Why do Naga Babas walk naked?

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This is a million dollar question, 'why do Naga Babas walk naked?'. My answer may not be a million dollar answer or an answer among million answers, nevertheless I proceed to answer it through this post.

Philosophically speaking, nakedness is also a mind construct like time and space. We find it amazed or disgusted when we find a person walking naked. Seldom do we question our own self the purpose of their nudity? Perception varies from people so does their answers. I think the whole essence of nudity is nothing but perception.

The perception of nudity to Naga Baba is different to the Baba themselves and to us. The perception is relative and subjective. The perception through which a Baba ji embraces nudity is not equally perceived by common people. Common people find the nudity of Naga Baba offensive but the nudity of Sunny Leone entertaining. I suppose what we hate is not nudity but who is naked.

Let me explain why porn stars like Sunny Leone embraces Nudity? The answer is quite blatantly simple. They do it for money. The whole philosophy behind their nudity is money but same cannot be said about the Naga Baba. 

Naga Babas are individuals who perform austerity to unlock the answers of their own existence. In the process of penance, they become minimalist. Infact, Naga Baba are very minimalist that they do not ever wear cloths in the Himalaya. Their whole philosophy is unraveling the 'soul' that is inherent inside us all. To unravel the soul, it takes huge effort and sacrifice. First of all, the human mind has to be free from all the beliefs of this world. Secondly, when one perfects the mind to control the outer temptation then the mind has to control its inner temptation. The inner temptation is the hardest because even a lustful thought is considered to be a trap of the mind to restrict you to the senses.

Naga Babas are those enlightened beings who have transcended both, the inner and the outer mind. They are enlightened beings or in the path of enlightment. Their first Guru Mahasiddha Dattatreya in the pursuit of the absolute walked naked not because the cloths had something to do with enlightment. The state of enlightenment is like being naked. Cloths are like a curtain. When curtain falls, the truth is known. When the curtain of Maya falls or is unveiled then the Brahman or the soul is known. 

For those enlightened beings, the body is nothing but the cloth of the soul and the fabrics are the cloths of the body. In an essence, this signifies how further are a laymen from the objective reality of the soul. We laymen assume that we are the body and the cloth is what covers ourselves but not those enlightened beings. They do not associate themselves to be the body therefore they think that their body itself is their cloth, and it is inside it which they hide. 

The whole difference between we embracing cloths and the Naga Babas denouncing the cloth are based upon our own subjective understanding. We loathe the idea about being naked because it brings shame and they loathe the idea to be under illusion just like the society to give more importance to the body then the inner essence called soul.

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