PROF KASTURI AND HIS STORY ABOUT SWAMI'S FRUIT JUICE.

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PROF KASTURI AND HIS STORY ABOUT SWAMI'S FRUIT JUICE ----------------------- Prof Kasturi mentioned that I myself suffered it once! In early days, I was coming here during holidays and vacation. The hot summer here used to be terrible. You had to suffer it, if you wanted Swami. In summer, Swami used to take fruit juice. I was not permitted to go upstairs in those days. But my mother and wife were allowed to go to the dinning room this side of the mandir. When we were shopping in Bangalore

before coming here, my mother said, Yeh! Purchase some fruit juice for Swami. I said, “Mother, if we have to offer fruit juice to Swami, we must take some fruits and prepare juice. This is not real juice.” She was determined to purchase and said, “You keep quit.” I said ‘Alright’ let us buy. But deep down in my mind a thought flashed unknown to anybody. Swami will refuse it, then I can use it. It was spontaneous and there was nothing unnatural in it. I purchased three bottles of juice and came to puttaparthi. Mother and wife climbed the steps and went to Swami’s room and I remained below at the bottom of the steps. Swami was in the room and they took out what all they had brought for Him. In those days we were not getting beetle leaves to which Swami was the used to and coffee powder, so mother had brought beetle leaves and coffee powder. Swami said , “Ah! Beetle leaves, good! Coffee powder, good! And what is that ? He asked. My mother said “fruit juice Swami, for you.” Swami said, “No Kasturi wants it, give it to him!” So mother could not give to him, and I, poor fellow, was standing below listening to what Swami was saying! “Give it to Kasturi.” Tragic! You can imagine with what face I had taken those bitterest words! It was not a punishment, but a warning, that nothing should be given to Baba which was not dedicated to Him completely, sincerely. That is ‘Archanam’ worship. Now when you go to a shop and ask for a garland, He says “One Rupee” And you bargain “What ! one Rupee for this stuff ? You say yesterday I purchased it

for eight annas and to-day you say one rupee ? You fellow are very greedy!” You argue with him like that. And that fellow says, “Alright sir, take it.” You curse him and He curses you! Then you bring it and offer it to Swami! Imagine what an amount of sorrow and sadness is connected with that garland! How can Swami receive it with joy! It must be brought with joy, given with joy. You should not quarrel with the flower seller,

and his feelings” And the flower man said, I could have sold it for one rupee but this man he bargain and I took only for fifty paise!” and to the next customers he says fifty paise more for it, because he has last fifty paise in the last deal. And that customer who bought flower says, “You fellows! Are always greedy. “Another quarrel! Swami does not want that. That is why He has said, that He want us to worship Him only with the flowers, that is our truth, our patience, our sincerity, our non violence, our love, our compassion.These are the pure flowers He likes. That is the real worship of Swami. (Sharing with Sai Love) Ram.Chugani. Ram ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp

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