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..and I'm very proud to know you, Dr., because you're Indian!

Very very nice photo and message indeed.Thanx for the phto.

Welcome, dear Dr. Anand!

In other parts of tropical world, where monkeys naturally occur, I find majority of people are much more cruel: monkeys are generally rare there, especially in cities. They avoid public places, or their ranges are limited to special locations, frequented by tourists (such as "Monkey forest" of Ubud, Bali, Indonesia).. Last fact means that - in such special places - monkeys (and some other animals) are protected for sake of money only! (I.e.: money which locals get from tourists: "Hey mister, buy banana for monkey!"). But in Bharath (India) local people aren't so primitive, no.. Historically, here was (and in some places still remains) deep connection between Man and Nature, or at least some traces of such connection. So Bharatyas naturally avoid some cruel practices. Love for all beings is basic nature of every Bharathya - i.e. - true Indian person. Jay Sai Ram!

Dear sir,

I want to share the following story with you. Last year I send Swami a card with a monkey and a pink flower on it, asking if He would give me peace in my monkey-mind.
Then I came to India and when I got a room outside of the ashram at the end of my stay in Puttaparthi, there was this big monkey in my doorway just as I arrived in my room. I was shocked and 'shood' it away because there was food on the bed. And I was afraid I might not be able to get it outside once it came in. Than later I realised that it was Swami; saying He would take care of my monkey-mind. And of course regretted that I did not have faith it would be okay whatever happened.

Shanti, Anita

Yes, Anita, it was either Swamiji Himself or Hanuman
And about monkey-mind, yes, just look at this monkey on Dhyanam-vruksh ("Meditation Tree"):
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