Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master

Synon:
Sense: ‘One who is seated high above’: that is, someone who
has reached the pinnacle of existence and abides as pure Being.
Other: ‘One who belongs to the Order of Udås⁄n monks — a
much respected spiritual tradition of north India.’
At the time of initiation, Udås⁄n or Udås⁄ sadhus are given a
new name, a mantra, a cap and a black holy thread (sehli) and
wear necklace of beads known as nazar ba†hu. Many tend to
grow thick matted locks (ja†å
ja†å) in the manner of Shaivite yogis,
wound in coils on top of their heads.
Legend is that the Order originated with Sanatana Kumar, a
rishi of the Vedic period. He was one of the four mythic
Kumara brothers (Sanak, Sanadan, Sanatana and Sanat Kumar)
mentioned in the Vedas and Puranic tales.
Baba Bhuman Shaji (1687-1747) of Bhuman Shah Village
(which was named after him) previously in Montgomery
District, West Punjab (but is now in Pakistan) was a great sage
of this tradition.
Another was Baba Sri Chanderji, 165th in the line of
succession, the son of Guru Nanak Dev, who established four
monasteries in the four corners of India, just as Shankaracharya
did for the Çhaivite sannyasins. There is still a shrine to him in
Afghanistan.
Sri Brahmananda Saraswati Udasin (previously known as Dr.
Mishra, or Sri Ramamurti) of the I.C.S.A. Ashrams in USA,
was also of this line. And Chandra Swami of Sadhana Kendra,
Domet, U.P., is the latest sage and Mahant
of this tradition.
Udaya
Sense: ‘Rising’, and so ‘the dawn; jñånodaya is the rising, the
dawn, of wisdom (jñåna), in the innermost firmament of the
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