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About Bhagavan Nityananda

Swami Bhagavan Nityananda (November/December, 1897 [1]

– August 8, 1961) was renowned in the southern and western

parts of India, and is regarded by many as one of the most

important modern saints of the twentieth century. Rudi’s

chance meeting with him in Ganeshpuri, India, transformed the

course of Rudi’s inner work for the rest of his life.

Rudi Meets Bhagavan Nityananda

Back in 1960 Rudi was preparing to move to New Zealand at the

instructions of his spiritual teacher back then, Pak Subuh. Although moving to distant lands was not exactly what he

wanted to do, Rudi— not one to hesitate— began liquidating his

business and huge art collection in preparation. He made a trip

to India with the intent of disbanding his network of people there

who had been assisting his business endeavors. While in Bombay he stayed with his friend, Beebee,

a multimillionaire with a penchant for saint-hunting. Upon his arrival Beebee implored Rudi to go with

him to visit his latest find— Bhagavan Nityananda— in Ganeshpuri, a small town carved out of the

jungle some 2 1/2 hours away. [4] From John Mann’s book Rudi: 14 Years with My Teacher Rudi

tells us:

“We left the car and walked to a plain building and then through a doorway that led to the large

room where the saint held audience. The first impression was overwhelming. There were people

crowded in every corner in a state of religious hysteria. In the front of the room sat a large, dark

man in a semi-trance. I was completely repelled. What was I, a sophisticated westerner, doing in

this weird scene? How could this utterly strange man have anything important to give me? Hedidn’t even seem to be aware of his physical surroundings. For one long moment, I was filled with

the impulse to turn around and walk away. But I have learned not to trust my instinctive reactions.

Instead, Beebee and I watched as people streamed by the saint, receiving a blessing or asking

him a question.

“A few minutes passed. Then, to my dismay, we were led to the

front of the room. Before I could say anything, I found myself

being presented to the holy man, who seemed completely

indifferent to me. I was asked if I had a question. Only one thing

occurred to me, so I told him I was planning to move to New

Zealand shortly and asked if this was the right thing for me to

do. I wasn’t sure why I asked since I already knew the answer.

“The saint’s response was unbelievable. ‘You are completely

out of your mind,’ he said. Any decision that you make must bewrong. Go home!’

“I was deeply shocked. With one stroke, he had cut through the

fabric of my whole life. I left the room in a daze.

“On the way back to Bombay, Beebee asked me what I had

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thought of the experience. Before I could answer he told me that Nityananda was considered to

be an incarnation of the elephant god, Ganesh. I asked him who Ganesh was, trying to cover my

shocked condition. [4]“

Rudi soon realized the truth of Nityananda’s words, returning to New York to rebuild his business and

life all over again. Rudi journeyed back to India the following year in hopes of visiting with him again,

only to discover that Sri Nityananda had taken his mahasamadhi (the conscious act of passing where

the body dies but the soul-force remains.) Shortly thereafter Rudi discovered that the experience of

meeting Nityananda had had a tremendous effect on his inner life, taking a whole year to realize it.

Nityananda’s energy and spiritual force was now moving through him in extraoridinary ways that

would alter Rudi’s spiritual trajectory for the rest of his life. [4]

Meeting Bhagavan Nityananda

Bhagavan Nityananda History

Details about Bhagavan Nityananda’s birth are relatively unknown,

but according to his disciples, Nityananda was found as an

abandoned infant in Tuneri village, Kozhikode, India, by a woman

named Uniamma Nair, who was married to Chathu Nair. Even in

childhood, Nityananda seemed to be in an unusually advanced

spiritual state, which gave rise to the belief that he was born

enlightened. He was eventually given the name Nityananda,

which means, “always in bliss”.[1][2]

Settled in southern India, Nityananda gained a reputation for

creating miracles and wonderful cures. He started building an

ashram near Kanhangad, Kerala state. Many incredible stories

abound, especially from Sri Nityananda’s early days, such as this

one: The local police thought he must be producing counterfeit

money to pay for the building pf his ashram, so Nityananda

took them to a crocodile-infested pool in the jungle. He dived in

and then produced handfuls of money, which was apparently

enough to satisfy the police. [2]

By 1923, Nityananda had wandered to the Tansa Valley in

Maharashtra state. There, his reputation as a miracle worker attracted people from as far away as Mumbai, though he never

took credit for any miracles. He said, “Everything that happens,

happens automatically by the will of God.” Nityananda gave a great deal of help to the local

adivasis (an aboriginal tribe of India), who were despised by the population at large back then.

Nityananda set up a school, as well as providing food and clothing for them. [2]

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and asked if he could stay there. The family that looked after the

temple agreed and built a hut for him. As his visitors and followers

increased, the hut expanded and became an ashram. To the people

around him, he was an avadhuta: one who is absorbed in the

transcendental state. [2]

As a guru (teacher), Sri Nityananda gave relatively little by way of

verbal teachings. Starting in the early 1920s, his devotees in

Mangalore would sit with him in the evenings. Most of the time he

was silent, though occasionally he would give teachings. A

devotee named Tulsiamma wrote down some of his teachings

and his answers to her specific queries. Later, these notes werecompiled and published in the Kannada language and came to be known as the Chidaksha

Geeta.

Bhagawan led an extremely simple life. He took his bath before dawn, and ate very little. Another

person tied his langoti (loincloth), his only clothes, if it fell off, or fed him by hand. He was usually

deeply immersed in divine consciousness, with his eyes closed and a beatific smile on his face.

Mostly in silence, sometimes he answered an earnest seeker’s question with a few simple words

which expounded deep truth. With knowledge of Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam,

Kannada and Marathi he guided seekers in different paths according to their capacity. He was

beyond sleep. He never slept through the night and was wide awake during the day. [3]

All devotees coming in his presence found peace and had a

complete sense of satisfaction. Those who came in pilgrimage with

sincere burning questions often found them spontaneously

answered in their heart before they were even in his presence.

Nityananda was an inexhaustible reservoir of love and

compassion who had taken on a body to take his devotees

towards the divine. [3]

Nityananda had the power to transmit shaktipat (spiritual energy) to

people. He could also be extremely fiery and intimidating in hisbehavior, even to the point of throwing rocks on occasion. This was

his way of deterring people who were not serious in their spiritual

aspirations, or who came to him with ulterior motives. [2]

Bhagwan’s love for children was immense. Over a thousand

children from nearby villages were given free morning meal

everyday. Like one of them, Bhagwan used to play amongst the

children giving them sweets, toys and clothes. [3]

Sri Nityananda’s passing, the leaving of his physical form, unfolded over several months. His

departure, which was a conscious one, was tearful and sad for Bhagawan, but not for the reasons

one might suspect. It is reported [1] that many, if not most, came to him window-shopping, seeking

maya (illusion)— seeking the fulfillment of material desire— instead of the highest spiritual gifts that

Nityananda had to offer. On the evening of August 7, 1961, sometime after midnight Nityananda was

reported to have said:

Everyone comes here for money and only money. The more they are given, the more they seek;

there is no end to their greed. When they come they are pedestrians sometimes without a proper

dwelling place; and when they get the necessities, then comforts and luxuries are demanded: a

car, a bungalow, and so on. When earlier prayers are granted in the hope that contentment would

follow and that they would then seek higher values, another demand is placed in a never-ending

series of wants and desires. Not much point in allowing this body to continue— hence samadhi

tomorrow. [1]

Previously Nityananda had spoken about how one should keep

one’s mind:

It should be like a lotus leaf, which though in water, with its stem in the mud and the flower above,

is yet untouched by both. Similarly the mind should be kept untainted by the mud of desires and

the water of distractions, even though engaged in worldly activities. Then, just as the stalk, stem,

and leaf, when properly cultivated and not disturbed, will culminate in the lotus blossom, similarly

if the detached mind and faith in the Sadguru (God or his incarnation) are firmly established in the

lotus of the heart, and never allowed to wax or wane with happiness and difficulties, his grace will

be invoked.

There are various tests to which a devotee is subjected: they could be of the mind, of the

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there. In fact God is conducting tests all the time; every

occurrence in life is a test. Every thought that crops up in the

mind is in itself a test to see what one’s reaction will be. Hence

one must be always alert and aloof, conducting oneself with a

spirit of detachment, viewing everything as an opportunity

afforded to gain experience, to improve oneself and go on to a

higher stage. Desires are the only cause of sorrows in this

world. Nothing is brought into this world and nothing can be

taken. Everything that happens, happens automatically by the

will of God. [1]

While Bhagavan Nityananda is no longer with us incarnate, his spiritand energy is still available to anyone of sincere heart and the

burning desire to have, above all else, a spiritual life.

REFERENCES:

1. Nityananda, The Divine Presence, M. U. Hatengdi

2. Wikipedia: Bhagavan Nityananda

3. Nityananda Official Web site in India

4. Rudi: 14 Years With My Teacher , John Mann

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