Swami
Chidananda- An Ideal Yogi
by
Swami Adhyatmanada
by
Swami Adhyatmanada
During
annual spiritual retreat at Sri Ramtirth Ashram-Rajpur of Sri Sri
Anandmai Maa, Maa kept on asking
repeatedly, why Baba is not eating properly. Instead of giving proper reply,
with all curiosity Swami Adyatmanandaji asked the question, “There are so many
Mahatmas here, why is Maa very keen to know about Baba’s food
habits?”
“Baba”,
she referred to Revered Gurudev Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj. Maa always
addressed all mahatmas as Baba. In answer to my query Maa elaborated, “Baba
ko eke bar trupti se bhojan diya tho eke Aswamegha yajna ka phal milega.” Meaning
thereby, If you serve heart content meal to revered Sri Swami Chidanandaji
Maharaj, it would earn you punya
(merits) of having performed one Ashvamegh
Yajna. It’s a very rare blessings
indeed!!!
From
Rajpur we went to Landourcant at Mrs.
and Brigadier K. K. Karai’s home. There Swamiji had a really heart content
mid-day meal. Once after Navaratri fasting, at Haridwar railway station Rev. Sri
Omprem Mataji brought cow milk with sugar, saffron and cardamom. It was
swamiji’s solid food after eleven day fasting only on water. Swamiji by paying
his gratitude towards Rev Omprem Mataji said, “Aaj aapne hamko trupt kar diya.”
At night swami Adyatmanandaji asked Rev. Gurudev that many months before at
Rajpur Ramtirth Ashram Maa said that if you were satisfied with heart content
meal, choicest heavenly blessings would be adorned upon the person who has
served the food to your holiness.
Are Mother Omprem Devi and Mrs. K K Karai going to be the recipient of
such heavenly divine merits? Rev.
Swamiji Maharaj replied at once “ If Maa has made such statement then really
they will incur such merits.”
With
all sincerity and curiosity once Swami Adyatmanandaji asked Rev. Swamiji “How
is Swamiji managing with such a little food, where as in the past he had quite a
few opportunities to have meals together and he had observed that Swamiji used
to have regular meals?”
As
an explanation to the above intriguing question, Rev. Swamiji Maharaj narrated
an episode from his childhood memory, “From early childhood, I aspired to be a
Yogi. I myself was baffled as to how the yogi survives with the minimal food. I
kept on enquiring until I got credible answer from our cook. He explained that
the yogi retired in the forest carried with him a sandalwood bowl in which he
would take his meal. He would rub
the bowl upside down on the stone to make sandalwood paste for his daily
worship. Slowly but surely, the size of the bowl would reduce and so did the
food intake of the yogi. Having adopted similar method, I have reduced my food
intake systematically over the years.
As
a result, for about last two and a half years worshipful and Rev. Swamiji
Maharaj is taking only one full glass of simple buttermilk.
Hard
to believe but it is true. It is possible because of unparalleled tenacity,
dogged self-control, resolute sense-control and oneness with cosmic energy.
The
path of the Self -realization is very tough. It
does not allow for physical comforts and the pampering of the mind. Once Rev.
Swami Ramsukhdasji Maharaj, a hundred year old renowned sage of Gita Bhavan,
said; “When comfort increases the sincerity in sadhana decreases. A practice
of austerity is a must. A piece of daily bread and a pair of loin clothe is
enough to survive and undertake sadhana (spiritual practices) for the realization of the
absolute.” More you dive deep in
the inner most recesses of the heart, more you will find the pearls of divinity.
The divine gem is within you. What you need is sincerity and being true to your
own Self.
Life
of Rev. Sri Swamiji Maharaj itself is a great lesson and message to the modern
mankind. He lives, rather breathes to do good, good and good to the known and
unknown. To Him from ant to elephant everything is Hari. His Self-realization
is being experienced day and night by his devotees or many of those
fortunate souls who had or having an opportunity to be with him, near or around
him.
His
concern for every small matter makes one thinks that his existence itself is for
that particular task at hand at that moment. He is whole heartedly and totally
engrossed in his divine being that is beyond concept, cognition or perception of
the individual being. Though he engages himself to be in daily affairs of
worldly activities, he is beyond this gross phenomenal world. He is simply
divine.
Once
Rev Sri Satya Sai Babaji expressed to Swami Adyatmanandaji, “Present existence
of the world, peace and blessedness of the mankind is all due to Rev. Swami
Chidanandaji Maharaj’s physical existence on this planet earth.”
His
existence on the earth is for the upliftment of each
one of his followers and sincere seekers of the truth to the highest realm.
Today
the followers of the Divine Life Society and His Devotees all over the world are
celebrating 88th birthday of His Holiness. Let
us pray: “Oh Supreme blessedness, we are Thine Thou art ours, Thy will be
done.”
May
His divine grace and blessings enlighten us and guide us to realize the truth in
this very birth here and now.
OM
SHANTI
posted by ...........vipul koul.
sources .gita presses. gorakhpur
Selected
Photos of Guru Maharaj
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