Some interesting characters

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Someone mentioned Brahmananda Sarsvati, and it

reminded me of a story that may be of interest to

some, especially if one is interested in Kundalini

Shakti through Nada (the yoga of sound current).

 

Brahmannanda Sarasvati's original name was Dr.

Ramamurti Mishra (he was a medical doctor) and he

wrote wrote some interesting books on Nada (sound

current heard in ears) and pranayama with detailed

references to anatomy and made commentaries on various

yoga texts and sutras. He passed away but was an

interesting and funny character (and a friend of my

teacher) and often was in NYC in the 1970s where at

that time I was teaching Yoga.

 

One day, I ran into him in the Eastwest bookstore of

Swami Rama's people in Manhattan. He was standing in

front of Rajneesh's books and looking them over

(Rajneesh was called Bhagavan Rajneesh at the time and

later changed his name to OSHO).

 

Dr. Mishra (as he was known then) and I started

talking. Dr. Mishra started enthusiastically about how

great Rajneesh's discourses were. I was surprised

since I thought Dr. Mishra was a very orthodox Hindu.

But he was quite serious in his statements. I had

enjoyed reading Rajneesh's books of secrets which were

brilliant commentaries on yogic texts myself, but

somehow hearing Dr. Mishra on the topic made me laugh.

Seeing this Dr. Mishra praised Rajneesh more.

 

He was generally a jovial fellow and part of the gurus

of the 70s. Soon, he had us both laughing. His

students really loved him. Later in life, Dr. Mishra

had a stroke and lost the ability to speak normally

but could still sing bhajans very well. He became

Brahmanand Sarsvati in the last stages of his life. He

was a great advocate of the Nada method (sound

current) for Raj and Kundalini yoga and felt samadhi

was easiest to attain through the sound current. In

those days some people had mixed feelings about him

for the way he acted at times but he was an fountain

of information on various yogas and especially nada.

 

Love to all

Harsha

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

, Harsha <harshaimtm> wrote:

> Someone mentioned Brahmananda Sarsvati, and it

> reminded me of a story that may be of interest to

> some, especially if one is interested in Kundalini

> Shakti through Nada (the yoga of sound current).

>

> Brahmannanda Sarasvati's original name was Dr.

> Ramamurti Mishra (he was a medical doctor) and he

> wrote wrote some interesting books on Nada (sound

> current heard in ears) and pranayama with detailed

> references to anatomy and made commentaries on various

> yoga texts and sutras. He passed away but was an

> interesting and funny character (and a friend of my

> teacher) and often was in NYC in the 1970s where at

> that time I was teaching Yoga.

>

> One day, I ran into him in the Eastwest bookstore of

> Swami Rama's people in Manhattan. He was standing in

> front of Rajneesh's books and looking them over

> (Rajneesh was called Bhagavan Rajneesh at the time and

> later changed his name to OSHO).

 

Namaste,

 

Yes I was quite surprised when I read Osho. He knew his tantra but

either he made a bad judgement of pouring oil on the fires of the

senses or it all got away from him somehow.......Om Sakti.