Culture
One Of A Fate: Bismillah and Banaras
(Bismillah Khan)
“Balaji temple. . . that was the designated place of riyaaz [in our family]. And there, my uncle did his riyaaz for 18 years. At one spot.
. . . all of us have done riyaaz at this spot itself. And the way it was done was that I used to practice for three, three-and-a-half hours at one stretch. And. . what feelings I’ve experienced here, how do I tell you about those? Once I told [my uncle] so I was beaten. I told him what I saw here, so my uncle hit me and asked me to never repeat it. [After that] At two other occasions I witnessed the same, I did not tell anyone about it.
It is only now that I feel vindicated. . . there is a gentleman here. . a son of my friend’s, he said that he too saw the same twice. “You too are fortunate then, that you saw Him”, I said.
This is one such spot.
If you look at it, there’s nothing. But there’s everything.” [emphasis mine]
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