![]() ![]() Even an ignorant man who is devoted to his service becomes liberated.” By the sight of him the whole world becomes consecrated. By a touch, a word, or even a glance, he could awaken others to a greater awareness of God's presence, or bestow the experience of superconscious ecstasy on disciples who were in tune.Ī passage in the Upanishads tells us: “That sage who has solely engaged himself in drinking the nectar which is no other than Brahman, the nectar which is the outcome of incessant meditation, that sage becomes the greatest of ascetics, paramahansa, and a philosopher free of worldly taint, avadhuta. I often observed how effortlessly he would enter the transcendent state of samadhi each of us present would be bathed in the ineffable peace and bliss that emanated from his God-communion. Paramahansaji manifested utter mastery of the yoga science of meditation cited by Lord Krishna in the Gita. ![]() ![]() ![]() And of the literary works that flowed so prolifically from his communion with God, the Bhagavad Gita translation and commentary may well be considered the Guru’s most comprehensive offering - not merely in sheer volume but in its all-embracing thoughts. Even if he had left to posterity nothing more than his lectures and writings, he would rightly be ranked as a munificent giver of divine light. Every free soul has to shed on others his light of God-realization.” How generously Paramahansa Yogananda fulfilled this obligation! - scriptural words voiced by him early in his world mission. “No siddha leaves this world without having given some truth to mankind. ![]()
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