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« on: Oct 04, 2013 02:19 am »

CUP OF COFFEE WITH BR. TURIYANANDA

A lady once came to the Lake Shrine to commit suicide by jumping in the Lake. Brother Turiyananda said to her, “come let’s talk; I’ll make you a cup of coffee.” As any here who ever had it can attest, Bro. Turiyananda’s coffee could “wake the dead.” He had this beautiful Italian espresso maker which would spout this rich, jet black, strong coffee. Well, Brotherji took the lady into his kitchen and made her a cup of his coffee and talked to her for about an hour. I was outside working and after a while I could hear them laugh - I thought, “Now this is a miracle.”

Brother Anandamoy said later, “Turiyananda, you have to teach me to make coffee."

(Picture Credit to FACEBOOK = Paramahansa Yogananda - For Love of Gurudeva)

 
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« Reply #1 on: Oct 04, 2013 04:18 pm »

 Grin  This brought back many memories. The first time I met Turiyananda he said let us walk around the lake. I had come out to California from Michigan. I was trying to pick up my spirits after the end of a fateful relationship. Near the end of the walk Turiyanada made a remark directed at me: "You need to be careful. I have seen that look on convicts."

The remark struck me as halalarious. I had a good laugh and my gloomy mood vanished. He was a very outspoken man and could break the mood surrounding an individual or a large group.

I remember him remarking about the spiritual state of the young people once in a sermon.
He said he did not know how they could make spiritual progress listening to bands called the 'Electric Prunes' and the 'Grateful Dead'. No one, including the young, seemed to mind. He had a way of saying things that would make you laugh..even if it was directed at you. It was a very dry sense of humor. He used to say; "If you want to make spiritual progress: turn off the T.V. No doubt he would have a similar comment for the internet today. Perhaps it would be: "Stop surfing the internet and find your place with God."

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« Reply #2 on: Oct 05, 2013 12:41 am »

Many of us let a couple drops of olive oil roll  down our throat before we do the practice of Kriya.
I remember Turiyananada saying that when he was fasting he would have to be careful not to drink the whole bottle of olive oil.

Commenting on the energization exercises he said: 'We do not need to look like Frankenstein in our practice.' (tensing the body parts)
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« Reply #3 on: Oct 05, 2013 03:38 pm »

Back in 1978 the new temple was not yet built. Turiyananda spoke to me about the hill where the new temple is now built at the Lake Shrine.

He told me he saw black astral clouds in the area and that we needed to terrace the hill. I asked why. He told me that we should be resposible about the fact that if it rained a lot, mud would come down the hill into the adjacent property where there were apartments.

When I came to the Lake Shrine I volunteered to help terrace the hill. It surprised me that 6 months later the Los Angeles mud slides occured. Many houses were  damaged.
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« Reply #4 on: Oct 07, 2013 02:48 pm »

Once Brother Turiyananda had told me that the Chinese would eventually invade the United States. I asked him how it would happen. He said by submarines. He had heard one of the monks that was with Yogananda while he was in the body, say it.

Since Bhaktinanda spent time with the guru when he was in the body....I decided to ask him.
He told me that he was not saying Yogananda did not say it but that he had never heard the Master say that.

When I saw Turiyananda again I told him what Baktinanada told me. I was surprised to hear his response: " Baktinanda is the highest monk on the hill (He probably meant Mount  Washington.) .....If he told you that...Listen to him."
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« Reply #5 on: Oct 09, 2013 06:20 am »

I've talked with some local SRF devotees who were around Lake Shrine and Brotherji (Turyinanda) in the 70s

they talked about how his words meant so much,
as he had to walk the world
as a 'householder' or married or such...

but was this Effulgent / Magnetic Monk...

(interesting)

Yes I remember telling Turiyananda that if he told me to march over the top of a hill and there we're enemy soldiers shooting bullets on the other side; I would do it.

He told me it was because his words had soul force. He was much like a military officer.
One that you would respect.

He asked me once if I would like to see his living quarters above the windmill Chapel.
I was honored he would ask. He took me up the staircase and we entered a room that was empty except for a mat on the floor and a picture on the wall. I was drawn to the picture on the wall. It was a picture of a German officer from World War II. I asked who it was and he said: "That is Rommel. He might have fought for the wrong cause but he fought."
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« Reply #6 on: Oct 12, 2013 08:39 am »

I remember Turiyananda telling me about his experience in the swiss alps. he went out once on a hike and it started getting dark. It gets cold at nite in the swiss alps and he had lost his way. He prayed to god and said: If  there is anything you need me to do this life time your going to have to help. he felt a hand pushing him in a certain direction. Going in that direction he found his way out.
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« Reply #7 on: Oct 13, 2013 09:04 pm »

Brother Dharmananda did similar in 1987 at Hidden Valley...
having residents toil to cut and burn-off the ridges along the cliffs of the valley...
it saved the valley within a decade or so...
(is my observation --)

( I ended up with poison oak from the smoke...)

read about fire stopping along that fire-line year / decade later...

Interesting Nomaste.

It seems that some of the monastics are quite psychic. I heard from a couple of sources that Bhaktananda had mentioned: If we (the United States) ever were at war and were attacked and loosing, the aliens would help us. I did not personally hear this but considering his outspokeness I would believe he said it. The United States has always been a war like nation.

The source that told me this said that it was said at a sermon and some devotees complained about his comments to mother center. Then in another sermon he mentioned it again. Turiyananda was a rebel of sorts but Bhaktananda was more of a maverick. I will tell you this:
He (Bhaktinanda) told me personally that Yogananda had told him he (Yogananda) was  Shakespere in a previous incarnation.

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« Reply #8 on: Oct 14, 2013 09:52 pm »

I remember Turiyanada always having challenges with weight. I am fortunate to have been able to stay somewhat slim thru out my life. He told me once that he would eat one day and fast the next...on a regular basis. Using him as an example for my life, I asked him if I should do that. He said: no and that he was doing it to loose weight. He seemed to be a very disciplined man to me.

But most of us have some physical challenges due to karmic reasons. He was making a valiant effort at addressing his own. I had my own physical challenges at one time that were miraculously healed by Paramahasa Yogananda when I went to live in California and visited his crypt. That miracle increased my faith in the divinity of the guru more than any event in my life.
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