{"id":2211,"date":"2012-06-17T18:16:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T12:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arunachala-live.com\/wordpress\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2012-06-17T18:16:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T12:46:42","slug":"mahapuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.arunachala-live.com\/wordpress\/?p=2211","title":{"rendered":"Maha Puja"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Mahapuja is the anniversary of the Mahasamadhi day of\u00a0 Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi\u2019s Mother. It is celebrated every year in the Ramanashram inside the Mathrabhutheswara shrine where the Mother’s mortal frame was buried. This year it took place on !3th June.
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At the time of his mother’s passing away, Bhagavan recounted, \u201cMother said she would not leave me and go anywhere else. If she went anywhere she was afraid that she might die there. She was particular that she should die in my hands. She used to say, \u201ceven if you throw away my dead body in these thorny bushes i would not mind but i must end this life in your arms\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here is an account of the Mother’s death by Suri Nagamma in Letters: In 1922 mother\u2019s \"\"<\/a>health broke down. On the festival of Bahula Navami, which fell that year on May 19th, it was obvious her end was near. After his usual morning walk Bhagavan entered mother\u2019s room and waited on her the whole day, even taking his afternoon meal in the room. About sunset the evening meal was prepared and Bhagavan asked the others to eat, but he himself did not. In the evening the devotees sat beside mother in 3 separate groups singing the marital garland of letters. For a further 2 hours she lay there, her chest heaving and her breath coming in loud gasps; all this while Bhagavan sat beside her, and during the last hour he laid his right hand on her heart and his left on her head. There was no question of prolonging life but only of quieting the mind so that death could be Mahasamadhi, absorption in the Self. Later Bhagavan explained, \u201cinnate tendencies (vasanas) and the \"\"<\/a>subtle memory of past experiences leading to future possibilities became very active. Scene after scene rolled before her in the subtle consciousness, the outer senses having already gone. The soul was passing through a series of experiences, thus avoiding the need for rebirth and so effecting union with Supreme Spirit. The prana was absorbed in the heart and the soul was at last disrobed of the subtle sheaths before it reached the final destination, the Supreme Peace of Liberation from which there is no return to ignorance\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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