THE HOLY HILL ARUNACHALA AND SANCHARA SAMADHI
Sri Kunju Swami said, “Once Bhagavan pointed to the Holy Arunachala Hill and said: ‘This is the storehouse of all spiritual power. Going round it you benefit in all ways. Just as it is highly beneficial when you perform japa in Varanasi, so also by going round the Hill you get countless benefits. It is called sanchara samadhi.
While walking round the Hill the body is active but the mind is at rest at its source. The mind is then free from distractions. Through sanchara samadhi one easily gets sahaja samadhi. Hence, our forefathers praised the value of pilgrimages. A pilgrimage (on foot) enables one to get established in sanchara samadhi.’ ”
Kunju Swami once asked Bhagavan, “If thoughts rise up while doing pradakshina, what are we to do?”
Bhagavan replied, “Just do nothing. Ignore them. Keep yourself away from them as you automatically do when a donkey or dog crosses you while walking round the Hill. If you ignore them they will go away of their own accord.”
Sri Bhagavan also joked at that time: “For you the problem is how to eradicate the thoughts; for us (meaning himself) the problem is how to bring forth thoughts, how to raise a thought!”
Some time after he came here, Sri Muruganar, one of the oldest devotees of Bhagavan, asked Bhagavan about the spiritual benefit of going round the Hill (giripradakshina). Bhagavan asked him to go round it first and then come to him. Sri Muruganar followed his advice and told Bhagavan that he had lost his dehatma buddhi (body-consciousness) after a while and regained it only after reaching Adi Annamalai. He reported to Sri Bhagavan that the experience was unexpected and unique.
Sri Bhagavan also joked at that time: “For you the problem is how to eradicate the thoughts; for us (meaning himself) the problem is how to bring forth thoughts, how to raise a thought!”
SRI MURUGANAR'S EXPERIENCE WHILE ON GIRIPRADAKSHINA
Some time after he came here, Sri Muruganar, one of the oldest devotees of Bhagavan, asked Bhagavan about the spiritual benefit of going round the Hill (giripradakshina). Bhagavan asked him to go round it first and then come to him. Sri Muruganar followed his advice and told Bhagavan that he had lost his dehatma buddhi (body-consciousness) after a while and regained it only after reaching Adi Annamalai. He reported to Sri Bhagavan that the experience was unexpected and unique.
Sri Bhagavan smiled and said, “Do you now understand?”
Courtesy: Ramana Hridayam
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