After doing the official registration at the guest house, the kind hearted receptionist slowly tidied his desk and before handing me the key, quietly asked; “So you have come from the Bihar School of Yoga?”
“Yes, I live there.”
“May I ask you, have you ever met Swami Satyananda?”
“Yes, I have.”
“I also met Swami Satyananda, once. We even shared the stage. It was in 1981 in Hyderabad. At the time, I was associated with the Vivekananda Kendra, and I helped organize programs and functions. This particular program was conducted at the Electronics Corporation India Limited; they were makers of Dyanora TV. I was a young man of 27 and I had to say a few words about Swami Vivekananda and ended with, ‘Swami Vivekananda believed that the Divine is in everyone and in everything.’
Then I introduced Swami Satyananda. It was his turn to speak and he began by saying, ‘I agree with this young man and with Swami Vivekananda.’ He said, ‘I agree with this young man . . .’
The eyes of the receptionist had the glow of a young man of 27, and after 42 years that brief encounter with Sri Swamiji was as alive and as significant as ever.