![]() ![]() Hindu scriptures like Yoga Vasistha were regularly taught and discussed in religious gatherings at their house. His brother disciples used to call him Jada Bharata. Bhagwan Gopinath's mother, Haar Maal, was the daughter of Pandit Prasad Joo Parimoo who was an initiated disciple of a local saint. He is known to have donated all his ancestral inheritance to his step-mother. His father, Pandit Narayan Joo Bhan dealt in the business of cashmere wool and devoted much of his time to spiritual pursuits. His grandfather, Pandit Lachhman Joo Bhan was a wazir wazarat (deputy commissioner) of revenue department in the Dogra regime of the then-princely state of Kashmir. Birth and family īhagwan Gopinath was born in a Kashmiri Hindu family of Bhans, in a locality called Bhan Mohalla, in the city of Srinagar in Kashmir, on Friday 3 July 1898, which corresponds to Ashad, Shuklapaksh, Dvadashi ( Ashada 19th, Vikrami 1955) per Hindu lunar calendar. During various periods of his life, he spent considerable time meditating at various shrines in Kashmir as he considered it spiritually beneficial and would recommend the same to spiritual seekers. He wouldn't differentiate between religions and regarded Hindus and Muslims to be one and the same. He considered lust and ego as impediments in one's spiritual development and extolled the virtues of honesty and truthfulness. In his teachings, he regarded the practice of " self-enquiry" ( atma vichara) as highly effective in helping a seeker attain self-realization. Though not much is known about who his spiritual master was, he is known to have remarked that one can consider Bhagvad Gita as one's spiritual master. It was sometime during 1946–1956 that he came to be called as Bhagwan by his devotees. Contemporary saints of his times have also called him an Aghoreshwar. He has been called a jivanmukta (liberated soul) and his spiritual state has been described as Shambhavi avastha (state of Shiva). īhagwan Gopinath (3 July 1898 – ), born Gopinath Bhan, also called Bhagwan Gopinath Ji, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. It allows us to relax into our infinite self.Bidding adieu to ones ego leads one to self realisation. So imagine what chanting this mantra every day, just three times, can do! Day by day, accumulatively, it opens our receptivity, it nourishes our intuition, it offers us a moment’s respite from the endless dialogue of the lower minds. ![]() It brings us into a receptive state of consciousness, tuning us in to the intuitive messages from our body and mind. It links the finite ‘me’ with infinity.īy chanting ‘Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo’ at the start of our kundalini yoga practice, we invite our ego, our ‘lower mind’ to acquiesce, allowing our higher self, our intuition, our neutral mind and innate wisdom to take the wheel and guide us through our yoga and meditation. It connects us with the realm of Buddha/ Christ/ Guru Nanak consciousness. ‘Adi’ means ‘primal’ or ‘first’, and this mantra tunes us in to the wisdom of all those who have practised before us our teachers, our teachers’ teachers and the consciousness that holds them all. It was an extended version of how we open the space for our everyday kundalini yoga practice, and it was GLORIOUS! The first meditation we practiced at White Tantra in London last weekend was 31 minutes of chanting the Adi Mantra – Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo – sitting in easy pose with eyes closed and hands in prayer mudra. ![]()
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