Tryst with Sri Anandamai Ma! : *PreciousMemories : CHINMAYA MISSION

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10/11/2018

Tryst with Sri Anandamai Ma! : *PreciousMemories : CHINMAYA MISSION

In the spring of 1979, Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda was among a group of distinguished swamis who were invited to speak at the 83rd birthday celebration of Anandamai Ma held in *Bangalore.

It is said that Anandamai Ma showed great affection for Swamiji on that day. Gurudev also reciprocated with much *reverence and affection. He had previously met Anandamai Ma on two occasions:

She had been a guest at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya *Powai in 1975; and, although the exact date of his first meeting with her is unknown, it was sometime during his days in Ananda Kutir when he was a student of *Vedanta. Swamiji had developed a problem with his practice of *pranayama (breath-control exercises advocated in Yoga) and Swami Sivananda had sent him to Anandamai Ma for assistance.

Pranayama had led him to be constantly #hungry, no matter how much he ate. It is reported that Anandamai Ma asked for four rotis to be brought, and #directed Swamiji to eat a bit from each. She then asked him to place the rotis on his head and also place his right hand on top of the rotis.

The *problem got cured! In later years, Swamiji related this incident in Delhi, and said, “Which *shastra says that you keep jhuti (already tasted food) rotis on the head and the jhuta hand on the rotis, and it will reduce hunger?” Gurudev was indicating the #greatness and divinity of Anandamai Ma.


*In Image- Pujya Gurudev and Anandamai Ma at the *Jagadeeshwara Temple, Powai

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