Guest guest Posted April 20, 2000 Report Share Posted April 20, 2000 Without comment... - Anand _____________________________________ > > Swami bathes in boiling ghee > Chennai: Watched by hundreds of his followers, a frail > swami on > Monday bathed > in boiling ghee at the Ekambareswarar temple in the > Kancheepuram, about 70 km > from here, pledging his 'divine' effort to securing world > peace > and communal > harmony. > > Swami Rajan even used a red-hot coal as the soap after > dousing > himself from head > to toe in steaming ghee.As his devotees chanted " Siva, > Siva, > Siva " the swami in his > early 40s and hailing from the pilgrim centre of Tirunallar > in > Thanjavur district down > south, boiled 25 kg of butter in a large brass vessel on a > brick chula fired by wood. > > He then said some prayers and began pouring the melted > butter, > now steaming, > with a mug-shaped brass urn to douse himself from head to > toe. > He also picked up > a red-hot coal from the chula as his soap. > > The devotees gasped in disbelief as there were no burn > injuries > on the swami. > There was not even a blister, said eyewitnesses.Later, the > swami told his followers > that it was the eighth time that he was bathing in steaming > ghee. > > It was necessary for man to undergo pain and make sacrifice > to > achieve anything > and so, he had undertaken the demonstration of ghee-bathing > to > secure communal > harmony and world peace. > > He would hold similar demonstrations in other places in > Tamil > Nadu in the coming > days, the swami said. ------------------------------------------------ Krishnan S. Anand Northwestern University, ton, IL. USA k-anand@... Tel: (847)467-2128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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