Padapooja Blog - The Teaching of Jagadguru Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi Tiruvadikal

Om Sath Gurave Namah , Some Reminiscences Those were idyllic days. I would be on time off from work. After the morning prayers and prasad, I would check with Potti Swami when to expect Swamiji in the library where he would meet the devotees.Half an hour before the expected arrival of Swamiji, I would make my way to the Library or the room right next to it if the Library was occupied. Swamiji would come down the steps from his room after his morning routines, gently walking down the steps, pausing, looking at all around with a gentle smile, sometimes a chuckle. He would occasionally say "Hmm". He would be holding onto the railing of the steps, pause on one of the steps, adjust his Jata with the adorned Tulasi leaves and Aralli flowers. Walk down to the library, slowly, deliberately and after looking at the photo of Gurupadar in the library, would go and sit in the chair there. Usually there would be a bunch of people there waiting to seek his blessings. Swamiji would then gi