Swamiji TV

Other links



Video details

Sanyas Diksha of Swami Gyaneshwarpuri

The ritual of sannyāsa dīkṣā involves symbolic acts of renunciation and declaration. A flower is offered into the fire, representing the burning of attachments. The initiate makes a solemn vow to forsake all worldly ties, including family, and to live for eternal truth. Offerings and donations are integral, given to the guru and attending priests as a sign of respect and support. The final acts involve sacred ash and the distribution of prasāda, completing the transition.

"Today I give everything. I take sannyāsa. All my attachments—my parents, my mother—I forget them all."

"Always you make tilaka from the fire, but now it's not very fiery, only ash, okay?"

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

In English, there is a verse about the Guru. "Ādeśamāsena sanjīvanam sarvaṁ gurvā..." Take the flower in your hand. Close your eyes, and we are meditating. Yes, meditate here. Let us meditate. Now, put this flower in the fire. Yes, into the fire. Good. Now, place it in his hand. Yes, put it in his hand. Good. So now these are in your hands. You should declare: "Today I give everything. I take sannyāsa. All my attachments—my parents, my mother—I forget them all. I am separate from that. I know what I will do. I will embrace sannyāsa: satya sanātanaṁ sadā sadā. Sarvataḥ savikī sahaytā. I will act for the good name of your mother, the name of your father." Remember their names. "And now I am a sannyāsī. My name is Swāmī Gyāneśvara Purī from the Czech Republic. Now I am a sannyāsī. Satyasanātana dharma, ye śīlamāra, chindudhāraṁ sammukhe—in that I will live. Oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. Oṁ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ..." He should make this saṅkalpa. So, place it here. The coconut, yes, here, to me. Everyone, sit down here. "Today, I give you this sādhana, and you are my śiṣya." Now you can sit there. Take this chivalry, a little, little. Place it one by one on his head. Two, three, only. Okay, then come here. Give me the towel here with me. "Never bad, Jag. I am very pleased." Now, fold your hands like this. Yes. Okay. Remain like that for a little while. A little, okay, yes. "Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ, Śāntiḥ." "Give me a mālā, Swāmijī. Kīcaya. Kīcaya. Kīchaya. Kīchaya..." Spread this here for the birds, in the garden. Yes, yes. No, no. Sit down there. We don't have other work on the side. Push your fingers. To the fire from the edge. Watch the fire from the edge. Now I will... Sit down. Where do you want to put it? Should I put it on the ground? "I have made it." Give it. What is your mantra? Your mantra. Once more. Once more. Once more... Good. Now, put this somewhere in the mud. Panditjī said that you should give a donation to my Gurujī. "Can I give you money?" Money, of course. He doesn't have any money here on him, but he has it in his office. Yes, so he will do it tomorrow at the office. And these two Paṇḍits, the two Paṇḍits, have done a very good program. Yes, dried fruits, there are many. Yes, put it here. "Eat it?" No, put it in the fire. And this to the fire, this to the fire. "This is your mother's grave. You will give her your shoes. Yes?" Stand up. Give this to somebody. This is yours. Yes, go and put it very deep. Sit there. Yes, go there. Stand up. Put both hands inside, yes. And when I say it, then you put it in the fire. When I say it. Okay. "Always you make tilaka from the fire, but now it's not very fiery, only ash, okay?" No, not now. Whenever you come. And then you also have to give to sannyāsīs. To other sannyāsīs also, you give respect and give some money or fruits, like this, to your brothers and sisters. And to our Paṇḍitjī Mahārāj, your guru, also. And he has to give also prasāda and dakṣiṇā. Because you are always going to the dakṣiṇa side. "So, one thousand rupees to Paṇḍitjī and five hundred rupees to his assistant. So, one thousand five hundred rupees you can give to me. I will go and give it to him. So it was 5,000 rupees and 500 is to Panditjī. For Europe, for the Czech Republic, it is nothing. If they didn't use the crowns there, it would be about 100 euros."

This text is transcribed and grammar corrected by AI. If in doubt what was actually said in the recording, use the transcript to double click the desired cue. This will position the recording in most cases just before the sentence is uttered.

The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

Email Notifications

You are welcome to subscribe to the Swamiji.tv Live Webcast announcements.

Contact Us

If you have any comments or technical problems with swamiji.tv website, please send us an email.

Download App

YouTube Channel