Adi Da Causal

Adi Da Samraj’s MahaSamadhi site (burial chamber and temple complex) is named  “The Brightness”, it is located high on Naitauba Island Hermitage. The temple itself is small white oblong masonry building, apart from a stupa, it is distinctly not built in the traditional manner of an Asian temple, it is sited in a vast field of lush tropical grasses. There is a young sacred grove consisting of one banyan, peepel, ashok, amla, bel, neem and mango tree, this is set below the MahaSamadhi, up higher is a group of sacred coconuts, the seeds collected by devotees from various Indian holy sites and temples associated with Bhagavan Adi Da’s sadhana and spiritual associations.

I briefly served the garden area there only 3 weeks ago while on a short (and as it turned out an immeasurably graceful, timely) retreat, the light at this height struck me as very rarified and intense, unusual in the tropics, where it tends to be more diffused than in temperate climates. There is a 360 degree view of Naitauba its surrounding reef, islands and the vast powerful sea, it is an intensely beautiful sight

I am always struck by the immense work and detailed planning that Adi Da put into every item that he focused on. In his physical life he was an Iceberg, in that no one really had the capacity to see the depth of his consciousness and creativity, to what extent that depth will be recognized, explored and expressed with his passing will remain to be seen. To know that depth fully would require an equal Realization ( in Adidam this is called 7th Stage Realization )–a fully enlightened devotee did not arise during his physical life time.

Below is an edited account from a long time devotee indicating something of the amount of intention Adi Da put into planning and construction of the Mahasamadhi.

The Mahasamadhi burial chamber is 6′ 9″ in height, and five feet square. It has a dirt floor and concrete walls. This had all been specifically designed by Bhagavan Adi Da Samraj previous to the construction of the “Brightness” structure. Bhagavan Adi Da had come up to the “Brightness” and personally made the site location for every aspect of the “Brightness”. (Many structures remain to be built in the overall plan.) For several months, He had been involved in discussions relative to every detail of His Mahasamadhi Place. He had Requested and Received many traditional accounts of Mahasamadhi of Realizers in the Great Tradition, and explained their orientations. And He determined in detail just what should happen in the case of His Own Mahasamadhi, so as to ensure that His Body could be a point of contact for His “Bright” Blessing forever

Currently with the Master’s passing only a few days old, huge personal sacrifice and heroic endeavor by devotees is in place, hundreds of devotees and friends of Bhagavan have done (and are doing) whatever is necessary to get to Naitauba to share something of this immense occasion. In spite of modern transport, Naitauba is a very remote place and requires much of a person just to get there. Adi Da Samraj’s body faces West, by his own instruction, not North or East as in the traditional manner.

More on Adi Da’s MahaSamadhi and the Future of Adidam

A friends account

Article from Laughing Man on death of Realized Beings

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Naitauba November 12  2008

Naitauba is a very isolated Island of the Lau group of Islands situated on the far east of the main Fiji Islands group, 3.5 Sq miles in area and encircled by a coral reef, it is approached by boat or seaplane (more rarely) Naitauba is a religious hermitage based on the model of an Indian Ashram, My Guru or Spiritual Teacher Adi Da is always in residence there

Only practicing devotees, invited guests and the local Fijian people reside there. Adi Da Samraj would like many, many more people to come for spiritual sighting ( Darshan) and spiritual Retreat ( a long or short period of intense spiritual practice for the sake of God Realization or Liberation)

It is not a holiday resort, and the conditions are often hot, wet & uncomfortable. It is a place to do spiritual practice or sadhana, the day has a fairly strict voluntary recommended code. Beginning with meditation around 5 AM ( or earlier ) breakfast ( 6.30 to 8 AM) followed by Service ( or Guru Seva) until 12 AM lunch, then service to 4/5PM The food is extremely good vegetarian cuisine tending to raw. Raw smoothies, red papaya, small sweet bananas and mangoes are much in demand at present

Often in the evening Bhagavan Adi Da will sit in one of several beautiful temples on Naitauba in formal Darshan ( here is a YouTube Darshan if you would like to get a taste of this experience) The difficulties of the day are soon forgotten in the natural joy of swooning in the Masters company, great love-bliss and intense vibratory light are often felt without any effort on these prized occasions.

Although Naitauba is often tough and uncomfortable practitioners take great joy in their Spiritual Masters company ( Darshan) creative occupation ( anything from carpentry to digital arts ) friendship, humour, meditation, study of spiritual texts, environment (pristine natural beauty) and most recently the use of ipods ( or equivalent mp3 players) to keep their focus in spiritual practice.