Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 121
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Take Off the Veil of Illusion
Man possesses limited life and power. Nevertheless, he gets infatuated
with wealth and youth and ultimately he becomes arrogant. Then he behaves
with misconduct. He also commits injustice, adultery, and outrage. These are
but the various forms of illusion.
Since eyes are covered by illusion, man cannot see God. He does not
recognize his Guru and gets involved in misdeeds. The Sadguru is fully capable
to lift the veil of illusion from the eyes of his devotees and acquaint them with
absolute truth.
For the devotees possessed by illusion, Sadguru tries to put them on the
right path, sometimes by lifting them from difficulties, sometimes by granting
them boons and sometimes by surprising them by his miraculous works. Sri
Swami Samarth, the incarnation of Lord Dattatrey, during his incarnation
period has uplifted numerous lives that had gone astray, by his miraculous
works. One can dispel illusion by surrendering oneself on to the Sadguru.
Kirtankar Ramkrishna Buwa
There was a Kirtankar 204 , named Ramkrishna Bua Mate. He had thoroughly
studied Vedanta. On the basis of his study he had developed an inordinate sense of
self-importance and he was always trying to humiliate other learned people. On the
pretext of the narrating the Vedanta in the presence of Sri Swamiji, he started
slandering Sri Swamiji. He started saying, “Shankaracharya was such a great teacher of
Advaita Philosophy, but to win over people to his side, he performed duties in
conformity with the (four) castes and (four) stages of life”.
Sri Swamiji recognized the hypocrisy in Mate Buwa’s speech. Sri Swamiji said,
“At that time. Where were you? Is it life’s objective to fill up one’s treasury with money
in the false name of religion and indecent conduct? ”. Hearing these words of Sri
Swamiji, Mate Buwa realized his fault and started repenting. When Mate Buwa sat down
at the end of his ‘Kirtan’, he saw a virtuous learned man sitting near Sri Swamiji. The
learned man reprimanded Mate Buwa sharply and said, “The Supreme Being, the
eternal Swamiji has manifested himself in the form of Lord Dattatrey. All these Veda-
Vedanta and all Shastras have originated from the Supreme Being. Therefore it is not
graceful on your part to speak with arrogance, and with the diversity of sentiments in
the presence of such a Puran Purushottam 205 ”.
Hearing these words from the learned man, Mate Buwa started regretting his
remarks. He surrendered to Sri Swamiji and prayed for forgiveness.
204 Kirtankar: One who performs Kirtan. One who narrates a spiritual topic punctuated by music.
205 Puran Puroshattam: Ancient and Eternal Supreme Being
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