Guest guest Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 Namaste Brothers and Sisters, I was reading a story about Amma. It starts out that one of Amma's devotee's wanted Amma to eat and kept on encouraging and encouraging until she finally gave in. When the devotee brought her food she ate all of it, so he brought another dish, and another and another, until he was exhausted! My question is this, did this actually happen and what is the moral of this story about Amma? At Amma's Feet, Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 Dear Robin, If you are referring to the story about Brahmachari Nealu (now Paramatmananda), as I think you are, yes it really happened. At least it's in the books that tell what are purported to be (and I believe to be) truthful stories about Amma. The moral? I think it's that her devotees should not see Amma as a normal person, subject to the "rules" of the body. Nealu apparently always worried that Amma wasn't getting enough to eat, and always urged her to eat. So she showed him that his concerns were groundless, i.e. that she was far, far beyond the body. She did this in such a way that he wouldn't forget! There's also a story in "Autobiography of a Yogi" about a swami called Trailanga Swami, who wouldn't eat for months, and then would consume buckets of clabbered milk. Once a fake devotee brought him a bucket of poisoned milk and he drank it without effect on his own body, but the person who brought it suddenly was stricken with the effects of drinking the poison. This is like what happened when the man tried to stab Amma. He died, but Amma was fine. The saints often teach this way, not through mere words. Jai Ma, Jyotsna --- Robin Wilson <lilymoonjewel wrote: > Namaste Brothers and Sisters, > > I was reading a story about Amma. It starts out > that one of Amma's devotee's wanted Amma to eat and > kept on encouraging and encouraging until she > finally gave in. When the devotee brought her food > she ate all of it, so he brought another dish, and > another and another, until he was exhausted! > > My question is this, did this actually happen and > what is the moral of this story about Amma? > > > At Amma's Feet, > Robin > > > > > > > SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 Anandamayi Ma used to do this too as I recall subsist on a few grains of rice a day for long periods, then at other times eat extraordinary amounts and be the same one way or the other. on 8/19/03 12:55 PM, E. Lamb at jyotsna2 wrote: > Dear Robin, > > If you are referring to the story about Brahmachari > Nealu (now Paramatmananda), as I think you are, yes > it really happened. At least it's in the books > that tell what are purported to be (and I believe > to be) truthful stories about Amma. > > The moral? I think it's that her devotees should > not see Amma as a normal person, subject to the > "rules" of the body. Nealu apparently always worried > that Amma wasn't getting enough to eat, and always > urged her to eat. So she showed him that his > concerns were groundless, i.e. that she was far, > far beyond the body. She did this in such a way > that he wouldn't forget! > > There's also a story in "Autobiography of a Yogi" > about a swami called Trailanga Swami, who wouldn't > eat for months, and then would consume buckets of > clabbered milk. Once a fake devotee brought him a > bucket of poisoned milk and he drank it without > effect on his own body, but the person who brought > it suddenly was stricken with the effects of > drinking the poison. This is like what happened > when the man tried to stab Amma. He died, but > Amma was fine. The saints often teach this way, > not through mere words. > > Jai Ma, > Jyotsna > --- Robin Wilson <lilymoonjewel wrote: >> > Namaste Brothers and Sisters, >> > >> > I was reading a story about Amma. It starts out >> > that one of Amma's devotee's wanted Amma to eat and >> > kept on encouraging and encouraging until she >> > finally gave in. When the devotee brought her food >> > she ate all of it, so he brought another dish, and >> > another and another, until he was exhausted! >> > >> > My question is this, did this actually happen and >> > what is the moral of this story about Amma? >> > >> > >> > At Amma's Feet, >> > Robin >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site >> > design software >> > >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been >> > removed] >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > Sponsor > > > > <http://rd./M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991 > :HM/A=1595056/R=0/SIG=124p07ne0/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenattogyo?YH > =3707890&yhad=1595056> > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! > > Ammachi > > > Terms of Service > <> . -- Rick Archer SearchSummit 1108 South B Street Fairfield, IA 52556 Phone: 641-472-9336 Fax: 305-425-2820 http://searchsummit.com rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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