Spiritual Journey
The spiritual journey of His Holiness Jagadguru Swami Isa began in childhood with a deep longing to know God. What began as a profound attraction to temples, sacred stories and meditation gradually became an intense search for the Divine, leading him through years of sadhana, pilgrimage and profound spiritual experiences.
The story of this journey was originally published in Om Gayatree magazine in 1995. It has been preserved and is now being prepared as a new booklet, Saga of a Sage.
“…Delirious with divine experience and yogic power, Swamiji began the first long journey from one end of Sahya hills to the other. Agasthyakoodam, Kalyanatheertham, Maruthvamala, Kudanchikkal in Karnataka, Kumaratheertham, Thiruvannamalai… Swami Isa passed through these holy places blessed with the foot prints of his spiritual predecessors. Spiritual experiences awaited him in all these sacred places.
Reaching home after the long journey Swamiji realized that a monastic life alone was possible for him. He decided to be a renunciant. But he would step into the new role with the whole hearted consent of his path. He proved to them that five elements (the panchabhoota) are under his control. Usually when a disciple becomes sannyasin, his bunch of hair is cut by the Guru. But here the father himself performed the ceremony and bestowed his blessings on the son in his spiritual journey.”
Saga of a Sage
The complete story of this remarkable journey — from Swami Isa’s childhood search and years of intense sadhana to his pilgrimage through the sacred places of India and his return to begin his life’s work — is told in Saga of a Sage.
The booklet preserves the original narrative and the many stories and experiences that trace the unfolding of his spiritual life.
