A message for Old members of this Group!

[Guest guest]

, aumji <no_reply wrote:

>

> Dear Sadhakas,

>

> Shri Radhakutir ji, a very old member of this group and who shined >this

group with his valuable thoughts, merged into supreme godhead on >22nd Dec,09.

 

Aumji, Sad news indeed.......

 

I remember Radhakutirji- he wrote infrequently, but he always wrote words of

deep wisdom.

 

He was one of few people who understood how important the balance of Bhakti &

Gyan is, & he was both a great Bhakta & a great Gyani.

 

I knew he was busy, as he was doing many things, including trying to run a

gurukul in ancient style, where students would be given spiritual knowledge in

addition to normal education.

But I never suspected that his time was almost up.

 

Anyway, he will be missed.

 

with love,

Shantnu

[Guest guest]

Dear AumJi,

Pranam.

 

sorry to Know Shri RadhakutirJi's demise. Let us pray for his soul to reside in

Peace. Unlucky Babaji, you where not able to meet him. Even though i am not a

old memeber of this group, I just went thro his earlier posts and found the

following post of his, which i wanted to post again.

 

 

-----Re: Meditation

 

 

" Is self other than God ?

Is God Other than pure potentiality and pure consciousness?

 

Can we safely say self is god himself encircled in Maya?

Can we assume Pure consciousness, when differentiates becomes God?

 

And lastly, if self in us is already a part of liberalised pure

Soul then who is it who needs liberation? who is suffering ? "

 

For a student of Vedanta these are very standard questions and standard answers

are available in plenty. In any case here are some Vedantic thoughts on the

subject.

 

It is the Jiva or the ego who is suffering and is covering the Self in the form

of ignorance. This veil of ignorance needs to be removed to bring out the

immaculate ever shining Self and that is liberation.

 

Then what is Jiva? Jiva is a reflection of pure Aatma through the instrument of

the intellect, which gives rise to the wrong notion that I am the body, also

known as ego or more correctly the false ego.

 

How can the pure Aatma give rise the wrong notion that " I am the body " ? It is

because the reflection takes place through intellect, which is a part of the

subtle body and here we the accumulated experiences stored of our past millions

and billions of incarnations through 8.4 M species of life forms. Therefore

there is a very strong inherent conviction within us that " I am the body " . By

God's grace human incarnation is a rare opportunity where efforts can be

undertaken to break down this ignorance that " I am the body " . Please don't lose

this God given opportunity to shed this ignorance.

 

We cannot be sure of our next birth, what form it might take? Gita says it is

the last thought that determines our next formation, for example if we have an

attachment to the pet in the house and the thought of that pet came in front of

us just before death, it is easy enough to imagine, what might happen and there

are instances of such happenings given in the Hindu Scriptures.

 

God, Self, Aatma, Consciousness, Awareness, Brahman, Krishna are all synonymous

-terms. It is the greatness of Hinduism that it gives us a choice.

 

-Hari Om, Hare Krishna,

-radhakutir

 

Luv

[Guest guest]

Aum

Vivek

 

 

 

 

________________________________

aumji <no_reply >

 

Wed, February 3, 2010 1:06:22 PM

A message for Old members of this Group!

 

 

Dear Sadhakas,

 

Shri Radhakutir ji, a very old member of this group and who shined this group

with his valuable thoughts, merged into supreme godhead on 22nd Dec,09.

 

If you read his old messages you will know his in-depth knowledge about hinduism

and his aura. I had regular E-mail exchanges with him and he had sent his

address to me, with his desire to meet me in his Ashram. I went to Haridwar many

times, but could not find time.

 

Last week I went to Dev Prayag for some last rituals of my dear father and on

return, had a strong urge to meet that Great Soul. On reaching his ashram in

Rishikesh, i met with his chief disciple who informed me that Swamiji left his

body a few week before. Tears came to my eyes, as to how unlucky I am, to have

missed meeting that Soul.

 

Shri Radhakutir ji's name was Swami Radha Madhvananda. He was from a rich family

of Ludhiana and got his education in UK. Around 50 years of age he left his job

and took Sanyas in Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh and was given this name.

 

with all his share of property, he started a trust in Rishikesh and was busy in

social work, besides helping aspirants on spiritual path. Radha Ghaat in

rishikesh was his work, also a yoga school on the Rishikesh-Gangotri road.

 

We should feel lucky that we in our Group Sadhna had such a great soul....and

let us pray God to let his soul reside in him peacefully

 

Aum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks Senthil,

 

So thoughtful of you to dig out such old and deep msg from him. I feel that I

had some last birth connection with him, because after seeing his photo, tears

came to my eyes, and even now when i read his msg, tears appeared, or it was his

spiritual Aura that is still affecting those attached with him.

 

Aum

 

, " Jini " <senthil_sym wrote:

>

>

>

> Dear AumJi,

> Pranam.

>

> sorry to Know Shri RadhakutirJi's demise. Let us pray for his soul to reside

in Peace. Unlucky Babaji, you where not able to meet him. Even though i am not a

old memeber of this group, I just went thro his earlier posts and found the

following post of his, which i wanted to post again.

>

>

> -----Re: Meditation

>

>

> " Is self other than God ?

> Is God Other than pure potentiality and pure consciousness?

>

> Can we safely say self is god himself encircled in Maya?

> Can we assume Pure consciousness, when differentiates becomes God?

>

> And lastly, if self in us is already a part of liberalised pure

> Soul then who is it who needs liberation? who is suffering ? "

>

> For a student of Vedanta these are very standard questions and standard

answers

> are available in plenty. In any case here are some Vedantic thoughts on the

> subject.

>

> It is the Jiva or the ego who is suffering and is covering the Self in the

form

> of ignorance. This veil of ignorance needs to be removed to bring out the

> immaculate ever shining Self and that is liberation.

>

> Then what is Jiva? Jiva is a reflection of pure Aatma through the instrument

of

> the intellect, which gives rise to the wrong notion that I am the body, also

> known as ego or more correctly the false ego.

>

> How can the pure Aatma give rise the wrong notion that " I am the body " ? It is

> because the reflection takes place through intellect, which is a part of the

> subtle body and here we the accumulated experiences stored of our past

millions

> and billions of incarnations through 8.4 M species of life forms. Therefore

> there is a very strong inherent conviction within us that " I am the body " . By

> God's grace human incarnation is a rare opportunity where efforts can be

> undertaken to break down this ignorance that " I am the body " . Please don't

lose

> this God given opportunity to shed this ignorance.

>

> We cannot be sure of our next birth, what form it might take? Gita says it is

> the last thought that determines our next formation, for example if we have an

> attachment to the pet in the house and the thought of that pet came in front

of

> us just before death, it is easy enough to imagine, what might happen and

there

> are instances of such happenings given in the Hindu Scriptures.

>

> God, Self, Aatma, Consciousness, Awareness, Brahman, Krishna are all

synonymous

> -terms. It is the greatness of Hinduism that it gives us a choice.

>

> -Hari Om, Hare Krishna,

> -radhakutir

>

> Luv

>

[Guest guest]

> aumji <no_reply >

>

> Wed, February 3, 2010 1:06:22 PM

> A message for Old members of this Group!

>

>  

> Dear Sadhakas,

>

> Shri Radhakutir ji, a very old member of this group and who shined this group

with his valuable thoughts, merged into supreme godhead on 22nd Dec,09.

 

Dear Aum,

 

This is the saddest news I heard this year. I had few e-mail exchanges with

Swamiji.

 

Perhaps you people are not aware, Swamiji had posted discussions between him and

Aum ji on spiritual matters in many sites. I in fact came to know about your

Sadhna Group one such sites. You can see one such thread on Desires and Sadhna,

a thought provoking discussion between Swamiji and Aumji, both stalwarts in

INDIAN DIVINE DOT ORG

 

http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/hindu-sadhanas/178335-desire-universe-creatio\

n.html

 

let us all pray that his Soul continue showing us the correct path

 

Jaya

[Guest guest]

Namaste all.

To my surprise, I was just thinking of Sri Radhakutir ji while posting my last

message.

Now came to know about his disappearance. I've enjoyed reading many of his posts

since I joined this group and even still quote from them in my messages

occasionally.

Great souls never depart from this world.

They ever live among the true seekers in their teachings.

 

dr. jaya

 

Jaya Sri Radhe!

 

 

> I remember Radhakutirji- he wrote infrequently, but he always wrote words of

deep wisdom.

>

> He was one of few people who understood how important the balance of Bhakti &

Gyan is, & he was both a great Bhakta & a great Gyani.

>

[Guest guest]

I really don't know anything about him but I will pay homage to such a great

person who is praised by the Supreme Power Aum.

 

May His Soul Rest in the Shashwat Dham Goloka

 

OM POORNAMADAH POORNAMIDAM

POORNAAT POORNAMUDACHYATE

POORNASYA POORNAMAADAAYA

POORNAMEVAAVASHISHYATE

OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTIH

 

THAT (BRAHMAN) IS WHOLE

THIS (CREATION) IS ALSO WHOLE

FROM THAT WHOLE (I.E. BRAHMAN ONLY)

THIS WHOLE HAS COME OUT (CREATION)

BUT EVEN THOUGH THIS WHOLE HAS COME

OUT OF THAT WHOLE

YET THAT WHOLE REMAINS WHOLE ONLY

 

, aumji <no_reply wrote:

>

> Dear Sadhakas,

>

> Shri Radhakutir ji, a very old member of this group and who shined this

group with his valuable thoughts, merged into supreme godhead on 22nd Dec,09.

>

> If you read his old messages you will know his in-depth knowledge about

hinduism and his aura. I had regular E-mail exchanges with him and he had sent

his address to me, with his desire to meet me in his Ashram. I went to Haridwar

many times, but could not find time.

>

> Last week I went to Dev Prayag for some last rituals of my dear father and

on return, had a strong urge to meet that Great Soul. On reaching his ashram in

Rishikesh, i met with his chief disciple who informed me that Swamiji left his

body a few week before. Tears came to my eyes, as to how unlucky I am, to have

missed meeting that Soul.

>

> Shri Radhakutir ji's name was Swami Radha Madhvananda. He was from a rich

family of Ludhiana and got his education in UK. Around 50 years of age he left

his job and took Sanyas in Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh and was given this name.

>

> with all his share of property, he started a trust in Rishikesh and was busy

in social work, besides helping aspirants on spiritual path. Radha Ghaat in

rishikesh was his work, also a yoga school on the Rishikesh-Gangotri road.

>

> We should feel lucky that we in our Group Sadhna had such a great

soul....and let us pray God to let his soul reside in him peacefully

>

> Aum

>