గురు బ్రహ్మ గురుర్ విష్ణుః గురుర్ దేవో మహేశ్వరః
గురు స్సాక్షాత్ పరబ్రహ్మ తస్మై శ్రీ గురవే నమః
శుక్లాం బరధరం విష్ణుం శశివర్ణం చతుర్భుజం
ప్రసన్న వదనం ధ్యాయేత్ సర్వ విఘ్నోప శాంతయే
శ్రుతి స్మృతి పురాణానాం ఆలయం కరుణాలయం
నమామి భగవత్ పాదం శంకరం లోక శంకరం
ఓం నమః శివాయ
For many great sages and rushis, money (and material possessions) mean nothing. They always kept themselves away from that.
Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi
Bhagawan used to have two pieces of small clothes with him. He used to use these for covering very little part of his body, irrespective of the season. He would store one cloth in a small hole in a tree and sometime later, he would actually wash it and dry it and then use it. One day one of his followers became curious and wanted to know what he was hiding in that hole of the tree. He went there and pulled the cloth out of that. He was shocked to see that the cloth had more holes than the cloth itself. He asked Bhagawan, "Bhagawan! You have so many followers and many of them are stinkingly rich. Cant they get u a simple untorn loin cloth for you to wear?" Bhagawan responded, "Who said I am poor and I needed a untorn loin cloth? Dont u see this? This has so many holes in it like Sahasraaksha (One with 1000s of eyes). Indra is also known as Sahasraaksha. In Rudraadhyaayam (Namakam recited during Rudrabhshekham), Sahasraaksha is one name used to address the Lord. I feel as if Indra is wrapping me. What more privilege a human being can have in a life?" But he never took any money or anything from any body because Bhagwan never had to touch money (only once after ran away from home).
Sri Paramaachaarya
Once Sri Paramaachaarya (Paramaacharya is Sri Sri Sri Chandra Sekharendra Saraswathi Swamy. He was called, "Nadiche Devudu (Walking God)". He was the Sankara peethaadhipathi.) was sitting and a poor brahmin came to him and said, "Swami. I have to get my daughter married and I need some money. Kindly help me." Then Sri Paramaachaarya told him, "Who am I to give u money? Go and request God and do three pradakshinas and ask her."
While that brahmin was doing that, a man walked in and offered Swamiji some money saying that he wanted to donate that money to be given to the needy. Swamiji asked him to leave the money there.
Once the brahmin returned, Swamiji used his Dharma Dandam (the stick he carries) and he pushed that bowl with the money (without touching it with his hands) towards the brahmin and said, "Goddess seems to have heard your prayers and here is the money." To the brahmins surprise, that was the exact amount he was looking for. This obviously is a miracle without making it look so. Great people never claim any credit for such things and put it on god, though they play a major role in effecting that.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
One night Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was sleeping on his bed, but he just could not sleep. He was feeling very restless and he did not know the reason for his restlessness. But he figured out that there is some money somewhere in that room and thats what is causing him the restlessness. He called his disciple, Swami Vivekananda, and told him this. Vivekanda immediately apologised and told him that he had put a 1 rupee coin under his pillow. Once that coin was taken out, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa could sleep happily.
This is the state of great people. We are not talking about people who are from Kritha yuga or Tretha Yuga. We are talking about people who lived in the 20th century.
సర్వే జనాః సుఖినో భవంతు
Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi
Bhagawan used to have two pieces of small clothes with him. He used to use these for covering very little part of his body, irrespective of the season. He would store one cloth in a small hole in a tree and sometime later, he would actually wash it and dry it and then use it. One day one of his followers became curious and wanted to know what he was hiding in that hole of the tree. He went there and pulled the cloth out of that. He was shocked to see that the cloth had more holes than the cloth itself. He asked Bhagawan, "Bhagawan! You have so many followers and many of them are stinkingly rich. Cant they get u a simple untorn loin cloth for you to wear?" Bhagawan responded, "Who said I am poor and I needed a untorn loin cloth? Dont u see this? This has so many holes in it like Sahasraaksha (One with 1000s of eyes). Indra is also known as Sahasraaksha. In Rudraadhyaayam (Namakam recited during Rudrabhshekham), Sahasraaksha is one name used to address the Lord. I feel as if Indra is wrapping me. What more privilege a human being can have in a life?" But he never took any money or anything from any body because Bhagwan never had to touch money (only once after ran away from home).
Sri Paramaachaarya
Once Sri Paramaachaarya (Paramaacharya is Sri Sri Sri Chandra Sekharendra Saraswathi Swamy. He was called, "Nadiche Devudu (Walking God)". He was the Sankara peethaadhipathi.) was sitting and a poor brahmin came to him and said, "Swami. I have to get my daughter married and I need some money. Kindly help me." Then Sri Paramaachaarya told him, "Who am I to give u money? Go and request God and do three pradakshinas and ask her."
While that brahmin was doing that, a man walked in and offered Swamiji some money saying that he wanted to donate that money to be given to the needy. Swamiji asked him to leave the money there.
Once the brahmin returned, Swamiji used his Dharma Dandam (the stick he carries) and he pushed that bowl with the money (without touching it with his hands) towards the brahmin and said, "Goddess seems to have heard your prayers and here is the money." To the brahmins surprise, that was the exact amount he was looking for. This obviously is a miracle without making it look so. Great people never claim any credit for such things and put it on god, though they play a major role in effecting that.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
One night Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was sleeping on his bed, but he just could not sleep. He was feeling very restless and he did not know the reason for his restlessness. But he figured out that there is some money somewhere in that room and thats what is causing him the restlessness. He called his disciple, Swami Vivekananda, and told him this. Vivekanda immediately apologised and told him that he had put a 1 rupee coin under his pillow. Once that coin was taken out, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa could sleep happily.
This is the state of great people. We are not talking about people who are from Kritha yuga or Tretha Yuga. We are talking about people who lived in the 20th century.
సర్వే జనాః సుఖినో భవంతు
PS: There could be typos and other mistakes in telugu and english, kindly pardon me with big hearts.
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