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List of JUnstrations

Most favourite verse frequently recited by

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Oh Lord Krishna, Thou art Govinda and the Reliever,

Oh Lord. Riima, Naray.ana and Basudeva ( Krishna >.

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PREFACE

CHAP- I PRELFMINAlRY

Betlieation

-Birth of Sri Sanyal Mabasay

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-His early life

-:-Contact wJ\11 S.ri Labir,y ,Mabasay
-Initiation.
-Some Messages
-Self-Realisation

CHAP. II SANTINIKETAN EPISODE

-History of Santin~t.etan

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-GoJ)tact wi~h ..Maharshi Devend.ra Natb

-Some letters of Rabindranat'h to S::~nyal
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-Visit of Sri Lahiry Mahasay

-Privat~ ty~orship at Taherpur Raj Estate,

-Letter sm. Priyabata ~Debi
-Story of Prof. A.B. Das
-Death of Mother Sm. BhubaneswartDebi
-Freedom Movement in lndia

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VI DMNB ACTIVITIES
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yei. The 'holt tm<m:ed' S'authi!p.tm lLlmnl Gaitbai Wimi W'Fi~~en.c
. by. Sfi: lw!lta fmsad 1l~y,. eidet' di~ ef Sri: Sa&lfl'lil
Malta~ay anc.f. i;rubfJ:S~ .im: t9~~ ~:miinm &Dly. a;.. sfu>a.r~

biography ai! S!rl Sanywt M:>a~ i.rr. Hindi ud.8.Qllm: lf:tltel\S

both in Hindi and Bengali. Of course difficulty was that
there was scarcity of authentic materials on record. Sri
Tewari &nd Sd Nikhil Nif:tli Dey were the two principal
discipl~s who lived- all along with Sri Sanyal Mahasay taking
~u personal cares of him in all respects. Sri Tewar y's book
of course is a valuable contribtrti~ctn irr t:b~ ti:~.mt....."J)Je
otliet majdr conmoution was made by late Sri l~
Chandra Gupta in various a.rticles written by him~ Its Edit0t
of the Bilwadal Patrika and Hony. Secretary of Tbe Guru..:
dbam Bhratri Sangha of Calcutta I had the gooa fortune to
come into contract with many devotees and to collect their
personal experiences, written and published in the said.' patrika
in series entitled 'The Master As 1 Saw Him''.
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fortunate ~xperiences. The want of a compr~hensive
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Biography of ~anyal Mallasay i~ being felt by many non,

Bengalees and foriegn devotees or interested persons, and who
would like to have an E.nglish version. Besides it is also
n~cessary at least for .the pul.'pOSi:1 ohhaintaini:ng a record;
. Although ~nfit. still by the grace of. Guruji the duty of
editing and compiling this work lias fallen on :my hum hie lot.
A more or tess comprehensive LifeSketch ~of Sri Sanyal
Mahasay is already wdttetiin Bengali arid is awaiting publi.;.
cation~ :Large parts' of this. .book :are atrea(ly published
~o the said Journal. Now for tbe. convenience Of all a Short
:L~feSke'tclt:with divine acti...,!i~ies ~nd)nva~u~bl~ teachings ar~
introduced- in English not ;Only .in. the sai!i P.atd~a .but also.
separately in a: book with bettqt; .paper~ an.cL pJ;inting:~m9, a:
number~ .of pholos. ; although, I chedsh Jl;desire of publishing
thi;l Biography comprehensively in English if I get suppo~t
response sufflcietitly. Ophiion.s~are: welcome.

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PRELlMlNAR.Y-We all know that holy or saintly

persons do not disclose their spiritual attainments and:
their inner tf?mperament or character to public unless they
t.bemselves so desire. Available materials on the life and!
activities .of Sri Sanyal Mahasay are very scanty and
scattered. So everytbip.g has bad to be collected from bis.
own statements as recorded by some or writings and personal
experiences of devotees. .lt was .acknowledged by. all who
~me in contact with him that be was always God-consciou&.
anQ. Love, personified .and fully detached from all worldly
affairs, ,His .life and teachipgs are essentially needed to befotlow.ed by those who want to build up their mental constitution and character for the pqriiication of self. and ulttmate:
st;lf.,realisation.
BIRTH.Ol? S}.U SAN;'IAL:. MAHASAY'7.""To describe the
. ordinary qay~today life-h,is~o~y of. saintly persons is an
absur4 id~a bepal,l~e wh~theF,;their body remains or not they
.ahvays r~maip.,, they ftre immortal and ;:tbo.ve :life .and death
.so we, can ;tl.atrate q~Jy th~ir. :J,.ilas i.e. tbeir divine activities
whi9h: are; s 0met~me~ ~q.pernatural ~nd.. gep.erally .meant.for .
Jb~. ;upliftmyn~ , of. h.uman.. b~i.ngs .; So far ,as Sri. Sanyat
M~h!l~ay is conce~:ned., hl~ exact date ~f :birth .was n(jt .known
by anybody not. ~'1/~P. PY. bjmself.. Wifre Qf Sri :Simyal.Mahasay

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'Whom we eall The Mother, once said that she heard from
.the elders that the day was the Sital Sasthi i.e. the sixth day
<>f the lunar period of Janu~u;y bu~. e.xact date was not known.
.By verifying this date With almanacks the exact date was
found to be 8th Magh 1283 B.S. or 20th January 1871,
.Saturday. The horoscope of Sri Sanyal Mahasay as drawn
.by late J. C. Gupta confirms this view.
. HIS EARLY LIF.E.-Sri Sanyal Mahasay w~s born in a
:small village known as Sadhanpara in the Pistr!ct of 1\l'adia
.iu West B<.mgal in a very devout family.-. Father. was Kaila~h
<Ch~pdra Sanyal .and mother was Sm.. Bhubaneswari Debi.
{ais f~ther was the Manager of-a Zamindary estate ~~d had
~four so,ns. and three daughters, Sanyal: Mahasay being the
~ou~gest son. . Later Kailasb Chandr.a had to shift to place
'. pf ~1s ma.ternal uncle at Sahebganj in Dt,. BhagaJpore, Bihafl.
.lt ~s clel;l-r that from his very childhood Bhupendra Nath :ha:.d
-:very hard.times. ; Although he had. great; talent, inw'Uigenqe
~nd, mempry, he had no luck of having: Un:iver.sity education
more.than the Entrance. Examination~ .. though he ;studiea
\later up to F. A. class. B.ut as there were many le.arn~d
in the family he ~ad no difficulty in getting ver~ 'bigh
educationalm~st in all subjects and patticulady in Sanskrit
.Janguage and hterature. He was devout and teligious but
not fanatic though conservative. He was very truthful 'and
~honest:so much so that once a Muslim: student of the school
.i~ which he studied,was in course of a quarrel amongst them:
selves assaulted by some other students. The HeadMaster, of
.au students, .requested only Bhupendra Nath to narrate the
~hoi~ fact to him. lt was found that be frequently. would
'~t stdl,and ~Diet or sing Kirtan ( religious songs) or siometuue:s dance In ecstasy imltatirig othet devotees.
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NIAHA,:sAy'--Bhupendta for the first time -:savic Sr.i L-a,hir.y
'Mali~ay. a:f 'tlie :liouse M his elderJsister Sm. Rakshada :De:.bi at
~Bish'nupbrein Dt. ' Baakur.a wlie.n Sri Lahiry Mahasa,y wp:p.t
td visit his niany disciples there, .including the. elder sister.
Bhupendranil:th was then aged only 10/11 years and so
being too young he did not venture to ask for initiation or
.Piksha .. Once he escaped from the bouse and went to
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~Ih Bene:ras,tle~~ine. in cont,a~t with swamy Krishnan~nda
who advised him to go back and':. he obeyed. Later
~Kilsh~a~a~da ~ngaged hii:n as Heid of the Jogasram lnstitu
.~ihri and where he, ,be~att'his writings on the yogic inte~preta
~tion ofS'rf}Lahiry Mab'asay Ot;l Bb.agavat Gita and which:is a
untq6 cGntribution of his;
early boyhood Bhupen-~raii~th;tiscdto si:tffer "liery nnidh ftom malaria. So his elder
sitefte:quested:~ahify!Ma:hasay . to do something for ~is
'~elief~iit:thd latter replied,~ ic'ithere is :tio' need to worry about
~bim~;tYe ffi~.lnofgoitig tO'' die now-:and b.e has a lot of work
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1'893. Within <fne year . of Diksha Sri Sanyal Mahasay
~ecame adept in atmost
'Kriyas 'and got permission ef
~1rirtiatbig othets atthis young age. But he did .n:ot get 'Visit
'.ftom his Guru Jl10re than 3]4 times but contact by eones. pondence was nn\intained all along. Once- he was 'sitting
~t'5D;g vtitli Labir'y Mahasa y an~ others' when suddenly Sri
'LahH.Y{Ma1la.Sa'i s~ia that his 'Guru !Sri' 'Ba'fuili M-tth-ara3 ~'hs

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Returning after a few minutes be asked them whether they
saw his Guru. Alt answered in the negative except Sanyal
Mahasay who said that he saw a bright light going ou~ of the
room and nothing else.
After two years of Sanyal Mahasay's Diksha Sri Lahiry
Mahasay left his mortal body at Benares. Qettin~ the repcitt
San~al Mabasay immediately started for Benares hut o~
arriving there he found that all have gone away taking the
dead body for cremation. Not finding his Guru he began to
weep. After sometime he saw GuruJi b~fore him who said
that there is rto need to be so much upset bec;iuse .;..!Je. will,...
alwa~s remain near him though be will give .visit only
be tbmks. necessary. ( Own statement ). When be was 18]1~
ye~us of age Sri SanyaJ Mahasay could reach the stat~
Samadhi i.e. state of Tranquility or after-effect-poise ~i
Kriya wbe.n all becomes just one supreme consciousness.
f'A'ner hjs return to Sahebganj from Beneras, he devoti~ a~l
his energy for the culture of Basudeva Dharma i.e:, Religio~
of Love and Courage and Devoti9n amongst everybo~y.
Many
. persons and youths gathered round him for training-.
to c1_te only a:few~Prafullo Ch. Mazumdar, Jatindra Mohan
.Gupta, ~~nail~l Gu'pta, Jatindrf!. Mohan Biswas and others
.He organjsed- a club na~ed as B~sudey Clut> (B~sudev bei~g
l}aJ:Pe of: l,:.,ord Krishpa) .for 1 buil~ing .up youths physicaily
and m~ntally. He ~tarted an Assocj~tiop na~e~,s~nitl .
Sil,D'!harini Sabha i.e,, Association ,for spreading culture
m<>;r:~lity and,;or ~pititual l:).ll;d easthetic dev~lop~ent ~f: the
youths,~ v.;rh,o .1:1sed. to t~ke. bath)n the Q~n.ges. e~ery ea,rly ...
1DQr;nin:g a~p. ther~~fter .sit.. foT medjtatian: on tlie river bank
and recite verses from the Vedas etc., and th~n comin~ ho~e'' 1

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them in alf possible ways. . He la.id, down the ideal state of a
Society thus..;..."'l was being . inspir.ed: to build up a great and
unlimited Society. I informed my friends that the idea is not
to live separately in separate famiHes. All must be one and
united because unless we get a sense of equality and unity .in
e'l.erything, it will not be possible for us. to realise
"EKAMEBADWITlYAM" i.e., the great mysttc oneness
prevailng in the entire Univers. I told everyone that we are
all one and same and unless: we build up this feeling of oneness, it will not'be possible to realise the implication of
the. statement of 06&-hShivoham Sarvabbttteshu" i.e., 1 am
Siva, exist in all oration".

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relations, became eager for his marriage, but Sanyal Mahasay
was reluctant.; He says "when 1 beard that t;1lk abo~t my
marriage was going on 1 became. very much worried. and
thought that 1 will, in that case, forget God . and . get
entangled in the mesh of family life. So 1 escaped from the
thehouse but 1 waS' found .out and was married in 1898 at
the age of -20/21 years''.. But although married be generally
led a detached and disinterested life.
SIDDHI OR SELF-REALISATION-He attained success
in Kriyas and t~alised the Self and God attaining full
tranquil state of mind only a.t the age of 24/25 years at
~ahibganj. \ During this period nationwide
Freedom
:Movement \'{aS going on under the. leadership of Mahatma
Gandhi thtonghout India. Sanyal Mahasav then opened a
s.wadeshi ( indigenous ) store at Bh3:galpore producing
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s~idhiat:thoughts~ he be'camt} 'ff.equei:ttly nrimi~dful .. p~~ti-:

c~larl'y; in ~eeping accotints etc:.'wi'tli . the result " jhe ; sto~:e

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the anciant ideal of not only having education . living with
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H:r~t~~Y. OF SA.NTINIKETAN~By God;s, ~lll ~a~;~~

Maba~a_y. wa-s brougnt 'to: B'o'lepiir. where Santhiiketlfn of

~odd. famo~s p'oet .. and phil~soplier . Rabindranatli . Tag~re:

~as (!St~bhsbe'd and which w.as later kri<n~n. as Bi&w.a

Bharatil UniVersity~. Mab~trshi Deve.r::rdranath fath.er ..of
df Rabi~dr~itath came into contact with. many . riah and
respectable persons while he was. on tour for prcipagatillgc
B~ahmoisin. At that time he came into. contact with the.;
Silibas of R'aiimdn the District of Birbhum; anti who. were:
Zamindars. (Mr. s. P. Sinlia'ofthe said.family was selected
a Lord of the British House of Lords ). Being charmed with
v'as't tract of clear vacant land with one:or two; chatim trees
here a tid there, he purchased: 20 Bglias of., land from thee
Sinhas at nominal price in 1259 B. S.'i.e,,: 1862,
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Devendranath 90nstructed a small structure there 'which was.
ti~ed as a restbouse .... He' used to practise meditation under'
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gobas:let' by;his..brotber"s. son a'S .a:l.se.a Certifi'(\)'ate of tnc
Soboal At Sant1niketail the talk between him and Rabindra
N~ih'l:)ec;ame loris S:tid in- tne meantime Rabindra:nath got
fii~llypal'iie:illtns'Ubaut Sanyal Mahasay f<rom a eommon ir~
end' 'Rli:bindr:anath . told: . hfm'""":"'~'l. know you are. about. to
s'tari a BrahmachatyaVidyal&y. at ymr place thea .wih,y ttofl
start itlier6'. 'I ~isn.you v~ry much to.take charge ot: i$ whiah
is- alreidy started bbt.e arid you wiU get gO:od. deal of e~tperi
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Bhagalpore besides I have been entrusted to settle a dispute
of Mazumdar Library of Calcutta". Rabindra-nath said
,_.''These can be managed by others but there is no one here
fit to.take charge of Brahmayacbarya Asram'. Ultimately
Sanyal Mahasay was glad to accept the offer. Beforethts.
visit Sanyal Mahasay met Rabindranath at his Jorasanko
bouse at Calcutta being acquainted through Srls Chandra
Mazumdar, a family friend, from whom Rabindranath got aU
particulars ofSanyal Mahasay. He was interested because at
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alid said that Sanyai Mahasay having; talked of. spi~~i~!ll~sm.
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ion used to mix with the students freely and they also. took
him as orie of: their own. One inei.dent, in this . connec~Jon
-<:an be referred e.g. Among the students there. wa.s ,a, not(Jrious .
one who used: to get punished. almost daily. for .. his n;~iscqie-:-c
vous conduct. ~oticln8 this Sri Sanyal Mahasl'l.Y conclud~d;
that the proper,attitude that.would . cbange'the bad . mep.tality.
of the student iS'.na:t.adopted. : ~9 h.e toqk charge of th:e:b8Y
~nd began:to.love. and care for. him;aJ:td fqr. whJcb. t~~ .)bgy
was impressed. He :told. the. bQyJh!lt .if.he_r,e~Ilyloy~d,l,ljm
then he should not do anything unpleasant so astoc;leserve
punishments. This gave good inspiration to the boy who
thereafter dally informed Sanyal .a.hasaY.sayi~g '',Sir,;; 1 ~n;t
a:trigbdd day". In course .:of2.0/2S; da,ys . th~..;.bO,y} Vl!li\S
thoroughly: changed and everybody: includi~g R~bip:dr:a1;1a~h .
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the olden days; but it was found that it would ,.be too hard
for ail the boys to follow; so it' was deeided only afew
students to be selected and initiated toleadotbers. l:(athitt
-drana:tli son of R abindranath was initiated by: Mqhit Bab:u .
the then Headmaster and. Saroj .Chandra by, Sri Sa.ny.al
Mabasay a'nd Santosh Chandra by Rabindranatb .., This .at
iirst gave good results but did.not.endur.e long. Rabindrana.tll
:also had hatnral talent for musie and art which he imparted
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~;y. ~trictty ~o ~u~h so th~t he used to do ~If his own works

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sectarian or fana~ict feeling. and this was highly appreciated
by Rabindranath himself. But ~his practice .sometimes put
Sanyal Mabasay into some inconveniences which.ofcourse
he ignored. Dy.rijendranath was the elder brother of
Rabindranath and who was also a highly cultured and prolific
writer a:s also a' devout one. He. would not: rest content
until be showed his writings to Sanyal Mahasay everi when
the tau~r was bussr co.o1dng his food: aud. whieh it\ course of
.discussionS', would burn down. .This. was stopped owing to
jnfervention of l{abindrana~h. Rabi.ndranath could not
r.emain steadfastto an)' rule t(ramed by him for long; New
ideas frequently cropped up in , his. brain . causing upset in
many things, and' it was .difficult for S:anyal Mabasay to. act
according to plan and further, caused pecuniary losses.
Sri .Sanyal ' Maliasay ]'oiried Santiniketan lri 1902 and
~orked there up to 1909~ Rabil'ldranath was a Bi'ahrrio by
religion and man:y people thotigbt that Brahmoism is anti ..
Hindu arid the Scnool
a Brahmo School; . although
difference between the two is very little or nothing. There
were only a;to students at first. But when evetybody saw
that a conservative:' Hindu Brahmin viz., Bhupendranath
Sanyal joined the Institution as its head, number of students
began to rise. When Sanyal Mahasay left Santiniketan in
1909 number rose to 90, Before lie IcH"t Santiniketan he also
furthet helped to improve the standard of Santiniketan by
bringing Khitimohan Sen and Pundit Bidhu Sekbar Sastri.

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ividyalaya and whiQh was not very. much. to the liking of

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Sanyal:M:anasf,ty; oec~us~. in :his opinion Brafimactiaryk or

celibacy~:fid. ~o-~ducation can: not go hand' in barid. 'ln about'

f90S/9 he ~bddbtity felfvery ill and.be came back 'to Burdwail:i

where his mtittier. toOk !Jre~t caie of him. Rabfndranath:
al'so ~M'ted him .at Burd~an several times arid made aU
atrangebients for his treatment ~md care:
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It was stated'by;SrfSanyal Mab.asay that in ci:>urse bf this.

S'erious illness he' was~ apprehending his end but sudd~nly in
one miattiglu he
animage or.a lady .on the wan onhe-- I
room and whom .he ca'Hed;as MotherJ-agad:ambat who: asked
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hiin'
woriy; :am I riot. on the other side; o.f. life ?:: [',.
However . do not 'worry" and vanished. Therceafte.r hei
rec<:>verea gradually. After' 1909 h~ did not
again to.. .
S'antinik'etan 'join the ~er~ice but' planned to organise hisi 1
awncA~hrams and B~ahm'a'chatya vidya:laiin suitable places,.
There is-no oout:it :that both had great love and respect:.
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fior e11ch .other. Ev.en long aft~r hi:s retirement many personal
and rather CQnfidential letters containing hight.y spiritual,an4
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cultural statements. passed between the two. for many yeats~.
One~ Sanyal Mahas,ay asked Ra.bindr.anat:h that it apparent
tp~t: Rabindranath is ch~rmed. with the beauty a~d purpose
of nat:ure ort~e l]ni;verse as expessed in his so many writings
and poems and as h~, dail reeites Gayatri Mantra with great
~ devotion towards G0,d. has he realised the Supreme? Raoindranth replied-"not yet. but you ?" Sany11l .Mahasay also
said '.'not yet'' Then Rabindranath said that 'whoevet:. of us
will first realise Him shall inform the other.' After~~rds
Saf.\yal Mahasay said that Rabindranath has realised but it
is not possible for him to remain attached constantly . w.ith
the treatised Tranquil condition as is done by a SadhaR:a or
an acce'tiic because htds a::. Karma Yogi i.e~ a Yogi wli&

saw

"~by

to

go

realise the Self through vru-io\:ts }uplifting activities out of

devotion for God and Love! for everything in this Universe.
.A~tuaily.lat~rit a'pp~~rs fi:Q~ ~.tetter dat~q.. lltii. Mntch 1931
wrtt~n t~- on~ Salle~. Gho.sh .. wherein he 'said~ ''it wa:s ndt
pos~ihle f~r me to remah:i- -isolated and: fully m~rgedinmy
o~n( cons~fence.... ..:.i
a~tually a Coexistebtiatis~
( S~rbastJb~4i.)' everyb~qy ~~ils DJe . I prefer the; entirety~.. ~
{qance,.i sujg, teac:h stu4ents, col{ect joy fr.om trees, flo":ers;
s~y,oceans etc~Although gr~~t qbstacles con:'e from the ,somety,.
there ia so m\l,Ph- complications, so much opposit~?n to everytbfngl do,'uiah tb;ere w~ll.be no e~~.ofc my attempts to sol~~

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A FEW

LETTERS

PROM

RABINDRANATH

TO'

SANYAL MAHASAY ...

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With humble greeting,

... -~It seems that the boys an~ gitls are not getting sufficient:
food. Please see that they are fed well befote the start of
the vacation, There is no doubt that the ca1;1se o~ their loss,
of we~ght an_d increasing wef1knesses i~ no other than lack of.
nuttit1on ...

31st Bbadra 1314

Yours
Sri Rabindrariath Tagore.

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.... you are having a lot of troubles, but endure everything
with a happy_ mind. What is to happen will happen. Over
and above that if we keep our niind worried,
would be
like giving up the helm because the waves are rising. Do not
allow the mind to be carried away by external .factors. l(eep
the mind fixed steadfastly with the eternal sanctuary that is
lying within our control and let happen what will happen.
Only ~ee that our connection with him is properly
.!llaintained"SANTAM SHIVADW AITAM'' i. e:, "Sbiva
or God is One and Still'....'' Keep the mind fixed on this so
long as you can, then only the mind will remain calin and
tranquil whether the situations are happy or not and the
low or immoral fascinations shall not be able to divert
us from gooq to evil.

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a.ny sphere ~ctiVities. It is very necessary to m~ve . aw~y

from the turmoils uhhis life. But so. long as 1 will hve 1t wdlbe criminal to dissociate from welfare activities. So the
mind requires to be adjusted by travel. But just as the Iadie~
brtng jarful of waters from the shores for the fa~ily
members, sc) also whatever perfection of the mmd
I gain I shall have to utilise it for bet~efi:t . of my very young.
friends here. But this is just an imagination, long way off.
Atthe outset it is necessary for us to till up ourselves from
the ocean of Truth. with this end in view where shall I get
a. company 'like you t 1 have no right to make any claim. If
any good comes to me it wilf be.. your virtue also. The
starved claims food only on the strength of his want, my
ciaim is' also like that: ...
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8th Baisakh 1310 B.S.

yours Sri Rabindranath Tagorer
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Yours Sri Rabindranath Tagore, Bolepur.

With Greetings.
For a long time I am nurturing a desire viz., to tour
around the whole of India along with you, nay, if possible,
the whole world with you. Methinks that after I get your
letter, this desire of mine will not go in valn. It is my
ardent desire to finish the Journey of this life in such a way.
I expressed this desire only because this time you have
,encouraged me,; I have no wish at all to remain tied with

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PURl VISiT OF-s'I~I: LAHIRY.

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MAHASAY.;_Art~r; his ~~

retirci~ent froD:i "santifiik'etaii he cameto 'Put~ (Orissil) in

abo"utI910. His id~a \\las to 'establish a:n Asram Temple
therc:ri() prbp~ghte th~ t"eacliings of his ~uru1r. ( p~h.lci~auy
th~ kriya
~h"<>: in bls'lifetiuie could" nof"c~trie .. tb
Puri. Before the teiilple was constrbcted Srl"Sanyat Mahasay
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1!Yt11~11y Sil:o/ ~~e yisio[lof Sri ~a~iry. Mahasay standiG.C .at

:~ :tJ.artic~llay spot { lo,ng after Lahiry Mali~say's 'ie,mise'), ., it
j;S ~t that very. spot Sanyal .Matiasay buiit. the teg:Ipfe or Sri
~ ..Lahiry _Mahasay who said that 'I am ani her~~.' ~.
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.Const~uction of the Temple house really . commenced i~
about 191~ when at first only a small hut was. built. It i~.
reported that suuddenly one day a traveller .came ther'e
said that 'I want to see the Mohuntji. Please inform him.'. He
pould no~ tell the name of the Mahantji but he knows that
the Mahuntji resides there, He would n'ot wah as he is
.coming on foot from Rajasthan~ long way off and he will'go
f!-Way again on foot at great distance. ln the meantime
Sanyal Mahasay came there and they looked at each other as
if they were known to each other and talking silently. 'The
stran_ger immediately
asked for Diksha which he had and
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In Puri Asram many persons were tnitiated some of whom

reached a very high level.

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AT TAHERPUR RAJ ESTATE-At this time at the

request of Taherpore Raj he accepted .Private tutorship of the
prince Sakti Sekhareswar Roy, He was a nice boy and was
loved very much by Sri SanyaJ Mahasay but unfortunately
the prince died suddenly at this early age causing grieat
,gr.ief to Sanyal Mahasay. A baby deer used to live. in the
,Asram. Oa.rd.en and who would come running as soon as it
iheard Sanyal Mahasay's voice and WQUld not take, any fo.od
if: Sanyal M'ahasay was ever. indispol!ed. According to him
,tl,lis p~l>y-.~~er;'was,in previous birt~ a K:riya Yqgi' ,'but dlie
1?.~o~~1 ~i'~~edf. ~is he. is. ?orn:.as .a d~er.

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,,.... ln..1912 he c~me ip.tt;t co.ntact, ~ith two . w~qor~~ ..tadi~s,

~~ them ~a~ Priyabala De~i. wife. of h~gh,. . G,overmp~nt
'.offici~l who 'suddenly died ieavi:t;tg his old mother . ~nO. the
~~id ~ido~.'and..several. .Yom1g ~ons. The 'other wid~w
N~nda~ani ':Debi .was.her sister-in~law and both were in a bit
:aiffic~t~ sit.p~tion a~~ the~e was n~~e to look .. after them
.Sd.San:y~fMahasay after b.ear~ng .i:hem gave . t~em :oik:shas
''and
charge their well being. Priyabala Debi was a
\~re~t devotee; and became a good kriya )iogi. Her respect
for Saayat . Mahasay' 'wos so much that. She would wait
.batefgot when lfe. wonld return from the Taherpur Raj Palace
;~ fe~ miles distance from Swargd.war of Puri, berefoot in
~th~ hoi. sun a~,d. ~ver hot sands of sea beach, S~ny~l Mahasay
~wo~l~.~ay tbp.t ".VI!h~~ev~r .Iwalk .. on hot san~s. me .thinks
:H~tr~ats
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with
love
11nd
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l}.RA.H~A:G QPALJI~ri .Sri

;~faohmagopal.isra.n.o~he:r nhme of Lord:K.tislina., The :adve,nt.o,f

;Sri Bt:abml:\gopalji,l:ltthe h.ou~e of:P.riyab.ala D&bids romantic
,aJ!.d_Jbdllins;i ~o\lt 80/BOr~ears~:ago(e~antdate n~t :kilaw.n)
an American' couple went to tour in South India and b~
watching in a shop dealing with statues and doll~ of marbles
~w~... iqoJp.dius: ~14 . s.tatues. c(>llected from, vadoDs, ;,p.lp.ces.
.lb~y;fo~d .tlJ.isJ>IaQI{slo.ne hnage . ot Bra~~gqpal abo1:1t ta
.;fp_q~;i~ qeigbt, "'tth ;Vf;J'fl brjght features sp much s9 that: it
.~e.tlled to: t.h"'~ t.hat the ~pll J~ok~ .al; . ;th~m stead~astl.y ~nd
.tP.ey w~re.,chaqne.d. ;So th~y put;~hased the same and \)ought
..~)le Sf\I)l~.~nd;Jm::rQght !t to ~heir qome in Amer.ica, . But the
ilady fotind in. til~ -midnight tb.at the .c;loll.v.:as. walking arqund
Jt.be;ro~Jll. asJf:se~klng.somethiQg. A-t this .gbqstly. ,attitude
;;th:e la9y..b.e~al,lle ~rY: n~~r1{9~~ and .~o ;both want~d to get :ri~
of it. Conrlng to London they found a. friend .:who: a.f~,r

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hearing these facts wished to have it and had )t. The same
thing occur~ed in his house too although-the doll was put ib
ashow case. The London friend round a Hindu Sannyasi
~ho was impressed with its appearance and brought it to
India and then at Puri before Sri Sanyal Mahasay who seeing
it said once that this image is living' i.e. Chaitanyamay
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and kept Him, along with a doll of Sri Radhika the consort '
of Sri Krishna. But surprisingly it was . seen in 'the early ~
morning that doll of Radhiks is lYing broken to pieces.

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Then Sri Sanyaf Mahasay said that the doll will show his . \
_divine activities only as Gopal i.e. unmarried boy Gopal and
be wit~ have to be treated like that.. Before. coming to P~ri l
the deaty was sent to Dacca but th.ere also . the lady of the I
house told Sri Sanyal Mahasay that proper care of the deity
is not being taken, so he r~turned it to Sanyal Mahasay. ~
Priyabata Debi having asked for the same out of'tove the
deity was handed. over her about 40/50 years hac~ where die f~
deity remains calm, and quiet with many; activities
benefittng the family great deal even now. at the Salt Lake, _. _
house.

A LETTER TO PRIYABAI.;A DEDI-Dated-. 5th Ashar

1330 B.S. He wrote- Do not let your respiration go-- in yain.

Always keep your mind fixed on it~ This

most important
(remembering Him with every breath ). 'You must stick to
-it and you will never have to think lof anything else. You
will hear His flute in all thoughts 'and works. Lord has
said "I am taking 4 kinds of food as Vaishvanor i. e. God
ofFire-, from the body'ef men. So You see dear. tliatthe fo~d
we are.taking is not simply<' foOd; iHs. worshipping Gad
. !.
. ~esiding within
fire.'''

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Sitting at the Ptitftemple Asram Sri Sanyal Mahasay

wrote many religious articles, songs, poems & on Kriya Yoga
and for this his reputation as a writer spread far and wide
Once the head. of Sankaracharya Govardhan Math at Purl
offered him the said post but he humbly declined.

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STORY OF PROF. A. B. DAS-Abani Bhusan Das, a

Physics Professor of City College of Calcutta became very
much upset on sudden death of his wife. Somebody advised
him to contact Sanyal . Mabasay whom at iirst he did not
fully believe. He wrote to Sanyal Mahasay-''Do you believe
really that there is God and do you really have the power
to instiiiGOd-corisciousness or Self-Realisation to others
(Then. let me have it ). If you do not succeed with me, your
hypocrisywillbe exposed and your Profession of Guruship
will be affected'~ Sri Sa:nyal Mahasay accepted the challenge.
A fewdays later when Sri Das entered his Thakur Ghar
( Puja Room) in Calcutta he saw to his surprise that Sd
Sanyal Mahasay was siting on the platform meant for the
diety. Thereafter his doubts vanished and took Diksha from
Sanyal Mahasay~becoming a serious devotee.

It is also a known fact that the . spirit of Sri Lahiry

Mahasay frequently met Sanyal Mahasay and had talks
between them. Besides a few per~ons actually saw or felt
the presence of Lahiry Mahasay in Puri Temple Asram.
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.. appointed a pri~ate tutor or'tlie Pdnce' of Nilrsi~g Garh Raj
iii cc\nb:al-India. He had to 'stay there 'trp to about 1925.
During. this pedod . he progressed very. much spiritually . an.d
was reluctant to' do job's o_ther' thi:u.l; Kriyay(>~a.: He wrote2

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'Nursing Garh--,.20~12-38 B. S. "It was my plan n.ot to

accept any service any more. If I live long I may adopt the
life of a Sannyasi (mendicant) and then 1 will. not ask or
want anything from anybody and accept gracefully whatever
is offered to me, as the Scriptures say.' He returned to Puri
in about 1925~ In 1929 on the Akshoy Tritiya Day he built
the temple of Sri Lahiry M:ahasay with marble statue on the
same spot where he has seen Sri Lahiry Mabasay. This
particular Day is observed every year with great eclat and
festival at Puri (In about May} June).
DEATH OF HiS MOTHER SM. BHUBANESWARI
DEVl-In about this time Sm, Bhubaneswari. Debi mother
-of sri Sanyal Mahasay beca.me very much :ill practically on
deathbed. She loved this her youngest son very much
.and desired very much to see him at Rajmahal where she
was staying with her eldest son. News was se.nt to Sanyal
~M,ahasay who was then at Nursingh, Garh, a lo1;1g way off.
Pis,tance being long. and time too short, nobody expected.
Sanyal Mahasay to arrive there before her death but sui:pri
~singly he arrived just in tirue to his mother~s satisfaction.
-who died then peacefully.

In 19211he Freedom Movement spread far and wide hi

'India. A Professor of! Bhagalpore College, a disciple of
~sanyal Mqbasay decided to give up job and join the
cmovement but before that he asked. th<e oph;tion of Sanyal
:&fa?~say who s~at~d a~ follows 'If; at a~y time . ~;q~ ,:c~ll, for
-sacnf1q~ f~r the sake of observil}g Truth, arf~~~ thc:ui ;wbatev,~ll
_:e

j~~~~:~!r~r~ot~~~~~;e:::edt::r ::~e~a~e.!~~ c9u~iiY' o~!i;

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"Conscience should be. clear enough. to respond to the

.caB of Tr-uth whether or not there is any encouragement or
l .agitation from outside. Those who. sacrifice their lives for
\ the country, they are no doubt great souls but they who go
. on silently working and without expecting anything, for the
welfare of the people, only as a behest of God, are greater.
U the.love for motherland is opposed to Universal Brotherhood and Love~then one ought to oppose such nationalism.
No good can come out of it'.

Swami Ha~jllarananda Giriof Karar Asram, Puri, got 5th

and 6th kriyas from Sri Sanyal Mahasay . and also his
permission for giv:ing dikhsas {S. Manna -Kriya Yoga Barta).

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Mandar Episode

ETABL1SHMENT OF
MANDAR ASHRAM-The
Ourudham Ashram at Mandar is situate at about 6}8 miles
distance from the small town of Mandar Hill also known as
Madhusudan Nagar :(where the Mandar Hill is situate nearby)
:and the place of ~he Asram is now known as GURUDHAM.
'The Mandar Hill itself is medium sized hill with grooves
all around it measuring about 6 ft. in
width
.:and ab?at ~ inches in depth shewing that in very ancient
days thts Hill was used as a stirrer te pick up the nectar from
the ocean by the Gods in battle with the Asuras. i.e. the
.devils.. There is temple .ef Sti Ma4husudanjiu visible from

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far awa~ and . which is stated to have been worshipped

by Sn . Chaitanya on his way to Gaya. Before the
constructiOn of Temple Asram at Gutudham near Mandar
Sanyal Mahasay saw in meditation, his Guru Sri Lahit;

CHAPTER-V

Mahasay along with some other holy saints at a particul~;tr

spot.

The Las-t 1VIinistre1

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THE END- The wife of Sri Sanyal Mahssay Sm. Kali
recogmsmg the spot. In 1929 Gurudhaani Mandar Asram
Dasi Devi died on 7th Nov. 1959. After this Sri sanyal
was started. In 1945 Veda Vidyalay was established. AU
Mahasay's health also broke down and he breathed his last
these Ashramas at Puri and Mandar are managed by Guruon 18th January-1:962 at 6-24 A.M. or 4th Magh 1369 B.S. at
~~m Trust Board, Gurudham, P.O. Baunsi-Dt-Bhagalpore
the age of 85 years. Till the last date he gave benedictions
1 ar. Gr~at helps were rendered by brothers Rudranaraya~
to all. A few days before his death his talk to his disciples
and. Ku~dtp Narayan Tripathy. Every year, the Annual . . may be taken as his last message which is important in
Festtvelts held at Mandar on the birthdate of Sri Sanyal
many ways and reproduced mostly as follows:JYiahasay. whi.ch is . Sukl~Sasthi day ie. the day after the
Sri Sri Baba-(To S9.tya:1>rain ) Look after this Temple
Saraswatt
PuJa
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is
aenerally
held
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yourself and you will be h:1ppy. 1 want this work to be
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m anuary, with
great ec at or several days. Many holy Saints and Sadhus
1f you offer only
done effeciently by a disciple of mine.
and . devotees assemble there and observe all religious
one or two flowers daily. even then Sri Lahiry Mahasay
fu?cttons properly. Sanyal. Mahasay's chief disciples were
and myself will be happy. ( T~ Raman Bhai) 1 shall be very
Sn Jwala P:asad . Trivedi and Sri Nikhil Nath Dey. His
happy if Sheba-puja is also daily performed at Puri. You
eld~st son Sn Kasipati Sanyal was also one of the t
all are disciples or sons of Sri Lablry Mahasay. lt is my wish
Knyabans.
opmost
that Sri Lahiry Mahasay is regularly worshipped at all these
places. Let nothil)g be brought from Puri to this place. He
was actually staying at the said place. So let that Temple
Asram of Puri remain there, this one is for you alL...... Do
not quarrel amongst yourselves my son. Do not discriminate
between a Bengalee, a Bihari, or a Marwari etc . Sri Thakur
( Lahiry Mahasay ) does not like it, he belongs to all aud all
are his sons. Do not ask anything from outsiders. You all
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have some cult.ivable lands, contribute from it whatever is
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Give something to me also (on being asked as to how he may

be recognised) ... I may come in any form.~...... Before you
die, give the charge of this temple to some one who would be
able to shoulder the responsibility fully. When 1 shall come
again, I will he happy to see how big this has become.
Even if anyone comes after 100 years from hence he will
find this has become so. great. (He began to weep saying) Save
some money. I could not do any welfare work for the good
of humanity because when I came here I was poor.
Know
this that whoever has sought Him, got
All are same,
all are born equal. Whatever is desired by Sri Thakur,
happens, consider Sri Thakur as God. Let all your mhid
become one and same. Let us not forget that he has given
us such a thing by which we can attain higher sphere, I can
say this and that is why I came No one but one amongst
you shall be able to do it (kept silent}. Call all of them who
are present here. Let God's blessing be on all of you. Give
this message whomsoever you meet that I have blessed him.
God Bless him."

Him.

CHAPTER-VI

Divine .Activities
A few personal and real experiences of some ~isciples from
amongst many are reproduced hereunder ....
1. Sri Jwataprasad Tripathi-He was the principal Chela
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Dey who stayed with him and served him in all respect all'
along. He said that a few days before his demise Sri Gutu
told him "I did not come to this world alone, We_ were 9
persons who came all together. latin Biswas, Satish Chandra
Sinha and others. All of them have gone away. I am
waiting for one of them to born again and then 1 will depart.
Now I understand he is born and I will have to go. He. wm
be a leader in this line and :disclose his identity in proper
time~ In a letter to Sm. Khagendra Bala Dasi he wrote:
"I will come agai'l:t, ~

2. SRI SANYAL MAHASAY~S VISIT TO PUSHKAR

(HOLY HILL TEMPLE IN GOA ):-The Holy Hili Temple
at Pushkar in Goa in Western India contains the idol of
Goddess Savitri. As stated JJy Sanyal Mahasay and noted by
Sri Tewari-"Many years ago in summer I went up to the
hi:ll to have a visit of the Goddess Savitri but after going to a
considerable height in bot sun and the hilly tracts consisting
of thorny bushes I became ethausted and had to lie down
with great thirst. I could not move. After. a few minutes a.
lady brought a jarful ()f water and told me Hyou are very'
thirsty, drink this water". Without considering anything else
I drank the water. Tbe lady took the jar and went away. At
that moment I did not even think that a thank should be
given
bet. But as soon as she left I began to wonder
wherefrom she came because no one lived on or around the
hill for considerable distance. Then he went up the bill to
the temple and narrated the incident to the priest asking
him wlio the lady might be. The priest told me ''Have you
become mad 1 How can any lady come here when nobody
around this . Hill for miles aroundt live here. It must be thedoddess Savitri herself who offered you the water."

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3. BEFORE A WILD BUFFALOE ON SAHBBGANJ

HILL :-( From a statement of Sanyal Mahasay -)-While in
Sahebganj Sanyal Mahasay one day went up to the Hill where
th~re is a temple, and the path of which was very narrow and
steep, on one side was the hill and on the other deep gorg~s
of sometimes more than 50ft depth. Not more than one
P~rson could walk on it. While he was going up he heard
some people are shouting ''Go away, go away, wild butraloe
is running downward". Sanyal Mahasay was at a fix, there
was no space at all to move aside. He saw the buffaloe coming
running down with red eyes and moving its big thorns. He
stood quietly at one side with folded hands and lookino at
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the. buffaloe told it, "I am very much afraid, please P.ass on.,.
The buffaloe stopped and touched Sanyal Mahasays shoulder
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with its mouth and went away calmly.
4. A LAME MAN WALKS :-Just after the temple at
Mandar was established many persons were invited from all
over India to attend the inaugural ceremony. Large nn~ber
of people gathered at the temple even 10/15 days before.
12000 poor people will be fed was also announeed. But it
was found 3 days before the function that Sri Sanyal Mahasay
had no money at all and everybody became worried. But
Baba said that everything will be arranged. He then went ao
visit Sri Madhusudan lieu at the temple of Mandar and while
returning he was accosted by a Marwad disciple on the street
and who was going on a wheel chair because his feet were
paralytic and could not walk and who told Sanyal Mahasay
tha~ .he ~ill be highly pleased and obliged if Guruji kindiy
pernnts h1m to perform Sheba and entertain all the guests. at
the said function at his own expense and that he can serve
food to all by his own hands. Sany~l ahasay agreed and

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t.o the . surprise .of aU he actually walked on foot and served

everybody to his great joy.

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5. STORY OF'RUDRA NARAIN TEWARI~Sri Rudra

NarainTewari was one of the Zamindars in Bhagalpore and he
was a great devotee of Sri Sanyal Mahasay, but he neglected
to manage his own affairs. Now when his daughter's
marriage was fixed up he had no money. He told this to
his Gu~uji a~d asked for his advice. Guru]i told him to deeply
remember Him~ and proceed. Thereafter there was no
difficulty. Rudranarain prayed to Guruji so that he may
have a visit of Guruji at the time of his death and to which
Guruji agreed. This promise. was duly fulfilled in spite of
many obstacles

6, HAR NARAIN LAL'S STORY-He said ... one

Mobitda, a disciple or Baba went to see Baba when he was
at Benares. Arriving at ~the bouse where Baba lived,
he found that Baba and Sri Ma were quarrelling with
each other" over petty things. Mohitda, it seems, was a bit
pessimistic. .Seeing thus he. became disgusted, he did not see
Ba'ba and caine back and thereafter went to the temple of
Vishwanath at Beneras. When he was about to pour
Ganges water on the Siva idol he saw in place of Sivalinga
it was Baba who was sitting there. Thinking it an
hallucination, he tried several time from separate doors but it
was all the same. At this he became very much ashamed
and did not go to Baba again but returned to Bhaga1pore.
( It sems that the quarrel between Baba and Ma which he has
seen, was a show for reasons best known to them, to avoid
the visit.)

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7. RAI BAHADUR SARAT CHANDRA ROY CHOWDHURY'S STORY-Rai Bahadur was a government servant
posted at Bankura in 1934. At this time his daughter's.
marriage was settled there. But ~all on a sudden an order
came from higher authority for his transfer. He was in a
great fix; and was afraid that the settled fact of marriage may
be unsettled. and so worried. He came to. Sri Baba and told
his worries. Baba blessed him and told him not to worry.
Surprisingly the order of transfer was cancelled and everything passed of peacefully. In 1936 Rai Bahadur was
operated upon for gall Bladder" He bacame very. nervous.
and always thought of Baba who advised him not to worry,
Just after the operation he saw in a dream that a bird was
taking away all the stones from his stomach at;~d every
thing was alright.

8. SRI ATULANANDA GUHA'S STATEMENT-"! was

given Oiksha by Sri Baba long ago but rarely thought or
remembered him, In 1910 while in Dacca (now Bangladesh)
I fell very ill. Baba was then at Mandar. Pain. becoming
unbearable I began to think of Baba and sent several letters.
One day one of my assistants came with a gentleman who
informed me that Sri sanyal Mahasay had come to his house
aud told me to meet him.
alright.

I did and everything became

In 1950 while in Dacca severe Hindu-Muslim riot

was going on and I was suddenly stabbed on my chest by a

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9. SUNIL KUMAR GHOSH'S STATEMENT-I got Diksha.

in 1957. Before that I had no idea of these things whatsoever.
I was busy with my legal profession and sports and various.
other public activities. My father died in 1956 and my wifefell sevedy ill thereafter. I was in. a fix, when she recovered
a bit I took her for a change at Mandar at one of my friends'
house. Visited Madhusudanji and prayed for relief. Just
thereafter accidentally I was introduced to Gurudbam Temple
Asram of Sri Sanyal Mahasay and thereafter to Sri Sanyal
Mahasay'when he came lo Calcutta and where I got DikshaIt was as if SriGuru has pulled me to himselfJn196lsuddenly
I fell. seriously ill with severe stomach paln.Doctors suspected
it was appendicitis but for operation I shall have to wait a.
rew more days. During this time one day I suddenly began
to feel vei:y severe and unbearable pain in my stomach
specially in midnight. Then I looked at the photo of Sri
Guruji in my room and asked "what have 1 done to deserve
so much punishment". A few minutes after that I felt a
sudden excruciating pain b'ut I fell asleep. Next morning
the Doctor could not feel the appendicitis, prescribed
some medicines and everything became alright. I did not
know then that Sri Guruji was present in Calcutta at that .
time and only for three days. It is needless to say that many
of us frequently fall into serious troubles or distress fraught
with danger to our lives, which was also the case with me,.
many times, and 1 was miraculously saved by unseen band.
It is always better to remember Him through Sri Guru and it
cost~ us nothing.

Muslim and was sent to Hospital. Regained consciou_sness

after 4 days. Nobody expected me to live. But then I received

a letter from Baba in which he said "Do not worry. everything will be alright" and it was so."

10. SRI TAPANDHAN MUKHERJEE SAYS-"In 1911-12

I went t() Pori where Sri Baba was staying. Some cave like
small rooms were constructed for practising Kriyas. One:

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morning Sri Baba entered into such aroom after telling us not
to disturb him or call him so long as he will remain in said
rc.~om. There was one wind,ow which also was closed. Many
'hours passed but Baba was not coming out. So we became
a bit worried. We suddenly found a black snake entering
into the room through a small hole. We became n .. ''"US and
anxious for Baba. Then disregatding his instruction one
of us slightly opened the window and found that the snake
was lying near the feet o Guruji who was stroking the head
of the snake as if for consolation. Later when asked, Sri
Baba said that this snake, in its previous life, was a human
being and his disciple but owing to some bad propensities .
of his he died early and was born as a snake and is still
suffering a lot of mental troubles having no peace. So he
asked for relief and that is granted. The snake died next
.day.

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of London an'd were in great fix, we became very nervous

and prayed to Guruji~ Suddenly from nowhere a gentleman
appeared and asked for our destination. On being told he
said that his destination was also near that so he escorted us
safely, In spfte of our efforts we could not fin'd'him again.
Again when returning from London we had to halt at Paris
for whole night which meant a lot of expense and trouble.
We were allowed to have small amount I, of money with
which it was not possible to meet all expenses. We always
were thinking of Guruji and our trouble. Suddenly a lady
appeared before us and said that we seem to be known to her
and then showed a photo of Sri Lahiry Mahasay. We also
showed photos and all were pleased to find the reason for such
close intimacy. She gave us 10 Dollars knowing that W:)
cannot have so much . money with ourselves and gave her
address ~f Canada where she resides. On our return to
India we remitted the money .but it came back as "Not
found''

1~.

Sm. MONISHA RAY SAYS-In 1954, one day my

husband suddenly returned from his office with great pain in
stomach. Doctor advised operation immediately. 1 wrote
to Sri Baba asking for his advice and thereafter 1 went to
his photo and wept, In reply Baba told not to worry and
hold in patience and to report to him. The .Doctors were
prepared but they could not diagonise and operation was
not performed, but they wanted permission fOr probing, by
operation. The situation being critical I had 'to permit it.
In midnight, as if in dream, l saw Sri Bab'B standing with. a
a stick in band and said "I have come, don't worry"
operation pas performed and then it was alright. In 1966
I went to Lond~n with my husband,. arrived in. airport in
midnight amidst heavy,rainand darkness. We knew nothing

CHAPTER. Vlf
Son:~.e

Teachings

l. Guru the Master is a bodyless entity, all pervading. So

also .y.ou consider that you are not your this body only or
the mind oi:tly and. meditate on it repeatedly and'tb:en you
~ill kn~~.who y~u are. Nobody can give you' this Self.:

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Realisation from his hand to your hand. You will have to
iind it out yourself. Guru only shows the way.

Master, go on making me play as much: as you can. only

please do not keep forgatten from yourself and your
lotus feet.''

2. You are connected with your Guru since eternity from

many previous births. There is no need to take any trouble
to find him out or to seek him. He will find you out. in
.proper time. 1t is all pre-arranged;

10. His sins are vanished whose heart becoine eager for the
redress of others' griefs and sorrows. Unless yau behave in
this way, your body and soul will not get purified. And this
is the greatest aim of human life ..

3.

God helps those whose objectives are good.

4. Analyse everything always and you will find gradually

'that your interests in those are becoming lesser and lesser to
,nil and then you will know what is actually good or what
is evil.

5. 1t is not difficult to realise him, what is difficult is to

crave for him. ardently and seriously.
6. So long you do not know thyself this game of life and
.death goes on, but as soon as you know thyself then this
game is vanished.
1. You can not have Self-Realisation or realise God by
,practising Kriya for a few days or months. Go on practicing
Kriyas that 1 have given you consistently for sometime and
then you will get his blessing and then Him.

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11. The greatest sorrow of this life is not to know Him and
believe Him.

12. He who sees God"s mercy or

ndness only when he
saves us from a distress, is surely a poor soul.
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13. We can crave for Him arid love or worship Him only
. when
He gives us the blessing, otherwise not.

14. The ''1" that is within myself is also outside me. Oh

. Mother you and I ai:e same.

15. "Jo Cbaha So paya'').e. he who craves, gets.

16. There is no need to ask anyone the path or address of
God, only remember Him, feel in your heart the trend of His
flute i. e, the direction towards which you are being pulled
or drawn. ~nd then swim away to Him. This is the story of
the path which is very secret that I have told you.

8. Keep it in your mind that your service to your elders

.and towards your sons .and daughters :are all your service
to the Supreme Mother Goddess.

9:. rr~ i~ ~aking each of us play according to . his ,"'fi.~~~:~':

,~m,4 w,e- s~~~,l have t~, g~ on pl~~l~~ it; N~ ~~e .~?~~k~e~
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