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Swami Sivananda Autobiographie von Swami Sivananda Copyright Alle Rechte vorbehalten: The Divine Life Trust Society P.O. Shivanandanagar – 249 192 Distt. Tehri-Garhwal, U.P., Himalayas, Indien Deutsche Ausgabe: Yoga Vidya Verlag Yoga Vidya GmbH Wällenweg 42 D-32805 Bad Meinberg Tel: 05234-870 , Fax: 05234 871875 e-mail:[email protected] Internet: www.yoga-vidya.de - 1 - INHALTSVERZEICHNIS : INHALTSVERZEICHNIS : - 2 - VORWORT DES DEUTSCHEN HERAUSGEBERS - 7 - VORWORT DES INDISCHEN HERAUSGEBERS - 8 - DIE ERFAHRUNG SHIVAS - 9 - DIE BOTSCHAFT SHIVAS - 9 - WIE GOTT IN MEIN LEBEN KAM - 10 - WAS DAS LEBEN MICH GELEHRT HAT (SWAMI SIVANANDA) - 12 - VORWORT (SRI N.C. GHOSH) - 16 - INDIENS SPIRITUELLE KULTUR WURDE BEREICHERT - 16 - EINE VORBILDLICHE PERSÖNLICHKEIT - 17 - SIVANANDA - EINE WELTMACHT - 17 - ERFÜLLUNG DER SPIRITUELLEN AUFGABE INDIENS - 18 - SIVANANDAS ERRUNGENSCHAFTEN - 19 - DER MAGNETISCHE EINFLUSS VON SIVANANDAS LEBEN - 19 - 1. KAPITEL ICH BIN GEBOREN - 21 - DIE GESEGNETE VORGESCHICHTE - SHRI DIKSHITAR - 21 - EIN RIESE UNTER GENIES - 21 - EINE BEDEUTENDE SPIRITUELLE PERSÖNLICHKEIT - 22 - MEIN GEBURTSORT - 22 - ENTWICKLUNGSPHASE - 23 - PRÜFUNGEN IM LEBEN - 25 - ERSTE LEKTIONEN IM DIENST AN DER MENSCHHEIT - 27 - 2. KAPITEL DER RUF DES UNSTERBLICHEN - 28 - DAS ERWACHEN EINER NEUEN SICHT - 28 - ALS WANDERNDER BETTELMÖNCH - 28 - DER NUTZEN VON WALLFAHRTEN - 29 - DIE NOTWENDIGKEIT EINES GURUS - 29 - DAS ENDE DER REISE - 30 - 3. KAPITEL AUF DEM AMBOSS - TEILHABEN AM GÖTTLICHEN REICHTUM - 31 - ERSTE SPIRITUELLE BESTREBUNGEN - 31 - GANZHEITLICHES SADHANA - 31 - - 2 - DAS LEBEN IM SWARG ASHRAM - 32 - UNTERWEGS IN GÖTTLICHEM DIENST - 33 - DER RUF DES KAILASH - 34 - MASSENVERBREITUNG VON SPIRITUELLEM WISSEN - 34 - SPIRITUELLE KONFERENZEN - 35 - VORTRAGSREISEN - 36 - UNFEHLBARE INSPIRATION - 37 - DIE KRAFTVOLLE VERWANDLUNG DER MASSEN - 37 - ARTEN VON KIRTAN - 38 - 4. KAPITEL DIE „DIVINE MISSION“ - 39 - ERSTE STUFE - WIE SCHÜLER AUSGEBILDET WERDEN - 39 - ZURÜCKHALTUNG UND DEMUT - 39 - DIE SCHRITTE VON NEULINGEN LENKEN - 40 - ZWEITE STUFE - PFLANZEN DES JUNGEN BAUMES - 41 - BEGABUNGEN BESTMÖGLICHST NUTZEN - 42 - DRITTE STUFE - EINE GROßE EINRICHTUNG ENTSTEHT - 42 - EIN MITTELPUNKT KRAFTVOLLER SPIRITUELLER ERNEUERUNG - 43 - VIERTE STUFE - GRUPPEN-SADHANA - 43 - GEBET UND UNTERRICHT - 44 - BESUCHER BETREUEN - 45 - 5. KAPITEL MEIN GLAUBE, SEINE METHODIK UND VERBREITUNG - 46 - DIE "DIVINE LIFE"-BEWEGUNG - 46 - DAS GEBOT DER STUNDE - 46 - ALLUMFASSENDE IDEALE FÜR SPIRITUELLE VOLLKOMMENHEIT - 47 - DER KRITISCHE PUNKT - 48 - DAS SCHNELLE WACHSTUM DER MISSION - 49 - DIE GRUNDSÄTZE - 49 - KEINE GEHEIMLEHREN - 49 - WAS IST WAHRER GLAUBE - 50 - DAS EVANGELIUM GÖTTLICHEN LEBENS - 51 - DIE PRAKTISCHE SEITE - 51 - DIE ROLLE DER "DIVINELIFE"-ZWEIGSTELLEN UND SPIRITUELLER ASPIRANTEN - 51 - DIE EINHEIT ALLER MENSCHEN - 52 - DER LAUTE RUF VON "DIVINE LIFE" - 52 - DIE BEDEUTUNG VON GRUPPEN-SADHANA - 53 - DIE GRÜNDUNG EINER "DIVINE-LIFE"-GESELLSCHAFT - 53 - DER SPIRITUELLE STROM MUSS IN FLUSS BLEIBEN - 54 - DIENEN STEHT HÖHER ALS MEDITATION - 55 - GANZHEITLICHER YOGA - 56 - IN DER AUFGABE AUFGEHEN - 56 - 6. KAPITEL DER SIVANANDA ASHRAM - 58 - PROBLEME SPIRITUELLER EINRICHTUNGEN - 58 - DER ASHRAM WUCHS VON SELBST - 58 - WO ALLE WILLKOMMEN SIND - 59 - VOLLKOMMENE FREIHEIT - 59 - DAS WUNDER DER WUNDER - 60 - WIE MAN SICH UM ASPIRANTEN KÜMMERN SOLLTE - 60 - - 3 - HILFSBEREITSCHAFT UND LIEBE GEGENÜBER ALLEN - 61 - PERSÖNLICHE AUFMERKSAMKEIT UND BETREUUNG - 62 - ERMUTIGUNG UND RATSCHLÄGE - 62 - DER GEIST DER ANPASSUNG - 63 - WER EINEN ASHRAM GRÜNDEN KANN - 64 - MAN DARF DIE IDEALE NICHT VERGESSEN - 65 - 7. KAPITEL DER WEG DER ENTSAGUNG - 66 - DIE HERRLICHKEIT DER ENTSAGUNG - 66 - DIE JUGEND IST DIE BESTE ZEIT FÜR ENTSAGUNG - 66 - KEINE STRENGEN BEDINGUNGEN - 67 - GEEIGNETE SCHÜLER - 68 - DIE INNERE NATUR REINIGEN - 68 - HALTUNG GEGENÜBER FRAUEN - 69 - SOLLTEN FRAUEN DER WELT ENTSAGEN - 69 - DIENST AN FRAUEN - 70 - AN ALLE, DIE IN ENTSAGUNG LEBEN WOLLEN - 71 - DIENST UND MEDITATION VERBINDEN - 72 - FINANZIELLE UNABHÄNGIGKEIT - 72 - DIE BEDEUTUNG DES DIENENS - 73 - SANNYASINS UND POLITIK - 73 - IST DER GURU UNENTBEHRLICH? - 73 - DIE EINWEIHUNG VERWANDELT DAS GEMÜT - 74 - ERST VERDIENEN, DANN VERLANGEN - 74 - 8. KAPITEL JNANA YAJNA (VERBREITUNG VON WISSEN) - 76 - AUS TIEFEN ERFAHRUNGEN ENTSTEHEN ZAHLREICHE VERÖFFENTLICHUNGEN - 76 - WARUM ES IN MEINEN BÜCHERN WIEDERHOLUNGEN GIBT - 76 - SCHNELLE ARBEIT IST MEIN IDEAL - 78 - AUF EINZELHEITEN ACHTEN - 78 - KEIN URHEBERRECHT - 79 - EINSTELLUNG ZUM GEWINN - 80 - 9. KAPITEL DAS IDEAL DES LEBENS - 81 - DIE LEBENSPHILOSOPHIE - 81 - GANZHEITLICHE ENTWICKLUNG - 81 - MEIN GLAUBENSBEKENNTNIS - 82 - DAS GEHEIMNIS VON ENERGIE UND KRAFTVOLLER ARBEIT - 82 - HEILEN DURCH GEBETE - 83 - 10. KAPITEL MEIN VORGEHEN FÜR DEN ENTWICKLUNGS-PROZESS - 84 - VERHAFTUNGSLOS UND DOCH ACHTSAM - 84 - SADHANA BIS ZUM LEBENSENDE - 84 - WARUM SO VIELE FOTOS - 85 - SELBSTÄNDIGKEIT - 85 - EINE ABSICHT HINTER ALLEM - 86 - EINFACHES LEBEN UND GROßZÜGIGKEIT - 86 - KEIN SKLAVE VON MODE UND STIL - 87 - - 4 - ENTWICKLUNG FÜR ALLE - 87 - PERSÖNLICHE AUFMERKSAMKEIT UND LIBERALE ORDNUNG - 88 - KEIN ZWANG, SONDERN VOLLE FREIHEIT - 88 - DIE ART, DINGE ZU ERLEDIGEN - 89 - BOTSCHAFT DER FRÖHLICHKEIT - 90 - HALTUNG BEI VERUNGLIMPFUNGEN - 91 - SICH ÜBER KRITIK ERHEBEN - 92 - BESTÄNDIGKEIT UND DANKBARKEIT - 93 - MAN KANN DEM BÖSEN NICHT ENTGEHEN - 93 - MEINE HALTUNG BEI UNEINIGKEIT UNTER DEN SCHÜLERN - 94 - ES LÖST KEINE PROBLEME, EINE ANGELEGENHEIT AUFZUBAUSCHEN - 95 - DER WEG ZUM ERFOLG - 96 - DIE NATUR EINES MENSCHEN UMFORMEN - 96 - MEINE ANSICHT ÜBER VERBRECHER - 97 - ABHIMANA (SELBSTSUCHT) ZERSTÖREN - 97 - DER IDEALE LEHRER - 97 - KOMMT, KOMMT, FREUNDE - 98 - 11. KAPITEL PRAKTISCHE RATSCHLÄGE FÜR DEN SPIRITUELLEN WEG - 99 - UNTERWEISUNG VON SCHÜLERN PER POST - 99 - DER WEG ZUM FRIEDEN - 99 - NACH WISSEN STREBEN - 100 - VERLASSE DIE WELT NICHT VOREILIG - 101 - SCHAU HIN, BEVOR DU SPRINGST - 102 - TIPS FÜR DIE ENTWICKLUNG - 103 - DAS VERBORGENE GÖTTLICHE ENTFALTEN - 103 - ERNEUERUNG DER NIEDEREN NATUR - 104 - DER FLUCH EINES REIN SINNESORIENTIERTEN LEBENS - 105 - SADHANA – EINE TÄGLICHE GEWOHNHEIT - 106 - NISHKAMA SEVA - SELBSTLOSER DIENST - 106 - PROBLEME DURCH PRANAYAMA - 106 - NIEDERGESCHLAGENHEIT UND SCHWERMUT ÜBERWINDEN - 107 - WENN MAN AUFGEREGT IST - 107 - KEINE ÜBERTREIBUNGEN IM YOGA - 107 - WAS IST ECHTER YOGA - 107 - 12. KAPITEL SPIRITUELLE ERFAHRUNGEN - 108 - ANBRUCH EINES NEUEN LEBENS - 108 - SPIRITUELLE ANFANGSERFAHRUNGEN - 108 - MYSTISCHE ERFAHRUNG - 112 - SAMADHI, DER ÜBERBEWUßTE ZUSTAND - 113 - ICH KENNE MEINE WAHRE NATUR - 113 - ICH BIN DER ICH BIN - 114 - 13. KAPITEL HUMORVOLLE WEISHEIT - 115 - SCHÜLER FÜR VORTRÄGE TRAINIEREN - 115 - DIE ART VON GESCHÄFTSLEUTEN - 115 - EINE STABILE VERPACKUNG MIT STARKEN NÄGELN - 115 - WENN HERAUSGEBER WICHTIGE PUNKTE WEGLASSEN - 116 - SICH UM MANUSKRIPTE KÜMMERN - 116 - - 5 - ÜBER ANSPRECHENDE WERBUNG - 116 - PHILOSOPHIE ÜBER DIE VERLOCKUNG VON KAFFEE - 116 - MAHNUNGEN - 116 - DIE ART VON SCHÜLERN KORRIGIEREN - 117 - REIN FORMELLE EINLADUNG - 117 - EIN BESCHÄDIGTES PAKET MIT CASHEW-NÜSSEN - 117 - REICH TROTZ SCHULDEN - 117 - DAS IDEALE STÄRKUNGSMITTEL FÜR KOPFARBEITER - 117 - EHRBARE GÄSTE - 118 - EIN ANGRIFF AUF GEHSCHWÄCHE - 118 - DIE ART VON VIRAKTA MAHATMAS - 118 - PHILOSOPHIE ÜBER SCHNUPFTABAK - 118 - GLOSSAR - 120 - - 6 - Vorwort des deutschen Herausgebers Sie halten in Ihren Händen ein Buch, das mehr ist als ein Buch: einen Schatz, der Ihr Inneres transformieren kann, so wie der sprichwörtliche Stein der Weisen Blei zu Gold verwandeln soll. Hier schreibt der große indische Weise Swami Sivananda, wie er vom Normalbewusstsein zum Gottesbewusstsein gekommen ist. Und er tut dies ohne falsche Bescheidenheit und auch ohne Prahlerei, einfach ganz natürlich - so als wäre es die selbstverständlichste Sache der Welt, zur Erfahrung der Einheit zu gelangen. Und gerade diese Selbstverständlichkeit ist es, was Swami Sivananda immer am Herzen gelegen hat. Es ist das Geburtsrecht jedes Menschen, seine wahre Natur zu entdecken und auszudrücken. Und diese Natur ist göttlich - nach seiner Erfahrung wie auch nach der aller Mystiker verschiedenster Traditionen. Warum also sollte man sein Leben damit verbringen, einen Teil des Vergänglichen wie Geld, Zeit und Energie zu opfern, um einen anderen Teil des Vergänglichen wie zum Beispiel ein Haus, eine Wohnung, Kleidung, Urlaubsreisen oder mehr Geld zu bekommen? Wenn es möglich ist, etwas zu erfahren, das ewig ist, das jenseits allen Leidens ist, das dem ganzen Leben Sinn gibt, dann sollte man sich darum bemühen, das zu erfahren. Und hier ist Swami Sivananda und schreibt: Ich habe es erreicht, du kannst es auch. Und er gibt wertvolle Hinweise, wie er diese Transformation des Bewusstseins erreicht hat, und wie er seine persönlichen Schüler ebenfalls dazu angeleitet hat. Nicht umsonst gilt Swami Sivananda als der Yogi dieses Jahrhunderts, der die meisten Schüler hatte, die selbst als Meister verehrt wurden und werden. Das Wesen und Leben eines Yogis, eines Weisen, kann nicht in Jahreszahlen und äußeren Ereignissen festgemacht werden. So verzichtet Swami Sivananda weitgehend auf solche Äußerlichkeiten. Das Wesentliche ist die innere Transformation. Und diese beschreibt er meisterhaft. Er zeigt dabei die verschiedenen Hürden, Versuchungen und Hindernisse auf dem Weg. Besondere Schätze sind die Gedichte "Spirituelle Erfahrungen". Hier klingt die unmittelbare, eigene Erfahrung durch. Und eine innere Stimme sagt uns: "Ja, so ist es. Komm zu Mir, Deinem wahren Selbst". Ohne mystisch werden zu wollen
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