Mastana Jogi Aya Re
An Ecstatic Yogi Has Arrived
Sung by Hari Om Sharan
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As I listen to the bhajan “An Ecstatic Yogi Has Arrived,” Baba becomes alive for me in a way far beyond my everyday experience. My understanding of the Guru is refreshed. My whole being is filled with ecstasy. My heart is filled with an intense longing.
I am so grateful that I was born at a time when Baba lived in this world.
I am so grateful that I was born at a time when Baba lived in this world.
Oregon, United States
I was thrilled to find this beautiful bhajan on the homepage today. I have been listening to this melodious offering about Baba on a loop, allowing the waves of love I feel in Hari Om Sharan’s voice to pour over me. This has led me to such a sweet space of tranquility, serenity, and strength.
I was reminded of the delight with which Baba would welcome well-known artists and singers during darshan, showering them with gifts and flowers. While I would be swept along with Baba’s enthusiasm, a small question would arise: Why were these artists given so much attention? Aren’t we all equal in the presence of the Guru, the Divine?
Baba explained so beautifully that he was appreciating their art and the years of tapasya they had put into achieving their expertise.
From Baba I learned to appreciate the effort that goes into achievement. This guided me in my interactions with the many students I taught in my career. I made a point to accept, appreciate, and acknowledge every small effort.
I was reminded of the delight with which Baba would welcome well-known artists and singers during darshan, showering them with gifts and flowers. While I would be swept along with Baba’s enthusiasm, a small question would arise: Why were these artists given so much attention? Aren’t we all equal in the presence of the Guru, the Divine?
Baba explained so beautifully that he was appreciating their art and the years of tapasya they had put into achieving their expertise.
From Baba I learned to appreciate the effort that goes into achievement. This guided me in my interactions with the many students I taught in my career. I made a point to accept, appreciate, and acknowledge every small effort.
New Delhi, India
As I listen to this beautiful bhajan, I am taken back in time. I feel that my whole being is cleansed, and that my own inner perfection is being revealed. Baba’s grace is in every syllable chanted by his loving disciple. I feel as if it is a pure stream of music in which I bathe and in which my heart and being are purified.
Virginia, United States
As I listened to and absorbed the meaning of this bhajan’s refrain, it touched upon the deepest joy in my heart. I am grateful and awestruck to be blessed with Baba’s teachings, which have changed the way that I think. As a result of following them, whenever I hear the sound of the ocean, I now experience that it is nature paying homage to Baba. I give thanks for this song in praise of Baba.
Warrnambool, Australia
After listening to this bhajan, I had a profound experience that helped me to navigate through certain challenges and find inner peace. Listening to bhajans and meditating can be powerful tools to help me center myself and connect with a deeper sense of spirituality and inner strength.
Ghatkoper, India
This bhajan always pulls me up out of my chair and inspires me to dance. I enjoy it so much because, when I listen to it, I feel the presence of Baba. I also experience the devotion and love with which Hari Om Sharan sings about the ecstasy, love, and teachings of Baba.
I feel that Hari Om Sharan sings from his heart and has the intention of touching the heart of his Guru. For me, this bhajan represents an exchange between disciple and Guru that I find beautiful. It seems as if Guru and disciple become one during this song. And as a blessing, everyone listening can immerse themselves in the wonderful energy of devotion and joy.
Konolfingen, Switzerland
Oh, this bhajan has entered my heart completely!
It has opened me to my true nature. I am dancing and whirling around with such ecstasy and joy that tears of gratitude fill my eyes. I feel as if “an ecstatic yogi has arrived”—and this yogi is me!
It has opened me to my true nature. I am dancing and whirling around with such ecstasy and joy that tears of gratitude fill my eyes. I feel as if “an ecstatic yogi has arrived”—and this yogi is me!
California, United States
This ecstatic bhajan reflects my experience of Baba when I met him in the courtyard at Gurudev Siddha Peeth in 1981. He radiated such stillness, power, and a scintillating joy that seemed to fill the air, the courtyard, and also me. I experienced this scintillating joy as moving through my being and outwards, to what felt like the ends of eternity.
As it says in verse five, “He makes the eternal bliss flow continually.”
As I listen to this bhajan and hear the voices of the singers and the liveliness of the drummer, I am celebrating the profound and ecstatic moment that I experienced when I met Baba. It is an experience that lives inside me to this day.
As it says in verse five, “He makes the eternal bliss flow continually.”
As I listen to this bhajan and hear the voices of the singers and the liveliness of the drummer, I am celebrating the profound and ecstatic moment that I experienced when I met Baba. It is an experience that lives inside me to this day.
Melbourne, Australia
I had been longing to see and hear the full version of this bhajan. When I visited the website today and found it, I immediately and eagerly started listening to it.
As I listened, I focused my attention on the words of the bhajan and felt so happy and delighted. I started experiencing pools of love for our beloved Baba. As I listened to it again, this time with my eyes closed, I started feeling energy at my muladhara chakra. As I continued to listen, I felt my body moving along with the unfurling movement of the shakti. The experience was so beautiful!
As I listened, I focused my attention on the words of the bhajan and felt so happy and delighted. I started experiencing pools of love for our beloved Baba. As I listened to it again, this time with my eyes closed, I started feeling energy at my muladhara chakra. As I continued to listen, I felt my body moving along with the unfurling movement of the shakti. The experience was so beautiful!
Bhandara, India
This bhajan fills me with delight. It encompasses all that I know and experience about Baba Muktananda. When I found the Siddha Yoga path seventeen years ago, I thought I had found it by accident. It took me a while to understand what I feel now—that it was no accident that I found this path. I think it found me.
Shortly after receiving shaktipat-diksha, I was in meditation when I had a vision of myself in a small library in a country house. Suddenly the door opened and a monk came in dressed in an orange robe. He was scintillating with vibrant energy. I knew it was Baba Muktananda from the photographs I had seen. He walked over to a wall and reached up and pointed to it. I soon realized that, for me, this was the gesture of a teacher pointing to a blackboard.
I believe Baba came to tell me that he would be my teacher. Indeed, he has been my teacher, and continues to be.
Shortly after receiving shaktipat-diksha, I was in meditation when I had a vision of myself in a small library in a country house. Suddenly the door opened and a monk came in dressed in an orange robe. He was scintillating with vibrant energy. I knew it was Baba Muktananda from the photographs I had seen. He walked over to a wall and reached up and pointed to it. I soon realized that, for me, this was the gesture of a teacher pointing to a blackboard.
I believe Baba came to tell me that he would be my teacher. Indeed, he has been my teacher, and continues to be.
Havant, United Kingdom
This bhajan carries great meaning for me. Even though I never met Baba in person, I now know that it was he who spoke to me in 1970. I had just entered seventh grade, and I was walking along a sidewalk in my little hometown. Suddenly, I became glued to the spot where I was standing. The world seemed to fall away, and a commanding but not unkind voice exclaimed, “What are you doing? Your life belongs to God!”
I spent the next twenty years trying to understand this message, following many paths, only to know I was still missing the point. Finally, in the early 1990s, by “chance” I met a Siddha Yogi who told me about Gurumayi. I came to Shree Muktananda Ashram and attended my first Intensive—which was in honor of the tenth anniversary of Baba’s mahasamadhi. I received shakipat the moment I saw Gurumayi. And when I heard Baba’s voice on tape, I finally knew who had called to me all those years ago.
I spent the next twenty years trying to understand this message, following many paths, only to know I was still missing the point. Finally, in the early 1990s, by “chance” I met a Siddha Yogi who told me about Gurumayi. I came to Shree Muktananda Ashram and attended my first Intensive—which was in honor of the tenth anniversary of Baba’s mahasamadhi. I received shakipat the moment I saw Gurumayi. And when I heard Baba’s voice on tape, I finally knew who had called to me all those years ago.
Arkansas, United States
As soon as I began listening to this beautiful bhajan, my eyes closed spontaneously and I was drawn into a beautiful sea of waves of shakti. I experienced a feeling of immense love toward Baba.
Although I did not meet Baba in person, I sensed how much love he must shower on his devotees. I thought about how Baba gave shaktipat and transformed the lives of seekers.
My life has been changed in the same way by a single look from our beloved Gurumayi!
Although I did not meet Baba in person, I sensed how much love he must shower on his devotees. I thought about how Baba gave shaktipat and transformed the lives of seekers.
My life has been changed in the same way by a single look from our beloved Gurumayi!
Bhandara, India
In 1956, the year that Baba attained Self-realization, he appeared to me in a dream. I was eight years old at the time. In the dream Baba wore a Western-style suit, and smiled radiantly and ecstatically. He hugged me so tightly that I thought I would burst!
As I woke from the dream, my heart was pounding, full of his radiance and his ecstasy. It was such a divine experience for an eight-year-old! And of course the dream has stayed with me all these years. It was only after meeting Gurumayi in 1996, forty years later, that I recognized the man in my dream as Baba from his photographs.
This is why An Ecstatic Yogi Has Arrived has so much meaning for me. I feel that same radiance and ecstasy of Baba’s throughout my whole body just listening to the refrain.
As I woke from the dream, my heart was pounding, full of his radiance and his ecstasy. It was such a divine experience for an eight-year-old! And of course the dream has stayed with me all these years. It was only after meeting Gurumayi in 1996, forty years later, that I recognized the man in my dream as Baba from his photographs.
This is why An Ecstatic Yogi Has Arrived has so much meaning for me. I feel that same radiance and ecstasy of Baba’s throughout my whole body just listening to the refrain.
London, United Kingdom
When I heard the melody and lyrics of An Ecstatic Yogi Has Arrived, describing the supreme state of Baba Muktananda, it touched my heart. As I was singing this bhajan, I was connected to Baba, and I felt more and more love for him. I was just dancing and singing with the feeling of enthusiasm.
Nadiad, India
The effect of this bhajan on me is immediate: when I hear it, I join in the chant with joy and I can’t help dancing sweetly and opening my heart to everyone and to all that is.
I feel then how true these words are, and how this chant conveys the vibrant energy that can be felt in the company of a Siddha Master. When I feel within myself this chiti-shakti that this bhajan speaks about, my own spiritual practices blossom, my awareness is clear and serene, and I perceive my true nature and a great inner freedom.
It was pure prasad for me to listen to and read these words.
I feel then how true these words are, and how this chant conveys the vibrant energy that can be felt in the company of a Siddha Master. When I feel within myself this chiti-shakti that this bhajan speaks about, my own spiritual practices blossom, my awareness is clear and serene, and I perceive my true nature and a great inner freedom.
It was pure prasad for me to listen to and read these words.
Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
Some memories in life ignite inexplicable ecstasy. For me, many such memories for me are connected to music. That’s how I feel about this bhajan.
I first heard it when I was sitting with Baba Muktananda in the courtyard in Gurudev Siddha Peeth. On the outside, the sun generously poured down, and I took in its warmth. On the inside I felt the kind of love which surpasses all time and reason. As I think about it right now, my heart can barely fathom that it is possible to feel that much love and that much ecstasy. Such feelings do not come along every day.
When I listen to this bhajan, I know there is nothing I want more in this world than to dedicate myself to my sadhana, for sadhana unfolds an ecstasy that defies anything this world has to offer.
I first heard it when I was sitting with Baba Muktananda in the courtyard in Gurudev Siddha Peeth. On the outside, the sun generously poured down, and I took in its warmth. On the inside I felt the kind of love which surpasses all time and reason. As I think about it right now, my heart can barely fathom that it is possible to feel that much love and that much ecstasy. Such feelings do not come along every day.
When I listen to this bhajan, I know there is nothing I want more in this world than to dedicate myself to my sadhana, for sadhana unfolds an ecstasy that defies anything this world has to offer.
California, United States
In 2007 I concluded my university studies in elementary education. I was quite nervous about the new role awaiting me. Before the new school year started, I was blessed to spend one month offering seva in Gurudev Siddha Peeth. Every morning I went for darshan in Baba’s Samadhi Shrine.
During my stay Baba was so alive in my heart! I felt his guidance and teachings, and his immense love. Before I left, I told him about my nervousness and prayed for his support. One night I dreamt that I met Baba in a classroom. He sat together with the students and taught them with so much love and authenticity. He didn’t play any role. He was himself, and because of his strength and love the students respected him.
That was a great teaching and a big support for me as I began teaching. When I was introduced to my class, I remembered Baba; a big smile came on my face and the whole class smiled back at me in welcome. I will never forget that.
During my stay Baba was so alive in my heart! I felt his guidance and teachings, and his immense love. Before I left, I told him about my nervousness and prayed for his support. One night I dreamt that I met Baba in a classroom. He sat together with the students and taught them with so much love and authenticity. He didn’t play any role. He was himself, and because of his strength and love the students respected him.
That was a great teaching and a big support for me as I began teaching. When I was introduced to my class, I remembered Baba; a big smile came on my face and the whole class smiled back at me in welcome. I will never forget that.
Gottmadingen, Germany
In summer 1978 I was very fortunate to spend a month at Gurudev Siddha Peeth with Baba. One morning I noticed that many people in the Ashram were going into the Nityananda Mandir, and so I followed them to see what was going on.
As I sat down in the packed hall, I noticed that Baba had entered the hall and taken his seat. In front of him was a bearded singer and musicians. Someone told me the singer was Hari Om Sharan, whom I had heard of because he was a famous singer of bhajans. Then began a most joyous program of bhajans. The hall was vibrant with shakti and there was a kind of playfulness in the air because, during the singing of An Ecstatic Yogi Has Arrived, at one point Hari Om made a playful remark about Baba. The entire hall roared with laughter, as did Baba.
It was an impromptu and lighthearted moment that I will never forget.
As I sat down in the packed hall, I noticed that Baba had entered the hall and taken his seat. In front of him was a bearded singer and musicians. Someone told me the singer was Hari Om Sharan, whom I had heard of because he was a famous singer of bhajans. Then began a most joyous program of bhajans. The hall was vibrant with shakti and there was a kind of playfulness in the air because, during the singing of An Ecstatic Yogi Has Arrived, at one point Hari Om made a playful remark about Baba. The entire hall roared with laughter, as did Baba.
It was an impromptu and lighthearted moment that I will never forget.
London, United Kingdom
I am grateful to Hari Om Sharan for this beautiful bhajan. When I read the lines, “He makes the eternal bliss flow unceasingly. / O devotees, come bathe in this stream,” I felt Baba’s radiance upon me and a deep connection to Baba.
I then prayed to Baba to be with a dear friend who is dying in isolation in a hospital. I asked him to bring her peace and his amazing love. As I saw my friend bathed in Baba’s love, with a beautiful light embracing her, my worry and concern for her being so alone at this time in her journey lifted. I felt a loving embrace and became peaceful.
I then prayed to Baba to be with a dear friend who is dying in isolation in a hospital. I asked him to bring her peace and his amazing love. As I saw my friend bathed in Baba’s love, with a beautiful light embracing her, my worry and concern for her being so alone at this time in her journey lifted. I felt a loving embrace and became peaceful.
Massachusetts, United States
I have been listening to this melodious bhajan for many years. As I listened to it just now with my eyes closed, I saw Baba’s divine form shimmering with grace, filled with boundless love. Ajapa japa, spontaneous repetition of the mantra, began to take place within me, and I found myself absorbed in bliss.
Noida, India
Yes, indeed, “an ecstatic yogi has arrived”—definitely! The bhajan by Hari Om Sharan opened my heart instantly and love poured out for Baba as I stared with longing at the picture of Baba beside my computer.
Scrolling down to read the shakti-filled shares from Siddha Yogis who had met Baba in person allowed me to be with them during their experiences. Though I never met Baba in person, today I feel deeply connected with him and I know he is with me.
I am immensely grateful to Baba for taking birth on this earth and giving us the experience of love, light, and God within, through the Siddha Yoga path.
Scrolling down to read the shakti-filled shares from Siddha Yogis who had met Baba in person allowed me to be with them during their experiences. Though I never met Baba in person, today I feel deeply connected with him and I know he is with me.
I am immensely grateful to Baba for taking birth on this earth and giving us the experience of love, light, and God within, through the Siddha Yoga path.
Nairobi, Kenya
I have had this bhajan on a cassette tape for years. Every time I hear Hari Om Sharan’s melodic voice, so filled with love and devotion for Baba, I can only dance with my own love and devotion around the room. At times when I am outside—whether cleaning, gardening, or being with nature—I hear this chant reverberating within myself, and tears fill my eyes and heart.
New Mexico, United States
In March of 1982, my wife and infant son and I had the good fortune to stay with Baba in Gurudev Siddha Peeth. On the day of our departure, we went to say goodbye to Baba, who was sitting in the courtyard.
As I knelt for Baba’s blessing, he gave me a smile which lit up the universe—the radiant Guru of whom Hari Om Sharan sings so eloquently. I will remember that smile, which contained everything that Baba had to give, forever.
As I knelt for Baba’s blessing, he gave me a smile which lit up the universe—the radiant Guru of whom Hari Om Sharan sings so eloquently. I will remember that smile, which contained everything that Baba had to give, forever.
London, United Kingdom
What a perfect way to celebrate Baba’s birthday! An Ecstatic Yogi has Arrived fills me with gratitude, enthusiasm, and amazement—for Baba’s state and for our great good fortune to be heirs of his legacy.
I am grateful to Hari Om Sharan, for expressing Baba’s majesty, greatness, generosity, and boundless energy so vividly. These words so perfectly capture what a supreme gift it is to have a Sadguru in our lives.
I am grateful to Hari Om Sharan, for expressing Baba’s majesty, greatness, generosity, and boundless energy so vividly. These words so perfectly capture what a supreme gift it is to have a Sadguru in our lives.
California, United States
I had never met Baba or Gurumayi, but Gurumayi was coming to the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Oakland, and a friend brought me to meet her. As we waited in the main hall, we chanted Om Namo Bhagavate Muktanandaya. At one point, believing that Gurumayi had arrived, everyone stood up, still chanting, and faced the back of the hall, where she would first appear.
In the back of the hall was a photo of Baba, larger than life. As we chanted, I noticed the eyes on Baba’s image came to life—they were looking at me! And not just at me, but into me—into the deepest part of my being. I had never before experienced anything like this, and I knew at that moment that the Guru who was about to come through those doors was no ordinary person. I knew my life would never be the same.
Through this experience I felt that it was Baba who’d set the stage and opened my eyes for my first encounter with a living Siddha.
In the back of the hall was a photo of Baba, larger than life. As we chanted, I noticed the eyes on Baba’s image came to life—they were looking at me! And not just at me, but into me—into the deepest part of my being. I had never before experienced anything like this, and I knew at that moment that the Guru who was about to come through those doors was no ordinary person. I knew my life would never be the same.
Through this experience I felt that it was Baba who’d set the stage and opened my eyes for my first encounter with a living Siddha.
California, United States
Years before I knew of the Siddha Yoga path, I was living in a remote part of Australia. One day a visitor spoke of his Guru, Swami Muktananda.
Muktananda! I was struck by the beauty, the strength, and the musicality of this name. I used to repeat it to myself—“Muktananda, Muktananda” —as I walked down the dirt tracks, sat by the river, and went about my daily tasks.
When I finally came to the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Melbourne, I recognized the feeling there. It was the same centered, loving feeling I had when I repeated the name Muktananda.
Reading the words of this bhajan, I am grateful to Baba for arriving in my life, and for coming to get me, all those years ago, deep in the forests of Australia.
Muktananda! I was struck by the beauty, the strength, and the musicality of this name. I used to repeat it to myself—“Muktananda, Muktananda” —as I walked down the dirt tracks, sat by the river, and went about my daily tasks.
When I finally came to the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Melbourne, I recognized the feeling there. It was the same centered, loving feeling I had when I repeated the name Muktananda.
Reading the words of this bhajan, I am grateful to Baba for arriving in my life, and for coming to get me, all those years ago, deep in the forests of Australia.
Melbourne, Australia
What a wonder that Baba took birth in this world! And how great are the gifts he brought into our lives!
What might my life have been like had God not brought me to Baba? I cannot imagine this. Would I ever be experiencing the fullness of heart that Baba awakened me to? Would I ever have known it was possible for me to experience the bliss that courses through my body, or that God is alive in my being? Would Gurumayi be in my life? And how different the lives of my daughter and her husband and their child—and countless others— might have been had not Baba come into this world!
What might my life have been like had God not brought me to Baba? I cannot imagine this. Would I ever be experiencing the fullness of heart that Baba awakened me to? Would I ever have known it was possible for me to experience the bliss that courses through my body, or that God is alive in my being? Would Gurumayi be in my life? And how different the lives of my daughter and her husband and their child—and countless others— might have been had not Baba come into this world!
Wisconsin, United States
This lovely bhajan awakens so many memories of Baba. “How shall we sing of his greatness? Our speech is overcome with strong devotion.” When I came for Baba’s darshan after receiving shaktipat, there were no words that could express my love and gratitude, but I asked him, “How can I serve you?” Baba looked at me for a moment and then told me to love my own Self a lot.
I’ve reflected on Baba’s words many times over the years, and his words quoted in this bhajan affirm my understanding. When I see the same Self dwelling in all, and I offer love to that Self in all, I feel I am serving the Guru.
I’ve reflected on Baba’s words many times over the years, and his words quoted in this bhajan affirm my understanding. When I see the same Self dwelling in all, and I offer love to that Self in all, I feel I am serving the Guru.
Massachusetts, United States