Derived from a quote that describes Shri Gurudeva, Shri
Jyotishpeethodwarak Brahmleen Jagadguru Bhagwan Shankaracharya Shrimad
Swami Brahmanand Saraswatiji Maharaj of Jyotirmath, Badrikashram:
"With his extensive travels, his magnetic personality, and his
lucid sermons based on experience, he was able to revive as it were
the spirit of Shankaracharya in Northern India. There was an
explanation for almost everything, even perhaps for his magical hold
on his audiences. But wherefrom did he get the money to the lavish
expenses that he incurred? He did not seek funds. He did not accept
donations. In fact he had put up a signboard in Jyotishpeeth Bhavan
that read, 'Worthy of worship, Infinitely Bestowed, Universal Guru
Shankaracharya Jyotishpeethadheeshwar, Swami Brahmananda Saraswatiji
Maharaj prohibits those coming for his darshan, pooja, deeksha, etc.
to make any offerings of wealth.' The title 'Infinitely Bestowed'
given to him by his devotees had been used for the first time before a
Shankaracharya's name as if to explain his unlimited adequacy.
"There is an interesting incidence in this connection. In 1950,
Acharya Shri was staying in Lucknow. Ruler of Daleepur State, Shri
Pashupati Pratap Singh, had gone there for his darshan. One day the
Raja proposed to him, 'I have a mansion in Allahabad which I would
like to donate to the Jyotirmath so that you have a Shankaracharya
Ashram in that city."
"Acharya Shri declined the offer. Reason: He did not accept
donations. But when the Raja persisted with his offer, Acharya Shri
agreed to purchase it in a regular manner and have the sale deed drawn
in his name. He then called the Raja's secretary and asked him about
the price. 'Last year,' the secretary said, 'we had put up this
property for sale and were demanding Rs. 100,000 for it but the
highest offer we got was Rs. 65,000, so the deal did not materialize."
[Rs. ® Rupees]
"Acharya Shri thought perhaps that if he could get sixty-five
thousand rupees from his hidden reserve, he might as well get a
hundred thousand. Next day, he handed the money to the Raja of
Daleepur and, on the latter's request, sent a man with him to
Allahabad for getting the deed registered.
"That was done. But it let loose quite a storm of whispers. How
did Acharya Shri get hold of one lakh rupees when he never accepted
donations and had no regular source of income? The registrar was
asked, whether money was actually paid during the time of
registration. Yes, he saw it with his own eyes. Were the notes real?
Yes, they looked like real currency notes.
[one lakh ® 100,000]
"Two months later, Acharya Shri happened to visit Allahabad.
People asked him, 'Maharaj Shri, you do not accept money from anyone
but you gave one lakh to the Raja. Where did it come from?'
"'No human being was involved in this,' was the cryptic reply. But
it did not satisfy his listeners, who kept pestering him to resolve
the mystery. So he tried, 'During the time of the Mahabharat when the
Kauravas unabashedly tried to strip Draupadi naked, where from did
come yard upon yard of the saree that she was wearing. And it was of
the same colour and design, thousands of yards. Not different colours.
Not different designs. Same colour, same design, yard upon yard. When
God gives, He gives all that is required: the whole thing ---- the
real thing. What could take place at the time of the Mahabharat can
take place now. God has not changed. He is beyond all change.
"Acharya Shri modified, reconstructed and expanded the property
that he had purchased. Consisting of many, many rooms and able to
house hundreds of devotees, ascetics and Brahmacharis, it is known as
'/References/Lexicons/Sanskrit/brahma.html">Brahma Nivas'."
This is from the site of vinyasi -- someone with a SRM Lutes connection
Anyone know him?
picture here
http://archive.mayashastra.org/Images/
The text apparently is from Tiwari, Rameswar; The Whole Thing The Real
Thing; A brief biography of Shri Gurudeva, as told by Swami
Santananda, english translation by Prem C. Pasricha, first published
in 1977 by Delhi Photo Company, New Delhi, India; distributed in the
USA by 21st Century Publications, Inc., 401 N. 4th St., Fairfield, IA,
52556
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