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Priyanath Karar, meglio conosciuto col nome monastico di Sri Yukteswar , è stato un astrologo vedico e guru indiano, discepolo di Lahiri Mahasaya e maestro di Paramhansa Yogananda e Satyananda Giri. Durante la sua vita, non si spostò mai dall'India.

Fu uno dei guru indiani più rispettati dei suoi tempi, pur avendo una cerchia molto ristretta di allievi, a causa della stretta disciplina che esercitava su di loro. Studioso del Bhagavadgītā ma anche della Bibbia, fondò parte del suo insegnamento sulle similitudini fra la tradizione cristiana e quella indù; nel 1894, su richiesta di Babaji, raccolse parte delle sue riflessioni su questo argomento in un piccolo libro intitolato Kaivalya Darshanam. Il libro fu poi ripubblicato nel 1920 dalla Self-Realization Fellowship, con il titolo The Holy Science.

Proprio a causa del suo interesse per i parallelismi fra il pensiero religioso occidentale e quello orientale, Sri Yukteswar affidò al suo allievo Paramhansa Yogananda la missione di portare in occidente la tradizione dello yoga, obiettivo in funzione del quale Paramhansa Yogananda fondò la SRF la cui principale missione è la diffusione del Kriya Yoga.

I discepoli indiani di Sri Yukteswar scrivono il suo nome Sriyukteshwar. Il significato del nome è unito con Ishwara, uno degli aspetti di Dio secondo la religione indù. Dopo la morte della moglie, Sri Yukteswar decise di diventare swami per evitare che i bramini disertassero le sue lezioni.

✵ 10. Maggio 1855 – 9. Marzo 1936
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Sri Yukteswar: 18 citazioni5 Mi piace

Sri Yukteswar frasi celebri

“La collera nasce solo dai desideri contrariati. Io nulla attendo dagli altri, perciò le loro azioni non possono essere in contrasto con i miei desideri.”

Sri Yukteswar

Origine: Citato in Rotondi 1981, p. 21, § 33.

“Come ci stanchiamo presto dei piaceri terreni! Il desiderio di cose materiali non ha mai fine; l'uomo è sempre insoddisfatto ed insegue una mèta dopo l'altra.
Quel «qualcosa d'altro» che egli cerca è il Signore, che solo può garantire una gioia eterna.
I desideri esteriori ci traggono dall'Eden interiore, offrono falsi piaceri che sono soltanto simboli della felicità dell'anima.
Il paradiso perduto viene prontamente riconquistato attraverso la divina meditazione.”

Sri Yukteswar

Origine: Citato in Rotondi 1981, p. 80, § 255.

“Guarda la paura in faccia e cesserà di turbarti.”

Sri Yukteswar

Origine: Citato in Rotondi 1981, p. 17, § 20.

Sri Yukteswar: Frasi in inglese

“Those who remove our troubles, dispel our doubts, and bestow peace are true teachers. They perform a Godlike work. Their opposites (those who increase our doubts and difficulties) are harmful to us and should be avoided like poison.”

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Yukteswar Giri libro The Holy Science

The Holy Science

“In shallow men the fish of little thoughts cause much commotion. In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle.”

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Yukteswar Giri

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

“Tender inner weaknesses, revolting at mild touches of censure, are like diseased parts of the body, recoiling before even delicate handling.”

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Yukteswar Giri

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

“[Swami Sri Yukteswar to Paramahansa Yogananda, before whom he appeared in the flesh on June 19, 1936, more than three months after his mahasamadhi (a great yogi’s final conscious exit from the body)] Grieve not for me…. You and I shall smile together, so long as our two forms appear different in the maya-dream of God. Finally we shall merge as one in the Cosmic Beloved; our smiles shall be His smile, our unified song of joy vibrating throughout eternity to be broadcast to God-tuned souls!”

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Yukteswar Giri

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

“Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor with courtesy is helpful and admirable.”

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Yukteswar Giri

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

“Attachment is blinding; it lends an imaginary halo of attractiveness to the object of desire.”

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Yukteswar Giri

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

“Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now.”

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Yukteswar Giri

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

“Do not confuse understanding with a larger vocabulary, sacred writings are beneficial in stimulating desire for inward realization, if one stanza at a time is slowly assimilated. Continual intellectual study results in vanity and the false satisfaction of an undigested knowledge.”

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Yukteswar Giri

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

“Keen intelligence is two-edged, It may be used constructively or destructively like a knife, either to cut the boil of ignorance, or to decapitate one's self. Intelligence is rightly guided only after the mind has acknowledged the inescapability of spiritual law.”

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Yukteswar Giri

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

“I heard my mother remark occasionally: 'A man who accepts a job under anyone is a slave.' That impression became so indelibly fixed that even after my marriage I refused all positions. I met expenses by investing my family endowment in land. Moral: Good and positive suggestions should instruct the sensitive ears of children. Their early ideas long remain sharply etched.”

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Yukteswar Giri

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

“Just as the purpose of eating is to satisfy hunger, not greed, so the sex instinct is designed for the propagation of the species according to natural law, never for the kindling of insatiable longings. Destroy wrong desires now; otherwise they will follow you after the astral body is torn from its physical casing. Even when the flesh is weak, the mind should be constantly resistant. If temptation assails you with cruel force, overcome it by impersonal analysis and indomitable will. Every natural passion can be mastered. Conserve your powers. Be like the capacious ocean, absorbing within all the tributary rivers of the senses. Small yearnings are openings in the reservoir of your inner peace, permitting healing waters to be wasted in the desert soil of materialism. The forceful activating impulse of wrong desire is the greatest enemy to the happiness of man. Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don't kick you around.”

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Yukteswar Giri

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

“Do not allow yourself to be thrashed by the provoking whip of a beautiful face. How can sense slaves enjoy the world? Its subtle flavours escape them while they grovel in primal mud. All nice discriminations are lost to the man of elemental lusts.”

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Yukteswar Giri

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

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