Fw: so'ham-a story !

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"manisha" <bhangra_rapper

"SRI RADHA KUTIR" <radhaktr

14 November, 2003 9:49 AM

Re: so'ham-a story !

 

 

> radhakutirji,

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> kindly post this on my behalf!

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> Once King Janaka was sitting on the bank of a river , peating 'SOHAM' mantra

at the top of his voice.

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> Sage ASHTAVAKRA was passing by. the sage was a knower of truth and an

enlightened being. He was surprised why king janaka was chanting the mantra in

this loud fashion.

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> ASHTAVAKRA WANTED TO INSTRUCT KING JANAKA the proper way of chanting

> a mantra. SO, HE SAT DOWN NEAR KING JANAKA and chanting loudly, : THIS IS MY

WATER BOWL, THIS IS MY YOGA STICK."

> So much so that ASTHAVAKRA'S MANTRA DROWNED KING JANAKA'S

> MANTRA.

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> NOW, KING JANAKA , not to be left behind starting chanting

> his 'soham' mantra even louder --- this went on for some time -both vying witH

each other in this 'mantra recitation'....

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> now, king janaka got really annoyed and asked asthavakra what the sage wa

doing- the sage replied " i am repeating - this is my water bowl, this is my

yoga stick. "

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> king janaka replied, " have you lost your brains? who told you that the water

bowl and the stick do not belong to you ? why do you have to keep shouting about

it.?"

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> SAGE ASTHAVAKRA REPLIED, " O MIGHTY KING! it seems to me you are the

> one who lacks understanding. who told you that you are not THAT ? WHY DO YOU

HAVE TO GO ON SHOUTING THAT 'I AM THAT' -'SO HAM' ? TATWAMASI!!!!!!!!1

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> when king janaka heard this, he suddenly realized the truth- he

> understood that he need not go on repeating 'so ham' mantra , he only needed

to understand it and practice 'living' it!!!!!!!!

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> we are all 'divine' - the realized souls know it -we are all striving to know

it

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> STORY-COURTESY- swami muktananda's "i am that" book!

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> namashkar!!!!!

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