Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 139 :  “See.. Come here, Gurunatha has come”

The lady closed her eyes and became silent for some time, probably recounting a few more of her experiences. A few minutes later she started again on her own.. “ l was blessed when I visited Gurunatha’s house in 1995. After 1997 I started visiting him regularly.

Once he called me and said, “You accept the world as your Guru, then you will learn a lot of things”. Not knowing the meaning of the word ‘Guru’ I used to fight with him, I almost treated him as a friend. Today, looking back I feel sorry for the way I conducted myself before that great person.

This Charanadasa asked her a question at this point, “Did you never ask any questions about your current material life?”

“Never” she replied emphatically. She added that Guru also never asked her about that. But once in 2005, he called my husband and told him.”l am seeing 10/ 1, the papers of that plot don’t seem to be in order. Please get them corrected, if not done; you shall face problems in future”. But, we never took his words seriously and as a result today we are making rounds to the court.

Once when we had come to Gurunatha’s house, he asked my husband,” Can you stay without your wife for 10 days?”

My husband replied ‘Yes’.

Then he went back to Mangalore and I stayed at Guruantha’s house for about 10 days. During this stay Gurunatha in his own special way taught me ‘How to be in.. while not being particularly in it’(detached view of the world).

Later we started seeing our duty as our ‘Guru’, we used to visit Gurunatha about 2 times a year. Once we met him Chickmagalur. He said, “I will surely visit your house.” He had kept us with him till about 10pm and then came personally up to where we boarded our car to see us off. But, due to illness he could not come to our house.

Three days from the day he left this world, around 11-45 in the morning, my husband was calling me..

“See come here, Gurunatha has come”. I ran towards him. In our office we saw Gurunatha sitting on a chair. When both of us bowed to him, he smiled and blessed us with his hand up in air and then he suddenly disappeared. Gurunatha had said, he will come to our house and he had kept his word. She was staring at the chair where Gurunatha had given darshana and was quiet for some time.

With this kind of an experience, how can I say my master is not with me anymore? Also, this is the reason why I don’t feel like leaving the four walls of this house. When my Guru’s compassion, grace everything is here why should I go anywhere else?

Also, Gurunatha had told me.. “Everything has been done for you, you need not do much, if possible do paduka puja and visit vedikes(tombs of saints). After this I gave away many different idols I used to worship. When he is ingrained in me, I don’t need anything else has been my belief.

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