Yoga Sagar

Author(s): Paramhamsa Satyananda
Publisher: Bihar School of Yoga Munger

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DEDICATION Let us reflect for a moment on which aspect of Paramahamsa Satyananda we salute and commemorate at this event. His accomplishments are many, his attainments too numerous to cite. He has excelled in every field, as disciple, sadhak, guru, administrator, an adept of yoga, tantra, vedanta and the esoteric sciences, a renunciate avadhoota paramahamsa and, most importantly, as a man.
Wherever he went, whatever he touched, shone with a new radiance. Sri (auspiciousness) has been his constant companion. The Bhagavad Gita in its last sloka tells us that where there is Sri Krishna, the Lord of all yogis, and Arjuna, the wielder of the bow, it is there that Sri resides eternally. Yes, Paramahamsaji symbolizes auspiciousness, and that deserves acclaim, but that is not what we have gathered here to honor him for. It is for the spirit of tyaga and sannyasa renunciation and surrender, which has shone so brilliantly in him, that we lower our heads before him today.
Tyaga is that quality which takes one ever so close to the Divine. The atman is propelled from the mundane to the transcendental and the entire being is immersed in the Lord. Sannyasa is samarpan, an offering of oneself to the Divine. Without samarpan, there can be no sannyasa, and rare is the one who is full of tyaga and sannyasa.
Imagine the auspicious day, fifty years ago, when Paramahamsaji received sannyasa diksha on the banks of the river Ganga. Imagine Paramguru Swami Sivananda kindling in him the spiritual fervor of tyaga and sannyasa, these ideals which have remained the distinct hallmark of his life up to the present day.
Away from the glitter and glow of all he has created, he remains forever immersed in the name of the Lord. It is to this man, who has never lost the vision of the Lord in life, that we offer our prayers and love.