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23 September 2010

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A night-time photograph of a roadside market stall packed with strings of prayer beads and malas hanging from overhead rails. The beads come in many colours including red, white, yellow, orange, green and blue, with some tassels. Below, a wooden table holds figurines, small brass and ceramic idols, bowls, incense-style objects, bangles and trinkets. Bulbs light the scene. No people are visible.A photograph of a seated discourse in a brick and stone-walled hall. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a multi-strand beaded mala, sits on an orange cushioned seat with both hands raised in an expressive gesture, speaking into a microphone. Swamiji (probable) is shown by his long swept-back hair, saffron robe and beaded mala, seated as the teacher. In front of him stands a small murti of Radha and Krishna in orange garments on a bed of red rose petals. Golden trident-topped staffs flank the seat, and a large red and yellow sunburst motif is set above. Audience members with their backs to the camera sit on the floor in the foreground, and a video camera on a tripod is at right.A photograph of a discourse hall with a seated speaker in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha-style mala, long dark hair, hands raised in a teaching gesture before a microphone on a stand. He sits on an orange cushioned seat in front of a stone-wall backdrop, with a golden trident-topped rod on the right and a yellow-and-red sunburst painted above. On a flower-strewn cloth to the left stand small figures of a divine couple in orange and gold garments garlanded with flowers. Audience members with their backs to the camera fill the foreground, and a video camera on a tripod is at right.

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Himalaya-Yatra-Rishikesh

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A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a shawl draped over his shoulders sits on an orange cushioned seat, smiling and holding a dark wooden staff with a curved handle in his right hand. He wears a long gold-beaded necklace and a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him a large gold trident stands against a stone-block wall, and above is a red and yellow sunburst stained-glass panel. A microphone on a stand is positioned near him. Long dark hair falls past his shoulders. Swamiji (probable) appears in saffron robes with a long swept-back hair, gold bead mala and ceremonial trident, seated as a speaker.A seated man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on an orange-cushioned throne in front of a stone-tiled wall beneath a red and yellow sunburst motif. He wears a long rudraksha-style bead mala with gold-toned beads and a red tilak on his forehead, and holds a silver ceremonial implement with a bell-like top in his left hand. A tall golden trident stands to his right, and a small brass vessel rests near his hand. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron robes, rudraksha mala and ceremonial trident cues, so this is an in_person candidate. The image is a photograph of a single person in a ceremonial setting.A two-panel collage of an evening food-serving line at the Himalayan Yatra. In the upper panel, a man in a white shirt with an orange scarf and lanyard serves from a steel tray, while young women in orange scarves and white tops ladle food and stand behind a large steel pot filled with red apples. In the lower panel, several people in orange scarves serve from steel vessels on a white-draped table, with a woman in a white top and orange scarf in the foreground.A small group of people stands together outdoors in a courtyard-like setting, with a pale wall and a dark doorway behind them. A man in the centre wears white clothes and has a shaved head, standing among others in white, red and light-coloured garments. Several women in saris, including one in red, stand near the front. The scene looks like a gathering or group photo rather than a formal stage event.
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Paadapuja

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A photograph of three women seated cross-legged in a row on a floor, wearing white saris with orange-red borders and matching orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders. Each woman has her hands pressed together in front of her chest in a namaskar gesture. In front of them on the floor are brass and steel vessels, a small lamp and ritual items. Behind them is a plain wall with a faint backdrop. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.Interior view of a temple hall with a central aisle lined by rows of seated devotees on the left and right, facing a raised altar at the far end. At the altar stands an ornate deity murti decorated with garlands and flanked by colourful hanging decorations and lit lamps. The hall has a warm, dimly lit ambience with wooden columns and a stone-tiled floor.
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rudrabhishekam

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A photograph taken outdoors under a pale sky with white clouds. A shirtless man stands on a metal platform or railing atop a large dark green cylindrical tank, leaning forward and reaching toward its top. A thin metal ladder or railing runs along the left edge.A large black stone Shivalinga is being bathed on a raised platform under an open sky, with several men in orange and saffron clothing standing on metal scaffolding and stairs around it. Two men near the top wear orange garments and appear to be pouring or tending the abhishekam. A small white rectangular label is affixed to the lingam's side. Green trees and a distant tower are visible in the background.
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Rishikesh-Himalaya-Yatra

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A night-time photograph of a roadside market stall packed with strings of prayer beads and malas hanging from overhead rails. The beads come in many colours including red, white, yellow, orange, green and blue, with some tassels. Below, a wooden table holds figurines, small brass and ceramic idols, bowls, incense-style objects, bangles and trinkets. Bulbs light the scene. No people are visible.A night-time market stall displays many strings of beads hanging from the ceiling and wooden beams, including rudraksha-style malas, red, orange, green and white beaded necklaces, and tassel cords. Warm bulbs light the stall. On the table below are small figurines, brass or metal items, bangles, trinkets, and small religious statuettes, with pouches and fabrics spread out. No people are visible in the scene.A photograph of a seated discourse in an ashram hall with a warm orange-lit wall of irregular stone and a large sunburst panel above. A man with long dark hair, wearing orange robes and a rudraksha-style mala, sits on an orange-draped chair speaking to the gathering. Beside him stand a tall gold staff and a trident, and at left a small murti of Radha and Krishna sits on red rose petals. Audience members in silhouette fill the foreground, and video cameras on tripods are set up at right. Probable Swamiji is seated in the centre, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron robes and a mala.A photograph of a seated discourse in a brick and stone-walled hall. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a multi-strand beaded mala, sits on an orange cushioned seat with both hands raised in an expressive gesture, speaking into a microphone. Swamiji (probable) is shown by his long swept-back hair, saffron robe and beaded mala, seated as the teacher. In front of him stands a small murti of Radha and Krishna in orange garments on a bed of red rose petals. Golden trident-topped staffs flank the seat, and a large red and yellow sunburst motif is set above. Audience members with their backs to the camera sit on the floor in the foreground, and a video camera on a tripod is at right.A photograph of a discourse hall with a seated speaker in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha-style mala, long dark hair, hands raised in a teaching gesture before a microphone on a stand. He sits on an orange cushioned seat in front of a stone-wall backdrop, with a golden trident-topped rod on the right and a yellow-and-red sunburst painted above. On a flower-strewn cloth to the left stand small figures of a divine couple in orange and gold garments garlanded with flowers. Audience members with their backs to the camera fill the foreground, and a video camera on a tripod is at right.Indoor satsang in a brick-and-stone hall lit by green and warm light. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a long rudraksha-style mala, sits on an orange cushioned seat in front of a golden sunburst backdrop with red spikes, gesturing with both hands while speaking into a microphone. Beside him on a pink flower-strewn cloth sit two small deity murtis in orange and gold clothing. A golden trident stands on the right and a golden pillar on the left. A dark-haired seated audience in casual clothes fills the foreground, some with cameras, and a video camera on a tripod sits at the right. A red swastika sign hangs on a door marked KITCHEN at the left.

September 23 2010

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The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism, Jagatguru Mahasannidhanam, His Divine Holiness, Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam, on the first day of the Himalayan Yatra, expounded on the topic Himalayas-Everything Begins Here. The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism shared that this land is an intense energy field where the greatest inner scientists and the greatest expression of the inner science happened. He explained that in the Himalayas the goal is not important, only the journey itself and that this land constantly reminds you that life is not under your control. His Divine Holiness shared that the Himalayas is a living hill responsible for the whole Enlightenment tradition and you are entering into God Itself. He invited all delegates to enjoy the journey and to live Himalayas.

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Himalayas - Everything Begins Here: Nithyananda

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(0:05)

|| Sadāshiva samārambhām Shankarācāryā madhyamām | Asmat ācārya paryantām vande Guru Paramparām ||

(0.32)

I welcome you all with My love and respects. We are in the land where the great Science and the Scientists existed and continue to exist. The greatest Inner Scientists and the greatest expression of the Inner-Science both happened in this land. Even the hardest link in your mind can give way here. Even the hardest link can unclutch.

(1.49)

The whole Himalayas is an intense energy field. That is why, the entrance of the Himalayas is called Haridwar - ‘Entrance to God’. Haridwar means ‘Entrance to God’. So you are entering into God. Understand. Not the place where God resides, you are entering into God Itself. You can use the word Himself or whatever - God Itself. Headquarters of the spiritual traditions; Himalayas is responsible for the whole Enlightenment tradition because, thousand and one ways Himalayas teaches lessons.

(3:24)

It’s a living hill. Not only it continues to grow at least 5 mm per year it continues to change its landscape every hour. Even Our programs, please understand it’s a tentative program, the decision making authority is Himalayas; because it’s a living energy. Suddenly Ganga comes and creates a new path and Himalayas gives way and in the Winter the whole thing freezes. Slowly the Summer time, the huge ice rocks, slowly will start sliding. They will not slide just only ice, the rocks also will slide. In two days you will see Ganga will be completely blocked. The stream will be completely blocked. So what will happen? She is now very angry. It’ll get sto, water will get stored, stored, stored, like a dam. In 10-15 days when it breaks, She will not break only that area, She will be completely breaking and opening a new channel. So every stream is a living stream, every peak is a living peak. Every road is a living road, because it changes; it changes.

(5.00)

Of course always, whenever We came We were able to have darshan of all the four temples. We will have, darshan of all the four temples. Here every stone is deity, every drop water is Ganga, every person, walks with the idea of Enlightenment. You will not find a single man here who does not have that idea of Enlightenment, because every street you will see hundreds of sadhus. Naturally you ask, why are they become sadhus? Thousands striving, thousands achieve, many radiating in silence and in expression. So many wonderful amazing things only in Himalayas.

(6.16)

All kinds of sadhus, sanyasis, Enlightened Beings, mainly Guru Parampara. Here Guru Parampara is not persons; I can say, thick stream; just like Ganga. See when I use the word Guru Parampara, it’s comes like a one, two, three, four, five, like a water bubbles in the fish tank. But in Himalayas, Guru Parampara is not like water bubbles in the fish tank; it’s like a Ganges, just millions of living stream. Please understand. It’s not one guru, one disciple, disciple, disciple, disciple. No. Millions - gurus, disciples, disciples, disciples. It becomes so overlapping and merging; it is a intense Ganga, just like Ganga. See if I say, how many fish tanks, streams put together is Ganga; so that many Guru Paramparas put together is Himalaya’s Guru Parampara. You can’t even use ordinary word of Guru-Shishya Parampara; here this is a lifestyle. Here it is just a lifestyle.

(8.38)

Himalayas constantly reminds you, life is not under our control. Himalayas constantly reminds you, the flow of life and naturally when the altitude goes up, your mind goes up, because the number of thoughts comes down. Your nervous system...The gravitation comes down, the weight on your nervous system comes down; so less number of thoughts, more Consciousness. That is why living in the Himalayas itself is considered as a sadhana, or a big support to sadhana.

(9:40)

We have at least next twelve days. So I will be initiating all of you into a yatra kaavi. Means the, for the sake of the pilgrimage, taking the vows. So decide, next twelve days, the only goal - Enlightenment and experiencing Himalayas; living Himalayas. It does something; Himalayas, does really something. I don’t know how many millions of Enlightened Beings walked this land and blessed it, and left their body and energized it. So let’s have these five vows. Satya; constantly you will feel, talk and remember; remembrance, feeling, talking, acting, the one truth, the ultimate truth - I am God; I am divine. Understand?

(11:44)

Now I am initiating all of you into Satya. Satya means, not just talking the facts. That is not Satya. The ultimate Satya is - you are God. So feel, remember, talk, and behave; behave like a God. Live like God; graceful, compassionate, loving, fulfilling; behave like God. Whatever energy you have, with that behave like God.

(12.22)

Second, Aparigraha. Even though we made all best arrangements, in your personal things try to have minimum; living with as less as possible - Aparigraha. Try; of course don’t spoil your health. Because you are coming directly from society, you can’t handle a big shock, big change, but try. Try to have that smell of Aparigraha in every action you do; Aparigraha.

(12.58)

Third, Asteya. Of course, you may think I am not going...Asteya means in Sanskrit stealing, non-stealing. We are not going to steal. Of course you are not going to steal anybody’s property. You are not supposed to steal anything from Himalayas; no question of moving rocks, plucking leaves. No question of stealing things from Himalayas, disturbing it and no question of taking away the purity of Himalayas by leaving all the plastic bags and everything. So, don’t steal things or the purity from Himalayas. Non-stealing - Asteya - not only not taking other’s properties; not taking the properties of Himalayas; maintain, retaining, the sanctity of Himalayas, sacredness of Himalayas.

(13:57)

And Ahimsa and Brahmacharya - be nonviolent to yourself and to all the lives. Be nonviolent to yourself and to all the lives. Brahmacharya - not just physical celibacy, just constantly remembering and living like God; as I said in the first Satya itself. When Satya becomes lifestyle, it is Brahmacharya. So with these five Vratas, take the yatra kaavi. When We come back to uh Rishikesh, We’ll complete the Vrata. So for next twelve days, till We reach the plains back, We will live these Vratas intensely.

(15.27)

As I said, Guru Parampara is not a living stream here - living river, flood. How here water is available in all forms, in the form of water and ice everywhere; same way Gurus. People who radiate Enlightenment are like Ganges; people who are Enlightened, living Enlightenment are like a frozen ice - Mystics and Masters. Mystics are like frozen ice; still; enjoying the Himalayas. The Masters are like Ganges - flowing to the plains and serving the whole world. Either they are Mystics or Masters. Understand. Himalayas is filled with three things - sand, water and Masters.

(17.16)

It’s not just geography, it is personification of sentiments of billion people - the religion which has billion followers. All auspicious things in the world are born out of Himalayas; whether it is the greatest Inner-Science, Metaphysics, Architecture, the system of clothes, Language, Art, Dance, Poetry, Music; name it. All great things are born out of Himalayas; it’s not just the science of Enlightenment, everything; everything is born out of Himalayas. In Himalayas, goal is not important; the journey. So the goal is not that important but the journey itself. Enjoy the journey. Let’s live Himalayas.

(20.33)

We’ll try to maintain the programs as much as possible. But there are some programs, one or two, we may have to change as per the nature - some landslide, road slide and all that. All of you can have yatra kaavi one-by-one, please come. So hereby officially we start our Himalaya yatra. We start the spiritual journey; the journey into the inner space.

(21.38)

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Himalaya-Yatra-Rishikesh

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Paadapuja

rudrabhishekam

Rishikesh-Himalaya-Yatra