Siddhas. Who were they? What did they practice and teach? --I

[Nara]

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Folks, I am posting this here because I did not want to start a new thread. Couple of interesting links about the so called Yogis:

Yogis Of India And Nepal (PHOTOS)

Body Language: The Yogis of India and Nepal - Download free content from Rubin Museum of Art on iTunes

 

[renuka]

Folks, I am posting this here because I did not want to start a new thread. Couple of interesting links about the so called Yogis:

Yogis Of India And Nepal (PHOTOS)

Body Language: The Yogis of India and Nepal - Download free content from Rubin Museum of Art on iTunes

Dear Nara anna,

I checked out all the pics..nothing comes close to your pics with all Vaishnava Tilaks.Dont you agree?

 

[talwan]

Siddhas do not have specific pupose.They go free as their mind goes.One might have heard of the saying''Siddan pokku Sivan Pokku.They are not worried about day to day needs like Hunger,Dress.They eat whatever they get.They will starve if nothing is got.They will not mingle freely with General public.They sing Verses which give a ameaning on the lighter view.If theya re analysed more they give a totally different meaning.These are some i have heard of Siddhas.
alwan

 

[renuka]

Taken from another forum:


nainam chindanti sastrani
nainam dahati pavakah
na cainam kledayanty apo
na sosayati marutah
The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind.

One of our member and a prolific writer Srivathsa Joshi had written some time ago in his column in a newspaper that a fire fighter in Florida asked through a friend about this particular Bhagavat geetha verse which he wanted to get tattooed so that every time he goes out to fight for the fire,he can keep seeing this verse and get motivated.






Rambhau Swami lives in the southern city of Tanjore in India, in a small room in a temple. His needs are almost Nil, he stays away from publicity and does not know the difference between 5 and 100 bucks. When his disciples feed him, he eats a banana or two. If someone offers him money, he gives it to someone else who visits him for a blessing. Though many think of his abilities as originating from Yogic practise, that really is not the case. Swamiji is a great practitioner of Ucchishta Ganesha tantra, an esoteric form of Ganesha worshipped for speedy realisation. During the fire rituals performed for the well-being of the residents of the region, he really does not jump into the fire as an act to showcase his skill. Instead, he sees his beloved Ganesha manifest in the fire and he only hugs him and plays with him, and that he considers Ganesha as his baby. He often expresses anger at his disciples who are in awe of his mastery of fire and says: Mind creates images and also these elements. Think of it's mastery. For a man of true realisation, water flowing upwards is not surprising nor fire from moon for he realises the falsehood of all this mental imagery and of the falsehood of the mind itself.

A profound Sanskrit scholar, a well-known healer and somewhat reserved.







The Fire Yogi is a 47 minute documentary exploring a Yogi who has the extraordinary ability to use a unique breathing technique to get into union with Fire. This documentary portrays a rare and unusual Fire Ritual performed by the Yogi and the subsequent chemical analysis of his clothing & physical tests that examine this supernatural phenomenon. The Yogi has performed this Fire Ritual for a total of 1000 days over the last 45 years. The Yogi, weighing a mere 94 pounds (43 kilos), has been able to survive on only two bananas and a mere glass of milk with a few drops of water twice a day for the last 28 years. Many aspects of the Yogi are on the edge of unbelievability, while at the same time highlighting the power and endurance of human mind, body and spirit.

Yogi Rambhauswami, the 63-year-old yogi, claims that in 1975 he stopped drinking more than a few drops of water each day, that two years later he began limiting his daily diet to a banana and a cup of milk, and that he sleeps only three hours each night. By all rights the Sanskrit scholar should be malnourished and dehydrated, but in director and producer Mike Vasan's documentary, he appears to be a relatively normal, if somewhat slender, senior citizen. Rambhauswami's real claim to fame, however, is his elaborate fire ritual.

The ritual begins with his taking a bath, then moving on to meditation, pranayama, and a ceremony honouring Ganesha. The fire portion of the ritual is conducted over a homakunda, into which Rambhauswami offers rice, coconut, sugar cane, and gallons of ghee. As he's doing this, he goes into a deep meditative state. He enters the blaze and rolls around, protected by only a wool shawl, and remains there, in the fire, for up to 10 minutes at a time.

When Rambhau emerges from the flames, though, there's little evidence that he's just been charbroiled. Even his shawl is intact, its preservation credited to a protective aura. The shawl was later tested for fire retardant, and results showed that the material hadn't been treated".


The above are taken from web sources.I also thank Narendra Shastry for directing to this video.


The video is in 5 parts given in order as below,do watch and it is worth it.




YouTube - ‪The Fire Yogi 1‬‏


YouTube - ‪The Fire Yogi 2‬‏




YouTube - ‪The Fire Yogi 3‬‏


YouTube - ‪The Fire Yogi 4‬‏


YouTube - ‪The Fire Yogi 5‬‏