Islam Rediscovered
17. Prophetic Vision
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In the other case, that of Sree Karunakara Guru of
Shantigiri, a group of his devotees came from
Trivandrum to Delhi, where they visited our centre
and told me that their guru was a Prophet of God. I
told them that I wanted to hear these words from
the lips of the Guru. They invited me to their
Ashram at Shantigiri and assured me that their
guru would certainly utter these words.
I went to Trivandrum in February 1999. There I met
the Guru at the Shantigiri Ashram, which is located
about 20 km. away from the Trivandrum airport.
This meeting took place in a spacious room, in
which many of his devotees and some foreigners,
men and women, were also present. These devotees
were either standing or sitting on the carpet. The
Guru reclined on a bed, beside which a chair was
placed for me.
Thus the distance between the guru and me was
about less than one meter. Since the guru did not
know Hindi, the conversation took place in English.
After some introductory remarks, I came to the
point and asked him directly:
