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INAUGURATION OF YOGA KEERTI STAMBHA
Swami Chidananda Saraswati
Radiant souls! Beloved children of the divine, spiritual aspirants, seekers, sadhaks, engaged in spiritual practices, yogis. Be you upon your own self-chosen path, be it the path of kundalini yoga, be it the path of devotion (bhakti), be it the path of nishkama karma yoga combined with remembrance of God, a worshipful attitude and a spirit of dedication. May it be the classical yoga science, yoga shastras of Patanjali, the ashtanga yoga, Patanjali Darshan, the science of meditation, or may it be the path of shrawan nidhidhyaasana, which they call vicharana or jnana yoga. You are all engaged in one or other or a combination of yoga paths. You who are assembled here, yogis and sadhaks, seekers and spiritual aspirants, jigyasus, and all of you, devotees of God, lovers of righteousness, dharma premis. I deem it a great spiritual privilege for me to be present amidst you all in this beautiful center for the spreading of the light of the ancient spiritual science of yoga. A beautiful center of yoga dissemination with the beautiful name 'Ganga Darshan'. 'Ganga' stands for purity, 'Ganga' stands for wisdom, the unceasing flow of wisdom from the high heights of the ever-pure Himalayan snows down to the world of the din and bustle of daily, earthly life. Saamsarik vyavahaarik life stands for the unceasing flow of wisdom coming down to us from ancient vedic times, the old written human history. 'Ganga' stands for purity, nirmal.
She is holy, sacred, because she is ever-pure. She cannot be polluted, she destroys all pollution. 'Ganga' stands for the eternal quest of the spirit of the human heart, the human being, to once again merge and become one with its source: the cosmic spirit divine, the eternal reality, truth. Call it Brahman, call it nirvana, Yaweh; call it God, Allah, Jehovah; whatever it is, Almighty Father, she is indicative, she is a symbol of the eternal spirit of the human being ever going towards the divine, the
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