namaste-Alakh Niranjan

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Aradhna :

 

i know Babaji over several years . He is all love ; he may sometimes

get irritated and scold but that's all for our spiritual progress

only . In the past , there were many times i used to feel the same

way like you did but that was all wrong. Babaji started this group

many many years ago - his mission is to only spread Love and spread

the message of Santana Dharma. Babaji says 'Alakh Niranjan' how can

he insult your guru ? i know babaji respects everyone in this group

including you and me ! Why would he ever insult your Guru or any

other guru ? Thats is not our babaji !

 

Aradhana, do you know what 'Alakh Niranjan' means ?

 

Just as many Hindus greet each other with 'Namaste' , many Tantriks

belonging to the Nath Sampradaya use the term 'Alakh Nranjan' while

greeting each other ! so do Sikhs ! They use Alakh Niranjan just like

HINDUS use 'Hari Aum'

 

What does 'ALAKH NIRAANJAN' mean ?

 

ALAKH: invisible, imperceptible, ultimate being

 

NIRANJAN : untainted, pure

 

It is also one of the Names of Lord Shiva!

 

Why do Tantricks of the Nath order( whose founders were Goraknath and

Matsyendranath ) use the greeting 'Alakh Niranjan'?

 

What does 'Alakh' mean in Nath Tradition? 'UNTAINTED FREEDOM' -

freedom from all types of Karmic bondage . These tantriks are

sanyasis who want to reach the state of ultimate freedom - another

word for Renunciation - why do we renounce ? to attain Frredom, is it

not ? What a glorious concept - you give up ALL to attain something

that is priceless! Freedom !

 

Here is a verse

 

ALAKH NIRANJAN TUMHARO NAMA, SADA KARO BHAKTAN HITA KAAMA |

NAAM TUMHARO JO KOI GAAVE, JANAM JANAM KE DUKH NASAVEY ||

 

O invisible, imperceptible ultimate being, your name is pure and

untainted. You are always benevolent to your devotees. Whoever sings

praises in your name, destroy their sorrows for many a lifetimes.

 

Alakh Niranjan!

 

PS - Aradhana Babaji has provided a lovely platform for all of us to

assemble together in this holy satsangha to discuss Spirituality -

LET US GROW IN ONE ANOTHER'S COMPANY! .

 

Here is a Rumi verse

 

The heart takes a certain nourishment from every companion,the heart

is purified by every increase in understanding.

 

 

Love and best wishes

 

 

 

In , " i_free_spirit " <i_free_spirit

wrote:

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> Namaste . My sincere apologies to you for the

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, urvashii_mohan <no_reply wrote:

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> ALAKH NIRANJAN TUMHARO NAMA, SADA KARO BHAKTAN HITA KAAMA |

> NAAM TUMHARO JO KOI GAAVE, JANAM JANAM KE DUKH NASAVEY ||

>

> O invisible, imperceptible ultimate being, your name is pure and

> untainted. You are always benevolent to your devotees. Whoever

sings

> praises in your name, destroy their sorrows for many a lifetimes.

>

> Alakh Niranjan!

 

Urvashi dear thank you very much. this was splendid and i really did

not know the meaning of alakh niranjan and was reluctant to ask.

Please always tell such things even if no one asks, as there are

many who are silent but reading these posts.

 

by babaji you mean aum? yes I agree this is a wonderful group and we

should share with love. I know Aradhna from YA she is a good soul,

but sometimes becomes angry without reason.

 

Aum gave me some good hints on controlling anger, and they worked

well. Aradhna you also read them and try.

 

ansuya

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, urvashii_mohan <no_reply wrote:

> Here is a Rumi verse

>

> The heart takes a certain nourishment from every companion,the heart

> is purified by every increase in understanding.

>

 

Thanks Urvashi, the Rumi verse is really wonderful..you know i came to

know Rumi only after coming to clubs and listening from you

people. If possible write some more of his gems.

 

Aum

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, " Aum " <beirut_ka_baba wrote:

 

Dear Aumji, Namaskar! Here is one story of saint Rumi taken from

TALES OF THE MYSTIC EAST published by RADHA SOAMI SATSANG, BEAS,

PUNJAB.

One day, Shams-i-Tabriz, the great persian saint, prayed earnestly

to the lord, beseeching him, " O lord, please bring me some dear

friend of yours to be my companion, to whom i may recite the tale

of love and with whom i may share the agonies of divine separation

and the joys of union.

The lord, hearing this heartfelt prayer of one of his favourite sons,

replied: " it will be my pleasure to fulfil your prayer, my son,

provided you are willing to pay the price. "

Shams-i-Tabriz understood what the Lord meant and immediately

offered Him his head, thus getting rid of his ego and living in

the will of the Lord.

The lord then led his devotee to Quniya, the home of a celebrated

professor of philosophy known there by the name of Maulvi Rum, and

whom many know today as Jalal-ud-Din Rumi. When Shams-i-Tabriz saw

the professor, he was seated next to a lake, pondering over some

manuscripts.

You appear to be very busy, O scholar, said Shams-i-Tabriz. " May I

ask what is so seriously engaging your attention? "

" Ah! these are priceless manuscripts, " said the professor. " In them

are some of the deep, divine mysteries, insoluble by most of our

eminent scholars. I am now engaged in solving them " .

Sighing with weariness, he turned to his visitor, who was dressed

in the coarse robes of a Sufi.

" These are mysteries far beyond your comprehension, my good man, "

he said, " for they are problems that only a highly trained

intellect could ever hope to understand. "

Shams-i-Tabriz smiled but said nothing. Instead, he stepped forward,

took the manuscripts from Rumi's hands, and threw them into the

lake. " Divine knowledge does not reside in books,my friend, "

he said. The maulvi was both shocked and horrified at the loss of

his beloved manuscripts. But he did not grow angry, as might have

been expected.

" What have you done, you uncouth dervish? " he asked in a sad and

weary voice. " Whatever you may know, you would never be able to

understand what a tremendous loss the world has suffered through

the ruin of those rare manuscripts. "

Again Shams-i-Tabriz smiled. Putting his hands in the water, he

brought out the manuscripts undamaged.

" Please, I beg of you, my friend, do not break your heart over such

trifles as these, " he told Rumi. " These are mysteries beyond your

comprehension. "

Rumi saw that not a sheet of the manuscripts was wet. As an

intelligent man, he at once understood that God had sent this

dervish to show him the true path. He fell at the feet of

Shams-i-Tabriz and begged him to accept him as his disciple.

Shams-i-Tabriz gave him the secret of the " WORD " . Rumi then

practised meditation and penetrated the deep spiritual mysteries.

Today his MATHNAWI is regarded as the Qur'an of the Persian language.

" Had it not been for the kindness of Shams-i-Tabriz, " writes Rumi,

Maulvi Rum would never have become Maulana Rum. " The scholar would

not have become a Saint.

 

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Maulana and maulvi both mean 'learned man', but maulana is

associated with sainthood or realized knowledge, as distinct

from piety and book knowledge.

 

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Hope this wets up your appetite for more of Rumi.

 

Regards

 

Sudhakar

 

HARI OM TAT SAT! )