Message #17307

[Jitendra Hydonus]

I moved to Michigan after being with him off and on for years. It surprised me when he wrote to me asking me how i was doing and gave me a couple of suggestions. I have found many SRFers uncommunicable in my life but not him. I did not even write to him. He initiaited the communication. He is one of those people that you never quite realize what he meant to you... because it was so much.

i asked him several questions about life and he always would pause a moment and then answer. He always had an answer. Sometimes in a few words you knew that he knew much about you. I feel that he and Amma were the most realized people I ever met in person during my lifetime.

It is always a blessing to meditate with other people. I had the chance to be in his presence quite often when he led meditations. He often would lead us, as other monks have, into guided meditations.

Jitendra