Celebrating Yogaswami's Mahasamadhi

Early this morning, the monks of Kauai Aadheenam began their day with tribute to Paramaguru Yoganathan on the occasion of his 57th annual Mahasamadhi. Yogaswami left his body on March 20, 1964, the following days would see thousands of devotees from the Jaffna community attend his funeral procession and cremation. Ratna Ma Navaratnam wrote of him:

"For about ninety-two years, Swami was like a luminous ray reflecting the radiance of the Saiva saints down the ages. The Jaffna community in whose midst he lived and moved had grown imperceptibly to accept his presence as naturally as the beneficent sunlight, so that his mahasamadhi on March 24, 1964, created an unusual stir and sorrow among all ranks of people who had basked in his lustre from generation to generation. Swami was venerated as an illumined seer of the twentieth century, one who was Gods witness on Earth, a saint in whom the sacred was secret; he was like the Triveni, a confluence where met the streams of past, present and future. He seemed to have held the whole world in the kinship of the supreme will of Siva. The Master Sivathondan blazoned the trail of service and renunciation, by his universal gospel of Sivathondu, service unto Siva. To live every split second as servitors of Siva was his clarion call to the modern man."

Following this morning's Siva Puja in Kadavul Temple, the monks attended a small puja for Yogaswami at his shrine. They then dove within in their daily group meditation, taking to heart Yogaswami's advice of summa iru—"be still."

\"I am with you always. You are God. God is with you\" - Yogaswami

\"See God everywhere and see bliss!\"

\"He is a sannyasi, who surrenders possessions, life and spirit to God.\"

\"You don\

t want powers or siddhis. You don\'t want powers. You want to find out the Truth.\"'

\"All is dream. I am dreaming. Here all are dreaming-all mirage\"

\"All is play. God is just playing everywhere. All are bubbles-small bubbles going down and coming up to the surface.\"

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The patient will rule.\"'

\"All are mad. You are mad. I am mad. All are madmen.\"

\"Everything is secret. Sacred is secret. What is secret cannot be seen. If it is seen, it is not secret.\"

\"Blessings are everywhere.\"

\"Beautiful world. Dance! Dance as you like. Be as a child. Do as you please.\"

\"If there is peace in your mind, the Almighty will manifest Himself.\"

\"Nothing has happened. Neither you nor I have been born. It is all a dream.\"

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