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Namami Sankaraachaaryam, sarvalokaika Poojitham

 

With permission blessings and grace from HH Swamy Vijeyendra

Saraswathi garu of Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Paramacharya and

miracles

 

Great compassion of the Sage of Kanchi

B. Anantaswami

 

OM SHRI GURUBHYO NAMAHA

To a world that is caught in the vicious grip of tension and fear,

wherein, lack of consideration for others, selfishness and

aggrandisement are the order of beckoning mankind, to the path of

right endeavour and right living, and thence, to the immortal,

Supreme. He is a store house of spirituality and wisdom, who spends

every moment in his life, for the up-liftment of mankind, by placing

before them, through precept and practice, the ideal of the life

divine, a teacher of teachers. He is so divine, yet so human, whose

saving grace is universal in its sweep, whose concern s for all,

particularly the lowliest and the last.

 

he is the very image of love, compassion and peace. His worship,

penance and contemplation are for the whole of mankind. As Dr. B.

Franklin, the former U.S. Consul -General said, He had a name, a

dwelling place and an age. But in face he is every man, and he is as

old as man's eternal ponderings. He is a symbol of that renunciation

which is at the heart of all religions.

 

As a recent writer put it, His Holiness's frame, corporeally so

fragile, but radiating an aura of spiritual glory looks as if, some

sage like Yagnvalkya, has stepped out of the pages of the Upanishads,

a Sage in whose presence, one feels that peace that passeth

understanding. Her is one who has transcended metempsychosis, but

yet, tarries in this mortal tenement for exercising his spiritual

ministry among those benighted worldings, who resort to him, for

solace, in their hour of dire distress.

 

In utter humility, in fact with a sense of trepidation, I record a

few very interesting events, which are within my personal knowledge,

which will illustrate the great compassion of the Sage.

In 1987, a fortnight before my heart attack, I visited the Sage. For

a long time the Sage had stopped the practice of giving prasad,

except touching marriage and upanayanam invitations. When I had

almost finished seeing the Sage, he called my wife, and presented her

with his own hands, a long piece of jasmine flowers strung on thread.

When I recovered from my hear attack, I realised that Sage's gesture

was an indication that my wife will continue to wear flowers, which

means I will survive the heart attack.

 

When I promised Prof. Swaminathan that I will provide a place for

Ramana Kendra in my premises, before starting the Kendra, I went to

the Sage for his blessings. He blessed me with both hands, and since

then the Kendra has been running from more than 16 years, with weekly

Pooja's wherein Rudram, Chamakam, purushasooktham etc., are chanted

one week, and the next week, all Prasnas of Taittiriya Upanishad are

chanted. The annual Jayanthi and Aradhana (Birth and samadhi

anniversaries) of Bhagawan Ramana, are celebrated every year, with

all the religious heads in India, without exception, participating.

These activities have been going on without a break.

 

The house was supposed to be a haunted house, and only because of

Ganapathy Homam performed by a special priest, suggested by the Sage,

Ramana Kendra came to be situated here, and dignitaries visited this

place, as predicted by the Sage.

 

Whenever I used to meet the Sage, the first question he would ask me

is, " You are running the Kendra for many years. How many people

attend your weekly meetings? " And I would reply with trepidation,

that only thirty or forty people attend, unless the speaker is well

known. And the Sage would shot back, " Do you know that when speeches

are made on Sastras and for Upanishad classes, only five or six

people would attend even in the past? "

 

As is well known, it was His Holiness who sent Paul Brunton (who had

come in India in search of mystics to Ramana Maharishi and it was

because of Paul Brunton's book, the whole Western world came to know

Ramana Maharishi.

 

At His Holiness instance, I had made a trust for one and half lakhs,

the income from which was paid to students of Shastra. But as such

students did not stick on, subsequently he asked me to give the

income for poor marriages. And I have donated for nearly 40 marriages

so far.

 

I was the contact between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the Sage.

She had tremendous reverence for the Sage.

Once when I reached Kanchipuram to see His Holiness had retired. We

slept on a raised mud platform adjoining the room which His Holiness

was occupying. In the middle of the night, we heard some rumbling

sounds inside. When we asked one of His Holiness' attendants, he said

that His Holiness was rolling in his bed, because of a rat stirring

up there. We asked the attendant why the rat could not be driven out.

He said that he tried it bout could not succeed. He had engaged a

mason to close the hold through which the rat was going inside. When

His Holiness came to know about it, He wanted the mason to be sent

away, with the remark. " This place belongs to the rats; we have

usurped it. Send away the mason. I want you also to pay for the

mason's wages today, because you have called him in the morning, and

are sending him away, without work. "

 

The Association for Hindu Dharma, used to present awards to three

scholars every year, used to get the approval of His Holiness to the

names of scholars. In a particular year, they selected three

scholars, and went for His Holiness's approval. He approved two

names. When the organisers pointed out that the third scholar was

highly qualified, His Holiness said, " You can give to him or to the

person suggested by me " . strangely, before the day of the award

function, the third scholar had passed away.

 

It is a practice to get clothes for presentation to Dampathis

(husband and wife) and leave the clothes with His Holiness for being

given to whomsoever He chose. One day a young boy and girl came and

took away the clothes. When this was brought to his Holiness'

attention, He said " Yes, I have presented the clothes to the right

person " .

 

A famous industrialist from Bombay came to see His Holiness along

with a guide. As was the custom he had to stand in the queue. Just in

front of him, there was a school teacher who seemed to have been

denied promotion, because he was a Brahmin. His Holiness heard in

detail and discussed the matter with him for a long time and then

sent him away. When the industrialist's turn came, he represented

that he had lost several crores of rupees, because of wrong

interpretation of excise duty rules. His Holiness sent him away with

just a blessing. The industrialist was upset he went a little

distance away and told his guide, " My matter involves several crores,

but the school teacher's was a matter of a few rupees. You Holiness

talks to him for a long time but sends me away with just a blessing.

I can't understand this " . The guide told him that they would wait and

see His Holiness again. In the meantime His Holiness saw them talking

together and sent for the guide. " What was your master talking with

You? " , he queried. He hesitated to reply. His Holiness told

him " Please tell your master that a few rupees increment in much more

important for the school teacher than crores of excess duty for your

master " .

 

A friend of mine had fixed an operation to remove a growth in his

stomach by a leading gastroenterologist. Before the date of

operation, he approached His Holiness for blessing. His Holiness

asked the operation to be postponed. Before the postponed operation

day, the growth had dissolved.

 

His Holiness never used a quilt or fan or car. His walking was so

fast. He would hold on to a car and walk so fast. Actually he used to

run. The writer one day tried to follow him but could not keep pace

and actually fell down.

 

He was one of those Sage who was universally respected by people of

different religions.

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