--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Premanand" <premanandp...@...> wrote: > > Have just put up a few pointers about this at:- > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/parampara.html >
I wonder how many really catch the monumentally staggering and far reaching evolutionary significance of what you have just shared, Paul: Guru Dev's guru was a swami called Shri 108 Shri Dandi Ji Swami Krishnanand Saraswati. What is less well known is just who his guru was, or indeed the names of Krishanand Saraswati's other disciples. Well, it appears certain that Krishnanand's guru was the famous 32nd acharya of Sri Sharada Peetam, Sringeri - Sri Narasimha Bharati VIII <http://www.kataragama.org/sages/kadaiswa.htm> , 32nd Shankaracharya of Sringeri (1817-1879). It is recorded that Paramahansa Krishnanand attended a very important meeting of rishis in 1855, some way northwest of his ashram, at Dharali, close to Gangotri (on what is now National Highway, NH-108 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NH_108> ). The meeting of rishis was addressed by Vyasa, who possibly addressing Krishnanand personally, said:- "Holy Guardians of Dharma! Illustrious Rishis! A new sub-cycle in this Yuga is ending. A new light of the torch of Eternal Truth is to be ushered into the world. The West has to live according to the Law which the Lord gave her nearly 2,000 years ago. Optimism and activity, ambition and love of power have stifled the growth of the spirit of the West. Now let a new era open. A tributary of the holy Ganga of the Gita is winding its way to Angala Desha (England). Thus it has been decreed. This holy and venerable Sage, this representative of the great Shankara, this saint is undertaking the great task. Give your blessings, holy Sages." - preface, `Shri Dada Sanghita - The Heart of the Eastern Mystical Teaching' by Hari Prasad Shastri, Shanti Sadan, 1948
