Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 50 :  Controlling rains

For our intelligence, mind and body to get dissolved in Guru probably our karmas (good and bad deeds) should get reduced to zero by the grace of Guru or we should have an abundance of good deeds from previous lives. But, in some rare difficult circumstances a firm devotion can make it possible.

It was harvest time near Kalasa, suddenly the rain started pouring in. it was not rainy season also. My brother who was growing only one crop per year, though very anxious prayed to Gurunatha, “Guru if all this yours, please save it”. The next day till he went to fields along with laborers it was raining. The rain stopped as soon as they started work. Cloudy weather gave way to bright sun shine. But, the sun shine lasted only till the paddy was harvested and the paddy sacks reached home. It poured heavily again. In other instances, once after Gurunatha left this world while separating paddy from grass it rained for a few minutes and stopped, also once when cleaning the roof tiles rain gave respite for five days till we finished work and continued in the same manner as it had started earlier.

Another incident happened when Gurunatha was around; I was famous for my stubbornness and ego. Gurunatha had two houses; the back yard of the outer house was used for stacking grass and crops. Once the grass stack fell off all of a sudden, as it was the beginning of the rainy season it had to be restacked otherwise all the grass would become wet and decompose. It had become cloudy when we started the work. We had to carry the grass bundles some distance climb over the loft on the next house and restack them and only two of us were on the job.

The fear of rain pouring in had gripped us; Gurunatha was also not in station. Slowly the rain was starting. My friend working with me told me .. “ You can do it, just think of Gurunatha and try stop the rain”. I thought about it for a while, then made a loud chanting and stood still. Within a few minutes the rain stopped. Friend came and thanked me profusely.

After sometime the news reached Gurunatha also. He had said “We should not fight nature like that”. Whenever I remember this incident it reminds me of Gurunatha’s words,” See, your behavior which makes you think I am with you, though I am physically miles away from you is the real concept of Guru”.

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