However, it is a friendly cold. Immediately before the cold came in, there was a quick sprinkling of a shower. The pyre had just burnt itself out. The somber grief that smoldered in the hearts of many onlookers too was spending itself out along with the pyre. The cold assuaged everyone.
They had all gathered to pay their last respects at the funeral of a monk who was running on eighty. He had been a spiritual teacher to many of them. He had been the Manager to some of them. He had been a friendly presence to most of them. Quite a few who had worked under him had had colorful memories to cherish. Many, who had experienced his guidance and counsel, had a uniform hue in their memory, that of a gentle, warm smile.
I have had a number of interactions with him. He is 28 years older than I am and very much above me in the rungs of the administration, but in the graceful atmosphere he carried, I never felt the difference. I felt like and behaved with him like he was my father’s brother. He did not seem to mind.
Though many T.V. channels were hovering about and people queuing up and paying their last respects, the whole atmosphere retained its dignity. A little child coming in, offering a flower, and saying in his quaking voice, `I will come again tomorrow’ only added to the poignancy. This child had not had any special interaction with the monk, but his untutored innocence seemed to have caught the vibes from the atmosphere.
They had all gathered to pay their last respects at the funeral of a monk who was running on eighty. He had been a spiritual teacher to many of them. He had been the Manager to some of them. He had been a friendly presence to most of them. Quite a few who had worked under him had had colorful memories to cherish. Many, who had experienced his guidance and counsel, had a uniform hue in their memory, that of a gentle, warm smile.
I have had a number of interactions with him. He is 28 years older than I am and very much above me in the rungs of the administration, but in the graceful atmosphere he carried, I never felt the difference. I felt like and behaved with him like he was my father’s brother. He did not seem to mind.Though many T.V. channels were hovering about and people queuing up and paying their last respects, the whole atmosphere retained its dignity. A little child coming in, offering a flower, and saying in his quaking voice, `I will come again tomorrow’ only added to the poignancy. This child had not had any special interaction with the monk, but his untutored innocence seemed to have caught the vibes from the atmosphere.
In God we rest.
Swami Sampurnananda, Friday, 21st October 2011
My homage to the memory of Swami Prameyanandaji, who passed away yesterday, the 20th October of 2011, at 8.25 a.m. on the Ashtami following the Durga Puja Maha Ashtami. Hari Om Ramakrishna
belurmath.org/pdf_files/Prameyananda.pdf
http://www.belurmath.org/news_archives/2011/10/18/medical-bulletin-on-swami-prameyanandaji-maharaj%E2%80%99s-health/
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/belur-math/featured/2
http://thekolkatanews.net/2011/10/sreemat-swami-promeyanandaji-maharaj-passed-away-today/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Prameyananda
My homage to the memory of Swami Prameyanandaji, who passed away yesterday, the 20th October of 2011, at 8.25 a.m. on the Ashtami following the Durga Puja Maha Ashtami. Hari Om Ramakrishna
belurmath.org/pdf_files/Prameyananda.pdf
http://www.belurmath.org/news_archives/2011/10/18/medical-bulletin-on-swami-prameyanandaji-maharaj%E2%80%99s-health/
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/belur-math/featured/2
http://thekolkatanews.net/2011/10/sreemat-swami-promeyanandaji-maharaj-passed-away-today/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Prameyananda
