Under The Banyan Tree

[Paramahamsa]

Under The Banyan Tree


Chitram vatatharormulae vrudha shishya gururyuva;
Gurostu maunam vyakyanam shishyastu chinnasamsayat.

What a wonder! This vision under the banyan tree! The teacher is a young boy, the taught are old men! The teacher is silent, yet the doubts of the disciples are dissolved!

Over thousand years ago, Adi Sankara, the great reformer saint of Hinduism, sang the praise of the young Master Dakshinamurthy, an incarnation of Lord Shiva, the rejuvenator in the Hindu mythological trinity, teaching disciples far older than him in silence under a banyan tree. Dakshinamurthy is the archetypal spiritual Master, who though young was enlightened and was sought after by other enlightened Masters far older than him.

Whenever Nithyananda is in his ashram in Bidadi near Bangalore, what Adi Sankara said happens almost every day just the way he sang the praise of Dakshinamurthy years ago. Under a magnificent Banyan tree that is over 300 years old, a young enlightened Master leads a group of far older men and women in prayer, meditation and discourse. Majestic, graceful, with powerful words and compassionate as a mother, Nithyananda is an enlightened master whose mission is to transform individuals through dhyana, meditation.

He had a divine vision that he should set up an ashram in a place near Bangalore that would have a large Banyan tree. The name Dhyanapeetam came to him as the name for this spiritual center of his movement, as well as his mission to transform people across the globe through meditation. Three years ago, he had only Tamil speaking people in rural Tamilnadu who came to him, mostly to be healed. Today, in 24 countries across the globe, the Nithyananda Foundation flag flies high. More than 400 Acharyas (teachers) teach his techniques in these countries and over 3000 spiritual healers ordained by him, heal over 20,000 people every day.

The transformation that he has wrought in many is nothing short of miraculous. Helping someone shed his ego is far more difficult than materializing objects through the air.

He says time and again: I am not here to prove I am God. I am here to prove that you are God.

What may sound pompous and laughable from any one else, comes across as Divine Truth when the Master says it with authority. The Bhagavad Gita is considered a scripture only because of the authority with which Lord Krishna, the Lord and Master delivers it.
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