Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator:Shri.Ganesh Prasad 

Introduction

It is said, it takes many lifespans for someone to realise that there is a supreme creator who is responsible for such a wonderful creation around them. Of those who realize this very small number of people will surrender to the supreme and even fewer get an able Guru who can help them seek him.

This author was one of the few fortunate to have a Guru, his unparalleled affection and compassion I have tried to record through a series of incidents, some which I have witnessed myself a few others were narrated to me by other devotees I had known. A few other devotees actually called me up after reading an earlier version (in Kannada) and requested me to record their own experiences and this enabled me to meet numerous devotees of Gurunatha whom I had not known earlier, which made me realise the number of souls blessed by my Gurunatha is far more than I had imagined. Recording these experiences has been an experience by itself given to me by my Gurunatha.

A conscious effort has been made to keep the language simple and leave out the identities (including that of myself, called Charanadasa hereafter) and to focus on the message given by Gurunatha through each of these incidents. It was Gurunatha’s specialty to give us Adhyathmic lessons even in our daily mundane activities. He had reached the pinnacle of Adhyathmic sadhana and attained the highest possible state for a human called ‘Avadhuta’. Many used to call him by that name as well. However, Gurunatha did not approve of it being used as a title and he was heard many times clarifying the same. One in that state will be in eternal bliss; he does not follow the customs laid down by the scriptures including the vernas.

The word itself when split has the following meaning.

Aa (pronounced Aa..) = “aksharatpat”..(which cannot be destroyed)

Va = “Varenyatpat” (very big)

Dhu = “Dhuta samsara bandhanat” (One who has kicked out the cycle of transmigration)

Tha = “Thathvamasi” (as explained in these sayings.. a state in which being by oneself.)

Dhutha — is also sometimes explained as one who helps cleaning the dust (“Dhulu”, the dust of samsara).

It is said the devotees who get an avadhuta as their Guru are very fortunate….,,,,

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