Tag: Paramahamsa
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Five attitudes with which one relates with the master
There are five attitudes with which to relate with the master. Through each attitude, a different path unfolds, taking you closer to yourself. One path is the attitude of the mother towards her child, looking at the master as your child. This is called vatsalya bhava which is how Yashoda, Krishna’s foster mother, related with…
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I am not here to prove my divinity. I am here to prove your divinity!
The poet-mystic, Kabir sings beautifully, ‘Master and god both appear before me. To whom should I prostrate? I bow before the master. He introduced god to me.’ Swami Vivekananda, in one of his discussions with fellow disciples of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, referred to Ramakrishna as god. Another disciple objected saying, ‘Surely this is taking it to…
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Relationship with an Avatar, who is one with Existence, is deeper than any other relationship. It is a being level connection!
What is a relationship? Relationship is that which can reveal to you dimensions in you that you don’t even know exist inside you. It gives you the experience and proves to you that you are also capable of loving someone or something. It shows that you can also love and you can also sacrifice to…
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When the struggle is for sannyas, even if enlightenment does not happen, it is not a failure!
A true mother is one who lets go of her child when the time is right. A mother who is too possessive of her child should probably hesitate to give birth in the first place! Even giving birth is a form of letting go, she is allowing the child to leave her body! Only a…
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His Holiness Bhagawan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam’s indescribable yearning for Enlightenment
(This section is an extract from the narrations of a childhood friend of Nithyananda. Deeply associated with Nithyananda before his enlightenment, Sampath describes the indescribable yearning for enlightenment that he saw in Nithyananda as a child.) Towards the end of his polytechnic years, Swami reached a stage when he felt there was something that had…
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Sannyas is the only thing that teaches you to be established in yourself and yet learn to act in the outer world in a playful, joyful, ecstatic way
Sannyas is a deep urge that rises from within you. It is a deep yearning. Even if the longing is not completely consistent over time and space, it is alright. You can take the jump. It may not become consistent. But becoming consistent is not the criterion needed. When it takes root, that alone is…
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An Avatar happens in your life with just one intention, to destroy your ego and allow the attitude of sannyas to flower in you!
Sannyas is bringing together concentration and compassion. With concentration, you never forget the goal of life, enlightenment. With compassion, you are ready to sacrifice your very life so that the other may reach the goal! When both are there, both you and the other will reach! That is the greatness of sannyas. That is the…
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A sannyasi is one who is established in love and compassion in the inner world, while being established in concentration and precision in the outer world!
The famous poet Kabir says that when love possesses you, don’t even think twice. Just dive into it. If you start thinking, it is like arranging your pillows when deep sleep of rest has come to your eyes. He says, ‘Even though the head itself must be given, why should you weep over it!’ The master…
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Avatar is the door gifted by the Existence to say yes to it and rise in love with it!
Sannyas is saying ‘yes’ to Existence. Saying ‘Yes’ is surrender. Saying ‘yes’ is love and compassion. The human mind is trained to always say ‘no’. Saying ‘no’ boosts the ego. ‘Yes’ makes the ego vulnerable, so the mind continues to say ‘no.’ Sannyas is saying ‘yes’ to Existence. Existence created you. It is waiting to…
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Even in the most difficult times, a sannyasi remains with the awareness that life is a fleeting dream
A sannyasi is one who clearly sees that everything is changing all the time, and everything is beautiful just the way it is. He also knows that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. That is why he sets out first to clean his eyes. Eyes are the windows of the soul, so his…
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Sannyas is the understanding of the transient nature of everything
All desires, possessions, and emotions are moving and changing. Everything is changing and moving. Nothing is permanent. If you analyze your own desires before one is fulfilled, it looks like a mountain, a huge goal. After being fulfilled, the same desire looks like a molehill. Before being fulfilled, it will seem like your very life. After…
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Why do you think His Divine Holiness Bhagawan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam gives one a spiritual name?
Why do you think I give you a spiritual name? I give you a spiritual name to help you more easily disconnect from the past. When somebody calls out your name, immediately your awareness grips you and you respond. This is how deeply your name is embedded in your unconscious. Your name brings immediate awareness into you.…
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