37. Lenin finally came but to beat up the monks...

Giant men with iron rods beat the monks

Sri Nithya Pranananda recollects,

"At around 9 pm the same day, Ayya (Sri Nithya Sadananda) was resting because of his knee pain. Ayya was the most senior amongst us. Before joining the aadheenam he was suffering with 'liver cirrhosis' which got completely healed by Swamiji. I felt, what was happening was too much for him to handle.

While we were in the room, suddenly, we were surprised to see a large group of men with iron rods enter the room. They simply started beating us abruptly. Lenin and Kumar caught Ayya's (Sri Nithya Sadananda) neck and hit his head on the wall. Rest of them started meeting me and Bhaktananda Swami.

They made it clear that it was just a warning and if we did not oblige to their demands, next time it will be 'Swamiji's life'. (Paramahamsa Nithyananda).

I was terribly shocked by the attack. I did not know what hatred they had towards any of us. What had Ayya done? He was an old monk, who had several health issues, who got a second life from Swamiji and was just serving the world in gratitude. They could have spared Ayya at-least. What had any of us done to them. I am just a simple monk, I don't know how these thugs and mafia and criminal people operate. I just know, "Lokāḥ Samastāḥ Sukhino Bhavantu - Let the entire world be happy."

Lenin told me, that if anything happened to Swamiji, I should be blamed. He claimed that it was because of me that the extortion money has still not reached him (Lenin). He told me, 'We will finish off (Paramahamsa) Nithyananda and pin it on you..'

I didn't know what to do. Lenin then instructed the thugs to ransack the place. They stole the money we had brought for our expenses so as to torture us further. We were hardly left with any money to even return to aadheenam. I really don't know what I should have done. It was too painful to know because of my stupidity and stubbornness, Swamiji's life could be in danger."