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Like the Lord Buddha, this Indian sage also describes his experience as accompanied by "unbounded light." Speaking of this strange and overpowering sense of being immersed in light, Sri Ramakrishna described it thus: "The living light to which the earnest devotee is drawn doth not burn. It is like the light coming from a gem, shining yet soft, cool and soothing. It burneth not.
Its subtle flavors escape them while they grovel in primal mud. All nice discriminations are lost to the man of elemental lusts." Students seeking to escape from the dualistic MAYA delusion received from Sri Yukteswar patient and understanding counsel.
I knelt at his feet; the supreme guru patted me kindly on the shoulder. "'Child, you must meditate more, he said. 'Your gaze is not yet faultless-you could not see me hiding behind the sunlight. With these words in the voice of a celestial flute, Babaji disappeared into the hidden radiance. "That was one of my last visits to Benares to see my guru," Sri Yukteswar concluded.
I told my friend details of the way in which our guru would approach us. As I finished my description, Sri Yukteswar came into view, wearing the same clothes I had seen a short time earlier. He walked slowly in the wake of a small lad bearing a silver jug. For a moment a wave of cold fear passed through me, at the unprecedented strangeness of my experience.
Self-realized masters in every century have hallowed her soil; modern Christlike sages, like Lahiri Mahasaya and his disciple Sri Yukteswar, rise up to proclaim that the science of yoga is more vital than any material advances to man's happiness and to a nation's longevity. Very scanty information about the life of Lahiri Mahasaya and his universal doctrine has ever appeared in print.
Sri 108 S. B. Saraswati has attained to what among the Hindoos is called the "state of perfection."
Ranga VI., or, as he is generally styled, Sri Ranga, is said to have been the youngest of three brothers, sons of Chinna Venkata III., Vira Venkatapati Raya being the eldest. Gopala, a junior member of the family, succeeded to the throne and adopted Ranga VI., who was thus a junior member of the eldest branch. The eldest brother of Ranga VI. was ousted.
Religious festivals in India are never considered troublesome; each one does his part, supplying money, rice, vegetables, or his personal services. Master was soon in our midst, supervising the details of the feast. Busy every moment, he kept pace with the most energetic young student. Sri Yukteswar listened appreciatively; his musical sense was acutely perfect. "They are off key!"
Resuming the way of brute procreation, Adam and Eve fell from the state of heavenly joy natural to the original perfect man. "Knowledge of 'good and evil' refers to the cosmic dualistic compulsion. As Sri Yukteswar ended his discourse, I glanced with new respect at the pages of GENESIS. "Dear Master," I said, "for the first time I feel a proper filial obligation toward Adam and Eve!"
In the temple there his tomb and a shrine where his image receives divine honours may still be seen. His best known work is the Śrî Bhâshya or commentary on the Vedânta sûtras. The sect which he founded is known as the Śrî Sampradâya and its members as the Śrî Vaishṇavas.
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