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."
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March 24th, 2021 at 6:25 pm
Jai Jai Shree Maha Ganesh
Thank you for sharing this beautiful puja. Is there anywhere in the world a recording of his voice? I wonder.
Aum Namasivaya
Jai Sivayogaswami
March 24th, 2021 at 6:57 pm
Aum Namasivaya!
Aum! Nalluraan Vetri Vel Potri!
Aum! Yoga Guruparan Thiruvadi Thunai!
Aum! Sarvam SIVAN Seyal! (All SIVAN’s Work).
Aum! Summa Iru! (Be Still!)
………………….Yogaswami.
Aum! Siva, Siva!
Aum Shanthi!
Anpudan,
Siva,
(T.Sivayogapathy).
Toronto.
March 24th, 2021 at 7:07 pm
“AUM GURAVE NAMAHA”!.
March 25th, 2021 at 4:03 am
Beautiful post. Love the words and the dharsan through the photos. Reflecting on the blessed Mahasamadhi puja in Colombuthurai during Innersearch Sri Lanka 2019 – ‘blessings are everywhere’. Such a profound soul who is ever present through the grace of our beloved Satguru. Aum Sivaya.
March 26th, 2021 at 9:20 am
Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos and sayings. … And thank you for creating the beautiful puja in Yogaswami’s honor. We are all blessed by his life.
March 27th, 2021 at 5:23 pm
We all are indebted to you in many ways. Today we are blessed to watch the Pooja on the occasion of the 57thMahasamadhi of Yoga swami
Many have expressed their immense gratitude
April 2nd, 2021 at 4:43 am
Was Yogaswami’s Mahasamadhi on the 20th or the 24th of March?
April 13th, 2021 at 5:34 am
Aum Namah Shivaya!