Swami Ashokananda
Swami Ashokananda
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Swami Ashokananda as I Knew
He was born in a poor Mukherjee Brahmin family in a small village in Jessore district now in Bangla Desh. When he was of three years age, hisfather died and he was left alone with his elder brother aged 12 and widowed mother. Being poor, they had to live a hard life on the earnings of the lady and her first son. >>>
Nagadandi: Some Reminiscences
Foremost among Kashmiri Saints was the great mystic "seer", Lalleshwari, popularly known as Lal Ded (Mother Lalla), who profoundly influenced the thought and life of her contemporaries and whose sayings still touch the Kashmiri's ear, as well as the chords of his heart, and are freely quoted by him as maxims on appropriate occasions. >>>
Swami Ashokananda
A seeker, with his hard Endeavour evolves into higher and still higher emergent forms. The process goes on till super mind and its higher state of consciousness integrate and attain oneness with the all pervading Super Consciousness. A human being, who achieves this stage, is a saint, being Super Consciousness or Divinity itself. Swami Ashokanand was a mystic sage of high order and belonged to this category. He adhered to fabled way of ascetic life roaming Himalayan forests particularly Garhwal and other adjacent ones, naked in rain and snow defying nature. Those who came in contact of him earlie,r speak high of him and the miracles he could perform. Swami Ji could predict future of individuals and of nations in whom he felt concerned .He was an enigma and an oceanic divinity with deep depths. Only some who were blessed got their pitchers filled with happiness and bliss. >>>