"I have taught him everything." :

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Chattambi Swamigal, "I have taught him everything."

When Balan was two years old, Chattambi Swamigal returned to the Menon home.

Every evening the family and neighbors would gather around him for a satsang, which was often followed by a Veena recital lasting hours.

Chattambi Swamigal would speak on Sanskrit and Tamil scriptures and relate stories from Hindu mythology.

His vast knowledge along with his own personal experiences and meetings with other holy men made him a fountain of inspiration.
But this visit by Chattambi Swamigal is especially remembered because of a unique exchange between the yogi and the toddler Balan.
One day, after his midday meal, the yogi had retired for his customary rest, lying on a cot in the wide, shady verandah.

He then called Manku (Balan’s mother) to bring Balan to him.

Taking the boy, he set him on his chest and began to tease and jostle him in a playful manner.

He spoke to the boy in a strange language, an occurrence that is reported to have happened several times during this visit.

Manku did not know whether it was just childish gibberish or a language that was foreign to her, and her curiosity prompted her to ask the yogi, “What language are you speaking?”

“Don't worry, this is only between him and me,” replied the yogi with a bright smile.

“Look at his face! See!  He understands what I am saying.”

But towards the end of his stay at Poothampalli House, Chattambi Swamigal is said to have remarked, “I have taught him everything.”

chinmaya missioon

( 2 years old Balan was Swami Cinmayananda )



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