Siddhas and their abilities

[Viraja]

Yesterday I watched a Youtube video on 'Sadhasiva Brahmendrar' who was the student of the 57th Pontiff of Kanchi Mutt, who lived in the 17 centuries.

Once, when this ever-naked monk was walking without any awareness on the self, he happened to trespass by the harem of a Muslim king. The Muslim king was infuriated, so he caught the self-unaware monk and chopped off his right arm completely. But Sadhasiva Brahmendrar was still unaware of himself, and tranquilly walked past. Seeing this, the Muslim king and his wives realized this is a monk. So after a few minutes, the king ran to the monk, and shaking him to come to his senses, apologized profusely to him. Sadhasiva Brammendrar simply laughed and then it is said, he got his severed arm attached to his body in an instant!

I was taken aback after reading this. I know of numerous siddhis (paranormal abilities) of many siddhas but then, I wonder, if all this is a gift of pure bakthi marga alone..........

My question is which marga - karma, bakthi, gnana allows for this kind of abilities? Sadhasiva Brahmendrar was incidentally a profound Shiva baktha.

 

[shivsomashekhar]

Yesterday I watched a Youtube video on 'Sadhasiva Brahmendrar' who was the student of the 57th Pontiff of Kanchi Mutt, who lived in the 17 centuries.

Once, when this ever-naked monk was walking without any awareness on the self, he happened to trespass by the harem of a Muslim king. The Muslim king was infuriated, so he caught the self-unaware monk and chopped off his right arm completely. But Sadhasiva Brahmendrar was still unaware of himself, and tranquilly walked past. Seeing this, the Muslim king and his wives realized this is a monk. So after a few minutes, the king ran to the monk, and shaking him to come to his senses, apologized profusely to him. Sadhasiva Brammendrar simply laughed and then it is said, he got his severed arm attached to his body in an instant!

I was taken aback after reading this. I know of numerous siddhis (paranormal abilities) of many siddhas but then, I wonder, if all this is a gift of pure bakthi marga alone..........

My question is which marga - karma, bakthi, gnana allows for this kind of abilities? Sadhasiva Brahmendrar was incidentally a profound Shiva baktha.

None.

Apologies for being blunt, but these stories are *always* made up. Growing up in India, I have found that Indians are highly superstitious and will believe anything - if there is a religious/spiritual connotation to it (I did too, a long time ago). And when the general population is credulous, there are always people willing to exploit the situation. Consequently, there is no shortage of Gurus in India sporting the popular turban/robe/beard combo.

In the real world, if someone's right arm is chopped off, the person will be screaming in agony or will simply pass out with unbearable pain. Rama, Krishna, Shiva cannot change this. Advaita Moksha will not change this. Since ancient times, people have hoped for magical intervention through human sacrifices, horse/bull/chicken sacrifices and various other methods to appease unseen gods and they have always been unsuccessful. This is why the Sumerian gods, the Greek gods and ancient Indian gods have lost popularity.

I am sure this is not what you wanted to hear and you do not have to believe me. You should travel to India and spend time looking for first-hand religious miracles and you will quickly discover this for yourself. You will not find any. It will always be unverifiable second-hand stories - or in other words, bogus stories.

 

[Aupmanyav]

My question is which marga - karma, bakthi, gnana allows for this kind of abilities? Sadhasiva Brahmendrar was incidentally a profound Shiva baktha.

Sorry, Viraja, I do not believe in paranormal, and I do not believe that these magical 'siddhis' exist. I take a literal meaning of 'siddhi' - the work that you wanted to complete, has been completed satisfactorily. Doing that is 'Sādhanā' and completing that is 'siddhi'.

 

[The Crimson Universe]

Yesterday I watched a Youtube video on 'Sadhasiva Brahmendrar' who was the student of the 57th Pontiff of Kanchi Mutt, who lived in the 17 centuries.

Once, when this ever-naked monk was walking without any awareness on the self, he happened to trespass by the harem of a Muslim king. The Muslim king was infuriated, so he caught the self-unaware monk and chopped off his right arm completely. But Sadhasiva Brahmendrar was still unaware of himself, and tranquilly walked past. Seeing this, the Muslim king and his wives realized this is a monk. So after a few minutes, the king ran to the monk, and shaking him to come to his senses, apologized profusely to him. Sadhasiva Brammendrar simply laughed and then it is said, he got his severed arm attached to his body in an instant!

I was taken aback after reading this. I know of numerous siddhis (paranormal abilities) of many siddhas but then, I wonder, if all this is a gift of pure bakthi marga alone..........

My question is which marga - karma, bakthi, gnana allows for this kind of abilities? Sadhasiva Brahmendrar was incidentally a profound Shiva baktha.

Definitely NOT bhakti and karma.

Siddhis usually come to those who are practitioners of Kriya yoga/Kundalini yoga, which is a deep state of meditation.

When the kundalini power which remains dormant at the base of our spine, is awakened through deep meditation, and when it rises upward activating all our subtle chakras, we develop certain supernatural powers, like telepathy, astral travel, clairvoyance, clairaudience, then cloning and remaining present at multiple locations at the same time, walking on water, healing etc.

You should read "Autobiography of a Yogi" by swami yogananda. In his book he speaks about other great yogis who possessed such powers. Some of those powers were witnessed by his parents and even by himself.

 

[ajay0]

There are psychic abilities manifested by the siddhas, of a considerable nature, and I have witnessed such stuff myself as well.

I had been a skeptic in this regard, till I witnessd such stuff on a regular basis to the point that I understood science has not yet evolved to the point of properly explaining such stuff, though given time , it will decipher such phenomena in the future.

That is, unless the human race does not blow itself up foolishly in a man-made holocaust with wmd.

Such abilities are safe in those who are enlightened. They will know intuitively how to use it properly. Example is the Buddha who had used such abilities on certain occasions for the purpose of instruction.

For those who are not enlightened, such abilities can cause heightened egoism and pride, which are obstacles to enlightenment.

Ramakrishna and Buddha had censored disciples who had abused such abilities for the same reason.

 

[The Crimson Universe]

@Viraja There was this swami called Trailanga, who is believed too have lived for 300 plus years. During his time, people have witnessed him floating over water and sometimes absorbed in meditation for hours under water as well. His miracles are mentioned in that same book - "Autobiography of a yogi" :=)