[We were discussing about Guruji’s some special devotees…..]
Once we, the devotees, went to visit Puri with Guruji. All the devotees had to get in the bus just after visiting the Konark temple. Before that someone was taking tea, someone was taking cold drinks, someone was gossiping. Some ones were sitting on their seats. This time, I saw from a distance that Guruji was trying to take something from that very devotee of Singur, intimately. But that very person was trying to resist Guruji from taking that specific thing. I was very curious to know what was happening ! I pretended and went close to them but I could not understand what the matter was. The place where they were standing was the footpath and the bus was just beside it. I got in the bus quickly and saw peeping through the window that Guruji was trying to throw a packet of cannabis from the chest pocket of that very person but that person was interrupting. ( That very person was fond of taking cannabis). This time, a large ox hit the backside of Guru Maharaj from the behind, being interrupted to his journey path.That very person did not notice it at first but he moved quickly when he understood it. But Guru Maharaj fell face down touching the soil. It seemed that He fell down but actually He did not fall down. With a strange posture, He stood up balancing upon His toes and twisting His whole body. After just standing, He touched the neck of the ox and said giving a mild hit on its neck, ” Oh, you are ! Well- go!” All the devotees shouted noticing this incident. Many devotees ran to Guruji and asked Him- “What happened, Guruji. Did you receive any blow? …etc….etc. Guruji said all the devotees to go back in a mild voice and again He started to gossip and make fun with that very person from Singur like before.
I noticed this incident from a very little distance because the incident took place just beside the window of our tourist bus. After many long days, Guruji talked about the incident in a sitting of Banagram Ashram and He said that He learned this art during His training of “Tai chi” (martial art) from the Tibetan gurus. When an attack comes from behind, then the sixth sense will awake automatically. One will feel that that very attack will fall on which part of his body. In this case also, Guruji understood that the attack would fall upon the back waist of His body. So, He removed the waist as soon as possible at a distance to protect His possible hitting point. So, we seemed then He was falling tumbling down. After then He stood up twisting His body with that strange quickness. what a scene it was!!!
We stayed in Puri almost 2/3 days. Last day, Guruji went shop to shop and bought things which His mothers(His own mother, Raina’s mother, Swami Purnananda Maharaj’s mother, Tapima’s mother, Nakakima and many others) wished to buy. He also bargained with the shopkeepers. It was not possible for the mothers to go to the shop and buy things. So, Guruji bought all these things on behalf of them. Mothers gave Him the lists of gift for their own family members, grandsons, granddaughters before. And Guruji bought all these things list by list.
Once when Guruji was a son of them, He played the role of a son perfectly !! It was fact that He played all the roles perfectly.
During staying in Puri- one afternoon, almost all the devotees went to visit golden Jagannath or the other tourist spots. I did not go when I saw that Guruji did not go. When Jagannath was present oneself, it was best to accompany him. I noticed later that Swami Purnanada Maharaj’s mother and Tapan Adhikari of Singur were also present. After sometimes, I noticed that Guruji started to walk to the sea with some foreigners [Alex from Italy, Beyorn and Kariada from Norway, etc] and that very person of Singur. We, the devotees trio, started to follow Guruji after looking one to another. We became present to the sea side and noticed that Guruji were drinking coffee under the big umbrellas with His team. When we stood at a little distance for a while, they came close to us and we, all the devotees, started to walk along the side of the sea.Guruji was walking falling his feet on the sand which the sea was keeping wet. We also followed Him. After going some distance, I saw that the sea was as if eager to touch the feet of His body. The more Guruji was moving back, the more the next wave was going forward to Him. Guruji did not stop to walk- He moved back and after then He walked again. In this way, as if taking place the game of a police and a thief, a wave came at such a height that this wave not only washed Guruji’s feet but also wet His clothes worn at His knee height. The next wave stopped going back 10/12 hands-no one of the next waves was so aggressive. We clearly understood that the sea wished to touch the feet of Guru Maharaj.
[ Translated by Ramprasad, a former student of Banagram Ashram]
Once we, the devotees, went to visit Puri with Guruji. All the devotees had to get in the bus just after visiting the Konark temple. Before that someone was taking tea, someone was taking cold drinks, someone was gossiping. Some ones were sitting on their seats. This time, I saw from a distance that Guruji was trying to take something from that very devotee of Singur, intimately. But that very person was trying to resist Guruji from taking that specific thing. I was very curious to know what was happening ! I pretended and went close to them but I could not understand what the matter was. The place where they were standing was the footpath and the bus was just beside it. I got in the bus quickly and saw peeping through the window that Guruji was trying to throw a packet of cannabis from the chest pocket of that very person but that person was interrupting. ( That very person was fond of taking cannabis). This time, a large ox hit the backside of Guru Maharaj from the behind, being interrupted to his journey path.That very person did not notice it at first but he moved quickly when he understood it. But Guru Maharaj fell face down touching the soil. It seemed that He fell down but actually He did not fall down. With a strange posture, He stood up balancing upon His toes and twisting His whole body. After just standing, He touched the neck of the ox and said giving a mild hit on its neck, ” Oh, you are ! Well- go!” All the devotees shouted noticing this incident. Many devotees ran to Guruji and asked Him- “What happened, Guruji. Did you receive any blow? …etc….etc. Guruji said all the devotees to go back in a mild voice and again He started to gossip and make fun with that very person from Singur like before.
I noticed this incident from a very little distance because the incident took place just beside the window of our tourist bus. After many long days, Guruji talked about the incident in a sitting of Banagram Ashram and He said that He learned this art during His training of “Tai chi” (martial art) from the Tibetan gurus. When an attack comes from behind, then the sixth sense will awake automatically. One will feel that that very attack will fall on which part of his body. In this case also, Guruji understood that the attack would fall upon the back waist of His body. So, He removed the waist as soon as possible at a distance to protect His possible hitting point. So, we seemed then He was falling tumbling down. After then He stood up twisting His body with that strange quickness. what a scene it was!!!
We stayed in Puri almost 2/3 days. Last day, Guruji went shop to shop and bought things which His mothers(His own mother, Raina’s mother, Swami Purnananda Maharaj’s mother, Tapima’s mother, Nakakima and many others) wished to buy. He also bargained with the shopkeepers. It was not possible for the mothers to go to the shop and buy things. So, Guruji bought all these things on behalf of them. Mothers gave Him the lists of gift for their own family members, grandsons, granddaughters before. And Guruji bought all these things list by list.
Once when Guruji was a son of them, He played the role of a son perfectly !! It was fact that He played all the roles perfectly.
During staying in Puri- one afternoon, almost all the devotees went to visit golden Jagannath or the other tourist spots. I did not go when I saw that Guruji did not go. When Jagannath was present oneself, it was best to accompany him. I noticed later that Swami Purnanada Maharaj’s mother and Tapan Adhikari of Singur were also present. After sometimes, I noticed that Guruji started to walk to the sea with some foreigners [Alex from Italy, Beyorn and Kariada from Norway, etc] and that very person of Singur. We, the devotees trio, started to follow Guruji after looking one to another. We became present to the sea side and noticed that Guruji were drinking coffee under the big umbrellas with His team. When we stood at a little distance for a while, they came close to us and we, all the devotees, started to walk along the side of the sea.Guruji was walking falling his feet on the sand which the sea was keeping wet. We also followed Him. After going some distance, I saw that the sea was as if eager to touch the feet of His body. The more Guruji was moving back, the more the next wave was going forward to Him. Guruji did not stop to walk- He moved back and after then He walked again. In this way, as if taking place the game of a police and a thief, a wave came at such a height that this wave not only washed Guruji’s feet but also wet His clothes worn at His knee height. The next wave stopped going back 10/12 hands-no one of the next waves was so aggressive. We clearly understood that the sea wished to touch the feet of Guru Maharaj.
[ Translated by Ramprasad, a former student of Banagram Ashram]