AllenBunting
Registered: 08/08/09
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| | 08/19/09 at 05:21 AM | Reply with quote | #1 |
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The following is an passage from my father's book "The Long Road Back", concerning his experiences in WWII. He met a saint in Bombay that had some sort of connection to Ghandi, though I know that Ghandi did not have a guru.
I would very much like to know who the Hindu saint is that my father describes. My limited research could not pin down the historical person. He sounds somewhat like BABAJI, but he is more of a mythical than a historical personality. The ashes all over his body tend to indicate that he was a sadhu.
“Mahatma Ghandi was in a British prison in 1942 and was held at a British compound outside Bombay. We went to the area to receive our monthly paycheck, which was far overdue. Ghandi was housed in a small house, about the size of a garage in the center of a park-like area. We passed next to the building on the way to the naval office. Ghandi was outside getting some exercise. He saw us and waved to us giving a Hindu blessing. This was very special to me as I had long been an admirer of him.
“On one of our outings in Bombay, we saw one of Ghandi’s mentors, an Indian holy man at the Hindu college. The college was in a park-like area and the classes were all outside with the students sitting on the ground surrounding the teachers. As we passed through the area we came upon an elaborate pavilion. As we approached we saw what at first glance was an old man seated in front of a fire. As we drew nearer we saw that he was a young man, handsome, with snow-white hair. He was seated in front of the fire with his legs crossed. We were informed that the position was permanent: he never really moved from that position. He slept that way and performed all other functions from that position. That was his penance to his holy ones. Each time an individual or a group approached him, he reached his hands into the fire and then covered his body with the white ash. An attendant then washed his body clean. He did this over and over again. When we were in front of him, he seemed especially curious and asked our guide about us and then gave us a huge smile and a blessing. While were were in front of him, we observed that his hands were as soft and delicate as a child’s hands and his body seemed perfectly formed despite his years of not moving. He was a very handsome man and one felt a special reverence and awe in his presence.”
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JayaramV
Registered: 06/07/07
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| | 08/26/09 at 12:46 AM | Reply with quote | #2 |
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Please see whether you can get some help from the following works on Mahatma Gandhi.
1. Mahatma : Life of Mahatma Gandhi- D.G.Tendulkar ( 8 volumes )
2. Mahatma Gandhi – Pyarelal ( 10 volumes)
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Arthur
Registered: 10/08/09
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| | 11/04/09 at 01:06 PM | Reply with quote | #3 |
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Dear Friend,
Hello. My question is: how do you even know that the man you perceived sitting by the fire was a saint? Siddhis are not marks of a saint. You were in awe of his poweres merely. If he did not manifest his powers, would you still be in awe? I think not.
Are you in awe of me? Maybe I am a saint and you do not know it. "Be God-righteous and not world-righteous" and you will perceive real saints.
Lovingly,
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Arthur
Registered: 10/08/09
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| | 11/06/09 at 11:55 AM | Reply with quote | #4 |
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Hello, friends.
The world thinks that when it saves someone's body that it is saving someone's life. Is this true? Is there any life in the body itself? No. Life is in the soul, and life equals love. Those who truly live are full of love. The rest are dead. It is the spiritual teacher who is the real life saver, and the spiritual teacher, the guru, is never of this world.
The world and ego-centricity can never be separated, because egoism is its very nature, its substance. No matter how ethical a man appears, his motivation, his basis, will always be egoistic, an imitation of the real. Therefore, beware of the spiritual teachers or humanitarian men and women who are well meaning, but whose basis is of this world.
Arthur |
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jlbalan
Registered: 03/12/10
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| | 03/12/10 at 12:36 PM | Reply with quote | #5 |
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| Please pray for my getting a job before leaving the present job |
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