ParamaHamsa- BEAUTIFUL GROUP PICTURE!

[Guest guest]

First, let me thank the moderators for coming up with this beautiful

group picture of Swans gliding gracefully in this sea of Dvaitic

bliss. I also like to thank the moderators for quoting the

Paramhamsa Gayatri.

 

hamsa hamsAya vidmahe

paramahamsAya dhImahi

tanno hamsah prachodayAt

 

"Let us know Hamsa.

May that supreme Hamsa illumine our intellect

May Hamsa prostect us."

 

Yes! Hamsa and Lotus have a special place as symbols in Hinduism.

 

Hamsa represents 'swan' -This bird has a very lovely and majestic

gait ... that is why Poet kalidasa must have used it in his 'Abijnana

shakuntalam' -maybe he compared the heronie shakuntala's gait to a

swan!

 

but, 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""

 

our beloved shri ramakrishna was honored with 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 reached 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."

 

and what is true of swan is also true of the Lotus flower !THE Lotus

flower is surrounded by dirt and mud but IS NEVER AFFECTED BY IT!!

that is why when we sit in PADMASANA POSTURE , we are to remind

ourselves that 'be of the world but not in the world' !!! smiles!

 

Yes, dear hearts ! a mother is not supposed to have favorites but

this earth mother has a lot of favorites in this group only because

to paraphrase a famous Orwellian phrase " all are equal but some are

more equal than others" and why so ? BECAUSE there is that soul to

soul connection!!! smiles!!!

 

i guess along with a discriminating intellect ( viveka) we need to

cultivate detatchment also!!! smiles!!

 

Hari Aum Tat Sat!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the dictionary meaning of Paramahamsa

 

Paramhansa (Sanskrit word meaning "supreme swan"): the swan is the

only creature that is capable of separating milk from water once they

have been mixed together. Similarly, a paramahamsa is the realized

master who, having attained the supreme yogic state, or nirvikalpa

samadhi, can always distinguish between the Real (sa) from the unreal

(ham).

[Guest guest]

oops!

 

i meant to say 'adwaithic bliss' but ended up saying 'dwaithic'

bliss! Sorry for the Freudian slip!

 

 

love and regards!

[Guest guest]

Greetings Adi_ji:

 

Actually you should have just said, "bliss! instead of using

adjectives' Bliss is an experience beyond description! With your

post, you seem to suggest the existence of "adwaithic bliss"

and "dwaithic bliss!" With contemplation, we can that there is only

one Bliss! (smile!) I am quite confident that you will agree that

there can be no "adwaithic Brahman' and "dwaithic Brahman!' There is

only one Brahman and our realization that "I am the Brhaman" is the

Bliss!!

 

regards,

 

Ram Chandran

 

advaitin, "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16>

wrote:

>

>

> oops!

>

> i meant to say 'adwaithic bliss' but ended up saying 'dwaithic'

> bliss! Sorry for the Freudian slip!

>

>

> love and regards!

[Guest guest]

Thank you Ramachandran-Ji:

 

That is why vaaruNi bhR^igu while searching for brahmaa finally says -

aanando brahmeti vyajaanaat (Meaning - Bliss is brahma).

 

For this reason one of the svaruupa laxaNa of brahma is - satyaM

j~naanamaanandaM. Note, here "aananda" is used rather than the

conventional "ananta", which is from taittiriya upaniShad (2.1) -

satyaM j~naanamanantaM brahma - (Meaning - brahma is truth, knowledge

and limitless, infinite ...).

 

It is our ignorance that we set the boundaries and try to

compartmentalize the infinite. Once this illusion of separateness

dissolves one realizes that two (mini) compartments were never

separate in the first place.

 

Regards,

 

YM

 

 

advaitin, "Ram Chandran" <RamChandran@a...>

wrote:

>

> Greetings Adi_ji:

>

> Actually you should have just said, "bliss! instead of using

> adjectives' Bliss is an experience beyond description! With your

> post, you seem to suggest the existence of "adwaithic bliss"

> and "dwaithic bliss!" With contemplation, we can that there is only

> one Bliss! (smile!) I am quite confident that you will agree that

> there can be no "adwaithic Brahman' and "dwaithic Brahman!' There

is

> only one Brahman and our realization that "I am the Brhaman" is the

> Bliss!!

>

> regards,

>

> Ram Chandran

>

> advaitin, "adi_shakthi16"

<adi_shakthi16>

> wrote:

> >

[Guest guest]

Dear Hearts!

 

it gives me great pleasure to elaborate further on the fascinating

subject of 'Hamsa' !

 

Every breath that we take is because of devi. The inhalation and

exhalation. that is why she is called Prana shakti.

 

Devi Lalita is described as hamsa-gatiH : The simplest meaning

is "She whose gait (gatih) is lovely and majestic like the hamsa,

which is the carrier-bird of Creator brahmA. But there are several

esoteric meanings. The passage of life-giving air in and out of the

human body is called 'hamsa'.

 

hakAreNa bahir-yAti sakAreNa punar-viSet /

 

It goes out by the (vocalisation of) 'ha' and comes in by (that

of) 'sa'.

 

This hamsa- mantra therefore is the constant routine of human life,

inspite of its involuntariness. It is called ajapA-mantra - where

ajapA stands for that which is not being recited. She, the Mother

Goddess, is of this form.

 

Also hamsa denotes the indiviual soul who gets a body appropriate to

the merits and demerits acquired by it in its eternal journey. gati

is the ultimate destination, of these souls. She is the One who is

the ultimate Destination of all souls.

 

brahmvid-Apnoti param (taittirIyopanishad; 2 - 1) meaning, the One

who knows brahman, reaches the Supreme. 'From where he never returns'

says the scripture in another place - 'yad-gatvA na nivartante'.

 

Also hamsa denotes a renunciate who has had the Enlightenment of the

absolute and therefore has no attachment to any particular place or

individual. So such renuciates roam from place to place. Such are

those who know Her as She is. So She is the One who is known by such

hamsa's.

 

(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. The mantra 'hamsa'

contains within itself the conglomerate identity of both obtained by

what is called the definition which discards and does not discard --

jahad-ajahal-lakshaNa .

 

(DEAREST ADVAITINS! this material is collected from our beloved

professor v. krishnamurthy's Science and Spirituality!!! as you all

know, our professor-ji is in India but he has left us all

a'treasure' on his web site - a treasure house of knowledge and

information! we can always turn to him for spiritual comfort! thank

you , professor-ji! )

 

AUM PARASHAKTHAYAII NAMO NAMAHA!