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Is Grace denied to us, being not able to serve in the close physical presence of the Guru?
One
of the visitors was leaving the Ashram. He stood before Bhagavan with
folded hands and prayed: "I am going far away. I do not know when I
shall be coming back, and if at all I shall be allowed to see your holy
face again in this life. I am so much less fortunate than those who have
the benefit of your constant presence. How can you help me, a sinner in
a distant corner of the world, unless you think of me? I implore you,
give me a place in your mind."
Bhagavan replied: "A Jnani has
no mind. How can one without a mind remember or even think? This man
goes somewhere and I have to go there and look after him? Can I keep on
remembering all these prayers? Well, I shall transmit your prayer to the
Lord of the Universe. He will look after you. It is His business."
After the devotee departed, Bhagavan turned towards us and said:
"People imagine that the devotees crowding around a Jnani get special
favors from him. If a guru shows partiality, how can
he be a Jnani? Is he so foolish as to be flattered by people's
attendance on him and the service they do? Does distance matter? The
guru is pleased with him only who gives himself up entirely, who
abandons his ego forever. Such a man is taken care of wherever he may
be. He need not pray. God looks after him unasked. The frog lives by the
side of the fragrant lotus, but it is the bee who gets the honey."
Selected portion of a devotee's remembrance.
Shantammal speaks of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.
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