Yogiraj Sri Sri Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya

Published on 30/September/1917 A householder was seated in his own drawing room at Benares, in the lotus posture, surrounded by his disciples. His complexion was fair and his body well-built. His dreamy eyes were half-closed, fixed as they were on something not of this earth. The aura of his tranquility pervaded the atmosphere. He was explaining the Bhagavad-Gita. The householder was the greatest Yogi of the 19th century, whose cosmic consciousness was...
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Published on 30/September/1917

A householder was seated in his own drawing room at Benares, in the lotus posture, surrounded by his disciples. His complexion was fair and his body well-built. His dreamy eyes were half-closed, fixed as they were on something not of this earth. The aura of his tranquility pervaded the atmosphere. He was explaining the Bhagavad-Gita.

The householder was the greatest Yogi of the 19th century, whose cosmic consciousness was entirely free from the limitations of space and time. He was Yogiraj Shri Shri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahashaya. Indeed, the role silently played by Shri Shri Lahiri Mahashaya in changing the world-consciousness into a unity through the path of Yoga can never be exaggerated.

This perhaps shows that, as the poet says, "Heaven lies about us in our infancy'', but "shades of the prison-house begin to close upon the growing boy", when it becomes necessary for him to revive his divine consciousness with 'Sadhana'. Of-course, any Sadhana again depends ultimately on His Grace. The words "गुरुकृपा हि केवलम्" are very true. Nothing can be done without the Grace of the Master. And the Master is ever ready to shower his Grace upon us if only we are simple and sincere at heart.