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friends, had a dainty dish and before they left they lay prone at the feet of Baba as a show of their infelt obeisance to him.
having left the himalayas, Baba at first came to Dighapatia on being invited by my elder sister-in-law (smt. Girijakumari Roy, the Queen of Dighapatia). he stayed there for a day or two and then came to our place at Dighapatia. as he came to learn that it would be Gurupurnima soon, he stayed there for only a couple of days and left for Jasidih.
But what about our Gurupurnima? Our Moon had already set and there was darkness, deep and dense. The sage, the moon or the god who used to have the ashram all illuminated was no longer here. We had his image, duly designed in our heart of hearts, offered our heart-felt prayers at his lotus feet, had the incense sticks and frankincense burnt, began blowing the ‘bijan’ on him, offering our prayers with the lamps alit and thus we invoked the Full Moon on the night of the New Moon. We felt happy at heart after having offered our prayers, and we realized in our heart of hearts that he was very much there because he has been staying immanent since time immemorial and he would remain so even if the whole world gets destroyed.
The very reference to Gurupurnima reminds me of the place of worship, favourite with our Gurudev. its verandah where our Guru Maharaj used to gladly sit on the mats, reverently prepared by his pious lady-disciples and exhorted them with many of his gems of advice, offered them peace and bliss, the verandah which had been the centre of joy and happiness to all his lady-disciples; the place of worship which used to fill their hearts with peace, full to their brim, is very much there. But it was in that verandah, beneath the great blue canopy of the sky, the great sage breathed his last and died an eternal death. Every time i go there, my heart heaves a sigh of the pang of separation from our Guru Maharaj. it was at that place, his worthy disciple, shri shri Mohanananda Brahmachari had his poem inscribed.
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