Beauty- His Expression

Swami Chinmayananda

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Monday, April 13, 2009, 14:59

Swamiji was resting on a verandah in Nairobi, Kenya with devotees. He was admiring the nature around him and the clouds moving gently in the sky.

"When do they move and change shapes we do not know, but they do move", he said. Looking at the clouds, Neeru said, "They are like jagat, moving and changing patterns without us knowing how they all change".

"Yes", said Swamiji.

Neeru remembered how, at another time, while Swamiji was in transit on an airplane, he had said: "I am the midday sun. You can see in its light, but you cannot see it. You can only see the rising and setting sun".

He had continued, "You can see all objects in the light of the sun, even yourself and the swami, but you cannot see the sun - the subject".

Thus, deep in reflection, the small group sitting with Swamiji in Nairobi became quite still. Swamiji said, "In moments like this you see things very clearly, but you cannot stay there. You return, because the customs officers there are very strict" (referring to the fact that glimpses of an ego less state are possible now and then, but our habit patterns pull us back into the world' as we have known it).

"This natural beauty", added Swamiji, "also gives santi(peace). It is santam, sivam (auspiciousness), sundaram (beauty). If beauty is seen as His expression, it gives santi and is sivam"

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Swami Chinmayananda

Swami Chinmayananda the great master's lectures were an outpour of wisdom. He introduced the Geetha Gnana Yagna. He wrote a lot of books on spirituality, commentaries to Vedantic texts, children books etc. He then started spreading His teachings globally.....