Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 141 :  Why the disparity?

Sadguru is beyond the pure and impure; one’s conduct is his religion for him.

A Muslim used to come to Gurunatha’s house. As he was from a place close to my native, he was very friendly with me. During one of his visits to Gurunatha’s house when l was present there at that time, I asked him about what did he discuss with Gurunatha.

In his reply he said, “Sir, though we are native of Andhra Pradesh, it has been many years since we have been doing business and settled here. We came to know about Gurunatha through one of our relatives in Chickmaglur. Then we heard Gurunatha is coming to our town, we then met him at a small temple in our town. From then on we have been visiting this place regularly”.

Then I asked him... “If you don’t mind can I ask you a question”? He nodded, and allowed me to go ahead.

You belong to a different religion, yet you have come here, and will it not cause any trouble for you from your friends in your community?

He said,”See faith and devotion are one’s personal matters. In neighboring Andhra also there is tomb of a famous Hindu seer, our forefathers used to pray there. We continue that tradition. Whomever you worship it finally reaches the universal God then why the need to differentiate between ourselves?

Though I was surprised at his answer, I managed not to show it.

Then he started narrating his story. “When we met Gurunatha for the first time itself it was very clear to us he would not accept anything from anyone. We had this wish that we should make a bed and give it to Gurunatha and he should sleep on it once. We were also aware that most probably he would refuse to accept it.

One day just before I slept I prayed to Gurunatha, “Sir, if you are going to accept a bed from us just give me an indication in my dreams”. Next morning, just before I woke up I had a dream of carrying a bed to Gurunatha’s house and one of his devotees accepting it on his behalf. That day I got up early, finished my ablution and started making a bed for Gurunatha, finished it by evening and carried it myself. We hesitantly entered Gurunatha’s house as many devotees including you were present there and everyone was preparing for some event/function. Gurunatha saw us from inside and told us “I will accept what you have brought me, please keep it there and come inside”. Then you took the bed inside and performed aarti and kept it beside other materials that were probably meant to be sent to some math. A slight strain of disappointment went through my mind that Gurunatha will not be using it and he will be sending somewhere. In a split second, Gurunatha caught my thoughts and consoled me saying “Once you have given it to me, wherever it goes it belongs to me.”

In another instance, the person who had accompanied me to Gurunatha’s house earlier while giving the bed had been a victim of black magic. His legs had blisters and were severly infected. When no medicine seemed to work, as a last resort we wanted to visit Gurunatha’s house. But, unfortunately we were not let in and sent back from that house. On the way, we silently prayed Gurunatha and came back.

That night, the victim had a dream in which Gurunatha had cleaned his wound and assured him he would recover within days. Surprisingly, the wounds which had not responded to any medicine earlier healed within

days.

During another visit, that person was told by Gurunatha that he will buy a house worth about 4 lakhs with some financial help. Actually his financial state was so bad at that time that he did not take Gurunatha’s those words seriously. But, in due course he got a bank loan and even purchased a house which was worth about 4 lakhs. The same person desperately wanted a boy; his family only had girls. Gurunatha had told the couple this time a boy would be born and it came true. However the boy’s health was deteriorating by the day and chances of his survival seemed less. Again Gurunatha was consulted who asked him to ensure no photos of the baby boy are taken under any circumstances and he will survive.

But, someone had taken a photo of the boy and boy’s illness worsened and it seemed he would not survive. Instead of assuring the couple about the boy’s survival this time Gurunatha told them,

“You will get another boy”.

The sick child was admitted to a hospital and did not survive but the couple got a chance to adopt a healthy orphan boy. The couple lapped up the opportunity as Gurunatha’s grace. In due course, the couple has almost forgotten about their loss and is happily seeing this kid grow up with them.

The person who explained this incident said “Probably that was Gurunatha’s wish too” and raised his hands towards the sky.

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