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HARIHARANANllA
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Harlharananda
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Karar
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SWAMI
HA~IHA~ANANDA
SOUVENIR - 1973
Sw~rgadwar, Puri
Orissa, India.
Published by :
Brahmachari Bhaktiprakash
on behalf of
Karar Kriyaban Sammelan
:Karar Ashram
Swargadwar, Puri, Orissa, India.
Edited by :
Sri Gopikrushna Das
Printed at :
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Abhlsekotsab
of
Swami
Harlharananda
Giri
Maharaj
CNTENTS
as Sadhu Savapati
hy
Srimat
1,
2.
Jagadguru
Sankaracharya,
(johardizan Pitha, Puri
,
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(j
3.
4.
5.
6.
Yukteswar
Samadhi Mandir
with an
idyllic view
of
a section of
Karar
Ashram
Pur'
7.
8.
9.
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Preface:Gopikrushna Das
Swami Hariharananda
and
Kara r Ashram of Puri.
-Dr. Hareknishna Mahatab
Some Important Events
in the life of Swami Hariharananda
Giri Maharaj
Paramhansa Yogananda
Empowers Swamijee to initiate people
into Kriya -Yoga
-LETTER
Homage to
Swami Hariharananda
by Karar Kriyaban Sammelan
Masters of Kriya Yoga
and Karar Ashram
- Swami Bidyananda Giri
Acharya, Lakhanpur
Yogada Satsang Ashram, Purulia,.
At the Holy feet of Swamijee
-Chittaranjan
Das M. A.
Reader, S. C. S. College, Puri.
Swami Hariharamlnda: A Burning Flame
-Dr. Shishir Kumar Bose (England)
Supreme Yogi Swami Hariharananda Giri
The Conqueror
of death
-Dr. S. S. Chand, M. D. ( Cuttack )
IV
IX
9
13
17
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( b )
10.
23
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22.
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23.
( c )
Chatterjee. M. B.
( Calcutta)
28
,
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21.
Mysticism Evangelical
-Kp.:>hab Lal Dey ( Calcutta)
Swamiji as I Know Him
- Alok K. Varma
( Kanpur )
Kriya- Yoga and Self Realisation
-Sm. Santa Banerjee, M. A.
( Raigarh )
53
56
73
25.
26.
As I Know Him
-Dr. Sailen Bhattacharjee.
27.
,I,
i
28.
29.
30.
59
31.
63
What is Swamijee to me ?
-Hon'ble
Mr. Justice Kunja Bihari Panda,
76
High Court of Orissa, Cuttack
67
24.
12.
My Gurudev
-Sidhoje K. Shitole, ( Poona )
33
13. Kriya Yoga as I felt
- Saktipado Chatterjee ( Shyamnagar ) 36
14. Gurudev Swami Hariharananda Giri
A Great Master in Kriya Yoga
-Dr. Girish MohanSIiva~tav,
(Jawnpur) 40
M. B.
( Burdwan
84
A homage to
Swami Hariharananda
-Keshab
Chandra Mathan
Secy, Yoga-Yoga, Bui:'dwan
88
95
98
100
103
( d )
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.'
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
Swami Hariharananda:
A New Dawn in My Life
- Prof. Shesh Narayan Chandele, M. A.
( Raipur ) 105
Swami Hariharananda
My God, Guru and Guide.
-lv1ahadevlal Saha. (Baripada)
109
Initiation
-Gouranga
Char;.m Parida,
Advocate, Puri
116
Our Beloved Swamiji
- Ajoy Kumar Roy, (Calcutta)
122
Cosmic Astrology and
Swami Hariharananda Giri
-M. K. Bilimoria
(Bombay)
128
To My Baba
- Adrienne Marshal 1. (U. S. A.)
132
Thus I Met My Gurudev
---A. B. S. Sharma, B.A., B. Ed.
Headmaster, Z. P. H. School, Mettapalli
Dist. Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh.
132
My Gurudev, as I know him
-Shyamapada
Banerji, M. Sc.,
Kamala Villa, 8/0. Northern A venue
Calcutta-700037.
' 135
Sad ~uru and his Contact.
-Klshore
Chandra Mahapatra, M. Sc.
Asst. Soil Conservation Officer, Puri. 142
Swami Hariharananda
and
Kriya Y oga Technique
-Satyaranjan
Ghesh, New Development
Colony, Kharagpur, West Bengal.
145
Gurudev: - Bharati Kumar Das
Urban Co-operative Bank, Baripada. 149
P~EFACE-
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(III )
(II )
the minds of the disciples from diverse
of life and from different climes.
spiritual exercise
ness. Nothing less
loyality and faith,
supreme Yogi can
Him.
walks-
Swami Hariharanandaji
maintains the
tradition of great Indian spiritual teacher::; and
savants like Budha, Shankar, Ramanuj, Chaitanya, Ramakrishna, .Lahiri Mahasay, Yukteswarji, Swami Vivekananda, and Paramhansa
Yogananda. His role in enunciating and propagating Kriya Yoga in India is as great, important and invaluable as that of Paramhansa
Yogananda who popularised Kriya Yoga in the
West. The unostentatious way of his life, the
undemonstrative chain of his busy activities
and his erudition in Shastras bear abundant
testimony to his intrinsic and innate worth as
a very great spiritual preceptor.
A perpetual stat'.e of God-consciousness
forms the vital under current in the life of a
true Yogi. The life of Swami Hariharanandaji
is an absolute: and perfect tale of dedicated
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Swami Hariharananda
AND
THE KARAR ASHRAM OF'PURI
H. K. Mahtab
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MAHTAB
Ekamra Nivas, Bhubaneswar-2 (Orissa)
Swami Hariharananda
Giri Maharaj.
Upanayan
( vi )
( vii )
Samadhi and
( Vlll
PARAMAHANSAYOGANANDA
empowers
Swamijee
to initiate people into
Kriyayoga .
Gobardhan
Pitha, Puri, with due religious
rites, and was known as Swami Hariharanan da .. Giri Maharaj.
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He at present propagates
Kriya Yoga
through out India and abroad as the heCld of
Karar Ashram, Puri Ind Pradhanacharya.
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Yogic virtues and God-realisation.
fame in the world.
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and earned
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further
inspired
in his spiritual mlssIOn.
Mahavatar
Babaji addressed him as Priyanath
Swami and ordered him to write down a book
synthesising the Eastern and Western religious philosophy.
He was also further directed
to preach Kriya Yo~a in Western
countries.
His meeting
with Babaji opened up the
possibility
of preaching Kriya Yoga in the
Western
World.
Within
a short period.
he published a book named <'Holy Science"
that stirred the mind of both Eastern'
and
Western
religious thinkers.
The cave of Babaji Maharaj in the Hima-'
lay as, .near Ranikhet, is the place of origin
of Kriya Yoga Lahiri Haba was initiated into
Kriyayoga at that
place.
Kriyayoga spread
from Kasi to different parts of India through
Lahiri Baba and his disciples. Priyanath Swami
was one of these disciples who took up the
active organisational work in spreading Kriya
Yoga accoding to the desires of his Guru and
grand
Guru.
After, the Mahasamadhi of
Lahiri Mahasaya his ad'vanced disciples "including Priyanath Swami took up the preaching
work of Kriyayoga in an organised manner.
The message of Kriyayoga reached both
urban and rural areas through the meetings
held for the discussion of Bhagbat
Gita.
Priyanath
also preoccupied himself, during'
this period" with the astrological
studies and
( 5 )
with the reformation
of Indian
almanac.
He refuted
the opinion of traditional astrologers and opened a new chapter in the field of
astrology.
He visited many places like Kasi
and Calcutta and carried on discussions with
renowned astrologers. He cam e to Puri to discuss
on astrological problems with Chandra Sekhar
Samanta, the great astrologer of Orissa. But his.
desires remained unfulfilled as the great astrologer died before his arrival here.
He was so much charmed with the
topography of PuIi, that he acquired a plot of
land near the sea-shore at Swargadwar and
established an Ashram there in 1903 with the
help and co-operation
of the devotees and
disciples.
The Ashram was named "Karar
Ashram" after his family name and he was
known as Karar Swami as its Acharya.
This
Karar Ashram is the fountainhead
and source
of inspiration of the Y ogada Satsanga Society
that was subsequently
formed and organised
by Paramahamsa Yogananda.
With the establishment
ofKarar Ashram
at Puri the organisational' ability of Priya-
nanth Swami. found fullest expression. With
the help of his disciples like Sri mat Motilal
Mukhopadhyay of Srirampore and Amulyaratan
Samantarai of Khidirpur,
the 'religious meettings held for the discussion of Bhagabat Gita
turned into Satsanga Sabha. 'Sat' or Truth is
6
Brahman.
So the meeting that discussed the
absolute truth of religion. was called Satsanga
Sabha.Satsanga Sabha started functioning at
Puri, Srirampore, Calcutta, Khidirpur, Kasi and
in rural areas. During this period Priyanath
Swami frequently visited Kasi and developed
contact and intimacy with the great Pandits.
On their advice. he took Sanyas from Krusna
Dayal Giriji Maharaj, the monk of Gayadham.
with all the religious formality and was known
as Yukteswar Giri. He, then, became Acharya
and took up the initiation work of Kriyayoga,
and. J:>e.came interested
In higher spiritual
actIvItIes.
He formed an organisation
~f the
Indian Sadhus known as Sadhu Mandal in order
to ~old discussion on ancient Indian spiritual
t~~ICSand accordingly to regulate their way of
h~Illg, and to serve the society with religious
gUIdance. The renowned Sanyasis and Sadhus
of Puri and Kasidham were the members of this
organisation. The Jagadguru Sankaracharya of
the Gobardhan Ma.th of Puri
became
the
president or Mandaladhipati.
The executive
committee of the Sadhu-mandaI. was,known as
Sadhu Sabha. Swami Yukteswar
Giri became
the presideFlt" of the executive
committee
~rom th~t day he was known as the Sadh~
Sabha~atl. A~l the Satsanga Sabhas whigh were
spreadmg Knyayoga, \y.ere affiliated tp Sa,dhu.
Sap'h~ ~nd
became
its
comp:!ementary
orgamsatIOns.
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nominated,
Paramahamsa
'Yoganahda:
as- Sadhu Sabhapati and attained
( 9 )
( 8 )
Mahasamadhi on the 9th March,
1936. Afte~
the fune-tal rites of the Guru were over,
Yogananda left for America. This was his last
visit to India. At America he commanded
great respect and honour and devoted his life
for the cause of
Kriyayoga till the 7th
March 1952 when he took Mahasamadhi.
During the last visit of Yogananda to
India in 1935, the Satsanga Sabha changed
its name to Yogada satsanga
Society
and
Satsanga Ashramas were known as Yogada
Satsanga Ashrams. Swami Satyananda
Giri
Maharaj.
the friend
of Yogananda
and
the great Kriya Y o.gi and
Acharya
of
Sevayatan, became the Sadhu Sabhapati after
the death of Yogananda. He was also the
\shrama Swami of Karar Ashram, Puri until
is Mahasamadhi. Swami Satyananda before his
~ath, nominated Swami Hariharananda Giri as
the Ashrama Swami of Puri Karat Ashram<l'
and also as the Sadhu Sabhapati.
il
Swami Hariharananda
Giri Maharaj who.
is now the Acharya of Puri Karar Ashram, ~s
a Brahmachari,
a master Kriyaban, a great
Yogi and Sanyasi. He has acquired a prominent
place as Yogiguru in Orissa and other parts of
India. He is also renewned as a great Yogi
outside India. I am quite hopeful that such a
renowned and realised Yogi can, uphold the
tradition of the Guru~ as the Sadhu Sabhapati
status
of Kriyayoga .
Srimata
Yukteswar
Giri
Maharaj
earmarked four different days for the general
session of the Satsanga Sabha. These are Maha
Visuba Sankranti, (vernal equinox) Dakhinayan
(Southern declination)
Sankranti,
Jalavisub
Sankranti and Utrayan Sankranti. The 22nd
March, the vernal equinox day, is the foundatation day of Puri Karar Ashram. Let the
Karar Asram, the fountain
head of Yo gada
Tradition, be a place of pilgrimage for all the
Kriyabans of the world.
Das. M. A
The evening
was calm and
cloudy.
Occasional gusts of sea-breeze carried freshness
into the room. It was all quiet and serene
inside.
Some of the disciples were in deep
meditation.
Divine
calmness
reigned
all
over.
"It
Baba
( 10 )
( 11
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the
JS
many
111
\vays.
1Il
8aba's
'Are these
is a note
nut j'Jgglcry
of words?'
of doubt in the qqestioncr's
gleam of all-pervasive
love and assurance in
his eyes. Those who have the opportunity to
go nearer, they know.
It is just like that oft-quoted
sIoka of
Gita- "Yah pasyati -'1 pczsyati"
But how to know Him?
One has to go beyond mind. Kriyayoga is
the scientific technique
of disciplining the
mind.
By knuwing that, you become that. The
test lies only in experienGe.
It is said that the Self is beyond the
mind. But it is said that the realisation is with
the mind- Monona manute, Manasa na matam and
10.anasai l'cdamaptav yam.
( 12 )
there is no need of the lamp. It is enough that
you turn your eyes towards the self luminous
sun. Such is the case with the mind. To see the
object, the reflected light of the mind is
required. To see God, it is enough that the
mind is turned inward. Then the mind loses
itself and the God, shines forth.
"God is so simple, just like Rice and Dal".
There was a ring of truth in the words of
Baba.
Swami Hariharananda:
A Burning Flante
Dr. Shishir Kumar Bose
Senior Resident Physician, Westwood Hospital,
Beverley, E. Yorkshire, England.
( 15 )
smiling to answer my further questions, but
:finally asked to initiate 1.11e inK;rijyar"Rga to
~ealisc the truth.
Swamiji inspired me, 'The
rusty Wire i", rusty so long it has not come in
cnnt:1ct with the Current of electricity, once
you plug in the rusty wire it is all powerful
electricity.'
I had heard from a fri end of mine that
he bad seen
visible l1ght emitting frolll
SWdmiji's body in his Glcditation. But I had the
ego with the self claim of knowing the theory
of Yoga, and so I a~reecl to take the initiation
on the condition that
Swamiji
would only
guide me as a teacher and I would accept
Paramhamsa Yogananda as the Guru existing
in mYi'eIf.
But the ignorance
and vanity did not
last long. I still remember, Swamiji wrote in
the Septmber 1969 to me in London:
'The
log of wood IS simplv wood so long it has
not COme in contact wi~h fire of a lamp, the
whole wood burns as flame because the
wood has the fullest combustion
in it.' But
I hadalready realised this truth before Swamiji
had 'already ignited
the fire of Kundalini.
the serpent power, on the day of my ini tiation to give f1:e the p2rception
of Divine
light. Liter on SwamiJi gave me a chance
with many friends of mine to visualise the blue
and golden coloured light emitting from his
body in meditation,
and inspired others to
take this precious te:hnique of Kriya Yoga,
.'
Working as an instrument
in the hands
of my Guru I am sparked
with joy when
Swamiii appears on sevral occaSIOns In my
life in the West, not only in tIte spiritual
assignment, he has entrusted to me, but also
in my daily activities.
Swamiji has turned in my life my best
friend and my father and the clouds ~f childho?d
fear has vanished with the turmng of h]s
black beard to grey though the h~ir on his head
are still black at the age even after seventy.
( 16 )
His youthful activities are the symbol of the
undying spirit of man which are most inspiring to the youths of India and the W-est.
Blessing me with a long life once on my
birthday in 1968 Swamiji advised me to follow
him to try to bridge the gap between the
East and the West.
The foundation
of
which task was laid by his Guru. Paramhamsa Y ogananda and whose burning flame
he is carrying non stop projecting the sparks
of bliss and peace over the minds of thousands
in the world to be awakened as universal
flames of Divine light, to bring a total revolution of mankind. This reminds me of one of
the addresses by poet Tagore in England; ''The
monsoon clouds generated on the banks of the
Nile, fertilise
the far distant
shores of
the Ganges ... ideas may have to cross from the
eastern to western shores to find a welcome
in men's hearts and fulfil their promise. East
is East, and West is West, God forbid that it
should be otherwise, but the twain must meet
in unity, peace
and understanding.
This
meeting will be all the more fruitful because
of their differences. It must lead both to holywedlock before
the
common
altar
of
humanity."
In tho words of the Upanishad
.
"r amasu
rna yotlrgarnaya"
to
Supreme Y,ogi
Swanli Hariharananda GiriThe Conqueror of Death.
Dr. S. S. Chand, M. D.
S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack
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gasp or two per minute and that too ceases.
The bl08d pressure
cannot
be recorded.
On auscultation of the heart - the lub dup is
hesitant and feeble
It threatens to :stop and
actually stops. Vigorous action is started by
the doctor - external
cardiac
massage,
artifical respiration and injecting very potent
drugs directly
into the heart. This massage
and artificiC11 respiration is cC1rried out for
twenty to thirty minutes and is discontinued
when the ,heart cannot be revived, nor the
respiration
reinstituted.
The doctor defeated
in the battle
against death writes down
his report in the case sheet of the patient:
"Attended the case. Patient is seen in
and such condition, such and such drugs
administered and such and such measures
taken". Ultimately "The pulse could not be
felt, respiration stopped, heart, sounds absent,
the patient could not be revived - hence
declared dead due to such and such cause".
SUCQ
( 19 )
One evening in the Puri Karar Ashram
we were sitting with
Gurudev
in the
meditation hall. I was sitting on his right and
a gentleman from Gwalior Sidhoji K. Shitole
was on his left. About fifteen to twenty
disciples were sitting in two rows. The light
was dim. A discussion on Nirvikalpa
and
Savikalpa Samadhi was going on, Gurudev
asked me to hold his right hand and feel
his pulse and the left gand was held by the
other gentJeman. He instructed us to meditate
deeply when Ihe pulse stops.
I placed my left palpating fingers over
his right radial pulse and supr;orted his hand
with my right hand. Gurudev closed hi:; eyes
and sat in meditation.
He took one deep
inhalation and then exhaled. After 2 or 3 such
inhalations the pulse abruptly stopped.
In the other hand also the pulse could
not be felt. The respiratory movements of
chest and abdomen were absent. We were not
prepared for such an event. We had previously
heard that such things are possible but never
had such an experience. We felt nervous and
were thinking of our line of action, Suddenly
it flashed in our
mind that Gurudev is a
Siddha Yogi and God-realised person. At the
moment
he was immersed in
Nirvikalpa
Samadhi and that no harm would occur.
As we were not prepared
we did not
I
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( 20 )
Inve
equipments
for electrocardiography,
hence these could not be done. We placed
our ear on his precordium and? could hear
no sound at all. Neither the lub dup of the
heart nor the rustling sound of breathing could
be heard. His body was completely relaxed
and was leaning on the wall and was partly
supported by Bhaktibaba. Though we presented
a bold front, some anxiety was lurking in our
mind. We meditated and did Ajapaa
]apa.
We succeeded in enjoying a brief period of
deep meditation. It occured to us that we had
to bring him down to the earthly plane of
consciousness. So we shook his hand and arm
vigoromly and as there was no response shook
his hand violently. No response. More than
half an hour has already passed. We uttered
his name and some mantras.
No response.
His arms were 3haken violently and feet and
legs ,vere massaged vigorously. No response
absolutely.
Nearly
an hour
p2.ssed. Our
feelings amounted to panic. A faint choking
sound came from his throat. No pulse yet.
More shaking and more massaging was carried
out. A little louder choking sound came from
his throat. And one to two pulse beats could
be felt at the wrist. We w"ited in tense
expectation. Then three or four irregular pulse
beats came and went. At intervals of 2 to 3
minl:4.tes SE ver al runs of regular and irregular
pulse came and went.
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After about an hour the pulse came
regularly and strongly.
Breathing
could be
detected. But Gurudev was intensely
quiet
and was obli vious of his surrounding. The light
was switched on. He \Vas 1<2an1,1:1; against the
wall with his limbs and body relaxed and limp.
He spoke few words and enquired where he was,
who were talking to him. Then he reluctant] y
opened his eyc~. 10ok2d around and became
his usual self ag:lin. \;Vc noticed that he was
markedly invigorated.
His usually brilliant
eyes sparkled
and shone more brilliantly.
\;Vords or profound wisdom aad knowledge
came out of him in torrent3.
He was more
cheerful and seemed more intensely
full of
life. He got up and prepaHJ
tCJ 12C1\'c the hall.
\Ve prostrated oursdves at bis holy feet and
prayed for Gurukripa.
This phenomenon is beyond medical and
rational scientific explanJtions.
It is not an
end in itself. It is only a byproduct
of
a
process
in
whIch
the indi vidual
soul
voluntarily by scientific methods rises above
animality and rationality.
He rises above
divinity also and merges with the supreme
soul, Paramatman or God and becomes intense
bliss i. e. Sat _ Chit - Ananda. Ot(~n we ask
Gurudev about his experience in such a state.
He says that intensely dazzling light floods
and over-whelms the coasciousness.
No trace
of individual consciousness
remain::. It is all
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.'"l.ndnr,tl'lln!5 ex!. St :3 except t 1le most
intense.
llndescribable
and
unfathomable
Bliss, (An~mda). From such bliss one never
'.vants to be sep;1rated.
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According
to medical and :ocientific
definitions Gurudev's body and mind were 111
a state of death, into which he entered
voluntarily. And miraculously (though voluntarily) his pulse. respiration etc. came b:1ck.
Moreover he was rejuvinated by the process.
He called on Lord Yama, went beyond him,
merged himself in God. He. became God, who
is Mahakala and then des~ended down from
that highest throne of the spirit or Paramatman
for the benefit of mankind.
He has become
M rutyunjaya.
"Gururmaclhyc
Sthito ViSllia
Vi5wamadhve
Sthito Guru
GurUTviswa jVamastu bh Vam
VZswagunaH lVamamyaham
Na Guyoradhikan
N a Guroradhikam
N a Guroradh!kam
Guru Kripahi Kevalam."
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the disciple
rests with the Guru. To him
spiritual progress means simultaneous
development of body,
mind and
soul. The Guru
therefore. takes the hcaviest burden imaginable
when he takes on J. dIsciple. For, with it, he
binds himself to the di scordant chords which,
diatonically,
make for or mar the progress of
the disciple.
unorthodox
switching
the radio-mind
is successfully
him to the disciple.
One
while
tuned
without
effort'.
to the
an
ocean
Swamiji.
of
simplicity
Simpler
than a
in maintaining
an artificial
distance between
him and his follower.
His rarest
gift is to
conjure up exact similes trom day to day life
and put them in such appropriate
manner
that the spiritual experiences
to which they
are likened come within one's comprehension.
While
of
pre-vision
by
mother
the most
on
on-and-off
He advocates
floats
talking
passed
Swamiji
dwells
on the
Kriya- Yoga
philosophy like a Master-Mind.
His approach
is so loving that the mind becomes set and
faster.
unfinished
on
If this basictenet
is held constantly
dear to
heart. life becomes easier and progress much
normal
and
in Puri
Ashram,
of the passing
some
hours
Swamiji
away of his
before
time.
had
beloved
When
the
around.
Swamiji
would
consta-
ntly remind
every-body
that Jife and death
are parts of the
one continuous
process,
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attitude.
It alchemises
till one discovers,
slowl,y, the elixir of life. And there is the
inmost sincerity of the saint closely following
and guiding step by step forward.
This is his
only 'obsession'.
A true Guru is the saviour
of a whole sector of humanity and the liberated saint never loses an opportunity
to sit
down for the meditation
class. Words are
too inadequate
to express the impact he
creates during the meditation discourses. The
ear is n:1 longer the fleshy one nor the eyes
the ordinary instrument of vision. The whole
existence is lifted up and is illumined
to a
degree- howsoever perturbed one's mind may
ha ve been in the moment preceding.
Words
flow like solace to hurt mind. Consciousness
raised to a purer level gets spiritual impressions siphoned, as it were, through the sweet
meditational
discourses of the saint. The joy
knows no bounds and is many times of what
one has experienced in ordinary life.
The
self-less
Master
would
say
'Hariharananda
would not like ~o practice
Guru-ship on you for all time to come. Let all
of you become Gurus.'
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and intense
love for all alike make him
attractive.
Staying with him and li.tening
to his advice,
even for sometime, lead to
mental up1iftment.
A Yogi
or very
high order
Dr. Krishnakanta Chatterjee, M. B.
93, South Sinthi Road, Calcutta-50.
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Swami Vivekananda
once said that it
is the very existence of saints and seers that
has kept the universe from going into pieces.
In this era of rank materialism it is hard to
believe in that existence at the moment, but
they are there, some far away from localities,
and a few living amongst the people, but not
much known or heard of.
One such Mahapurusha
(Saint) is Yogacharya Swami Hariharananda
Giri Maharaj,
the monk ill charge of Puri 'Karar Ashram.'
He is in the lineage-in order of descent - of
Mahabater
Bab<Jji Maharaj (a Yogi believed
to be living in the Himalayas upto this day,
for the last thousand
years or so), Late
Mahayogi Shyamacharan
Lahiri
Mahasaya
of Banaras, Late Gyanavatar Yukteswar Giriji
and Late Paramhansa Yoganandaji.
Those few who have come in contact
with him are simply overwhelmed
by his
divine personali ty, and revelation of his high
spiritual
state through strange phenomena.
His cheerful smiling face. childlike simplicity
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bed. A sort of halo could be seen round him.
'Seeing is believing' they say and so the doctor
at once became a believer. After some time
he became the Yogi's disciple.
He is said to
be having a state of ecstatic bliss whenever
he sits in meditation in the presence of his
Master.
During the early period of his stay at
Puri 'Karar Ashram' as a Brahmmachari
the
Yogi Maharaj was misunderstood
by Swami
Sebanandaji (His predecessor monk in charge)
and Swami Satyanandaji,
the then monk in
charge of Ranchi
Y ogada Ashram. They
somehow were of the opinion that this 'Yogi
MClh:uJ.j' was not practising meditation
very
earnestly and so he should leave the Ashram.
The Yogi replied that he was meditating in
right earnest
and that he could prove his
achievement if they so desired. They agreed. Now,
there is an image of Mother Kali (Divine mother)
in one of the rooms of Ashram.
The Yogi
Maharaj took Swami Sebanandaji to that room
and sat in Y ogasan along with Sebanandaji and
requested him to gaze at the image, himself
merging
into
deep
meditation.
Soon
Sebanandaji got struck with reverence
and
awe to find flashes of Light emanating from
the image and in fact the 'Divine Mother'
appearing in all effulgence.
He was so overwhelmed
that
he spent the whole night
there without any food. Swami Satyanandaji
( 31 )
was told about the incident
and they both
were convinced about the high spiritual state
of this 'Yogi'.
One very remarkable feature about this
Yogi is his intense calmness in the midst of
intense activity.
As the head of an organisation he has to look after many things and this
he does in a completely non-attached
way,
the results never affecting him.
It is r~ally a matter of good fortune to .
get the Yogi's
grace through
initiation.
Dr. Harekrishna
Mahatab,
the
renowned
leader of Orissa, visualised the forms of 'SitaRam' during initiation
from this Yogi. At
'Vani Vihar
Hall' of the Utkal University
Dr Mahatab declared having acquired simultaneous devel( 'pment of Body, Mind and Soul
under the guidance of his Master.
One of the relati ves of M r. Bisweswar
Nandan Singh, M. Sc, Raja of Sheohar State,
Patna, Bihar was a cisciple of this Yogi Maharaj.
He suggested to Mr B.N Singh to get initiated
in the Yoga system of tbis Yogi. ,Mr. Singh
being wellversed in Eastern and Western
philosophy and ancient Yoga systems of India,
turned down the suggestIOns at that moment,
thinking that he could not gain any thing
more from initiation.
After the. lapse of some
time however, he decided to get initiated.
Strangely
enough, during the process
of
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Yogi
ir~sists
on
rncditiation.
My Gurudev
Sidhoje K. Shitola,
Narasingha
Gualior.
( 34 )
taste the sweetness of sugar, even so I cannot,
in words e4press the love and reverence I feel
in the presence of my master. At the msst,
I can on paper give the 'words of the intellect'
not 'the love of the sour whi!:h is the~~fll~
Guru- disciple ;cia'tionship
che;ished .he'Yond
all words.
Swami Hariharan;mda
Giri needs no
formal introduction to the'Y. S S.'being one~of
the few & true Kriyabans of India. He is loved
in all his disciples' hearts which beat 'HariHara-Hari-Hara'
clocklike from moment to
moment, But one fact I shall most emphatically state with the conviction
of the truth
within me, that Baba has to me, become the
living channel at communication ,bct\V-cn t.t1C
Great
Master
Gyanavatar
Yuktc3war and
myself. He is the bridge joini'ng Divinity. with
Humanity, with one hand, clasping the feet
of the Lord, the other hand on his disciples'
heads transmitting that graG..~J~~om Divine to
Human and thereby transforming the Human
to become Div.ine. By this bridge"Hariharananda" do we Jivatmas passover to the
Paramatma. Shall he give way ?No,~ the
cement of compassion in him is too strong.
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He shall see us through. Thi$ bridge_~hall
endure because he lavas Jus.
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What is Re1igion? Religion is nothing
but realisation of Omnipotent
in mind, and
being and becoming.
Over one hundred years ago such a
great soul in the embodiment
of Sri Shyama
Charan Lahiri appeared in India. He was a
supreme 'Yogi'. He preached a new scientific
method of 'Yoga' - called "Knya - Yoga",
throughout India, through few of hisiliustrious
disciples, namely:Swami Yukteswar
Giri
Maharaj, Sri Bhupen Sanyal, Sri Panchanani
Bhattacharjee etc. This 'Kriya- Yoga' subsequently spread in America and in few other
countries
of Europe through
Paramhansa
Yogananda, the distinguished disciple of Swami
Yukteswar.
But, for the convenience of the
people of America and Europe, to practise and
adopt it, Paramhansa
Yogananda recast the
methods of this Yoga, and as a result, the
methods of Kriya- Yoga adopted and practised
now in those countries are not identical with
the original methods of Kriya- Yoga that were
preached by Lahiri Mahasaya.
"Kriya-Yoga" is a very accurate scientific method of 'Yoga'. Systematic and continuous practice with ~incere meditation on God
with complete faith and devotion wiII not
only take the devotee to the ultimate state
of 'Nirbikalpa Samadhi' at a quicker pace than
any other way, but wiII also before long
in physical and
effect Immense I'mprovement
mental state,
At present, this
invaluabl~
"Kriya- Yoga" is at the command of Swan~1
Hariharananda
Giri, a self-realised Sa~ny~sl,
who has been practising it and medItat~ng
for the last 35 years. Anyone who is gr~pmg
in the abysmal darkness of life to see hghtthe li6ht wich can show the way to ecstasy
and beternal knowledge, may get in touch
:Vith Swami Hariharananda
Giri Maharaj at
Karar Asram, Swargadwar, Puri, Orissa.
On this happy and auspicious occasion
of the Abirbhab Jayanti of "Gurudeva",
with
my heart-felt
reverence
and respects I b@w
at his feet, and fervently pray to the Almighty
God for a p~acefuI, happy and long life of
this great
dedicated
sage.
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4835 Rietb,~rg 1
4830 Gutersloh 1
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Fulverdamm
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Yoga books can not give. That was perhaps
the happiest and one of the most important
days in our lives. Swamiji opened something
inside us, so that we are able to meditate 4-5
hours a day, in contrast to one hour troublesome meditation in our country. At present
Swamiji is not at Puri, but his invisible body
is still in the Ashram, leading the meditations,
watching over our progress. He is waiting
to answer all questions and problems and to
help.
We do not hear his voice, but he
influences all thoughts and activities.
His
advanced
disciple
Bramhachari
Bhaktirprakash known as Bhaktibaba is here
to look after the Ashram. His presence also
gives us help and force, and Chita Baba who
teaches us while Swamiji is away and all the
other nice disciples of our Gurujee, maintain
the spiritual atmosphere in this holy place.
We think that Kriya Yoga is the best
technique, the quickest way to find God, to
follow spiritual path without living in a cave.
The Kriya - Yogi can live his "normal"
life
and can realize God. He can live in America
or Europe and be in his own cave on the top.
of the head. Only by doing 2 or 3 hours Kriya,.
the scietific technique
of selfrealization, he
can get a happy life in God.
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Therefore,
I caution
all
the world
to~day, to pleas~ pay heed to my words so that
orie can never forget
~very thing in this
world. Never go to the Sea-shore l'lt Puri.
And if a't all you go, never take that road,
that leads to Swargadwar.
And in case you
do so,' never look at the signboard that points
dut to that Karar Ashram. And if per chance, you be in the Ashram, never look at that
stupendous Ashramite, the Universal "Baba".
Because, as told earlier. he is that very Baba.
the incarnation of all the dead and living
magicians under the Sun. The moment you
see him. you start changing. Now from this
alone, you just imagillle what a power that
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Swamiji's Method.
Madan Mohan Sahai
8!10 W. E. A. Karolbagb, New-Delhi.
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"Divine Love"
By : Km. Poonam & Sikhi Asthana
Central Dairy Farm.
Aligarh.
( 55 )
( 54 )
Gurudev has all these qualities
ristics described in Shastras.
and characte':'
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( 56 )
Mysticism Evangelical
Keshab Lal Dey,
41/1/ D Mandalpara
Lane, Calcutta-50
Flamboyant is the process of Naturepervading the entire Macrocosm ad-infinitum,inexplorative and bey.n. human knowledge.
Life begins
with
libido and grows
through the normal
range of activity and
suffering.
It is difficult
to assimilate the
significance of reality and creation.
We ~ave
got no experience
to grasp and fl)rmulate the
principles of actions of universal validity and
to understand
the misleading
projections of
unconscious desire.
So in order to formulate
those principles
we should emulate
and
practice, through special systems and methods,
meditation
to exercise
control over
five
senses and reach the supra-conscious stage, in
the absence of which we would be perpetually
groping evermore in the dark dismal enormity
of muridane concurrencefarrago
of the
paraphernalia we possess.
Thus inculcating
the practice of Yoga,
one with vim, vigour and verve, can achieve
transcendental
position
to establish direct
communication
with the Creator Himselfinnately ingrained within one's self, resulting
in the final and complete absorption unto Him.
This is called salvation - the 'Moksha' - from
worldly bondage.
Then, and only then, it is
possible to totally eschew the
results
of
hydra - headed
worldly
pangs, woes and
travails.
Almost an evangel poured in~o my ears
the report of appearance of such a great saint
in may neighbourhood
on a certain occasion.
With a great passion within,
I hurried there
forthwith to have a 'darshan'.
Fortunate
enough I was, to come lil
contact with Him, - Swami Harfharananda
( ::8 )
Giri Maharaj of Puri Karar Ashram. No sooner
did I bow down at his feet, at thenrst
sight,
than He t~ok me up in His arms and embraced
me. Clasped in His bOBo'm,how lung I remained, I couldn't guess at ali. This hed taken me
completely aback. He went on uttering in a
sonorous voice that His acquaintance with my
humbleseH was immemorably
p1st and old.
I was magnetised, elated and began to feel an
inexplicably
eerie sensation as He touched
me. and remained almost in a trance state for
a long while. The suprasensual pleasure that
Ionce
experienced is still now vivaciously
vibrant in me, with His voice' as 'Mahamantram'
resonant in my ears.
Tangible
certainly It IS, that a great
man-a transcendental humanist, a high-tanking
Yogi, can produce an equivibrant
effect even
in a great sinner by the m:1gic touch of his
person, if His magnanimity
so desires. And
there is no escape from dire distress and perdition, which we are veritable
victims to,
other than the benedictory initiation
from a
true Preceptor of the like as detailed in this
short discourse,
(Mannatha
Sri JagannathaMatguru Sri Jagatguru).
'" Om Sat yam - Shivam - Sundaram"
My acquaintance
with Reverend Swami
Hariharananda
Giriji Maharaj dates back to
August 26, 1970. In so short a period it has
been my privilege to meet him a number of
times. This time span, though short, yet so
great has been its impact that I cannot
express adequately his influence upon my life
and my intimate relationship with him.
It was the favour of Providence alone
that I met Swamiji. He came over to Aligarh
in the autumn
of 1970, to visit one of his
disciples, who was a close friend of my
parents.
On the day of his arrival he met the
families living there at the residence of his
disciple. My parents also went and my mother
was greatly influenced by his holy personality.
Next morning, my mother got initiated
by
His Holiness the Revd. Kriya - Yogi Swami
Hariharananda Giriji Maharaj in to Kriya- Yoga.
They had asked me to go along and meet
Swamiji, but I had refused saying. "What
will I do, meeting a saint?"
The sam'e day in
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( 61 )
the evening, Mil ( mother)
invited
and his disciple, to oun home.
Swamiji
Swamijiauived
at our house as scheduled.
I bowed andtol.lehed his holy feet. The touch
of his holy feet generated
a kind of deep
reverence for him. Swamiji talked very little
to me. while we were sitting around the
dining table. 1 kept asear'ching
eye at his
divine face as 101lg as he stayed there.
The
fact that an Indian saint was conversing in a
foreign language
(English) made my child's
heart wonder.
So far, I had the notion that
Indian saints speak in Sanskrit,
the language
of the Rishis.
Till 5th of August,
72Swamiji
had
visited us 4 times. My affection and regard
(or is it his silent influence upon my soul 7)
possibly drew his attention
One fine day he
suggested to my mother to
initiate me in
Kriya Yoga. J\1a told him "Alok has never
told me that
he wants
to be initiated."
Swamiji replied, "No, he wants; and will be
initiated tomo row", When
I retUrned late
in the eveni g from the
University
after
appearing at my practical
examination
Ma
conveyed the nessage to me. 1 felt an inner
urge and fel strongly drawn towards him.
The initiation into Kriya-Yogawas
given by
him on bth A 19ust 72. I became a Kriya-Yogi.
I recollect
that
I have dften
been
trapped unaw re, during talks' with him. Iifind
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It is only Hinduism' that gives emphasis
on the doctrine of Karma. As you sow, so shall
you reap. Every thing that you enjoy and
suffer in this life is the result of your past
deeds. The soul never perishes, it is only body
that
undergoes
destruction
& suffers all
evils, Adhibhoutic
& Adhidaybic.
But the
question is "Does Hinduism teach to surrender
every action and to sit idle leaving every thing
to fate ?" The answer would be negative."
Hinduism is not pessimistic but optimistic
in out-look.
It preaches the view that one
can get rid of the fruits of his past de~ds by
practicing Yoga.
Yoga means to be united.
It is the
communion between God and man. But the
question is "What is this God?" Is it some
thing external and if so how can we know
Him? Or is He within us? The technique
of Kriya Yoga advocated by Sri Shyama Char an
Lahiri Mahasay, Sri Yukteswar Giri & their
beloved disciple Sri Paramhansa Yoganal1lla
& our respected Gurudeva Swami Hariharananda Gi.ri Maharaj teaches us that God is
not out side man but He is within us, Every
man is a living God aDd to Know Him we
need not go from temple to temple nor from
Mosque toMosque, nor from Church to Church,
& not even on distant pilgrimage. He IS within
m & we can know Him if we can switch off
our body consciousness & light the lamp of
( 66 )
.spiritual or cosmic conocio"bl.sness. This
be done only by practicing Knya Yoga.
could
Kriya=Yoga and
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youth and when new values are not solid
enough to hold the disillusioned mass together
for a lC'ng time; man is puzzled to find out.
some solution. It is needless to mention that
solutions are not wanting in our ancient books
and scriptures. But the modern man finds it
irksome to plod through them. He requires.
something easy, readymade, less cum~ersome
and scientific.
The KriYIl Yoga technique given to the
world by Babaji Maharaj satisfies all modern
requirements. He is an incarnation who dived
into the modern mind and presented
the
essence of Yoga in an easy and acceptable
form to be practised by the common householders to calm down the unbridled:passions
and to be free tram modern malady. He taught
this technique to his great disciple ShyamaCharan Lahiri who in his turn spread it in
India through a h03t of his highly accomplished
disciples. Swami Yukteswar Giri is one of
those rare disciples and distinguished Yogis
who fathered a lineage made further rich and
prosperous by his talented disciple Paramahansa
Yogananda. With
Yogananda's
efforts thefrontier of Kriya Yoga extended outside India
and reached U.S.A.
The Kriya Yoge. is a reyi val and rediscovery by Babaji of the !lame science given
millenia ago to Arjuna by Srikrishna and, lost
in the Dark Ages. There- are references Ito.
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breathing. Harmful emotional states like fear~
lust and ar;ger produce
quick or uneven
breaths, During
sleep there is temporary
unilwareness of the body and the breathing
action, and the breath flows more slowly and
evenly with a rejuvinating effect. Kriya Yoga
puts emphasis on this aspect of the phenomenon.
Through Kriya Yoga, it becomes a natural and
conscious process with the Yogi unlike the slow
unconscious action of the sleeper.
Kriya Yoga quickens the pace
evolutions. Scriptures say that man
million years of normal evolution
God or become one with the cosmic
ness. But in three years, a Kriya
accomplish by intellectual
self-effort
results that nature brings to pass in
years.
of human
requires a
to realise
consciousYogi can
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it would be impossibl~ to fool him, and that
his understanding of you was right. and had
complete clarity. He is a very unusual Guru
in that, from what I observed, He seemed to
take a personal interest in the progress of
every disciple. Unfortunately for those remaining in the Ashram this affection for his
disciples and desire to give personal attention
takes him for much of the year on long
excursions in the provinces of India. There
is nothing
unapproachable
or aloof about
Harihara nanda. We were all tied tqi' him by
bonds of affection, humour and love. Also
there is no obscurantism in his teaching which
I found surprising for so occult a subject;
indeed he endevours to make it as simple and
clear as could be to every disciple.
During the time I was staying in the
Ashram few people who came to experience
one
meditation
came to
stay
for
weeks. if not months, and I suspect that all
who did stay were surprised at the c:han,ges
they found being brought in themselves.
( 77)
my religious - orienteo
young
puzzled as if in a quandary.
'Vhat is Swamiji, to me ?
Hon'ble Mr. Justice
Kunja Bihari
Panda.
.'.
mind.
I got
78 )
life of Paramhansa Yog;manda. It moved me
immensely. It regenerated
the idea in my
mind that Mother India, the place of saints,
i,,' not completely devoid of real God-men.
I got a Bengali version of the same book and
gave it to my wife to read. She was also
greatly influenced. In short, in it Paramhansa
Yugananda has, from hIS experience, propounded 'Kriya-Yoga' as the simplest method of
God-rc;jlizi1tion. My wire and myself became
eager to know more about it. Near about that
time, 'it came out in the Oriya daily 'Samaj'
that
'Karar Ashram' of Puri, set up by
Sri Yukteswar Giri, the Guru of Paramhansa.,
Yogananda,
had a function
where- Swami
Hariharananda Giri Maharaj. delivered a speech
and demonstrated Kriya Yoga. Within a short
interval. an Oriya article of Swamiji
on
'Shivaratri' came out in the 'Samaj'. My wife
and myself felt drawn towards the 'Karar
Ashram' and were inquisitive
to learn more
about it. We decided to pay a visit to the
'Ashram' and know things for ourselves. That
we did. The simple, calm, and serene atmosphere of the Ashram impressed us. A few days
aiter, we le3.rnt that Swami Hariharananda
Giri Maharaj was camping at Cuttack. We met
him. He was then explaming to a small group
about the process of meditation with a diagram
drawn on a paper. His approach was scientific.
Far from being dogmatic he went on clearing
the doubts of others
wi th affection
and
( 79 )
( 80 )
Would it be improper to think of Him for
some time to whom we o\ve our very existence,
all the material prosperity
or success. in life?
Swamiji, though
elll
Akhanda-Bramhachary.
diel Lot advise others to n:l1ounce the world
for God-realization;
rather the other way. He
cited the example of Lahiri Mah3saya who
WdS ;1 family man all through.
After my mEeting \\id1 him, I felt as if I
saw ;( way out of tbe labyrinth.
It was jllst
like removing the dark clOUds that had obstructed the sun's rays. There is ligh,- and I see
the 'Nay. To make constant endeavour and
to make progress in the line is my job. Even
then. I feel something is puI1ing me back
doggedly. Is it then my Prarabdha
(pre
ordained force; sins of the previous life)? I
now need His Grace alone. Oh Supreme
Father I KNOW NOT HOW TO REACH
THEE.
HAVE
MERCY
ON ME. PULL
ME UP.
This is in hanour of Swamiji Hariharananda Giri Mahanj for having shown us the
light.
."
.'
unswerving
efforts
and
unquestionable
devotion.
Krupa
is derived
from 'Kri' means
do and 'Pa' means get or achieve." Even in
meditation
I felt a tremor p":~sin~ all over my
tc' a brge
If:ary
:J2r.s0l1.
3_ -\\Tas
body as I realised
that
my thoughts, which
I had never expressed to anyone,
were being
clearly
read by Baba. The
voice went on
dealing very many aspects of p~lilosophy
with
periodic pauses. intensifying
the atmosphere
with divine vibrations.
In the d:nkness or the
room I got lost for some moments
in that
about
my health.
With
di vin~ current.
vanished
and
so much
Glory
of dirtiness
in that
petty
mine I ans\vered
formally.
little
mind of
There
\vas n'1
.
,
,.
.
1
1
;]
B'
i:urtl1er ClISCUSSlOnanG '.vc rea::.1Cu rap Ba b'u s
house. It was 9. 15, P. M. an.d time for Baba's
dinner. He instructed
Nonima to delay serving
the Cod and summoned
us to gather
round
him
for a short
s'ssion
stand
Guru.
as these
cannot
a sense of
experienced
Nothing
disciple,
can
not even
V1SlOn.
I was feeling
my conduct towards
home that night.
of meditation.
I felt
I never
to my beloved
between
thoughts,
abundance.
for it through
'.
very
Babil
much
when
guilty for
1 returned
I
As I Know tlim
Dr. Sailen Bhattachariee
Sa ra bamangalpara,
M. B.
Burdwan.
Swami Hariharananda
Giri
Maharaj
was born in an
auspICIOUS day in an
orthodox Brahmin family in Habibpur, Nadia.
West Bengal. The name of his father was
Haripada Bhattacharya.
Both of his parents
were religious. From the genealogical table of
his family, it is found
that saintly
and
religious preceptors (Guru) were among them.
Most of them had Sanskrit study centres. They
were
Vidyalankars,
Nyayalankan,
Smriti
Ratnas etc.
Swamiji in his early days was devoted to
studies
along with Puja and Dhyan. In his
ancestral home 'Goddess Kalimata' is ceremonially worshipped three times a year and this
practice is continued for over a century. He,
as a member of the family had many occasions
to worship the 'Goddess Kali' under
the
guidance of his father.
He completed
his school and college
career
and as an apprentice
joined the
weaving and textile firm at Srirampur,
Hoogly.
Because of his strong inclination towards
religious life he met many "Sadhus, Yogis and
Sanyasis" and gradually came i'n tou.:h with
Yukteswar
Giri M.lharaj. "Yukteswarji
was.
( 85 )
very reserved and hardly talked with any body . One day he called Hariharananda
and said
"I watch you and your eagerness. You are a
Brahmin by caste. I find some sign of promise
in you; go ahead, I wish you success." He gave
Swamiji some 'Prasad', which he took and kept
in his pocket. When Yukteswarji asked, he
replied that he wanted
to carry it home.
He smiled and said" "I give it you to take,
take it now" and gave more to carry home.
Gradually,
a sweet relationship
was
established between Yukteswarji and Swamiji.
In the mean time his training in textiles was
complete and he got an offer from a firm. But
instead of accepting it, Swamiji took permission
from his father and brothers to visit Puri on
plea of some relaxation and change. There also
he got further opportunity to see Yukteswarji
at the Karar Ashram.
It will not be out of place to mention
that Sree Priyanath
Karar was the name of
Yukteswar
Giri
"W'ho was the owner and
founder
organiser
of the Karar Ashram.
Swamiji was then using ochre-robes, the dress
of a Brahmachary
and was known 'as Rabinarayan
Brahmachary.
At
that
time
Yoganandji, as the disciple of Yukteswarji
assisted his Guru in the management
and
maintenance of the Ashram.
Later on Yoganandji went to America
leaving the Karar Ashram under the charge of
( 87 )
( ~'(-. )
Rabinarayan Brahmachary.
Tbs is also mentioned in the old editi:Jn of 'Autobiography
of a YO,gi.
taking
'S;myac."'
Rabinarayan
Brahmachary was known as Swamy Hariharananda Giri.
Yoganandaji
also authorised
Hariharanandaji
to give initiation bofore he
left ror America. Since then Karar Ashram is
under direct control of Swamy Hariharananda.
He himself prepared an idol of Goddess Kali
(Tara), which is still existing in the Ashram
and is worshipped daily.
!\.ftCi
of Kriya Yoga.
( 89 )
similar manner, similar to Holy "Veda', and
'advocated his divine path for the awakening of
Self. According to Budhist concept, attainment
of selflessness through meditation is the only
way to rise above the. consciousness
and
to gain liberation
of mind and attainment
of NIRVANA.
fi
Yogayog
Ukhra (Burdwan)
90 )
( 91 )
uplift the soul o.nd reach the cOmic conscious- .
ness, and to realis-e the all pervading mind
through the psychic sens~.
The different moods of the mind vary in
accordance with the position of the components which :lre sub-divided
into various parts
as objective mind, subjective mind and Supra
mind (sub-conscious).
The Yoga opens the
passage from the coccyx. to the brain through
Susumna. According to "Yoga Sastra" there are
six plexus, "( hakra",
from M uladhar
to
Sahasrar and at the top is the seat of Brahma
the "Cosmic" in the thousand petalled lotus.
The vital force is thus all pervading knowledge,
complete a\vareness i e. the kno\vledge of past,
present and future, with memory impression
of past incarnations.
The
controlling
of
"Praml
Vayu" produces
vibration
in the
spinal nervous system
similiar to musical
instrument that produces sweet melody when
the keys are pressed. A good piano player
can
only
produce
a good
sound
by
pressing the keys. Thus a good performer
of
Yoga is able to play the same role and reJ.ch
above his five senses through the sympathetic
nervous system and then responds to vibrations
of a much higher kequency
than does the
spinal one.
The consciousness of. man then becomes
attuned to the cosmic vibratory effects arollnd
him and produces a mystical melody attracting
':H
( 93 )
vital force for using it in a most mystical way.
The modern scientists have made it clear that
the consciol:'5ness is related with the cosmic
reality which can be realised during meditation
period. This is another step to enter into the
subtle psychic surface for awakening
the
self within. Every human being of this plane
is bound to enter into an intermeditate
staCie
and rise to the Divine state. The spritu:l
realisdtion of man is an inborn quality which
will lead him to the limitless cosms.
India's unique heritage streching to the
very dawn of human civilization has a splendid
role ror attunement
of cosmic consciousness
with body, mind and soul, through the practice
of Yoga. At the present material set up there
is found
indifference,
hatred,
jealousy,
cynicism. intolerance amongst the people.
To root out social injustice, political ills
from the society it is a must to establish love
amity and friendship amongst brethren
and
promote better
understanding
and healthy
l'
h'
h
re.atIOn, w IC '. pave the way to mould a
society to harmony and peace. The communication media as well as exchage of ideas can
only unite the minds of people of different
sects and culture irrespetive of caste or creed
language ~ and religion. Which is the anI;
way
in awakenin~
the
self and Divine
communion.
"Y ogayog" is a society of love and friendship envisaging brotherhood amongst people of
of the count :y. "Yogayog" is a common platform where people can be united
despite
barriers through "Sanskars" or egJ. The ideals
of Yogayog wil1lead the aspirant to prosperity
and happiness which is the main attribute
of
Kriya
Yoga. Dnles); man makes friendship
with others his Sadhana may not be useful
a tall.
The great D,aster of Yogayof~. Yugach::nya
Srimat Swamy Satyananda Glri Maharaj passed
away at the very inception of the society,
When the members were eagerly praying for
his kmd blessings. In a heart broken state the
followers of Swamiji are carrying
out his
instructions as a token of respect to him and
hold high the banner of his mission left to all
of us. It is a matter of great pleasure that he
had chason as his spiritual successsor Srimat
Swamy
Hariharananda
Giri Maharaj
for
YOGODA SATSANG" Puri as Sadhu Sabhapati and Acharya, prior to his passing away
from the material
world. Hariharanandaji
is
an exponent of Kriya Yoga and a great Acharya
of this modern age. He has attained the cosmic
conscinsness, the Brahma, through the grace of
his Guru Sri Yoganadaji, the dream child of
Sri Sri Lahiri Mahasaya.
On the holy birth day of our great
Acharya Srimat Swamy Hariharnanda
Giri
Maharaj,
we
the
humble
members
of
"YOGA YOG" pay our heart felt homage at
( 9:1 )
the lotus feet of the Kriya Yogi with an ardent
appeal to grace
"Y ogayog", the Society of
love and friendship, by his kind blessings to
nourish the lofty ideals of Yogayog as an
honourable
Patron. It is our conviction to
carry out the ideals of Swamy Satyanandagiri
Maharaj and the kind help and spiritual
guidance of Swamy Hariharanandaji
is humbly
prayed for.
Yogayog, a comm\,tnica tion between man
and man, soul and soul, is a crying
need of
the hour and basic theme of "KRIY A YOGA'
the healer of human suffering,
nucleus of
modern science and the culture of to-morrow.
?j~l{'l!lj'1~qci~
0....
q<!!~ni
!{~~:q~I
~
0...'
( 97 )
( CJ6 )
as
company
to
meditation
in his presence,
( 99 )
Dt. Birbhum.
Among
ultra
modern
sages Swami
Hariharananda Giri is perhaps the 1 east known
or understood.
To a select few He IS an
integra! Yogi, an
'Outstanding
intellectual.
All this is true but not the total truth.
He
has few equals to teach the practice of meditation as outlined in the teachings
of our
beloved Param-Gurudev
Sri Sri Paramahansaji.
Another originality or characteristic of Swami
Hariharananda
Giri has been his bold blending
of ancient Yoga with modern evolution.
I pay my homage to the great Acharya
and supreme Kriya Yogi Swami Hariharananda
Giri Maharaj on His Holiness' 74th Abirbhav
day which falls on the 27th. May, 1973. The
example
of the great life of our beloved
Gurudev
is without
parallel in the ultra
modern history of divine world. He is saturated with God day and night. He consigned
His personal troubles to the vast ocean of
Bliss. That image of god ness dwells in my
heart all day long. How wise and wonderful
He is ! how pure Hisconsciousness ! How deep
His love for God and mankind! He attained
that state by renouncing the world, recognizing
its dream nature and renouncing those things
that could draw His mind away from God-all
.-
101 )
M A.
of English, F. M. College,
Balascre.
{ 102 )
cion of humanity,
Swami I-bribaran;:Jnda Giri
Maharaj,
undoubtedly
occupie:; a very high
place ot honour. In order to achieve magnanimOUS personality,
one must have self-strength.
self-confidence, self-will and intuition
as the
most Cludinal virtues.
In the ordinary course.
every individual is usefel in some way or
other. But there are certain persons who do
not fall in the general line
Their personality
is unique,
uncommon
or original.
They
possess distinct mark of personality with which
they can reach
the innermost
depth of
humanity.
My Guruji
is one such great
personalities.
His
simplicity,
sublimated
mind, holy life, self-less serviee to the people,
give extraordinary
and immense spiritual
strength to all those who come in personal
touch with Him and fill the mind with new
dynamism and new spirtual bliss. Swamiji
modestly cherishes the ambition to lead men
towards Divinity and there-fore
is engaged
ceaselessly to carryon the constructive mission
towards the highest goal. May God grant him,
His own messenger, a long life to fulfil the
mission of his life.
Swall1iji, Kriya,Yoga
Banerjee
M. A.
Swamiji's
Sadhana which he derived
from his "Gurus", consists in a definite technique of "breath control"
which has tranquilising effects on the nerves. The nerves which
( 104 )
are vital in various operations of human body
and mind being thus controlled will be in",'a
position to yield to man best results for his
proper initiative. "The technique
of breath
control" which Swamiji teaches does not call
for uneasy
physical postures and can be
practised by any average man or woman of
any age, at ease. It requires no ceremonies
nor severe restritions on nonmal habits. On
the whole it is a scientific technique,
Swamiji as a person. to express in a single
word is "Christ-like."
He is a believed to- have
attained the highest stage of soul culture. He
P1YS heed to all those who approach him with
various problems. To every body his suggestion i" that of "Sadhana." Through "Sadhana'"
man is able to solve all his problems whether
ordinary
or extraordinary.
Probably,
the
essence is that, the man finds the best S:Jlution for his own problems through perfect
command over senses. Swamiji has an admirable group of desciples and followers. His charming personality
with its divne look moulds
everybody. He deals with infinite patience.,.
varied persons with varied egoes.
The techniqu~ of Kriyayoga has produced
posi ti ve resul ts i~ those who practise it with
sincerity. My point, as a young man is that
practice of this technique will generate peace of
mind in those like me. The present day world
is declining in moral values. Weare
forced to
( lOS )
lead reckless Ii ves. The enormous COffioetltlOn
and the struggle for existence is co~stantly
polluting our mental horizons, wiping out peace
and
hap' pmeess WIt. h'm us. Only if we can
.
1l1:ro.vert our minds and qenjoy the serenity
withm our own self we will be able to sustain
nervous strains. Swamiji's technique, "Kriya
Yoga:' is the proper method which we can
adopt for this purpose.
Swami Hariharananda ,
A New Dawn In My Life
Pro. Shesh Narayan
Chandele,
M. A.
Raipur, M- P.
( 106 )
Bose, who was a. disciple of Swami Hariharananda, informed me about him and his Karar
As~ram at Puri. He told me about the supernatural powers of Swamiji and how he saw
sparks of light coming out of his body during
meditation.
I became anxious to get the
contact of Swamiji and wrote him a letter.
The kind gesture he showed to my letter is
unforgettable.
I reached Puri in the last week of December to get myself initiated
into Kriya yoga.
Swamiji was absent and the next day whea he
was coming from the busstand in a rickshaw
I saw him for the first time. At the first
Darsan I was deeply over whelmed
at his
divinely serene face, bright complexion, long
hair, ochre garments and magnetic personality.
On reaching Ashram when he learnt that
Brahmachari Bhaktiprakash
had gone to Rly.
Station to receive him, he immediately started
for the Rly Station. This is an illustration of
his loving tenderness and smcere feeling for
his disciples.
, His loving care and kindnesswa:s not only
confined to his disciples. When Swamiji observed that th'e co:>k of the Ashram' did not- have
suf~ident~warm c1othings, to the astonishment
6f all, h~'drokout" his 'own ~wdbJ:eriLswe'ater
~and 'g'avi'~hie:i:6ok to puc it'ori~r[tli'cobvibus
'tn~[{Swi{diiii's 11'e~rt1s)'ft.iIF6f sli~el0kirttltie'ss.
( 107 )
The
day I was to come back homq,
Swamiji entered into my room at about 5'0
Clock in the morning. It was severe cold.
Like a loving father he went on suggesting,
" Wrap the muffler over the ears not round
the neck only. Don't sit near the window, you
will catch cold." and such other small but practical and instructive
details. I was , deeply
moved to have such a divine soul to- take
paternal care and when I bowed down at his
feet tears rolled down my eyes.
Swafuiji has a great love for flowers. On
his arrival at the Ashram from the Railway
Station, he first of all enquired about the
flower plants in the garden which contained
unique specimens of foreign and indigenous
variety.
Pointing
at a plant that possessed
flowers of two colours, Swamiji ,remarked. that
God's creation is full of such-miracles-. :Swamiji
has the uncommon knack of seeing God hehind every manifestation~. He never gets angry
and solves problems with loving calmness.
He possesses a vast knowledge of Veda,
Upanishad and other Sastras. Wh~never he
speaks, he quotes authoritative
\Slokas' in
support of his arguments. He is also a learned
astrologer. He has good command over many
languages including English. He is highly learned to meet the knotty querries of people
regarding God and His creation.
V'
( 10d )
ma
J yotirgamaya."
Swami Hariharananda
My God, Guru and Guide.
Mahadevlal Saha. B. A.
Tewu]id:nga,
Baripada.
Kriya Yoga is the most efficacious techn~que and the best process of Sadhana with
positi ve
results.
It is the essence of all
Yoga- Techniques. Sincere adoption
of this
technique
brings quicker spiritual progress.
Paramahamsa
Yogananda,
propagated
Kriya Yoga in the west and proved India's
supremacy
in Soul-culture as a great and
renowned saint of India after Swami Veveka
nanda. Y ogananda was the disciple of Sri Yukteswar Giri who founded the Karar Ashram at
Puri.
Yukteswarjee
after preparing Yogananda
fo r western
world
to preach
Kriyayoga,
seriously thought of placing an able and all
accomplished disciple in his Karar Ashram at
Puri. He found Sri Rabinarayan Bhatacharya of
Nadia now known as Swami Hariharananda,
the most determined and amiable young man
wi th a radian t glow in his face,' tall with long
. hands, . fair
cplexioned
and
handsome.
From
the
very
childhood,
he
had
( lIO
( III )
'j
,
jf
( .H2 )
Sadhana. Regular practice of deep n.editation
in Kriya Yoga technique enables the Sadhaka
to get rid of the Samskaras of his prior births
and attainment of s:llvation becomes quicker.
Swamiji, as he is realised and is always
gra.:ed with divine
powers,
easily creates
di vine ~ensation and feelings in his disciples
while i,nitiating them. Swamiji follows the
initiation procedure and Kriya Yaga technique
of Sri Lahiri Baba which is very short and
effecti ve. Sadhana can not be done by reading
lessons ar books.
Unless the Sidha Guru guides his disciples
from
within
and
without
and
by
frequent contact, it is not possible on the part
of the disciple to continue his Sadhana regularly amidst the worldly allurements and attractions. Only through the grace of Guru and
coming
in frequent
contact
with him,
the
disciple
can
always remain
absorbed in
Sadhana
and
cross worldly
attachments.
Swamiji can undoubtedly
be
singled out as a Sidha Guru
who is fully
realised and is in all respects di vine. He has
attained the 'Stage of Trigunatita and Bhabatita
and the definition of Sadguru is fully applicable
to him. Those who come in contact with him
feel his superhuman personality.
" : Acco~?~Ilg to S\y.f.rn,iji,by S~.dha~~:R~~;~~n
see and know the sole Doer,
who remaining
( 113 )
invisible in all gross bodie's is doing every thing.
. Guru Kripra or the grace of the Guru is
not thrust upon the disciple, but it comes automatically
and spontaneously if one is sincere
and regular in his Sadhana. Swamiji says that'Gu'
means the sale doer, the Atma, that exists as
the invisible body inside the gross body and
'Ru' means the gross body or outward physical
appearance. The man who gets realisation by
Sadhana is called Guru because he finds no
difference between 'Gu' and Ru'. So Guruship
is not the monopoly of any body, Every
body, sincerely doing Sadhana will one day be
realised
and become Guru. That is why
Swamiji always insists on deep meditation
by
following the Kriyayoga
technique for the
simultaneous
development
of body, mind,
intellect and soul of the Sadhaka which leads to
quicker God-realisation.
He is the only Guru
wh:J sincerely desires that all his disciples be
realised and attend his stage, He is selflessly
labouring hard day and night and touring all
over the country to bring about the spiritual
resurgence through Kriya Yoga.
"
"~
In a most oppJrtune
moment in February
1970, I came in contact with Swarniji and was
initiated into. Kriya Yoga', I was surprised to
know that, unlike other Gurus he demanded
no moneY' for initiation., but: only insisted' on . ,
deep,cra '~'ing and sin~er'e love' 311J 'quest ;1'
God. The process of'in{tiati~n
f~jlo~~dby
114 )
'j'1
,I;
( 115 )
S'wamiji is very s~s'emati-c. He takeg apott~ th,ir;ty 'mlnutes to purify the body of each person'
sitting for initiation
and in.fuses into hil1l his
'self-acquired energy. He worships each person
as God and creates in him the feering of di vine
light, divine sound and divine touch sensation. '
I was fortunate
enough to see theSamadhi
state of Swamiji, the same evening of my
initiation, along with five to six newly initiated disciples. Swamiji, in course of his medita.tion, took two to three deep inhalations and as
I watched a ray of dotted sparkling light rose
from the bottom, probably from coccyxial
centre and moved upwards to theSahasrar
and
thendisappeared
..-I then became nervous and
worried when Tfound that pulse and heart- beat
was absent in his body and there was also no
respiration: Others present, also, felt the pulse
and bacamevery anxious abowt Swamiji. After
about twenty'minutes
Swamlji returned to his
normal physical state and' to olir gteat relief.
talked to us. By way of discourse, I came to
know later theit Sw'amiji. shows his Sam;adhi
state to his disciples whenever
neces~ry only
to infuse more spiritual (urrent into them for
quickening . their progress in attaining perfection.
,i
'd
Ij
'j
About my ownprogi-~s
so far, in Kriya
Yoga, 'the momentI
sit :for., meditation,
I
clea'rly osee'within m~'rays
brighter
light
very soothing \ and charmin~,' and hear a '''I
'of
r:r ~ _.
.._",
,J
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INITIATION
Shri Gouranga Charan Parida
Advocate, Puri.
We all know that the system of Barnashram was prevalent in ancient India and every
one after attaining the age of discretion used
to be a disciple in Gurukul
Ashram where
first he or she was inhtiated and where all sorts
of trainings
were imparted
including hard
manual labour fore most being observance of
Brahmacharya
and character
building. The
heirs of rulers and those of other influential
citizens were no exoception to this. the result
being the products of these Ashrams proved
to be useful citizens and th,eir ~o'~duct and
characters were above reproach. But to day
,we are devoid of thos'C higher values of life
and animality has ave>rp8wered rationality and
dlvinity has become, myth for ,the present
generation in our country, and as a result the
count,ry's future
is doomed 'and the only
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remedy i~ the revival of our own culture
heritage, which has so far been neglected.
and
There are various
bed for attaining
God.
RAJYOGA,
BHAKTIYOGA,
GYANYOGA
good in
KALI
ADHIDAIBIK
or
ADHY A T1\lIK
and
would bestow bliss which
is far superior
u
sen:m:l! plc:lsure. To achieve
this only cours\:
is to follow spiritu;:d
practice
( SA DH AN A )
after
being initiated
Ly a SADGURU
and
Comine; in direct
contact wi1'h him. Those who
:lre
but
in
;1clversity
are
bles:;ed
ones
because
Godhe
3,
a realisation
of the union
between
JrVATlvlA and PARAMATMA
Jnd because
nf rhe p!'e~ence of CHAKRAS
in the spinal
c'ord of man, he can
8nly.
realise God by
activising
the Chakra~
through
Yoga. Other
,mimab do lwt have the,;e Chakras
and hence
!lUll
is the ~uprellJe amc:tjjg all cre:uions
:lnd
his ultimate ,~o;tl is re2~s:Hion
of God whiL'!t
unfortunately
bas been lost sight of by us.
Yoga Cdnnot be pra:tised
from a Sadgllru
and
without
directly
instnrctions
conting
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contact with him. Just as swimming, cannot
be leilrnt simply by lItudying the lessons on
the subject, can not be practised without a
SADGURU. Sadguru meam onE; who himself
hClS realised God 'or Self bv dint
of his prolon~ed Sacihana (soul culture). Maharshi Patanjali's
YOGA SUTRA is the authority
no subject
which is generally
kno\vn as ASTHA NGA
YOG A or eightfold p8th of Yoga. They are
Y AMA, NIY Al'vIA, A51\1\A, PRANA YAM,
PRATYAHAR,
DHARANA,
DHYANA
~md SAMADHI.
During the present age it
could not ,l1ain popularitY on account of its
rigours which hardly ~uit the common man.
The 1110,t suitable and convenient
proceSS
of Y02:Zl known <lS 'KRIY A YOS A'
:')""']" :', to u1 l')~! 7'
rf ~ 'lla~v''l~L'". Sri Sri S1i Baba j i,
iy~u
a deathless A v3tar is akin to Astanga Yoga
and best suited to the ordinary man with family
burden and ordinary way of life. Sri Shyama
Charan Lahiri a householder was initiated into
tl;is Kriya by Babaji Maharaj
who in turn
initiated Sri
YLlkteswar Giri Maharaj
and
Sri Y ukteswar initi2.ted ParamhaEsa Yoganancb
and finally
Pa1amh:msa
Yogananda
initiated
his
proll1lS1ng
disciple
Swami
Hariharananda
Giri, who as good luck would
have it, is spr'cading it and initiating into
Kriya Yoga the aspirants who come to him
for the noble and divine purpose.
Swami HariharaDanda
after obtaining
University
education,
could not re~ist the
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f'Ruchinam
B:1ichitradrizukutila
N anapathaj usam
Nrinameka Gamyastamasi
Payasamarnavamiba."
-Shivomahimnastotra.
says :-
when some-body
fo11ow:s the Kriya Yoga
,technique, which has been invented
by Sri
Sri Babajj Maharaj tIie great GU!111of Kriya
Yoga,
Our beloved Swami Hariharananda
is a
great exponent and teacher of this Kriyayoga
and is the real torch bearer of the ideals of
his Guru
Sri Sri Yukteswarji
and Swami
Yogananda,
Swamiji, an ardent precepter and teacher
has renounced the worldly desires of a mortal
ani has sacrificed his life for the cause of simultaneous development of body, mind and soul
of mankind, particularly of his disciples. The
great
Swami Vivekananda
said:-"
They
alone live who live for others, the rest are
more than dead".
This truth
is vividly
personified
I!1
Swami H:uiharananda.
the
present Acharya of the Karar Ashram, whose
life is one of burning sacrifice and continuous
divine service to the agrieved mankind. His
divine touch is extended to any and everybody
who comes in contact with him and that too
without any bar 9f caste or creed or language
in India or abroad.
On this au.c,ioll'S
day of his birth
celebration,
I coasider it a great pleasure
to recollect some reminiscences of my first
mee~ing with Swamiji.
(thGn
Brahmachari
Rabim.rayan) in as back as 19.j6. I first met
( 124 )
'the
Sadhu
dre~ed
full
m
durk
wi th
long
hair
falling on
beards
and
cur mg
.
.th great
ld
I touched
hIS feet WI
the shou er.
h'
t fir"t
I
driven to love
1m a
;:,
reverence
as
w~s
d to me that Lord
'6ht
Instantly
It appeare
f
SIb
,
d'
'
front
a me.
of
Jesus Christ was stan mg m
'
l'k
J
sus
In
course
Then
he was ]00 k mg .1 ~e e
.
b
d
d
wherea outs an
conversation
he aske
my
d
as his
'"
he 'riccepte
me
with great attectlOn
'<:h d to see
I
was then astonL
e
h
b
Younger
rot er,
'h
ld make
' t'
e cou
that witl~in a dfek~ mIn~ ;:) was overpowered
me his kIth-an - In an
by his power of love.
L
of the Calcutta
brilHant
gro.duacc~
,
~le Presidency
College,
UniverSIty
from
t.,
'hou~e
of vast
:>
S ami Han 'h aranan d~a 1" a store-.
Wid
d'Ivm1
"t y. Divine
dISposItIOn
,
k now I e d6e an
h IS an
'f has taken form in the SWam1]1 w a I '
as 1
t IS
'
f
love
and a ff ec t'IOn.
embodIment
a
d' 'p1e thinks
"
1
ery
ISCl 1
,
much astomshmg
t lat ev
L d Krishna
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hIt
about
or
,
as the Gop1es t. aug 1 ,
t But alas the
hat the Guru loves hIm mas:
_
t
r
ttle about hIS greatne:>s.
people know very 1
,
A
c'
"Abajanant1
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,M
ang
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M rha Manuslm
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" Gita
Tanumas
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e when I taJ..;:e
"The people d1sregar s m
dK ' h .
"Thus
siad
the
Lor
ns na.
the form a f man
One day I accompame
': Darshan
of
t h e grea t
, d Swamiji
sa-int
topave
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Sltaram
CIS
125)
Onkarnath
who was then
living
at
Puri.
When
we reached
the door of the Sadhu,
Swamiji laid straight
on the ground
to take
the dust of his feet. The Sadhu also giving no
chance to Swamiji
stretched
himself
on the
ground in the same pose. This is really becoming of a Sadhu who is great. It is told in verse:"Trinadapi
sunichena,
Taroribo
Sahisnu
etc".
Sri Sri
Ramkrishna
Paramahansa,
the
great saint of Dakihineswar
told that he is the
real doctor
who examined
the patient,
gives
him medicine and applies force to the patient
to compel him to take the medicine
and stops
not till the patient
is fully 'cured
of the
disease, So is the real Guru who applies force
to his disciples
to compel him to
practice
Sadhana does not take rest until and unless the
disciple is cured of his wordJy
desires
that is
Maya. This quality we Find in Swami Hariharananda who takes great
,to uplift
the spiritual
mankind."
Such a great love
seldom found in other Gurus.
and
affection
is
Sri Yukteswarji
was a man of great insight and he could truly see the future Guru in
R1binarayan
for which he st'lected Swamiji as
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the future Acharya of the Karar
Ashram.
Now, not only lndicllls but also foreigners from
fa; America, England, Swizerland, Holland.
Germany and even Japan are gathering at his
feet in order to satisfy their spiri tual thirst.
Gita says:"Juktaharabiharasya,
juktachestashya karmashu, jukta swapanababodhasya
yoga bhabati dukhyaha,:'
It means that through
controlled
diet
and restc-iction in all sphere of life one can
attain Yoga, the state in which all the three
fold miseries
spiritu2.l, mentaJ and physical
are destroyed. Swamiji is himself an example of
such a controlled
and restricted
life. He
places him,.;clf as an ide31 to his followers.
I myself have seen Swamiji hGW he
observes the vow of silence ( Mouna ) for days
together and spencls sleepless nights absorbed
in deep meditation.
Once I asked him "Oh,
Swamiji have you get the Darshan of Lord
Jagannath
?" "Surely"-he
instantly
replied,
"I have had the Dershan of the Lord more than
once. I found h~s teeth only as big as the
palm-trees. His endless feet and hands, so what
to speak of his vast treat body." At once the
"Viswarup Darshana" as viMlaIised by A rjuna
as stated in the Gita sprang up in my mind.
Further Sri Babaji Maharaj and Sri Jukteswarji
have given Swamiji 'Danhan
several. times
127 )
Swamiji what to
We the
fortunate
follower~ and
disciples
are
enough to haTe a Guru like Swamiji.
Sastras
say:"The
Guru must be
"Shrotriya
and Brahmanistha"
i.e. the guru
must be one who has SGen Brahma and knows
the real meaning of the Sastras. Both the5e
requirements a~e present in Swamiji.
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COSMIC ASrROLOGY
AND
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ehart
ot
Muladhar
Swadhishtan
Manipur
Anahat
Vishuddha
Ajna
Sahasrar
their positions
Name
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Chakra
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
"iii'
the bodlJ
Name
"
of Physical
Plexus
Do
Do
, Co~~r!{eal
Sacral
Lumher
Dorsal"
,Cervical
Pituitq.ry
Fontenelle
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Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
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Cervical region
"Dorsal
do
tumb~r
do
Sacreal
do
Coccygeal
do
(neck) ,
(back)"
(waist) ,
(Sacrum)
(coccyx)
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"Every
thing is available in this world
but the
perS:1n 'without
Karma',
does
not get it." Instead of taking Karma as past
actions, I would take it as present actions,
Lord Krishna
tells
Arjuna to do Karma,
'f.'1 '!I~; Yogavatar Shri Shri Lahiri Mahashayaji
Says, ;;r;:rq <1;:rq'H ~r~. It is possible to change
your whole future
in this very life itself.
It is in your hands.
0
TO MY BABA
pearest
A. B. S. Sharma,
Baba,
Please
be
patient
with me
Swamiji, and when I reach t,he shores
of self realisation, I shall write your
name there,
Jai .Guru
EOlJe
sIld ,iennfl
From;
Adrienne
Marshall
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Heldmaster,
B.A, B. Ed.
Z. P. H. School,
Dist. Srikakulam,
Andhra
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bit hur,gry-A
question
arose in my mind: "0 Bah;;ji-\VIlI
ilny food come to me unnlOve.J, unasked,
and
tmordered."
I was thinking
over the matter.
Believe
it or not my nieC'2, :1 you!'g girl of
seven, brought tiffin fer ie '.v,dking altogether
;l ulilc.
I \vondereo-rhUI~dcr struck. Thankc(l
the Upive,,,,'l "p':r':' r\,h,.:, '1"1
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lalqhed
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lettfr
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true?
\\Tby
did I doubt
the writings
or a holy
saint?
Is the Puri Ashram organi,cd hy the Realised
persons
of the Kriya YOg:l now 7 \Vill God
bless me with Kriya 7" I told my prayer to
Babaji to save me and show me the path.
In February,
1972 my friend ond myself started for Cuttack
to :tttend
the Divine
life Conference.
Vl e were interested
to know
it <"Inyone fr,lm Puri Ashram
would attend.
To our greJt jO~l, in one day's programme
we
found that S~'i ::iri Harih2rananda
Giri ;)f Puri
Ashram wouia spe3k 0:1 Kriya Yoga.
On
the
appointed
day, My Gurudev
permanent
impression
if he
visits it even
"Sarmaji111ltlation is taking
19. 3. 72, Swami Hariharanada
has
letter"
told my doctor friend.
frielid
was
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initiate9
place
written
on
a
and Doctorji
at a later
time.
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Thus I met
my Guruji. my father my
.redeemer, my caret a1<cr. He is "my mother-cat,
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where as I am his naughty kItten. May 1,
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him
through
& through.
the
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Having
noticed all these qualities
In
Swamiji. one day I proposed to my wife. to
accept her maternal uncle as my Guru.
My
elder brother. a highly qualified teacher was
also moved with the spiritual disposition of
Swamiji. So, we three approached Swamiji,
took initiation
and started
to follow his
'Kriya Yoga' cent peticent which
brought
forth the quickest resul ts.
Within
a short period, I felt divine
vibration all the top of my head, i. e. on the
'Brahmarandhra'.
By fixing my attention there,
soon I heard
the venilent
uninterrupted
divine sound anel watcbed calmly the divine
]i2ht also. By & by I have completed the
preliminary
'Kliya' and has been instructed
by SwamIji to practise higher 'Kriyas'.
Swami Hariharananda
Giri is one of the
direct'
disciples
of Sri Yukteswar
Giriji
Maharaj, who was the direct disciple of Yogiraj
Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya.
Swamiji
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learnt higher Kriya techniques from Paramhansa y'ogananda, Sw,!mi S,atyananda Giri &
Srimat Bhupendranath
Sanya!.
It is a matter of grelt regret that Paramhansa yogananda
while staying in America
made so many changes in
'Kriya yoga'
technique for the sake of American disciples,
most probably to prepare ground for real Kriya
initiation.
As per "Manu Samhita" we find
three kinds of vices in "Sanatan Dharma" i. e.
the practice of (i) selling rice to the hungry;
(ii) selling knowledge to the ignorant & (iii)
selling
religion to the desirous to acquire
religious knowledge.
It is regretted
that
there arc some religious institutions
in our
country and abroad who are practically selling
religious lessons at high price & demanding a
high amount of money as 'Guru daksina'.
This
is contrary
to Indian tradition
and
culture.
It is regretting
to notice that
some
Arne'icans,
use the name of Lahiri Baba,
Y~l{(eswar Giri & Pdramhansa YOJ:manda and
preach false 'Kriya
Yoga' to
our
p,oor
countrymen
arid demand high amount'- as
donation & 'daksina'.
But they know not
that it was the earnest desire of Lahire Baba,
Sri Yukteswarji
& their descendants
not to
give any monetary pressure to the discip~es.
In the sphere' of religion money must nat get
the' priority.
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SWflmi 'Harihar~n~nAa
Giri IS a: real
renunciated
person & Yogi from hisv.ery
cl;1iIdh9C?d. He Ipeditated .,4ceplY.throt,lghout
his life ansI is leadil!g a 'Sanyashii lifeJor'~ore
t9.;:n .th!rt~four
y,~ars. ,Sri Y:ui{t~sw:arji" :~t
Srira.~pore,J?ei.n.g geeplymov.ed with S.warP,iji~s
vast ~l1o,wledge, culture & di vine quality at
the fir$t sight made a long conversati~~ with
him, went through Swamiji's boroscope
&
palm and prophecised,
"You ~iJ1 ~~ma'in
bachelor & be a renunciated
monk of India
soon.
Sri Yukteswarji
rep.~~tedly asked
Swamiji to take the charge of 'Karar Ash~a'm'
at Puri ( Orissa) hy taking 'Sanayas' ,as, early
as possible.
Sri Yukteswarji selected Ori~sa
because
three
'Brahmamurtis'
are abiding
there.
i. e, (i} Darumaya Brahma atPuri;
(if) PashanmovaBrahma
at Bhubaneswar & (iii)
Souramoya Brahma at Konark.
Sri Yukteswarji's request to,Swal11iji Fas.
"As you are the son of a Cl1lture9, C?rthodo'x
Hindu Brahmin and know ,all, the 'PujaPath'
and have thorough cQnception of 'Patanjai'j',
'Gita', 'Ram<1yan', and 'Ch'andi', JOU are the
fittest man for the 'Karar Ashram' ;t P~ri.
From different places of India & abroad many
seekers of true 'Kriya Yoga' & divine,path
come to Puri & want Satsangha'.
So, you
are the fittest man to satisfy those seekers."
:At lthis~' S.w.amiji's.reply
was, ",My Lord,
Surely I will "go there, but qnly;,when).sq?ll
[
be inspired'
self."
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within
the
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M. Se.
Officer, Puri.
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