Those of you who meditated under this tree may wish to know or refresh your memory on its history.
One day in April 1959, while at the Chitravathi River with devotees, Swami had spoken of the glory of the Banyan Tree under which Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment and became The Buddha, and of other similar trees whose greatness (and benefit to their users) was due to the power of "yanthras" (mystical diagrams) placed underneath them by sages. Then Swami materialised a 15" x 10" copper plate with many yanthras and beejaakshars (mantric syllables). He kept it with Him for two months, probably to charge it with more divine potency.
On 29th June 1959, up above the hill on the way to the museum and the University Administrative Building in Prashanti Nilayam, He placed this yanthra underneath the earth and planted above it a sapling of the Banyan Tree, saying, "When this sapling grows, the japa, yoga, dhyana, etc. performed underneath it will become especially efficacious. This will grow into a Tapovana (Forest of Askesis) drawing the saadhakas the world over."
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