Guest guest Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 saiprashanthi gurukulam <saiprashanthi.gurukulam wrote: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:35:33 +0530"saiprashanthi gurukulam" <saiprashanthi.gurukulamFROM PUTTAPARTHI...THE REMARKABLE LINGAM !!! THE LINGAM AT THE ATHI RUDRA MAHA YAGNA (9-8-'06 to 20-8-'06) At Prasanthi Nilayam, a Karnataka Youth member was allotted the duty of getting the Lingam. He was guided to a marble factory in Jaipur & on reaching the place; it was found that this factory was run by Muslims. The person in-charge, asked the Sai Youth to wait and the work of making the Lingam was commenced. They chose a good marble without any cracks or bubbles for the purpose. The strange thing was that all the work in the factory was stopped and all the employees gathered around the place where the Lingam was being made and started doing Namaaz during the entire duration of the making of the Lingam which was for 4 hours!!! The Sai Youth later asked them to make the Bill on Bhagawan SRI SATHYA SAI BABA's name. Then the person brought his 90+ grandfather who said that he felt that it was his great fortune that he could at last make a Lingam for BABA. He said, "40 Yrs back BABA had come to this factory which was a small workshop then. I had offered Him one small Lingam which was made here, but BABA said when the time comes he would take it from him. It was only because BABA stepped into this small work shop, it has grown into a big factory. I can't charge BABA anything. Please take this and just give it to HIM."! When they reached Puttaparthi, Swami insisted that they place the Lingam on His lap. Reluctantly, they placed this 8 KG HEAVY lingam on the frail delicate lap as they had no other option other than to obey HIS command. After it was placed, Swami very gently kept touching the lingam all over and said "THIS IS A PERFECT ONE". When they narrated what had happened in the factory, Swami asked the Sai Youth who had brought the Lingam to return to the factory and give the owner Rs.11/-!!!. (See photos)Then while fixing the lingam into a silver bowl it was found that the Lingam which weighed 8 KG, weighed 11 KG after it was removed from Swami's lap!!! Rudra Homa was done in 11 specially made Homa Kundams. Usually, Atirudra Mahayagnams are held for 11 days. Srirudra Patam contains 11 Anuvakas. Ater each chanting of 1 round of Rudram, 1 Anuvaka Each of Chamakam is chanted. (Out of 11 Anuvakas of chamakam) 11 recitations of Rudram followed by one recitation of Chamakam are called Ekadasa Rudram. This constitutes one unit of Rudra Homam. 11 rounds of Ekadasa Rudram make one Laghu Rudram. 11 Laghu Rudra Chantings make one Maharudram and 11 Maharudram recitations are the Atirudram. "All the nations in the world are like the coaches and India is the engine. We need to ignite fire only in the engine!!! All the rituals being performed by the priests confer great benefit on humanity; they are never a waste. All the materials that are offered to Agnihothra (the fire-god) multiply themselves several times…. Whatever is offered to God comes back to us a thousand fold." - BABA http://www.ssso.net/Yajna/Rudra-Yagna.htm READ 47 AMAZING EXPERIENCES UNDER 'SAIPRASHANTHI GURUKULAM' (9 PARTS) http://www.ssso.net/gurukulam/Preview.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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