Power of Guru By Dr. G.R. Vijayakumar

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Haridas escaped from the Muslim King and arrived in Puri. Here he met

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and was thrilled at his darshan. Having been brought up

in a Muslim family, Haridas would not enter the temple of Jagannatha. So he

stood at a distance and shed tears of joy at the very thought of Sri

Chaitanya. He fell on the ground and began to rub his face on the mud. Sri

Chaitanya rushed towards him and embraced him. What is more, Chaitanya

exclaimed: - " by touching your holy person, I have become pure " .

 

Haridas settled down at the flower garden in Puri. He spent his days in japa

and kirtans. He would not eat anything until he had repeated Hari's name 3,

00,000 times.

 

It was the year 1534, the last day of his life had come. Haridas was worried

lest he should pass away without completing his daily japa. Hundreds of

devotees had assembled and Sri Chaitanya himself was present. Haridas

completed his daily routine and lay down. He went on looking at the holy

face of Sri Chaitanya and finally merged in the Eternity. Sri Chaitanya

became grave for some time. He then lifted the holy person of Haridas and

began to dance. The ecstatic dance continued for a long time. Haridas was

laid to rest at the same place where his little hut was situated. Today,

this place is a pilgrim centre in Puri.

Words

 

A group of devotees at Sri Sai Spiritual Centre were absorbed in a

discussion of Lao Tzu's dictum:

" Those who know do not say those who say do not know. " When Sri Radhakrishna

Swamiji entered the hall, they asked him exactly what the words meant.

Swamiji took a rose and asked: " Do you know the fragrance of a rose. " All of

them knew. Then he said, " Put it into words. " All of them were silent.

Discipline

To a devotee who wanted to know what sort of meditation he practiced each

morning near a Parijatha plant in the compound of Sri Sai Spiritual Centre.

Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji said, " When I look carefully I see the flowers in

full bloom. "

Devotee: " Why would one have to look carefully to see the plant? "

Swamiji replied: " Lest one see, not the Parijatha tree, but one's

preconception of it. "

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