Guest guest Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 Calcutta, India — Monday, July 26th "You will be my doctor" Here is a nugget from Srila Gurudeva's (Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Maharaja) http://www.scsmath.com recently published Affectionate Guidance treasury, excerpted and abridged, from Chapter 11, "Emotion or Devotion?" — originally published in Counterpoint, the London newsletter edited and printed by Devashis Prabhu: ....In 1973 Srila Guru Maharaj was so ill that all the doctors said that it was beyond their capacity to treat him, and were sure that within a few days, or a week at the most, he would leave his body. One day I was crying while taking my bath and I cried out to Lord Shiva: "O Lord Shiva, you are the Master of Medicine, so please, my Lord, give me some medicine for my Guru Maharaj." After my desperate prayer, I heard the name of a medicine, as if from the air. At first I thought I had mistaken the sound of the name of the medicine for the sound of the water coming from the shower, so I again prayed: "Please let me hear that name once more so that I may be sure." And again the sound of the name of that medicine came. After hearing the name of the medicine from Lord Shiva, I felt very free in my mind, and I knew that Guru Maharaj would not leave us now. In the meantime, Hari Charan Prabhu called me urgently on the telephone: "Srila Guru Maharaj is sinking fast! He has no pulse, only a slight heartbeat, and no blood pressure." I assured him: "Prabhu, don't worry. Lord Shiva has just now given me a medicine; give this to Guru Maharaj and he will be cured. I am coming right away." I took the last train to Calcutta, and I arrived at the Math late, at about midnight. When I arrived, I saw Guru Maharaj sitting in his chair, taking prasadam with his own hand. I asked Guru Maharaj, "What happened? Hari Charan Prabhu told me you were sinking!" Srila Guru Maharaj replied: "Yes, I was, but Hari Charan gave me the medicine that you told him to, and now you see the result." Soon Guru Maharaj's pulse returned and his blood pressure became normal, and he said: "From this day on, you will be my doctor!" And all Guru Maharaj's doctors consented... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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