Nandlal ji, who supplied the Kainchi
ashram with ghee from his shop, had had Maharaj
ji's darshan
in Haldwani and had faith in him, but he had never gotten an
opportunity to visit Kainchi. One of Nandlal ji's friends, who was a
devotee of Baba's, had bought a new truck and was going to Kainchi to
ask for Baba's blessings. He invited Nandlal ji to accompany him.
Nandlal ji got ready saying, "I have never been to satsang
[a gathering of devotees] in Kainchi. Let me enjoy it today." He
checked the ashram ghee account and found that he
needed to collect 1,300 rupees.
They arrived in Kainchi at 11 p.m. and found Baba seated on a takhat
on the roof of the ashram's dharamshala with some
devotees. When they got there, Baba sent everyone except for Nandlal ji
to have prasad.
Taking his hand out of his blanket, Baba placed it on his own shoulder
and then gave Nandlal ji a wad of notes that he asked him to count.
There were 1,100 rupees. Baba then told Nandlal ji to go and take prasad.
After Nandlal ji had eaten, a worker at the ashram directed him to the
room where he would spend the night. The thought that he had not
brought any bedding with him worried Nandlal ji, and he was not sure
what to do about it. When he got to the room, he was happy to see two
freshly made beds—one for him and one for his friend. Baba
then asked
him, "How is your satsang getting
on?" Nandlal ji replied, "Nothing special." Baba then
said, "Why don't you go to your guru's place?"
Without waiting for a reply, Baba described the guru's physique and
appearance saying, "He was a saint of a very high order."
Referring to Kainchi, he said, "Here the satsang is aao,
khao, jao [come, eat, go]."
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