A Ramana Story

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A fwd from Bhagavan list.

 

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>From time to time people would bring abandoned baby animals from the surrounding

forest to Bhagavan.

 

On one occasion a young deer, which was given the name 'Valli', was brought.

This deer became extremely devoted to Bhagavan and followed Him wherever He

went.

 

One day when she had grown up she disappeared for a few days and upon returning

she appeared to have a limp. Although Bhagavan lovingly attended to her wounded

leg, she became ill shortly after. On her last day Bhagavan sat with her head

resting on His lap throughout the night, stroking and comforting her all the

while. Despite repeated efforts by devotees to coax Bhagavan to retire and leave

the nursing to someone else, Bhagavan continued to minister to the deer.

 

After midnight, Bhagavan got up from where He sat and returned to His couch.

Valli had attained mukti at the hands of Bhagavan, Lord of Compassion.

(adapted from Moments Remembered, Reminiscences of Bhagavan Ramana, available

from Sri Ramanasramam)

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Hello Gloria:

It's nice to see you up again. Hope all is well.

Love,

Linda

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A fwd from Bhagavan list.Animal Tails>From time to time people would

bring abandoned baby animals from the surroundingforest to

Bhagavan.On one occasion a young deer, which was given the name

'Valli', was brought.This deer became extremely devoted to Bhagavan

and followed Him wherever Hewent.One day when she had grown up she

disappeared for a few days and upon returningshe appeared to have a

limp. Although Bhagavan lovingly attended to her woundedleg, she

became ill shortly after. On her last day Bhagavan sat with her

headresting on His lap throughout the night, stroking and comforting

her all thewhile. Despite repeated efforts by devotees to coax

Bhagavan to retire and leavethe nursing to someone else, Bhagavan

continued to minister to the deer.After midnight, Bhagavan got up

from where He sat and returned to His couch.Valli had attained mukti

at the hands of Bhagavan, Lord of Compassion.(adapted from Moments

Remembered, Reminiscences of Bhagavan Ramana, availablefrom Sri

Ramanasramam)// All

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Thank you for the story on Valli,

 

Like Valhalla? <g> Deer are my favorite animals, beautiful, quiet, gentle

and graceful ... i was lucky to photograph the deer who live in the woods

behind my house this summer, eating all my lilies :-)

 

I'll upload the photos as soon as the film is developed...

 

Love,

~ rainbow ~