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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 97 : Ones conduct is his religion

Sadguru is born in a caste but belongs to no particular caste. For him one’s conduct is his/her caste, a pure state of mind is puja. Any devotee with a pure state of mind will be under his care irrespective of his/her caste and creed.

Once at Gurunatha’s residence, a person hesitantly came in, offered his respects and sat down. A little later Gurunatha turned towards him and asked him what brought him there. He started saying ..”Master, though I have tried many businesses, I have not been able to settle down. We have a flour mill but the income from that is not enough to meet our expenses. I have debt of more than ten lakh rupees but have no house of my own. Recently I have started making idols and selling them, but still not able to make ends meet. I have come here to seek a solution from you for this.

Gurunatha after being quiet for sometime told him,”The profession you have started now will make you debt free, you will build your own house”. With these words Gurunatha sent him back.

As Gurunatha had said, that person has become a famous sculptor in Tamilnadu today. Recently he constructed a house and has repaid all his debts.

After his first meeting with Gurunatha, he had kept a practice of offering the first idol he made every year to Gurunatha’s house. Once Gurunatha visited his house and told him, “See, all that a Guru looks for is pure devotion, I need to get a lot of work done from you, when the time is right, I shall get it done, you need not worry”. Today, even after Gurunatha has left his body he is getting many idols done from this sculptor.

I happened to meet this sculptor after Gurunatha left his body. He told me “Sir, thanks to Gurunatha’s blessings l have everything today, he is guiding me at each and every step”. He was very emotional recollecting those memories.

Guru is beyond time and physical boundaries, he might guide his devotees even through their dreams.

A person from South Canara used to visit Gurunatha’s residence frequently. Later I came to know that this staunch devotee was married to my classmate. Once during one of his visits he told me about his first meeting with Gurunatha.

“ As my family was not very supportive, I could not study much. But, 1 formed a group of like minded friends, learned Yakshagana (a folk theatre form mainly found in coastal districts of Karnataka, it has vibrant and unique mix of music, dialogues and costume) and started touring north India. This gave me a livelihood and made me famous. l have learnt a bit of astrology also. I wanted to visit Ganagapura for a long time. Also deep inside I felt I should also get a Sadguru. Once I went there and was staying in a hotel. That night, I saw a bearded saint in my dreams. Morning when l was in Narasimha saraswathi temple, I saw the same bearded saint, the one who was in my dreams the previous night was standing before me. As if we were already acquainted he gently tapped my head and asked me..

” You were looking for a Sadguru all over.. Did you find one yet?”

Wondering how he came to know what I was thinking I bowed to his feet that day. Today, I am leading a happy life thanks to his grace”. With these words he finished his story.

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