Guest guest Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 91. He whose slightest movement of an eyebrow could make a pauper into a wealthy man in a moment, he roamed from doorstep to doorstep, with his ‘jholi’ in his hand. 92. Blessed are those at whose doorstep, Baba as a mendicant spread his hand, calling “Oh, lassie, bring me a quarter of a bhakri”. 93. Taking the ‘tumrel’18 in one hand and the ‘jholi’19 in the other, he himself moved from doorstep to doorstep of the particular houses every day. 94. Vegetables, curry, milk and buttermilk, were all poured into the ‘tumrel’ by the people. Look and wonder at this method of his eating! 95. For cooked rice, or ‘bhakri’, he would spread the ‘jholi’; the liquid items he managed to somehow collect in the ‘tumrel’. 96. How can the desire be born in his heart to taste the different kinds of food separately! How can he wish so, when his tongue has never known the passion for taste. 97. He is content with eating the food which falls in his ‘jholi’, as per the desire of the giver. He is not aware whether it is tasty or tasteless, because his tongue does not discriminate. 98. During the morning, he would beg alms in the neighbourhood daily; and, had his fill from it and was satisfied with it. 99. Even that was not done regularly. He would go whenever he felt like it. Sometimes he would go in the village and even beg twelve times in the day.100. In this manner, whatever food he brought, he kept in a pot in the Masjid. Even the crows and the dogs would eat from it and he would never drive them away. 101. The woman who swept the masjid and the front courtyard would take ten to twelve ‘bhakris’ from the pot and go to her home. But nobody took objection. 102. The one who would not even dream of contemptuously driving away dogs, and cats, would he refuse the poor and the weak? Blessed is his life! 103. In the beginning, he was well-known amongst the people as the mad fakir. The one who filled his stomach by begging for food, how could he have any grandeur? 104. But the fakir was generous by nature. Never expecting anything in return and loving, outwardly he looked wavering but was inwardly steadfast. His behaviour was impossible to understand. 105. In such an ordinary (mean) village, there were some fortunate people who were kind by nature and who regarded him as a saint. http://www.saileela s.org/books/ sss/index. 5, 50, 500, 5000. Store N number of mails in your inbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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