MAUNA YOGAM
YOGA OF SILENCE
EXISTENTIAL QUESTIONS!
Who Am I?
IS THE GRAVEYARD MY LAST STEP...!!?
WAIT, WHERE'S MY STEP NOW?
WHAT AM I RUNNING AFTER?
WHY BE BORN, TO JUST DIE..!?
WHY?
AND...
WHAT AM I? MIND, BODY OR INTELLECT? | WHY AM I HERE?
HOW MANY "I"s ARE WITHIN MYSELF?
WHICH ONE, IS THE REAL "ME"?
WHY IS MY MIND ALWAYS WANDERING?
WHERE CAN I FIND MY ANSWERS?
WHERE AM I GOING..?
WHY AM I NOT HAPPY AND CONTENT,
NO MATTER WHAT I DO OR ATTAIN?
PRACTICING YOGA, MEDITATION...
LIFE IS STILL A STRUGGLE; NO PEACE!!
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME, MY LIFE?
IN SPITE OF ME
The last second is gone! Next second is yet to come!! What are you this second?.... "SILENCE"
YOGA OF SILENCE
MAUNA YOGAM
MAHA YOGAM
'IN' IS THE ONLY WAY 'OUT'
[ "Turn 'Inward' To Find Your Freedom" ]
SILENCE IS THE ONLY WAY
Mauna Yogam is about Resting in Peace (RIP) NOW - while you are alive; Who knows or who needs RIP after death! In the end, soaking in Silence and abiding in your Self, is the only way out for your Freedom.
MAUNA YOGAM AWAKENS YOU
LEADING TO YOUR SELF-REALIZATION
GRANTS YOU YOUR NATURAL RESTFUL STATE
SIMPLE DAILY SILENCE...
DROPPING THE "I-ego"
ABIDING IN THE "SELF"
JNANA YOGAM
SATSANGAM | NIDHIDHYASANAM
SURRENDER
SELF-ENQUIRY
Sravana
Hearing or listening to teacher or Guru on the Existential Truth & Wisdom with utmost attention.
Manana
Reflecting, contemplating upon the wisdom received in Sravanam
Nidhidhyasana
Sitting in Silence & Self-enquiry
Samadhi
Deep thoughtless Silence, but still in the domain of mind
Moksha
Liberation, transcendence over the illusory body-mind-world
Scriptures, Rishis & Sages Declare
SILENCE is POWER, and transforms one;
Bestows an uninterruptible RESTFULNESS
Silence is a scarcity in the world
Mauna Yogam is an absolute necessity for all sincere seekers of Truth. Consistent and prolonged simple silent sittings lead one to Self-attention and surrender.
Self-enquiry and Nidhidhyasana
Self-enquiry is Atma vichara in Sanskrit. And it also is called Nidhidhdhyasana. When one CONSISTENTLY prolongs in Nidhidhyasana, doing Self-enquiry asking "Who am I?", that one is blessed with Self attention and Self abidance.
SIMPLE SILENT SITTING
SURRENDER AND SOLITUDE
Sharanagati - Surrendered-ness
Absolute and unconditional SURRENDER is the only quality that defines a true seeker, enables the seeker to receive guidance from the innate, indwelling INNER GURU
Unconditional and absolute Surrender
It is easy to talk of surrender, however, it is difficult for most seekers, who do not have the required resolve to walk the path of simple Being-ness and absolute Surrendered-ness for Self-realization.
Ekanta (Solitude)
In the end, one must rest restlessly in ekanta (solitude) - a complete seclusion from people, phone and books etc.,
This helps one deal with one's own friend and foe called the mind. It is not easy but one is pushed to EKANTA from one's consistent silent sittings and unwavering resolve to Realize.
Self Realization means knowing that,
"I AM EVER-REALIZED"
What is 'NOT' there, cannot be 'ATTAINED'.
What 'IS' ever-there, will always be, no need to ATTAIN.
See... you can ONLY attain, if it is already there.
KNOWING IS BEING;
And, that is: I am ever-Realized
- SHAMBHO -
MAUNAM | SILENCE
Unwavering Perseverance Of
EKANTA
SOLITUDE
...is the last step in realizing your Self...
...each and every sweet and bitter moment only helps to
Just Be... and Rest in Peace, while being Alive!
SHARANAGATI & EKANTA
UNCONDITIONAL-SURRENDER & SOLITUDE
Mauna Yogam is the eventual sanctuary for those who seek inner transformation, awakening and Self Realization through SHARANAGATI, an UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. We embody our GURU and Guru Bhakti (DEVOTION) within ourselves. All it needs is a bit of guidance.
MANTRA OF SURRENDER
Vishnu Verse of Sharanagati
Kayena vacha manasendriyenva
Buddhyatma nava prakriti sva-bhava
Karomi yadyat sakalam parasmai
Narayanayeti samarpayami
AUM SHANTI, SHANTI, SHANTI...
Translation
Whatever I do either by body, speech, mind or sensory organs, either with my personal knowledge or natural trait, I surrender and submit all to that to supreme divine Narayana.
MAUNAM | SILENCE
MYSTIC KABIR
A 15th CENTURY INDIAN MYSTIC, POET & SAINT
He lived in the city of Varanasi (Kashi), still influencing and transforming humanity of all sects (hindus, muslims and sikhs) with his powerful poetries of highest Truths. Kabir's blessed words are sure to touch any genuine seeker of The Truth.
Though illiterate, Kabir acquired the inner wisdom and spiritual insight from saints and seers of different faiths.
According to the legend, the only word that he ever learned to write was “Rama”.
Well, RAMA (rāmā) is not only about the MAN who lived as the name exclaims! RA means "radiance or light". MA means "mother" or "Mother Nature", or a person in common.
One of his poetry called "Nar tum jhoot" is for your contemplation:
Nar tum jhoote janam gavaayaa
Jhoote ka koi anth na paayaa
Jhoote ke ghar jhoota aayaa
jhoote te parichaayaa
jhooti thaari jhoota bhojan
jhoote le sab khaayaa
jhoote ke ghar jhoota aayaa
jhoota byaah rachaayaa
jhoota dulha jhooti dulhan
jhoote byaahan aayaa
jhoote nar sab jhooti naari
jhoota baalak aayaa
jhooti chhaati jhooti kokhi
jhoota doodh pilaayaa
Saanch kahun mein, jhoot na bolun
Saanche ko jhutlaayaa
Kahe Kabir soi jan saanchaa,
Apne maahi samaayaa
Nar tum jhoote janam gavaayaa;
Jhoote ka koi anth na paayaa!
O man! You have wasted your life in untruth;
You couldn’t ascertain the consequences of this untruth!
Untruth arrived in the house of untruth;
And got introduced to untruth!
Untrue plate, untrue meal;
Eaten by all untruths!
Untruth arrived in the house of untruth;
And married untruth!
Untrue groom, untrue bride;
Untrue marriage took place!
Untrue are all men, untrue women;
An untrue son arrived!
Untrue bosoms, untrue womb;
Untrue milk was fed!
I’m saying the truth, will not lie;
The ultimate truth has been falsified!
Kabir aphorises, “Only he who
dwells in inner self is true!”
O man! You have wasted your life in untruth;
You couldn’t ascertain the consequences of this untruth!
Same in a song - "Nar tum jhoot"
[Use headsets for a nice sound experience]
Video courtesy: Kuldeep ji of Vande Guru Paramparam]
Kabir Asks...
“O parrot… hanging upside down, who’s holding you?”
Mystic Kabir poetically says,
"drop the fear and bonding and you’re set free"
“O parrot… hanging upside down, who’s holding you?” - the hunters who capture parrots, first tie a rope between two trees. Along the rope, they fix small sticks. As the parrots land on these sticks, the sticks turn upside down because of their weight. Parrots hang in that upside-down position. The hanging parrot is afraid to let go of the stick, fearing it may fall down and die. It does numerous acts to fix and sit up. But the more it tries, the more it agonizes, fears. In all this fear and frustration, it completely forgets that it has wings and that it can fly. For a bird, there’s absolutely no question of falling down. This imaginary fear, binding & clinging are the causes of human misery too.
"Break free, they are not clinging to you but you are clinging to them"
- SHAMBHO -
GURU IS THE WAY...
Master is the Torch who lights you and shows
"...Who You Truly Are..."
GURU TATTVA
GURU IS NOT A PERSON NOR THE FORM THAT WE SEE!
**GU means "darkness"; RU means "remover of darkness"**
THERE IS ONLY ONE GURU AND THAT IS ATMA GURU - THE SELF THAT YOU ARE!
The external Guru is only an extension of your own Self (Atma), who will appear depending on your spiritual maturity. Here we will see some celebrated Gurus who made huge impacts in terms of human spiritual Awakening.
Sri Ramana Maharishi
Tiruvannamalai (1879 -1950)
Sri Ramakrishna
Dakshineshwar (1836 - 1886)
Swami Vivekananda
Calcutta (1863 - 1902)
MAUNAM | SILENCE
LIFE IS TICKING AWAY, NOT TIME!
KNOW WHAT YOUR BODY, MIND AND THIS WORLD ARE ALL ABOUT BY SIMPLY SITTING IN SILENCE, EVERY DAY, CONSISTENTLY.
START SITTING, BEFORE DEATH KNOCKS at YOUR DOOR!
THE DAY OF REALIZING WHO YOU TRULY ARE, IS THE ONLY DAY YOU TRANSCEND YOUR DEATH
- SHAMBHO -
TURN INWARD NOW!
SILENCE
NIDHIDHYASANA
SOLITUDE
