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Fond memories of bliss – Part 41

I have accompanied His Holiness on umpteen trips and to many devotees’ homes. It is no exaggeration that every trip and every visit has been a novel experience to me. In every instance Sri Sri
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Fond memories of bliss – Part 42

Our Guru Maharaj used to say that not a single word that a Mahan speaks or a single action that he does is insignificant. I have experienced this many a time in the presence of our Guru Maharaj
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Fond memories of bliss – Part 43

This is an interesting incident that occurred years ago that goes to show how the most subtle thoughts that arise in a disciple are known to the Guru. There is nothing that is not known to the Master
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Fond memories of bliss – Part 44

Mahans are always in a state that cannot be comprehended by common man. Their divine love for the Lord is on an exalted plane, one that is difficult for common man to even comprehend, leave alone
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Fond memories of bliss – Part 45

Our Madhurapuri Ashram is located in a rustic environ. Among all the beautiful features of this place, the greatest aspect that allures all the devotees is that, in it is the ‘durbar’
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Fond memories of bliss – Part 46

Ambur is a beautiful town on the Chennai-Bangalore highway. This town occupies a special place in our Sri Swamiji’s heart because numerous residents of this town are in love with the
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Fond memories of bliss – Part 47

Numerous people come to have our Guru Maharaj’s darshan. More often than not, they have unfulfilled prayers in their hearts and wishes that have not borne fruit for long. The reason for a
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Fond memories of bliss – Part 10

Once Sri Swamiji had been with a couple of young devotees to a town called Thiruvalam near Ranipet, which is about 2 hours’ drive from Chennai. In this town there lived a great liberated soul, who
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Fond memories of bliss – Part 11

This incident occurred almost 20 years ago. Sri Swamiji was in a constant state of vicharam those days. Sri Swamiji was immersed in self-enquiry and thoughts about the atman, impermanence of the body
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Fond memories of bliss – Part 12

About 7 years ago, I once had the privilege of being with Sri Swamiji during one of His trips which He spent in solitude and japa-dhyana. We were mostly spending time in seclusion in the villages
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Fond memories of bliss – Part 13

This happened during a time when Sri Swamiji stayed in the Ashram. One fine evening, in the Ashram premises, our Satsang speaker Sri Ramanujam was chanting the Mahamantra in the sanctum of the
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Fond memories of bliss – Part 14

One most noticeable aspect in Sri Swamiji is his poetic, lyrical manner of conveying his thoughts. Even if the matter is trivial, the style of delivery adopted by Sri Swamiji would make it memorable.
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