearly". But she implicitly obeyed his word. The aspirants were much inspired by the ideal life of sage Thiruvalluvar and the exalted conduct of Vasuki. They did not speak a word to the saint. They took leave of the saint and quietly left the place with profound satisfaction. They were deeply impressed by the practical and exemplary life led by Thiruvalluvar and Vasuki. They learnt the lesson that the life of an ideal householder was in no way inferior to that of an ideal Sannyasin who was treading the path of Nivritti and austerity in the Himalayan caves and that each was great in its own place, time and circumstances.


Dear readers! Such ladies sit enthroned in the hearts of their husbands. No doubt they are hard to find, because such women never advertise themselves; but there must be many in our land of Rishis and sages; and unless we maintain such a high level of moral purity, we will all be going down in these days of modern civilization and scientific advancement. If the husbands of the present day behave like Thiruvalluvar, the wives will say, "My husband has become senseless. He wants to fan the rice when it is so cold! He wants a light when there is broad sunlight". The wives will rebuke their husbands and fight with them.


That house wherein the wife serves the husband with sincere devotion and observes Pativrata Dharma is heaven on earth. That house wherein the wife fights with the husband and disobeys his orders is a veritable hell on earth. Ladies who practise Pativrata Dharma need not go to temples. They need not practise any Vrata or penance. Service to the husband becomes worship. They can realise God through service to their husbands. Husbands also should be ideal persons with noble qualities. Husbands are the Gurus for their wives. The wives need not get any initiation from any Acharya. Glory to such exalted ladies who practise Pativrata Dharma!

Related Links

Thirukkural

Source : http://www.dlshq.org/saints/thiruvalluvar.htm 

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THE NINE NATHS OF IMMORTAL SPLENDOUR

THE NINE NATHS OF IMMORTAL                           SPLENDOUR

                                                       
                                                            N A V A N A T H

                                           Swami   Machindranath Maharaj

                              SRI SRI GORAKHNATHJI

                    Gorakhnath Temple (U.P.)

                               SRI KANIFNATHJI TEMPLE

KANIFNATH

THE NINE NATHS OF IMMORTAL SPLENDOUR

Source : http://www.lifepositive.com/Spirit/Enlightenment/The_Nine_Naths_of_Immortal_Splendour82004.asp

They (Naths) are the Ancient of Days composed of the Divine Essence of the Being about whom naught may be said. These immortal divinities are ever watchful over the welfare and evolution of the destinies of nations and their humanities. Since they are aja (unborn), they can never die. Their essences do incarnate for the salvation andevolution of the humanity. I detail below an order of the celestial hierarchy of the heavenly host.

The basic Indian Philosophy about samsara is that this world is a wheel of Time (Kala Chakra), which rotates due to spiritual ignorance (avidya). Its spokes are virtue (dharma), vice (adharma), pleasure (sukha), pain(dukha), attachment (raga) and aversion (dvesha). These qualities are the cause of karma (cause and effect) and subsequently punarjanma (cycle of birth and death). I have not written about all the primeval Nine Naths mentioned above. Instead I have given accounts of later Nath yogis with whom I have had a personal experience.

The Nine Naths
The Nine Naths are divine immortal beings who have evolved to the seventh degree of cosmic awareness. They guide the eighty-four siddhas who form the guardian wall of humanity. Their consciousness is of so advanced a state that it is extremely difficult to comprehend their spiritual stature.

These Nath Siddhas are living in many secluded parts of India, mainly in the Himalayas. It is interesting to know that all of them have evolved beyond the sixth level of consciousness called Avadhoots. Some of them have, with tremendous Yoga and tapa evolved to the state or avastha of an Avatar Nath Yogi, beyond the seventh level of universal consciousness. Nath yogis have gone on to the eighth level of divine consciousness. They are known as the rishis, who are the custodians of our human evolution. These ‘sages of the fire mist’ are great beyond man’s reckoning… Such Cosmic Avataric descents are Self-taken and are one of a kind in human history, that is, each would be unique. These levels of spiritual consciousness are way beyond the understanding of devas or gods and human beings. The stupendous magnitude of their work is incomprehensible.

Adi Nath
This means the First Lord who is Shiva himself, the unborn, undying, deathless Lord of Liberating Yoga. He is the ‘Eternal Now’ as Adi Nath, whose Self-taken work for the work cycle is to reabsorb an erring humanity into its original state of consciousness, but awakening them to and teaching them the Yoga of Self-Realisation. Both the Kaula tradition of Matsyendranath and the Nath tradition of Gorakshanath acknowledge Him as their primal Lord and Master. Identified with Lord Shiva, he is held to be the original giver of divine yogic wisdom in a long line of masters and teachers of the Yogacharya schools. The title Adi Nath is also given to Rishub Nath, the first of the 24 enlightened teachers called the ford makers (tirthankaras) of the Jain tradition.

Adi Nath was the primal Yogi and a direct manifestation of Shiva and it is he whom the Yogis trace their lineage to. His positive Shakti energies are Uma Nath, Udai Nath, Parvati Nath, Jagat Amba, Gauri and Bhavani. His dark fiercer Shakti energies some of which are personified in Durga, Shyama, Chandi, Bhairavi, Chinna–masta and Kali Nath. To balance the world, speed up evolution of souls and do what it takes to be done, He may exercise any of his divine consort Shakti energies…

Although the Nine Naths are Immortal, yet for the inspiration of humanity and for future generations to come, there are Nine sacred shrines (samadhis) in the Himalayas associated with the Nath tradition. They are Amar Nath, Kedar Nath, Badri Nath, Pashu-Pati Nath, Kailash Nath, Tunga Nath, Rudra Nath, Vishwa Nath (Kashi), and Jaggan Nath.

Udai Nath
She is the manifestation of Parvati, the consort of Adi Nath Shiva. Udai Nath heralds the dawn of the age and time of spirituality. She helps the practitioner of Yoga to burn the seeds of all his past negative karmas; supplies the light of inspiration to progress along the yogic path. She also plays the role of world mother and all along the passage of time she was the semi-divine goddess Renuka, the mother of Parashuram; Kaushilya, the mother of Ramchandra; Devaki, the mother of Krishna; Maya, the mother of Buddha and Mary, the mother of Christ.

There are two aspects to her nature—bright - other dark. In Shakti, the two aspects of Shiva are manifest. In her milder personification she is known as Uma, Gauri, Parvati, Jagdamba and Bhavani. In her dark and fierce character she is Durga, Shyama, Chandi Kali, Bhairvi. Uma is the gracious consort of Adi Nath Shiva; the daughter of Prajapati Daksha. She, out of total love for Shiva, assumed a body so that she might be totally united with him. It is related in the account of the sacrifice of Daksha as to how Shiva was insulted by not being invited and being later ridiculed. This led to violation and mortification of Uma, who then became Sati, sacrificed for the sake of the Lord. Then grief-stricken Shiva carried her over his shoulders telling Vishnu to dismember her. As he walked along, various parts of her sacred body fell at various sites, which now makes the 52 holy Shakti Pithas.

After this she was reborn as Parvati (daughter of the Himalayan mountains). Shiva and Parvati are described as living together on the sacred Kailash mountain. They are ever immersed in the samadhi of love; at times, engaged in deep philosophical discourse to show the path of salvation to humanity lost in the theories of material world. From these discourses many a treatise on Yoga and Tantrahave been gifted to the world…
When we go on to the more formidable aspects of Shakti, let us not forget, the spirit of love and of the evolutionary push of the soul’s salvation which the Divine Mother has for us in her heart. Durga ‘the Unconquerable’ is Adi Nath Shiva’s consort in the aspect of warrior. She derives her name from the demon she slew. She is depicted with eight arms during the festival of Nine Naths (Navratra) of prayers and goes by the name Asta Bhuja (eight-armed). Then we have the four-armed Kali with a sword and a garland of heads around her and her red tongue protruding thirsty for the blood of the demonical forces and demons. The darker the negativity and evil on this earth, the more fierce and aggressive her form, to overcome the evil and create a balance of the gunas. She is then Kala Bhairavi and Chinnamastu….

Matsyendranath
A Nath legend goes that as one day the great Yogi sat fishing in his boat in the Bay of Bengal, he hooked a huge fish that pulled so hard on his fishing line that the boat capsised and the whale swallowed him whole. This is similar to the Biblical story of Jonah in the stomach of a whale. Now Matsyendranath was protected by his good karma. At that time, Lord Shiva had under the ocean created a beautiful setting. He was expounding to his spouse Parvati, the sacred doctrine of Yogaand Tantra. The large fish happened to go into this very site. Matsyendranath was able to hear the secret discourse.

After some time Parvati fell asleep, and when Shiva asked “Are you listening?” A prompt “yes” came from the belly of the fish. Using his Shiva Netra (third eye), Shiva gazed into the belly of the fish where he saw the Nath. Overjoyed, he said: “Now I know who my disciple is. I will now initiate Matsyendranath.” For the next 12 years, all the while remaining in the belly of the fish, Nath dedicated himself to Tantric Yogic practices. Then, another fisherman caught the monster and upon opening it, had Matsyendranath appearing as a fully realised master.

Matsyendranath is responsible for the transmigration of all evolving souls. In his hands are the keys to the gates of salvation.

In Tibet he is the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshwara, who gave to humanity the liberating mantra Om mani padme hum. In Nepal, he is venerated as the guardian deity of Kathmandu, in the form of Shveta Matsyendra, celebrated in the song and legend as the saviour and spiritual redeemer of all the Nath Yogis.

Shiva-Goraksha-Babaji
There is a great mystery and a sacrifice associated with the ninth level of Divine Awareness which is self-born. This is the state of Brahma Nirvana from which the ineffable Shiva-Goraksha-Babaji descends. He comes to redeem humanity yet maintains his state, how this is possible is only known to him. He is the collective consciousness of the seven primordial sages of the fire mist born at the beginning of time. He is the total light of the highest Elohim and yet in his unfathomable compassion, has left behind a finite portion of His infinite consciousness to evolve humanity into the likeness of Divinity. This finite and immortal portion of his divinity manifests among the haunts of men from time to time, as the need arises. Throughout eternity this ‘Eternal Now’ watches over the evolution of humanity, till it is liberated. Truly, He is called the Great Sacrifice, the visible invisible saviour of mankind.

Babaji is ever the same. He was never born and therefore never can die. They call Him aja (the unborn). But from time to time this compassionate Lord of irradiant splendour does manifest for humanity. Pulling the veil of Maya by his own will, He takes the form of Lightless light to incarnate among mortal beings.  He guards, guides and enlightens their conscience as per their evolutionary blueprint. His deathless body of lightless light may take any form through which he can express and reveal himself to the faithful from age to age. He took the form of Adi Nath Shiva himself. In the year 70 B.C, he manifested as Gorakshanath, at the time of King Shalivahan and Chowrangee Nath. Still later the ever present Babaji Nagaraj in 203 A.D.  in the same ever-present immortal body. He later appeared as Shiva-Goraksha-Babaji in the ninth century A.D. This was during the time of Guga Nath whom He empowered to have complete mastery over the Nagas (snakes) and ultimately be worshipped as a Naga god. Gorakshanath is Himself shown in the supreme samadhi sitting as Nagaraj upon a Yogic throne under which are the Nine Nagas.

Gorakshanath has assumed legendary fame during his manifestation in the middle ages. Many such stories of other saints competing with the Nath are of a sectarian prejudice, and show a total disregard for the dates and era in which Goraksha existed historically. It came to be established that no saint or yogi was considered to be of any worth or importance unless and until he defeated the legendary Gorakshanath in a contest of yogic powers or in a philosophical debate…

GORAKSHANATH

Gorakshanath’s teachings
On renunciation
Once a householder came to pay his respects to the Maha Yogi Goraksha with folded hands, he said: “Oh Respected One, your sacrifice is great, for you have given up the whole world for God.” Goraksha replied with folded hands: “Oh Respected One, Your sacrifice is greater than mine for you have given up the infinite God for this finite world.”

On death
A practising yogi full of rage at his failure to attain samadhi was on his way to die. Goraksha was sitting calmly under a tree and asked: “Where are you going, my son?” “To die!” replied the frustrated yogi. Goraksha said: “Then die if you must but make sure the dying is complete. If you cannot do it, come to me, I will teach you to die so completely that you will never die again and become deathless (amar). The yogi came back and attained to deathless samadhi under the loving eye of his Guru, Shiva-Goraksha-Babaji…

Extracted with permission from: Wings of Freedom: Mystic Revelations from Babaji and the Himalayan Yogis, by Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath.

Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath is a perfected master yogi from the Himalayan lineage of the Naths. Based near Pune, he teaches Hamsa Yoga, the system he has evolved.

Contact: Delhi,             (0) 9811199058      
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Valmikis' stunningly accurate account The story of Shri Rams' life was first narrated by Maharishi Valmiki in the Ramayana, which was written after Shri Ram was crowned as the king of Ayodhya. Maharishi Valmiki was a great astronomer as he has made sequential astronomical references on important dates related to the life of Shri Ram indicating the location of planets vis-a-vis zodiac constellations and the other stars (nakshatras). Needless to add that similar position of planets and nakshatras is not repeated in thousands of years. By entering the precise details of the planetary configuration of the important events in the life of Shri Ram as given in the Valmiki Ramayan in the software named "Planetarium" corresponding exact dates of these events according to the English calendar can be known. Mr Pushkar Bhatnagar, of the Indian Revenue Service, had acquired this software from the US. It is used to predict the solar/lunar eclipses and distance and location of other planets from earth. He entered the relevant details about the planetary positions narrated by Maharishi Valmiki and obtained very interesting and convincing results, which almost determine the important dates starting from the birth of Shri Ram to the date of his coming back to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile. Maharishi Valmiki has recorded in Bal Kaand, sarga 19 and shloka eight and nine (1/18/8,9), that Shri Ram was born on ninth tithi of Chaitra month when the position of different planets vis-a-vis zodiac constellations and nakshatras (visible stars) were: i) Sun in Aries; ii) Saturn in Libra; iii) Jupiter in Cancer; iv) Venus in Pisces; v) Mars in Capricorn; vi) Lunar month of Chaitra; vii) Ninth day after no moon; viii) Lagna as Cancer (cancer was rising in the east); ix) Moon on the Punarvasu (Gemini constellation & Pllux star); x) Day time (around noon). This data was fed into the software. The results indicated that this was exactly the location of planets/stars in the noon of January 10, 5114 BC. Thus, Shri Ram was born on January 10, 5114 BC (7121 years back). As per the Indian calendar, it was the ninth day of Shukla Paksha in Chaitra month and the time was around 12 to 1 noontime. This is exactly the time and date when Ram Navmi is celebrated all overIndia. Shri Ram was born in Ayodhya. This fact can be ascertained from several books written by Indian and foreign authors before and after the birth of Christ - Valmiki Ramayan, Tulsi Ramayan, Kalidasas' Raghuvansam, Baudh and Jain literature, etc. These books have narrated in great detail the location, rich architecture and beauty of Ayodhya which had many palaces and temples built all over the kingdom. Ayodhya was located on the banks of the Saryu river with Ganga and Panchal Pradesh on one side and Mithila on the other side. Normally 7,000 years is a very long period during which earthquakes, storms, floods and foreign invasions change the course of rivers, destroy the towns/buildings and alter the territories. Therefore, the task of unearthing the facts is monumental. The present Ayodhya has shrunk in size and the rivers have changed their course about 40 km north/south. Shri Ram went out of Ayodhya in his childhood (13th year as per Valmiki Ramayan) with Rishi Vishwamitra who lived in Tapovan (Sidhhashram). From there he went to Mithila, King Janaks' kingdom. Here, he married Sita after breaking Shiv Dhanusha. Researchers have gone along the route adopted by Shri Ram as narrated in the Valmiki Ramayan and found 23 places which have memorials that commemorate the events related to the life of Shri Ram. These include : Shringi Ashram, Ramghat, Tadka Van, Sidhhashram, Gautamashram, Janakpur (now in Nepal), Sita Kund, etc. Memorials are built for great men and not for fictitious characters. Date of exile of Shri Ram: It is mentioned in Valmiki Ramayans' Ayodhya Kand (2/4/18) that Dashratha wanted to make Shri Ram the king because Sun, Mars and Rahu had surrounded his nakshatra and normally under such planetary configuration the king dies or becomes a victim of conspiracies. Dashrathas' zodiac sign was Pisces and his nakshatra was Rewati. This planetary configuration was prevailing on the January 5, 5089 BC, and it was on this day that Shri Ram left Ayodhya for 14 years of exile. Thus, he was 25 years old at that time (5114-5089). There are several shlokas in Valmiki Ramayan which indicate that Shri Ram was 25-years-old when he left Ayodhya for exile. Valmiki Ramayan refers to the solar eclipse at the time of war with Khardushan in later half of 13th year of Shri Rams' exile. It is also mentioned it was amavasya day and Mars was in the middle. When this data was entered, the software indicated that there was a solar eclipse on October 7, 5077 BC, (amavasya day) which could be seen from Panchvati. The planetary configuration was also the same - Mars was in the middle, on one side were Venus and Mercury and on the other side were Sun and Saturn. On the basis of planetary configurations described in various other chapters, the date on which Ravana was killed works out to be December 4, 5076 BC, and Shri Ram completed 14 years of exile on January 2, 5075 BC, and that day was also Navami of Shukla Paksha in Chaitra month. Thus Shri Ram had come back to Ayodhya at the age of 39 (5114-5075).  A colleague, Dr Ram Avtar, researched on places visited by Shri Ram during his exile, and sequentially moved to the places stated as visited by Shri Ram in the Valmiki Ramayan, starting from Ayodhya he went right upto Rameshwaram. He found 195 places which still have the memorials connected to the events narrated in the Ramayana relating to the life of Shri Ram and Sita These include Tamsa Tal (Mandah), Shringverpur (Singraur), Bhardwaj Ashram (situated near Allahabad), Atri Ashram, Markandaya Ashram (Markundi), Chitrakoot, Pamakuti (on banks of Godavari), Panchvati, Sita Sarovar, Ram Kund in Triambakeshwar near Nasik, Shabari Ashram, Kishkindha (village Annagorai), Dhanushkoti and Rameshwar temple. In Valmiki Ramayan it is mentioned that Shri Rams' army constructed a bridge over the sea between Rameshwaram and Lanka. After crossing this bridge, Shri Rams' army had defeated Ravana. Recently, NASA put pictures on the Internet of a man-made bridge, the ruins of which are lying submerged in Palk Strait between Rameshwaram and Sri Lanka. Recently the Sri Lankan Government had expressed the desire to develop Sita Vatika as a tourist spot. Sri Lankans believe this was Ashok Vatika where Ravana had kept Sita as a prisoner (in 5076 BC). Indian history has recorded that Shri Ram belonged to the Suryavansh and he was the 64th ruler of this dynasty. The names and other relevant particulars of previous 63 kings are listed in Ayodhya ka Etihaas written about 80 years ago by Rai Bahadur Sita Ram. Professor Subhash Kak of Lousiana University, in his book, The Astronomical Code of the Rig Veda, has also listed 63 ancestors of Shri Ram who ruled over Ayodhya. Sri Rams' ancestors have been traced out as: Shri Ram, King Dashratha, King Aja, King Raghu, King Dilip and so on. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Bengal to Gujarat, everywhere people believe in the reality of Shri Rams' existence, particularly in the tribal areas of Himachal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and the North-East. Most of the festivals celebrated in these areas revolve around the events in the life of Shri Ram and Shri Krishna. The events and places related to the life of Shri Ram and Sita are true cultural and social heritage of every Indian irrespective of caste and creed. Therefore, it is common heritage. After all, Shri Ram belonged to the period when Prophet Mohammed or Jesus Christ were not born and Muslim or Christian faiths were unknown to the world. The words Hindu (resident of Hindustan) and Indian (resident of India) were synonymous. India was also known as Bharat (land of knowledge) and Aryavarta (where Aryans live) and Hindustan (land of "Hindus" - derived from word Indus). During Ram Rajya, the evils of caste system based on birth were non-existent. In fact, Maharishi Valmiki is stated to be of Shudra class (scheduled caste), still Sita lived with him as his adopted daughter after she was banished from Ayodhya. Luv and Kush grew in his ashram as his disciples. We need to be proud of the fact that Valmiki was perhaps the first great astronomer and that his study of planetary configurations has stood the test of times. Even the latest computer softwares have corroborated his astronomical calculations, which proves that he did not commit any error. Shabri is stated to be belonging to the Bheel tribe. Shri Rams' army, which succeeded in defeating Ravana, was formed by various tribals from Central and South India. The facts, events and all other details relating to the life of Shri Ram are the common heritage of all the Indians including scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, Muslims, Christians, etc. Prophet Mohammad was born 1,400 years ago. Jesus Christ was born 2,000 years back. Gautam Buddha was born 2,600 years back, whereas Ram was born 7,000 years back. Hence, discovering the details relating to Shri Rams' life would be lot more difficult as destruction caused by floods, earthquakes and invasions etc., would be far greater. But, should that stop our quest for learning more about our cultural heritage? As Indians, let us all take pride in the fact that the Indian civilisation is the most ancient civilisation today. It is certainly more than 10,000 years old. Therefore, let us reject the story of Aryan invasion in India in 1,500 BC as motivated implantation. In fact Max Mueller, who was the creator of this theory had himself rejected it. Let us admit that during the British Rule, we were educated in the schools based on Macaulay school of thinking which believed that everything Indian was inferior and that entire "Indian literature was not worth even one book rack in England." If there were similarities in certain features of Indian people and people from Central Europe, then automatic inference drawn was that the Aryans coming from Europe invaded India and settled here. No one dared of thinking in any other way. Therefore, there is urgency for the historians and all other intellectuals to stop reducing Indian history to myth. There is need to gather, dig out, search, unearth and analyse all the evidences, which would throw more light on ancient Indian civilisation and culture. There is need for the print and the electronic media to take note of these facts and create atmosphere which would motivate our young and educated youth to carry out research and unearth true facts about the ancient Indian civilisation and wisdom and would also encourage them to put across the results of their research before the people fearlessly and with a sense of pride!

 Source :  https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/1377cee954708613

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THAKUR SRI SRI ABHIRAM PARAMAHANSA

Thakur Sri Sri Abhiram Paramahansa

Born :18th January 1904

Mahaprayan : 1963

Thakur Shree Abhiram Paramahansa Dev took birth on 18th January 1904 in a small village "Bhoipada" (Karamala Gramapada), which is under Jodaapadar P.O., Bramhagiri P.S., Kanasa Block of Puri district in Orissa (India). The holy place is now famous as KARAMALA. The village is situated beside the rivers Daya, Bhargabi & Luna. Naming of Karamala: In the start of 20th century, this village Karamala (Bhoipada) was under the rule of King Bhramabara Samantaraya of Khurda Garh. Duty (Tax) was collected in the form of paddy and store in this village. In oriya the duty (tax) is "Kar" and collection of duty (tax) is "Amala". As per myth the village thus names as "Karamala" (Kar+Amala). He was the third son of "Satyabadi Pattanayak" and "Radha Devi". But he was survived by "Arjuna" & "Subrata" in childhood. Arjuna & Subrata called him as "Binori". When Binori was 7, Arjuna passed out and then Subrata. Then Binori again came back to his real parent Satyabadi & Radha Devi. After completing his primary education he became a school teacher. He left the teachership after some days. At the age of eleven, he started meditation in "Khandaba bana" near Brahmagiri. There he also worshipped goddess Vanadurga (Purnamasi). He became a great Sadhu by the grace of goddess Vanadurga. He became very popular. He started spiritual renaissance everywehere With many disciples, sanyasis and devotees. His followers with love called him "Shree Thakur". Shree Thakur moved from village to village in Cuttack district for peaching his ideology, divine thought and spiritual values among the people.

A great spiritual leader Thakur Shree Abhiram Paramahansa Dev was a great spiritual leader who created numbers of disciples and followers. His thought is implanted in the minds and hearts of the people of Orissa. He had started a religious and cultural movement in Orissa to create renaissance among the people. He occupied a high position in the religious world. His outstanding contribution towards secularism, mankind, social reform would be remembered for ever. Shree Thakur occupied a great place in the heart of the common people. His contribution in the field of literature, religion, peace, love and brotherhood was incomparable. He was a great lover of truth and peace.

A Freedom Fighter Abhiram Paramahansa Dev was not only a well known religious teacher and famous social reformer but also a great freedom fighter. He sacrificed his life for the sake of Mother India. His life long performance is remarkable. He is highly respected by the people of Orissa due to his outstanding contribution in the freedom struggle, social reform and religious teaching. He was the only Oriya saint who struggled for independence of motherland. His heroic role during the period of great National movement recognized him a partiot and true lover of mother India.

A patriotic writer Shree Thakur had written a famous book named "Kali Bhagabata". Some patriotic elements are available in this great book. When Shree Thakur was at Ichhapur village of Cuttack district he wrote the first six chapters of the historic book Kali Bhagabata. This book admired the greatness of Shree Thakur in the freedom struggle of India. The book Kali Bhagabata composed by Shree Thakur, criticised the harmful activities of the mighty Britishers. First six chapters of this book were published from Berhampur. Publisher Sashibhusan Rath had printed it in his Assha Press. In the critical period of the national movement this book had much impact on the people. Abhiram Paramahansa Dev had written in such way that many chapter has two different meanings. The surface meaning differs from its inner meaning. Especially the chapters 4 and 22 have two different meanings. In Kali Bhagabata Shree Thakur described about the future political situation of India. The words Mahatma, British Emperor of that time George-V, Congress, Satyagrahis are found in the book Kali Bhagabata. Source : http://www.lordjagannath.com/abhiram.htm *******************************************************************

SRI SRI THAKUR ANUKULCHANDRA

SRI SRI THAKUR ANUKULCHANDRA
Born : 14th September 1888
Passed Away : 26th January 1969

Anukulchandra was born on 14 September 1888 in Himaitpur village in the Pabna district of the eastern zone of Bengal in undivided India, now in Bangladesh. His father was Shibchandra Chakravarty (Shandilya Gotra Kanyakubja Brahmin) and his mother was Manmohini Devi.
From the very beginning, Anukulchandra was extremely mother centric. He accepted his mother as his guru throughout his life. The lover of the mankind, Anukulchandra set up an Ashram first at Pabna (later it was named Satsang by his mother) and then at Deoghar in India 1946, for fostering spiritual development. The Satsang ashram at Deoghar has now become a major place of attraction in Deoghar.[1][2] The four ideals of Satsanga are education, agriculture, industry, and good marriage. Actually Anukulchandra did not 'set up' any organization. The organization evolved around him. Schools, charitable hospitals, engineering workshops, a publishing house, and a printing press came up. He never wrote any book. Except one -Satyanusaran' (The Pursuit of Truth), but this was only a letter to one of his disciples Atulchandra. However, conversations of various people with Sri Sri Thakur was recorded, and his direct sayings were compiled. This has given birth to the vast literature of his direct teachings; noted among these are Satyanusaran, Punyapunthi, Anushruti, Chalar Sathi, Shashvati, Pritibinayak, Adarsh Binayak, Alochana Prasangeseries, Deeprakkhi series, The Message series, Vigayn Vibhuti, Who Thou The Revolutionary, Vivah Prasange volumes, Vivah Vidhayana volumes etc.
deepak was initiated (called 'Dikhsha') by his mother on behalf of Huzur Maharaj of Radhaswami Satsang, Dayalbagh, Agra. But he had been showing tremendous spiritual signs right from his advent. He used to do 'Kirton'/Naam-Kirton ("Hare Rama- Hare Krishna"). Sometimes during this, he would go into a trance. His utterances during these trances known as "messages" were later collected and published in a book called Punyapunthi. It was at this time that he started being addressed as "Thakur".
Mother Mata Monmohini Devi was deeply inclined to spiritualism namely prayer to the Almighty and her meditation. She was initiated by Huzur Maharaj of Dayalbagh, Radhaswami Satsang of Agra. Her spiritualism consolidated in her initiator Huzur Maharaj Ji through whom she used to taste the nectar of Heaven almost in her everyday life. In 1946 Anukulchandra went to Deoghar in Bihar and an ashram came up there as well. He had proclaimed that unless the human society adopts the marriage rules of Varnashram, there will be no peace in the world and all development work will prove to be futile. He did not return to Pabna after the Partition of India, but continued to live in Deoghar, where he left his mortal frame on 26 January 1969.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thakur_Anukulchandra

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