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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Who typed this? Apart from typos, the > spelling of siddhi is per modern Movement > service mark. Maharishi definitely wouldn't > have written it that way in 1952, and it looks > like something edited, sloppily, by a recent > acolyte. Was anything else revised or deleted? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Paul Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The Great Saint of the Himalayas is Coming > > to Shower His Blessings on the Metropolis. > > > > The Statement issued by: BAL BRAHMACHARI SHRI MAHESH JI. > > Press conference convened by Shri Shankaracharya Reception Committee, Delhi on the > 15th Oct., 1952 at 5 p.m. in the Young Man's Tennis Club Queen's Gardens, in connection > with the visit of HIS HOLINESS SHRI JAGATGURU SHANKARACHARYA MAHARAJ OF > JYOTIRMATH. > > ****** > > It gives me a great pleasure to welcome you all and have your company here this > afternoon. It gives me enough encouragement and support to acquaint you with the > details of the mission for whose fulfilment His Holiness Shri Jagatguru Shankaracharya > Swami BRAHMANAND SARASWATI MAHARAJ will be visiting your city about the 12th of > November 1952 and stay here for about a month for Dharmopdesh. > > > > Swami Brahmand Saraswati Maharaj, the present Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath > Badarikashram (in the Himalayas) is a magnetic personality with a sweet amalgam of High > Wisdom and Love of humanity. He combines in himself the Knowledge of the self with the > mysterious powers -- the sidhis arising out of yogic perfection and hard penances, which > he has undergone throughout his life. He is a great living yogi and scholar and is revered > by millions of Hindus as their Supreme Religious head. > > > > This great Saint of the modern age was born in U.P. in a well to do and renowned > Brahman family in 1871 and was enthroned to the seat of His Holiness Jagatguru > Shankaracharya in 1941 at Banares, during the ninth session of the All India Sanatan > Dharma Maha Sammelan convened by the Bharat Dharma Mahamandal in conjunction with > a countrywide support of almost all the ruling princes and different socioreligious > institutions all over the country. It may be recalled that it was a long persuation of about > twenty years which could convince Param Virakt Swami Brahmanand Saraswati to accept > the great responsibility of the Shankaracharya at the age of seventy. > > > > From the tender age of nine when he came out of his home in Search of God, till this > time, his life was mostly spent in the lonely hidden regions of the Himalayas, Vindya Giris > and the Amarkantakas which are rarely frequented by men and are chiefly inhabited by > wild animals. For years together he has lived in hidden caves and thick forests where even > the midday sun frets and fumes in vain to dispel the darkness that may be said to have > made a permanent abode there in those solitary and distant regions. > > > > But today he is easily accessible as he is now the presiding head of Shri Jyotirmath > which is the greatest religious institution of the Hindus of Northern India, covering all > different creeds and sampradayas and branches lying under the fold of Hindu Religions. > > > > One unique principle of the great Sage that distinguishes him completely from other > living saints of today is that he does not accept money as gift from his visitors or disciples. > > > > This brief description attempts to mirror a few hurried and short glimpses of the life > journey of this great living sage who has actually transformed into a living fact the inner > latent potentiality of the soul. He has known the great universal Truth, whose realisation is > teh aim of the entire scheme of life. For him the mists of ignorance have completely > disappeared and having known the Divine Reality he has verrily become an embodiment of > the great Divinity. > > > > His aim of life, if the life of a realised soul can be said to possess any such aim, is to > broadcast the message of the Great Divine light that he has himself realised, the Light that > is the Soul of all human beings. Having himself attained the pinacle of Self development, > he aims at transforming the worldly minded people into the Godly minded, and through > his inner Divine touch to change the materialistic hearts of iron into spiritual hearts of > gold. > > > > His entire personality emanates the sweet perfume of spirituality. His race radiates that > rare light which comprises love, authority, serenity and self assuredness that comes only > by ritious living and Divine Realisation -- one feels as if some ancient Maharishi > mentioned in the pages of the Upanishads has assumed human form and feels that it is > worth while leading a pious life and to strive for the realisation of the Divine. > > > > His Spiritual teaching are simple and clear and go straight home to heart. He strictly > adheres to the course of inner development laid down by the Systems of Indian Philosophy > and ethics and he raises his voice never in opposition but always in firm support of the > Truths and principles contained in the Hindu Scriptures. > > > > According to the tradition from the worldly point of view, the dignity of the > Shankaracharyas throne has got to be maintained by the rich paraphernalia around his > Holiness, but those who have come in his contact know the fact that the private life of the > Sage is quite simple and renunciation. > > > > I believe that he is a living embodiment of titanic spiritual force. If I were asked on the > basis of my personal experience, about the living saints of today, as to who is the greatest > amongst them, I would unhesitatingly name Shri Jagatguru Shankaracharya Swami > Brahmanand Saraswati Maharaj of Jyotirmath the Beacon Light of the holy sanctuaries of > the Himalayas. > > > > Shri Shankaracharya Maharaj has clear insight into the mind and the thoughts of the > modern age. His teaching and commendments are based on sound reasonings which are > quite agreeable to any reasonable thinker. He is a great critic of prejudices and > narrowmindedness arising out of irrational love of caste, creed, nationality or any "ism". > His life is a living proof of the Truth of the Vedas and Shastras. He has opened a new era > of renaissance of True Religion. He extends his recognition to anything that is good in any > religion. He is accessible to all. Everyone can enjoy and derive benefit from his holy > Darshan and elavating discourses. > > > > He is coming shortly to shower his blessings on the busy and restless souls of the > metropolis. I beseech you, my friends, to extend your hearty co- operation for the great > cause in the interest of each individual of our society, in the interest of our nation and in > the interest of the world at large. The great Saint of the Himalayas in coming in your midst > and in the fitness of the great occasion, I appeal your good sense to extend your valuable > support so that his elevating discourses may reach the masses in every nook and corner of > our country and abroad. > > > > Thanking you for giving me a pertinent hearing, I would like to say something, in > short, about the shrine of Jyotirmath, the prime spiritual centre of Northern India and the > headquarter of Shri Shankaracharya Maharaj. Jyotirmath is one of four seats established by > Adi Shankaracharya in this continent -- two thousand and five hundred years ago. It is > situated in the heart of the Himalayas 173 miles up from Hardwar and only 18 miles south > of Shri Badrinath and may be said to be the queen of the Himalayas for natural beauty and > spiritual values. Jyotirmath it was that the first Shankaracharya selected for his stay in > Himalayas where he taught the highest philosophy of existence -- the Vedant to his > disciples. Wrote his immortal commentaries on the eleven principle Upanishads, the > Bhagavat Gita and Brahmasutra and established a seat of Spiritual light to function as > sansorium, a supreme centre of the Eternal Religion of India to keep the Light of Pure > civilisation and culture burning > > for all the millennium to come. It is an ancient culture centre of yoga, the Light House > which has preserved and disseminated the Light of the Sanatan Dharma all the way down > the ages. > > ****** > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Photos NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
