What I expected when I got this book was to read Nityananda's biography - however, the book is written more in a form of Muktananda's adoration of his guru, and in between the lines of Muktananda's outpouring of love for his guru, Muktananda inserts a little bit of information about Nityananda's life and teachings. Whatever little of that information is offered it is still priceless. Nityananda urged everyone to meditate on the immortal, eternal, universal Self.
"Nityananda loved solitude and he lived alone. He usually travelled on foot, moving through the woods and mountains with lightning speed. People say he could move from one place to another at the speed of thought."
"He built many caves and houses without taking money from anyone. He would tell the workers to take their wages from under any stone in the jungle, and they used to get the right amount.
When the ashram was being built in Kanhangad, the police came to investigate. They wanted to know where Gurudev (Nityananda) was getting the money. He led the police through the wild jungle to a lake full of crocodiles, jumped into the water, and pulled out bundle after bundle of brand-new rupee notes, which he tossed to the police. Frightened and astonished, the policed bowed to him and ran away."
"Occasionally Gurudev would get on a tain. If he was asked for a ticket, he would produce thousands of tickets from his loincloth. If he was asked to get off, the train would stop and not run anymore."
"Local people saw him walking on the waters of the Pavanja River. Many times he fed thousands of people with sweets, and no one had the slightest idea where the sweets came from."
Nityananda thought that one should cultivate the purity of mind, the purity of feeling and faith in God.
"One becomes exactly what one's mind dwells on intensely and with firm resolve."
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