Guest guest Posted June 11, 2002 Report Share Posted June 11, 2002 Sri Bhagavan had been sitting on a bench close to the wall. Ranga Aiyer, Ramaswami Pillai and a number of other sadhus were sitting on the floor in front of Sri Bhagavan. The group began to chant the Tamil verses in praise of Sri Bhagavan that are known as Sri Ramana Stuti Panchakam. As they began the chanting Sri Bhagavan was seated in the sukhasana (cross-legged) pose on the bench, while Ranga Aiyer was sitting on the floor just in front of him. Ranga Aiyer was sitting so near Bhagavan, his head was only a couple of inches away from the edge of the bench. The fourth stanza in the third decad begins, "Let me place your soft, holy feet on my head..." As this line was being chanted one of Sri Bhagavan's feet descended, came into contact with the top of Ranga Aiyer's head and stayed there for quite some time. The whole group, including Ranga Aiyer, was more or less hypnotised by this act and went on repeating the same stanza over and over again. It seems that they were quite incapable of proceeding any further. Only when Sri Bhagavan withdrew his foot and resumed his former sukhasana posture was the group able to continue and complete the chanting. The devotees all viewed this as a rare example of pada diksha (initiation by being touched by the Guru's foot). I have spoken to Ramaswami Pillai about this incident, since he was present when it happened, and his own account agrees in every detail with Ranga Aiyer's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N.R. Krishnamurti Aiyer in: Godman: The Power of the Presence, I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2002 Report Share Posted June 11, 2002 om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya Dear Sri Gabriele, Thank you for bringing to attention this beautiful experience. These lines from the fifth of the five verses called Ramana stuti panchakam (the last two lines of the verse) are as follows: ucchida cchuvaiyAna unpadam ucchi vaittida vEndinEn Your Supreme Holy Feet I pray, place on my head! This is followed by the refrain Ramana satguru, Ramana satguru rayane! Ramana satguru, Ramana satguru rayane! Thse lines take us to the state of Namdeva (Ranga Iyer) who was blessed with the touch of the Holy feet of Visobakesar (Ramana). om gurave namah! ramaNa pAdam vazhgave! Ever Yours in Sri Bhagavan, suri --- Gabriele Ebert <g.ebert wrote: > > Sri Bhagavan had been sitting on a bench close to > the wall. Ranga Aiyer, Ramaswami Pillai > and a number of other sadhus were sitting on the > floor in front of Sri Bhagavan. > The group began to chant the Tamil verses in praise > of Sri Bhagavan that are known as > Sri Ramana Stuti Panchakam. As they began the > chanting Sri Bhagavan was seated in > the sukhasana (cross-legged) pose on the bench, > while Ranga Aiyer was sitting on the floor > just in front of him. Ranga Aiyer was sitting so > near Bhagavan, his head was only a couple > of inches away from the edge of the bench. > > The fourth stanza in the third decad begins, "Let me > place your soft, holy feet on my head..." > As this line was being chanted one of Sri Bhagavan's > feet descended, came into contact with > the top of Ranga Aiyer's head and stayed there for > quite some time. The whole group, including > Ranga Aiyer, was more or less hypnotised by this act > and went on repeating the same stanza > over and over again. It seems that they were quite > incapable of proceeding any further. > Only when Sri Bhagavan withdrew his foot and resumed > his former sukhasana posture was > the group able to continue and complete the > chanting. The devotees all viewed this as a rare > example of pada diksha (initiation by being touched > by the Guru's foot). I have spoken to > Ramaswami Pillai about this incident, since he was > present when it happened, and his own > account agrees in every detail with Ranga Aiyer's. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > N.R. Krishnamurti Aiyer in: Godman: The Power of the > Presence, I > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________ Everything you always wanted to know about cars and bikes,now at: http://in.autos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2002 Report Share Posted June 12, 2002 Dear Suri, do you have the whole Ramana Stuti Panchacam and can you post it? In HIM Gabriele RamanaMaharshi, Srinivasan Suryanarayan <sury_suryanarayan> wrote: > om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya > > Dear Sri Gabriele, > > Thank you for bringing to attention this beautiful > experience. > > These lines from the fifth of the five verses called > Ramana stuti panchakam (the last two lines of the > verse) are as follows: > > ucchida cchuvaiyAna unpadam > ucchi vaittida vEndinEn > > Your Supreme Holy Feet > I pray, place on my head! > > This is followed by the refrain > > Ramana satguru, Ramana satguru rayane! > Ramana satguru, Ramana satguru rayane! > > Thse lines take us to the state of Namdeva (Ranga > Iyer) who was blessed with the touch of the Holy feet > of Visobakesar (Ramana). > > om gurave namah! > ramaNa pAdam vazhgave! > > Ever Yours in Sri Bhagavan, > suri > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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