Brahmachari Satyanand's grief on the passing of Guru Dev

[John Manning]

[NOTE: Brahmachari Satyanand had been a disciple of Guru Dev for many
years. He later worked with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to help bring
Transcendental Meditation to the world. I had the great honor of having
met and spoken with him two times. jrm]


Brahmachari 'Swami' Satyanand speaking c1967 about Guru Dev's 'nirvana':

'When in 1953 Guru Dev left this mortal frame and attained nirvana I was
at Benares, another place of pilgrimage for Hindus, and at that moment I
was staying in the ashram of Guru Dev. Everybody knew that I am very
attached to Guru Dev and devoted to Guru Dev, and then news came to
Benares that Guru Dev has attained nirvana. I was sitting somewhere with
a group of my friends and the news was relayed there. When my friends
heard that Guru Dev was no more they were very anxious about me and when
they conveyed that news, they were rather alert to appraise whatever
reaction is and what happened, I simply, when I heard that news I became
very sad, very sorry and I just kept my head on the table before me. And
all of them were very anxious what will become of me. But soon after,
while I was very morose, sorrow, sad, entire world was empty for me and
I did not understand what to do without Guru Dev, just a half a minute
or two seconds after, a flash came and it appeared to me that Guru Dev
was scolding me;

"What a fool you are!
You have been with me for all these many months and years, and you heard
my discourses too.
Is it a moment of feeling sorry?
Why should you be sorry today?
And you think that I am gone, where am I gone?
Till now whenever you wanted to meet me, you had, you had to come to the
place where I was, and today when I have attained nirvana, I am
everywhere, I am omnipresent.
Where have I gone?
Very foolish for you to mourn on this occasion.
I am with you, here, there, everywhere.
Why should you be sorry?"

And the moment this flash came, my face became very brilliant, I became
very cheerful. And when I raised my head, my friends who were standing
there, very anxious and held in suspense, they were upset to see my
brilliant and cheerful face. And then they said, "What has happened to
you?" I said, "No you can't understand, nothing has happened to me, I am
alright, now let me go back to the ashram and make the necessary
arrangements".'


See photo of Brahmachari Satyanand:
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Thanks to Paul Mason - link: http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/Satyanand.htm

[Lawson English]

Post by John Manning
[NOTE: Brahmachari Satyanand had been a disciple of Guru Dev for many
years. He later worked with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to help bring
Transcendental Meditation to the world. I had the great honor of having
met and spoken with him two times. jrm]
'When in 1953 Guru Dev left this mortal frame and attained nirvana I was
at Benares, another place of pilgrimage for Hindus, and at that moment I
was staying in the ashram of Guru Dev. Everybody knew that I am very
attached to Guru Dev and devoted to Guru Dev, and then news came to
Benares that Guru Dev has attained nirvana. I was sitting somewhere with
a group of my friends and the news was relayed there. When my friends
heard that Guru Dev was no more they were very anxious about me and when
they conveyed that news, they were rather alert to appraise whatever
reaction is and what happened, I simply, when I heard that news I became
very sad, very sorry and I just kept my head on the table before me. And
all of them were very anxious what will become of me. But soon after,
while I was very morose, sorrow, sad, entire world was empty for me and
I did not understand what to do without Guru Dev, just a half a minute
or two seconds after, a flash came and it appeared to me that Guru Dev
was scolding me;
"What a fool you are!
You have been with me for all these many months and years, and you heard
my discourses too.
Is it a moment of feeling sorry?
Why should you be sorry today?
And you think that I am gone, where am I gone?
Till now whenever you wanted to meet me, you had, you had to come to the
place where I was, and today when I have attained nirvana, I am
everywhere, I am omnipresent.
Where have I gone?
Very foolish for you to mourn on this occasion.
I am with you, here, there, everywhere.
Why should you be sorry?"
And the moment this flash came, my face became very brilliant, I became
very cheerful. And when I raised my head, my friends who were standing
there, very anxious and held in suspense, they were upset to see my
brilliant and cheerful face. And then they said, "What has happened to
you?" I said, "No you can't understand, nothing has happened to me, I am
alright, now let me go back to the ashram and make the necessary
arrangements".'
http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/sources/photos/Satyananand.jpg
http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/Satyanand.htm

Thanks for that, John.

[pundit_moderator]

Brahmachari Satyanand had been a disciple of Guru Dev for many years.

In the late 60' and early 70's, Brahmachary Satyanand used to travel
about giving out advanced techniques for the Maharishi - I got one
(Night Technique) when I was on a residence course with Jerry Jarvis
in 1968 at SIMS. Later, in 1971, when I was in India, I visited
Satyanand at Rishikesh and recieved an extended mantra technique (six
syllables). At that time, Satyanand was managing the ashram at
Shankaracharya Nagar. Apparently, he passed away sometime in the 90's.
He was one of my gurus - a real yogi and a siddha. I still practice
the Night Technique I learned from him - if anyone wants to enjoy a
good night's sleep, sleep like a baby, wake up without an alarm clock
at a precise hour, the Night Technique is second-to-none. I'm
currently conducting a study which uses the Night Technique to cure
sleep apnea. This technique is mentioned in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.

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Author: Willytex
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 00:13:47 -0500
Subject: Brahmachari Satyanand
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Photo of Satyanand taken by the author at Lake Arrowhead:

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Thanks to Paul Mason - link:http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/Satyanand.htm