11.5 Troilanga Swami / Trailanga Swami

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   indiariaz (34 months ago | reply)

   Silence Speaks, Silence Answers

   There was once a very great spiritual Master whose name was Troilanga Swami. He was the possessor of tremendous occult power and spiritual power. Sri Ramakrishna went to see him a few times. According to Sri Ramakrishna, he was the moving Lord Shiva. Once, Sri Ramakrishna asked him, through gestures, about God. Also through gestures, Troilanga Swami made it clear to Sri Ramakrishna that high above in Heaven, God is One, but when we are in the body, then the body becomes the only reality for us and God becomes many.

   Commentary:

   When silence answers a question, the answer is most effective. Here, in silence one spiritual Master put the question, and in silence another Master answered. The giver and the receiver were extremely pleased with each other.

   Indeed, the body sings the song of Gods multiplicity and the soul sings the song of Gods unity or God the transcendental Vision.

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   indiariaz (34 months ago | reply)

   The World Renouncer

   Troilanga Swami renounced everything. He always remained unclothed. He did not ask anybody for food. If others came and fed him, he ate, but he never cared for quality or quantity. Anything people gave, he ate, and he left the quantity up to his devotees and admirers. In one of his visits to Troilanga Swami, Sri Ramakrishna offered him a very large quantity of Indian sweets. Another time, some wicked people offered him a very, very large, quantity of the chemical lime. He ate it and it caused him to vomit immediately. They were so shocked. But for their misbehavior they touched his feet and cried, and he forgave them immediately.

   Commentary:

   He who has renounced the world not only sees the universal Truth-Beauty but also sees the universe as the Truth-Beauty and as the illumining and fulfilling Reality.

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   indiariaz (34 months ago | reply)

   God's Compassion-Power

   A young woman was bitterly sobbing and weeping over the dead body of her husband, who had been bitten by a snake. According to Indian tradition, when somebody dies of a snake bite, he cannot be cremated; the dead body has to be thrown into the water. So the man's relatives had brought his body to the bank of the river, but the wife was weeping bitterly and did not want them to throw the body into the water. All of a sudden, Troilanga Swami appeared. Everybody knew that he was a great spiritual Master. He took some mud and clay from the Ganges, placed it on the spot where the man had been bitten by the snake and massaged it a little.

   Then Troilanga Swami jumped into the water. In a few minutes, the man opened his eyes, looked around and asked why they had brought him there. Then the man and his wife went their way.

   Commentary:

   Indeed, death is powerful, but spiritual power is infinitely more powerful. It reminds death that death cannot mark the end of life, for it is God's Will that life will eternally flow in and through death. In this story, God's Compassion-Power overrules His Justice-Power.

   Sri Chinmoy

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   indiariaz (34 months ago | reply)

   Insult Brings Retribution

   One day Troilanga Swami was walking along the street naked when a magistrate and his wife saw him. The wife was horrified and wanted to have him arrested. As the guards were about to arrest the Yogi, Troilanga Swami suddenly disappeared. There were many people surrounding him, so everyone was surprised that he could escape. After a short time, he appeared in the same spot, smiling. The magistrate got furious. "Why do you do this kind of thing?" he shouted. He insulted the Master mercilessly, saying, "You are such an odd-looking fellow! Why do you move around naked? Do you have no sense? You create so much nuisance for us!" But he let Troilanga Swami go.

   That night the magistrate had a dream. In the dream he saw a sannyasi, wearing the skin of a tiger and holding a trident, running towards him to kill him. The sannyasi said to the magistrate, "How did you dare to insult Troilanga Swami? He is such a great spiritual Master. I shall not let you remain in this sanctified city of Benares." The magistrate was frightened to death. He shouted out loud in his sleep, and his attendants came to his rescue and woke him up.

   The following day the magistrate himself went to Troilanga Swami, placed himself at his feet and begged for forgiveness, which was immediately granted.

   Commentary:

   When one insults a God-realised Master, he incurs immediate retribution, not from the Master himself but from God, who loves the Master, His supreme instrument, more than He loves Himself. The Master forgives the culprits, for forgiveness is what he knows. But God, in spite of being His own Eternity's and Infinity's Forgiveness, does not allow His chosen instrument to be ridiculed and insulted, for His instrument is he who is of God and for God alone. After all, what God wants is always the constant manifestation of His own Truth-Light- Beauty.

   Sri Chinmoy

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   indiariaz (34 months ago | reply)

   Heart of Compassion

   Troilanga Swami and one of his dear disciples were meditating together on the bank of the Ganges. All of a sudden a terrible hurricane arose. The disciple said to the Master, "Let us go home. Let us hurry to our ashram."

   The Master said, "How can I go home now? Look at the pitiful condition of the passengers in that boat on the river. The boat is about to sink."

   The disciple said, "I also feel sorry for them, but what can we do?"

   In a few minutes' time the disciple saw the boat sink. He felt miserable and started crying for the passengers. Then he looked around. To his wide surprise he saw that his Master was missing. Then he felt totally miserable. The hurricane was in its full fury, the boat had sunk and his Master was not visible. He began praying to the Master to come back from wherever he had gone.

   After a short time he saw the boat that had sunk come up again right in front of him with all the passengers, and inside the boat was also a naked man, Troilanga Swami. Before that moment, nobody in the boat had seen the Master. He had gone unseen and brought the boat and the passengers back to shore unharmed and safe. This was another of Troilanga Swami's miracles.

   Commentary:

   A God-representative is he who embodies Eternity's Compassion-Heart, Infinity's Protection-Light and Immortality's Illumination-Soul.

   Sri Chinmoy

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   indiariaz (33 months ago | reply)

   Troilanga Swami - Lover and Beloved are One
   Story about Troilanga Swami. Troilanga Swami was held in high esteem by those who could feel the depth of his realisation.

   Lover And Beloved Are One

   Troilanga Swami once went into a Kali temple. He was followed into the temple by a young, highly advanced seeker named Bijoy Krishna Goswami. To Bijoy Krishna's wide surprise, Troilanga Swami passed water and sprinkled the whole statue of Kali. Bijoy Krishna was frightened and horrified that a man could do this. "What are you doing?" he demanded.

   Troilanga Swami replied, "This is all Ganges water. I am worshipping the Mother Kali."

   When the people who were in charge of the temple came in, Bijoy Krishna told them what the Master had done. The people in charge were not at all shocked. "Oh, Troilanga Swami has done it," they said. "He is one with Lord Shiva. If it had been somebody else, we would have taken him to task. We would have been furious and we would have punished him. But Troilanga Swami is always in Lord Shiva-Consciousness. Shiva and Kali are one, so we don't have to worry at all."

   Commentary:
   The Source is Existence-Consciousness-Bliss. It is Reality omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. The lover of the Source, the knower of the Source, the dweller in the Source and the possessor of the Source are all the same. Troilanga Swami as the lover of Kali and the beloved of Kali is the self-same reality.

   By: Sri Chinmoy

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   indiariaz (14 months ago | reply)

   Trilingaswami was born to Nrusimhadhar and Vidyavati in 1607. He was named as Siva Rama and perhaps also as Trailingadhar, because he was born in Trilinga Desa (It is a region between three great Shrines of Paramashiva. Srisailam, Drakshaaraamam and Kaleswaram).He belongs to a Royal family nearer to Visakhapattanam.His parents are devotees of Lord Shiva.He started practising Sadhanas from his childhood. After his mother's death he left his village and started his spiritual journey. In due course of time,he reached Benares and stayed there permanently.

   The yogi was great not only spiritually, but physically. His weight exceeded three hundred pounds : a pound for each year of his life. As he ate very seldom, his mystery increased. A master, however, easily ignores all usual rules of health when he desires to do so for some special reason, often a subtle one known only to himself.Trilinga Swami was a fascinating man who exhibited many supernormal powers including the ability to bi-locate – be in two places at the same time. His psychic powers enabled him to gain mastery over the elements, and he would meditate under the water of the Ganges River sometimes for more than six months at a time."It is well nigh impossible to call Trailingaswami either a saint, a siddha, a yogi, a saadhaka, a baba, a paramahamsa, an avadhoota or an avatar for he is all and not merely one among these many, Swami Kritarthananda called him, ‘The Living Shiva of Varanasi”.

   In due course of time he rose to be Trilinga Swami, Ganapatiswami, Ramananda Saraswathi and Mouni Baba, performing various miracles all through.The story goes that when Ramkrishna Paramhansa came to Benaras, he met Swamiji, to whom he mentioned his desire to visit the Kashi Vishwanath temple. But as time was running out, he concluded that it would perhaps not be possible. As he said this and turned around to leave, there stood, instead of Swamiji, Lord Vishwanath himself! After this divine sighting, Ramkrishna became a lifelong disciple of Trilanga Swami.

   'As the sun is the doer, kartha, for the earth, for jeevi, the highest and the most important, the master is aatma. Owing to the sun’s rays alone, all living beings are able to carry on their activities. In fact the sun does nothing. In the same way, aatma in the human body, like the sun, shines as the karta. By its shining, by its radiance, the senses go on performing their functions.'This is just a glimpse into his teachings. He has dealt with topics like Aatma bodha, Chitta - Shuddi, Dharma, Upasana,Tanmayatwam etc. in a lucid style.

   As the temple priest says, “Trilanga Swami had five disciples during his stay in Kashi who were instructed to not take on any disciples of their own.” This was Trilanga Swami at his reclusive best. The Swami’s preaching was in the form of dictation to his trusted disciple Shri Umacharan Mukhopadhyay. In fact he had announced beforehand the exact date he would attain nirvana. A month earlier, he personally supervised the setting up of his idol. On the due date, he took Samadhi (meditation unto death) directly under it.He attained Samadhi in the year 1887.

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   indiariaz (14 months ago | reply)

   Swami Trailanga of Benares is renown for his miracles all over India. It won't be wrong, if some one calls Him Jesus Christ of India. It is believed that He was nearly 300 years old when he left his body.

   Trailanga Swami always remained completely nude. There are many sects in india which don't wear any kind of clothes. e.g. Naga Sadhus and a particular sect in Jain religion. Trailanga Swami used to ate only occasionally. He would stay with out food for weeks and then he would break his fast with potfuls of clabbered milk offered to him by devotees. Despite of this fasting Swami Trailanga weight was around 300kg. Many people say, He added one kg of weight for every year.

   Trailanga Swami remained silent for most part of his life and very rarely spoke. One exception to this rule was his meeting with Lahiri mahasaya, when he broke his silence for a while to pay respect to Lahiri mahasaya. More than words Trailanga Swami was teachings through his actions. Every sage has its own way to teaching. e.g. Sufi mystic Mulla Nasruddin used to teach through his insightful jokes and stories.

   Many times Trailanga Swami was seen drinking deadliest of poison with no ill effect. Other very common sight at Manikarnika Ghat of Ganges river was theTrailanga Swami's motionless body on the blistering stone slabs, wholly exposed to the merciless Indian sun. These miracles of Trailanga Swami could have been taken as tricks of fake masters but Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa also used to consider Trailanga Swami as an incarnarion of Lord Shiva and as an fully enlightened being. Trailanga Swami was a authentic Saint of India who lived his life in this world, Yet His consciousness always resided in the other world.

   If we look at the life and miracles of Trailanga Swami then we can easily see that a men is much more than body-mind to which He is normally identified. To grow spiritually we have to transcend our normal identification with the body-mind mechanism and work from No-mind state.

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   hari220 (13 months ago | reply)

   The Invisible Lord of the Universe manifested as a Visible Form in the Physical Body of Trailinga Swami out of Compassion for His devotees !

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    dey2011 (13 months ago | reply)

    Life is nothing but a source to develop oneself towards that perfection where one can gets absolute peace . It will be possible by great saint like Tailinga Swami.

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