Sri
Swami Tapovanam was unique in that in spite of his inordinate
erudition and scholarship, deep devotion and highest spiritual
realization, he chose to remain in his humble, mud-plastered
one-room kutia with a small verandah at Uttarkashi. He lived
ever retent from the hubub of life, reveling in His own Self.
He hated all ostentations, physical and mental.
He recommended study, reflection and attempts at direct experience.
The birth of such a Master should be celebrated not with cheap
tinsels and noisy crackers, high sounding talks or bell-ringing
rituals. We must learn to lift our minds to meet Him wher He
is in our own hearts.
A
scholarly pundit from Jaipur who was Sri Gurudev's lifelong
ardent devotee had composed a prayerful hymn upon Sri Gurudev,
composed in the very vocabulary of the Upanishads, invokes
the Supreme Self and the poet identifies that Self Divine
with Swami Tapovanam. We must all come to realize that the
infinite substratum for the entire universe concretized for
blessing us all is Sri Gurudev, the Lord of Soumyakashi, Sri
Swami Tapovanam.
I
wish all our BalaVihars,CHYKS, study group members and all
other devotees will chant this hymn (Tapovan Shatkam) everyday
of the year. Let us invoke Him through this mass chanting
to bless our country and all our efforts in reviving it's
sacred culture. Let this hymn be sung throughout the world
in all our centers in the same tune and in a chorus of sheer
faith and pure devotion.
Hari Om
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