Will it not hurt the tree?" "How could I know that?" she replied. She said, "How can I pinch my own body? It will hurt." Bhagavan then turned to her, "You are plucking leaves from the tree. "Yes Bhagavan, I tried all the trees but I could pluck only fifty thousand leaves." Bhagavan's face changed, "Then why don‟t you pluck flesh from your body and offer that instead?" Echammal thought Bhagavan was joking. Able to pluck only fifty thousand leaves, she complained to Bhagavan, "I wanted to complete this ritual but I could only manage to find fifty thousand leaves." "Did you try all the trees?" asked Bhagavan. Once, she took a vow to pluck one hundred thousand leaves from a bilva tree and offer them to Bhagavan's picture. Nevertheless, her vasanas were difficult to renounce. | From that day on, Echammal started taking to Self Enquiry and meditating under Bhagavan‟s guidance. Ramanatha Brahmachari, lying on the ground replied humbly with folded hands, "Dandapani Swami! Have we all not got together here for the noble purpose of finding out Who am I?" On hearing the words, "who am I", Dandapani Swami gained his composure and apologized for his misdemeanour.įrom the G+ post: Why i don't like to pluck flowers (page 45, top) Dandapani Swami pushed Ramanatha Brahmachari down and looking down at him shouted, "Do you know who I am?" obviously referring to his physical strength. Despite his fragile body, Ramanatha Brahmachari was not relenting. | On another occasion, Dandapani Swami, a tall and sturdy resident who demanded obedience from others, picked up a quarrel with Ramanatha Brahmachari. #PERIYA PURANAM IN TAMIL PDF DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD#You can download the PDF from the AHAM site ( download PDF).Įxcerpts: (page numbers refer to the PDF on gDrive)įrom the blog post: Ramana Periya Puranam (page 27, bottom) Ramana Periya Puranam (Inner Journey of 77 Old Devotees) by V.
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