My meeting with Living Avadhuta (Avadhoota) near Bangalore

 I was in scrolling through the pages online and found found about an Avadhuta on Sunday 29th Nov 2020. Dattatreya was a great Avadhuta, the founder of Avadhuta lineage. So many Avadhutas born across the world in various faiths, but most of them were in Bharath. All Avadhutas are one way or other follows the path laid by Dattatreya. 

This is modern photo of Dattatreya, actually Dattatreya is digambara. Means all 4 directions are used as a cloth. As Avadhutas have no body consciousness, they don't wear the clothes. 

They lost all the body consciousness and they are fully enlightened and in a state of experiencing the brahman. So the cold/hot, profit/lose, respect/insult, comfort/discomfort ---all these dualities are not touching them. As brahman is above all these and above the space time limitations. 

You are with you the experience of Sat Chit Anand is experienced. The avadhutas are in this stage. They don't distinguish between the good/bd. They see all equal as their own extension.

I heard of this avadhuta for last 2-3 years and decided to meet him physically. I was not knowing the address. Only with little indication got from the net travelled to his place. He is 95Km away from Bangalore city. We went round and round and many local farmers helped us to find the location. 

We reached the a field and in the middle of the field there was a small shed. We saw avadhuta with a loincloth of saffron colour. He was plucking the Long beans from the farm. By his body an old man. Humble, simple. No other ornaments only thing his body have is a loincloth. I have not see such a person so natural in my life. Except in my child hood in 1970's most of the villagers were so simple and innocent with true natural touch. 

He requested us to go and sit inside his small hermitage. One of his assistant made Ginger Herbal hot Kashaya and served us. I saw 2 more families are there from Bangalore like ours's. 

After a while Avadhuta came and sat on the cot. He blessed all of us keeping his hand on our head. He distributed the vegetables he had grown by his own hand. 

I thought I will discuss on vedanta, but today he told to to go back. He requested us to stay there for a while and went out plucked few vegetables and gave us. One of the visitor was telling us that Avadhuta will talk only if there is any message to us. 

I recalled my guru who introduced me to Siddha and Avadhuta lineage, told me many times the avadhutas not talk by words. There are 4 modes of communication. VAIKHARI, PASHYANTHI, MADHYAMA and Paravani. 

He came again and handed over the special plants with rich smell. He blessed us again and requested us to go back.

He is master of vedanta and knowers of Upanishads. He still earn by farming. A natural peace is radiating in his face. 

People call him by love Siddhappa Avadhuta. 

To know more about avadhuta's pls refer Avadhuta Gita. But seeing an Avadhuta is not equal to reading any books. 

It was a privilege to see an avadhuta, Consider my self blessed. 

II OM DIGAMBARAYA AVADHUTAYA NAMAH II