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SHIVABALAYOGI
Swamiji's Physical Presence in a Samadhi
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Samadhi
refers to an indescribable state of consciousness which Shivabalayogi
sometimes had translated as "enlightenment." Another meaning of
"samadhi" is a place where the physical presence of a yogi, avatar or
great saint is anchored, typically the tomb where the physical body is
buried.
There are
three places where Shivabalayogi's physical presence is anchored:
Adivarapupeta, Bangalore and Dodballapur. Each is a Samadhi.
Shri
Swamiji's sacred body is buried in the Samadhi in Adivarapupeta, the
ashram on the site of where he sat for almost all of his twelve year
tapas. The Samadhi is inside the ashram building in the same place where
he used to give public darshan. Adivarapupeta is the first ashram, the
Mother ashram, the place from which Shivabalayogi's presence radiates
throughout the world.
This ashram
building and darshan room is small, so the trustees are making plans to
construct a new building over this site.
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Shivabalayogi's Samadhi --
the place where his physical body is interred --
at the Adivarapupeta ashram. |
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Shivabalayogi's Samadhi
at the Bangalore ashram
in J.P. Nagar. |
The Bangalore
Samadhi was consecrated on April 10, 1994. A pit was dug in the middle
of the garden, as Swamiji had wished, and carefully lined with stone.
After a homa fire ceremony and purnahuti (offerings), a
small portion of his matted hair (jata), the cloth he was wearing
in Adivarapupeta just before his mahasamadhi, a Shivalinga made from the
earth in which his holy body was buried, and some personal effects were
laid on a bed of vibhuti. That same night, heavy rain fell on Bangalore,
an auspicious reminder of the presence of a great yogi.
Granite slabs and a
large Shivalinga have been installed over the Bangalore Samadhi and an
open, temple-like structure has been built so that the rudraksha trees
that are sacred to Shiva and which Shri Swamiji wanted planted would not
be disturbed.
At the same
time the Samadhi was consecrated at the Bangalore ashram, a Samadhi was
consecrated at Shri Swamiji's ashram in Dodballapur, a small town less
than fifty kilometers north of Bangalore. Dodballapur was the second
ashram dedicated to Swamiji. As at the main Bangalore ashram, the
Samadhi at Dodballapur contains a small piece of Swamiji's hair, blessed
vibhuti, a shawl that Swamiji used to wear, and some other personal
effects.
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Those who
did not have the opportunity to have darshan of Shivabalayogi in
his own physical body, and those devotees who did, can experience the
same physical presence at these Samadhis.
The
experiences are many. This one is a sample: "I
was sitting in meditation next to the Samadhi in the middle of the
Bangalore ashram garden. Although my eyes were closed, I saw Swamiji
come up to me from the left and I felt Swamiji touch my left ear. I got
up from my meditation, then shortly resumed it. This time I saw Swamiji
come up from my right side and, like before, I could very definitely
feel His touch, this time on my right ear."
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The
Samadhi of Shri Swamiji's mother, Parvatamma Allaka.
It is near the main
ashram in J.P. Nagar,
at the original Bangalore ashram on Bannerghatta Road.
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