Post by Sumi on Jan 23, 2012 9:57:38 GMT 5.5
There have been Mahatmas in every age. They have divine vision. Nothing is unknown to them.
Sri Ekamram (a householder who had been a personal attendant to Maha Periyava for nearly three decades) said that once when Maha Periyava had camped in Pandaripura, there lived in this holy kshetra a young boy who used to do severe sadhana.
He used to visit Periyava every day. His hair was unkempt and he wore religious marks on his body. He repeatedly sought sanyasa from Maha Periyava.
But Maha Periyava’s only response to all his pleadings was silence. Whereas, there was this man who was doing ‘bhiksha kainkarya’ (cooking and serving food) to Maha Periyava and who was not in the least interested in sanyasa.
But Periyava coaxed him into it! This man went on grumbling, ‘I did not want sanyasa but Periyava has given it!’ And people around found fault with Periyava’s actions. They said, “How religious and spiritual this young boy is but Periyava has refused sanyasa to him whereas He has given it to another who does not want it and does not seem to deserve it!”
People see and judge a person outwardly whereas a Mahatma ‘sees’ through him and knows him inside out.
After some years it was learnt that this boy who had sought sanyasa from Periyava had married someone from another country!
With our limited mind we cannot see within. But a Mahatma’s viewpoint (‘drishti’) is always right. To comment on their actions or to analyze their actions is very wrong.
Sri Ekamram (a householder who had been a personal attendant to Maha Periyava for nearly three decades) said that once when Maha Periyava had camped in Pandaripura, there lived in this holy kshetra a young boy who used to do severe sadhana.
He used to visit Periyava every day. His hair was unkempt and he wore religious marks on his body. He repeatedly sought sanyasa from Maha Periyava.
But Maha Periyava’s only response to all his pleadings was silence. Whereas, there was this man who was doing ‘bhiksha kainkarya’ (cooking and serving food) to Maha Periyava and who was not in the least interested in sanyasa.
But Periyava coaxed him into it! This man went on grumbling, ‘I did not want sanyasa but Periyava has given it!’ And people around found fault with Periyava’s actions. They said, “How religious and spiritual this young boy is but Periyava has refused sanyasa to him whereas He has given it to another who does not want it and does not seem to deserve it!”
People see and judge a person outwardly whereas a Mahatma ‘sees’ through him and knows him inside out.
After some years it was learnt that this boy who had sought sanyasa from Periyava had married someone from another country!
With our limited mind we cannot see within. But a Mahatma’s viewpoint (‘drishti’) is always right. To comment on their actions or to analyze their actions is very wrong.