Let the Paramahamsa Soar! hamsa -a fascinating topic!

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In , "Sandeep Chatterjee"

<sandeepc@b...> wrote:

Let the Paramhansa soar.

 

Yes, indeed.

 

There were many such paramahamsas , the most notable among them being

Shei Ramakrishna and Swami Yogananda.

 

why were these sanits given the title of Paramahamsa?

 

Param means "supreme" and hamsa means "soul". It is the highest

spiritual title-it is given to only those souls who haver eached a

very high state of Cosmic Consciousness, Divine Joy, Wisdom-Bliss and

God contact in Self-Realization.

 

ALSO, "The ancient scriptures speak of a fabled swan which when

drinking can separate the milk from the water if the two are mixed.

In this sense, the title Paramhamsa means the divine swan or he who

is able to extract the milk of spiritual bliss from the waters of

material life. The swan also floats in water without drowning or

getting its feathers wet. So the royal divine swan or Paramhamsa is

he who can float on the waters of material life without getting

attached to it or drowned in it."

 

In fact, there is a complete ****UPANISHAD**** dedicated to this

topic called PARAMAHAMSA UPANISHADS. It describes who a 'paramahamsa'

is!

 

There is a deeper meaning of the word hamsa...

 

"The incoming and outgoing breath in a human being are the two wings

of the swan. When a Yogi unites his mind with the inflow and outflow

of his casual breath he enters the natural state of stillness (Sahaj

Samadhi). The mystic meaning of Hamsa is "I am merged with the

Divine""

 

Sree LALITA DEVI is described as hamsa-mantrArtha-rUpiNI : She

personifies in Herself the significance and meaning of the

mantra 'hamsa'.

 

The 'ha' syllable connotes the word 'tat' (= 'That')of the

upanishads. The 'sa' syllable connotes the word 'tvam'

('You'). 'That ' is not amenable to direct perception. 'You' is

direct experience. I AM THAT! YOU ARE THAT! TAT TWAM ASI!

 

also, the bird 'hamsa' has a very lovely and majestic gait! That is

why PoetS like Kalidasa have used it in his CLASSIC WORK 'Abijnana

shakuntalam' -to describe the the heronie shakuntal's gait to a

swan!

 

Sree lalita devi is also described as having hamsa gatih - the one

with the gait of a swan!

 

 

HAMSA -a fascinatic topic indeed! the swan song, the gayatri and the

mantra !

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OM Asimhavahini

 

Your post of hamsa was absolutely correct: hamsa is our

highest spiritual life and available to all who are "able to extract

the milk of spiritual bliss from the waters of material life."

 

A short-hand way of understanding hamsa is simply to repeat it:

hamsahamsahamsahamsahamsahamsahamsa.

 

At some point, the emphasis will become

sahamsahamsahamsaham which leads the consciousness to

sohamsohamsohamsohamsoham.

 

So Ham contains the Jnana assertion, "I am That", where the

devotee identifies with existence itself without form or quality,

without past, present or future, without bonds or limits of any

kind.

 

So Ham also contains the pranayama of Yoga with So being the

inbreath and Ham being the outbreath. As the breath becomes

less and less through meditation and other spiritual practices,

one enters a state of suspended breath or kevala-kumbhaka

where kundalin having already formed is taken up through the

chakras to the Sahasrara.

 

The Shiva Samhita says that one must be able to retain the

breath for 72 minutes before siddhis develop (III.53) and for 3

hours before one becomes so light that one balance on one's

thumb (III.59).

 

 

Aum Aim Hrim Klim Chamundaye Viche Namaha

 

Omprem

 

 

 

, "asimhavahini

<asimhavahini>" <asimhavahini> wrote:

> In , "Sandeep Chatterjee"

> <sandeepc@b...> wrote:

> Let the Paramhansa soar.

>

> Yes, indeed.

>

> There were many such paramahamsas , the most notable

among them being

> Shei Ramakrishna and Swami Yogananda.

>

> why were these sanits given the title of Paramahamsa?

>

> Param means "supreme" and hamsa means "soul". It is the

highest

> spiritual title-it is given to only those souls who haver eached a

> very high state of Cosmic Consciousness, Divine Joy,

Wisdom-Bliss and

> God contact in Self-Realization.

>

> ALSO, "The ancient scriptures speak of a fabled swan which

when

> drinking can separate the milk from the water if the two are

mixed.

> In this sense, the title Paramhamsa means the divine swan or

he who

> is able to extract the milk of spiritual bliss from the waters of

> material life. The swan also floats in water without drowning or

> getting its feathers wet. So the royal divine swan or

Paramhamsa is

> he who can float on the waters of material life without getting

> attached to it or drowned in it."

>

> In fact, there is a complete ****UPANISHAD**** dedicated to

this

> topic called PARAMAHAMSA UPANISHADS. It describes who a

'paramahamsa'

> is!

>

> There is a deeper meaning of the word hamsa...

>

> "The incoming and outgoing breath in a human being are the

two wings

> of the swan. When a Yogi unites his mind with the inflow and

outflow

> of his casual breath he enters the natural state of stillness

(Sahaj

> Samadhi). The mystic meaning of Hamsa is "I am merged with

the

> Divine""

>

> Sree LALITA DEVI is described as hamsa-mantrArtha-rUpiNI :

She

> personifies in Herself the significance and meaning of the

> mantra 'hamsa'.

>

> The 'ha' syllable connotes the word 'tat' (= 'That')of the

> upanishads. The 'sa' syllable connotes the word 'tvam'

> ('You'). 'That ' is not amenable to direct perception. 'You' is

> direct experience. I AM THAT! YOU ARE THAT! TAT TWAM ASI!

>

> also, the bird 'hamsa' has a very lovely and majestic gait! That

is

> why PoetS like Kalidasa have used it in his CLASSIC WORK

'Abijnana

> shakuntalam' -to describe the the heronie shakuntal's gait to a

> swan!

>

> Sree lalita devi is also described as having hamsa gatih - the

one

> with the gait of a swan!

>

>

> HAMSA -a fascinatic topic indeed! the swan song, the gayatri

and the

> mantra !