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Swami Sri Yukteswar

Incarnation of wisdom
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This site is dedicated Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, one of the greatest saints of our times. It has been a blessing for my life to be in touch with a
great line of spiritual masters. I have always felt a great attunement with Swami Maharaji (Whom I consider as my paramguru), and this is the
reason why this page exists. Sri Yukteswar, (whose real and correct monastic name was - according to
his indian disciples Sriyukteshwar) was born in 1855 and, at that time, had been given the secular
name of Priya Nath Karar. Mainly remembered thanks to his uncommon understanding of the nature of
consciousness, Swami Maharaji may be considered as an "Jnanavatar" i.e. an incarnation of wisdom.
His monastic name, Yukteshwar, means: union with Ishwara (the aspect of God controlling nature). He
was born from wealthy parents and, during his early adulthood, he got married and invested his heritage
i n properties. He was not a rich man, but the properties gave him the possibility to have a modest
regular income. He entered the Swami order after the death of his wife, and from that time on he
dedicated his life to studying, learning and teaching. He divided his time between two ashrams: one in
Puri and one in Serampore. Sri Yukteswar did not meet his guru Chyama Charan Lahiri early in his life.
He was initiated by him in the practice of kriya yoga in his adulthood, and, later, authorized to give the
holy initiation as well. Amongst his disciples, Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, Sri Satyananda and
Paramahansa Hariharananda are the most famous ones. Paramahansa Yogananda, a few days before
his mahasamadhi (conscious exit from the body - 1952), was standing in front of Sri Yukteswarji's
picture along with a disciple of his. The latter said: He must have been a great man ! Yogananda replied:
He was not a man, he was a God !! Swami Maharaji consciously left his body when he was 81 y.o.,
while meditating in the lotus posture. His body is still buried in his Ashram where a shrine has been built.
His grave may be visited still today. Yogananda said once that if Yukteswarji's words had not been so sincere, he would have been the most
followed Guru of all India. Yogananda was aware anyway that great masters (of whom he was one) look for quality rather than quantity. The
enormous love that Yogananda felt toward his Guru may be felt by reading his masterpiece "Autobiography of a Yogi" - Published by Self-
Realization Fellowhip. This book, originally written in 1946 has been considered as one of the most beautiful books about yoga for years.

Swami Maharaji did not write a lot during his passage on earth. Only two books written by him are known: The holy
Science - written in 1894 and a commentary upon the first chapters of the Bhagavad-Gita. The "holy science" was
written after Babaji himself had asked Yukteswarji to complete a work showing the eternal truths and similarities
hidden both in Christian and Hindu religions. This task was performed perfectly, and, still today, this book is published
by Self-Realization Fellowship in many languages amongst which English, French, Italian and Japanese. The same
books contains a wide astrological interpretation about the unfolding of the universe's evolution.
Sri Yukteswar, after many researches discovered a mistake in the Hindu almanac. He said that there is an equinotial
cycle of 24.000 years through which universe's evolution unfolds. each sub-cycle is called "Yuga". Evolution unfolds
from era to era like a circle. "Kali Yuga" is the period of ignorance, lasting 1.200 years (
more or less from 500 a.c. to 1.700 a.c. ). Dwapara Yuga is the electrical age, lasting 2.400
years ( more or less from 1.700 to 4.100 a.c. ). Treta Yuga in the mental age, lasting 3.600
years ( more or less from 4.100 to 7.700 a.c. ). Satya Yuga will be the most evoluted age,
lasting 4.800 years ( from 7.700 a.c. to 12.500 a.c. ). At this point, the involution starts, and takes place in a
reverse order. ( Satya yuga from 12.500 a.c. to 17.300, Treta Yuga from 17.300 a.c. to 20.900 a.c., Dwapara Yuga
from 20.900 a.c. to 23.300 a.c., kali Yuga from 23.300 a.c. to 25.500 a.c. ). This process is practically endless. The
more evolute the era, the easier is for people to get liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth.. I humbly beg
your pardon because my understanding of these matters is not high enough to grasp all the hidden meanings
beyond Master's words and I am aware that my explanation may be a bit inadequate. On the other hand, I can't
help encouraging you to read Sri Yukteswarji's main book ( the Holy science ) which, I think, is the most beautiful one about universal religion
that you can find all over the world. The one on the right, is Swami Maharaji's picture that Yogananda used to like the most. I remember that I
was quite scared the first time I saw it. A friend of mine made me notice anyway that not only love and sweetness come out of a God-realized
saint. It may seem difficult to understand, especially for people who tend to see love and compassion as the only attributes of divinity, but
God's power creates and destroys worlds, and such tremendous force is clearly visible in Sri Yukteswar's gaze. While looking at this picture
Yogananda addressed his guru as "The Lion of Bengala".

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Swamiji's college experience.:

The episode of abrupt end of Priya Nath's College education, referred to above, may be of interest, as this would give an insight into the
mental make up of the man destined to be a famous religious and spiritual leader that he became in after life. One
day he was listening to a lecture in a class on Physics. The teacher was explaining the functions of the human eye
and comparing it with the functions of a simple photographic camera. He explained that rays of external objects after
passing through the lens of the eye formed real inverted images on the retina, and that the same were seen by the
individual as erect due to 'visual impression.' Priya Nath could not appreciate how the inverted image formed on the
retina could not seen erect. He stood up and asked the teacher, who repeated what he had said earlier. But this
could not satisfy Priya Nath's curiosity; he repeated his question at which the teacher became irritated and
remarked that if his explanations were not understood it was as well that the alumni left his class. A very serious
young man as Priya Nath was such rude and unwarranted remark of the teacher was sufficient provocation for
leaving the class. He not only left the teachers class but he left as well the College for good. This, however, did not
mean that all the doors of knowledge in modern science had been blocked against him. He approached the
Principal of the Calcutta Medical College and by persistent requests persuaded him to give him permission to
attend classes on scientific subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Physiology, Anatomy and the like in that College. He was not
preparing to become a physician; hence there was no question of appearing for examinations or following the curriculum of the medical
college. He attended the classes to acquire knowledge; sometimes he attended classes on the same subject more than once, when he felt he
needed to understand a point clearly and thoroughly. He attended various classes in the Medical College for about two years and acquired
fair knowledge on the aforementioned subjects.
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Stories about Sri Yukteswar

It is said that Swami Sri Yukteshvar at one time had written a spiritual commentary on the Bible which, however, was not published. Once he
spoke about it to a French gentleman who was holding some official position in the administration of the French settlement of Chandernagore
with whom he had friendship. This Frenchman was very much impressed by what he heard and wanted to read the manuscripts himself.
Accordingly the manuscripts were handed over to him.
When the two met next time the Frenchman expressed that he had been overwhelmed by what he had read exclaiming, "You will revolutionize
the entire Christendom once these are published." He proposed that he might be permitted to take the manuscripts to Metropolitan France
where he would like to show these to the scholars there, during his forthcoming visit on leave, promising to bring them back on return. Sri
Yukteshvar agreed; but he did not get back the manuscripts as the Frenchman never came back to India again.

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The invaluable manuscripts were thus lost to futurity. Nobody knows what the commentaries were like as Sri Yukteshvar did not discuss the
subject with anybody. However, he bequeathed to the grateful world in its place the Holy Science.
Courtesy of Kashi
It is said that Swami Maharaj used to say the following to disciples at initiation:
"Hear this! You should never think that you will be liberated by this touch or that a carriage will be ready to just take you up to heaven! YOU
SHOULD NEVER ALLOW YOURSELF TO GET THIS BLIND FAITH WAY OF THINKING TOWARDS ACHEIVING TO KAIVALYA!!! The
initiating touch of the Guru just helps to encourage to realization. You yourself have to practice with greatest sincerity to achieve the Divine
Goal and this will be through your own self efforts."
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In order to know something more about Kriya Yoga, meditation and Paramahansa Yogananda's work, please visit my main web pages
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