Fwd: Birthday Anniversary of Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj (2012 - 96th)

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From: Sivananda <pan...@dlshq.org>
Date: 25 September 2012 06:23
Subject: Birthday Anniversary of Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj (2012 - 96th)
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Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya!
Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya!

Namaste!

Today (September 24th) is the 96th birthday
anniversary of revered Sri Swami Chidanandaji. In
honour of this occasion we uploaded a sharing by a
devotee on his experiences with Sri Swamiji Maharaj.
The sharing by Sri Debi Prasad Mohanty is at:
http://www.dlshq.org/saints/chida_debiprasad.htm

The same is attached below for our reflection.

Yours in the service of Gurudev,

Pannirselvam

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"God is an unknown entity. God is an unseen entity.
We have not seen God. We've only heard about Him. We
can only imagine Him. But, if we are able to see in a
human individual, manifestations of holiness, of
sanctity, something out of the ordinary, something
extraordinary, something special, we begin to
realise: "Yes, God I have not seen, but godliness I
have seen." Such a being becomes for us visible God.
God reveals Himself through the Guru." - Swami
Chidananda

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Life
by
Debi Prasad Mohanty, Orissa

In the year 1965 I was studying at London University.
One day a British student approached me in the
Library and said, "Hello, Mr. Mohanty! Can you show
me your palm?" - "Are you a palmist?" - "Yes, I know
a little bit of palmistry." He studied my palm for
some time and said, "Mr. Mohanty, your life span is
very short. You may live up to 43 or 45 years and you
will die of a heart attack. But if you come in
contact with a great saint, He can change your life
span."

I came in contact with Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj in
1973 and soon the entire family was initiated and we
became disciples of our Pujya Gurudev. One day I was
climbing the stairs of Sivananda Ashram to Sri
Vishwanath Temple. I did not know that Sri Gurudev
was following me. In the middle of the stairs I took
rest on the cement bench. Sri Gurudev asked me, "Why
are you gasping? It seems your heart is weak. On your
return to New Delhi, make a thorough check-up of your
heart." (In those days I was practicing as an
Advocate in the Supreme Court of India.) He also
asked my wife and me to bring our horoscopes on our
next visit, which we did. Sri Gurudev took both the
horoscopes and told us that He will show them to a
good astrologer, but at the same time He Himself
studied them, and in my horoscope He changed the
planetary positions, by uttering "let this planet go
to that position, and let that planet come to this
place", and like this He made a completely new
horoscope for me.

And the most interesting incident happened on my 43rd
birthday. At that time Sri Gurudev was staying in
Delhi. On the previous day Sri Gurudev called me:
"Debaprasad, how early can you come tomorrow?
"Gurudev, I can come at 4 a.m." Gurudev said, "No!
That will be too early; you better come at 5 a.m.

The next morning at 5 a.m. Sri Gurudev was waiting
for me, called me inside His room and closed the
door. I was overwhelmed when I saw the arrangements.
One asana was kept for me, a lamp was burning, some
sandal paste and kumkum was kept there and one
garland was kept at the feet of Param Gurudev Swami
Sivanandaji Maharaj. Sri Gurudev asked me to sit on
that asana, He put sandal paste and kumkum on my
forehead and brought the garland from Param Gurudev's
feet and garlanded me and then did Arati to me. It
was exactly as my mother used to do on my birthday.

Sri Gurudev gave me sweets and asked me to call all
the visitors who were waiting for Sri Gurudev's
darshan as He was to leave for America the same
evening. I did so. Sri Gurudev told them, "All of you
must bless Deba Prasad as from today he has started a
new life and he will not come back to this world, as
this is his last birth." He distributed sweets to
all. I mentally prayed to Sri Gurudev to take some
sweets. He looked at me and said, "Don't worry - I
will keep some for me."

I do not know how long I will live, but the present
life belongs to my Pujya Gurudev. He is more a mother
than a father for us. I have realised that Sri
Gurudev is Parabrahman Himself and appeared in human
form to protect this world. But few people could
recognize Him, just as Lord Krishna was known to very
few people only.

From the book "Memories of Swami Chidananda"
http://www.dlshq.org/books/eo20.htm


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