AGHOR KUTI

The word Aghor literally means that which is not difficult or terrible. Aghor is the simple and natural state of consciousness. There is no place for feelings of fear, hatred, disgust or discrimination in the eyes of an Aughar. A person who practices these virtues may be designated as an Aughar.
Aghor often appears in tantric texts, especially in the western media, but the fact is that it is not a tantric tradition, it does not depend on tantras or tantric philosophy. Aghor sadhana does not depend on tantric activities, Aghor is a state of shivattva, an embodiment of Shiva who himself is the originator of tantra but he does not depend on it. The Aghor believes in the highest state of sadhana, which is spiritual austerity. An Aghor aspirant performs very severe penance in which he is completely detached from the worldly affairs. The subject of concern to him is to experience and realize the Divine Power. These types of severe penance are only known in Aghor tradition.

Although Aghors stayed away from society, people started visiting them to seek their blessings and to benefit from their spiritual power. This became a threat to the livelihood of Brahmins and Vaishnava leaders, whose job was to keep people entangled in superstitions and complex rituals in order to maintain their own domination on people’s lives. For their benefit, they organized a campaign against the Aghor tradition to portray it as an unruly, erratic, and undesirable cult. The result was that people started keeping distance with the Aghors. Even today in society they have a misperception about this tradition, although the efforts of Aghoreshwar Bhagwan Ram for the last decades have made a significant difference. The Aghoreshwar Bhagwan Ram Ashrams of Nepal, have been trying to solve the same misconception about Aghor tradition. Our Gurudeva Avadhoot Mangaldhan ram Baba who has established the Aghoreshwar Ashrams in Nepal for the first time had to face lots of difficulties due to the ignorance of people towards this tradition. And today, even after many years, the hindrances still lay before us.

In Nepal, before the establishment of this organization and the Ashrams, people had no idea that Aghors are the simple human natured person who are greatly interested in the welfare and benefit of society. Being an Aghor saint, our Gurudev Avadhoot baba has shown a great example to the Nepalese society. The society has always been dominated by the Pandits who are after the complex rituals in the name of the god. In early days people used to dread Aghors because they knew that- If he says something, that is bound to happen, if he gets angry, that will mean disaster. This had been practically proved many times from ancient age; we can read about these incidents in the life story of Aghoracharya Maharaj Kinaram Baba as well. Many incidents happen with us as now people can see and get blessings from the Aughads or Aghors or Avadhoots among themselves.

Our Ashrams (Nepal) today by the instruction and guidance of the Avadhoot Mangaldhan Ram Baba has been teaching the human values to all which is based in good character. The base of the good character helps the person to be blessed by the Aghor Gurudev. “Spirituality can only be built in the foundation of the good character” is the main theme of our Ashram. Our Ashram provides the food (Prasad) and the shelter to all needy person without discrimination. Ashram teaches us that all the human being should be equally treated. The people of different castes, class, religion belongs to our Ashram, they all been treated in such a way by our Avadhoot Mangaldhan Ram Baba that everybody feels that Baba is here for the welfare of all and do not belong to only one caste, religion or class. The people here are taught how to perform their daily work? How to start the day and how to end? What has to be thought and what should be done for the welfare of the Nepali society? They are taught how to worship the divine mother during Navaratra. What is the duty and the responsibility of a person as a son, daughter, mother, father, sister, and brother and most importantly as a citizen of Nepal? Aghor ashram of Nepal is trying to teach people to behave as a human being and to live in peace.

Jai Maa Guru!!

The word ashram comes from the Sanskrit word, Srama, which means “religious exertion.”

Ashrams have existed for thousands of years. These days, people have forgotten its importance and its role in society.

With the aim of serving the society and teaching people the right way to live, Aghoreshwor brought a tradition of the ashram into the community which was only thought to be located away from the mainstream of human population. From that time Ashram has been playing a crucial role in the development of humans and society. The Aghor Ashrams have been giving an opportunity to step away from worldly affairs and return to a simpler way of living. His teachings are followed around the world.

With the blessings of his Guru Avadhoot Singha Shawak Ram Baba, Baba Mangaldhan Ram Ji brought this culture to Nepal and started on a mission to help Nepalese prepare themselves for building a better nation via the teachings of Aghoreshwor. He has always focused on keeping the nation above ourselves. But he knows to build a nation, the community must first be developed and for that, the people must be capable of positive change. With this objective, he has founded many Aghor ashrams in different parts of Nepal under the head organizations Shree Maa Guru Nari Samooh and Shree Parameshwari Sewa Kendra. This Aghor Kuti is one of them established under Shree Maa Guru Nari Samuha.

According to Baba, the women are the true reflection of society and they are the mere being who holds the potential to uplift the nation. For this, the women must be given the opportunity to be capable from every aspect. They need to be taught to be independent and strong so that they can carry their society towards betterment. Aghor Kuti is working to ensure this.

To change the society, every man living in that society have to change their behavior, thoughts and actions. Changing rules only is never sufficient.