[Advaita-l] JAGADGURU SRI CHANDRASEKHARA BHARATI MAHASWAMI – MYSTIC AND SEER - 4

[Murali k]

Hi Sri Jayanarayanan,

Thanks for sharing these wonderful excerpts.

Regards,
Murali

On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 at 08:21, S Jayanarayanan via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

>  (Continued from previous post)
>
>
> (Book condensation from Tattvaloka, July 1999, Volume XXII No. 2 )
>
> http://www.svbf.org/journal/vol5no1-2/mystic.pdf
>
> Boyhood Days
>
> Narasimha was a gift of God with the
> blessings of the guru Sri Narasimha Bharathi
> Mahaswami. There is little doubt that Narasimha
> was an exceptional luminary who was born to
> teach, born to redeem. Little wonder that even
> from his boyhood days he was introverted, had
> no attraction for the objects of the world.
>
> He had his boarding and lodging in the house
> of Srikanta Sastri, the Administrator, but he
> would never fail to discharge his filial duties.
> But moods of God-intoxication would be there
> on  him,  often  making  him  forget  his
> surroundings.
>
> He was very fond of chanting the hymn
> Mookapanchasati. Once while on way to the
> market, he was so immersed in the composition
> that he proceeded far beyond the limits of the
> Sringeri township. It was only when the
> recitation ended that Narasimha realized he had
> come far out.
>
> This was not a stray incident. His God-
> mindedness manifested itself in several ways.
> Each evening, till about seven or seven-thirty,
> Narasimha would sit in the Vidya Sankara temple
> with no awareness of the external world.
>
> This devotional mood would be particularly
> intense on pradosha days (pradosha occurs twice
> in a lunar month and is considered sacred for
> Siva worship). “How did he offer his worship?
> With abhisheka performed with the waters of
> the pure mind drawn from the river of faith and
> with flowers of constant samadhi.”
>
> To him worship was a sure means of
> communion with God. There was an air of reality
> in whatever he did. It was not a matter of make-
> believe or imagination. The way he did the
> parayanam, reading from the Ramayana, was a
> lesson in this direction.
>
>
> (Continued in next post)
>
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