09/06/2022
Stories from our Guru. ๐
Baba Story:
Baba once took some Margis to a cremation ground nearby. The entire area, including the temple and the cremation ground, was surrounded by thick vegetation. Even in the day time this desolate place, far from human habitation, had an eerie feeling to it. However, the Margis felt strangely serene there.
"The cremation ground is called Kankalamalini Ghat," said Baba. "It is a very good place for Ta**ra sadhana." Then he pointed to a particular spot in the cremation ground and said, "This is the place where Chaitanya Mahaprabhu used to regularly meditate throughout the night. He was a great Ta**ra sadhaka. This fact was suppressed by his Vaishnava followers because Ta**ra sadhana was taught by Lord Shiva, and Shiva was anathema to the Vaishnavas. Mahaprabhu meditated in this area for over six years and achieved great spiritual heights. He developed intense divine love and could not bear to see people suffering. In the course of his practice, he realised that rigorous ta***ic meditation was simply not possible for ordinary people. They just did not have the aptitude and stamina to perform the difficult practices. He felt a strong urge to do something to help them and pondered over how to do it. After meditating all night, a sudden intuition came to him, and the Mantra "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hareโ flashed through his mind. He had a deep feeling that people should be inspired to sing this Mantra and dance to its tunes and that it would develop divine love in them. It was then that he began to inspire everyone to do kirtan together in public."
(from ADVENT OF A MYSTERY- Pranavatmakananda)