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HH Shri Paramahamsha

Mahendranath (Dadaji)

Mahendranath (Dadaji), the 23rd Adiguru (chief guru) of the Adinathas,

was born in London in April 1911, died 1992. From his early youth he had

a deep interest in the spiritual systems of the world and in his twenties

knew Aleister Crowley, meeting him after the infamous Justice Swift libel

case. Crowley advised the young seeker to learn about the patterns of theEast. But the Spanish Civil War, in which Dadaji fought in the International

Brigade, and then the second world war, intervened.

It was 1949 before he left the shores of Britain to arrive penniless in

Bombay. Here he was introduced to his guru in the Natha tradition and

initiated as a sadhu (holy man). A sadhu may make only three demands --

for shelter the shade of a tree; for clothing rags and for food leftover

scraps. In this the sadhus emulate the guru figure of all India, Dattatreya.

He (see below) is the legendary founder and guardian spirit of many if not

most of the Natha subsects.

For the next 30 years Dadaji wandered south east Asia as a penniless

sannyasi. His travels took him to Bhutan where he received initiation as a

lama of the Kargyupta Sect; Malaysia, where he became a Taoist priestand studied the I Ching; Ceylon where he was for a time a bhikkhu of

Theravada Buddhism; and Thailand where he lived as a hermit. He was

also initiated into the Uttara Kaula tantrik sect and the Sahajiya cult of

Varanasi. Dadaji produced the following document to outline his spiritual

background in the early 1980s.

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Aeonian Transmissions

(The following is a manuscript sent to me by Dadaji after my return to the

UK after initiation.)

This segment of our wisdom archives deals with the esoteric initiations

and transmissions which were conferred on and received by Shri (Dadaji)

Gurudev Mahendranath and those departments of the Cosmic Initiations

which have now become established in the United Kingdom to prepare for

their expansion on an international level where the wisdom of our ancient

people and ancestry will become an old way of life revived for the

well-being of the whole world.

The Esoteric Initiation of Shambhala and the Nine Secret Chiefs, (The

Navanathas) Lords of Wisdom, was passed on to Shri Gurudev

Mahendranath from his first Indian Guru, Shri Lokanatha the Avadhoot of

Uttarkashi (U.P.), India. This appointment did not pass on until the Gurus

death. Its grade required the holder to collect experience and retain the

Secret Wisdom relating to the means of Communication -- both terrestrialand extraterrestrial. This was the Fifth in number among the Nine Masters

and the knowledge was known as the Fifth Book. Historically the Nine

Chiefs or Lords began in the very early days of civilization. They were

reorganized during the reign of King Ashoka, the great Hindu King (273

BC) and have continued ever since.

Shri Dadaji Mahendranath received the first Pagan Initiation in 1922 from

his great great-aunt "Clay" who used her initiatory name throughout her

life. "Clay" was said to mean "Sword . She gave this initiation when the

patriarch was only 11 years old, in her cottage at Rottingdean, near

Brighten in Sussex. Her disciple was given the initiation name of

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"Rainbow."

In Asia, Dadaji received his first initiation in India into the Sampradaya

(sect) of the Adi-natha, on the occasion of the full-moon day of

Gurupurnima (the day reserved for the homage to the Guru), July 1953.

The day was therefore very auspicious and it could be of great importance

also to the Western World as Dadaji was the first Englishman to become

an Indian Sannyasin. The Guru was Shri Lokanatha the Digambar-

Avadhoot of Uttarkashi (U.P.), India, who passed away in 1960. The

succession Rites of the Adi-Nath Sampradaya have been passed on to Sir

Michael Magee who was given the initiation name of Shri Lokanath

Maharaj in honour of his first Indian Guru and because it was his own wish

that the leadership of the Adi-Naths should be in the West where its real

value will be appreciated.

The next important initiation was given by Shri Pagala Baba ("The Mad

Father") of Ranchi, Bihar, India into the Uttarakaula Order (The Northern

Order Of Tantriks) and also his succession when he died. He was at that

time recognized as the last surviving Kaula and authentic tantrik Guru in

India.

The Titles of Paramahamsa-- The Supreme Swan, meaning a realized

Soul; Dadaji, meaning Patriarch; and Guru Dev, meaning literally Divine

Guru, came later in his work in India and were the recognition of theIndian people themselves. They are not given at initiation but by the

people to express their own acknowledgement of ones Spiritual

development.

Other initiations, but which are regarded as being of lesser importance

were as follows:

Dadaji is a Maha Lama of the Karguyt Pas sect and was given the lama

initiation and the name Thalwai Wangpo Rinpoche by a Bhutanese Guru.

Initiated through a Japanese Guru into the Soto-Zen sect, Dadaji was at

this time recognized as a Meditation Master of considerable standing in

Asia.

In Penang, Malaysia, initiated as a Taoist Monk/Priest and given the

initiation name Lung Tien Shih.

Also in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, initiation into the Chinese branch of

Chan. The Chinese Guru was also his teacher and instructor of the Book

of Changes (I Ching).

In Ceylon (Shri Lanka) he was given the higher ordination into the

Ramanaya Nikaya, a Theravada Buddhist Sect of which he is now a Maha

Thera. Given the initiation name of Bikku Mahinda, which by a

coincidence was the Pali equivalent of his earlier initiation name of

Mahendra, yet this was something unknown to anyone in Ceylon at the

time. Dadaji has never been a Buddhist but took the initiation as a

Samanara and the higher ordination at their own prompting. Dadaji, infact, has never belonged or accepted any religion but remained aloof from

them all. His sole interest in life has been Spiritual Values and their

practical aspects, especially those found in the secret teachings of the

Tantrik, Kaula, Vama- Marga which is not a religion but a practical, natural

Spiritual Way of Life.

More details of these and other less important initiations will be revealed

later. Their importance lies in the fact that they represent an unbroken

transmission passed down through thousands of years and their real

fulfilment is yet to be made manifest. A New Age is to begin and the old

bottles must now contain new wine and new occult vitality.


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