Enlightening Discourse on Swami Abhedananda,Shivananda, Greatness of Chennai,Namakirtan about Kaliyuga - Part-11

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

Discourse contd.....

 

All of you will be surprised to know that it was Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi who

asked Abhedananda to perform Mahamantra kirtan! This piece of information might

raise a question in you – ‘I have read many books about the life of the

Maharishi. But no book relates this incident.’

 

But here a point has to be taken note of. It was only later in his life have

many incidents, visits and conversations been recorded. Many Sadhus and

countless devotees have visited him during his early life on the hill. None has

kept record of what had transpired between them and Bhagavan Ramana.

 

Like Gautama Buddha, Swami Abhedananda was also

a married man with a

wife and child. The fire of renunciation was burning within him. One day, his

wife asked him to take care of the child while she went into the kitchen to

attend to the milk on the oven. When she returned, her husband was not to be

found. He had walked out of home never to return. He had walked away from his

wife and child just as Buddha had walked away, leaving behind his young wife and

children. Swami Abhedananda wandered around a while and then came to Bhagavan

Ramana Maharishi. Just as ordinary people seek Satsang (company of holy Sadhus)

Mahans also get together for Satsang. Contemporary Mahans do get together. Thus,

Swami Abhedananda went to Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi. He found devotees seated

quietly, doing Atma vichara. He also sat amidst them. Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi

tapped on his shoulder and said to him, “Do not sit here. Go and do Mahamantra

kirtan. You have come for that only.â€

 

Until then Swami Abhedananda had not known the

Mahamantra. He wondered what to do. He went to the podigai hill in Kuttralam.

He went and sat inside a cave there. He was still not convinced about what

Bhagavan Ramana had told him. He sat with his eyes closed. At this time there

lived a wealthy family in a nearby village. The only child in the family had

been struck with some disease. Doctors could not cure the child and had given up

the case. The child had been brought back to the village home. The whole family

was drowned in deep sorrow.

 

Village women who used to go to the forest to collect woods for the fuel

informed the family about the presence of a Swamiji in the forest and suggested

that they seek his counsel in the matter. At once, the whole family rushed to

Swami Abhedananda.

 

Swami Abhedananda had only recently walked out of his home. He sat in the small

cave on the hill. He thought, ‘Bhagavan Ramana has advised me about the

Mahamantra. These people think that I have some

supernatural power,’ and playfully said to them, “Do incessant chanting of

‘Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare! Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna

Krishna Hare Hare!’ all through the night. Your child will be saved.â€

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

 

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Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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