Wonderful story, Shad Ji (To-Kad Rudra ji -Balaji

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Wow, what an inspiring story, Shad Ji!

 

, "Shad" <waterpowers>

wrote:

>

>

> Dear Balaji Narasimhan, Kad Rudra and all,

>

> I can tell a true story about Lord Narisimhadev – a friend of mine

> also is a friend of the girl who experienced the miracle with Lord

> Nrisimhadev.

>

> But first a humble opinion to below statement on reading

Mahabharata

> at home…

>

> > There are several misconceptions regarding a lot of religious

> > things. I have even met people who suggest that reading

> > Mahabharata at home could lead to differences between brothers!

>

> Hearing this makes me very angry!

> And I think this is righteous. Mahabharata WAS written for we

people

> of the kali yug can read. Especially at home. This is what will

keep

> the family together!

> Only a fool can make such a statement.

>

> Now allow me to tell a true story that happened some 10 years ago

in

> South-Africa. The father and the daughter who experienced this

event

> told this story to my friend, a sannyasi and devotee of Lord

> Nrisimhadev.

>

> This stories was also found in the newspapers, and several

witnesses

> of this truck-accident after this incident became devotees of Lord

> Nrisimhadev.

>

> This happened to a simple Vaishnav family that lives there. They

had

> a back then 5 years old daughter. This girl was a great `fan' of

> Nrisimhadev – she found Him simply funny, as he looked half lion

> half man and felt very attracted to Him.

>

> She often told her playmates about her favorite God, a lion – and

> the kids always wondered about what of God this could be… a lion

>

> What can a five years old girl know about God, she wasn't

initiated,

> not even her parents, as far as I can remember.

> The father of the family followed a guru and surely later accepted

> initiation. But there was a small Hindu-community they were in

close

> touch with.

>

> So, one day the girl was playing outside with her ball together

with

> other kids, beside the street. The ball, how else could it be,

fell

> on the street, and the girl ran after her precious ball. There was

> nearly no traffic, a rarely used country road. But this time a

very

> fast truck came running down the road. The girl in her play didn't

> see the truck coming.

> The father was in the first floor of the house and saw his baby

girl

> running on the street – but he also saw the huge truck coming

down,

> closer to his daughter with huge speed. The father yelled at her,

> but she didn't hear him. So he jumped out of the window of this

> first floor to save his daughter, and broke both his legs, when

> coming down, and remained laying on the ground in pain.

>

> He had to watch how his little girl was hit by the truck and

thrown

> through the air, some 20meter away.

> All children and neighbors around who observed this froze the

blood.

> The father later said his only desire when he saw this was to die.

> From the other direction came a police car that also witnessed the

> accident. The truck went on and the policeman stopped his car

across

> the street to stop him. The truck-driver hardly stopped his truck

> and he seemed to be very drunk.

>

> The policeman immediately called the ambulance and ran over to the

> motionless laying girl in the grass.

>

> The closest hospital was a small private clinic and the ambulance

> came, but refused to take the girl, being afraid they wouldn't

have

> the necessary devices and machines to help the injuries the girl

> must have. They advised the policeman to call the main hospital,

as

> only they could efficiently help her, as her spine must be broken,

> etc.

>

> The policeman was in despair, not even knowing where the father of

> the girl was. Actually he didn't even know if the girl was still

> alive, as he didn't dare to touch her, not knowing how injured she

> was.

>

> However, in the end she was brought to a right hospital, the

> policeman accompanied the girl, and also finally the father

there.

>

> The chief-doctor heard then what has happened to the girl, and

they

> immediately x-rayed her to see first results. The policeman wanted

> to rest assured how the girl was doing, and waited there to see

the

> results.

> Everybody was shocked to hear what terrific accident had happened

to

> the girl.

> So the nurse brought the x-ray pictures to the doctor, who became

> very upset and started yelling at the nurse she should for-God's-

> sake bring the right pictures, things were about death and life.

He

> threatened to fire her, as it was unacceptable to make such

> mistakes.

> The nurse was scared and didn't understand what was happening.

Those

> were the pictures of the five year old girl that was hit by the

> truck. The nurse wasn't aware yet of what had happened to the

girl.

>

> The doc said this cannot be – on the x-ray there was not a single

> broken bone. So, the doc all the time again and again

> repeated `impossible – can't be'.

>

> Then suddenly the girl awoke from her faint and then told a story

at

> ful consciousness which made its tour through the media.

>

> In the moment she picked up the ball from the street, she saw the

> truck coming up to her. And the only thing she could do was to

yell

> out for help. She didn't call for mommy or daddy, but for her

> Nrisimhadev. In this moment when the truck should hit her, she

> suddenly saw how Nrisimhadev picked her up from the ground, smiled

> at her, and said, `don't be afraid, nothing will happen to you'.

> The girl continued her story that the Lord had put her on the

other

> side of the street into the grass. But when putting her down, He

> accidentally scratched her waist, which still hurt her a bit.

>

> She spoke about how beautiful Nrisimhadev was, His hair, His eyes,

> etc. But his claws were very sharp, He should cut them… he wore a

> golden dhotie, etc. The doctor didn't understand anything and told

> the policeman she still was in shock and hallucinated, which is

> normal.

>

> So, the girl was profoundly checked for any injuries, but the only

> injury they found on her body were those scratches and the doctor

> said this must be from a wild animal like a lion, as he had cases

> like this before. So, he was disturbed and asked if they had

brought

> the girl to hospital as this one was inured by a wild animal, not

a

> truck…

> Nobody was clear what had happened. The same doctor and the nurse

> who took care of her later became devotees, as they later learned

> from the parent who `that lion' was.

>

> As we can see miracle still today happen. Not only in Mahabharata,

> Puranas or shastras that are more than thousands of years old. The

> little girl was very attracted to this form of God, and in her

> despair she called Him for help. Lord Nrisimhadev did not look if

> she was initiated and have the right to call His name He protects

> His devotees, that sincerely worship Him in their hearts.

>

> I am sure this litte girl was no common soul, who knows what she

did

> in her previous life. The sannyasi heard that she very much liked

to

> eat sweets, and prepared a big plate ful of sweets for her to rest

> assured she will not be able to eat it all up. He gave her the

> mounted plate of sweets, she took some of the sweets and ran out

> playing with her friends.

> As soon as she was gone of the room, the sannyasi went over that

> plate and took the rest, as for him, this was the best maha-prasad

> available! Who last time has met Lord Nrisimhadev? Narada Muni

> maybe?? The girl for sure, and she must be a great soul.

>

> Let's chant the holy names of the Lord, no matter which

incarnation

> and being initiated or not. Which counts is bhakti – the love to

the

> Lord, and sincerity in the heart.

> On the other hand, if sincere in spiritual life, one should not

> hesitate taking initiation – this is very important for making

> spiritual progress. Because only under the guidance of a sadhu one

> can reach God and return to His abode, the transcendental world.

>

> And KAD is right, there are plenty mantras, we can NOT chant

WITHOUT

> initiation, even Brahmin initiation. Which does not mean we cannot

> chant any holy names or worship God without initiation – everybody

> must make a start before taking initiation.

>

> Kindest regards,

> Shad

>

>

>

> , Balaji Narasimhan

> <sherlockbalaji> wrote:

> > Kad Rudra ji,

> >

> > There are several misconceptions regarding a lot of religious

> > things. I have even met people who suggest that reading

> > Mahabharata at home could lead to differences between brothers!

> >

> > There is one thing about Vishnu's names - even when chanted

> > wrongly, they give results. There is the story of a guy who

> > chanted "Mara Prabhu" (Wood God) instead of "Amara Prabhu"

> > (Eternal God). Vishnu was still pleased because, in

> > Naimisaranyam, He lives as a forest.

> >

> > Narasimha too, I have heard so many things - but, end of the

> > day, based on personal experience, I have found nobody else to

> > be as helpful. Not Srinivasa, not Rama, not Krishna.

> >

> > I usually just request people to pray to God, and never mention

> > any mantras by name. However, Kavita ji was talking of something

> > critical happening to her son. The Narasimha Mantra I mentioned

> > talks also about Narasimha being the death of death. This is the

> > principal reason why I suggested this specific mantra.

> >

> > Incidentally, I learnt this Mantra all by myself. I recite it

> > for around two hours every day - while driving my bike to office

> > and back home. Countless times, I have escaped accidents in the

> > nick of time, and though the chant begins with "Ugram" (Anger),

> > I have also controlled my anger with this mantra.

> >

> > I think that, beyond initiation by a Guru, etc, which is

> > actually the right way, it is important that we have full faith.

> > I learnt this Mantra by myself, but my faith in this mantra is

> > immense, and maybe this is what is protecting me!

> >

> > Swami Desika, one of the seers whom I worship, says that it is

> > only other animals that fear the lion. The cubs of the lion

> > don't fear it, and, on the contrary, depend upon it for

> > protection. Narasimha too is defined as having one eye like

> > Surya, which looked with fury upon Hiranyakashipu, while the

> > other eye, which gazed tenderly upon Prahalada, was pleasant

> > like Chandra.

> >

> > Also, I belong to the Ahobilam Mutt. In Ahobilam, a Nava

> > Narasimha Kshetra, the nine forms of Narasimha are propitated to

> > get rid of afflictions due to the Nava Grahas. The Nava Grahas

> > themselves are supposed to have worshipped Narasimha to rid

> > themselves of their afflictions!

> >

> > End of the day, faith in the mantra is perhaps greater than the

> > mantra itself!

> >

> >

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