Monday, September 8, 2008

Pious Memorable Quotes

Born to Shower Peace, Health and Happiness
“I have been intimately acquainted with my extremely dear friend Sri Asaramji Bapu for a long time. For all people, it is essential to have good physical health and peace of mind to enjoy a happy life. It was for showering the blessings of peace, health and happiness that the divine incarnation of this great saint has taken place. Bapuji, my beloved friend and clearly the foremost among the present day saints, has been ceaselessly traveling day and night for the upliftment of the Indian nation, Hindus, the common people, and in fact the whole world by enlightening them on various subjects through satsanga, bhajans, and kirtanas etc. His whole life has been dedicated to the cause of promoting health and mental peace amongst the masses. They are indeed blessed who carry out the divine work of bringing people to satsanga in the holy company of Bapuji
- Jagadguru Sri Jayendra
Saraswati Maharaj (The Sankaracharya of
Kanchikamkoti Peetha)

‘Every One Who has Lost Hope Needs ASHRAMJI’
‘Today I have been blessed with the darshana of highly respected and revered Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu who has elevated the hearts of, and bestowed peace to millions of souls. I have been filled with a great sense of fufilment by having the darshana of such a great, learned saint. How can I ever skip the opportunity to have darshana of that great soul, established in Divine Consciousness, who has reinstated dharma, culture, spirituality and the sublime Indian traditions back into this land with full force. It is therefore that I am feeling blessed and fulfilled by coming to this place. His affection towards me is in itself a blessing. The elders are always affectionate towards the youngsters. I have come here especially to seek His blessings.

“It is my understanding that probably every individual is dejected and frustrated with life and he needs the blessings of Asharamji (Asha = hope, Rama = the Lord), the Lord of hope. If some day the nation scales great heights and becomes prosperous and well developed, it will be solely through our ancient traditions and moral values and ideals, the awakening of which will be possible only by becoming Asharam, i.e. by becoming supremely hopeful. Therefore, revered and adorable Maharaj Sri ‘Asha’ ramji is the crying need of the whole world. With prayers at the holy feet of Bapuji for His guidance, through which I may keep following his footsteps and sure enough will reach the goal as well. I pay my obeisance at His holy feet once again!”
- Sri Ramdevji Maharaj, the renowned Master of Yoga.
Bapuji – an Absolute and Ever growing Fountain of Bliss
“This is not the first time that I have come for the darshana of highly revered. Pujya Bapuji. His pious darshana reminds me of the sloka – ‘Dine-Dine Navam-Navam Pratikshan Vardhmanam’ (Day by day it grows in intensity every moment) i.e. Bapuji is an ever new and every growing fountain of bliss which I am presently, and naturally

experiencing right now. Many obeisances at His holy feet.
- The Famous Kathakar Sant Shri Morari Bapu

Who gets the Satsanga on Self-Knowledge
“A human birth is attained only through the grace of God. The desire for liberation is attained through His supreme grace. Only when God’s supreme grace is coupled with religious merits accumulated over a number of past births does one get to listen to the divine satsanga on self-knowledge, as rendered by revered Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu.”
- Renowned Kathakar
Ms. Kanakeshawari Devi
Bapuji’s Company is akin to the pious stream of the Holy Ganga
“I am immensely delighted, exhilarated… blissful… and ecstatic…sitting in the pious vicinity of Pujya Bapuji on the holy banks of the rippling Ganga. The Ganga is the sushumna nadi of India. It is the sanjeevani (life giving herb) of India. The Ganga, emanating from Lord Vishnu’s feet, and making its way through the ‘Kamandulu’ of Lord Brahma to the tufted hair of Lord Shiva, is a bestower of perfection in the triad of yoga. She, having emanated from the feet of Lord Vishnu, gives a glimpse of devotion, and being situated on the head of Lord Shiva, inspires one to become established in the higher stage of Jnana Yoga. Today, while listening to Pujya Bapuji’s discourses, I feel like I am taking a dip in the holy Ganga, because His discourse and His company is like the pious stream of the Holy Ganga.

“He is a God-intoxicated saint, very natural and spontaneous. He is very simple externally, yet inside He is very occult and mysterious. He has the loftiness, the purity and excellence of the Himalayas, and serenity like the deep sea. He is an invaluable asset to the nation. His pious darshana reminds us of the great tradition of our ancient rishis. In him, we occasionally have glimpses of saints like Gautam, Kanaad, Jaimini, Kapil, Dadu, Meera, Kabir, Raidas, etc.

‘He is the real Satguru,
who can reveel the form of the Formless to
the vision of these eyes:
The infinite dwelling of the Infinite
Being is everywhere :
in earth, water, sky and air:
Firm as the thunderbolt,
the seat of the seeker is
established above void,’

“We are sitting in the vicinity of such a rare one who establishes one effortlessly in yoga. It is of such saints that someone has aptly said:

‘When you move, the earth,
the sky and the whole universe
move in tandem…’
“When such a great man moves, the sun, the moon, the stars and the planets naturally become favorable to him. When we sit hear the pious feet of such a saint, who is beyond the senses, beyond the three qualities of Nature, Transcendent, beyond description and beyond all states of consciousness… the Bhagwata Purana says, Sadhunam darshanam Loke sarvasidhikaram param. ‘In this world, the darshana of saints endows one with all accomplishments.’ Just by having the pious darshana of a saint one is blessed with Self- enquiry, manifestations of divine power, learning, strength, spontaneity, non-attachment to sense objects, cheerfulness, siddhis and Self-bliss.

“All the great saints of India are naturally drawn to this place. Also, all Shankarcharyas of India come here. Therefore, it naturally occurred to me that I too should go to the place where all go, for this verily is the place where one can get one’s ego annihilated. The darshana of such great saints not only blesses one with joy and bliss, bit also grants everything one desires, cherishes and aims to get. Here I am seeing in their personification, the noble virtues of compassion, industriousness, discrimination, dispassion and knowledge. If today the holy Ganga is seen with a form, it is in the form of thoughts and eloquence of Pujya Bapuji. This is the large pandal, where I find blissfulness, spontaneity, loftiness, excellence, purity, the sacredness of a pilgrim center, as well as the child like simplicity, the vigor of the youth, the serenity of the elderly and the enlightened of a Rishi. What should I call it – the city of Bliss or the city of Love? An ocean of compassion or a sea of sublime thoughts?... But one thing I must admit, is that every chamber of my heart is enraptured. All of you are greatly fortunate that you are sitting at the holy feet of such a soul, where one’s fortune is made and divine personality is developed. This is the place, where you can attain the true fulfillment of life.

‘On attaining You is
attained the goal of life,
the objective and the purpose.
Without attaining You, the goal,
the objective and the purpose
- all remain unattained.’
“I am astonished and at the same time enraptured seeing your Kingdom of Love and sublime sentiments. In my opinion, Pujya Bapuji is the Sun of everybody’s Soul. Please accept my salutations so that I may be blessed with an ever-increasing and unflinching faith in You.”
(Swami Avdeshanandaji, Haridwar)

The Magic of the Divine Name
“Throngs of people come and listen to Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu. The reason is that He possesses the magic of the chanting of the divine name, simple behavior, sweet affectionate eloquence, and on top of all, the answers to the fundamental questions of life.”
- Leading ascetic Saint,
Shri Vamdevji Maharaj


“Swami Asaramji Bapu gives us the outlook to eradicate delusion.”

- Yugpurush Swami Shri
Parmandaji Maharaj

“Sri Asaramji Maharaj possesses such spiritual power, that through a mere glance of His, he paves the way for lakhs of people to open their eyes of Knowledge.”
- Renowned Swami Shri
Brahmanandagiri Maharaj

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