In order to take Vedas
To the ignorant masses,
Narendra required preachers
To go to different places.
He encouraged his brothers
To study deeply Vedas,
As thru’ these disciples,
It could reach the masses.
First to solve their poverty
There was a dire necessity
To follow the developed West
By the under developed East.
Between the West and the East
He wanted a bridge to be built,
To solve many problems faced
By material and spiritual world.
The West looked at the East
For their spiritual progress,
While the East faced the West,
For their material prospects.
Narendra came in between
The East and the West then
As a religious messenger,
To fulfill his Master’s desire.
It so happened one day
When he was on his way
To Varanasi, he had met
A realized senior saint.
Pavhari Baba was his name,
Narendra spent sometime
To discuss a few points
And learn yoga from this saint.
The saint didn’t tell Narendra
A word on the practice of yoga,
But in his vision, at that time,
His Guru Ramakrishna came.
The Guru gazed at his eyes
For nearly twenty one days.
This feeling opened his eyes
On the Guru’s earlier days.
Though his Guru was no more
His instructions were still there
Which had he really followed
He wouldn’t have suffered.
He prayed Guru for pardon
And started doing meditation.
This time with no fears,
Nor with any more doubts.
Love and remedmbrance for those who have been an inspiration to us in our earthly life lives on in the landscapes of our minds long after their death. Very spiritual, Rajaram. Fond regards, Sandra
In the modern world, more people have become mercenary. Spirituality has been given the back-seat. But some day, all will surely realise that care of the soul is the prime duty in earthly life.Man must strike a delicate balance between worldliness and divinity in life on earth. good work Poet RR. DR JOHN CELES
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Story of Sr. Pavhari Baba indeed a great milestone in Swamiji life…where Master rescued him from great land-slide …for fulfillment of His spiritual mission ‘Self Salvation Thro’ Serving World’…the Mission and Vision of Ramakrishna Mission world wide..... Thanks Sir 10//10 Ms. Nivedita UK