Table Of ContentTHE INCREDIBLE LIFE OF A
HIMALAYAN YOGI
The Times, Teachings And Life Of Living Shiva: Baba Lokenath Brahmachari
Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari
Lokenath Divine Life Mission
Kolkata
The Incredible Life of a Himalayan Yogi The Times, Teachings and Life of Living Shiva: Baba Lokenath
Brahmachari Copyright 2014 Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari Edited by Ann Shannon All rights reserved
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Contents
Dedication
Preface
Baba Lokenath: Total Divinity In Human Form
A Life Dedicated To The Divine From Birth
A Rigorous Discipline Of Yoga
A Lesson In Maya
Self Realization And Devotion To Guru
A Unifying Bridge Between Religions
Baba Walks The Earth
Baba Comes To Baradi
The Power Of Forgiveness
Vijay Krishna Sees Baba's Cosmic Form
The Mysterious Ways Of The Satguru
The Closest Disciples
Baba's Compassion For All Creatures
The Divine Play
The Omnipotent And Omniscient Baba
The Universal Teacher
The Gospel
Farewell: "I Am With You"
Glossary
About The Author
Dedicated To
My beloved father and mother, my first spiritual teachers, whose
blessings and love paved the way to the world of Light and Love and
the grace of the Great Masters.
Preface
Author’s Vision of Baba Lokenath
The divine grace descends when the time ripens. I was in the monastery in the
initial days of my monastic life in the suburbs of Calcutta; of course going
through the phase of discovering a new life that dwells in the depth of our own
superficiality. Then the golden moment came, on 15 October 1978, the great
Himalayan Master Baba Lokenath Brahmachari (1730-1890) appeared in a
vision and revealed to me the purpose of my being in the path of Light and the
task ahead. I asked him many questions that were bothering me, and he
answered them all with infinite love and compassion. Then he asked me “Why
have you stopped writing?” I was a bit taken aback, how could he know that I
used to keep journal of my revered Master’s conversations, which I had stopped.
He continued, “ I read your writes, I liked them, then he just lifted his long right
hand into the air and waved it in a circular motion and said “Write and spread
out”.
Years later I left the ashram and as a wandering mendicant in Himalayas reached
a place called Bageshwar, famous for holy confluence and an ancient Shiva
Temple. There, on the top of a mountain, I built a small retreat with a temple of
Baba Lokenath and started my practice of deeper contemplation. The inspiration
to write the first ever English Biography of Baba Lokenath came at this time. It
was an experience to write the life and teachings of Mahayogi, just being a
humble instrument allowing the Divine writer to flow through me. It was not just
writing a book or biography by collecting information and putting them
chronologically, but to me it was my penance, my spiritual practice. For in the
course of writing this book, by the grace of the Master, I could visualize the
episodes and times of Baba Lokenath, and just translate those visions into words
that flowed without much effort. When the ascended Masters ordain anyone to
do a divine task, then it is the power of the Master that completes the task. Yes,
that has been my deepest experience; I could feel my instrumentation and how
silently it also brought about an inner transformation for which I have been
longing and meditating for years.
As you read this book, please know that very little is known about Baba
Lokenath’s long life of 160 years, for he was against any propaganda about him
or his incomprehensible powers of manifesting miracles. But this book has his
presence, for it is his divine grace that made this book possible. Whoever will
read this book will feel the aura of his divine presence surrounding. It is no
coincidence that you have this book and you are reading the life of one who
could say, ‘In danger, remember me, I will save you’. I tell you, he keeps his
promise, and you can try.
Please read his promises, his teachings and the lives of those who came in touch
with him and the transformations they attained, particularly, his equanimity, his
infinite love for animals and his boundless compassion for mankind.
May you be blessed with peace and joy in your life, and feel the presence of the
Master removing all the obstacles from the path of life to your ultimate journey
of retreating back Home.
Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari
Author’s Note: In writing this book, I have relied upon four Bengali books on
Baba’s life, namely: a) Sri Sri Lokenath Mahatmya by Sri Kedareshwar
Sengupta; b) Ami Shei Paramatma Lokenath by Bibhupda Kirti; c) Siddha Jivani
by Bharmananda Bharati; and d) Dharmasaar Sangraha by Sri Jamini Kumar
Mukhopadhaya. To the departed eternal souls of these authors, I convey my
profound gratitude and love and pray to the Master, Baba Lokenath, for his grace
for their souls to ever remain in peace.
Baba Lokenath: Total Divinity In
Human Form
Om Ganeshaya Namaha
Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Lokenathaya
Baba Lokenath: Total Divinity In Human Form
The Promise
“Whenever you are in danger, whether in war, forest, ocean or jungle,
remember Me. I shall save you.
“You may not know me. You may not realize who I am. Just pray to me with
a little touch of your heart, and I shall free you from gripping sorrows and
miseries.
“I willingly reveal myself to you so that you can reach me. Otherwise it
would be impossible.
“No power on heaven or earth can damage the devotees who take shelter
under me, for there is no one greater than I who can touch you.
“I can do whatever I like. It is only your lack of trust, your non-belief that
keeps your desires unfulfilled.
“For those who with love and devotion surrender to me, if they are in
trouble, my heart melts. This is my compassion. And with my compassion, my
power flows out to them, freeing them from miseries and unhappiness.
“I am Eternal. I am Deathless. I AM.”
Who Is Baba Lokenath?
These astounding words of assurance to suffering humanity were spoken by one
of the greatest yogis ever born, Brahmarishi Baba Lokenath Brahmachari, who
lived from 1730-1890. Who is Baba Lokenath that he would dare to make such a
promise, a promise akin to that of Lord Krishna when speaking to Arjuna on the
battlefield of Kurukshetra:
“Surrender to Me alone. I shall deliver you of all sins. My devotees never
perish.” (Bhagavad Gita 18/66)
How could Baba Lokenath make a promise akin to Jesus’ promises in the
New Testament?
“Ask, and you will receive. Seek and you will find. Knock, and the door will
be opened to you.” (Mathew 7: 7-8)
“Whatever you ask in My name, it will be given unto you.” (John 14:14)
There is nothing more powerful than the promise of an enlightened being.
The enlightened don’t lie, ever. And they don’t make or take such promises
lightly. But Baba’s promises go far beyond those of most enlightened beings. In
the breadth and scope of his pledge to us, he reveals a level of divine mastery
which is rare, even among the enlightened.
While it is impossible for us to comprehend the magnitude of realization
prompting a promise of this order, it does behoove us to draw near, with an open
and expectant heart, to the One who promises. Baba Lokenath calls us to him,
reaching across the distance of a century, eager to uplift every dimension of our
lives. He reaches out with an intensity of love and compassion, extended as the
active and intervening hand of grace, to heal our ills and personal deficiencies,
however large or small, however tenacious they may seem, however hopeless we
feel about them.
And however much the promise fulfilled may uplift the circumstances of our
lives, inner and outer, its true and ultimate benefit lies in the stream of Divine
Life which the promise brings us closer to.
Baba’s Life, Practice and Attainment
Baba Lokenath attained a state of divinity which is beyond all human
comprehension. Most yogis focus on a particular yogic path, that of Jnana (path
of discriminating knowledge), K(path of selfless action), Bhakti (path of
devotional surrender to the Divine), or Ashtanga (Patanjali’s) Yoga to lead them
to Ultimate Reality. Baba, however, diligently practiced the principles of all
four. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Divine Incarnation of Bhakti, taught the
world the path of Bhakti alone. Jagadguru Sankaracharya taught only the path of
Jnana. Baba Lokenath is the Divine Incarnation of Jnana, Karma, Bhakti and
Ashtanga Yoga. Mastering all of them, Baba became the Incarnation of their
synthesis, the living essence and full embodiment of the universal religion of
love, the Sanatana Dharma, which is taught in the Bhagavad Gita. Baba taught,
from the essence of his exalted being, that the Bhagavad Gita is more than
scripture. It is an eternal song meant to be sung through the medium of our lives.
As the living example of his own teaching, Baba came to be called “The Song of
the Living Gita.”
Baba’s mastery was at every level of being and form. He attained total
Divinity in human form, which his name, Lokenath (master of the worlds)
denotes. Baba Lokenath realized Ultimate Perfection on the physical plane, the
divinization of human form, which is the final and most difficult transformation,
through an extraordinarily prolonged period of sadhana. Playing the role of the
perfect disciple, humbly and completely surrendered to the Lotus Feet of his
beloved Guru through eighty years of intensive austerities in both the jungles of
the lower plains and snow-covered regions of the Himalayas, Baba was granted
enlightenment of the highest order. Lokenath was ninety years old. His Gurudev
was a grand old man of 150 years.
The enlightened Lokenath soon discovered that he had surpassed his beloved
Guru. Guru Bhagwan Ganguly had selflessly led Lokenath to that exalted state
before personally attaining Liberation. Surprised, stricken with sadness, and
filled with compassion, Lokenath wept for his Master.
Understanding Lokenath’s tears, Guru Bhagwan smiled tenderly and
reassured his disciple there was only cause for joy. He knew he would soon shed
his old body and quickly return to Lokenath in his next incarnation. He asked
Lokenath to then lead him to his enlightenment through the path of integral
yoga. Upon hearing Guru Bhagwan’s plan, Lokenath, overwhelmed with
