Guest guest Posted October 11, 2002 Report Share Posted October 11, 2002 Sri Ramana's Nirvana period in Samadhi Vendatachala Mundali reports thus: "One day, going near the thousand-pillared hall, I found a group of boys hurling stones in the direction of the pit. Enraged at the sight, I seized a twig, and ran towards the young scamps who fled promptly. Suddenly from the dark recesses of the hall there issued forth the figure of Seshadri. I was taken aback, but soon recovering myself, enquired of the Swami if the stones pelted by the boys had hurt him. 'Oh No' replied the Swami, 'but go and see the Chinnaswami there'. He pointed toward the pit and went away. Proceeding inside I could make out nothing for a while, as I was coming from the glare into the darkness. In a few minutes, the faint outlines of a young face became discernible in that pit. Somewhat frightened, I went out to the adjoining flower-garden where a sadhu was working with his disciples. Mentioning the facts to them I took some of them with me. Even then the youthful figure sat motionless and with closed eyes, despite the noise of our footsteps. Then we lifted the Swami from the pit, carried him from the hall up the flight of steps and deposited him in front of a shrine of Subrahmanya. The Swami still remained unconscious, his eyes closed, evidently he was in deep samadhi. We noticed the large number of sores on either side of his thighs and legs, with blood and pus flowing from some of them, and wondered how anyone could remain unconscious of his body amidst such torture. Regarding it as irreverence, nay impertinence, to make any further noise in such a presence, we bowed and come away. >From Timeless in Time by Natarajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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