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      
Email: anuradha@hamsa-yoga.org Website: www.hamsa-yoga.org

SRINAVANATH   SWARUPA   DARSHAN

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LORD SRIRAM

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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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BABA LOKNATH

BABA LOKNATH


Born: 1730 (Janmastami day)
Passed Away : 1890 (160 years old)

Baba Loknath, Indian SaintA legendary Hindu saint and philosopher from Bengal, Baba Loknath idolized greatly all even a century after his death.

Baba Loknath by his words assures the mankind," Rane Bane Jongole jekhanei bipode poribe amake smoron korio.." ( Whenever you are in danger, whether in war, forest, ocean or jungle, remember me. I shall save you). Baba Lokenath said that `you might not know me. You may not realize who I am. Just pray to me with a little touch of your heart and I shall free you from gripping sorrows and miseries`.

Baba Lokenath, across the distance of a century, came to mankind in order to uplift every magnitude of our lives with intense love and compassion. To mend the ills and personal insufficiencies, he has extended an interposing hand of grace. "When you confront the internal or external carnage brought about by human ignorance and greed and hatred, take refuge in God, in the eternal principles." Baba Lokenath, a legendary Hindu saint and philosopher in Bengal, is one sage who predicted that he would be greatly idolized by one and all even a century after his death. Today He is a household name in Bengal, which proves His predictions. As their Guru and Lord thousands of devotees bow before him and lionize him.

In the year 1730 (18th bhadra, 1137 banglabad), Baba Loknath Brahmachari was born on Janmastami, the birthday of Lord Krishna in the village of Chaurasi Chakla, a couple of miles from Kolkata to father Ramanarayan Ghosal and mother Kamaladevi. Ramnarayan Ghosal wished to dedicate one of his child to the path of renunciation to the God and when the forth son was born, he presumed that the right time has come. He requested earnestly Pandit Bhagawan Ganguly of the nearby village of Kochuya to be his son`s guru and teach him the wisdom of the Shastras. Young Lokenath left home with His guru at the age of 11. Relationship with Guru Bhagwan in its tenderness is unique. After visiting the Kalighat Temple in Kolkata went to live in the forests for 25 years. Alongside serving selflessly His master also practising the Ashtanga Yoga of Patanjali companion with the most difficult Hatha Yoga.

It was known to Guru Bhagwan that Baba Loknath would attain the magnitude of enlightenment. The Guru guided Lokenath for a period of thirty to forty years, in the practices of the necessary yogic disciplines and hatha yoga. Baba stood firm repeatedly, almost unimaginable austerities, under the guidance of His beloved Guru. These yoga practices worked as a comprehensive training for Baba`s soul. About the need to study scripture when Lokenath asked, His Gurudev replied, "If You know who You are, You will come to know everything. There is nothing in this external, manifested world, which is not within you. Believe My words; there is no truth without, because your atman is `sarvatbhutatman,` the Atman seated in the hearts of all creatures. In You is the dormant seed form of all the knowledge, power and wealth of this entire creation. Why should You leave the diamond and waste time on pieces of glass?"

Lokenath travelled to the Himalayas after this and meditated in the nude for nearly five decades. Finally, at the age of ninety He attained enlightenment. There were a number of times when Baba did speak of the enlightened state: "Words are such poor vehicles to express the inner experience. Any attempt to reduce it to words only belittles the Ultimate Truth. It is like the mute trying to express the taste of nectar." Baba Lokenath traveled extensively on foot to Afghanistan, Persia, Arabia and Israel, making three pilgrimages to Mecca after his enlightenment.

During his pilgrimage, he reached to a small town named Baradi near Dhaka. A wealthy family of that village built him a small hermitage, which later became his ashram. He accepted the sacred thread of the Brahmins and clothed himself in saffron robes there. And he received the title Baba(Bengali for Father). For the rest of his life he performed miracles on and gave divine wisdom to all who came to him to seek his blessings.

The day was the 19th day of Jyeshtha and the year was 1890 (1297 in Bengali). Baba was meditating and he slided into trance. His eyes were still open and he left his physical body forever. He was then 160 years of age. He had said before his death : "I am eternal, I am deathless. After this body falls, do not think that everything will come to an end. I will live in the hearts of all living beings in my subtle astral form. Whoever will seek my refuge, will always receive my Grace."

Baba Loknath is a new personification of compassion. In His life, Baba Lokenath was a perfect disciple. Most yogis focus on a particular yogic path of Jnana (the path of discriminating knowledge), Karma (the path of Selfless action), Bhakti (the Path of Devotional surrender to the Divine), or Ashtanga (Patanjali`s) Yoga. But Baba with determination practiced the principles of all four. Thus he is regarded as the Divine Incarnation of Jnana, Karma, Bhakti and Ashtanga Yoga. Baba became the manifestation of their synthesis, the living inwardness and full personification of the Universal Religion of Love, the Sanatana Dharma, which is taught in the Bhagavad Gita.

His teachings were simple and therefore delighted the common man. Baba Lokenath advocated love, preached devotion and firm faith in God.

Baba Lokenath performed many miracles during His life with the Divine Power that He possessed. In seeing and feeling the unbearable suffering of others as His own suffering, miracles were performed. Baba is no longer today, in His physical body. His Divinity, all-pervading presence, and the presence work wordlessly in the hearts of all who are devoted to Him. As Baba said, " I have everything in me. What you need in life, you have only to take. Do not think that with the death of this body everything will come to an end. I shall be as available to you as ever when I was in My physical body. Only the body will be burnt to ashes. That `I` which is not the body will never perish. I am the Changeless, Immutable One who is never lost nor finished. Where and whenever anybody needs My help, I shall be available forever after."
(Last Updated on : 5/09/2009)
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PRAHLAD CHANDRA BRAHMACHARI

Prahlad Chandra Brahmachari

Prahlad Chandra Brahmachari was a renunciant devotee of the goddess Kali, who was subject to trance states and visions throughout his life. He spent his later years as a Kali priest in Ramnathpur, West Bengal, having large goddess worship celebrations which attracted thousands of visitors.

He was born into a poor Brahman family in Orissa, somewhere between 1900 and 1910 (the date is uncertain). He was one of five brothers, none of whom ever attended school. His father would spend time in meditation, and sing to Rama. The family lived on land which could grow rice only for four or five months during the year, and the rest of the year was a time of semi-starvation for the family. Occasionally his father might act as a priest, and receive a small amount of money. The children had rickets and malnutrition, subsisting during the lean months on one meal a day of bread made from grass roots.

One day, Prahlad stole some green mangos from a neighbor's tree, and brought them to his mother as food for the family. When his father found out later, he was furious, and started hitting the child with an axe. Prahlad ran away bleeding, covering the wounds with grass.
He ran off into the woods, and travelled at random until he passed out from weakness. He awoke to see a sannyasi (monk) before him, smiling and compassionate. The sannyasi gave him some flat bread to eat, and touched his wounds with a log of wood. After that touch, the pain disappeared. Prahlad kept that log with him throughout his life. Then the sannyasi searched for a kind of leaf with a tough stem, and grabbed Prahlad's tongue and wrote lines on it with the leaf. He etched the lines so hard that Prahlad's tongue bled, and his "senses were lost," as Prahlad went into a state of trance.

He regained consciousness at sunrise, and the sannyasi was gone. He could only see the remnants of a ritual fire (dhuni) and some coins. He considered his survival of his father's beating to be a new chance at life. He rode the train in rags to Howrah station, and lived in Calcutta on the banks of the Ganges for several years, sleeping on burlap sacks. He survived in a variety of ways, first by begging, and then by acting as a wandering Kali priest with a picture of the goddess hung around his neck. He would visit shopkeepers and bless them with the goddess' image, and they would give him a few pennies.

Sometimes he would work as a servant, a dishwasher, or a sweeper, ignoring the caste of the people for whom he worked. He was unhappy at these jobs, but at night he received instructions on yoga in his dreams from the goddess Kali.

During the day, he would contemplate these dreams and fall into trance states. This made him a poor worker, and he was often condemned by his employers. However, he did save some money, and decided to visit his parents after a gap of several years. His youngest brother had died, and his father took the money to renovate the family worship room. He continued to have visits from the goddess in his dreams, and she gave him instructions in meditation and hatha yoga. She told him to leave the household again, and he did so.

He returned to Calcutta, and first took a job as a servant, and then as a wandering priest. The goddess continued her yogic dream instructions, and he perfected his yoga postures, staying in one position for the whole night. Accompanying these practices were states of bliss. He had kept the sannyasi's log of wood, and the goddess told him in a dream command to chew it. He would scrape off small pieces of the log to chew, and he would start having visions. He could hear verses from the sacred books of India, and see pages written in gold letters. When a person stood before him, Prahlad could "read his heart," and know the person's innermost secrets. He gained an ability to tell the future, and took up a new career as an astrologer. While people had looked down upon him previously for being ignorant, now they would call him anxiously to tell their futures, and his predictions were generally accurate.

He continued his nightly yogic exercises, seeing himself as a tool in the goddess' hands. He continued chewing splinters from the log, and he lost track of time, with "tidal waves" of Sanskrit coming out of his mouth without forethought, in the form of hymns from the Hindu holy books (Vedas and Puranas). He would see visions of light before him, and lose track of his surroundings.

At the age of twenty-four years he attended a funeral ceremony (shraddha) in Hooghly district, where his abilities to predict the future made him a valued guest. His hosts insisted that he continue his visit. He did a large number of predictions, and many people with diseases and legal problems came to speak with him. He underwent mood swings and would often enter into depressions, but he felt that he was following Kali's will. He acted briefly as priest in a small Kali temple nearby, but upset the villagers there by offering the goddess cooked food. They came en masse to threaten his host, and Prahlad was forced out of the house in which he was staying.
He wandered out and eventually sat beneath a large tamarind tree, in an open space with bushes and thorns. The goddess came to him in a vision, and told him that he should not spend his life with householders, but should create his own space. She said that he would have the barren land on which he sat. The next day, the owner of that land gave him permission to build a small ashram there, and he determined to settle there in Ramnathpur. He spent the next four years in meditation, often at a nearby burning ground. He found it frightening, but went there because it was the Mother's command.

When he had extra money, he mailed it to his parents, and they sent back a demand: Prahlad must marry. His father had chosen a girl, and told his son to marry her. Prahlad returned to Orissa to argue with them, but they were unwilling to listen to him. He went into a single yogic position (asana) and trance state for four days and nights, and returned to normal consciousness with indifference towards his potential bride and his family. He explained again his unwillingness to marry, and his view of all women as only embodiments of the Divine Mother. He then left the house silently, and disappeared off into the woods. He took a formal vow of renunciation, and put on the clothes of a sannyasi.

He returned to Ramnathpur, and again started doing yogic practice at night. During the day, he would do ritual worship for the villagers and foretell the future. Every new moon, he worshiped the goddess at the burning ground. On one new moon in February, the villagers insisted upon following Prahlad to witness his ritual offering to Ratanty Kali. About fifteen people came, bearing lights and long sticks (lathis). Prahlad took a sharp knife and cut his arm, to offer his blood at the Mother's feet. The wind whistled, and a storm came up, blowing out the lights and frightening the villagers so that they ran away. Outside the burning ghat the weather was quiet, and the villagers then returned. They found the altar blown over, and Prahlad unconscious and lying in a pit. They sprinkled his face with Ganges water to awaken him. During the storm he had had a vision of the goddess as infinite light, and he had been absorbed into the Mother's spirit.

About three years after his sudden exit from the wedding, another message came from his parents: Prahlad must return, because his father was dying. He went to his parent's house, and fulfilled his father's last wishes, and he gained his father's blessings. Among other requests, his father told him that he must not neglect the worship of the family deity Rama, even if Kali was his special goddess. After his father's death, Prahlad was grief-stricken, and roamed through South India as a beggar for a month. He then returned to Ramnathpur.

When he came back to the village, two men asked for initiation from him as their guru. He also became the guru for their families. He then initiated many other people. When he entered a house, the villagers would offer him fruits and sweets, and wash his feet. However, the villagers would go through periods of doubt, and once they condemned Prahlad as a false monk, saying that they would only believe him if he could stay in his room without food or water for seven days. He went into the dark room, and knelt down before the statue of Kali, who filled the room with light. She came in visionary form and took Prahlad onto her lap, and he felt that their souls merged for seven days. He did not eat, drink, or leave the room during that week, until the trance ended at the appropriate time. It was his last trial by the villagers at Ramnathpur.

He had a variety of places where he would meditate. Often he would spend time in contemplation within a hollowed-out tree. He also had a meditation hut on a raised area between some rice and pan fields. Buried under the floor of this hut were five skulls, and he would sit over these skulls. The room also had a trident and an omkar (Sanskrit letter OM) painted on the wall. Later there were pictures of deities, and stick figures on the wall, and a large altar with a picture of a blue Kali. He warned others that this room had great power, and that it would be dangerous for others to live there. Apparently one person stayed in this hut while Prahlad was on a pilgrimage, and this visitor died after a few days there of snakebite. It is still said that the goddess Kali speaks to people who enter the hut.

Prahlad called himself a kite in the hands of Kali, which she keeps whirling. She is infinite light, showing herself as a candle, or as the soothing morning sun, or the violent and scorching sun at noon. He followed her will in practicing yoga and meditation at Ramnathpur ashram for over fifty years. He would offer Kali blood on new-moon night, when he would slit his wrists, and his disciples would hear him moan and gasp. He was often asked for boons by his disciples, especially for healing and for children, and for predicting the future. He had a coconut marked with red sindur powder and a long tongue, which he called Old Mother or Ancestress (Budi Ma). He performed rituals to Old Mother each day, when he chanted mantras and did his ritual fire sacrifice. When visitors would ask him to do things for them, he would ask Old Mother's opinion. He would put a flower on top of the coconut, and if it remained there, he would agree to the request. If it fell, he would not accede to the request.

Prahlad gained disciples outside of West Bengal in his later life, including ones from the USA. In India he had a core group of about forty disciples, though he initiated large numbers of people (he looked for various physical signs, such as a sharply pointed tongue, which was the sign of a Kali devotee). Some Western disciples came to India and brought him to Brooklyn on several occasions. He would fall into trance states frequently there, becoming the child Krishna, the goddess, and the warrior Arjuna (among other roles), and he would perform fire sacrifices (homa fires) and pujas (ritual worship). He knew no English, and refused to touch money, living the life of a renunciant Kali priest as well as he could in a New York brownstone building.

He spoke to his Bengali devotees about prayer to the Mother:
You must always pray to the Mother. It is Mother who takes you on her lap. She is my god, Mahamaya, the great Kundalini Shakti. You have to wake Her first, and pray to Her first. That is why our worship of the Mother must come first. Because who is he who is my Father? Only the Mother knows. She will take me to him in her arms. If you can wake up Mahamaya, that great power in the sushumna, in the thousand petalled lotus, then you will drink nectar.. this is why I perform the Homa fire before her... Mother is the provider; without the mother, there is no father. When the Mother takes me in her lap, she will merge me with brahman. Mother knows my father's name, and my caste, and she knows the path to infinity. Without Mother, one cannot find that impossible path.

The goddess is reflected in human women, and also in statues:
You must first pray to the outer mother, only then can you gain the Mother within. It is like seeing your face in mirror. You must see the outer image, so that you can know what you look like... Ma is in many places. Once when I was defecating, I was digging with a stick, and a small statue appeared. The goddess within it spoke to me, and she said, "I am Anandamayi." I took it back and cleaned it very well, and it shone like gold. Some robbers saw it and thought it was real gold, and they took it away. I began to cry, and the Mother came and said to me, "Let the statue go. Have no fear. They have only taken my outer form. The statue which is established inside you is still there, the robbers have not been able to take it."

According to his disciples and to people who knew him, he had a variety of psychic powers, especially the abilities to induce visions and to communicate at a distance. As one informant stated:

When Baba (Prahlad) was doing his homa fire, I saw a vision of the goddess, Ma Kali. She was dancing in a river of blood, like a waterfall, but she was beautiful and laughing. She had blue skin and six arms, with weapons and other things in her hands. She laughed with bliss.

His devotees spoke of his having a "cosmic telephone." He would put his finger on the ground, as if pressing a button, and say that he was in touch with someone at a distance. He was said to be particularly adept at entering the dreams of his devotees. As an American informant stated,
I once had a dream of Baba before I met him, in which I was playing a guitar and singing spiritual songs. He appeared in a loincloth, dancing with one arm up in the air, his legs moving rapidly, stomping to the rhythm of the song. Suddenly, the scene changed, and he was staring at me, six inches from my face, his eyes focused intently on me. A strange power radiated from his eyes. I felt myself expand inwardly, and my heart was full of a bliss that spread through my body. Later I learned that one of his devotees had given him a picture of me. When I met him months later, as soon as I walked into the room his translator told me that Baba wanted to know if I remembered him, that he had visited me. He did not say this to any of the other thirty people in the room. I think he had used the picture as a means of contacting me.

I saw that same look when he gave one of his visitors in New York City darshan. He sat the person down and stared intensely at her for a period of minutes. She later said she had a profound spiritual experience during this period.

His American devotees were worried about his active practices:

Once during kirtan of the Hare Krishna mantra, I remember that Baba became more and more agitated. During the chanting, he suddenly jumped to his feet and started dancing faster and faster, jumping and shouting. He looked as if he were losing control of his body. His oldest devotee became worried that he would have a heart attack (he was in his seventies), that his health would not sustain such activity. She jumped up and tried to quiet him, putting her arms around him and lowering him to a sitting position. She asked people not to encourage such kirtan. It seemed that he had done such active kirtan often, in his younger days, and used it as a means of entering an altered state.

One disciple, who said that she had seen Baba in a dream over a year before she met him, spoke of her love and dedication to her guru. She said that he knew things about her at a distance; he had warned her not to cover her altar at home with a cloth (she had done so before going to see him, but had not told him about it), and not to perform the homa fire outside the ashram (which she had done). She said that when she felt his spiritual presence, it energized her body, and made her feel "out of this world," seeing a deep purple-blue light and feeling love for all living things. This occurred when he would go into a special state of blessing, with one hand on her head, and one hand in the air, reaching towards the Mother.

Prahlad Chandra Brahmachari visited the West several times, gained small groups of disciples, and died in 1982.Source : http://www.om-guru.com/

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PANCHASAKHA SRI SRI ACHYUTANANDA DAS

Panchasakha

SRISRI Achyutananda Das

Born : 10th January 1510 (Magha Sukla Ekadasi)

Sri Achyuta Dasa was born a Sudra (low caste) and through knowledge and god realization achieved the position of a Brahmin (high caste). From the beginning, the Parampara guru proves that anyone can learn the Vedic sciences and evolve themselves to the highest spiritual potentials possible for a human being.
Achyutananda, as he is called, was born in Tilakona, Orissa in 1510 on Magha Sukla Ekadasi (January 10, 1510). His childless parents had prayed to Lord Jagannath and then one night his father had a vision that Garuda (the Eagle of Visnu) gave him a child.
Achyutananda was known as a sad child until he met his guru, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. His life changed when the guru whispered the Mahamantra in his ear. He became one of the panchasakha (the five friends) of Chaitanya. The five friends are known as Achyutananda Dasa, Ananta Dasa, Yasovanta Dasa, Jagannatha Dasa, and Balarama Das. These five friends are said to incarnate whenever Krsna takes incarnation. Achyutananda was the most prolific writers among the panchasakha. His books are still available in the ancient Oriya language, which is a mix of Sanskrit and modern Oriya.

Sri Achyuta Dasa had 12 disciples from which his centers of teaching (gaddis) were spread from East India to Nepal. His bhakti filled teachings are a mix of yantra, mantra, tantra, svara çastra, yoga çastra, jyotiña, sämudrika çastra, lagäëa, bhajan, chaupadé, puräëa, upa puräëa, and more. Mahapurusha Achyutananda lived to be 121 years of age and when he left this plane he left behind copper, silver and gold plates (patti) to guide his students.

Source:http://shrifreedom.org/VyasaSJC/Parampara.htm

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Shri Guru Achyuta, who is believed to be born with the powers of Shri "Garuda" (the mythological half-man half-bird vehicle of Shri Visnu), whohad taken birth as Shri Krusna's friend Shri Sudama during Mahabharata era, was born as Shri Achyutananda Das in this Kaliyuga about ~550 years before. In his first birth in this Kaliyuga his name was "Sindurananda" (Sundarananda as per some documents) when he was in the companionship of Shri Chaitanya (partial manifestation of Visnu for Naama-Bhakti) in Bengal. Then at the instruction of Lord Chaitanya, he left that body and took birth in Sudra kula in the State of Orissa and had the name "Achyutananda" (quoted from Shunya Samhita). Finally, when Shri Chaitanya came to Orissa (Puri) he initiated the PanchaSakhaa as his five disciples and gave five Mantras to five-friends. After 18 years of staying in Puri and spreading HareKrusna Mahamantra, one day Shri Chaitanya disappeared with a lightning into the idol of Lord Jagannath. The devotees were still waiting for him in front of the Garuda Stambha (a pillar named Garuda) in the temple of Lord Jagannath. The illusionary Chaitanya (Visnu) created another illusion and went away after fulfilling his wish of spreading the MahaMantra. He had declared that this PanchaSakhaa are his five Atmaas (souls) and are not less than the manifestation of Shri Visnu himself. That was the mystical disappearance of Lord Chaitanya- the Brahma disappeared into the DaaruBrahma (wooden form of Brahma). The same formless Brahma had manifested partially in the form of Chaitanya and disappeared into the self- as if the "quantum particles" and the "quatum anti-particles" annihilated each other with a flash of energy.

Garuda, the vehicle of Shri Visnu, the mythological bird, destroyer of the evils is none other than a part of Shri Visnu himself. It is only Garuda who had taught the Puranas and all the divine teachings to the Rishis and Munis which later were continued in the lineage. He is the Guru of the first Rishi-Munis and had composed the "Garuda Puraana". Lord Visnu, who will take the form of Kalki, the destroyer of the evil, will do that with his powers Garuda, Shankha, Chakra, Gadaa, Padma. There is no single person on this Earth as Kalki, many might claim being illusioned and made greedy by small powers or Siddhis, but Kalki is an integration of all the powers of Shri Visnu who might use his devotees body as a medium to do some of his own work. The Kalki will only be a combination of a human body with the five souls of Shri Visnu. He will not take a separate birth as Kalki but will only use the body of a realized Devotee. About Shri Achyuta; he also will not take another birth but will do his work through his disciple, even many might claim to be Shri Achyuta in later years. He (Achyuta) had hinted this in his Chakadaa Madaana (a manuscript): Daasa, many will claim to be Achyuta, remember who will claim loud will never be Achyuta. The final test will be in Jobra Ghat where I will reveal myself, the test will be "Anaakaara" test. Mahapurusha Acyhutanada left his mortal body about 500 years back in Shunya Sadhana. He lives in a Shunya form and communicates to normal people through his Oracle (Tamrapothi), or to dear ones through the medium of dreams or some other form of divine instructions.

He (Mahapurusha Achyutananda) also adds in the secret "Chakadaa Madaana" (revealed in the year 2004): "My devotees and the pious have suffered a lot. The demons and evils have almost conquered the Earth and for their greed, lust, and selfish ends have given pain and harmed the truthful ones. There is no respect for divine truthful thinking, and righteous souls and this Kali (yuga) has reached great powers. I am also sleepless for my devotees. I know they have suffered and still have not lost their faith and still take my name and wait. I, the ShunyaDehi (whose body is Shunya), move in many forms from here to there and in the wind and watch; sometimes I take the form of a madman, sometimes I become a saint, sometimes I appear as a thief, and sometimes as Vaidyas (doctor). The time (Kaala) is very powerful. But now the time has come and I promise the devotees a good time in not-so-far future. I, the crooked and the cruel, who acts as Visnu wants, will bring the Satya-yuga back, and destroy the evils (mletccha). The Sudarshana (Lord Visnu's weapon-disc) is there to identify the devotees and truthful souls. And the time is near (he refers to the period of 2004 mid to -2017 mid when the Yugakarma will be played in Shunya). The Anaakara is my vehicle to move and the five elements are my weapons [he refers to the natural disasters caused by the elements: earthquake, Tsunamis, wild fires, glacial melts etc.]. What the machines can do when they fail to work? (in a mocking sense). What evil will be left over after the first phases, the human-made nuclear powers will be their chief destroyer, what can I do?. My devotees are dear to me and they take the name Achyuta Achyuta, and the feelings will be there between me and my devotees. And I, Achyuta, will be playing in many different forms in many different places, that only few will know."

At this point, it might be interesting to quote from midevial literature, parts of Bhavisyata Maalika, where Shri Achyuta had hinted to Ram Das, and from Shunya Samhita. The manuscripts are still available in Oriya.

Shri Achyuta hints Ram Das about YugaKarma in "Bhavisyata Maalika" (literature of ~ 1600 AD):
"Ram Das (GopalaRama) looks at ShriGuru and asks: “Please describe your Kaliyuga sport to me. In which palce will you be born ?” ThenAchyuta replies with oracular phrases: O Rāma, listen. “There is a land called Linga to the south of the Khira river. The creator has placed Mahesha to the west and the secret Peepal tree (Bata; Aswattha) is in the east. The giri (mountain) has gone underground here and strangesounds are heard. This is a secret and don’t disclose it before time. When the terrible Kaliyuga will be there my Ghata (body) will be concealed(i.e., no physical form). Bhaktas will roam in many countries but won’t be able to trace. You alone will disclose the secret. I shall be performing my sport secretly and I mean my words. Add one to four and place three zeroes on the right. That’s the time when the devotees will join hands todrive Kali out. Achyuta says this after giving proper thought. All those eternal devotees who have been born will be free from fear and confusion.Banners will be posted at Nuāpātanā and you will know that the time has come. The all-knowing devotees will be satisfied. The wicked will think all this strange and indulge in misdeeds, and will tease the devotees and quarrel. In a moment they will fall into the Kālachakra (the cycle of time-death). The lotus blooms secretly in Nemāla. The lilā (sport) will start there first. The wicked Achyuta will be witnessing that lilā. At the approach of Kalki those who talk sarcastic, will feel increasingly insecure. Mahāmayee (goddess) is waiting with her weapon. Achyuta says, she will destroy their pride one day. A few false saints will be preaching false knowledge and they will have no footing anywhere. They will face the dire consequences. ... Those who practice the Ekākhyara mantra, will be happy to witness the Lord’s sport. They will pass their time happily, for they have suffered in the past. Achyuta concentrates on the lotus-feet and sings. When the thirteen people will meet a terrible quarrel will ensue. I will keep myself concealed like oil in an oilseed (tila). ... You will see this with your own eyes, says Achyuta. The proposed Kaliyuga Mahābhārata war will be fought. Then the burdens of the earth will be lightened. ... I am disclosing all these secrets to you. ... Achyuta says, take you all the name of Hari. Give up your pride and don’t get confused. Devi will certainly wring their (people) necks and nothing can prevent her. ...Go and surrender yourself, remembering the holy fire. Everybody is afraid of the clutches of death. Achyuta says, recite the Panchākhyara mantra. The name Rāma has only two letters, inside and outside. Concentrate your mind on that. You will experience sweetness on your tongue and get a sweet smell. Achyuta the servant (dāsa) says, you will witness rāhāsa (sport). Join laya (attention) and anga (body) together (Layaanga Yoga) and put them into the lilā. Place the lābanyamurti (the delicate image) in the body. The two, Rādhā and Krushna, are together. Achyuta says this by joining laya and anga. You will witness the lilā under the bansi (flute) bata (Peepal tree). He is not to be perceived by way of the twelve juna(s)as He has thirteen expressions (Prakāsha). Look at the river Triveni through sahaja sutra (simple principles). A lotus with thousand petals blooms there. Satya (truth), Shanti (peace), Dayā (kindness) and Khyamā (forgiveness) are away from there. Wicked Achyuta says this, following theSiddha-Mārga. Lose yourself in the service of the lord and be conscious. Worldly desires will not touch you then. The so-aham (I am He) swan (hansa) dominates your body. That path is thin as a needle-point, take that path and you will reach the Shunya-Mandala. The Bindu-Brahma is present there in Shunya. ... If you wait in consciousness you could become Kalpabruddha (wise and immortal). It’s not easy to elaborate the virtues of Shri-Hari. Achyuta says, first bring the mad elephant under control. Son, you shall live in the forest of sorrow (Khyova bana) but won’t be affected by it. Live like a dumb and deaf man in this world. ..." (end of a part of Bhavisyata Maalika written by Shri Achyuta in ~1600 AD)."

The following is a part of Shunya Samhita, where Shri Achyuta has described his association with Shri Chaitanya, and the cause of his last birth. The manuscript is partly available (the preface) in Oriya language.

Achyuta writes about his birth & association with Shri Chaitanya in "Shunya Samhita" (~1600 AD):
"Lord Karuņaasaagara (ocean of compassion; here he refers to Shri Chaitanya) caused my birth. He himself was born in Navadweepa (a place in Bengal, India). He was Shri Chaitnya, Lord of the universe who manifested on earth along with Nityaananda. I was born with them. He traversed the world in the guise of an ascetic, in the company of his followers. In due course, he came to Niļaachala (Puri), with his devotees, along with the five noblemen: Rupa, Sanaatana, Jeeva Gosvaami, Gopaaļa Bhatta, and Raghunaatha Daasa. He himself pointing out to meinstructed: ‘You should perform Raasa (sport) in Odiyaa Desa (Orissa) and by consecrating the Gopaaļa tribe (milkmen), you should consecrate yourself. You must destroy your present body, and be born in the SudraKuļa (a lower caste). O Achyuta, be off now and start performing your Raasa.’ I was in his company and after obtaining the command, I left my body and was born in SudraKuļa. God’s command the to me was, ‘Take to the appearance of BrahmaGopaaļa, wear a sacred thread on your right shoulder, and celebrate your eternal sport.’ My earlier name wasSindurananda, which was hidden thenafter and I, the sinner and the wretched, came to be known as Achyuta."

In the following song, Baba Shri Buddhanath Das explains the mystery of birth of Shri Achyutananda Das, that took place about 550 years before in the state of Orissa. After leaving the mortal body, he never took birth again and preferred to live with shunyadeha (ethereal form) but had promised to his disciples and devotees: "We all shall meet and recognize again in the end of Kaliyuga at the banks of Gobari (refers to Garoi)". Who will be what, he had written all with specific description in one manuscript called "Jaiphula Malika", which is mainly about the identity of his disciple and devotees. Sri Achyuta Das was born to Dinabandhu Khuntia and Padma devi in a village called Tilakona in Orissa in about 1510 AD on a "Magha Sukla Ekadasi" (a specific time described in Oriya calender). His parents were childless for a long time and were praying to Lord Jagannâth for a child. One night his father had a vision that Garuda (the bird of Vishnu, an Eagle) gave him a child. Next morning he rushed to the temple and prayed at the "Garuda Khamba" (a pillar in front of the Jagannâth temple) thanking the Lord for his mercy. At this point there are two different beliefs: some are of the opinion that he (Dinabandhu Khuntia) found a newborn divine child there and he is Achyuta ("A + chyuta"). Some others believe that, soon after this incident (vision), Padma devi was booned with a divine child. Henceforth, Shri Achyutaananda Das was born at Tilakana, Cuttack. Similarly the other four spiritual mates took birth at: Shishu Ananta Das at Baalipaatanaa in Puri dictrict,Yashovanta Das at Adhanga in Cuttack district, Jagannaatha Das at Kapileswarpur in Puri dictrict, and Balaraama Das at the temple town of Puri itself. Below is the description about his human-birth in the name of "Achyuta", song by Baba in an emotional state.
Birth secret of Shri Achyuta
He came out of Shunya, mixed with the Air
And Nirakara (formless) took a concentrated form
From the form is Shunya, from the Shunya is the Supreme
Anaakara is the root of all.

In this way, the the body took its form
From the body the name was born
When the form will break, it will join the formless
The "Anaahata" will be left on.

Oh child, may you have what you want
Let your wish be fulfilled
In tomorrows morning rituals
Look behind the Garuda Khamba

There will be child, that you will get as son
That was the instruction to me
After the dream ended, in that state only
Khuntia desperately ran to Garuda Khamba

In the morning ritual behind the Garuda
People have gathered in mass
A child with a divine form
Is playing before the Lord.

After viewing the child, things were clear
What the divine instructions were to him
Shri Krusna salvation feet
I received with mercy that.

Khuntia, Dinabandhu was his name
And Padmaavati was his woman
And after receiving Lord's instruction
I entered into her womb.

Worn-out looks and she was very old
Padmaavati was her name
Placed in the womb and joined to the Ovum
The God did that at will of his own.

After 10 months and 10 days
On "Shukla Maagha Ekaadasi"
I gained the birth and my father looking at me
His no-child sin was destroyed.
I got then two brothers and one sister
And lived in the village of Tilakana
My mother and father then passed days
Since then with happiness.
Source: http://www.garoiashram.org/english/birth-of-achyuta.html

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SRI SRI SITARAMDAS OMKARNATHJI

SRI SRI SITARAMDAS OMKARNATHJI
Born : 17th Feb. 1892 at Keota village in Hoogly District of West Bengal, India
Mahasamadhi : 6th Dec. 1982 ( 1:29 AM )

On 17th of February, 1892, one of the greatest saints of modern times was born at Keota, a small village in the district of Hooghly of West Bengal, to a pious Brahmin couple Dr. Pranhari Chattopadhyaya and Malyavati Devi. His parents were deeply religious in their temperament. Both of them were extremely devoted to their family deity “Brajanath” (Lord Krishna) to whom they would offer the worship everyday. The child was called Prabodh Chandra, a very apt name as it means “The enlightenment”. In 1897, his mother Malyavati Devi passed away, when he was only about four years old. This was really unfortunate. Subsequently, his father married Giribala Devi who was looking after him with motherly affection.
Since the childhood it was evident that Prabodh Chandra inherited the piety from them. He refrained from taking breakfast before the family deities were duly worshipped and oblations were offered to them. Another important characteristic of him was that he was very keenly interested in listening to the chanting of the “Harinaam”, he would rush to the spot where the Naam-Samkirtan was taking place, with great delight.
Sometime in 1898, when he was about 5 or 6 years old, a significant event occurred in his life. In a room on the first floor of his ancestral home at Dumurdaha, a village in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, he was lying by the side of his father. His mother and sister too were there. The boy pointed out to the southern window and told his father that Lord Shiva was standing near that window. The father, however, could not see but enquired his son as to how Lord Shiva looked. The boy replied that Lord Shiva was of white complexion, was wearing tiger skin and his hair was matted on head. He was three eyed with a trident in the left hand and a small drum shaped tabor in the right hand. He described what he had seen. In the meantime Lord Shiva vanished. His parents and others did not attach much importance to this incident, as they thought that it was possibly the product of the boy’s fertile imagination and forgot about it.%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Source : www.guravenamah.com