of Jyotir Math
, a revered Hindu spiritual title in India, from 1941 to 1953.
Brahmananda Saraswati was born into a Brahmin
family in the village of Gana, near Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh
, India. He was called Rajaram in his younger days and was also known as Maha Yogiraj.
At the age of nine Rajaram left his home unannounced to follow a spiritual path of renunciation but was soon returned to his parents by a policeman.
When the mind realizes God, it is permanently established there and does not desire other things.
The disciple should not copy the behaviour of Guru.
The aim of life is to stop the mind from involvement with this world.
EVEN a little of [God's] grace is capable of bestowing on the Jiva [soul] all that is good in its entirety.
ONE should always be cautious, so that no sin happens, so that one has no regrets at the time of death.
Mind remains with you always. Even in the other world - Therefore, connect it with Eternal Existence both in animate and inanimate things, the only permanent entity of the highest order. Connect your mind with Him.
The one who has come, has to go. Nobody can stay here. Every moment keep your luggage packed. Nobody knows when death will call. The warrant of death is like the arrest warrant.
Some moments before he passed away, he told Mahesh, "What I have taught you also contains the knowledge of the technique for the householder.
By gaining Paramatma, everything will become automatic. If you leave Paramatma and try to gain everything else, you will never be able to gain anything. Whatever is gained, will look so little, that you will not feel happy.