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Swami Brahmananda's Love of Plants |
| November 16, 2005 by admin |
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Maharaj [Swami Brahmananda] had a great liking for plants and trees. In whatever place he lived for a considerable time, it was his pastime to plant orchards, flower-beds, fruit and vegetable gardens. He took personal care of them. He enjoyed their growth and beauty as they existed in nature. He looked upon them as Nature's offering to the Virat (Omnipresent Being).
Maharaj could instinctively find out the peculiar needs of a tree or plant and devise the necessary nutriment. In this way he turned a dying plant into a luxurious one with profuse flowers or fruits as the case might be. Sometimes by a special treatment he astonishingly improved the size, color and fragrance of the products.
[Quoted from "Swami Vivekananda's Contribution to the Present Age" by Swami Satprakashananda. Swami Brahmananda was one of the most highly regarded monastic disciplies of the 19th century Indian saint Sri Ramakrishna.]
[Pictured at left is a Hong Kong Orchid Tree planted at Da Love-Ananda Mahal Sanctuary, a retreat sanctuary established by Fear-No-More Zoo Founder Adi Da Samraj.] |
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