Hrishikesha is a name of Vishnu that means Lord of the senses... surrounded by a landscape of ascetical atmosphere and quietude stands Risihikesh, which, according to history it was place exclusively for saddhus. Some people say that back in the good old days the only thing you could see here was forest and saddhus... There are kutiyas (hermitages) temples and ashrams scattered all over the place... some are abandoned and some are still running either by a true living sage ( few) and others by rascals! ... It is considered a holy city and it is vegetarian by law... If someone would come to this city before it was solemnly to become a saddhu. That is also why it adopted that name, because through intense saddhana people would (if in the right approach) conquer their senses.
"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles"...
Buddha
Nevertheles, things changes and in the last 20 years there has been an invasion of tourism and bussines that has made a very bad impact, at least in the spiritual sense... There is a lot of "yoga" schools where mainly westerners come to get their teacher trainning... this is perhaps the biggest bussines in town! plus other commercial stores all around... Anyways, the place is surrounded by gorgeous vegetation and there are still places of cultural-spiritual interest to visit.... and interesting, very interesting characters!
As most of us know, anywhere you go in the world (and this doesnt excludes india) is not the same as it used to be... so, from now on ill try to omit my critics and high-light mostly its beauty...
Right now im staying in an ashram located in the little village of Tapovan... Is a small interreligious monastery, very organized, disciplined and clean... The sadhakas are very friendly and humble. Within the ashram compound I took off the kavi robes and adopted the traditional clothes of a sadhaka-brahmacarya which is a white kurta and longi, this out of respect bc I havent been initiaded into sannyasa officialy by a particular guru or lineage.
Ill be here perhaps 8 more days and then we'll see...
"It is not the outward circumstances that bind a man; by himself is man really bound, by himself is he really free." bikkhu sumano
"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles"...
Buddha
Nevertheles, things changes and in the last 20 years there has been an invasion of tourism and bussines that has made a very bad impact, at least in the spiritual sense... There is a lot of "yoga" schools where mainly westerners come to get their teacher trainning... this is perhaps the biggest bussines in town! plus other commercial stores all around... Anyways, the place is surrounded by gorgeous vegetation and there are still places of cultural-spiritual interest to visit.... and interesting, very interesting characters!
As most of us know, anywhere you go in the world (and this doesnt excludes india) is not the same as it used to be... so, from now on ill try to omit my critics and high-light mostly its beauty...
Right now im staying in an ashram located in the little village of Tapovan... Is a small interreligious monastery, very organized, disciplined and clean... The sadhakas are very friendly and humble. Within the ashram compound I took off the kavi robes and adopted the traditional clothes of a sadhaka-brahmacarya which is a white kurta and longi, this out of respect bc I havent been initiaded into sannyasa officialy by a particular guru or lineage.
Ill be here perhaps 8 more days and then we'll see...
"It is not the outward circumstances that bind a man; by himself is man really bound, by himself is he really free." bikkhu sumano
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