Great yogis

Our very interesting conversation was interrupted by a man who entered the hut. He was a passionate disciple, apparently. He entered, lit a candle and put some jasmine flowers on the ground; furthermore, he prostrated on the cold cement before embracing Yoga Swami’s feet full of adoration. Yoga Swami cried with revolt: “Idiot!…
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After breakfast, Yoga Swami asked us to keep the banana peels as they were to be given to the cow. He called the cow that was grazing in the garden. The cow entered the hut and he offered the peels with love. In the end, the cow licked his hand and wanted to sit on the ground. Yoga Swami gave her the last peel and then said…
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It was a wonderful fresh and quiet morning, except the cracking the breeze produced while touching the tall and slender palm trees. We walked in silence and completely transfigured on the narrow and dusty streets of the town. Yoga Swami lived somewhere in a small hut that was especially built for him in the garden of a house in…
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I had already walked a long distance on Colombo beach. The fishers in the area pushed their boats on the sand in a hurry before the son went down in Dehiwala. Their screams and baskets full of fish seemed to trouble the majestic and enigmatic serenity of that evening, which appeared to be more silent that usually. I quickly went…
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Although I heard about Yoga Swami, there were some motives that held me back from visiting him, until the moment I saw him. Firstly, back then, I have to admit, I did not have any financial possibilities to pay for my train ticket to Jaffna, that is in the northern part of Ceylon; secondly, I considered I had to find God or…
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The great yogi Yoga Swami was very famous in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and India even during his life time. He was considered a wise man that reached the top of the spiritual illumination. His numerous disciples were sometimes exaggerating his realizations or his extraordinary spiritual powers. He was often considered the wisest man and…
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Singhalese by origin, (Ceylon – Sri Lanka), Susunaga Weeraperuma left his big native island to go in England for studying. He received his Bachelor of Sciences from the University of London. As an expert librarian, being hired by the British National Bibliography, he worked a long time in public, governmental and special libraries, as…
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The simple story of a meeting with a great wise yogi that reached the top of the spiritual illumination - by Susunaga Weeraperuma Translation by Gregorian Bivolaru This wonderful story does not only tell us about the fascinating tradition of the Indian world in often poetic but clear terms. It also evokes the vast and complex…
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