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| Biswo |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 12:25 AM
Yogiji passed away.
Politics is so prominent in our country we remember Yogiji by his radical views and his unseemly violent actions in 2017s.
We read less, and we believe in rumour more. So most of us are still impressionable. And so we are either confused or clueless about Yogiji. I confess I have read NO books written by Yogi, no articles, nothing.
One day I was in Devighat, it was the post-democratic era when all young people in Chitwan were steeped in politics.Then I met a hisotorian[I think he was a prominent guy, but I forgot his name.] and we talked about the history of Nepal. He said this sentence to me, "There is no stone unturned [literally] by Yogi Naraharinath. Wherever you go looking for Shilalekh[historical plaques, tablets], you will find out that Yogiji had already read that."
Because our ancestors were mostly illiterate, our history is blurred, and not properly documented, we need to thank all those people who worked hard, living among thankless masses, to illuminate us about our history written in interred stones, and uncared parchments.
A man born in inaccessible Kalikot, Yogiji deserves a sincere thanks from the rest of his fellow Nepali compatriots at his departure.
Thank you very much Yogiji.
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| Padme |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 12:56 AM
I have met Yogi ji, he was remarkably strong, opinionated, polite and incredibly bright. I am saddened by his death. He shared with me how he influenced then King Birendra's decision to have Dipendra go to school in Nepal rather then foreign country.
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| Trikal |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 01:21 AM
Biswoji,
I met him in Daang and we came to DevGhat together. Which year did you met him?
Yogi Naraharinath was one of the inspiriting person for "JAYATUU SANSKRITAM" andolan. Our nation lost a great spritual personality.
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| noname |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 06:28 AM
Yogi had too many dimensions.
Yogi was born Thapa.
Yogi devoted his life to work on religion, history, culture, archaelogy and often ventured in Politics too. He was among the first few who worked on KUSUNDAS and their about-to-extinct language.
Yogi preached active monarchy and at some times was active against multi party democracy.
An active pro-Monarchist Yogi confronted the King and chose exile in India for some time!
Yogi vehemently opposed what he considered as encroachment of Devghat area by a medical college.
Yogi organized a two-day bandh to oppose the so-called statement of the then Minister PR Tuladhar that 'Cow can be slaughtered in Nepal'.
Yogi claimed that Darjeeling is Nepal's Land and filed writ in the Supreme Court.
Yogi died Yogi. The KTM Post wrote: Though 12 hours after his death, spark in his face was intact. "Look at his face," a spectator who came there to pay homage said, pointing at the Yogi’s face. "The spark in his face after long hours shows his enlightenment."
When the one and only Doctor - Dr. Bhattarai - writes that Yogi knew history of all the stones in Nepal from East to West, what is left to write as eulogy?! But equally important is another Bhattarai – Krishna Prasad Bhattarai – who called Yogi a patriot and a disciplined as well as a lorgnette son of the motherland who never breached the limits of discipline that he had set for himself.
The nation really lost a man of knowledge and action.
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| hehe |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 06:35 AM
Yogi Naraharinath was a great philosopher. He was 'Dhurandhar bidwan' of 'purbiya darshan' and had a vast knowledge of many subjects. He had been dragged into controversy at times due to his active influence in the politics during Panchayat era and after people's movement in 1990s. Even some leaders after 1990s blamed Yogi for his controversial remarks. Even Madan Bhandari, in his famous mass speech in Tundikhel, once warned pepple that Yogi was putting influence over King Birendra to become an active monarch. Though controversial time and again, he was indeed a great scholar. So was the case with Risikesh Shah. Shah was also one of the greatest intellect of Nepal but he was also controversial at times, the latest being his link with Maoists in one hand and his advocacy of active monarch on the other.
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 12:32 PM
Trikalji,
I haven't met him. 'Just' heard about him.
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| DHUMBASSE (DUMBASS) |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 12:36 PM
I met yogi ji many a times
i used to go to his gorakhnath asharm at mrigashthali
and listen to his discourses. May his soul rest in peace. nepalko thulo loss
yueta kura bhanum, kina haola hami manche mari sake pachi tyo manche ka denharu , ra ramro kura haruko barema kura garna thalchau. kina hami tinai kura manche jyuadai hunda gardainau,
katai "DEEP TALE ANDHERA" lai charitartha garna lageko ta hoina hamile. manisharu juydai chanda chai abahelana garera tadha rakhincha, jaba marea gaisake pachi chai, then we start thinking about the loss......hare ram
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 01:58 PM
I think we don't need to do 'jayagaan' of living people all the time. When a person is alive, he is evaluated by ,mainly, his peers. I think we do that in Nepal too. Historians respected Yogiji a lot.I think politically he was controversial, and even obviously wrong a lot of times.Now that he is gone, his political aberration is gone with him, and what remains is his work , and we need to laud him for doing what will be very important for our understanding of Nepali history.
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| DHUMBASSE (DUMBASS) |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 02:45 PM
Thanks Bishwo !!
I don't agree with your views above, because my perception obviously is very different than yours. Therefore, Whatever man!!
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| Prem Charo |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 08:53 PM
Yogiji ko dehabasaan le Nepal ko adhyatmik (spritiua) chetra maa apuraniya noksaan (loss) puryaeko cha.
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| Gokul |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 11:29 PM
Tapaswi$bhyadiko yogi, tasmat yogi bhawaarjuna
Lord krishna says to Arjun in the Gita, "It is better to be a yogi, than to be a tapaswi. Therefore, Arjun- You be a yogi." A true yogi is the supreme manifestation of human existence. A triad of Sat, Chit, Ananda - the yogi is always in bliss, always in pure consciousness, and is always guided by the truth. Paramhamsa Yogananda was one such yogi. In his book "Autobiography of a Yogi", he mentions several Yogis he met. Among them, Yukteshwor Giri and Lahiri Mahasaya are noteworthy.
I saw Yogi Naraharinath once in Anamnagar. My father wanted to have an article from him to be published in an Abhinandan Grantha. When my father requested him about it, he immediately closed his eyes and started reciting a poem in Sanskrit. My father wrote it down and thanked him. That was his article! My father was suffering from diabetes and he asked Yogi whether he knew any medicinal plant that could cure it. Yogi came out of the room and showed one plant to my father and said, "In Ayurved, this plant has been praised for its remedial effect to diabetes." After that he said he wanted to take rest because he had come to Kathmandu from Mahakali walking without taking rest.
"It is deja vu all over again." Yogi Bera
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 27-Feb-03 11:46 PM
Gokulji,
Wow. Amazing.
I hope his works , at least on history of Nepal, will be protected and published. Yogiji were all over Nepal, and like I said earlier, it is said that there is no stone unturned by him.
And I always counted on you for knowing something about Sanskrit and vidhwans of Sanskrits:-)
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| hehe |
Posted
on 28-Feb-03 04:18 AM
Today's Bimarsha (28th Feb) has published some part of interview with yogi in 2044 B.S. for which Bimarsha's men like Harihar Birahi and his colleagues were put in jail. Yogi gave an impressive interview on how internal reform in Panchayat was necessary, how king had become inaccessible to general people because of those crowds of 'chakadibaz' surrounding him and how communication between Raja and Praja was blocked. If anybody interested, also check out a general article in Kantipur today.
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