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Namaste,

 

Re: Sw. Vivekananda- pl.ref. The Life of Sw. Vivekananda, by His

Eastern and Western Disciples;Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, 5th ed. 1979; pp.

11-12:

 

"....One night Bhuvaneshvari [sw.'s mother] had a vivid dream. ....

In her dream she saw the Lord Shiva rouse Himself from His meditation and

take the form of a male child who was to be her son........

....The household members wanted to name the baby Durgaprasad, but

when they asked the mother, she looked into the child's eyes, and said "Let

his name be Vireshvar! So shall he be called!....

...He was a naughty child..beyond control. ...Finally

Bhuvaneshvari found that if she poured cold water on the head of the

screaming child, chanting the name of Shiva in his ears at the same time, or

if she threatened him with 'Shiva will not let you go to Kailas if you do

not behave.'he would quiet down and become his eager, joyous self again.

....It was after such scenes that the mother used to say,'I prayed to Shiva

for a son, and He has sent me one of His demons!'......."

 

 

 

Regards,

 

s.

 

 

 

 

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Thank you Anand and Sunder for posting these wonderful spiritual episodes. It

is a blessing indeed for us to hear them.

Regards,

Gasusima

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Dear Advaitins,

 

I thought I will side track from the philosophical

discussions raging at the moment and post some small stories from the lives of

great saints. I trust everybody will like them and hope Ramji and the list

moderators have no objection.

I would like to post on the topic of how many devotees and admirers of Swami

Vivekananda saw him as Lord Shiva.

 

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In Dakshineswar , after the coming of the future monastic diciples of Sri

Ramakrishna,

many a times Narendra nath and others used to spend the night at the temple

since the journey to Calcutta was long. On one such occasion Tarak Maharaj

(later Swami Shivananda) and Narendra nath decided to stay back at the temple

complex and leave the next morning. In the middle of the night, Tarak was

suddenly woken up by the presence of a mysterious bluish light filling the room.

He looked everywhere to see the source of this light. To his amazement he saw

that the figure of Narendranath had dissappeared and in his place were many

figures of Lord Shiva in the form of a child. Thinking himself not pure enough

to be present at such a magnificient scene, he quitely removed himself from the

place.

Next day morning , he reported the full thing to Narendranath, who just laughed

it away.

 

Source: -

Ramakrishna Vijayam

 

After Swami Vivekananda's return from the west and after the setting up of the

Belur monastery, Swamiji used to spend time time at the Belur Math. One one

ocassion he asked his disciple to massage his legs as they were aching. The

disciple gladly sat with Swamiji and massaged his legs. However Swamiji was not

happy, He told the disciple that young people like him did not know how to do

even such things properly. He further demanded, "Call Raja Maharaj, He knows how

to massage properly". The disciple was shocked. Raja Maharaj was Swami

Brahmanandaji , the president of the Ashram. How could he go and tell the

president that Swamiji had asked him to massage his legs. However the Guru's

words have to be obeyed. So with great fear, he went and reported the whole

thing to the president. Swami Brahmanandaji immediately came to Swamiji's room

and dutifully massaged Swamiji for an hour. Afterwards the disciple asked Swami

Brahmananda, "Sir you are the president and Swamiji himself has praised you in

many ways, Why did you do this chore?". Swami Brahmanandaji replied, "You fool,

dont you know that it is Lord Shiva Himself who is lying up there !".

- Complete works of

Swami Vivekananda

 

On another occassion in the Belur math, the great devotee of Sri Ramakrishna ,

Nag Mahashaaya had come. Swamiji was very happy and told his devotees who he

used to teach that today was a holiday and there would be no class, since a

great devotee of the master had arrived. The moment Nag Mahashaaya saw Swamiji

, with great reverence and with folded hands , he exclaimed, "Today I am

blessed, My third eye has opened , I have had the darshan of Shiva, I have had

the darshan of Shiva".

 

- They Lived with

God by Swami Chetanananda.

 

 

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Hari Om Anandji:

 

Thanks for postings episodes from Swami Vivekananda's life. In the development

of Vedic culture and traditions, stories depicting 'Role Models' had an integral

part. Your contribution follows this tradition and consequently quite important.

 

regards,

 

Ram Chandran

 

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