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A Moment With Parmatma
The Brahmin also thought, “I'm such a knowledgeable man, a great scholar, I have 500 disciples, thousands of devotees....all the people of the town respect me and even the heavenly beings attend my rituals." However, the moment he heard the news that the heavenly beings had not come to attend his holy fire but had proceeded further, his inflated ego was pricked ... he felt offended."In my town...someone superior to me...more knowledgeable !! Who is HE? Let me go...I will show HIM how knowledgeable I am, I shall defeat HIM today. "I will surely show it to HIM.” He stamped his feet hard on the ground and left. He reached near the Samovasaran... one glance of the magnanimous Samovasaran and the thousands of people...he was aghast! "Oh! Such a holy atmosphere... I have never seen something like this ever before...!"
Then he climbed a few steps and he heard his name being called... “GOIMA!” and he looks up and sees a stream of love and affection showering on him from above..such love and affection were bestowed upon on Gautam by those eyes, that he experienced something unusual... that eternal bliss... incomparable love... unmatchable affection and that divine care...!! Gautam kept thinking..
"Oh! What is this? Who is HE? He is absolutely different from what I had believed and expected."
“I thought that some fraudster had come...I
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