Pujya Gurudev’s Daily Dose of Anecdotes
Swami Siddhananda Ji has been collecting, composing and publishing an anecdote a day for several years. Search the full text of every anecdote, not just the titles, by a word, a phrase or an anecdote number. Anecdotes with your exact phrase are listed first, then those with all your words, then those with some of them.
Chinmayananda: A Journey of the Spirit - 6/7
…of any possession is in sharing it with others.'” He felt reinforced. Tapovan Maharaj gave hesitant approval to the pleading of his brilliant disciple; not that he doubted the will or wisdom of his ward, but because he knew how mi…
Chinmayananda: A Journey of the Spirit - 5/7
… another time, Chinmayananda decided that even the proximity of Swami Tapovanam, and of his fellow disciples, was a hindrance to the solitary existence he needed, and he sneaked out from the master’s camp while dawn yet lingered b…
Chinmayananda: A Journey of the Spirit - 4/7
…piritual colossus whose glory a continent could hardly contain. Swami Tapovan Maharaj, adored by all the saints and sages of the land, reveling in the serene silence and scenic splendor of the mountains, his fame soaring higher th…
The State Free of Sorrow – 1/2
Question & Answer session with Swami Tapovan Maharaj. One evening two sannyasins came to Him and in the course of the conversation asked him with due reverence. Q: Among the ancient masters some say that there is a state called ji…
Tapovana Vratam ~ तपोवन वृतं
The particular form, the great Lord took in the name of Sree Swami Tapovanam has dissolved and he has gone back to merge into his own Swaroopa. He has now become the ‘Essence’ in each one of us. Wherever we find the glow of divine…
On The Way to Kailas - 4/4
Sri Swami Tapovan Maharaj Journey with a Princely Escort For people who repose implicit faith in God and His infinite mercy, can there be anything like want? Even in the solitary Himalayan recesses where one hardly ever hears of f…
On The Way to Kailas - 3/4
Sri Swami Tapovan Maharaj Journey with a Princely Escort God is everywhere and at all times; He sees everything. He understands the needs of all and supplies them as He knows fit. But man is hardly aware of this truth; even if he …
On The Way to Kailas - 2/4
Sri Swami Tapovan Maharaj Journey with a Princely Escort As we proceeded, I sometimes fell into a trance, standing motionless for a time or sitting on the ground without stirring, because my mind was wrapped in the thought of the …
On The Way to Kailas - 1/4
Sri Swami Tapovan Maharaj Journey with a Princely Escort From Kathmandu I retraced my steps to the lower regions and reached Raxaul. I entrained myself there, and reached a small town called Nepalgunj, via Gorakhpur. A young Assam…
The Yogic Greatness of Swami Tapovanam - 4/4
“I have already left this body. There is nothing in it to regret”, were the words that he said to me with a smile, and the sparkle in his eyes at that time was, to say the least, rather mischievous. My reactions to these words wer…
The Yogic Greatness of Swami Tapovanam - 3/4
It should die, and since it must die, why not die here? See, how peaceful is this serene Himalayan atmosphere! If we are healthy, here we can live in quietude and peace, and even if we must die and as all must die-- how peaceful a…
The Yogic Greatness of Swami Tapovanam - 2/4
Before and after the Gita Jnana Yagnas in New Delhi, I had occasions to reach his feet since he was reported to be very ill. He was not in good health for the past three or four months. Individual appeals and even communal appeal,…
The Yogic Greatness of Swami Tapovanam - 1/4
…s wherein he recalls the rewarding days he spent with his Guru, Swami Tapovan Maharaj. The extract gives a glimpse into the Yogic greatness of Swami Tapovanam and reveals a sacred Guru-Shishya relationship - something unseen and u…
The Dignity of India - 4/4
…hat the news of India's attaining independence reached Swamiji (Swami Tapovanam) in August 1947. He rejoiced heartily over this liberation from foreign yoke. Liberty of the land, liberty of the body - such expressions have only wo…
The Dignity of India - 1/4
Sri Swami Tapovan Maharaj One evening a German scholar, accompanied by his wife and a Government Officer, came to Kailas Mutt to see Swamiji. With bowed heads they saluted him, and he received them and offered them seats. Then the…
The last days of “Tapovanam”
The courage and the mental poise of a man who can thus wait for an appointment with Death and watch his approach with the thrill of a lover's rendezvous cannot be had unless one has come to live the truths indicated in the Upanish…
How I met my Guru ~ 2/6
…urudev narrated an incident during his days with his Guru Pujya Swami Tapovan Maharaj. “One day in Uttarkashi, Guruji asked me to go to a spot where the milkmen were milking the cattle and filling in jars to be taken to the market…
“Uttarkashi” ~ by Swami Tapovanam – 22/22
But as all of us had self-confidence and faith in God, our optimism did not give way. We hurried forward without waiting gloomily for tragedy to overtake us. The hail was still falling, the layer of snow was getting thicker, and w…
“Uttarkashi” ~ by Swami Tapovanam – 21/22
After a light breakfast we started on our return journey at 9 0'clock, the next day. I had been baulked of my desire to stay one or two days more at the lake, as it was unbearably cold, and snowfall seemed imminent. It was past on…
“Uttarkashi” ~ by Swami Tapovanam – 20/22
It was now evening. The sun's rays had already turned red. The waters of the lake reflected the sun and shone red. As night closed upon us, our guides lit a fire which helped to keep off the extreme cold of the night. In the cours…
“Uttarkashi” ~ by Swami Tapovanam – 19/22
However, we reached the lake by 5 0'clock. On our arrival, a peculiar kind of bird known as monal, very much like a cock in shape but red in colour, rose into the air from the clefts in the rocks which are their natural home and o…
“Uttarkashi” ~ by Swami Tapovanam – 18/22
We were thus compelled to spend some time nursing our invalid friend. At noon, we prepared and ate our meal and then continued our trip. On the top of the mountain there is an open space, a small plateau devoid of trees. The spot …
“Uttarkashi” ~ by Swami Tapovanam – 17/22
It is at His will that clouds come down as rain, rivers flow, vegetables grow and enjoys or suffers. If it is so, we cannot blame the mountain folk for ascribing omnipotence to their village God, whom they identify with God Himsel…
“Uttarkashi” ~ by Swami Tapovanam – 16/22
But as against these conservatives, there was in the village also a small band of men with progressive views who took our side and argued that it was a company of Mahatmas that was proceeding to the lake, that the gods could not h…
“Uttarkashi” ~ by Swami Tapovanam – 15/22
About 30 miles to the north of Uttarkashi, between Gangotri and Yamunotri, at a height of over 10,000 ft. above sea level, there lies a lake called Dhumdital, surrounded by snow-clad mountains on all sides. It is not only a nature…