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caretaker of a herd of cows. He noticed that all the cows surrounded the dead body of the cowherd
and were crying bitterly. This touched the heart of Tirumular. He pitied the cows very much. He left
his body in a certain place and entered the dead body of the cowherd. He looked after the cows
throughout the day and sent them back to their respective houses. The wife of the cowherd, who was
not aware of the death of her husband, invited Tirumular who was wearing the physical body of her
husband. Tirumular refused. He wanted to enter his own body. When he searched for his body, it
was not found in the original place. Then he thought it was all the grace of Lord Siva. Then with the
body of the cowherd, he went to Avaduturai and sat underneath an Asvattha tree on the western side
of the temple and wrote a valuable book called  Tirumantram in Tamil. It is a book of 3000 verses
which contain the essence of the Vedas.
8. MANSOOR
Mansoor was a Sufist Brahma-Jnani. He lived in Persia, some four hundred years ago. He
was repeating always  Anal-haq! Anal-haq! This corresponds to  Soham or  Aham Brahma
Asmi of the Vedantins. People reported to the Badshah that Mansoor was an atheist (Kafir) and
that he was always uttering  Anal-haq. The Badshah was quite enraged. He ordered that Mansoor
must be cut into pieces. His orders were obeyed. Even then the pieces of flesh were uttering
 Anal-haq. He felt no pain as he was a full-blown Samadhi Jnani and as he had full identification
with Brahman. He was above body-consciousness. Then they put the pieces of flesh and bones in
the fire and reduced them into ashes. Even then the ashes uttered  Anal-haq. During his life-time
he performed many miracles. Even Jnanis can do miracles if they desire and if they find it necessary
for the occasion. Sadasiva Brahman and other Jnanis did wonders. Remember the lives of great men
daily. You will advance in the spiritual path.
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9. MILAREPA
Milarepa was one who had been profoundly impressed from his youth by the transient and
impermanent nature of all conditions of worldly existence and by the sufferings and wretchedness
in which he saw all beings immersed. To him existence seemed like a huge furnace where all living
creatures were roasting. With such piercing sorrow did this fill his heart that he was unable to feel
even any of the celestial felicity enjoyed by Brahma and Indra in their heavens, much less of the
earthly joys and delights afforded by a life of worldly greatness.
On the other hand, he was so captivated by the vision of immaculate purity, by the chaste
beauty in the description of the state of perfect freedom and omniscience associated with the
attainment of Nirvana, that he cared not even though he might lose his very life in the search on
which he had set out, endowed as he was with full faith, keen intellect and a heart overflowing with
all-pervading love and sympathy to all.
Having obtained transcendental knowledge in the control of the ethereal and spiritual nature
of the mind, he was enabled to furnish demonstration thereof by flying through the sky, by walking,
resting and sleeping on the air. Likewise he was able to produce flames of fire and springs of water
from his body and to transform his body at will into any object desired, thereby convincing
unbelievers and turning them towards religious pursuits.
He was perfect in the practice of the four stages of meditation and thus he was able to project
his subtle body so as to be present as the presiding Yogi in twenty-four holy places where gods and
angels assemble, like clouds for spiritual communion.
He was able to dominate gods and elementals and make them carry out his commands
instantaneously, in the fulfilment of all duties. He was a perfect adept in supernatural powers. He
was able to transverse and visit all the innumerable sacred paradises and heavens of the Buddhas,
where by virtue of his all-absorbing acts of unsurpassed devotion the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
presiding therein favoured him with discourses on Dharma and listened to his in return, so that he
sanctified the heaven-worlds by his visits and sojourns there.
10. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Napoleon Bonaparte was a man of great concentration. His success was all due to the power
of concentration. He suffered from various diseases as epileptic fits, Brady cardia, etc. But for these
maladies, he would have proved still more powerful. He could sleep at any time he liked. He would
snore the very moment he retired to bed. He would get up at the very second of the appointed time.
This is a kind of Siddhi. He had no Vikshepa or shilly-shallying. He had the highly developed
Ekagrata of a Yogi. He could draw, as it were, any single thought from the brain pigeon-hole, dwell
on it as long as he liked and could shove it back when finished. He would sleep very soundly at night
amidst busy war, would never worry a bit at night. This was all due to his power of concentration.
Concentration can do anything. Without concentration of mind nothing can be achieved.
Messrs. Gladstone and Balfour had a great deal of concentration of mind. The very moment
they retired to bed, they would get sleep. Mark the word  very moment . They would never toss
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about for 15 or 20 minutes in the bed as in the case of the worldly persons. Think how difficult it is
to enter into deep sleep the very moment you lie down. They had perfect control over sleep. They
could also get up from bed at any time they wished without any alarm time-piece. Sleeping and
getting up at the appointed second is only an example to show the power of concentration to a
certain degree. There are people who, after a day s hard work, can sleep the very moment they go to [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]