In a taped conversation to his friend turned foe Lenin Karuppan Nithyananda has stated that Ramakrishna had an affair with Saratha Devi,Vivekananda had an ilicit affair with Nivedithita and Ramana Maharishi with Udaya.
This so called Guru does not even know that Saratha Devi was the wife of Sri.Ramakrishna Paramahamsa or nowhere in the life history of Ramana Maharishi does one find a word of ‘Udaya’
There have been a lot of Sages, we hear, in the Puranic Age.
The Compassion,Discipline,Self-Denial and Simple Living of these Sages are so unbelievable that one tends to dismiss them as a figment of imagination.
But, as if prove ourselves totally wrong ,there comes a time when Sages of such Nature appear.
Along with Sri Ramana Maharishi.His Holiness Sri Chandra Sekarendra Saraswati of Kanchi Mutt is one who can give us a glimpse into the world of Sages and their Compassion.
Like Ramana, Periyavar/Periyava(Elder/Great Man), as Sri Chandra Sekara Saraswati is fondly called, was not a Man of Miracles.
He always had time for the poor and the distressed.
For him,a piece of Gold or a piece of tin were the same, as Lord Krishna proclaims as the characteristic of a Stiththa Pragna( Man who is anchored in Reality).
He was learned beyond words.
Astronomy,Astrology,The Vedas,Modern Science, Archaeology,History,Sociology,History of The World,Numismatics,The Bible, The Koran,Zend-Avesta,- you name it, he can put any scholar to shame.
Yet he will seek clarification from people as if he knows nothing.
I am reminded of Sri.Ramana Maharishi of Tirivannamalai.
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Sir Arthur Osbourne, the Maharishi‘s biographer recalls an incident.
Osbouune asked Ramana, whether what He teaches is The Advaita of Sri Sankaracharya.
Bhagwan replied ‘I am expressing what I have felt. Learned people like you tell me that it is like what Sankara said.I do not know’!
The same humility was evident with the Periyavar.
Osbourne records an instance concerning The Periyavar.
Arthur Osbourne came to India in search of Sages/Realized Souls, seeking knowledge.
He toured the length and breadth of India and could find none.
Some one informed hm of Ramana Maharishi.
Osbourne went to Sri Ramanasramam,Tiruvannamalai.
Bhgagwan Ramana Maharishi never tried to convert people into his line of thinking.
( His normal refrain was ‘ if you are hungry,you have to eat; I can not eat for you;I can not do any thing,If you want to realize God, you have to attempt)
Osboune sat among the group of people in front of Sri Ramana.
Ramana did not even look at him.much less to talk to him.
Osbourne was disillusioned.
He thought of Ramana Maharishi as a Charlatan and he left.
While leaving Tiruvannamali he chanced upon travelling with the Periyavar.
While travelling, Periyavar casually observed ‘ you have come to India in search of a Guru.
You are not satisfied.You have seen Ramana. You think he is a charlatan.Ramana is your Guru, you will return to England and come back to Ramana’
Osbourne came back and became an ardent Disciple of Ramana Maharishi and published Ramana’s Biography and edited ‘The Mountain Path‘ till his death’
Periyavar was one whose intuition and compassion knows no bound.( I am using the present tense as he showering his Blessings even now, though he left his physical frame)
I shall be posting a few instances.
Now I am posting a Video about the Kanchi Periyavar by Suki.Sivam , well-known Speaker.
Jagadguru Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal (Tamil: சந்திரசேகரேந்திர சரஸ்வதி சுவாமிகள்) (May 20, 1894 – January 8, 1994) or theSage of Kanchi was the 68th Jagadguru in the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam. He is usually referred to as Paramacharya or Mahaswami or Maha Periyavaal.
Maha Periyavaal was born on 20 May 1894, under Anuradha star according to the Hindu calendar, into a Kannadiga SmarthaHoysala Karnataka Brahmin family in Viluppuram, South Arcot District, Tamil Nadu as Swaminatha. He was the second son of Subramanya Sastri, a District Education Officer. The child was named Swaminatha, after the family deity, Lord Swaminatha of Swamimalai, near Kumbakonam. Swaminatha began his early education at the Arcot American Mission High School at Tindivanam, where his father was working. He was an exceptional student and excelled in several subjects.[citation needed] In 1905, his parents performed his Upanayanam, a Vedic ceremony which qualifies a Brahmin boy to begin his Vedic studies under an accomplished teacher.[citation needed]
Incidents leading to Sainthood
During the childhood of the Acharya, his father consulted an astrologer who, upon studying the boy’s horoscope, is said to have been so stunned that he prostrated himself before the boy exclaiming that “One day the whole world will fall at his feet”.In 1906, the 66th Acharya of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peethamperformed the annual Chaturmasyam (a forty-day annual ritual performed by Hindu ascetics while remaining in one place), in a village near Tindivanam in Tamil Nadu. This was Swaminathan’s first exposure to the Math and its Acharya. Later, Swaminathan accompanied his father whenever he visited the Math where the Acharya was deeply impressed by the young boy.
See the video and decide for yourself.
Of late, number of charlatans ,criminals and sex starved abnormal/subnormal individuals cloak themselves in the garb of Gurus and bring disrepute to Hinduism.
These people know nothing about Hinduism and are cashing in on people’s insecurity .These people offer deliverance (Moksha),offer courses in Yoga ,that too in a matter of months,say that they can cure anything from Asthma to Alzheimer’s( in fact what they offer is nothing but aerobic exercises-they go to Asana and Pranayaama with out Yama and Niyama-none of them follow Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra).
Government should with draw facilities granted under income tax act for trusts formed by these people and audit their accounts by a no-non sense auditor and bring these people to book and they be awarded maximum punishment under Cr.PC.
People should know that Religion is a personal affair and one does not need jokers like these to realize God.If you seek a Guru, as enjoined in the Vedas, He shall come to you, if your hunger for him is intense.
None can nullify the fruits of your actions and you can not escape from the reactions that arise out of your actions;even God can not/will not help you.
If you are sincere, HE shall Bless you with Gyana ( Supreme knowledge) and provide you with Fortitude to face difficult times.
Do not be deluded by criminals and fraudsters.
Still not sure? read Ramana Maharishi.
It is sickening to find many self styled Gurus who offer you right from Health,Wealth,Self Realisation,Yoga Mukti,Solution for World Problems.These gentlemen offer all this, with a fee ,of course.An International Company is coming ONLINE with Spiritual Solutions!
Some of them say they Teach Art of Living as if the Vedas teach the Science of Death.Hobnobbing with industrial bigwigs, politicians,addressing international forums who probably may not know what it is all about.They comment on Politics , international relations!
The concept of Guru is very high and very noble and He/She is held in high esteem.
There are vaious levels.
Upadhyayay is one who teaches the scriptures and performs regular rituals.
Acharya is one who initiates you in a particular Chapter,Shaka of Veads.
Guru is one who knows your spiritual needs and guides you through out.
A Guru never advertises for Shisyas(Disciples/followers)
They get attracted to him.If a seeker wants a Guru desperately, he will find him.Similarly a Guru shall find a disciple.
Guru does not charge.Vidya/Knowledge must not be sold , according to Scriptures .( so are Medicine, Food and Water)
He shall gladly accept what disciple offers him as a token of love as it were from his son.Even in cases where the Guru asked for Dakshina or fees, it is to demonstrate to the world the Greatness of his disciple.
Do the present Gurus hold a candle to this definition?
Ramana Maharishi, A realized Soul , when asked to initiate a disciple, replied”I can not eat for you;if you want to realize, you have to strive for it”
Bhagwan Sri Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita ‘You( Atman) is your only fiend and He is your only enemy’
Realization must be attained by individual effort, not by book knowledge or by paying Gurus.It calls for Practice(Sadhana) and Vairagya(determination)- Bhagavad Gita.
Guru is essential to your Spiritual need, but not these type of peddlers(imagine if Vedas and Yoga were to have been patented these guys would have been paupers long ago!).Vedas declare ‘If you sincerely seek a Guru, He shall come to you”
An example is Sir Arthur Osboune,who revered Ramana Maharishi as his Guru( though Ramana did not say so)
after desperate search for Guru in India.He even contacted Paramachaya of Kanchi.He told him” I am not your Guru;your Guru is Ramana,you will see him now, but you will not approve of him and go back; you shall return and accept him as your GURU’.It was so.
Where are these Great Souls and where are these jet setting charlatans?
