The Impact of a Guru in Your LIfe..an Experience..
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Tags: kanchiparamacharya rajahiyer nadamadumdeivam palkiwala rajaramanna
The Truth about Sanathana Dharma is:-
"You learn the most difficult subject on earth,about 'Aathma' Only from your Guru..provided your Guru is a Qualified Acharya"
This is a profound statement not by me,
but by Adi Sankaracharya Himself!
My experiences in my life have taught me many lessons
and many miracles have happened and I still search for an answer
'how these things have happened?"
(pls try to read the article below to know about these miracles)
I only take solace that it is because of my Total Faith in my Guru,
Kanchi Paramacharyal,whose Jayanthi,which is being celeberated by many Faithfuls from New Jersey to Nasik!
From one of my Souvenirs Published in NIgeria
on His Jayanthi Day in 1985!
To know about His Greatness I wd like to quote a few instances from learned scholars of our time:
Year : 1978
I went all the way near Cuddapah,where He was camping near a river and when He was in a jovial mood,suddenly a few cars came rushing and along with Keshub Mahendra of Mahendras,came Nani Palkhiwala.
Palkhiwala:"I came to pay my respects to You "
Paramacharya:"There must be a reason behind it!"smilingly
Nani:"yes.Morarjibhai has asked me to take the Ambassadorship in USA and I thought I shd seek Your blessings before I take that assignment"
Paramacharya:"This is probably your First assignment'inside the Govt'"smilingly(indirectly meaning Palkhiwala was always opposed to the earlier GOvts.
Palkiwala:"Yes.Thats why"
He blessed Palkiwala and crowd started gathering within a few minutes...
I have seen Dala Lama coming to see Him in Kanchipuram and when Paramacharya asked Dalai Lama
"But for your efforts Budhism wd have also disappeared from our society"
Dalai Lama:"I dont know what I have done"
Paramacharyal:"The Greatness of our culture is the Living Examples of People like you,People must try to be attracted towards the culture by the shear Magnetic power of the People who preach,beacuse they listen only to those who also do Practise what they Preach"
On Meditation at the age of 90
One of the True Disciples cum devotees of Paramacharya is Balu Mama,as seen in the above picture..
whenever I go to Kanchipuram,even today,he remembers my Days with Paramacharya..
In one such incident
I remember Him going into Meditation suddenly,and there were lot many people singing prayer songs,one Shiva Baktha from Thiruvannamalai started rendering "Avvayar Ahaval"...
But Nothing disturbed this Great Sage..He went into Meditation and I cdn't wait for more than 1 hr and still He was in a different World..
Thats the Greatness of Acharyas..
Nadamadum Deivam!
I was attending 'Brhama Sutra Bashyam' programme by Swami Dayananda Saraswathi in Rishikesh in 2001!During these lectures I was sitting by the side of an elderly gentleman ,Krishnamurthy from Hyderabad.
One day he saw in my book the above Picture of Paramacharya and asked me:"Do you have experience with Him..?"
"Yes.Many.."I narrated a few.
He replied.."shall I tell you about mine?"
He said in 1978(probably Paramacharyal was 85 yrs old!)
"I heard He was visiting Secunderabad..That was my First experience and hence I went to see Him.They said He has just started walking towards a village nearby.We all went to the roadside.It was End May and the temp was around 41*!We started looking for HIm and located Him and His disiples on the Road towards Hyderabad..My God!We tried our best to catch up with Him..but He was walking so fast that it was impossible for us to catch HIm at all.Atlast I had to give up chasing HIm and I resorted to taking a car and went and had His Darshan in Hyderabad..at that age I have never seen any one walking in that Heat so fast ..It is Divine power.Incidentally I was only 48yrs old!" he smiled..
He said he is a practising IT Consultant and from that time onwards something attracted him and his family towards Him for ever!
Experience of DR.Raja Ramanna..
In his writing Dr.Raja Ramanna has this to reveal:
"In my later days,I started taking lots of interest in Advaithic Philosophy and in one of my visits to Madras,I wanted my colleagues in Madras to seek an appointment with Kanchi Paramacharya,as I have heard so much about HIm and I wanted to have a special Darshan with Him...
As soon as I landed in Madras I asked my colleague'Have you fixed an appointment with Kanchi Paramacharyal?"
He was silent.
I asked him again.
He said'none seeks or gets prior appointments with Kanchi Acharya.We only have to take a chance and avoid those days He observes Mounam!'
Then I realised 'my folly' and I decided to go all the way..
when I visited Him in Kanchipuram,He was in a very Jovial mood..
He asked amidst various things about Einsten and what my opinion is about the changes in Atomic theory
(Advaitham is indirectly reflected in indivisiblity of an Atom!)
Then suddenly He asked me about a particular book(I forget the name here)
and what I feel about it.I was totally taken aback as it is the very book I was reading at that time on my journey..The discussions went on from Viveka Choodamani...to Brahma Sutram to indivisiblity of an Atom and I came out with such memory that I felt very very happy indeed"
Infact Dr.Raja Raman's has quoted Viveka Choodamani extensively which I have published in my souvenir in Nigeria in 1985!
Kanchi Paramacharya has been a Great Experience in my personal life
and from my experiences,which has been published in the Sathabthi Souvenir(link is given below)one can conclude that I was a Raw,totally unacceptable,Egoistic,adamant Executive,with full of 'Thimir'(arrogance)
when I first visited Him!
Then what happened to me!
Read this link
http://www.kamakoti.org/souv/5-91.html
May Him Bless all of us for eternity!
"You learn the most difficult subject on earth,about 'Aathma' Only from your Guru..provided your Guru is a Qualified Acharya"
This is a profound statement not by me,
but by Adi Sankaracharya Himself!
My experiences in my life have taught me many lessons
and many miracles have happened and I still search for an answer
'how these things have happened?"
(pls try to read the article below to know about these miracles)
I only take solace that it is because of my Total Faith in my Guru,
Kanchi Paramacharyal,whose Jayanthi,which is being celeberated by many Faithfuls from New Jersey to Nasik!
From one of my Souvenirs Published in NIgeria
on His Jayanthi Day in 1985!
To know about His Greatness I wd like to quote a few instances from learned scholars of our time:
Year : 1978
I went all the way near Cuddapah,where He was camping near a river and when He was in a jovial mood,suddenly a few cars came rushing and along with Keshub Mahendra of Mahendras,came Nani Palkhiwala.
Palkhiwala:"I came to pay my respects to You "
Paramacharya:"There must be a reason behind it!"smilingly
Nani:"yes.Morarjibhai has asked me to take the Ambassadorship in USA and I thought I shd seek Your blessings before I take that assignment"
Paramacharya:"This is probably your First assignment'inside the Govt'"smilingly(indirectly meaning Palkhiwala was always opposed to the earlier GOvts.
Palkiwala:"Yes.Thats why"
He blessed Palkiwala and crowd started gathering within a few minutes...
I have seen Dala Lama coming to see Him in Kanchipuram and when Paramacharya asked Dalai Lama
"But for your efforts Budhism wd have also disappeared from our society"
Dalai Lama:"I dont know what I have done"
Paramacharyal:"The Greatness of our culture is the Living Examples of People like you,People must try to be attracted towards the culture by the shear Magnetic power of the People who preach,beacuse they listen only to those who also do Practise what they Preach"
On Meditation at the age of 90
One of the True Disciples cum devotees of Paramacharya is Balu Mama,as seen in the above picture..
whenever I go to Kanchipuram,even today,he remembers my Days with Paramacharya..
In one such incident
I remember Him going into Meditation suddenly,and there were lot many people singing prayer songs,one Shiva Baktha from Thiruvannamalai started rendering "Avvayar Ahaval"...
But Nothing disturbed this Great Sage..He went into Meditation and I cdn't wait for more than 1 hr and still He was in a different World..
Thats the Greatness of Acharyas..
Nadamadum Deivam!
I was attending 'Brhama Sutra Bashyam' programme by Swami Dayananda Saraswathi in Rishikesh in 2001!During these lectures I was sitting by the side of an elderly gentleman ,Krishnamurthy from Hyderabad.
One day he saw in my book the above Picture of Paramacharya and asked me:"Do you have experience with Him..?"
"Yes.Many.."I narrated a few.
He replied.."shall I tell you about mine?"
He said in 1978(probably Paramacharyal was 85 yrs old!)
"I heard He was visiting Secunderabad..That was my First experience and hence I went to see Him.They said He has just started walking towards a village nearby.We all went to the roadside.It was End May and the temp was around 41*!We started looking for HIm and located Him and His disiples on the Road towards Hyderabad..My God!We tried our best to catch up with Him..but He was walking so fast that it was impossible for us to catch HIm at all.Atlast I had to give up chasing HIm and I resorted to taking a car and went and had His Darshan in Hyderabad..at that age I have never seen any one walking in that Heat so fast ..It is Divine power.Incidentally I was only 48yrs old!" he smiled..
He said he is a practising IT Consultant and from that time onwards something attracted him and his family towards Him for ever!
In his writing Dr.Raja Ramanna has this to reveal:
"In my later days,I started taking lots of interest in Advaithic Philosophy and in one of my visits to Madras,I wanted my colleagues in Madras to seek an appointment with Kanchi Paramacharya,as I have heard so much about HIm and I wanted to have a special Darshan with Him...
As soon as I landed in Madras I asked my colleague'Have you fixed an appointment with Kanchi Paramacharyal?"
He was silent.
I asked him again.
He said'none seeks or gets prior appointments with Kanchi Acharya.We only have to take a chance and avoid those days He observes Mounam!'
Then I realised 'my folly' and I decided to go all the way..
when I visited Him in Kanchipuram,He was in a very Jovial mood..
He asked amidst various things about Einsten and what my opinion is about the changes in Atomic theory
(Advaitham is indirectly reflected in indivisiblity of an Atom!)
Then suddenly He asked me about a particular book(I forget the name here)
and what I feel about it.I was totally taken aback as it is the very book I was reading at that time on my journey..The discussions went on from Viveka Choodamani...to Brahma Sutram to indivisiblity of an Atom and I came out with such memory that I felt very very happy indeed"
Infact Dr.Raja Raman's has quoted Viveka Choodamani extensively which I have published in my souvenir in Nigeria in 1985!
Kanchi Paramacharya has been a Great Experience in my personal life
and from my experiences,which has been published in the Sathabthi Souvenir(link is given below)one can conclude that I was a Raw,totally unacceptable,Egoistic,adamant Executive,with full of 'Thimir'(arrogance)
when I first visited Him!
Then what happened to me!
Read this link
http://www.kamakoti.org/souv/5-91.html
May Him Bless all of us for eternity!
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