Jiddu & Yogi Ramsuratkumar

[Guest guest]

Back in the 1950s when Yogi Ramsuratkumar had his intense desire for

spiritual enlightenment, he started approaching several Gurus in the

south.

 

he visited Ramana Maharishi, Aurobindo, and Papa Ramdas also once.

But he could not make up his mind on who to take as his Guru. Once

Yogi also attended a talk by Jiddu Krishnamurty.

 

In that talk, Jiddu remarked, " whether one says Coca Cola or Hare

Rama, its the same " !! Yogi was taken aback by this, as he was more or

less converging on Papa Ramdas as his Guru. Ramdas, was constantly

repeating the " Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram " mantra.

 

But Yogi was always dressed up as a beggar, and only intellectuals

would usually attend Jiddu's talks, who himself used to be well

dressed etc. Yogi didnt get a chance to meet Jiddu or talk to him

during the talk or after the talk.

 

Later Yogi rused to Jiddu's residence and tried to get a glimpse of

him. But he was not allowed apparently by the gate-keepers. But,

suddenly Jiddu came out of his room and asked Yogi to be let inside.

 

Jiddu spontaneously told him not to worry. Jiddu said, " both what I

say and what Ramdas says is the same, but you would realise it by

experience some day! "

 

Yogi later explained that Jiddu used to talk the " formless " (nirguna)

aspect while Ramdas used to talk about the " infinite " (saguna)

aspect. Mere chanting of a mantra without applying the mind, would

not yield much progress. One has to be initiated by a bonafide Guru

and should repeat the mantra with total trust in the mantra and the

Guru and without any carelessness or arrogance.

 

Yogi later attained to the highest state after taking formal

initiation from Papa Ramdas and reached the state in just 1 week of

repetition of the mantram day and night.

 

Swami Ramdas, asked Yogi to leave the ashram later and proceed to

Tiruvannamalai, where Yogi spent almost 40yrs, leading the life of a

beggar, talking strange but divine things to people and sometimes

displaying divine miracles, and instilling god-awareness in the

lowest society of people.

 

It was only in 1993 that some relatively influential people got aware

of Yogi and decided to build an ashram for him. Yogi would always

only say " my father alone exists, nothing else, nobody else " .

 

Kanchi Paramacharya used to speak very highly of Yogi. Once he sent a

personal message and asked Yogi to meet him at Kanchipuram. But when

Yogi arrived, they both did not speak a word, but remained in total

silence facing each other for about 1hr or so. Later, Paramacharya

gave permission for Yogi to leave, and Yogi also left.

 

Apparently, later a close attendant of Paramacharya said that they

both had a long discussion, but not through words. Paramacharya had

suggested to Yogi, to proceed to Govindapuram, but Yogi had suggested

that " for this beggar Tiruvannamalai is enough " , and Paramacharya

acknowledged that.

 

I have had the opportunity to meet Yogi 3-4 times, once in 1993 and

then 2-3 times in 2000 and 2001 just before his Mahasamadhi. Today

the visitors to the ashram have increased, and there are a few highly

dedicated spiritual aspirants in the ashram, whom Yogi still guides

in mysterious ways.

 

Radhe Krishna