One was often impressed by the tolerance and kindliness of Sri Bhagawan. It was not merely that he recognised the truth of all religions, for that nay man of spiritual understanding would do, but if any school or group or ashram was striving to spread spirituality he would show appreciation of the good it was doing, how ever far its methods might be from his own or its teachings from strict orthodoxy.
Raghavachariar, a government official at Tiruvannamali, used to visit Sri Bhagawan occasionally. He wanted to ask his opinion of the Theosophical society but whenever he went he found a crowd of devotees there and he shrank from speaking before them.One day he went and determined to submit three questions.This is how he tells of it:
The Questions were.
1. Can you grant me a few minutes of private personal talk, free from all others?
2. I should like to have your opinion of the theosophical society of which I am a member.
3. Will you please enable me to see you real form? if I am eligible to see it?
When I went and prostrated and sat in his presence there was crowd of no less than thirty persons,but one and all they soon dispersed. So I was alone with him and my first query was thus answered without my stating it. That struck me as noteworthy.
Then he asked me of his accord if the book in my hand was the Gita, and if I was a member of the Theosophical society and remarked even before I answered his questions "It is doing good work" I answered his questions in affirmative.
My second question also being thus anticipated I waited with eager mind for the third. After half an hour I opened my mouth and said, "Just as Arjuna wished to see the form of Sri Krishna and asked for darshan , I wish to have a darshan of your real form, if I am eligible.
He was seated on the pial with a picture of Dakshinamurthy painted on the wall next to him. He silently aged on as usual, and I gazed in to his eyes. Then his body and also the picture of Dakshinamurthy disappeared from my view. There was only empty space, without even a wall, before my eyes. Then a whitish cloud in the outline of the Maharishi and of Dakshniamurthy formed before my eyes.Gradually the outline with silvery lines of these figures appeared. Then eyes, nose etc other details were outlined in lightning like lines. These gradually broadened till the whole figure of the Sage and Dakshinamurthy became ablaze with very strong and unendurable light. I closed my eyes in consequence. I waited for few minutes and then saw Him and Dakshnimurthi in the usual form.. I prostrated and came away.For a month thereafter I did not dare to go near him , so great was the impression that above experience made on me. After a month I went up and saw him standing in front of the Skandashramam , I told him ' I put a question to you and had this experience' narrating the above experience. I requested him to explain. Then after a pause, he said " You wanted to see my form you saw my disappearance, I am formless So that experience might be real truth. The furthur visions may be according to your own conceptions derived from the study of Bhagawath Gita.But Ganapati Sastri had similar experience you may consult him ' I did not in fact consult Sastri,After this Maharishi said "Find out who the I is the seer or thinker and his abode.
Sri Ramanaya Namaha
Raghavachariar, a government official at Tiruvannamali, used to visit Sri Bhagawan occasionally. He wanted to ask his opinion of the Theosophical society but whenever he went he found a crowd of devotees there and he shrank from speaking before them.One day he went and determined to submit three questions.This is how he tells of it:
The Questions were.
1. Can you grant me a few minutes of private personal talk, free from all others?
2. I should like to have your opinion of the theosophical society of which I am a member.
3. Will you please enable me to see you real form? if I am eligible to see it?
When I went and prostrated and sat in his presence there was crowd of no less than thirty persons,but one and all they soon dispersed. So I was alone with him and my first query was thus answered without my stating it. That struck me as noteworthy.
Then he asked me of his accord if the book in my hand was the Gita, and if I was a member of the Theosophical society and remarked even before I answered his questions "It is doing good work" I answered his questions in affirmative.
My second question also being thus anticipated I waited with eager mind for the third. After half an hour I opened my mouth and said, "Just as Arjuna wished to see the form of Sri Krishna and asked for darshan , I wish to have a darshan of your real form, if I am eligible.
He was seated on the pial with a picture of Dakshinamurthy painted on the wall next to him. He silently aged on as usual, and I gazed in to his eyes. Then his body and also the picture of Dakshinamurthy disappeared from my view. There was only empty space, without even a wall, before my eyes. Then a whitish cloud in the outline of the Maharishi and of Dakshniamurthy formed before my eyes.Gradually the outline with silvery lines of these figures appeared. Then eyes, nose etc other details were outlined in lightning like lines. These gradually broadened till the whole figure of the Sage and Dakshinamurthy became ablaze with very strong and unendurable light. I closed my eyes in consequence. I waited for few minutes and then saw Him and Dakshnimurthi in the usual form.. I prostrated and came away.For a month thereafter I did not dare to go near him , so great was the impression that above experience made on me. After a month I went up and saw him standing in front of the Skandashramam , I told him ' I put a question to you and had this experience' narrating the above experience. I requested him to explain. Then after a pause, he said " You wanted to see my form you saw my disappearance, I am formless So that experience might be real truth. The furthur visions may be according to your own conceptions derived from the study of Bhagawath Gita.But Ganapati Sastri had similar experience you may consult him ' I did not in fact consult Sastri,After this Maharishi said "Find out who the I is the seer or thinker and his abode.
Sri Ramanaya Namaha
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