Babaji's interest in the West.....

[Guest guest]

"MASTER, did you ever meet Babaji?"

 

It was a calm summer night in Serampore; the large stars of

the tropics gleamed over our heads as I sat by Sri Yukteswar's side

on the second-story balcony of the hermitage.

"Yes." Master smiled at my direct question; his eyes lit with

reverence. "Three times I've been blessed by the sight of the

deathless guru. Our first meeting was in Allahabad at a Kumbha Mela."

The religious fairs held in India since time immemorial are

known as Kumbha Melas; they've kept spiritual goals in constant

sight of the multitude. Devout Hindus gather by the millions every

six years to meet thousands of sadhus, yogis, swamis, and ascetics

of all kinds. Many are hermits who never leave their secluded haunts

except to attend the melas and bestow their blessings on worldly men

and women.

"I wasn't a swami at the time I met Babaji," Sri Yukteswar

went on. "But I had already received Kriya initiation from Lahiri

Mahasaya. He encouraged me to attend the mela which was convening in

January, 1894 at Allahabad. It was my first experience of a kumbha;

 

the strory is on:

 

http://oaks.nvg.org/ayoh.html#36

 

 

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