Love, Truth and Simplicity
From breath to Breath
From life to death
Life is a room with six doors
A life where the choice is yours
Doors to doom and danger
Lust, greed and anger
Bright are the other three
Love, truth and simplicity
From the author of - The Babaji Affair
Monday, September 23, 2013
Possibility of relocating congestion of Nainital to Khurpa Tal
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| A view of Nainital and Naini Lake ( Photo by Jasdeep Sethi) |
While everyone agrees that Nainital has become over congested and there is a need not just to stop new development but also relocate some of the existing one that is choking the hill sides, no concrete proposals are even being studied for it.
Some promising areas for relocation are on the road to Bhowali or around Hanuman Garhi. However another very promising area is the location around Khurpa Tal. Geographically it is a very close to Nainital. However, the existing road to it through the hills increases the distance considerably. What would be required is to connect both localities by the construction of a new road to it involving a tunnel of about a quarter of kilometer length through the hill. The other side of the hill towards Khurpa Tal would then be a walking distance from the flats, the central location of Nainital. Presently much of the area around Khurpa Tal is used as farmlands. It has the potential to become a suburb of Nainital where some existing plot owners or establishments in Nainital could be induced to move with the incentive of larger plots and more open surroundings. Sale of some new plots at the new location would raise enough money for construction of this new link.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
The Deathless Babaji
There are some who believe that there is a mystic Babaji who is deathless and roams about in the Kumaon Himalayas hopping from hill to hill. Some even thought that Baba Haidakhan about whom there are several posts in this blog (see links to the left) is that deathless Baba. As regards that it is only the soul that is deathless, all physical bodies are transient, they are born and they die. Even the planets and the universe are transient. May I quote from another blogpost on this,
"It is really very surprising how humans in this age of science and logic can believe, without the slightest shred of evidence, that there is a young Babaji who roams and hops about in the Kumaon hills and never dies! or for that matter a Lochness Monster or a Himalayan Yeti"http://ashokmalhotra.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/truth-about-yoga/
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Babaji or Baba Haidakhan - The Nainital Mystic who restored truths about Yoga
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| What Babaji of Nainital said. |
The Himalayas have been a source of spiritual knowledge since ancient times. It has been the abode and/or origin of numerous saints, mystics, including the Great Buddha; and according to Hindu and Buddhist Mythology also of gods, goddesses and Bodhisattvas. Certainly if a location has to be chosen for that in the world it has to be The Himalayas as the Highest mountain chain of the world and also the most conducive to life and beauty.
In 1970, a youthful saint of around twenty, called Baba Haidakhan or Babaji lovingly by his disciples appeared in the Nainital District of Himalayas. He died in 1984, even as he had said while he lived that the body is meaningless and transient but the soul lives on.
While he lived, he lovingly and joyously demolished certain fallacies and myths about yoga that were spreading in the world. It was a time when there was a great interest in yoga in the west. Certain popular sects were propagating myths about yoga, perhaps for commercial reasons, that were dispelled by those who came close to Babaji. who was not into accumulating wealth or membership. He accepted some disciples who sought his blessings while asking others to go elsewhere since they were either not ready or needed him no more.
Some of the popular myths that Babaji dispelled were, that a certain techniques of yoga that were called Kriya yoga by some sects were not due to Babaji and also the ancient Hindu Scripture – The Bhagvat Gita (also spelt Bhagvad Gita) and none should be a secret unless it is for making money as a business.
In this respect it may be noted:
- Although the Bhagvat Gita describes several yogas as well as practices of yogis, no where in Bhagvat Gita is there a mention of Kriya Yoga.
- The first recorded mention of Kriya Yoga is in the highly regarded ancient text by Patanjali on Yoga. Chapter 2 of his text begins with description of Kriya Yoga.
- The Kriya Yoga as described by Patanjali is not the Kriya Yoga as described or practiced by a modern popular sect. No part of Kriya Yoga has anything to do with breathing techniques. Those are other yoga techniques (Pranyama), beneficial too, but not kriya yoga. According to Patanjali the Breathing techniques are a part of Ashtang Yoga.
- That Baba Haidakhan denies being the source of what is being taught as the modern Kriya yoga and that what is taught by Babaji is not a secret.
- That the Kriya Yoga as taught by Baba Haidakhan is precisely the same as that described by Patanjali in his ancient and original text on Yoga.
- Through his public death, Baba Haidakhan also demolished the myth that a physical body can live permanently. None has since the beginning of time. All are transient, but the soul survives and a soul dwelling in God and born may be called an Avatar and one born repeatedly as such may be called a Great Avatar or Maha Avatar.
The essential elements of the Kriya Yoga as defined by Patanjali and also taught by Baba Haidakhan first require the prerequisites of Love, Truth ( including not stealing) and Simplicity (including avoiding lust i.e. sex devoid of love and greed or much fondness of worldly attainments) termed Yama by Patanjali. This was to be followed by selfless work and service, knowledge of self through prayer and/or recitation of holy names, loving and trusting God. That is Kriya Yoga by Babaji and also by Patanjali.
It is as simple as that and no secret as far as Babaji was concerned. There is more on Babaji and his practices in this blog ( just search through) and also in a recent book by this author - The Babaji Affair. www.amazon.com/Babaji-Affair-Dr-Ashok-Malhotra/dp/149232955X/
Thursday, September 5, 2013
New Book Release - The Babaji Affair
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| The Babaji Affair |
Hi, my new book - The Babaji Affair - has just been released by Amazon.com. Persons who find eastern mysticism and spirituality interesting are sure to love this book. The cover image is of me sitting in a boat in the middle of Naini Lake of Nainital.
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