Hanuman is depicted as loving - all the way.īecause loving, all the way. Jesus Christ is depicted as loving - all the way. and shining-reflecting the pure light of whole-iness, as the outpouring of divine loving, in and as reality.
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the expression of clarified mind - pure, clear awareness, free of limited ego-thoughts. Hanuman and Christ are the "breath of God". When I first read that statement, I had NO idea what Sri Neem Karoli meant. Neem Karoli Baba said that Hanuman is the "same as Christ." ~Hanuman, bowing before his beloved Lord Rama and Lady Sita "When I don't know who I am, I serve you when I know who I am, I am you." this has all gotta go a bit deeper than singing to a monkey-god statue, yes? To "Krishna Das just put out a Hanuman Chalisa CD? Why the heck not. Must be nice for people capable of learning forty verses of sixteenth century Hindi." and Neem Karoli Baba's pretty clearly realized. you might wonder a bit about the yogic efficacy of such a practice, yes? If you're unfamiliar with Hinduism, and you see a group of people chanting to an image of a monkey-god, in samadhi, with tears streaming down their cheeks. a reason that relates very directly to the neuro-spiritual reality of all human body-minds" story.
and have been chanting these forty verses for a reason. it's a "yogis and yoginis devoted to God/Enlightenment have been chanting forty verses in sixteenth century Hindi in praise of a Monkey God who appears to be the offspring of a super-hero. This isn't a "Kirtanman Does Good" story, however. decently and samadhically enough that I got a raised eyebrow (the good kind) and a smirk (ditto), along with an appreciative nod outta Krishna Das (we were the only two people chant-singing). Memorizing 40 verses in sixteenth century Hindi isn't easy for people who speak Hindi! The is per the fact that a Chalisa is always, per its yogic, poetic and mantric structure, exactly 40 verses in length.Īnd so, ultimately, chanting the Hanuman Chalisa is chanting forty verses of essentially *non*-repeating mantra, composed in sixteenth century Hindi. The Hanuman Chalisa has been in the Top 40 of Yogic devotional chants since at least the mid-1600s, common era. Illuminated Poetry, Quotations and StoriesĪ little while back, in another thread, I mentioned chanting the Hanuman Chalisa at a sound check with Krishna Das, at a kirtan retreat at Kripalu ( Well-known yoga retreat center - ).