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  • Three Levels Of Speech Gayathri Savitri Sarasvati

     

    There is a debate on the difference between the Gayatri and Savitri Mantras.

     

    The Gayatri, the Supreme Mantra of the Vedas is to be intoned, not to be learnt by writing.

     

    “Gayathethi Gayathri, Gayathri is ‘That which is intoned.

     

    “Among the Mantras I am The Gayatri’ Bhagavad Gita.

     

    There is no hymn superior than Gayatri Mantra, ‘na gaayatriyaah paramam japam’ .

     

    Now in the Gayatri Mantra we have the mention of Gayatri,Savitri and Sarasvati.

     

    “In invoking Gayatri and praying to be present, we say,

     

    Gayathrrem Aavaahayami,

     

    Savitreem Aavahayaami,

     

    Sarasvatheem Aavahayaami’

     

    Why?

     

     

    Gayatri .Image Credit ,http://www.exoticindiaart.com/audiovideo/
    Gayatri Matha

    There are three levels of Speech.

     

    First when we think.

     

    If one analyses , when one thinks, he/she would find an echo in the mind, some times quite loud, this is especially so in the case of those who perform Japa, and Devi Upasana.

     

    This applies to our day-to-day thoughts as well.

     

    The implication is that the Universal Sabda, Sound, is being brought forth into individual level and the

    One who makes it possible is Gayatri.

     

    This is level One.

     

    The next is as soon as the thoughts are formed,it sits as it were, in the spot just beneath the tongue.

     

    The words are not formed at the physical level and they lie dormant.

     

    We have heard and we also know at times on seeing or while coming into contact with something which we think is new, we say,

     

    ‘I Know,it is at the tip of my tongue, it will come’

     

    This is the place of Savitri” the unformed words, with the potential to become words.

     

    This the level where the Speech Impaired people’s impediment lies.

     

    Savitri does not synchronize with Sarasvati.

     

    The third and final level is that of Sarasvati.

     

    This is where the thoughts get transformed into words.

     

    Sarasvati ,in synchronization with Gayatri through Savitri expresses in the form of words.

     

    ‘Srimad Vaakbhavakooda Swarooopini’ the confluence Words and its Happening.Lalitha Sahasranaama.

     

    These are the three levels of Speech.

     

    One should always remember the Gayatri is  a Chandas,Meters primarily and there are many Mantras in this

    Meter.

     

    Chandas.

     

    Gayathri Mantra is both Mantra and Chandas.

     

    This Mantra has other significance in terms of Mantra and Tantra Shastra and I hope to write on it.

     

    Related information.

     

    Each of three is called sthula (material) form. Three separate forms are grouped as Vyasti. There is also a combined form and that is called Samasti.

    (Vishvamitra is the Seer for Gayatri hymn. He is the same Sage to impart ‘bala atibala’ hymns to Lord Rama and Lakshmana.This ‘bala atibala’ mantra is also called as Savitri Mantra and this is available in Savitri Upanishad, Verse 4.This hymn is yet another aspect of Gayatri,)

    There is no hymn superior than Gayatri Mantra, ‘na gaayatriyaah paramam japam’

    Gayatri Forms:

    1) Morning Gayatri Dhyanam:

    ‘balarkaruna shona patala mukaih yuktam kumarim giram
    Pratarlokita vigraham bhuvigatam saukatmikam rajaseem
    vibhranamabhayam kamandalumathambhojaksha malam sruvam
    kayatrim hrudi hamsanam bhavakarim sri brahmarupam bhaje’

    Morning time Gayatri dwells in Surya mandalam. She is having red colour. She is young and having rajoguna. Her vahana is swan and having Brahma amsam. She represents Rig Veda. She is having (in Three hands) kamandalu, lotus and japamala. The fourth hand shows abhaya mudra. She is called Gayatri. (She has four heads).

    Alternate Dhyanam:

    ‘pratar dhyayami gayatrim, ravimandala-madhyagam
    rg-vedam uccarayantim raktavarnam kumarikam
    akshamalakaram brahmadevatyam hamsavahanam’

    2) Noon Savitri Dhyanam:

    ‘mukta pandura hemadhusara sitasyam trishanam vyomagam
    madhyanhe sitavikraham suyuvatim satyatmikam tamaseem
    khatvankgapaya sulakani dadhateem rudraksha malaamumam
    savitrim vrushavahanam kshapakarim sri rudrarupam bhaje’

    Midday she dwells in Surya mandalam having white colour and tamoguna. She is having (in three hands) Trident. Cot-leg, rudraksha mala and the fourth hand is in abhaya mudra. She is a middle aged and her vahana is bull. Also she is having three eyes (on all the Five heads).She represents Yajur Veda and takes the Rudra rupini (Rudra amsam). She is called as Savitri in noon.

    Alternate Dhyanam:

    ‘madhyandine tu savitrim ravimandalamadhyagam
    yajur-vedam vyaharantim svetam sulakaram sivam
    yuvatim rudradevatyam dhyayami vrshavahanam’

    3) Evening Saraswati Dhyanam:

    ‘nilendevara mesakaika vadanam vrudhdasvarupam ramam
    sayam shyamala vigraham dwigataam gnanatmikamsatvikim
    sankam chakramathabhayancha tulasi malam karair bhiratim
    tarkshyathmja saraswathim sthitikarim sri Vishnu rupaam bhaje’

    Evening she is called Saraswati and dwells in Surya Mandalam. She has black colour and old aged. Her vahana is Garuda. She is having (in three hands) chakra, conch and Tulsi mala and the fourth hand is in abhaya mudra. Sha has gnana swarupam and is having satvaguna. She represents Sama Veda. She takes Vishnu amsam. (She has single head only)

    Alternate Dhyanam:

    ‘sayam sarasvatim syamam ravimandalamdhyagam
    sama-vedam vyaharantim cakrayudhadharam subham
    dhyayami vishnudevatyam vrddham garudavahanam’

    4) Samasti Rupa Gayatri Dhyanam:

    The following Dhyana sloka is recited in all the three times by many.

    ‘Muktavidruma hema nila dhavala chhayirmukhayir streekshanayir
    yuktamindu nibaddha ratna makutam tatvartha varnatmikam
    Gayatrrem varadabhayam kuskasassubhramka palam gadam
    sankham chakra dharavinda ugalam hastyirvahanteem bhaje’

    Meditate on the Goddess Gaaytri with five heads, sitting in a pond on a red lotus flower. She wears a red sari and is beautiful. Her heads are pearl, coral, gold, blue, and white in color. Gaayatrii has three eyes and wears the cresant moon upon Her head. She has ten arms. She makes the mudra dispelling fear (abhaya mudra), and the mudra granting gifts (varada mudra), She holds a mace, a chakra, a conch, an ankusam, pasam, kapalam and two lotuses .

    Devi Gayatri’s five faces are white like pearl; one is red like coral, second is yellow like gold, third is blue like neelam, fourth white like milk, and the fifth is of ‘trinetra’ or three eyed. We meditate Her gem studded headgear with half- moon like jewel on Her Head,

    5) Reference, Book, Personal Collection:

    Sri Santhya Vandanam, Srivatsa Somadeva Sarma, Vaideega Dharma Vardani Publication, Chennai, Year 1952, Pages 9 to 13, Total Pages 116+20.

    6) Edited:

    There are different gayatri metre based mantras for different gods.

    ( http://www.stephen-knapp.com/gayatri_and… )

    The Gayatri Mantra appears in Rigveda 3.62.10 (Yajurveda Mantra 22.9, 30.2 & 36.3, Samaveda Mantra 1462). To distinguish this from others, this is ALSO called as Savitri Mantra as this contain the word Savitr.”

     

    Citation:

    https://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110819223118AAv65jn

     

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  • How Many Letters In Gayatri Mantra Shankaracharaya

    I have delivered a Lecture in Chennai on Vedic Hinduism,Quantum Theory and Gayatri Mantra and its

     

    relevance in unlocking the Secrets of the Universe, on the occasion of the release

     

     

    of the Book ‘Downloading Nature’s Secret from Akasa to The Quantum Vacuum Field’.

     

    A detailed post on this follows.

     

    After the Lecture a young man approached me and asked that the number of letters in Gayatri Mantra add only to 28 and why do people say it has 24 letters?

     

    People , including me have been saying The Gayatri Mantra has only twenty-four letters.

     

    I asked him to search for it and he will find the answer by himself within twenty-four hours and if he does not

     

    find it I shall let him know.

     

    Gayatri Mantra in written Form Image Credit.http://www.gayatri.info/gayatri-mantra---word-for-word-translation
    The Gayatri Mantra

     

    My belief is that in Hinduism, the Sadahka has to find the things by himself and must resort to learning from

     

     

    others as a shortcut as a last resort.

     

    And something inside me told me that he would find it by himself.

     

    He agreed to do so.

     

    I came Home and checked whether I have posted any material .

     

    I had the impression that I had and I had not.

     

    I am posting the information now.

     

    In the composition of the Richas (couplets) of Veda s, meanings are subordinate to the syntax of words,’

     

    Gayatri essentially being a Chhandas ,Musical Notations are given importance over Meaning or Grammar.

     

    The chhandas (components of Veda  (classified according to number of letters) in the Veda s are composed

     

    to retain symphony as grasped by the Rishis to guide people in Realizing The Self.

     

     

    Those who recite in a Chhandas change the pitch while Intoning.

     

    The  difference between the “written” and pronounced “Nyam‘ in the Mantra lies in its sonic effect.

     

    The Vedas are Sabda Pramana, Sound as an Instrument of Knowledge

     

    ‘Nyam’ as a composite of ‘Ni’ and ‘Yam’ according to their musical notation, the first

     

     

    second and third segments of the Mantra add up to 8 words each.

     

    Adi Shankaracharya endorses this .

     

    The Pingal Shastra and Mantrartha Chandrodaya supporrtthis satnd on Gayatri.

     

    Mantra on the same principle.

     

     

    In this way, the letters in the Mantra are to be counted as follows:
    TAT SA VI TU VAR RE NI YAM BHA RGO DE VASYA DHI 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
    MA HI DHI YO YO NAH PRA CHO DA YAT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 24

     

    The Shruthi is the Revelation  are not governed by Grammatical rules as they are grasped by The Rishis

    intuitively and Vedas are learnt only the word of mouth,by intonations and not through written form.

     

    Being timeless and Eternal The Vedas precede Grammar and hence this issue.

     

     

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  • Brahmins Caste Hinduism Vedas

    There are some misconceptions on the relationship between Brahmins Caste Vedas and Hinduism.

    Vedas were not written by the Brahmins
    Vedas

    The canards have been set by the British and later expanded and propagated vigorously by the Dravidian parties to such an extent that many do not know th facts.

    1.The Brahmins wrote the Vedas.

    The Vedas are called Sruthi , heard and transmitted and there is no authorship.

    There is no author or authors for the Vedas.

    The Vedas were compiled by Ved Vyasa and not authored by him.

    And Veda Vyasa was the son of a fisher woman and Parasara(Brahmin -marriage with Sathyavati was performed by Yagnyavalkya), not a Brahmin.

    There is no connection between the Brahmins and the authorship of the Vedas.

    There is also a view that the Puanas were written by the Vedas and propagated by them.

    They were not written by them and were by Vyasa.

    As a matter of fact most of the Gods worshiped by the Hindus are not Brahmins,

    Rama ,a Kshatriya,Krishna a Cowherd.

    Even the great mantras of the Vedas were compiled, not by Brahmins.

    The greatest mantra of Hinduism was by Viswamitra. a Kshtriya, who was called a Brahmin after he gave the world the Gayatri Mantra.

    The Vedas were hidden from the Non Brahmins and they were prevented from learning them.

    Nothing can be far from the Truth.

    One has to undergo some basic disciplines to undergo the study of The Vedas, whether a Brahmin or not.

    And the Caste system was not propagated by the Brahmins.

    As a matter of fact the defenders of Hinduism and Brahmins were not Brahmins but the other communities, starting from Lord Rama down to Shivaji!

    So using canards to persecute Brahmins is nothing short of a distortion of Facts and mischievous.

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  • Gayatri Japa Sankalpa Procedure India US

    Yajur Vedi Upakarma Avani Avittam 2017.

    The Yajur Upakarma is to be celebrated on 6th September 2017,as the earlier day happens to be day when Grahana,Eclipse takes place.

    Rig Upakarma August 28th,(Aadi12th),

    Sama Upakarma,August 25th( Avani 9th),

    This decision has been announced by Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt.

    How Upakarma,Avani Avittam date is fixed

    Gayatri Japa falls on the next day.

    Gayatri Mantra is the most celebrated Mantra of the Hindus.

    This Mantra precedes all Mantras for the three Varnas,Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaisyas

    Smritis declare ,

    ‘There is nothing for a Man in this world who neglects his parents

    There is nothing for a Man here and beyond who neglects Gayatri Mantra”

    It is ordained that for one who neglects parents nothing auspicious will accrue and no Mantra,Japa,Yagas, Yagnyas will yield results for one who does not recite Gayatri Mantra.

    Gayatri is the Mother of all the Mantras.

    ‘Gayathreem Chandasaam Maadheethi’

    Gayatri is the Mother of all Veda Mantra’-Narayanopanishad.34

    ‘Gayatriuppasana Sarva Devathai sammeritha,

    Brahmaadyaobhi Sandhyayaam Thaam Dhyaayandhi jabanthi’

    ‘All the Devatas recite Gayatri, icluding Brahma at the Dawn and Dusk’ -Devi Bhagavatham-(11/16/15)

    ‘Gayatri Chandasaamaham’ -Bhagavad Gita 10.35

    The Gayatri Mantra was revealed to sage Viswamitra and he is the Rishi for the Gayatri mantra.

    The Gayatri Mantra has 24 Letters.

    The Significance of these 24 letters are provided below.

    1. ‘tat’ – tapini – fruitfulness
    2 ‘sa’ – saphaltaa – valor
    3 ‘vi’ – vishwa – perseverance
    4 ‘tur’ – tushti – welfare
    5 ‘va’ – varad – yoga
    6 ‘re’ – revatee – love
    7 ‘ni’ – sookshm – wealth
    8 ‘yam’ – gyaan – luster
    9 ‘bhar’ – bharga – protection
    10 ‘go’ – gomatee – wisdom
    11 ‘de’ – devikaa – subjugation
    12 ‘va’ – varahi – allegiance
    13 ‘sya’ – sinhanee – determination
    14 ‘dhi’ – dhyaan – life
    15 ‘ma’ – maryaadaa – time
    16 ‘hi’ – sphutaa – penance
    17 ‘dhi’ – medhaa – forecast
    18 ‘yo’ – yogamaayaa – alertness
    19 ‘yo’ – yoginee – production
    20 ‘nah’ – dhanin – protection
    21 ‘pra’ – prabhaav – idealism
    22 ‘cho’ – ooshmaa – adventure
    23 ‘da’ – drishya – discrimination
    24 ‘at’ – niranjan – service.

    What one can visibly see is a Glow in the face, mental tranquility and mental toughness to tide over difficulties if one were to recite the Mantra in the way it has to be, that is in Five Padas, the total mantra is to be recited in five groups.

    Various meanings of the words used in the Gayatri Mantra.

    Bhuh Bhuvah Svah
    Earth Atmosphere Beyond Atmosphere
    Past Present Future
    Morning Noon Evening
    Tamas Rajas Sattwa
    Gross Subtle Causal

    The Gayatri mantra is composed of a metre consisting of 24 syllables – generally arranged in a triplet of eight syllables each. Therefore, this particular meter (tripadhi) is also known as the Gayatri Meter or “Gayatri Chhanda.”

    The Mantra

    Aum
    Bhuh Bhuvah Svah
    Tat Savitur Varenyam
    Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi
    Dhiyo Yo nah Prachodayat

    ~ The Rig Veda (10:16:3)

    Download Gayatri Mantra MP3

    The Meaning

    “O thou existence Absolute, Creator of the three dimensions, we contemplate upon thy divine light. May He stimulate our intellect and bestow upon us true knowledge.”

    Or simply,

    “O Divine mother, our hearts are filled with darkness. Please make this darkness distant from us and promote illumination within us.”

    Let us take each word of the Gayatri Mantra and try to understand its inherent meaning.

    Gayatri Mantra Meaning.
    The Gayatri Mantra.
    Silently thinking or speaking or chanting the Gayatri Mantra influences the physical body, clears the emotional body, leading one to the inner heart1. The Gayatri stimulates and facilitates insightfulness and awakening to the Truth within all. Our energy centers, levels and rhythms are activated by the measure of breaths that are drawn in through the nostrils and released during recitation of the Gayatri Mantra (even during silent repetition)2. This balances electromagnetic rhythm and energy currents in the body with prana. Prana is an undetectable life force energy which is similar to orgone3.
    During recitation, all elements of the mantra are in use; even the breath is a precision instrument. It all works together, like an orchestra and the conductor. The breath, voice, meditation and intention, efficiently and effortlessly function (like the sun efficiently and effortlessly shines).

    The First Word Om (Aum)

    It is also called Pranav because its sound emanates from the Prana (vital vibration), which feels the Universe. The scripture says “Aum Iti Ek Akshara Brahman” (Aum that one syllable is Brahman).

    When you pronounce AUM:
    A – emerges from the throat, originating in the region of the navel
    U – rolls over the tongue
    M – ends on the lips
    A – waking, U – dreaming, M – sleeping
    It is the sum and substance of all the words that can emanate from the human throat. It is the primordial fundamental sound symbolic of the Universal Absolute.

    The “Vyahrities”: Bhuh, Bhuvah & Svah

    The above three words of the Gayatri, which literally means “past,” “present,” and “future,” are called Vyahrities. Vyahriti is that which gives knowledge of entire cosmos or “ahriti”. The scripture says: “Visheshenh Aahritih sarva viraat, praahlaanam prakashokaranh vyahritih”. Thus, by uttering these three words, the chanter contemplates the Glory of God that illumines the three worlds or the regions of experience.

    The Remaining Words

    • Tat simply means “that” because it defies description through speech or language, the “Ultimate Reality.”
    • Savitur means “Divine Sun” (the ultimate light of wisdom) not to be confused with the ordinary sun.
    • Varenium means “adore”
    • Bhargo means “illumination”
    • Devasya means “Divine Grace“
    • Dheemahi means “we contemplate”
    • Dhi means intellect
    • Yo means “who”
    • Nah means “ours”
    • Prachodayat means “requesting / urging / praying”

    The last five words constitute the prayer for final liberation through the awakening of our true intelligence.

    Gayatri Japam 10 August 2014.

    Sankalpam, Procedure for India US Canada.

    This is an example.

    Please change the name of the Year, Date

    (Aachamya+Wear Pavithram(*) + Put Durbha Aasanam under the legs + Wear Two Dharbha
    between the Pavithram)
    AUM SUKLAAM BARADHARAM VISHNUM SASHI VARNAM CHATHURBHUJAM PRASANNA
    VADHANAM DYAAYETH SARVA VIGNOPASSANTHAYE – OM BHUHU, OM BHUVAHA, OM
    SUVAHA, OM MAHAHA, OM JANAHA, OM THAPAHA, OOGUM SATHYAM OM
    THATSAVITHURVARENYAM BARGO DEVASYA DEEMAHI DHEEYO-YONA
    PRACHOTHAYAATH – OM AAPO JYOTHEERASO AMRUTHAM BRAHMA
    BHURBUVASUVAROM OM OM OM.
    MAMOPAAKTHA SAMASTHA DHURITHAKASHAYADWARA SRI PARAMESWARA
    PREETHYARTHAM –
    THATHEVA LAGNAM SUDHINAM THATHEVA, THARABALAM CHANDRABALAM
    THATHEVA, VIDHYABALAM DAIVABALAM THATHEVA, SRI LAKSHIPATHE AGRIYUGAM
    SMARAAMI – APAVITHRA PAVITHROVAA SARVAA VASTHAAM GATHOPIVAA –
    YASMARETH PUNDAREEKAAKSHAM – SABAAHYA ABHYANTHARAHAA SUCHIHI,
    MAANASAM VAACHIKAM PAAPAM – KARMANAAM SAMUPARJITHAM – SRI RAMA
    SMARANENAIVA VYAPOHATHI NA-SAM SHAYAHAA – SRI RAMA, RAMA RAMA – THITHIR
    VISHNU – THATHAA VAARA NAKSHATRAM VISHNUREVACHAA YOGASCHAA KARANAM
    CHAIVAA SARVAM VISHNU MAYAM JAGATH SRI GOVINDA, GOVINDA GOVINDA – AADYA
    SRI BAGAVATHAHAA, MAHA PURUSHASYA, VISHNO RAAGNAYA,
    PRAVARTHAMAANASYA,
    SHUBHE DINE SHOBHANE MUHURTE ADYA BRAHMANAHA, DWITHEEYA PARAARDHE,
    SWETHA VARAAHA KALPE, VAIVASWATHA MANWANTHARE, ASHTAAVIGUM
    SATHITHAME, KALIYUGE, PRATHAME PAADHE, JUMBOO DWEEPE (For North America –
    KRAUNCHA DWEEPE), BHAARATHA VARSHE (For North America – RAMANAKA VARSHE),
    BHARATHA KHANDE (For North America – UTTARA OR GOTEERTHA OR AINDRA
    KHANDE), MEROHO DAKSHINE PAARSHWE DANDAHAARANYA SHAALIVAHANA
    SAKAABDE, ASMINNU VARTHAMAANE, VYAVA HAARIKE, PRABHAVAADHEENAAM
    SHASHTYAA SAMVATSARAANAAM MADHYE
    IN CANADA, USA:
    JAYA NAAMA SAMVATSARE, DAKSHINAAYANE, VARSHA RITHOW, Sravana MAASE,
    KRISHNA PAKSHE, ADHYA PRATHAMAAYAAM SUBHATHITHOW SOMA VAASARA
    YUKTHAAYAAM, SRAVISHTA UPARI Sravana NAKSHATRA YUKTHAAYAAM – SRI
    VISHNU YOGA, SRIVISHNU KARANA, SUBAYOGA, SUBAKARANA, EVAM GUNA
    VISESHANA VISISHTAAYAAM, ASYAAM PRATHAMAAYAAM SUBHATHITHOW..

    IN INDIA:
    VIJAYA NAAMA SAMVATSARE, DAKSHINAAYANE, VARSHA RITHOW, SIMHA MAASE,
    SHUKLA (Upto 7:15 am) / KRISHNA PAKSHE, ADHYA POURNAMYAAM (Upto 7:15 am)
    UPARI PRATHAMAAYAAM SUBHATHITHOW SOUMYA VAASARA YUKTHAAYAAM,
    SRAVISHTA NAKSHATRA YUKTHAAYAAM – SRI VISHNU YOGA, SRIVISHNU KARANA,
    SUBAYOGA, SUBAKARANA, EVAM GUNA VISESHANA VISISHTAAYAAM, ASYAAM
    PRATHAMAAYAAM SUBHATHITHOW
    THAISHYAAM PRATHAMAAYAAM MITHYAA DHEETHA DOSHA PRAYASCHITHAARTHAM,
    DHOSHAVATH APATHANEEYA PRAAYASCHITHAARTHAM SAMVATSARA
    PRAAYASCHITHAARTHAM CHA ASHTOTHARA SAHASRA (1008) OR SHATHA (108)
    SANGYAYAA GAYATHRI MAHAAMANTRA JAPAM ADHYA KARISHYE (Repeat this sentence
    twice).
    Remove the two dharbha and put it on the north side (which you kept between the Pavithram).
    Slightly wash the hand with little water from the Panchapathram. APA UPA PRASYA.

    Source:

    http://www.saveca.ca/GAYATRI%20JAPAM%20-%20Aug%2021,%202013.pdf

    http://hinduism.about.com/od/prayersmantras/a/The-Gayatri-Mantra.htm

    http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/translations-meanings/829-gayatri-mantra.html

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  • Faith In Baba ,To be Felt.

    Faith is verified and trusted Belief.

    A Child trusts its Mother.

    Does it rationalize?

    You can not Know God,you can only Feel Him.

    I have an instance of Bhagwan Ramana Maharishi narrated to me by my father.

    My Grand father was Ramana Maharishi’s class mate.

    On this ground my used to have child -like access to Bhagwan.

    After a tiff with my mother,my father went to Ramanasramam at Tiruvannamalai to become a Sanyasi.

    He saw Bhagwan and told him he wanted to become a Sanyasi like Him.

    Maharishi asked my father to sit with him as he was giving Darshan.

    Normally Bhagwan takes his meals around 12 noon.

    Hour reached 3 pm.

    My father could not bear the hunger and asked the Bhagwan to come to lunch.

    He came,ate with my father asked him to take rest

    At about five pm, he called my father and told him that becoming a Sanyasi is no easy task and running away from family problems is no solution.

    One who can not bear with Hunger even for three  hours can never control senses, which is the prerequisite for becoming a Sanyasin.

    He advised my father that people in family Life are the foundation on which Sanyaasrama rests.

    Better to be in the Family life and practice Spirituality.

    In another instance,my father went there to ask Ramana Maharishi to ask questions on Philosophy but returned without asking any question.

    On being asked about this, my father explained that when he sat before the Bhagwan, questions vanished from his mind and he was at peace with himself.

    Guru’s Blessings may be Sparsa Deeksha,Mouna  Deeksha or Nayana Deeksha.

    Ramana Maharishi Blessed with Nayana and Mouna Deeksha.

    I have felt this when I went to  the Prayer hall where Baba was giving Darshan.

    Baba seems to do all these.

    I was at peace with my self.

    What more does one want?

    ( I have felt the same way in Ramanan Mahrishi’s Dhyana Hall,Seshadri Swamaigal Adihshtaanam,Tiruvannamalai, Shiri Baba’s Temple Prayer Hall,Mandaveli,Chennai and Ramakrishna Asrama in Mandaveli,Chennai

    However there are instances of Baba’s Miracles.

    Some of them are:

    Baba walked into the room and his sister slipped out of a coma.

    GOD HAS NOT CREATED everyone equal. I believe that some people have superhuman powers. Sathya Sai Baba was one of them. My brother-in-law told me about him 12 years ago. When I met him, he already knew I wanted to build a cardiac hospital on the outskirts of Bengaluru — a project most were sceptical about. When I met him, he simply told me, “The city will come to you.” It really did come to me. Baba once gave me a ring that I wear all the time, except during surgery, because I feel his warm presence.

    The most beautiful miracle of Baba’s is the one my brother-in-law witnessed. He was treating Baba’s sister, who at the time, had been in a coma for days. When Baba walked into the room, she woke up, talked to him for a few minutes and slipped back. How do you explain that medically?

    A Hindu woman once came to me for treatment. Someone in the Ajmer Dargah had told her it would save her life. She had aortal arteritis, a rare and serious condition. She insisted I operate. I didn’t know how to. I had to patch up her liver, her intestine and re-establish circulation to the brain. I did and she has been healthy for eight years now. Similarly, a very established doctor and friend saw his patient in a hospital levitate while meditating. I have seen people who are two yards away from death surviving and perfectly healthy people dying suddenly. How do you explain this? We do 36 heart surgeries a day in our hospital. We cut off circulation to the brain, paralyse the heart, and the patient is practically dead. Each time, I don’t know if he or she will survive it. Any doctor who thinks he does is kidding himself. You don’t want to hear this from a doctor and a scientist, but my hands are about as powerful as forceps controlled by God.

    My wife had hip cancer. Baba just said, ‘Cancer, cancelled’, and she was well and could walk

    SAI BABA saved his miracles for others. My sister suffered from a bad gastric ulcer. She was weak and the hospital doctor prescribed milk fed through the nose. A young, inexperienced nurse misunderstood the instruction and gave my sister milk intravenously — directly into the blood. She lost her consciousness and it seemed she would die. When the error was corrected, she suddenly got up and said, “Baba was here. He gave me vibhuti. I am perfectly okay.” She walked out of the hospital without an operation.

    In 1999, my wife suffered a heart attack. Four months after a bypass, she fainted during an evening walk. I rushed her to the hospital. She was in the intensive care unit and had breathing problems. They said — four months to live, operate immediately. When she heard this, my wife insisted on having Baba’s darshan before surgery. The doctor, who was also a devotee, discharged her. Bound to a wheelchair, oxygen cylinder in tow, my wife and I went to meet the Baba. It was Christmas. At Puttaparthi, we stood in the front row waiting for Baba’s darshan. On seeing me, he said, “No second surgery for her.” He produced vibhuti out of the air and told me not to worry. She was wheelchair-bound but after the darshan, she started walking and didn’t need that second surgery.

    I went back to Baba a second time for my wife, about eight years later. My wife had developed cancer in the hip. She could neither walk nor lie down and was on morphine injections. When I saw Baba, he said, “Cancer cancelled”, and produced a crystal Shivling with a wave of his hand. “Do abhishek and give her the water to drink,” he said. On the ninth day, my wife went to the market. Her cancer was gone.

    Sai Baba’s life, however, meant far more than the many miracles he performed. I used to believe only in the Vedantic philosophy. Now when I pray, I also chant Jesus, Allah and Buddha’s names. You can find all the world’s religions in Puttaparthi. I once saw an Iranian boy chant the Gayatri Mantra with perfect diction. By showing us the similarities in religions, the Baba united us. Not to mention the several cashless hospitals he ran or his colleges that took students without fees. For us, he was a living God.

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