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No Fear, Gurudev is Here

I had some health issues recently.  When I came out of the emergency room, suddenly I became very, very alert.  

I answered the emergency doctors and said "I will come to have a checkup tomorrow."  As soon as I came out, I remembered Gurudev. I had a japa-mālā in my bag, and I took it out and began chanting. Though that was an emergency, I did not feel any fear.  

Gurudev has said, without Vaiṣṇavas' mercy, their remembrance cannot come.  So when Gurudeva's remembrance came, I felt that mercy was coming to me.

 I was able to sleep, I was not feeling any fear or anything.  When I woke up, I immediately started chanting.  Gurudev was making me feel that he was with me at all times.

- Vishakha Dasi, Bangalore


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