To Chris on Swami's Names

[Guest guest]

Chris wrote:

He whose life is yajnaHe whose appearance is like fireHe who is the

essense of fireHe who is the friend of fireHe whose beard is like a

wreath of flamesHe whose instruction is a cleansing flameHe whose

every act is a sacred offering to the fire

Dear Chris ~ well, I did not copy all the you wrote, just a few to

remind folks. Yesterday, I was reading the part of "Sahib Sadhu"

where Swami's first guru put him on the spot in front of a whole

town, including the priests to light the fire in the traditional way

~ rubbing two sticks together. He sat there for two hours, mightily

rubbing the sticks, chanting, his face getting red, and some of the

priests muttering that he couldn't do it, this westerner. But then

finally, it happened, the fire blossomed, and put everyone's doubts

aside. I also enjoyed reading the part where Swami's guru took him

into the woods for a time, and Swami thought they would dive right

into practice, but the guru said, no first you must learn to make a

fire. And he taught Swami the traditional way, how to place the wood,

the right types of wood to keep the fire burning evenly ... all the

experience that Swami, after so many years, now brings to doing homa

and yagya. So all of your references to Swami and fire seemed so

wonderful to me.

Jai Swamiji ~ Linda

[Guest guest]

Linda,

 

In the first of two retreats I attended with Swamiji and Shree Maa I

was struck by the way he seemed to personify agni. When I think of

Swamiji, this is how I see him, glowing as fire glows.

 

Chris

 

 

, nierika@a... wrote:

>

> Chris wrote:

>

> He whose life is yajna

> He whose appearance is like fire

> He who is the essense of fire

> He who is the friend of fire

> He whose beard is like a wreath of flames

> He whose instruction is a cleansing flame

> He whose every act is a sacred offering to the fire

>

>

>

> Dear Chris ~ well, I did not copy all the you wrote, just a few to

remind

> folks. Yesterday, I was reading the part of "Sahib Sadhu" where

Swami's first

> guru put him on the spot in front of a whole town, including the

priests to

> light the fire in the traditional way ~ rubbing two sticks together.

He sat

> there for two hours, mightily rubbing the sticks, chanting, his face

getting

> red, and some of the priests muttering that he couldn't do it, this

westerner.

> But then finally, it happened, the fire blossomed, and put

everyone's doubts

> aside. I also enjoyed reading the part where Swami's guru took him

into the

> woods for a time, and Swami thought they would dive right into

practice, but the

> guru said, no first you must learn to make a fire. And he taught

Swami the

> traditional way, how to place the wood, the right types of wood to

keep the

> fire burning evenly ... all the experience that Swami, after so

many years, now

> brings to doing homa and yagya. So all of your references to Swami

and fire

> seemed so wonderful to me.

> Jai Swamiji ~ Linda