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Swami Tapovan Maharaj

SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA

This article was originally an editorial written by Pujya Gurudev
for the Usha magazine in January 1959 to mark Swami Tapovan
Maharaj’s second Aradhana Day celebrations in Uttarkasi.

he infinite Reality is ever victory of the spirit over matter
Tone and as such it is all- which he has accomplished.
pervading. The matter envelop- Such a one is called a real
ments, floating as it were, in the saint, a prophet, a messiah, a
Spirit, express themselves as Buddha.
sentient, just as an iron piece in After serving the world for a
contact with the fire gathers to time, rehabilitating man and his
itself the golden colour and the society into a more harmonious
heat of the fire. Spirit, identify- and beneficial life pattern, the
ing with matter, plays on the equipment of expression around
world stage as a distinct Him withers away and He, the
entity, having its own biologi- Infinite, exists. As Spirit, He
cal urges, emotional demands expresses, thereafter, through all
and intellectual restlessness. An equipments functioning in the
accomplished yogi is one who entire universe.
has ended his contact with Sri Gurudev Swami Tapo-
these inert matter assemblages vanji was a saint of the highest
and has regained his native order of true divine vision, and
glow as the pure infinite Con- during this week we will be
sciousness. celebrating in Uttarkasi, in His
Such a godly one may, for modest ‘Hut of Meditation’, the
the benefit of the world, come second anniversary of His great
to express through his previous merger. This is no time to
equipments for a short number mourn, nor is it a time of
of years, singing the song of the celebration. To try to manifest
divine felt by him, expressing such a masterly mind through
the majesty of the infinite song our life would be the greatest
rising in him, roaring the monument for such saints.

Tapovan Prasad 10 November 2017