Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 75 : Body as a means..

Once Gurunatha’s feet had got burnt so badly that he was unable to walk, we " were literally carrying him around. He used to keep his foot on a pillow when he actually tried walking and his feet were always rolled in a piece of cloth. One night we saw Gurunatha walking on his own to the rest room and returning, all of us who had seen his burns were surprised.

For Guru, his body is just a tool to be used for curing his devotees’ ailments. Sometimes Gurunatha used to complain of headache and pain in the legs. The devotees gathered used to press his head or feet in order to relieve him of the pain. But sometimes when we were alone, Gurunatha used to tell us...

” What pain/ailment do I have when l have got the power of curing cancer from Eashwara? I asked them to press my legs so that I can cure some of their ailments in return”.

A seer who was residing in a math near Tumkur used to visit Gurunatha’s residence. Gurunatha also used to visit his math frequently and send some of his devotees. The seer having lost all the interest in the worldly matters would sometimes be wearing torn clothes. Guru being aware of all of the happenings in the world would send him clothes and other essential requirements. Gurunatha used to respect Sanyasis a lot. He was of the opinion that a Sanyasi should be always busy in his pursuit of spiritual enlightenment and Gurunatha used to take care of them as he would care for small kids.

Once this seer was suffering from leg pain, the pain was so severe that it became life threatening. When Gurunatha came to know about this, he visited the seer one day. During their casual conversations he touched seer’s leg which had injuries several times. He then came and lied down at a devotee’s house. Gurunatha started to suffer an excruciating pain in his legs and it continued for hours. After about 2-3 hours he slowly got up and asked his devotees to give him a hot water bath. By the end of the day Gurunatha slowly returned to his normal self. A little later the news came that the seer was also relieved of the excruciating pain and returned back to his normal self.

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