Changdev and Jnanadev

Yogi Changdev had mastered hatha yoga techniques by which he controlled aging. At that time he was over 400 years old. He possessed many Siddhis and a formidable reputation as a Yogi. He was peeved that a young boy who was hardly 16 years old got so much love, respect and honour from all. He wanted to challenge Jnanadev but could not show him disrespect or insult him. In order to test the wisdom of Jnanadev, he sent him a blank letter. In reply, Jnanadev sent him a poem of sixty five verses of his teachings. These are known as Changdeva – pasashti. But Changdev could not understand the verses.

Changdev wanted to check out if Jnanadev really meant something in those verses or was insulting him. So he decided to visit Jnanadev riding on a tiger with a retinue of 3000 disciples. As he neared Alandi, where Jnanadev was living, Jnanadev came to know of the Yogi’s visit. He and his brothers and sister were sitting on an old wall. Jnanadev was always one with the Universal Consciousness. So when he commanded the wall to rise and fly in the sky, it flew. Jnanadev and his siblings flew on the wall to visit the Yogi and pay their respects. Changdev controlled a living being – a wild tiger, but Jnanadev was so one with Divinity that he controlled the inanimate wall. Changdev realised the greatness of Jnanadev and surrendered to him

But his ego was still strong and powerful. So Jnanadev asked Changdev to request one of his disciples to sacrifice himself so that Changdev could attain immediate Bahmajnana – the knowledge of Self. Changdev was very confident that all his disciples were dedicated to him and would do anything for him. But next morning, all of his disciples vanished. Changdev’s ego was utterly destroyed and he prostrated in front of Jnanadev in surrender. When his ego was vanquished, he attained enlightenment. Ultimately, Changdev became one of Jnanadev’s leading disciples.

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