Guest guest Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 ------- Memo to Busheviks Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:34:36 -0400 dar <dobbie606 Evol <existentialmeditations > QUESTION to Swami Sivananda: Don't you believe that Naga Sadhus, when moving in public, are a standing menace to our holy culture? Have they really risen to that level as to regard this nakedness as nothing indecent and bad? Is there any spiritual significance to this nakedness of body in its totality? Kindly illumine. ANSWER: Our holy culture is essentially spiritual in every respect. Only when the Spirit is forgotten, dualities like decency and indecency arise. All these dualities exist for the worldly man and not for him who tries to go beyond them and establish himself in that non-dual, differenceless state. From the spiritual viewpoint, how can you then come down to the level of finding the existence of dualities and getting affected by them? The spiritual significance of remaining naked lies in its being a helpful factor in getting over the body-consciousness or Sarira Abhimana. The man whose mind is tainted with worldly thoughts and who is awake to the dualities will feel ashamed to present himself in his birthday robe in public. Only he who has conquered his senses and mind can roam in a state of nudity in public fearlessly and without the least emotional disturbance. Some adopt this as a part of their Sadhana to overcome the body consciousness and such people generally avoid the crowds. Of course, there are people who impersonate realized sages and move about duping the innocent public. But people can easily understand these pseudo-saints by their reactions and hence shun them. http://www.sivananda.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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