Friday, 21 January 2011

Trailanga Swami

Coordinates	8°3′″N78°30′″N
Name	Telang Swami
Birth-name	Shivarama
Birth-date	reportedly c.1529 or c. 1607
Birth-place	Vizianagaram
Death-date	December 26, 1887
Death-place	Varanasi
Guru	Bhagirathananda Saraswati
Philosophy	Dashanami
Honors	known as "The walking Shiva of Varanasi"

Telang Swami (also Telanga Swami, Ganapati Saraswati)(Telugu: త్రిలింగ స్వామి) (reportedly c. 1529 or 1607 He is regarded as an incarnation of god Shiva, and Ramakrishna, a contemporary Bengali saint referred to him as the "The walking Shiva of Varanasi".

Life

Telang Swami was from Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh and belonged to the Dashanami sect. He became known as Telang Swami during his settlement in Varanasi as he was originally from the Telangana region, now in Andhra Pradesh. His biographers and his disciples differ on his birth date and the period of his longevity. According to one disciple biographer, he was born in 1529, while according to another biographer it was 1607. His pre-monastic name was Shivarama and was born in Holia at Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh. His parents were Narashingha Rao and Vidyavati Devi, who were devotees of god Shiva. After the death of his parents, at the age of forty, Shivaram renounced the world and lived the life of a recluse in a cottage near a cremation ground. After practicing sadhana (spiritual practice) for twenty years, he met his preceptor Bhagirathananda Saraswati in 1679 from Punjab. Bhagirathananda initiated Shivaram into sannyasa (monastic vows) and named him Ganapati Saraswati in 1685. Ganapati reportedly led a life of severe austerities and went on a pilgrimage, reaching Prayag in 1733, and finally settling in Varanasi in 1737. During his stay in Varanasi, several prominent contemporary Bengali saints met and described him, including Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, Mahendranath Gupta, Lahiri Mahasaya, and Swami Abhedananda., Swami Bhaskarananda, Swami Vishuddhananda Saraswati, Lahiri Mahasaya and Mahatma Vijaykrishna Goswami. After seeing Telang Swami, Ramakrishna said, "I saw that the universal Lord Himself was using his body as a vehicle for manifestation. He was in an exalted state of knowledge. There was no body-consciousness in him. Sand there became so hot in the sun that no one could set foot on it. But he lay comfortably on it." Ramakrishna also stated that Tralinga Swami was a real paramahansa He was reputed to have lived to be around 300 years, and was a larger than life figure, reportedly weighing over , though he seldom ate.

With respect to his reportedly yogic powers, miracles abundant in his biographies and exceptionally long life, Swami Medhasananda writes that according to the "science of yoga", attainment of these is not "impossible".

Teachings

The teachings of Telang Swami are extant and are available in the biography of the Swami by Umacharan Mukhopadhyay, one of his disciples. Telang Swami describes bondage as "attachment to the world" and liberation as "renunciation of the world and absorption in God."

The Swami describes man's senses as his enemy and his controlled senses as his friend. His description of a poor person is one who is "very greedy" and regards one who always remains content as rich. The Swami says that the greatest place of pilgrimage is "Our own pure mind" and instructs to follow the "Vedantic truth from the Guru." He describes a Sadhu as the one who is free from attachment and delusion.

Notes

References

External links

"Jogananda Jogashrama -- An asrama by Shiramt Swami Jogananda Saraswati (Ancestor of Shrimat Telang Swami)".

"A Boatman's story" in Yoga Journal.

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