Lakshmi the Cow, Vallil the deer etc

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Namaste,

>From Page. 83

 

"Many devotees believed that Lakshmi (the cow) was a reincarnation of

Keeraipatti, a woman who had served Bhagavan with food while he was

living on the hill. Bhagavan never confirmed this, nor did he ever

deny it. Many devotees also believed that the white peacock who lived

with Bhagavan in the 1940s was a reincarnation of Madhava Swami, the

attendant who served Bhagavan for many years. In this case Bhagavan

seemed a little more willing to admit that one of his devotees had

reincarnated in an animal body."

 

"I was present in the hall when someone once asked Bhagavan,'How is

it that Madhava Swami came back as a white peacock?'"

 

"Bhagavan, without bothering to deny or evade the assumption in the

question replied, 'It happened in the same way that new bodies are

created in a dream'."

 

From.Page 78

 

"Some devotees once brought a baby deer and left it at the ashram."

 

"The deer, which was called Valli, grew up as an Ashram pet. "

 

 

"One day Valli went off to graze with some goats. When they reached

Easanya Math,about two miles away, someone attacked Valli and damaged

one of her legs so badly she was unable to return to the ashram."

 

"Valli was discovered the next day by a group of devotees who were

walking near Easanya Math. They bandaged her leg and brought her back

to the ashram. A local vet, who was also a devotee, examined her and

decided that her leg had been broken. He bandaged it and gave us a

few instructions on how to look after her. We put her in a corner of

the old dining room but she never recovered from her injury. About a

month later Bhagavan, sensing that she was about to die, went to the

basket in which she was lying. It was very early, about 4 a.m. He sat

next to her, putting one hand on her head and one hand on her Heart-

center."

 

"Bhagavan occasionally did this to devotees who were dying. His aim

was to make the mind go back into the Heart and die there. When this

techique was successfully applied, the fortunate devotee attained

Self-realization."

 

"Bhagavan kept his hands in this position for about an hour. Once,

during this period, Valli urinated on him but he paid no attention.

He remained at her side,touching her head and Heart-center until she

finally passed away at about 5 a.m."

 

.....ONS....Tony.

 

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