Thursday, February 21, 2008

In silence, they commune



once, Arthur Isenberg,an avid seeker, who researched extensively on philosophy and mystics, sat in the presence of H.H. Chandrasekharananda Saraswathi, the peethadhipathi of Kanchi Kamakoti Math, and wondered what question would a jnani put to another jnani when and if they met...The revered Pontiff stated to have smiled and replied that there would be none to put forth...

Yes....That would be very interesting....What would two enlightened souls, being one with the ultimate truth, have to say to each other?.....

Most of the times, however these meetings do not seem to occur too often....That was how it happened when the Mahaswami himself went twice on pilgrimage to Thiruvannamalai,at a time when the great sage Ramana Maharshi was alive and staying at his Ashram...There was a good deal of speculation by the followers of both of the saints on what was going to happen when they do meet....There were also few veerabhimanis of both of them who indulged in one-up-man ship games...But the foreseen meetings never took place....Neither of the saints evinced any interest in a get-together...

But there was a subtle expectation in the air as the Mahaswami arrived near the gates of Ramanasram,which lay in the path, as he went on his GIRIPRADAKSHINAM... " He turned his eyes towards the entrance of the Ashram, stopped for a few seconds looking round and continued to walk, a still picture in motion!".....In his turn, the maharshi suggested to his ashram inmates that they could go outside and have the darshan of Swami if they wanted to, though he, himself never came out ......In fact, a beautiful narration of the event had been chronicled and one could check it at this link...

http://www.kamakoti.org/souv/5-58.html

We, do not know why they never met....May be there was no need for it, as the maharshi,himself made clear later..Someone asked him exactly the same and he said...

"When were we separate that we should not meet? We are always together."....



Once, during Shirdi Sai Baba"s time,,BABA, who sat conversing with his devotees, suddenly said "'that naked fellow is coming"....Those that were present could not quite make out what Baba meant.....But, very soon, a great saint called GAJANAN MAHARAJ of SHEGAON, called on at the Masjid at which Baba stayed, with few of his followers and strangely, he did not enter the masjid, but sat in it"s precincts...It was stated that the Maharaj and Baba kept silently looking at each other in turns,when the other one was looking away, all the while taking care never to lock eyes.....After some time, the Maharaj got up,went out,took a stroll along the streets of Shirdi and later left for his place...

Again, another Saint called Chote Dada visited Shirdi and sat before Baba,looking at him in silent communion, as Baba, himself sat with his eyes closed...After few minutes of it, he too got up and went off...



On 13 th April, 1975, mother (jillellamudi), arrived at the little villege of Kalavai,(which in tamil means"converging") as a part of her Tamilnadu tour and entered the Sankara Math with a small party of her children, at about 11.30 on a peacefully silent night....The octogenarian mahaswami heard her coming, came out and stood at the Dwaram,with his arms folded above his head,...balancing on single leg....Fifteen minutes had passed in silence...Then, mother,who could not see him putting himself to trouble, moved away...and the swami returned to his quarters.....

Well....Why not?....That was how the Adi Sankara,conducted his penance....In Mudra and standing on a single leg, he acheived the darshan of his SOUNDARYA LAHARI... ....