[Chaturamnaya] His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Sacchidananda Sivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati - 27

[S Jayanarayanan]

 http://svbf.org/journal/vol8no1/2006_10_swamigal.pdf
 
 
The Jagadguru: A Profile
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An extraordinary spiritual leader, Jagadguru
Sri Sacchidananda Sivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati
Swami had the right mix of humanity and
intellect, thus making him one of the all-time
great yogis.
 
• The Swamiji’s erudition covered not only
the traditional areas, such as tarka and
Vedanta, but even somewhat unrelated
ones, such as vaidya and nadi sastras.
Among epics, his favourite was the
Ramayana which he studied with great
involvement.
 
• His command over poetry, both in
reciting slokas of ancient poets and
composing new ones, often extempore,
was truly extraordinary.
 
• His interpretative and dialectic skills were
impressive, whether he was speaking to
the novice or the scholar. As a
conversationalist and debater, his presence
of mind added beauty to his articulation.
 
• The Jagadguru’s unshakeable faith in the
traditional values of Hinduism coexisted
with a rather unusually forward looking
open mindedness, while dealing with
people of different religious, geographic,
linguistic or cultural persuasions.
When it came to performing his duties,
he was as meticulous as a modern day
technocrat-cum-manager. He paid
attention to the minutest detail of the job
on hand, whether it was the performing
of a shodasopachara puja (worship with 16
different services) to a series of murtis of
the Hindu pantheon, or the offerings of
naiveyda (eatables, including cooked
items) to placate the gods, or any other
religious or administrative matter that
had to be seen through.
 
• The Swami had a truly simple living
style. His wants were few and elementary,
so he missed nothing. With such simple
openness of manner he was easily the
most accessible of all religious heads, even
to the ordinary man on the street.
 
 
Reproduced from
"Sages of Sringeri – Pages 131-167;
A Tattvaloka Publication, May 2005.
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