AMMA SAYS - STORIES & JOKES

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OM AMRITESWARYAI NAMAH

 

AMMA SAYS - STORY

 

Innocent Prayers - Tambrante Simham Va Va...

 

The devotee did not reply. He simply smiled and went back into

medition."

Contd......

 

"Days passed. The forest dweller's curiosity wouldn't let him rest.

Unable to control his urge to know more about the person whom the

devotee was searching for, he once again approached the sadhak. With

great hope he asked, 'Tambra, who is this man you are calling? Can I

help you find him?' The devotee was extremely pleased with the man's

sincerity. Since he knew that the forest dweller would not

understand anything about meditation or other techniques of sadhana,

the devotee said, 'Look here, the person I am calling is not a human

being but a peculiar kind of lion, a supremely powerful man-lion.'

With this answer the forest dweller was satisfied."

 

"The days rolled into months and during this time the two became

close friends. The forest dweller felt sad about his Tambra, who was

always sitting in meditation, forgoing food and sleep. He

thought, 'What a disobedient creature this man-lion is! Look at

tambra; he has become so lean and weak for want of food and sleep. I

must do something to help him. The arrogant creature, who refuses to

respond to my tambra's call, must be taught a lesson!' He decided to

set out on a journey to look for the man-lion, but first he wanted

to obtain permission from his tambra. The innocent forest dweller

waited for the devotee to open his eyes, then told him of his

intention, asking for permission to go. The devotee laughed

heartily, 'What a crazy, ignorant man! He thinks the Lord lives

somewhere in the forest.' With full conviction that the forest

dweller would meet with failure, but thinking that there was no

sense in trying to make him understand, the devotee gave him

permission. Enjoying the forest dweller's foolishness with great

mirth, the devotee again closed his eyes and went to meditation."

 

"The forest dweller began his search. He went from cave to cave,

from bush to bush, over hills and into valleys. He looked

everywhere. Not a single place in the huge dense forest was

overlooked in his search for the Tambran's Lion. Even after he had

searched through all the caves, all the bushes, all the hills and

all the valleys, he wouldn't give up. He then began calling

out. 'Tambrante Simham, Va, Va.' (My Master's Lion, come, come.) He

became totally unaware of space and time. Feeling neither hunger nor

thirst, he became gaunt like a skeleton. His constant

call, 'Tambrante simham, va, va,' echoed everywhere in the forest.

It filled the atmosphere, creating a constant and very powerful

vibration all around."

 

"The trees, mountains, valleys, bushes, birds and animals stood

still when he called out 'Tambrante simham, va, va!' Even without

his knowledge the search had transformed itself into an intense

inquiry which slowly had burnt away his primitive nature and along

with it all his vasanas. The 'mind stuff' slowly dissolved and all

thoughts disappeared; eventually even the verbal calls ceased. He

became totally silent. Only the all-consuming fire of love burned

within him, and this soared directly up, transcending the celestial

abode and finally entering the abode of Lord Vishnu Himself. The

flames of this supposedly ignorant forest dweller's meditation were

so powerful that Vishnu had to respond. Assuming the form of

Narasimha, the man-lion, he appeared before the simple forest

dweller."

 

Contd ......

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AMMA SHARANAM