ever been initiated into the Narasimha mantra. After asking this question, Padmapada remembered an incident from his previous life.

THE HUNTER WHO SAW NARASIMHA

In his previous life, Padmapada was known as Sananda. He lived in the Chola country. One day a monk gave him the Narasimha mantra. Sananda really wanted to see Lord Narasimha with his own eyes. So he left his home and found a secluded place in the forest. He sat down to meditate, imagining the image of Lord Narasimha and chanting the mantras of Narasimha.
One day a hunter came out of the forest to him. He was surprised to see Sananda and asked what such a person was doing in a jungle full of wild animals. Sananda felt that one would not be able to understand the talk of mantra and meditation. So he simply said that he had come to the forest in search of a wild beast. The hunter replied that he knew the forest inside and out, and offered to help find this beast. Then Sananda described to him the image of the Lord Narasimha, who was a man to the waist, and a lion above the waist. The hunter was terribly surprised, because in many years of being in the forest he had never seen anything like it. Sananda casually remarked that an animal could not be seen by such an ignorant person as a hunter. But the hunter did not consider himself an ignorant person and swore loudly that if he did not present the animal before Sananda before sunset the next day, he would kill himself. With a determined look, he walked away.
Sananda laughed at him, not taking the hunter's oath seriously. But the hunter took the incident as a challenge and began to comb all the nooks and crannies of the forest. The image of Lord Narasimha completely captured his thoughts. But he couldn't find it anywhere. This task absorbed him so much that he forgot about food and sleep, and the mind relentlessly followed the image of Narasimha. By the next evening he was completely exhausted, but Narasimha was not found. The sun was setting and the hunter lost all hope. He vowed that he would either find Narasimha or kill himself. Finding nothing more suitable, he plucked some vines from the trees and prepared to commit suicide by hanging himself. At that moment, he heard a terrible roar. He turned around and before him stood the beautiful and clear image of Narasimha. The hunter got angry. He cursed the strange creature for its elusiveness, then twisted his arms and legs with a vine, dragged him to Sananda and said: "Here, sir, is your Narasimha." Sananda couldn't believe his eyes. He saw a hunter in front of him, holding one end of a creeper in his hand. The other end was obviously wrapped around the animal, invisible to him. He, however, heard the roar of Narasimha.
Sananda was shocked that the Lord Narasimha appeared before the low hunter, but remained invisible to him, despite years of study. Lord Narasimha, reading his mind, said, “Sananda, you will not see me in this birth."In your ignorance, you insulted the hunter by calling him unworthy. But in two days he achieved the greatest precision of mind (chitta ekagrata). Therefore, I had to appear before him and let myself be bound. In this life, you are only worthy to hear my voice"But do not despair. By practicing in this life, you can realize me in the next life. At the appropriate moment in your other life, I will enter into you and fulfill an important destiny."
After he told the story from his past life, Padmapada realized that Lord Narasimha had kept his promise.

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REFLECTIONS ON NARAYAN

Ajamila was among the few who were able to achieve the highest by a simple and non-persistent call to God. He had ten children, the youngest of whom was named Narayana. When Ajamila lay on his deathbed, he called his son Narayana several times and continuously repeated his name. As a result, the messengers of Lord Narayana arrived at the dying Ajamila and did not allow the messengers of the god of death to take him to themselves, but instead took Ajamila to Lord Narayana. This famous story is quoted in the Bhagavata Purana as an illustration of the power of God's name and how it can lead to higher realizations even if the name is repeated unintentionally.

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Vyadhi, or disease, is the main obstacle to the attainment of mental clarity Can be both a disease of the body and a disease of the mind. And one leads to the other, because they are connected. In fact, the traditional system is aware of the importance of good - health for achieving higher life goals. The Ayurvedic classic states that good health is a basic requirement for achieving all four purusharthas (goals) of life, namely dharmg, artha, kama and moksha. Styana refers to mental stagnation. It represents the state where the individual has risen to a certain point but is unable to go further and achieve absolute clarity. it часто случается из-за недостатка настойчивости (алабдха бхумикатва), что является другим препятствием. it положение иллюстрируется рассказом Рамакришны Парамахамсы.
One day, during a drought, the peasants began to dig long canals to bring water to their fields. One of them was especially persistent. He made a vow that he would not finish digging until a canal connected his field to the river. He set to work. It's time to take a break. His wife sent her daughter for him, passing with her oil for rubbing after bathing. "Father," said the girl, "it's getting late."
"Go away," my father growled, "I still have a lot of work to do." Evening was approaching, but the peasant was still working in the field. He didn't even think about rest. Then the wife came and said, "Why didn't you bathe. The food is already cold. You can finish the rest tomorrow or after dinner." The farmer became furious at being distracted and chased after her with a shovel, shouting, “What! You don’t understand at all? It’s not raining. The field is drying up. What will the children eat? about food and rest today, until I bring water to the field. The wife saw his condition and ran away in fear. By evening, after exhausting labor, the peasant brought his canal to the river. Then he sat down, watching the water gurgling over his field. His mind was filled with peace and joy. He returned home, called his wife and said to her: "Now give me some oil and prepare the fumigation." Serenely, he finished bathing, ate and went to bed, where he began to snore from the labors of the righteous. But there was another peasant who was also digging a canal to bring water to his field. His wife also came to him in the field and said, "It's very late. Let's go home. There's no need to recycle at all." The peasant did not object. He put down the shovel and said to his wife: "Well, since you просишь, я иду домой". itт человек не смог оросить свое поле и вырастить урожай.
Bhranti darshana means being in a state of illusion about the true state of our progress. One day Kaushika was doing tapas while sitting under a tree, and drops from a flying stork fell on him. Kaushika raised his head and glared at the stork, causing the bird to turn into a pile of ash. He was amazed and felt that he must have reached a high state if such a thing could happen. Later he went to beg (bhiksha) and stopped near the house of a woman. The woman was busy preparing food for her husband and did not come out to him immediately. Kaushika became furious, looked at her and yelled, "How dare you let the sadhu wait so long? Don't you know that I have other places to visit? Hearing this, the woman smiled and said, "Dear sir, I have taken care of my children and husband, this is my dharma. You are a sage and should know that anger is our worst enemy to fight. You will not gain anything by throwing at me my angry looks, after all, I'm not at all like that stork." Kaushika was amazed that the woman knew what had happened this morning and realized that she was living in a false world of her own accomplishments.
A well-known example of falling from high positions is the story of King Nahush. Nahusha is the famous emperor of the lunar dynasty. One day, Indra, the King of the Heavens, had to leave his kingdom and high position because he had committed a terrible sin. Since the sons of heaven did not want to be left without a king, they invited Nahusha, the noble emperor, to become king until Indra was restored to power. Nahusha agreed and after a while became terribly rude and began to think that he was invincible and above all dharmas. The King of Heaven was honored by being himself carried by the seven great sages. Once, when he was being carried, he made them go faster and in his ignorance poked the great sage Agastya and yelled - sarpa! Sarpa! (faster Faster!). The sage Agastya became angry and cursed Nahusha so that for his rude behavior he was cast down to a sarpa (snake).
(The word sarpa in Sanskrit means both goading someone to fast walking and a snake.) Immediately, King Nahusha flew out of his post in the Heavens and became a snake.

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ever been initiated into the Narasimha mantra. After asking this question, Padmapada remembered an incident from his previous life.

THE HUNTER WHO SAW NARASIMHA

In his previous life, Padmapada was known as Sananda. He lived in the Chola country. One day a monk gave him the Narasimha mantra. Sananda really wanted to see Lord Narasimha with his own eyes. So he left his home and found a secluded place in the forest. He sat down to meditate, imagining the image of Lord Narasimha and chanting the mantras of Narasimha.
One day a hunter came out of the forest to him. He was surprised to see Sananda and asked what such a person was doing in a jungle full of wild animals. Sananda felt that one would not be able to understand the talk of mantra and meditation. So he simply said that he had come to the forest in search of a wild beast. The hunter replied that he knew the forest inside and out, and offered to help find this beast. Then Sananda described to him the image of the Lord Narasimha, who was a man to the waist, and a lion above the waist. The hunter was terribly surprised, because in many years of being in the forest he had never seen anything like it. Sananda casually remarked that an animal could not be seen by such an ignorant person as a hunter. But the hunter did not consider himself an ignorant person and swore loudly that if he did not present the animal before Sananda before sunset the next day, he would kill himself. With a determined look, he walked away.
Sananda laughed at him, not taking the hunter's oath seriously. But the hunter took the incident as a challenge and began to comb all the nooks and crannies of the forest. The image of Lord Narasimha completely captured his thoughts. But he couldn't find it anywhere. This task absorbed him so much that he forgot about food and sleep, and the mind relentlessly followed the image of Narasimha. By the next evening he was completely exhausted, but Narasimha was not found. The sun was setting and the hunter lost all hope. He vowed that he would either find Narasimha or kill himself. Finding nothing more suitable, he plucked some vines from the trees and prepared to commit suicide by hanging himself. At that moment, he heard a terrible roar. He turned around and before him stood the beautiful and clear image of Narasimha. The hunter got angry. He cursed the strange creature for its elusiveness, then twisted his arms and legs with a vine, dragged him to Sananda and said: "Here, sir, is your Narasimha." Sananda couldn't believe his eyes. He saw a hunter in front of him, holding one end of a creeper in his hand. The other end was obviously wrapped around the animal, invisible to him. He, however, heard the roar of Narasimha.
Sananda was shocked that the Lord Narasimha appeared before the low hunter, but remained invisible to him, despite years of study. Lord Narasimha, reading his mind, said, “Sananda, you will not see me in this birth."In your ignorance, you insulted the hunter by calling him unworthy. But in two days he achieved the greatest precision of mind (chitta ekagrata). Therefore, I had to appear before him and let myself be bound. In this life, you are only worthy to hear my voice"But do not despair. By practicing in this life, you can realize me in the next life. At the appropriate moment in your other life, I will enter into you and fulfill an important destiny."
After he told the story from his past life, Padmapada realized that Lord Narasimha had kept his promise.

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REFLECTIONS ON NARAYAN

Ajamila was among the few who were able to achieve the highest by a simple and non-persistent call to God. He had ten children, the youngest of whom was named Narayana. When Ajamila lay on his deathbed, he called his son Narayana several times and continuously repeated his name. As a result, the messengers of Lord Narayana arrived at the dying Ajamila and did not allow the messengers of the god of death to take him to themselves, but instead took Ajamila to Lord Narayana. This famous story is quoted in the Bhagavata Purana as an illustration of the power of God's name and how it can lead to higher realizations even if the name is repeated unintentionally.

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Vyadhi, or disease, is the main obstacle to the attainment of mental clarity Can be both a disease of the body and a disease of the mind. And one leads to the other, because they are connected. In fact, the traditional system is aware of the importance of good - health for achieving higher life goals. The Ayurvedic classic states that good health is a basic requirement for achieving all four purusharthas (goals) of life, namely dharmg, artha, kama and moksha. Styana refers to mental stagnation. It represents the state where the individual has risen to a certain point but is unable to go further and achieve absolute clarity. it часто случается из-за недостатка настойчивости (алабдха бхумикатва), что является другим препятствием. it положение иллюстрируется рассказом Рамакришны Парамахамсы.
One day, during a drought, the peasants began to dig long canals to bring water to their fields. One of them was especially persistent. He made a vow that he would not finish digging until a canal connected his field to the river. He set to work. It's time to take a break. His wife sent her daughter for him, passing with her oil for rubbing after bathing. "Father," said the girl, "it's getting late."
"Go away," my father growled, "I still have a lot of work to do." Evening was approaching, but the peasant was still working in the field. He didn't even think about rest. Then the wife came and said, "Why didn't you bathe. The food is already cold. You can finish the rest tomorrow or after dinner." The farmer became furious at being distracted and chased after her with a shovel, shouting, “What! You don’t understand at all? It’s not raining. The field is drying up. What will the children eat? about food and rest today, until I bring water to the field. The wife saw his condition and ran away in fear. By evening, after exhausting labor, the peasant brought his canal to the river. Then he sat down, watching the water gurgling over his field. His mind was filled with peace and joy. He returned home, called his wife and said to her: "Now give me some oil and prepare the fumigation." Serenely, he finished bathing, ate and went to bed, where he began to snore from the labors of the righteous. But there was another peasant who was also digging a canal to bring water to his field. His wife also came to him in the field and said, "It's very late. Let's go home. There's no need to recycle at all." The peasant did not object. He put down the shovel and said to his wife: "Well, since you просишь, я иду домой". itт человек не смог оросить свое поле и вырастить урожай.
Bhranti darshana means being in a state of illusion about the true state of our progress. One day Kaushika was doing tapas while sitting under a tree, and drops from a flying stork fell on him. Kaushika raised his head and glared at the stork, causing the bird to turn into a pile of ash. He was amazed and felt that he must have reached a high state if such a thing could happen. Later he went to beg (bhiksha) and stopped near the house of a woman. The woman was busy preparing food for her husband and did not come out to him immediately. Kaushika became furious, looked at her and yelled, "How dare you let the sadhu wait so long? Don't you know that I have other places to visit? Hearing this, the woman smiled and said, "Dear sir, I have taken care of my children and husband, this is my dharma. You are a sage and should know that anger is our worst enemy to fight. You will not gain anything by throwing at me my angry looks, after all, I'm not at all like that stork." Kaushika was amazed that the woman knew what had happened this morning and realized that she was living in a false world of her own accomplishments.
A well-known example of falling from high positions is the story of King Nahush. Nahusha is the famous emperor of the lunar dynasty. One day, Indra, the King of the Heavens, had to leave his kingdom and high position because he had committed a terrible sin. Since the sons of heaven did not want to be left without a king, they invited Nahusha, the noble emperor, to become king until Indra was restored to power. Nahusha agreed and after a while became terribly rude and began to think that he was invincible and above all dharmas. The King of Heaven was honored by being himself carried by the seven great sages. Once, when he was being carried, he made them go faster and in his ignorance poked the great sage Agastya and yelled - sarpa! Sarpa! (faster Faster!). The sage Agastya became angry and cursed Nahusha so that for his rude behavior he was cast down to a sarpa (snake).
(The word sarpa in Sanskrit means both goading someone to fast walking and a snake.) Immediately, King Nahusha flew out of his post in the Heavens and became a snake.

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