Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master
Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master
Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master
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Syn<strong>on</strong>:<br />
Sense: ‘One who is seated high above’: that is, some<strong>on</strong>e who<br />
has reached <strong>the</strong> pinnacle of existence and abides as pure Being.<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r: ‘One who bel<strong>on</strong>gs to <strong>the</strong> Order of Udås⁄n m<strong>on</strong>ks — a<br />
much respected spiritual traditi<strong>on</strong> of north India.’<br />
At <strong>the</strong> time of initiati<strong>on</strong>, Udås⁄n or Udås⁄ sadhus are given a<br />
new name, a mantra, a cap and a black holy thread (sehli) and<br />
wear necklace of beads known as nazar ba†hu. Many tend to<br />
grow thick matted locks (ja†å<br />
ja†å) in <strong>the</strong> manner of Shaivite yogis,<br />
wound in coils <strong>on</strong> top of <strong>the</strong>ir heads.<br />
Legend is that <strong>the</strong> Order originated with Sanatana Kumar, a<br />
rishi of <strong>the</strong> Vedic period. He was <strong>on</strong>e of <strong>the</strong> four mythic<br />
Kumara bro<strong>the</strong>rs (Sanak, Sanadan, Sanatana and Sanat Kumar)<br />
menti<strong>on</strong>ed in <strong>the</strong> Vedas and Puranic tales.<br />
Baba Bhuman Shaji (1687-1747) of Bhuman Shah Village<br />
(which was named after him) previously in M<strong>on</strong>tgomery<br />
District, West Punjab (but is now in Pakistan) was a great sage<br />
of this traditi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Ano<strong>the</strong>r was Baba Sri Chanderji, 165th in <strong>the</strong> line of<br />
successi<strong>on</strong>, <strong>the</strong> s<strong>on</strong> of Guru Nanak Dev, who established four<br />
m<strong>on</strong>asteries in <strong>the</strong> four corners of India, just as Shankaracharya<br />
did for <strong>the</strong> Çhaivite sannyasins. There is still a shrine to him in<br />
Afghanistan.<br />
Sri Brahmananda Saraswati Udasin (previously known as Dr.<br />
Mishra, or Sri Ramamurti) of <strong>the</strong> I.C.S.A. Ashrams in USA,<br />
was also of this line. And Chandra Swami of Sadhana Kendra,<br />
Domet, U.P., is <strong>the</strong> latest sage and Mahant<br />
of this traditi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Udaya<br />
Sense: ‘Rising’, and so ‘<strong>the</strong> dawn; jñånodaya is <strong>the</strong> rising, <strong>the</strong><br />
dawn, of wisdom (jñåna), in <strong>the</strong> innermost firmament of <strong>the</strong><br />
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