"We are untouchables" Bhagavan's gracious look

[Guest guest]

a.. "Once when I was with Bhagavan sitting on the steps leading up to the

asraman, a man come to the gate with his family and stopped there and called out

to me. When I went there he asked me to go and ask the Swami whether they could

approach him and receive his darsan. I was surprised and said, 'Why do you ask

permission?'And he said, 'We are untouchables'.

 

a.. "I started to go to Bhagavan, but then it occurred to me that even to ask

Bhagavan would be an injustice to him. So I told the man that caste had no

meaning to Bhagavan and that they would be welcome. The whole party come and

prostrated before Bhagavan, and I well remember how for about ten minutes his

gracious look dwelt on that untouchable and his family, and how many rich and

notable people have I seen fall at his feet without being vouchsafed such

grace."

Ramana Dasa records in Timeless in Time by Nataranjan