Guest guest Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Swami Ramdas was Self Realised through Bhagavan's Darshan and great Tapas. He then spent several weeks in a cave on Arunachala in Mouna . After Bhagavan's Maha Samahdi many of his devotees went to see him in his Ashram. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram Solitude is an invaluable help to keep the mind ever in tune with the indwelling infinite Reality. It is something like recharging the exhausted battery of life, so that life's mission in the world may bear ampler and more glorious fruit. - Swami Ramdas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Dear Alan , Solitude these days is a luxury ...When not affordable , we need to cultivate the art of being ALONE even in a crowd... Love ramesh --- On Fri, 4/10/09, Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs wrote: Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs From Papa Ramdas Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 4:47 PM Swami Ramdas was Self Realised through Bhagavan's Darshan and great Tapas. He then spent several weeks in a cave on Arunachala in Mouna . After Bhagavan's Maha Samahdi many of his devotees went to see him in his Ashram. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram Solitude is an invaluable help to keep the mind ever in tune with the indwelling infinite Reality. It is something like recharging the exhausted battery of life, so that life's mission in the world may bear ampler and more glorious fruit. - Swami Ramdas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 > > The following is a beautiful story. > > > > The Mountain Path > > Vol. 2 - JANUARY 1965 - No. 1 > > > > How I Came to The Maharshi - V > > By Swami Ramdas > > > > In his early autobiography, In Quest of God, > (published by > > Anandashram, > > Kanhangad) Swami Ramdas (for an article on whom see > our > > issue of January > > 1964) describes how he attained the Divine Vision > through > > the Grace of the > > Maharshi. Years later he told this story to Dilip > Kumar Roy > > who reproduced > > it in his latest book, The Flute Calls Still > (published by > > Indira Niloy, > > Hari Krishna Mandir, Poona, and reviewed in our issue > of > > October 1964). > > Since some parts of the story are more detailed in > one > > account and some in > > the other, we have here combined them. We are grateful > to > > both ashrams for > > permission to quote from their > > publications. > > > > > > " Papa, " I said, " would you mind telling us about > your > > final Realization > > which they call 'Vishvarupa Darshan'? " > > > > > > He readily acquiesced and gave a long description of > his > > burning aspiration > > and yearning which had led him to Arunachala Hill, > hallowed > > by the tapas of > > the peerless saint Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi. I can > give > > here only the gist > > of his long narration .... > > > > > > One day the kind Sadhuram took Ramdas for the darshan > of a > > famous saint of > > the place named Sri Ramana Maharshi. His Ashram was at > the > > foot of > > Arunachala. It was a thatched shed. Both the visitors > > entered the ashram > > and, meeting the saint, fell prostrate at his holy > feet. It > > was really a > > blessed place where that great man lived. He was young > but > > there was on his > > face a calmness and in his large eyes a passionless > look of > > tenderness which > > cast a spell of peace and joy on all those who came to > him. > > Ramdas was > > informed > > that the saint knew English, so he addressed him > thus: > > " Maharaj, > > here stands before thee a humble slave. Have pity on > him. > > His only prayer to > > thee is to give him thy blessing. " > > > > > > The Maharshi turned his beautiful eyes towards Ramdas > and > > looked intently > > for a few minutes into his eyes as though he was > pouring > > into Ramdas his > > blessing through those orbs, then shook his head to > say he > > had blessed. A > > thrill of inexpressible joy coursed through the frame > of > > Ramdas, his whole > > body quivering, like a leaf in the breeze .... > > > > > > Now at the prompting of Ram, Ramdas desired to remain > in > > solitude for some > > time ... The sadhuram was ever ready to fulfil his > wishes. > > Losing no time, > > he took Ramdas up the mountain behind the great > temple. > > Climbing high up he > > showed him many caves. Of these, one small cave was > > selected for Ramdas, > > which he occupied next day. In this cave he lived for > > nearly a month in deep > > meditation of > > Ram. This was the first time he was taken by Ram > into > > solitude > > for his bhajan. Now he felt most blissful sensations > since > > he could hold > > undisturbed communion with Ram. He was actually > rolling in > > a sea of > > indescribable happiness. To fix the mind on that > fountain > > of bliss, Ram, > > means, to experience pure joy ... He went on taking > the > > Name in an ecstasy > > of longing when, lo, suddenly his Lord Rama ... > appeared > > before him and > > danced and danced ... > > > > > > " Did you see him with closed eyes or open? " I > interjected, > > > > > > " With open eyes, as Ramdas is seeing you, " Papa > answered. > > " But it was not > > this momentary vision that Ramdas's heart craved. For > he > > knew that a vision > > like this, was unlikely to last and so, when the Lord > would > > vanish, Ramdas > > would revert to his darkness. Therefore he prayed for > the > > great darshan, the > > Vision of visions, which comes to stay for ever so > there is > > no more parting, > > namely the Vishvarupa > > Darshan, longing to see Rama always in everything; > > that is nothing less would satisfy Ramdas. " > > > > > > Papa paused and then resumed with a beatific smile: > " And it > > came one morning > > apocalyptically - when, lo, the entire landscape > changed: > > All was Rama, > > nothing but Rama - wherever Ramdas looked! Everything > was > > ensouled by Rama - > > vivid, marvellous, rapturous - the trees, the shrubs, > the > > ants, the cows, > > the cats, the dogs - even inanimate things pulsated > with > > the marvellous > > presence of the one Rama. And Ramdas danced in joy, > like a > > boy who, when > > given a lovely present, can't help breaking out into > a > > dance. And so it was > > with Ramdas: he danced with joy and rushed at a tree > in > > front, which he > > embraced because it was not a tree but Rama Himself! A > man > > was passing by, > > Ramdas ran towards him and embraced him, calling out: > > 'Rama, O Rama!' The > > man got scared and bolted. But Ramdas gave him chase > and > > dragged him back to > > his > > cave. The man noted that Ramdas had not a tooth in > his > > head and so felt > > a little reassured: at least the loony would not be > able to > > bite him! " He > > laughed out and we swelled the chorus. > > > > > > " And then? " I asked, after the laughter had subsided. > > > > > > " The bliss and joy came to be permanent, like a > torrent > > rushing downhill > > till it finds a placid level of limpid purling stream. > This > > experience is > > called sahaja samadhi, in which you can never be cut > off > > from the > > consciousness of being at one with the One who has > become > > all, in which you > > feel you are one with all because you have perceived > that > > all is He, the > > One-without-a-second. " > > > > > > Finally we end with a comment made by Swami Ramdas - > In > > 'Vision', the > > monthly journal published by Anandashram, about forty > years > > later. > > > > > > Ramdas went to Ramana Maharshi in a state of complete > > obliviousness of the > > world. He felt thrills of ecstasy in his presence. > The > > Maharshi made the > > awakening permanent in Ramdas. > > > > > > Some people told Ramdas: " You went to Maharshi and you > got > > illumination. > > Give us illumination like that. " Ramdas said, You must > come > > to Ramdas in the > > same spirit and in the same state as he went to > Maharshi. > > Then you will also > > get it. Where was his heart? How intense was his > longing? > > What was the world > > to him at that time ? If you come in that state it is > all > > right. " > > > > > > /join > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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