--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Very nice, thanks for posting this.
Isn't this reminiscent of 'Our guiding Light' published in 'Love and God' I swear that many sentences are verbatim there, just taking away the information of the day an the present tense. If you think of it: this could have been well approved by GD himself. Sheds a new light to some of the early stuff MMY published and the role he played around GD. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo" > <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > > > > > This was forwarded to me. I'd not seen it before, so I thought some > > of you may be interested. > > > > > > > > > > > > This press release was written by Maharishi 55 years ago announcing > > the visit of Shri Guru Dev, whose childhood name was Raja Raam. > > > > > > > > The Great Saint of the Himalayas is Coming to Shower His Blessings > on > > the Metropolis > > > > The Statement issued by: BAL BRAHMACHARI SHRI MAHESH JI. > > > > Press conference convened by Shri Shankaracharya Reception > Committee, > > > > Delhi on the 15th Oct. 1952 at 5 p.m. in the Young Man's Tennis > Club > > Queen's Gardens, in connection with the visit of HIS HOLINESS SHRI > > JAGATGURU SHANKARACHARYA MAHARAJ OF JYOTIRMATH. > > > > ****** > > > > It gives me a great pleasure to welcome you all and have your > company > > here this afternoon. It gives me enough encouragement and support > to > > acquaint you with the details of the mission for whose fulfilment > > His Holiness Shri Jagatguru Shankaracharya Swami BRAHMANAND > > SARASWATI MAHARAJ will be visiting your city about the 12th of > > November 1952 and stay here for about a month for Dharmopdesh. > > > > > > > > Swami Brahmand Saraswati Maharaj, the present Shankaracharya of > > Jyotirmath Badarikashram (in the Himalayas) is a magnetic > personality > > with a sweet amalgam of High Wisdom and Love of humanity. He > > combines in himself the Knowledge of the Self with the mysterious > > powers -- the Sidhis arising out of Yogic perfection and hard > > penances, which He has undergone throughout His life. He is a great > > living Yogi and scholar and is revered by millions of Hindus as > > their Supreme Religious Head. > > > > > > > > This great Saint of the modern age was born in U.P. in a well to do > > and renowned Brahman family in 1871 and was enthroned to the seat > of > > His Holiness Jagatguru Shankaracharya in 1941 at Banares, during > the > > ninth session of the All India Sanatan Dharma Maha Sammelan > convened > > by the Bharat Dharma Mahamandal in conjunction with a countrywide > > support of almost all the ruling princes and different > > socioreligious institutions all over the country. It may be > recalled > > that it was a long persuasion of about twenty years which could > > convince Param Virakt Swami Brahmanand Saraswati to accept the > great > > responsibility of the Shankaracharya at the age of seventy. > > > > > > > > From the tender age of nine when he came out of his home in Search > of > > God, till this time, his life was mostly spent in the lonely hidden > > regions of the Himalayas, Vindya Giris and the Amarkantakas which > > are rarely frequented by men and are chiefly inhabited by wild > > animals. For years together he has lived in hidden caves and thick > > forests where even the midday sun frets and fumes in vain to > dispel > > the darkness that may be said to have made a permanent abode there > in > > those solitary and distant regions. > > > > > > > > But today he is easily accessible as he is now the presiding head > of > > Shri Jyotirmath which is the greatest religious institution of the > > Hindus of Northern India, covering all different creeds and > > Sampradayas and branches lying under the fold of Hindu Religions. > > > > > > > > One unique principle of the great Sage that distinguishes Him > > completely from other living saints of today is that He does > > not�accept money as gift from his visitors or disciples. > > > > > > > > This brief description attempts to mirror a few hurried and short > > glimpses of the life journey of this great living Sage who has > > actually transformed into a living fact the inner latent > potentiality > > of the soul. He has known the great universal Truth, whose > > realisation is the aim of the entire scheme of life. For Him the > > mists of ignorance have completely disappeared and having known the > > Divine Reality He has verily become an embodiment of the great > > Divinity. > > > > > > > > His aim of life, if the life of a realised soul can be said to > > possess any such aim, is to broadcast the message of the Great > Divine > > Light that He has himself realised, the Light that is the Soul of > all > > human beings. Having himself attained the pinnacle of Self > > development, he aims at transforming the worldly minded people into > > the Godly minded, and through his inner Divine touch to change the > > materialistic hearts of iron into spiritual hearts of gold. > > > > > > > > His entire personality emanates the sweet perfume of spirituality. > > His face radiates that rare light which comprises love, authority, > > serenity and self assuredness that comes only by righteous living > and > > Divine Realisation -- one feels as if some ancient Maharishi > > mentioned in the pages of the Upanishads has assumed human form and > > feels that it is worth while leading a pious life and to strive for > > the realisation of the Divine. > > > > > > > > His Spiritual teachings are simple and clear and go straight home > to > > heart. He strictly adheres to the course of inner development laid > > down by the Systems of Indian Philosophy and ethics and he raises > His > > voice never in opposition but always in firm support of the Truths > > and principles contained in the Hindu Scriptures. > > > > > > > > According to the tradition from the worldly point of view, the > > dignity of the Shankaracharyas throne has got to be maintained by > the > > rich paraphernalia around his Holiness, but those who have come in > > His contact know the fact that the private life of the Sage is > quite > > simple and renunciation. > > > > > > > > I believe that he is a living embodiment of titanic spiritual > force. > > If I were asked on the basis of my personal experience, about the > > living saints of today, as to who is the greatest amongst them, I > > would unhesitatingly name Shri Jagatguru Shankaracharya Swami > > Brahmanand Saraswati Maharaj of Jyotirmath the Beacon Light of the > > holy sanctuaries of the Himalayas. > > > > > > > > Shri Shankaracharya Maharaj has clear insight into the mind and the > > thoughts of the modern age. His teaching and commendments are based > > on sound reasonings which are quite agreeable to any reasonable > > thinker. He is a great critic of prejudices and narrow mindedness > > arising out of irrational love of caste, creed, nationality or > > any "ism". His life is a living proof of the Truth of the Vedas and > > Shastras. He has opened a new era of renaissance of True Religion. > He > > extends his recognition to anything that is good in any religion. > He > > is accessible to all. Everyone can enjoy and derive benefit from > his > > holy Darshan and elevating discourses. > > > > > > > > He is coming shortly to shower his blessings on the busy and > restless > > souls of the metropolis. I beseech you, my friends, to extend your > > hearty co-operation for the great cause in the interest of each > > individual of our society, in the interest of our nation and in the > > interest of the world at large. The great Saint of the Himalayas is > > coming in your midst and in the fitness of the great occasion, I > > appeal your good sense to extend your valuable support so that his > > elevating discourses may reach the masses in every nook and corner > of > > our country and abroad. > > > > > > > > ----------------- > > > > > > > > > > Thanking you for giving me a pertinent hearing, I would like to say > > something, in short, about the shrine of Jyotirmath, the prime > > spiritual centre of Northern India and the headquarter of Shri > > Shankaracharya Maharaj. Jyotirmath is one of four seats established > > by Adi Shankaracharya in this continent -- two thousand and five > > hundred years ago. > > > > > > > > It is situated in the heart of the Himalayas 173 miles up from > > Hardwar and only 18 miles south of Shri Badrinath and may be said > to > > be the queen of the Himalayas for natural beauty and > > spiritual�values. Jyotirmath it was that the first Shankaracharya > > selected for his stay in Himalayas where he taught the highest > > philosophy of existence -- the Vedant to his disciples, wrote his > > immortal commentaries on the eleven principle Upanishads, the > > Bhagavad Gita�and Brahmasutra and established a seat of Spiritual > > light to function as sansorium, a supreme centre of the Eternal > > Religion of India to keep the Light of Pure civilisation and > culture > > burning for all the millennium to come. It is an ancient culture > > centre of yoga, the Light House which has preserved and > disseminated > > the Light of the Sanatan Dharma all the way down the ages. > > >
