Link to Satyanand page http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/Satyanand.htm
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 'Swami' Sattyanand speaks on Guru Dev:- > > 'When in 1953 Guru Dev left this mortal frame and attained nirvana I > was at Banares, another place of pilgrimage for Hindus, and at that > moment I was staying in the ashram of Guru Dev. Everybody knew that I > am very attached to Guru Dev and devoted to Guru Dev, and then news > came to Benares that Guru Dev has attained nirvana. I was sitting > somewhere with a group of my friends and the news was relayed there. > When my friends heard that Guru Dev was no more they were very > anxious about me and when they conveyed that news, they were rather > alert to appraise whatever reaction is and what happened I simply, > when I heard that news I became very sad, very sorry and I just kept > my head on the table before me. And all of them were very anxious > what will become of me. But soon after, while I was very morose, > sorrow, sad, entire world was empty for me and I did not understand > what to do without Guru Dev, just a half a minute or two seconds > after a flash came and it appeared to me that Guru Dev was scolding > me; > "What a fool you are! You have been with me for all these many months > and years, and you heard my discourses too. Is it a moment of feeling > sorry? Why should you be sorry today? And you think that I am gone, > where am I gone? Till now whenever you wanted to meet me you had, you > had to come to the place where I was, and today when I have attained > nirvana, I am everywhere, I am omnipresent. Where have I gone? Very > foolish for you to mourn on this occasion. I am with you, here, > there, everywhere. Why should you be sorry?" > And the moment this flash came my face became very brilliant, I > became very cheerful. And when I raised my head, my friends who were > standing there very anxious and held in suspense, they were upset to > see my brilliant and cheerful face. And then they said, "What has > happened to you?" I said, "No you can't understand, nothing has > happened to me, I am alright, now let me go back to the ashram and > make the necessary arrangements".' > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/