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Yogindra Yugapradhan Sri Sahajanandaghana Maharaj
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kayagupti.
PRATAPKUMAR J. TOLIYA
Sahajananda1 is the name of mine,
Sahajananda is the name of mine; Doubtless resident am I of a land
Impenetrable, of a city invisible and divine. Appropriate understanding is father mine, Profound self-experience my mother, Syādvāda is my family line,
Right discrimination my brother. Right faith is my god,
Right knowledge my master and guide, Steadiness of self my religion,
Meditation is the path I ride.
Right intellect is my activity,
Threefold control my rest,
This is the autobiography the great Jaina monk has left for us. Though precise, this depicts the true nature of the man, who cared so little to leave an account of his physical self. As to his spiritual self, too, we know not much beyond fragments of his discourses in private meetings or public gatherings that may now be scattered among his
With my sweetheart, pure self-consciousness, I dwell unattached in zest.
In brief, such is the introduction of Me
Ask ye about the physical frame? Oh! Say I Its just useless
Why waste thy time?
1 Absolute natural joy.
Threefold control of mind, speech and body called manogupti, vakgupti and
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