Re: Himalayan yogi's
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There are austere yogis living in the open in Kedarnath (quite a bit in the Himalayas) and Badrinath (at the foothills of Himalayas). Also at Gangotri, Yamunotri (at a much greater height) and western Himalayas where there is the famous Shiv Mandir.
(In Badrinath - just be careful, not all may be saints or genuine.)
At MAnA (a small village) next to Badrinath, which makes the border between India and Tibet, is an ancient cave which has very mystically taken the shape of a grantha (pothi, scripture book / pages).
Inside it , in 'gupta rUpa' unseen to the eye, lives MahaRshi KRshNa DwAipAyana Veda Vyas (our current VyAsDev) who divided the Vedas into 4 and wrote the Bramha-sUtra, purAN and itihAs.
How can He be alive ? Because He is one of the few Chiranjeevis (exceptionally long life -across the yuga). Other examples of Chiranjeevis who are seen by a few even today, are Hanuman (visiting devotees and Ram katha), AshvatthAmA (on the banks of NarmadA).
So, VedaVyAs is one yogi we know who lives in the Himalayas till date, in that same sacred cave.
Picture of the Vyas GufA (cave, VyAs Pothi)
Inside Vyas Gufa (That is a relatively modern vigraha (mUrti) of Veda Vyas, with Vallabhacharya to His left).
ShankarAchArya, MadhvAchArya, VallabhAchArya went to visit Vyasdev to take His blessings. Madhva did so before he started preaching.
Inside Ganesh Gufa (Shri Ganesh's cave at a short distance from Vyas Gufa, where Shri GaNesh, who became Vyas's scribe, wrote everything down as Vyasdev spoke. His condition: that Vyasdev may not stop at any point. This way Vyasdev's vANI (speech) was divine, transcendental.
Jai Badri VishAl!
Last edited by smaranam; 07 July 2013 at 05:42 AM.
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