This
is in continuation of the earlier post… so friends...What seva they did??? Did they
organized huge Mahotsavs or did they spent lot of money for organizing huge
festivals of our holy Gurudev… or did they built huge palatial ashrams for him…
no … nothing of these… the seva which they did were those tears of love which
flow from their eyes for Him who was even unknown to them… but it is said that
this eternal relationship between the God and the devotee is of many many
births…the devotee may forget Him after coming to this material world but it is
only the Almighty Lord who never ever forget his children… this coming up of
Guruji’s portrait in their family photo was a great miracle… in this regard I
remember a story where our Gurudev was once staying at a certain devotee’s home at
Kolkata when Gurudev strictly restricted a photographer in taking His photo …obviously
that photographer became a little sad at his heart and was sitting at the
corner when the devotee noticed him and enquired about his sadness which he
conveyed to him… the devotee went to Gurudev asked about it to which He said
that this photographer wanted to take His photos for business purpose & to
make money out of it…. the devotee told the photographer that it is
true that till date nobody has been able to take Guruji’s photo without his
permission.. but you don’t worry I would bring Him to your studio one day and
then you can take some snaps of Him… this made the photographer happy and he
left… after some days the devotee requested Gurudev for His permission to take
some photo of Him at that studio which Guruji agreed…accordingly they went to
the studio and the photographer very carefully took some nice snaps… from the
next day onwards Guruji started enquiring from the devotee about the photos
whether they have been developed or not… those days photo developing use to
take some 4-5 days of time… again after few days Guruji in front of many
other devotees enquired about His photos to which the other devotees became
excited and started asking that devotee… he told that photo developing takes
some time so they will have to wait for some more time… again after some days
holy Guruji again asked the same question in front of other devotees… that
devotee replied as yes I am going now itself to the studio for those
photographs… when he reached the studio and equired about the photos he found
that the photographer was feeling embarrassed & also a bit confused….he
begged for sorry before the devotee and said that he is in this profession of
photography for many years in this city of Kolkata and it is first time in his
life that he took snaps but nothing came… all the films were empty as if there were
no exposure on them… that devotee was himself a very good photographer and
had good amount of knowledge about it.. those days photo developing used to
involve good amount of procees in it… he requested the photographer to show him
the plates which he found totally blank… subsequently, the devotee returned
empty handed and when he reached Gurudev as usual in front of all again asked
the same question… the devotee also jokingly replied yes Guruji very beautiful
photographs have came… to which Guruji laughed and said then show it to all..
now here was the problem… the devotee had to accept the fact in front of all
and narrated everything… Guruji said in Bengali ichche korileyi chobi tola jay
na…(a photo can’t be taken by just wishing for it) and then suddenly became
serious and said abar eo hoy je ichche na thakileo chobi othe..(and photo can
also came up without one’s knowledge or wish)… obviously here he referred to
the incident of this very Shresti couple of Gujarat….
There
is so much to learn from this incident of this couple… nowadays we find that
people are hungry for name and fame…. Everybody wants to become famous and wish
that people should know about them and treat them as a bigshot… this problem is
found even in the devotees or the so-called religious minded people… Guruji
used to say about Protishta (fame)… that era protishta bishe bhuiga more
bhogobot pod pay na…here he had also referred to the so-called devotees of the
modern era as well as to those disciples who had by immense practice or sadhana
have been able to earn some spiritual or extra ordinary powers but due to that
they become highly proudy and fame hungry & it is because of this they die
due to the poison of fame and like this they would be never ever able to reach
the holy feet of almighty lord!!!! One can find various examples of people
running after name and fame… but that couple.. nobody was able to know about them…
they searched for Him years and then one day when they were at the last stage
of their old age they found him at Kashi at the ganges ghat and fall at His
holy feet and left the material world… Guruji also quietly did their last rites
and left the place.. this story came out later on through their son who was
staying with them and then only everybody came to know of this remarkable
incident…this poison of fame drifts us away from the holy feet of Guruji… I found
so many people fame hungry.. publishing stories of Guruji after copying them
from the various original books of close disciples under their own names…why???
what will one gain by letting the world know about them… let you know about
yourself first man… you visit the ashrams you can see the VIP treatments given
by the ashram people to the families of President, Secretary, Treasurer etc.. and
to the person also…. They will dominate everywhere … whether it is arti, getting
the Prasad first, giving pushpanjali first everything.. all ashrams the same
story.. then these next generation or the descedents of the disciples who took
Sri Naam from Guruji Himself.. they would also not loose any opportunity to
claim their family connection… the motive is only one treat us little
differently or give priority to us before others… somebody’s grandfather/
grandmother was very very close disciple of Guruji or somebody even have a
family connection with the family of Guruji Himself…. They are boasting
everywhere…
I remember here one incident where Gurudev had Himself barred His
devotees to celebrate His Birth Festival (Jonmo Utshob) to be celebrated at His
Birth place i.e. Dingamanik…(Ref. Shubhomoy Dutta mohashoy’s book) …every year
it was being celebrated at the birth place only....but that very year Gurudev
was adamant to be celebrated at Noakhali only … when requested that His own
family people may feel bad to which Gurudev immediately said why?? I don’t see
any reason for them to be felt bad??? They may celebrate the birth festival as
usual but the Birth Festival being celebrated by the devotees from all over the
undivided Bengal would only and only be celebrated at Noakhali only!!! after
asking many times the reason behind the change of venue He revealed that last
year there was lot of differentiation by His own family members in distribution
of Mahaprasad!!! & where there is differentiation Mahoutshav can’t be
held!! This thing I have seen at all the ashrams nowadays happening and they
claim they are doing Mahoutsav!! What a pity…. Guruji had always insisted for
same treatment for each n everybody whether rich or poor… from that year onwards
Birth Festival was started being celebrated at Noakhali under the guidance of
Subhomnoy Dutto mohashoy… I don’t know how many of you know about this incident…. If you don't know then know it...try to understand it... tell other devotees of our Guruji staying near you...I have stopped visiting the ashrams since long time back… He is in my heart…
I have my own very small Sri Sri Kaivalyadham at my home…. And I feel His
presence more rather than at the ashrams… I hope that you all would have
understood the gist of the post which I had wanted to convey to you all… rest later… always be in submission at His
holy lotus feet!! May the Holy Gurudev showers His Holy Blessings on all of us!!! Jai Ram!!
