Once Brahmananda told some of his disciples: “Hari Prasanna Maharaj has come from Allahabad. Have you met him? Please go and pay your obeisance to him. He is a knower of Brahman; and having attained the supreme state of beatitude, he is calm and silent. It is difficult to recognize him; he generally eludes people.”
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Brahmananda once remarked, “Vijnanananda is a hidden knower of Brahman.” The Bhagavata gives a description of an illumined soul’s way of life: “Though wise, he plays like a child unconcerned about status; though highly intelligent, he behaves like a fool without any plans; though learned, he speaks like one who is mad to avoid popularity; though established in the truth taught by the Vedas, he roams about like cattle with absolute unconcern for all established codes of conduct” (11.18.29). We must look at Vijnanananda’s actions from this perspective in order to understand their true meaning; otherwise, he will be misunderstood. (Source: God Lived with Them)