Experiences of Devotees

Sri Akhilchandra Roy who was one of the close devotees of our holy Gurudev had shared some of his divine & beautiful memories about Sri Sri Thakur. One incident which he mentioned was related with the pain of gout in the holy legs & feet of Guruji which was very well known among all the devotees of undivided Bengal. It once happened when he had happened to visit our Gurudev in an evening after coming to know about ill health of Sri Sri Thakur. He had mentioned that he was very young at that time and had a very healthy and physically strong body. Gurudev was crying with acute pain and it was during such time that Akhil babu said with a sense of little proudness that we cannot tolerate anymore your suffering due to your pain, why don’t you distribute this pain amongst your some healthy and strong devotees??? At this even in thepain Sri Sri Thakur smiled and said that you cannot tolerate this pain even a second or a millisecond!! Akhil babu also insisted and said first you give and then let us see whether we can tolerate it or not!! Sri Sri Thakur didn’t said anything and Akhil babu also became very happy inside! After a while since it was late night Gurudev asked Akhil babu to return to his home and he also accordingly returned and retired to his bed immediately. After sometime suddenly due to some severe acute pain in his left hand he woke up from his deep sleep. The pain with each n every second started increasing more and more and he started crying out of pain! Hearing his cries his old mother and other family members rushed to him and started enquiring about his pain but he couldn’t tell them properly as to where exactly it is paining, it seems the pain is travelling in the bones of his hand and it has no particular place. When in the end he was about to collapse and going to faint due to it he cried out and prayed to Gurudev to take back the pain as he cannot tolerate it any further and surprisingly within 1 - 2 minutes his prayers were answered and the pain subsided immediately miraculously!! The whole night went with thinking about the mercy of Gurudev and Akhil babu ran in the early morning to see Guruji! He fall at the feet of Gurudev and begged for forgiveness, Gurudev also blessed him and asked didn’t I say that you cannot tolerate this pain even for a second or millisecond?? One has to suffer his prarabhda..you cannot the decide the exact place of pain and if you try to stop it forcefully it became more angry and return with more gravity!! Akhil babu had also mentioned about the pain in legs of our Gurudev that it was actually an opportunity being given to the devotees to serve him and to get rid of their endless births karmas and prarbhdas! He also wrote that no doctor or medicine could actually cure Sri Sri Thakur and it was only through sincere surrender onto the holy feet and request to him to tell the medicine for his sickness! More posts to follow about this great devotee of our Gurudev! Joy Sri Ram!

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