Good One from 1996 telugu bhakti mala

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Dear All,

 

Jaya Guru Datta

 

The below collection is reg. Sage Dadheechi collected from telugu bhakti mala

Dec'96 (telugu version) and appaji's kadha sagara too.

 

With Best Regards,

 

Lakshmi Prasad. Peesapati

Hyderabad

 

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The Nature of helping others is a great virtue. There are many who gave away

their wealth, flesh & energy to up hold this great virtue. But perhaps no one

has done as much as Dadheechi Maharshi, who gave away his life for this great

cause. The following is the story of Dadheechi.

 

During the time of war between Devatas and Rakshasas, the latter started robbing

the weapons of the Devatas with their occult powers. This kind of occult tricks

were strange and new to Devatas and so they could not face the situation. But

they were certain that if they lost their weapons, nothing could save the

Universe. After a lot of thinking they went to the sage Dadheechi and requested

him to protect their weapons under his care and ran away to save themselves.

 

In good faith and love towards Devatas, Dadheechi kept the weapons with him,

protecting them day in and day out, even neglecting his own austerities.

Rakshasas could not venture to go near him but were waiting for an opportunity

to rob the weapons.

 

Dadheechi waited for a long time for Devatas to return and collect their

ammunitions. Finally, one day, with his divine powers, he put all the weapons in

his sacred water pot and mixed them in the water and drank it. He was now free

and could continue his regular penance undisturbed.

 

A short while after this, the Devatas returned and asked Dadheechi for their

weapons. The Maharshi said " I waited for so long. I reckoned that you would

never turn up. So I drank them away. They are all in my body as bones and flesh.

To get them out now is very difficult. "

 

Dadheechi's wife Swarcha was watching all this from a distance. Dadhichi sent

her away in to their house on some pretext. He then created a hugefire by his

will power and entered into it and reduced himself to ashes, leaving behind only

his bones.

 

Much before Devatas realised what was happening, Lord Brahma suddenly appeared

and converted each of the bones into various powerful weapons and gave them to

the Devatas. Dadheehi's back bone was given as Vajrayudha to Indra with which he

brought an end to the most powerful Rakshasas like Vruthasura. Devatas went on

pleading " Maharshi, we are now in a position to fight with Rakshasas. If we do

not have our weapons, we will not be in a position to fight with them and to

save Dharma and the universe " . Dadheechi thought about it calmly and was

convinced that Devatas deserved help. Their weapons were now more powerful than

before. He said to Devatas " Alright, take your weapons back by killing me . They

are presently in the form of my bones " . Devatas refused to do so and said " We

certainly do not want to commit the sin of killing a great Rishi like you. We

can not afford to do this cruel thing " Dadheechi could not reply them as well.

Determination to make a great sacrifice is

one of the qualities of great saints like Dadheechi. Dadheechi not only

protected the weapons of the Devatas ,but also, enhanced their power by

converting them into lethal weapons with the power of his penance. He also saw

to it that Devatas did not commit the sin of killing the saint by reducing

himself to ashes.

 

Pojya Swamiji says, " We all belong to this rich heritage which uphold the

greatness of sacrifice. We should remeber this and lead of a life which is

useful to the rest of the mankind " .

 

 

 

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" Guru is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. He is OM. He is light. He is

everything.

If God forsakes, one can take shelter in Guru. If Guru forsakes none can save

him " .

- HH Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji

 

 

 

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