SWAMI SATYANANDA PARAMHANS : A UNIQUE SAINT (PART II)

(To know more about founding of "SATYAM SHARANAM" kindly go to 2008(2) link on right panel)

Bihar School of Yoga at Munger, Bihar (India) is celebrating its sixtieth anniversary next month. The BSY is a living monument of obedience, dedication and bhakti of Paramhans Satyanandji for our Paramguru Swami Shivanandji. To know summarily the life style and teaching of Paramhansji, I just go on turning pages of some old issues of  'Yoga Vidya' and  books of his satsang.

      A few days ago, I found his forecast about his last days of  this birth, (which we have seen partly.) He had told in late Nineties that he will not like to leave the body in a hospital, laying with nasal tube or on the life support, and surrounded by disciples. His sole desire for the time of leaving the body was 'remembering and uttering the names of Lord Shiva and Devi Maa.'

    I was one of those most fortunate bhaktas who were present at Rikhiapeeth on the night of Mahasamadhi of Paramhansaji. I was there participating in 'Kriya Yoga and Tatwa Shuddhi' course. That course was conducted only for one day. Next day early morning, when we reached the Yajnashala, which was our class room, scene was different. Here we came to know about his Mahasamadhi in the middle of night. We came to know that there was no need of any medical assistant. He left his body sitting in Padmasana. 

 Swami Niranjanji had already arrived from Munger. In the afternoon, all were given chance to have darshan of Paramhansji. He was sitting with Bilbpatra (Beil leaves) placed on his forehead, body straight,calm and still radiating. (After about a year, during my Chakrasadhna Course (Oct. 2010) at Rikhiapeeth, our teacher Swami Muktidharma (New Zealand) told us that the Prana of Paramhansji left his body through “Sahastrara” and a small crack was there on his forehead. This is very very rare happening or attainment for even enlightened yogis)

   I will like to draw attention of all  bhaktas and disciples to a particular picture published in 'Yoga' and 'Yoga Vidya' magazines just after his Shodashi (ceremony on sixteenth day after Mahasamadhi) i.e. January-Feb 2010 issue. In this picture, the body of Paramhansji is placed on a small table near Panchagni, in Padmasana, without any support from any side. Can one imagine Padmasana of a person in this condition?. But it is truth, he is still alive and shall remain alive forever. Hari Om! Namonarayana!!