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 Shared in the book: "I am harmony, book about Babaji".
Swami Fakiranand, who administered Sri Babaji's ashram at Haidakhan, shared his experience about having darshan of Lord Shiva:
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Then I met...a lama by the name of Jaukshu Lama, and it was he who told me that he himself has drawn the picture [ of Lord Shiva with four hands ] about 600 years ago and that its place of origin is Tibet. At that time, Haidakhan Baba had assumed the divine body of a lama and was well known as Lama Baba and Jaukshu Lama was one of His ardent devotees.
Jauksha Lama proceeded to tell me:
'I was a very devoted worshiper of Lord Shiva and it was the great longing of my life to be blessed with the darshan of my adored deity. This was my constant request of my master. Little did I know then that my master Himself was Lord Shiva.
It was in the middle of a severe winter and I kept on pestering my great master to wear a chola (a long shirt worn by sadhus), since it was bitterly cold. But my master would never wear anything except wrap His body with a sheet. However, one day He did give me permission to make a chola for Him.
I was overjoyed and bought a piece of cloth for the purpose, but when I started to make it at night, I suddenly remembered that I had forgotten to take His measurements. So I went straightway to His hut.
The door was covered with a straw mat, so I peeped through its chinks. What I now saw struck me dumb with amazement! Lord Shiva was siting there in deep meditation...in one hand, He was holding a coudi shell, in the second a trishul, in the third a kamandalu, and in the forth a chakra.
I pinched myself to see whether I was awake or asleep, for I could not make out weather what I saw was real or I was just imagining it. Then it occurred to me that my Lord must think I was spying on Him, so I ran back to where I was staying.
Now I realized for certain that my master (Sri Babaji/Lama Baba) was Lord Shiva HImself.
You may imagine my immense joy at the fulfillment of my life-long prayer. The fact was that I had been living with my Lord Shiva all those years without realizing it.
The next day, I had a chola made for Him with four sleeves and took it to my Master. When He saw it, He was furious with me, saying:
"What is this? Do you think I am a juggler?! Or are you playing games with me?!"
Then I told Him what I had seen the previous night - which of course, He knew all along. It was just His lila [ God's play ]. He Continued to speak, softly, to me:
"Since it was your life-long desire, I had to fulfill it, and so I showed you what you saw last night."
Jaukshu Lama finished his narrative by saying: "This was when I made the drawing of what I had seen."
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In the same year (1972), when Sri Babaji was at Haidakhan, five or six lamas came there to have darshan of Prabhu. Sri Babaji conversed with them in their own language, telling them about His having been a lama in Tibet. This was the first time He had mentioned this to anyone. In reply, the lamas hailed Him with "Lama Baba ki JAI!"
This whole incident has also been confirmed by the present day, well-known saint, Gangotri Baba, also known as Swami Akhananda. When Gangotri Baba came to Vrindaban in February 1973, I had a satsang with him. During our conversation, he told me that Jaukushu Lama, he himself, and I had all been devotees of Bhagawan Haidakhan in Tibet during the time of His being Lama Baba, and that we all have been His disciples for many lifetimes..."
Read other articles about Sri Babaji being manifestation of Siva:
http://www.sribabaji.org/portal/article.php?story=sastras
http://www.sribabaji.org/portal/article.php?story=gangotri_baba
http://www.sribabaji.org/portal/article.php?story=end
http://www.sribabaji.org/portal/article.php?story=anadi <-- read this one!!
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