Be Inquisitive

A boy asked his teacher, “Sir! What should I do to become great?”

The teacher said, “Do you really aspire to become great?”
“Yes sir!”
“Will you do as I tell you to?”
“I will.”
“How will you do that?”
“I will find the way?”
The teacher said, “Very well; then you can become great. One who has the inquisitiveness will find the greatest secrets out of ordinary events and one bereft of that will ignore even visible secrets.”

An inquisitive person has a penetrative vision; he is keen to find. He examines all phenomena minutely; reflects over them. A keen sense of inquiry makes one energetic and diligent in work. Devoid of a sense of inquiry, man is slothful, sloppy and small.

Those who desire the world or inquire into the physical world, they only get things of the world. Inquiring into the phenomenal world men like Einstein became world famous scientists. The same senses of inquiry was the secret behind the name and fame Newton earned. The lid on a pot of boiling liquid, lifted up by the pressure of steam, makes no difference to an ordinary cook but those with a keen senses of inquiry took a clue form the tendency of the stem to generate pressure and invented the boiler and the steam engine that runs huge locomotives. An apple falling on the earth is nothing noteworthy for a gardener but the inquiring ones espied in it the law of gravitation at work and used it for many a great achievement in the field of science. The spirit of inquiry when applied to the physical world creates marvels in the physical world; in the same way when applied to the yogic world, it works wonders in that world. In the world of devotion too, one with the sense of inquiry gets greatly elevated.

All wonderful achievements whether in the material world, in the field of religion or in that of philosophy have been made through enquiries. Therefore, if you want elevate your life, be inquisitive; inquire into the truth. If you lack the sense of inquiry, be alert; meditate and cultivate this sense in you.

There are twenty or thirty or fifty students in a class but four-five of them turn out to be brilliant. The teachers are same, the books are same; but the students, who listen attentively, make inquiries, ask questions and find out answers, make their parents and their schools proud. Those, on the other hand, who make fun during studies, loiter away, return late after the recess; such students get low makes and after the recess; such students get low marks and after getting out of the school pull the cart of life with great difficulty and die unnoticed and unsung. So, be inquisitive. When the teacher is explaining things, listen attentively. If you are not able to understand what is taught, don’t rush to ask questions; try to find out the answers yourself. If you can’t solve a riddle, only then should you ask a fellow student or the teacher.
Ask yourself the ‘whys’ and ‘whys’ of things and try to understand what is being said.

Someone comes and says, ‘Bapuji! My intellect is not all that sharp.’

Don’t worry if you are low intellect. Whatever your deficiencies, the solution to it is hidden in you. Rub the plams of your hands against teach other and assert, ‘I have in my hands the power to awaken my sense of inquiry, my memory and my well being. Hari Om… Hari Om… Hari Om My memory and my sense of inquiry be awakened. Hari Om… Hari Om… Hari Om My memory and my sense of inquiry be awakened. Hari Om… Hari Om… Hari Om In this way, remember the Lord ad then touch with your palms each one of the spots where you have deficiencies. This will spots where you have deficiencies. This will be of immense benefit to you.

If you fall ill, you need a sense of inquiry. If you didn’t sleep in the night before, you should analyse why you didn’t and you need a sense of inquiry. If you are in the habit of getting up
Late, you need a sense of inquiry to inquire why. If you are not able to remember things, why is it so? If you are weak, why are you weak? In short, you need the help of the god of inquisitiveness every where and in every situation. If one is bereft of sense of inquiry, even Lord Brahma instruction him will be of no avail.

Today everywhere people are out to exploit you; they want to suck you dry. When you go to the market, every salesman, every shop owner wants you to buy from him. He will try to give you less quantity and inferior goods and to extract the maximum price. If possible, he will not mind weighting short. While driving, if you are not careful, people will overtake you. The traffic light on the crossing is red. You have to stop short of the crossing; somebody will come from behind and stand ahead of you. He will go ahead of you. Everybody is vying to overtake you. If you are not inquisitive, quick and alert, you will lag behind in the matter of intellectual prowess, travel, serving others, and also salvation. You should be equipped with a sense of inquiry. Why should you lag behind? Why should you be outperformed? People get beaten because of their inaptness, because of lacking a sense of inquiry, because they loose their temper at things big and small. You must not get agitated; neither should you be a coward, a fool, one devoid of sense of inquiry like a piece of stone. You should you be a coward, a fool, one devoid of sense of inquiry like a piece of stone. You should be wise, alert, and inquisitive and on top of it if you learn the art of taking a dip in the divinity within before making all decisions, you shall attain to immense good, to supreme Beatitude.

The path of knowledge is recommended for the one who feels that the jiva and the world are illusory. The path of yoga and the path of devotion are for those who feel that the world is real.
If you harbour the shades of attachment and hatred deep within your psyche, you cannot achieve perfection on the path of knowledge, even after impending the mind successfully and developing discrimination between the sentient and the insentient.
The gross desires are eliminated by keeping in solitude. The subtle desires observed in dreams are removed by meditation on God and by nurturing Santly wishes.
Sanyasa means renouncing those actions that break our yoga of tranquility. One does not become a sanyasin merely by wearing saffron clothes. Gargi, vyaadh and vashishthaji ect. Did not wear saffron clothes, yet they were Enlightened Beings.

Theft of God or Realization of God?

You may practice sadhana for 50 years on your won, visit temple and mosques and keep offering devotional services. But the ultimate goal still remains unattained. The saint-poet Narsi Mehta has sung –

All sadhanas are illusory so long as one does not know the essence of Self.

One makes rapid progress in sadhana in the presence of a Jivanmukta saint. The state one attains as a result has been described by Sant Kabir as thus:

My mind like a bird began soaring in the sky.
The heaven was vacant,
God being with the saints.

The first time I had gone to live with my Guruji, when I was just a novice, I was stunned at His behavior. Later I realized that it was His grace and compassion that He lived with us so harsh that if someone were unfortunate, he would instantly run away. Sant Pritamdasji has thus proclaimed:

The pat of the Lord is for the brave, cowards dare not tread it.

The period of sadhana is like a fierce battle field. It might be some good fortune and the grace of the Guru that I managed to live there. To stay at the feet of the Brahmajnani is by no means an easy job. His loud voice, angry mood and harsh behavior would have scared any ordinary sādhakā, who could not have endured it for even an hour. That is why not many disciples could live with my Gurudev for linger time.

What can I tell you about the way Gurudev used to behave, the manner in which He used to scold! At that time it was my daily routine that I would take water only after having worshipped Lord Shiva and having made offering of water to Him. One day the idol of Lord Shiva and articles used in worship were stolen.

Those who had stolen were being sup-ported by Guruji and they were making fun of me. Though, worshipping Lord Shiva and making offering of water to Him is not bad at all. After taking my bath I used to bath Lord Shiva. I used to cook my own food and consume it only after offering it to Lord Shiva. But now, my Lord Shiva was stolen.

One co-disciple said to Guruji: “Bapu! Bapu! Asumal is sad today. He says his God has left him… someone has stolen Him. Bapu! Someone has stolen his god.”
Pujya gurudev said derisively: “Oh! God has been stolen. How surprising!”

This way Gurudev made fun of me. On one hand I had not eaten anything the whole day; my god had I had not eaten anything the whole day; my God had been stolen. On the other, Gurudev was also making fun of me. Just imagine how it would have been felt?

‘What kind of a saint is he?’ – What if I had let such a foolish thought crop up in my mind? But that did not happen… thanks to the grace of my Gurudev. Later I realized that the abode of the Brahmajnāni is not meant for remaining entangled in external worship. My Gurudev had devised such a play to make me to turn away form external image of God to get established in the real Being of God.

O how benedictory and unique is His compassion! How subtle is each and every word, each and every gesture of the Brahmajnāni guru. How could an ordinary person realize that?

Seeking far and side,
Diamond-mine at home.
Without the Satguru what will, make you cognize that.

What the Vedantanishtha great man can mother, father, husband, wire, friends, sankhya and Yoga philosophies or rituals and worship.
Such great saintas have transcended their identification with the body. By encouraging the seekers and if need be by even pushing them, they make others climb the Mount Everest of Knowledge.

Satsng of Pujya Bapuji

By serving the jnani, his grace is bestowed upon us and his divine qualities are aroused in our internal organ readily. If I had not served my Gurudev (Swami Sri Leelashahj), would it have ever caused Him short age of age of any kind? Would it have obstructed any of His activities? No, I served Him for my benefits.

When I had gone to Maharaj Mahanirvana tithi: 7th November) my Gurudev, I was given a four feet wide, five feet high and 6 feet long cottage live in. the roof being low in height and a door that was small, the only way to enter the cottage was by stopping. I could not even fully stretch my legs inside in while sleeping. With whatever little money I had, I used to buy green grams and salt. Once in a day, I used to boil the green grams, add a little salt to it and drink it. Since the banging I had to go through this kind of forbearance. Except for the duration for which I used to boil green grams for my self, the rest of my time was devoted to serving my Gurudev.

I used to read to my Gurudev the letters sent by His devotees and send responses to these as per His instructions. I used to water the garden, wash utensils used for preparing food for the market and carry out other miscellaneous tasks. In the remaining time I used to meditate, contemplate on the Divine and listen to Gurudev’s satsang.

I always used to take utmost care not to do anything that may displease my Gurudev. In the presence of my Gurudev, I used to speak less, within limits and only as much as I was required to

Once Gurudev was in a jovial mood and I got a chance for some light humour. I asked Gurudev:

“Gurudev! The Gurubani says – ‘Maheshwara seeks the Brahmagiani, says Guru Nanak, the Brahmagiani is the supreme Lord Himself.’

Gurudev said: “Yes, that is true.”

I said “So has not, then should I go now and tell Him?”
Gurudev exclaimed: “shut up!”

Even now when I recall those sweet days, I ma overwhelmed with joy! The bliss that I used to experience at the holy feet of my Gurudev, aha, that can nowhere be obtained. O, how I along for those days when I was fortunate to listen to satsang at the holy feet of my Gurudev! It is much more blissful to sit at the holy feet of Gurudev than to be a Guru… more auspicious…more joyful.

Guruji’s Photograph Saved his Life

Aggrawalji, a famous merchant of Jalaon bought a few cassettes of Bapuji and some literature.

Once a man visited his shop. He purchased some goods and left after taking down his telephone number. An hour later he called up at the shop stating, ‘seth! I had been given a contract to kill you with a huge sum of money, and I had accepted the assignment as well. However, on reaching your shop I happened to see his Holiness sant Sri Asaramji Bapu’s photograph. I felt as if He was sitting there in person, and inspiring me to become a good human being! Thus His photograph (rather Guruji) himself appeared in that picture and) saved your life.’

Crores of obeisances to Gurudev Who can shower His grace even through His picture.

Balkrishna Aggrawal,
Jalgaon, Maharashtra.

The Power of a Photograph

An elder brother of Avadhbhai, a sādhaka from Ahiwara, dist. Durg (Chattisgarh) had deceased. There days after his death, his wife was possessed by a ghost, who started troubling the whole family by throwing stones, shouting and beating the members in the house due to which nobody could sleep at night out of fear. Tantriks were called for exorcizing the ghost but to no avail. The ghost told a sādhaka who had the words ‘Hari Om’ written on his wrist, “Don’t touch me, it burns me,.” Immediately, a photograph of Bapuji was brought before it. It closed its eyes and said, “It is painful.” Saying so, the ghost broke down crying.

Avadhbhai brought the photograph closer and as asked, “What do you fell? Who is this?” the ghost said, “He is a great saint. His brilliance is amazing, I cannot bear it.” Pujya Bapuji’s photographs were then put up across the whole room. The lady remained unconscious for four hours. By the time she regained consciousness, the ghost had left. Seeing this, all the neighbors too put up a photograph of Pujya Bapuji in their own home.

Suryabhan Sahu, Ahiwara, dist. Durg
(chattisgrah)

…Would have been
Dead with an Hour!

My cousin was bitten on the leg by a cobra as a result of which he became unconscious with the poison having spread throughout his body within half an hour. He was almost dead by the time we reached a government hospital. From there he was taken to Godhra and then to Baroda. As all of us were sitting disappointed in the train, I chanced upon a photograph of Pujya Bapuji inside the compartment. I prayed mentally, “O Gurudev! You alone can save my brother. If my brother is cured, I will take Deekshā myself and also bring my brother to your Dhyana Yoga Shivir.”

No soner was the prayer over, than a divine light came out of Bapuji’s forehead and entered my brother’s body. The lifeless and lusterless body of my brother regained consciousness. Later, upon coming to know of the whole matter, the doctor too was surprised. He exclaimed, “Impossible! He was bitten on the main nerve and that too by a cobra. His condition was such that he would have been dead within an hour. It could have only been some divine power that has saved him.” Pujya Bapuji is not only a Satguru but also an incarnation of God Crores of obeisances at His holy feet!

Shankarbhai K. Patel, Jambughoda,
dist. Panchmahal (Guj.)

… And the Dacoits Fled in Fear

“Six dacoits gate crashed our house on 14th July 1999 in my absence. Two of them kept waiting outside in a Maruti car, with its engine on. They started demanding the cupboard keys. My wife prayed with folded hands before the photograph of Pujya Bapuji, “Now, You are our only Saviour.” She could say only this much and surprise of all surprises! Suddenly the dacoits started to flee, being scared. They ran helter-skelter as though having lost their eyesights. All is well by the grace of Bapuji.”

Manoharlal Talreja, 4,

Jhulelalnagar, Shivaji Nagar,
Varanasi (U.P.)

If you malign saints…

As one sows so does one reap. ‘O slanderer, sowing pebbles in the land, you wait for fruits? You expect to reap fruits in this way? But you must remember that the consequences of maligning saints will be disastrous.’ Numberless zeroes have no value without the preceding ‘one’. Everything is meaningless without that ‘one’ and that ‘one’ is the company of saints and the name of the Lord.

Lord Shiva never feared the venoms of countless snakes,. Any number of snakes may be coiled round Lord Shiva’s body:; Lord Shiva is in no fear. Similarly no rumours can frighten saints and devotees. They remain reposed in their glory. The noble ones engage themselves in the task of carrying out good publicity.

Science Concedes the Power of Shaktipaat

I started to study the science of analyzing aura in 1992AD. It took me six years to complete the study of this science. Thereafter I carried out research on this subject for several years. I am the first person in the world to receive ISO 9001: 2000 Certification. I have delivered lectures to students at Moscow Medical University six times.
A person’s aura extends to an area of 3 inches to 30-40 meters around him. Even insentient objects have aura. I have so far studied the aura of about seven lakh people including some one thousand distinguished people - like saints, VIPs etc.

As I studied the aura of Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu, I found it so powerful that anybody coming near him would be overwhelmed by his luminous aura and would always remain under its compelling influence. (Aura photo on title page 2).

One of the colours of Bapuji’s aura is violet, which shows that Bapuji is at acme of spirituality. This type of aura is found only in Rishis, in perfected Masters. The red in the aura indicates that Bapuji transmits spiritual energy into others (Shaktipaat) ; takes away their negativities, weaknesses and replaces them with his divine energy. The sky blue colour in Bapuji’s aura indicates the high celestial regions to which Bapuji’s aura extends.

Of particularly great important in Bapuji’s aura is the potency of transmitting divine energy. In other people’s aura I found the capacity to receive energy from others. But the notable thing I found in Bapuji’s aura was the potency to destroy the negative energy on him. Another peculiar feature of Bapuji’s is the potency to transmit energy to nay body even from far off.

When I went to Bapuji’s satsang, I found that Bapuji’s aura gets stretched like latex and envelops the entire gathering.

The study of a person’s aura reveals his previous births as well. A research on Bapuji’s aura revealed that for the last ten births at stretch, Baupji, has been doing the pious work of serving the masses – like inclining them towards spirituality by transmitting divine energy to them through Shaktipaat, ridding them of addictions, making them healthy, purging the society of evil practices, distributions the Prasad of Knowledge and Self-bliss etc. I could read only last ten of Bapuji’s births. The machine didn’t have the capacity to read further.

Bapuji’s Sahasrāra charka and Ājnā charka are so highly developed that the machine could not record them fully. He has reached the zenith of perfecto. None of the auras I have studied so far was found to be so highly developed as Bapuji’s.

I hope and wish that I will get another opportunity of studying Bapuji’s aura. I would like to study such highly developed aura again and again.

-Dr. Hira Taparia Aura expert
Pujya Bapuji is a master of infinite potencies. The above information is based only on what the machine could read. As a TV antenna with its limited capacity can receive waves only within its range not beyond it, the machine could study Bapuji’s aura to the extent of its capacity. It is not possible to gauge the aura and the divine powers of Self-realize saints n full.

‘Who can estimate the knower of Brahman? Only a Brahamajnani can know the divine spiritual state to the Brahamajnani.’

Even Vasishthaji, Lord Rama’s Guru, says, “The glory of Self-realized saints cannot be described in full.” The sage Ashtavakra says to King Janaka. Whom can the Self – realized saints be compared to?’

· Remember that even if all the world’s journalists and critics unite together to criticize you, they cannot harm you. O Eternal Atman! Remain established in your True Self.
· Some regard you to be good while others have an altogether negative opinion about you. Some people praise you while others slander you but both of them only strengthen the sense of your distinctive existence. Fortunate is the one who is able to stand up against such delimiting notions imposed upon him and assert the Divinity abiding within him. He realizes his true self. He, who constantly experiences his inseparable oneness with the supreme Self and fearlessly declares it to the world and the entire creations God Himself.
· Who on earth has the power to disturb the tranquility of the Supreme Being? Once you become established in that Supreme peace, it cannot be disturbed even if the whole world turns against you.

Inner Voice of Guru Saved My Workers

I’ve been blessed with mantra initiation by Pujya Bapuji. I own a Dal mill, a factory of split pulses which is located in the industrial area of Ricko in Beawar (Raj). On 9th June, 2008. around 9.30 a.m., I had an intuition and I declared it an ‘off-day’ for all the employees and workers of my factory. I myself went to do some service in a special camp organized for brightening the future of the students at ‘Brawar Ashram.’

Around 10 a.m., a panther came into my factory premises. It badly wounded a watchman of a nearby factory. Throngs of people and even the media surrounded the place. The panther also injured a forest employee who had come to entrakp it. For the entire day, the panther remained hidden in the factory premises. ; there was no chance of any employee of my factory being hurt by the wild animal because I had declared a holiday. At last by 10 p.m, a special task force called from Jaipur ensnared the panther.

During the past five years, it was the first instance that I had declared a holiday for the employees। My innumerable salutations at the ‘Lotus feet’ of my Gurudev Pujya Bapuji Who had inspired me to declare it a holiday for the employees barely half an hour before the intrusion of the panther. –Madan Longani Ajmer road, Beawar (Raj)

Saved from the toil of twelve years in a Moment!

I, Gopinath Sumalaya, had visited the ashram to practice an anushthāna। I had been observing a vow of silence for the past two and a half years. One day, at 5.30 am, Bapuji came to the satsanga hall and I had a talk with Him.

Pujyashre asked, “Since how long have you been here in the ashram?”

I said, “Gurudeva, for the past twelve days, I’m here. I’ve started an anushthāna for forty day.’ During the conversation, I expressed my desire to practice an a anushthāna for twelve years.

I was imparted the key to vishrāntiyoga (self-repose) and the technique of chanting the pranava ‘Om’ and that of going into meditation whole reading the ‘Sri Yogavasishtha’। I felt blessed on receiving the guidance of the far sighted Gurudeva who cradicated the distance of 12 years in a moment! – Gopinath Sumalaya, tolnoor, Dist. Palghar (Kerala).

Cured of jaundic

In June 2008, I was afflicted with My condition was pretty serious. No out of my bed. I was vomiting quite frequently. I contacted Amdvad Ashram on phone and was advised to repeat a mantra for curing jaundice.

I started repeating the mantra lying in the bed. After half an hour of japa, I saw a ball of light in front of the image of Pujya Bapuji I was looking at while doing the japa. As I saw the ball of light, I felt as if an electric current ran through my body and I started weeping loudly. But I continued the japa. Then suddenly I began to laugh loudly. I noticed miraculous improvement in my condition after completing the japa and today I am healthy. My faith and conviction have won. My weight has substantially reduced but I am maintaining it well with Bapuji’s blessings. – (Mahavir Skingh L ondon, UK) (Tel: 0044-7939236503)

Satsanga News

As iron is assimilated into fire when cast into it, so can man assimilate the experience of saints by availing himself of their holy company. The saints share their experience, which they have achieved on the path to God, with the common masses through teir precepts. Therefore, people who come to their satsanga experience joy in their lives and learn how to lead a truly happy life. Satsanga alone can build a beautiful society. The foretunate devotees, who have experienced this can never live without sattsanga under any circumstances. Not only that, they also inspire them to satsanga so that they tooo may avail themselves of its magnificent benefits. They not only purify themselves but also sanctify others in this holy work.

‘Blessed are the parents (of one whose heart is filed with devotion to the Guru…)’.

Jaipur, 7 September: wherever a great seer, a Brahmajnani, is present the devotees get pulled towards that place. The sunrise is enough for the sunflower to blossom. Similarly, the utterances of great saints who possess the radiance of divine wisdom blossom the withered hearts of not a few, but many. Jaipur was blessed with the presence of Pujya Bapuji, without any prior planned arrangement, on the 7th September, Sandy. Thousands of local residents benefited listening to the powerful and brilliant satsanga of Brahmajnāna from Pujya Bapuji.

Delhi, 13 to 15th September: the three day satsanga programme coincided with the auspicious festivals of Aananta Chaturdashi, Praushtakpadi Pooornima and the first day of the shrāddha paksha. The vast expanse, the huge crowd of devotees and the sea of faith was spectacle in itself.
Food nourishes the human body, but what nourishes the hman body, but what nourishes human life? While putting light on this, Pujyua Bapuji said, “Satsanga is the food for human life. Through satsanga alone does one realize the significance of satsanga.

‘One attains one fruit (dharma) on bathing in a pilgrimage, four (dharma, artha, kama, moksha) on meeting a saint, and the fruit infinite (imperishable) when he attains the Satguru, thus says Kabir’.

The satsanga of Satguru blesses one with the fruit imperishable. The saint imparts to us the knowledge of our Self. By virtue of satsanga one rises above the dualities of pleasure and pain, virtue and vice, gain and loss. Satsanga prevents domestic strife and promotes mutual love and understanding in the family. It relieves one of the painful attraction of the senses and makes one farsighted.”

Explining the significance of paying obeisance to the forefathers through tarpanshraadh, Pujya Bapuji said – “Such a coincidence occurs after a long interval. All Grihasthas (householders) should definitely carry out the shrāddha for the gratification of their forefathers.” Pujya Bapuji described the three kinds of debts that are part of human life (1) Indebtedness to the forefathers, pitru rina (2) Indebtedness to the gods, deva rina and (3) Indebtedness to the Seers or rishis, rishi rina. Out of these the deva rina is fulfilled through jajpa and worship of the gods, pitru rina through service towards our parents and shrāaddha fo our departed elders and rishi rina through reciting, listening to and propagating the holy scriptures.

The devotees were satiated with divine bliss when Pujya Bapuji revealed that the Supreme is the essence of all the Vedas, Upanishads, Gita and doctrines of Srimad Bhagavatam, the realization of the Supreme truth – that which pervades every moment, every particle and every heart; that which the Gita reveals through the dictum of ‘vasudeva Sarvam’; that which the Srimad Bhagavatam alludes to through ‘sachidananda rupaaya’ and that which Manu Maharaj refers to as ‘Ishavasyamidam Sarvam’ – was revealed by Pujya Bapuji in the form of a simple and effective sādhanā by the means of worship of the Omnipresent ‘Om kar’. Fortunate were the Poonam Varatadhāris and lakhas of devotees who were present and also, kudos to the ‘Zee Jagran’ TV channel that provided the coverage, which benefited crores of devotees who could not come in person.

Surat Ashram (Guj.) from the afternoon of 15th Sept.: The selfless service of the samiti and sādhakas of Surat fructified when they were blesend with the satsanga and darshana of Pujya Bapuji twice in a single month. The mammoth gathering of people, who had come from all over Gujarat and neighboring states, over here was a slap in the face of slanderers and conspirators

In the course of sagsanga Pujya Bapujisaid, “those who have their own understanding, experience, culture, faith and wisdom, cannot be misled by anyone. The Hindus are compassionate, generous and tolerant, but not cowards, foolish or escapists.”

While explaining the glory of the Eternal Vedic Culture in Hissatsanga, Pujyashree said, “If one practices Upāsanā in accordance with vedic knowledge, then Lord Vasudeva who pervades all the universes and comes in various forms can manifest Himself in the house of a devotee as well. There is nothing to be surprised about! And the culture which teaches the art of revealing the Lord in every heart let alone in the house ofa devotee,is called Sanatana Sanskriti and such a dharma is called Sanatana Hindu dharma.”

Amdavad Ashram: Pujya Bapuji arrived at Amdavad ashram on 16th September. Pujyashree is a saint of the masses. Though being above all sense of doership or non-doeship, this year too Bapuji arranged for shrāddha, karma to awaken the society to Indian culture and establish the tenets of social discipline.

Apart from the public of Gujarat, thousands of devotees from different parts of the country had thronged the Amdavad ashram to avail themselves of Bapuji’s satsanga during His solitary stay over here. The number of people who come to imbibe the pious atmosphere of Bapuji’s ashrams and before whom the scandal-mongers stand exposed, is constantly on the rise. Bapuji’s ambrosial words which express His goodwill towards even those who have launched a defamation campaign against Him, fill the heart of the satsangis with supreme faith, reverence and love for Him. Hey experience the supreme joy of having attained a rare great soul endowed with the divine outlook that “Lord Vasudeva abides in all’-and their head bows in reverence to Him.
Pujya Bapuji said, “I have no ill-feeling for anybody, nor do I speak ill for anyone. I wish the good sense to all for I know that whether you call Him Allah, Bhagawan or God –the one Supreme Soul is present everywhere. It is this non-dual spirit of Advaita that will promote peace in the world, peace in the family and peace in the society. From the point of view of Tattvajnāna, the one Supreme soul abides in all. By virtue of this awareness, I experience great peace and happiness within. No matter how great the misleading propaganda launched against me be, I never lose my peace of mind.

Some people say, ‘Bajpuji is facing one trouble after another.’ But many a time I say openly that when worry and trouble approach me, they regret their mistake for coming to the wrong place! How great is the Guru’s knowledge! How wonderful is the knowledge of Vedanta! How Supreme is the knowledge of Vasudev-tattva! What I want to say is, you too should attain Self-knowledge which sanctifies even the pure and experience beatitude.

Elixir of Health

The theory of the three humours

Every human being has a unique physical and mental disposition। This is called the person’s constitution or Prakriti. At the time of conception, whichever of the three humours is dominant determines one’s nature. Thus one can have a vāta nature, a pitta nature or a kapha nature. The humour, which is predominant in one’s nature, affects all dhātus sense and the mind,. This nature remains unchanged throughout one’s life. Selection one’s food, mode of living and treatment according to one’s nature is essential for a long and healthy life.

Kapha Nature

People with kapha constituency are heavily built, strong and handsome। They have cheerful countenance, large eyes and a resonant, deep voice. They have a bright and wheatish complexion and have dark hairs. These people have a weak appetite and feel thirsty less as compared to the others. They sleep more. They like pungent, beytter, astringent, hot and dry foods. They are thoughtful, patient, tolerant, forgiving and hard-working. They are taciturn, simple, modest and righteous.

They are hard learners but have good memory skills। They are far-sighted, full of vigour, procreative and have a long life। Reduced to one-fourth of its volume, before going to bed in the night, is beneficial in diseases related to kapha.

Pitta Nature

Those with pitta nature are intolerant to hot foods, sun, and heat and summer season। They are fair complexioned and attractive. Their nails, eyes, tongue, lips, palms and soles are of brownish colour. They have good number of moles on their body. They start looking senile comparatively at younger age. Their appetite is frequently. They like sweet, astringent, bitter pitta, they are valiant, intelligent, bright, fearless, and dominant and they get easily irritated and pleased. Their sleepis short but deep; their memory is medium and voice clear. They are low in vigour, procreative ability and medium in strength and longevity. Drinking water which has been boiled and reduced to half its volume, before going to bed at night, is beneficial in pitta related disorders.

Vata Nature

People with a vāta constitution have dry skin, and are thin and small-built। They have coarse voice and are dark complexioned। Because of the movement property of vāta, they talk and walk quickly. They have disturbed sleep. Their digestive power is variable so they have some times good and some times bad appetite. Veins are easily visible through the skin. They are talkative. They are quick to initiate activities. They are quick learners but they forget quickly. They are more prone to develop diseases. They cannot bear cold. They like sweet, sour, salty and hot foods. They are fond of dance music and fun, they lack in self-restrain. They are low in strength, vigor, procreative ability and longevity. Drinking water which has been volume, before going to bed at night, is beneficial in diseases related to vāta.

One should know one’s nature on the basis of these characteristics and select one’s a food and mode one’s food and mode of living accordingly.

Attack of Faith, no les than Terrorism

When the land of sages and great souls falls into the clutches of politics, such elements do not hesitate in offending even the faith of the people. Recently we have seen this happen with Sant Sri Asarmaji Bapu. It appeared as if cheap politics tried to stand in parallel to his years of sādhanā. One, whose name is prefixed with the word ‘Sant’ and suffixed with ‘Bapu’, was called many names by the conspirators and the media, without any kind of evidence based on investigation. According to a senior journalist and media advisor of the Ashram, Neeraj Baushan – “Recently some newspapers and television channels have exaggerated the one sided reports About Param Pujniya Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu and His ashrams. They have tried to make these reports sensational. These were not only false and baseless but also published as well as telecast with malicious intent. These reports deliberately maligned Bapu ji and carried out vicious propaganda against the ashrams. There were also attempts to hurt the faith and sentiments of crores of sādhanās and followers.”

Ashrams of the saints are the abode of love and compassion. Sant Asaramji is not endeared to crores of hearts without any reason. One can become known as a murderer in an instant, but titles like ‘Sant’ and ‘Bapu’ are occasion of Guru Poornima, lakhas of devotees come for the darshana of Sant Asaramji Bapu. Established 36 years ago, this beautiful ashram has made the Ganges of Bhakti (devotion) flow throughout the country, in which croes of devotees have of devotees have taken a dip and got purified. Attack on the faith and cultural or religious heritage of a country is no less harmful than terrorist attack.

All over the world, around 300 ashrms and more than 1200 Yoga Venanta Seva simitis are biging managed under the guidance of Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu. ; these are places where one seeks the purpose of life and tries to trees to tread the path to Truth. The question now arise-the saint who preformed sādhanā throughout His life for human welfare, who created an environment of noble thoughts in every home through his satsanga – what would be the need for Him to kill a child? Where the mere use of the word ‘killing’ is considered a sin, is there any possibility of killing a child? Still, there was an attempt to accuse Sant Asaramji Bapu. It is a known fact that the subsequent Gujarat bandh and all attempts to defame the Ashram were politically motivated.

The way some sections of the media sensationalized the incidents at Amdavad and Chhindawara gurukul is a cause of grve concern। There were false and misleading accusations against Bapuji and the Ashram of using tantra-mantra (black magic). What is astonishing is that all the news reports were biased and unilateral. The parents and relatives of both the decease children of Amdavad gurukul did not want any kind of violence or bandh, still untoward incidents were carried out by the anti-social elements. It is obvious that those who want to defame the Indian culture and saints are behind these heinous acts. They are misleading the society through malicious propaganda against Param Pujya Bapuji and His ashrams. Some sections of the media are also unnecessarily provoking those people who have no connection with the Ashram and inciting them to make unrestrained statements. This is extremely bad and we strongly condemn it.

The fact that faith in Bapuji, of the parents of the two children sho fell prey to the conspiracy in Chhindawara Gurukul is intact, has not been noticed by the misguided media persons who have intentionally turned a blind eye to it. There are also false propaganda made about the ashram lands, whereas the truth is to the contrary. Fabricated and imaginary reports have been shown about the Ridge road Ashram in Delhi (Karol Baug), Rajokari Ashram, land of Surat Ashram and the Chhindawara Furukul trust. The public should not get misguided by such malicious propaganda.

Nagji Desi, who damaged Sant Sri Ashramji Ashram in Bapunagar, in jail

‘Look Mitra’, Amdavad, 23.9.2008 and ‘Press ki Taqat’: recently many accusations were made against Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu. One by one, each of them is now being falsified. Nagji Desai, who vandalize the Sant Sri Asaramji Ashram in Bapu nagar, arsoned it and provoked the people, is now himself behind the bars.

It is now becoming clear that those who tried to defame the saints are now getting exposed. Even today the people of Gujarat have faith in Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu and pay obeisance to Him. However, selfish elements prefer to remain blind and are now proving themselves as liars. Just like Nagji Deasai, who damaged the Sant Sri Asaramji Ashram situated in Bapu nagar and misled the people, has had to pay for his deeds and is now in prison. Nagji Desaiand other anti-social elements who accompanied him in this heinous act of terrorizing and misleading the people, have failed in their misdeed. The truth has eventually triumphed. Legal action has been initiated against these anti-social elements under the PASA [Prevention of Anti-social Activities]

It may be noted that police applies the PASA Act against only that person from whom there may be danger to the society or who may spark riots. The police arrested Nagji Desai under the PASA Act and produced him in the court where the honorable judge remanded him to police custody. It may be noted that a case of family dispute was registered against Nagji in 2001. The PASA Act is enforced only on dangerous people.

What did he get by defaming a great saint like Sant Sri Asaramji Bpu? The prison bars! Such people who had set out to establish a baseless thing as true, those who had lost their sense of discretion, are now being tamed by the nature.

Rajesh Solanki caught – had accused Sant Sri Asaramji Ashram in the name of his wife Bakula

Gujarat Pravah newspaper, Amdavad, 18.09.08: Rajesh Solanki, who had come to pick a quarrel with his wife Bakula who loves at Dindoli Road, was handed over to the Limbyat polic station by Bakula and other neighboring women. They beat him up before handing him over to the police. Rajesh already has some cases of swindling registered against him.

Due to discord with her husband, Rajesh Sukhabhai Solanki, resident of Kangavai village, Dist. Navsari (Guj.), Bakula registered a case with the Chikhali police under the ‘prohibition of Dowry Act’, section 498 (a). Moreover, according the F.I.R. (No.149/08, dated 18 August, 2008) lodged by Bakula, Rajesh has been torturing her physically and mentally and mentally for the last three years, for money. Today Rajesh had an altercation with Bakula at her residence in Dindoli, as a result of which she and other neighboring women beat him up and handed him over to the Limbayat police.

From the police records, prior to this, Rajesh has a case registered against him for impersonation as a Deputy Collector and swindling the people out of their money. He was jailed for 1.5 years for this crime.

Rajesh Solanki, the Maligner, Now Behind the Bars

Gugarat Pravah newspaper, Amdavad, 18.09.08: Truth always comes to light. The same has happened in connection with the defamation campaign against Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu. The man who maligned Bapuji is now behind the bars. This is the talk of the town in surat today. The person who left no stone unturned to malign his own wife started defaming the saints. But by the law of karma, one has to sufer the consequences of one’s actions, here itself. Rajesh Solanki got trapped in his own dreadful game and the truth has eventually surfaced. His accusations against Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu and Narayan swami in order to defame them would put even Ravana and duryodhana to shame. He has utterly failed in this and truth has triumphed.

Millions of people in India are condemning the malicious acts of Rajesh solanki. With this, those who tried to defame the saints have been silenced. History is witness to the fact that anyone who has, with malicious intent, tried to defame the saints have ben silenced. History is witness to the fact that anyone who has, with malicious intent, tried to defame the saints, has been punished by nature. It is Rajesh Solanki, turn now!

Development of Life Energy

Any addiction towards tobacco or smoking proves extremely detrimental to our Life energy. Not only the smoker himself, but also the people who come into his surroundings become victim to the harmful effects of the smoke. While smoking in room, the nicotine level increases in the blood of the smoker. Within a mere twenty minutes, exactly the same level of nicotine is observed in the blood of the people present in that room as well. Even gazing at the picture of a smoker diminishes one’s Life energy. The life energy of a person standing within ten feet of an X-ray machine is also diminished. The attendants of patients going for X-ray should be careful enough to enwrap themselves in a protective coat.

Effect of Food on Our Life Energy: Bread, biscuits, sweets, synthetic refined foods and overcooked foods also deplete our Life Energy (the more foods are processed, “the less, if any, life energy will remain inn them”). The food consumed by us nowadays is not as beneficial as we think it to be. We eat it because we have become used to it. People normally think: ‘Well, a little sugar will not hurt me; a little alcohol will do no harm.’ – Thus they develop a habit. But the consumption of even a small quantity can also produce the same harmful effect. This fact can be substantiated by measuring the life energy of a person after placing some sugar in his mouth. You will definitely find the life energy substantially greater. Dr. Diamond proved this fact through experimentation that the consumption of refined sugar etc. depletes the life energy of a person, whereas, the consumption of natural products like fruits, vegetables etc. helps in boosting one’s life energy.

The artificially prepared, tested and packaged honey under various will known bran names is not as useful as natural honey. Various chemicals are used in order to purify sugar cane juice in sugar factories and these chemicals are harmful to the body.

In our country, millions and billions of rupees are spent on the production of synthetic food products and cigarettes etc. the end result is disadvantageous only we cook our natural vegetable in such a wrong way that we destroy their natural nutrients.

The Effect of Body Posture: Those who sit, stand, walk or sleep in a careless manner, apart form looking odd, expend more of their life energy. Managing one’s physical posture while performing every task helps in conserving the Life Energy. People, who sit or walk with a stooped or hunch-back, reduce their life energy. If the same person is made to sit with their spine erect and neck and head in a straight line, their life energy is bound to increase.

On sleeping with your head towards the East or South your develop your life energy, whereas keeping your head towards the East or South you develop your life energy, whereas keeping your head towards the west or North diminishes the life energy.
(A translated excerpt from ‘jivan shakti ka vikas’, a book published by the ashram)

Who can Estimate the Knower of Brahman?

The Knower of Brahman apparently laughs, weeps, takes, gives and does all activates, but at heart he does nothing. He is well aware of his absoluteness. He may outwardly live like an ordinary worldly man, but internally he experiences the Supreme State within.

Suppose somebody has become a professor. In the company of his rustic friends he may conduct himself in rustic manner, yet he always remains a professor within. Similarly, an enlightened one conducts himself in a worldly manner, yet always remains enlightened (jnani) within.

Lord Krishna lived in the midst of worldly people. Heconducted Himself in the ways of worldly men in all matters. Lord Rama, King Janaka, Maharshi Vashishtha, and Saint Kabir all did the same, yet they were established in the non-doer state. Therefore, to evaluate or form any opinion about God or the enlightened ones, who have attained God, is nothing out foolishness.
Guru Arjandev says:

‘The Lord is limitless, nut I can only describe Him within my limitations;
What do I know about what He is like?
Who can estimate the Knower of Brahman?
Only a Brahmajnani can know the divine
Suiritual state of the Brahmajnani।’

Such is the state of the Knnower of Supreme Brahman। They may express the truth in different ways- Mansoor saying, ‘I am God’ and Kabir saying, ‘He is unmanifest’ – it is all one and the same thing.

Those who attain Knowledge of the supreme Self conceal it, but they cannot conceal it from the sādhakas. They reveal their experience to a worthy disciple. As one belches after eating, as the tortoise protrudes its limbs when in need and then withdraws them back into itself; so also does the enlightened one reveal his experience only when a worthy sādhaka is found, and then withdraws it back into Himself.

Vasudeva and Devake said to Lord Krisna, “You are the supreme Brahman! You are Indwelling Lord abiding in all hearts.”

To this, Lord Krishna replies, “This is your nobility. You too in fact all beings, are the same supreme Brahman that I am. It is out of reverential faith that you say so; otherwise I am but your son, your servant.”

An enlightened one acts the part of a father and even a son in the play of his life. He acts like a son before his mother, a father before his son, a husband before his wife and a Guru before his disciples… but really speaking., he is such that all gods, fathers, mothers, stars, suns and galaxies – the entire nature is encompassed by His all –pervading Self. He envelopes even the sky which envelopes everything else. Such is the experience of the enlightened ones. If you once have this experience, all mysteries will be unraveled.

For the Knower, there is action in inaction, and inaction in action. Let us for example take the case of one who is not doing anything outwardly. He is apparently doing ‘no work’, but his mind is working. Thus it is a case of action in inaction.’ A jnani, on the other hand, is working with mind and body but knows himself as the non-doer Atman. This is a case of inaction in action.

Therefore, on should endeavour to attain the Bliss of Brahman, Knowledge of Brahman, and contemplate on Brahman.

Why Should the Saints Pay More Attention to High Officials?

The incident relates to the life of Brahmaleena Sant Sri devaraha Baba. Some people alleged that devaraha Baba was paying more attention to magistrates, collectors, engineers, principals, high officials and politicians. They wanted that all people should be given an equal opportunity so that everyone could speak to Devraha Baba. The Baba cleared their doubts:

“The elite are more prone to depravation. If such people stray from the path of righteousness, they will prove to be more harmful to the people and nation. On the other hand, if they lead a righteous life through the company of saints, they will become more beneficial for the society. They who are thought of as very rich by the people are actually very poor, as they are filled with desires. Jagadguru Adi Shankarachayrya has rightly said: ‘Poor are they, whose desires are many.’ Poor are not the ones that are small in terms of wealth, but they whose wants are many. It is they who have spiritual knowledge who are truly rich.”

Devaraha Baba further clarified the matter regarding this giving of preference to high officials: “These officials control a large group. It is the society that will be benefited if these people undergo a change in their nature through prolonged satsanga. If a common man is freed from worries in his life, it will lead only to his individual good,but if ministers, magistrates, barristers and high officials attain spiritual upliftment, it will lead to the universal good which is always better than individual good. If my precepts act as a medium for this, what is wrong in it?”

The above- said words of revered Devraha Baba are cent-percent true. If talented, high officials attain purification of heart, they become a beacon, a source of bringing good to the society at large. Even if they don’t bring good to the society at large, their vices are controlled anyway.

Practice Sadhana Under Guru’s guidance

I was alone and was going to be drowned in the holy Ganga. Somebody caught me by the neck from behind, took me out of the water and placed me on the bank when I didn’t know where to take rest or sleep, somebody called me and provided me place for rest and sleep. When I thought I had to sleep on an empty stomach, the Lord Himself gave me food and water and I slept well fed. The Lord takes on Himself to ensure procurement of His devotees’ wants and the preservation of theirinterests. I performed japa of Gayatri Mantra and did so by way also of Anushthana. I performed japa of Lord Krishana’s Mantra also. The meeting with deity does happen in the way it is described tin the scriptures. You behind your Beloved Deity with these physical eyes there is no cause for doubting it. Even today, the Lord appears before you in form; even today the Lord protects you. Cast away all doubts and make edneavours in manner prescribed by the Guru in order to meet your Beloved Deity it person.

The Unshakeable Yoga

Yoga is of two types – shakeable (Kampit ) and unshakeable (Avikampa). You get joy practicing your religious routine, but the joy is gone when you stop or miss it. You meditate and slowly attain mental calm and attain the state of Samadhi. This is very good, but the state of Samadhi will not last forever. You will come out of meditation. Then you will see the world in all its vagaries and your yoga (union with God ) is shaken.

Behold the world but keep reminding yourself of the Supreme Lord in the depth of the manifest world. Theis is unshakeable yoga, Avikampa Yoga. When I am alone, I am absorbed in meditation; I am blissful here as well. I go through the normal actions and transactions, all for carrying out the will of the Lord, as all is He. Just as the sweetness of sugar permeates a sweet meat, so also behold the Absolute Truth-Consciousness and Bliss in all that you see. Know that the sapidity in water is that of the Lord (I am the sapidity in water, O Arjuna); if you see light, behold the Lord in it – I am the light in the moon and the sun; -I am the sacred syllable ‘Om’ in all the Vedas; -I am the sound in ether, and virility in men. Come to Jnanayoga in this way. One practicing Dhyana yoga or meditation may start contemplating divine knowledge. As sweetness permeates sugar, ether permeates objects and individual, so is the consciousness all-pervading.

There was saint who had scaled great spiritual heights. He would practice penance in a cave at Gangotri for as ling as twelve years at a stretch. People from for off villages used to come for his darshana. When their faith increased, the devotees said, “Babaji! Children come to their father. But the father too should pay a visit to the children once in a while. Is kind bless us with your darshana.”

The sincere aspirations of the people made the saint accede to their request, and he said,” “Ok, I shall come.” The date was fixed. The villagers made elaborate arrival. People from nearby villages also gathered at the venue.

In a crowd of devotees, there are usually some naïve, thoughtless people. While jostling for Babaji’s darshana, one of them stepped on Babaji’s foot. Babaji was wearing wooden sandals and he was wearing shoes. The pain angered Babaji but he soon regained his composure. Nevertheless he declared, “ I will not come to villages henceforth. My sādhanā has not yet attained perfection. I will perfect my sādhanā and then only come to the villages.”

Some old men of the hills cautioned him, “do you want to go back to the cave for perfection your sādhanā? Where there is no disturbance, you will attain steadiness in yoga, but you should aim at a state where your bliss remains intact even in the midst of disturbances, noise, and jostling by stupid people like us. Not in the cave.”

How great was the wisdom of those householders! And equally great was the simplicity of the saint. He didn’t go to the caves, but turned to where there was disturbance. This bears testimony to what Lord Kiishana says:

‘He … becomes established in the unshakeable yoga of devotion; there is no doubt about it.’ (The Gita 10.7)

Do engage yourself in meditation and Samadhi and attain an elevated state,and perfect it by living in solitude; but the consciousness of the elevated sate should not desert you even if you are in depraved outer conditions. You should be capable of not being affected by the outwardly poor circumstances. Even in an outwardly lowly state, your inner being should be in the same elevated state.


In the beginning, it requires constant practice. Suppose, you have cut a branch of a tree and you are holding it in your hand. If you leave it, it will fall down. Now you plant the branch in the earth. It takes roots and becomes a tree, or otherwise it gets fixed to the ground. Now what do you do? You don’t have to hold it up. Now, it stands by itself. In fact, if you need to pluck leaves, flowers or fruits, you bend the branch and it goes back to its position as soon as you release it.

I got enlightened by the grace of my Gurudev. Yet I lived in solitude for some time and the enlightenment got matured. Now I bring my mind to the world, but as soon as the requirement is over it goes back to the same state. You do not have to meditate. Suppose you visited a place as a guest and while coming hack, forget to bring back some highly precious object of yours. Now you have left that place, but while traveling or shopping or doing any other thing, it is constantly in your mind that your precious object is lying there and you will get it. Similarly, after attaining Self-Bliss and getting established in it, one is spontaneously and effortlessly reposed in God even while engaged in worldly activities. This is the state in which you get the real joy of living. This state is described by Saint Kabir in the following words:

‘O Saint Kabir in the following union is best.
I shut not my eyes,
I close not my ears,
I don not mortify my body,
I see with eyes open and smile,
And behold His beauty everywhere.’

This is called perfect realization, the state of liberation while living- the state of a perfect soul! Blessed are the great souls who have attained perfection and blessed are those hearts which are imbued with faith and devotion to them!
v It is a grievous sin to question the motive behind the Sadguru’s actions.
v Devotion and seva to the Sadguru are the two oars of the boat of sadhana, whicfh help a disciple cross the ocean of worldly bondages.
v It is impossible to judge a Sadguru. One himself needs to be a vivekanada to recognize another Vivekananda. It takes Budha to appreciate another Buddha to appreciate another Buddha. The mystery of Rama Tirtha can truly be realized by another Rama Tirtha alone.
Therefore, stop trying to test a Sadguru; just accept Him to be fuly acdomplished, the ultimate God, the Supreme Being. Then and only then, will you attain true will-being in life.
v Regain your lost divinity and transcend all dualities such as sorrow and happiness, birth and death, etc. through the practice of Gurubhaktiyoga. yoga.

The Reflection of the Unseen

Saint Kabirji was asked,”We cannot see the attribute less, formless supreme Self. Even so, please tell us some way by which we can see Him.”

Kabirji said, “The physical eyes. But if you want to see god with these eyes, go see a saint in whose heart the Supreme Self is revealed, and who has the Vritti in the form of the Atman, the form of non-dual Knowledge and evenness of mind. You can physically see one in whose heart God is unveiled, seeing whom one is reminded of the Lord.

‘The reflection of the unseen

is visible in the body of a saint.

If you want to see the invisible,

see it in the visible saint.’

The body of a saint is a mirror in which you can see the indiscernible supreme self. Therefore, if you want to see God, behold His beloved saint.

If you sincerely contemplate the virtues of the saint with blessedness and gratitude, it will not be long before the Supreme Self is revealed in your heart.. Even though it is so easy to attain Self-realization, people fail to avail themselves of it. Rather they harm themselves by assessing the saints with their myopic intellects on the basis of their outward behaviour.

Maharshi Vasishtha says, “Don’t ponder over the virtues and vices of the saints; get the Knowledge of Ultimate truth from them by any means. O Rama! When I pass through the streets, I know how foolish people talk all kinds of nonsense against me, but my kind-hearted nature makes me do whatever possible to redeem them from the hell called world. It is for this reason that I impart teachings.”

When detractors made all kinds of abusive attacks on Sage Vasishatha, the Guru of Lord Rama, bowing before whom Dashratha, the king of Ayodhya considered himself to be blessed, why should you worry if somebody says something against you? Rather bless them.

When Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the President of India, some perverse mended individual started libeling him in a cheap newspaper. Whatever rubbish came to his mind, he would publish it is his newspaper and distribute it among people who did not want to buy it. An admirer of Dr. Rajendra Prasad showed the paper to him. Who just tore and threw them away. Another one brought the newspaper and it was thrown into the waste-bin. All this went on for some time. At last somebody asked Rajendra Bapu, “This man is writing all this nonsense about you, why you don’t do something? Now you are the President of India. You have so much power! You can teach him a lesson the way you want.”

Rajendra Babu smiled and said, “If he had been my equal, I would have responded. But I know he is not worthy of a response from me. Why should I reply to him? Malicious minds have no dearth of enemies. This fellow will do it again and find an enemy who will repay him in his own coin. They will be destroyed fighting each other. Diamond cuts diamonds.”

Such people, of mean minds, harass others to find their own axe. All this had no effect on Rajendra Bapu, but his acquaintances, friends and well-wishers were vexed.

They said, “We are close to you and you are being maligned. It affects our relations also. People taunt us. Therefore, you must do something.”

Then Rajendra Babu told them a parable, “An elephant was on its way. Dogs started barking at it but it carried on happily and unperturbed. If the elephant cajoles, admonishes or tries to silence the dogs, it means the it has stooped to the level of dogs; it has forgotten its uninhibited cheerful disposition and glory. The elephant is on a pedestal which is way above the dogs. It is a different matter if an elephant takes on another elephant.”

Sant Kabir has said,

“The elephant walks in its own carefree gait.

If the dog barks, let it bark.

O mind! Remember the Lord;

let the world fight.’

Similarly, the saints abiding in their glory are not affected by good or bad opinions of the people. But the one, who sdores and worships saints and serves them, brightens his fortune. And the one who criticize them or harasses them destroyed his fortune. No one is good or bad in the eyes of saints. In their eyes, there is only He alone everywhere.

‘I am One without second.’

One gains or loses in accordance with one’s faith, outlook and Love.
According to their own actions, some are drawn closer, and some are driven farther away.’
(Sri Guru Granth sahib, 146-16)

Your own actions make you feel closer to your Guru or the saints, and it is your own actions that make you feel farther away from them. For the saints, nobody id owned and nobody is another’s, but in Kaliyuga people have puerile intellects. They readily accept negative situations and are slow to accept the positive ones. You will have to spend your whole life trying to spread the message of truth, but allegations and accusations, true or false, spread instantly. People fall easy prey to malicious propaganda because they are small-minded. Their power of reasoning is stunted.

Narsingh Mehta was a well known saint of Gujarat. People jealous of him spread Blatant lies were widely propagated. Nobody knows to which hellish regions these detractors might have gone, or to which lowly species they might have been born into but ebverybody knows Narsingh Mehta and remembers him with great reverence even today.

Narsingh Mehta was a devotee of Lord Krishna. Singing devotional songs, he would forget himself in the ecstasy of divine love.
He would become so engrossed contemplating Lord Krishna that those coming for his Darshana felt blessed and beatified. They too would dance and swing with Narsingh Mehta; they too would become engrossed in Krishna consciousness.

When all rumousr about Narsingh Mehta were proved false and people came to know of the miracles that took place due to Narsingh Mehta’s steadfast devotion, those impressed by the miracles flocked around Narsingh Mehta. They were devotees of miracles and not devoted to Narsingh Mehta.

This happens with many saints. So long as the going is good, people are with them. They call themselves devotees of the saint, but with the slightest negative turn of events they quickly slip away. Such people are devotees of comfort, not of the saint. A true devotee continues to be devotee, come what may. Devotees of convenience may fall or flee at any time. The selfless devotees are firm in their devotion; they never complain. They are never tired savouring the darshana and satsanga of the saint and of singing praises of his glory. The saints don’t lose anyting by anybody criticizing or maligning them and neither do they feel elated by anybody praising or adoring them.

It has always been those who were envious of the reverence given to true saints who indulged in vicious propagating dharma lies exclusively on the shoulders of these people who label the saints as hypocrites. These people don’t know what they are doing. When Kabir came, the priests opposed him and cried, ‘We are fighting for Dharma.’ When
Guru Nanak came, his opponents rose against him. Such were the atrocities committed on Nanak that he had to go to jail, even Kabir wasn’t spared.

Oblivious to the dglory of Hindu Dharma, the religious sects that have come up in the last two thousand years have hatched conspiracies against the Hindus and made them fight among one another. Our own people have been committing the heinous crime of weakening the Hindu Culture by slandering the saints; but even in the most challenging circumstances and difficulties, the true devotees never forsook the out their divine endeavours. They were never trapped in the bog of slandering, nor did they drop down like leaves in the violent gale of false propaganda; they endured till the end, blessed as they were. Saluka and Maluka for Kabir and Bala and Mardana for Guru Nanak were such disciples, whose names have become immortal in history.

Blessed are the disciples, who have faith and devotion for the Self-realized saints, in whose being the unseen God is reflected and carry it through to the end. Blessed are the ones who don’t lose their peace by falling prey to false criticism and slanderous propaganda. It is they who take advantage of:

‘The reflection of the unseen is
visible in the body of a saint.
If you want to see the invisible,
see it in the visible saint.’

* Do not allow any incidence to affect the mind so that you are carried away by its consequent joy or sorrow. Always contemplate, I am immortal… I am eternal… I am not born nor am I subject to death… I am the untouched Self…’ Live your life with this firm resolve. Constantly contemplate upon these thoughts and be engrossed therein at all times.
* Never consider anything on earth more important than God.
* To conquer the mind, consider it to be the slave and yourself as its master. If you ignore the slave i.e. mind, it will automatically surrender to your control. If you ignore the fickle mind and concentrate on your original calm nature, the vacillating mind will disappear within a few days. In this way the sadhaka can become engrossed in his pristine blissful Self.
* All spiritual philosophy, science, mathematics, poetry and arts spring from your True Self and will continue to do so.

Mad is the one who says ‘I have gained’

This morning I happened to meet a number of people and they met me. Yet I have never met anybody, nor was I separated from anyone. So now tell me the secret of this. You will claim, “Bapuji, you met us yesterday and then went away in the evening, and so became separated from us. Now you are with us again. We are telling the truth.”

What you speak is true in your world of illusion. It is not the Absolute Truth. The Absolute Truth remains constant in all the three times and relative truth is coloured by the imagination of the individual. Every nation has its own constitution. One cannot claim that the constitution is universally valid because it belongs to a particular country. In the US they dive on the right, whereas it is exactly the opposite here. The US laws are different and our laws are different. What is true there need not necessarily be valid here. The relative truth changes but the Absolute Truth, Consciousness and Bliss, which keeps the heart of an American beating, is the same that regulates the heart-beat of an Indian as well. That the Americans do this and that is not in the realm of Absolute truth, but in relative truth. However, the Soul of an Indian and that of an American is the same Absolute Truth. The Absolute Truth is constant and never changing, while the relative truth and sentiments vary from person to person.

I never meet anyone. One can meet a previously non-existent or separated individual. What was not present previously is met and then separated. On the other hand, realize the Soul which always existed, is present now, and will remain forever as your Self; then you will never be separated from anyone nor meet anyone. _Space does not meet anyone, because in the first place it is never separated from anyone. It is never separated from any person because it never met any person. If a person dies, space does not die. If person is born, the space is not born. Space is ever-existent before the birth of man, during his lifetime and even after his death. Similarly, one gets rid of al delusions when he realizes that is even subtler than space.’

One says, “I just don’t know that even the power of saying this is sanctioned by Him. What is there that is hidden from Him or unknown to Him? It is a misunderstanding on our part that only after doing a specific number of japas or observing certain vratas will we attain God. God is ever united with us and is inseparable from us. However, due to our notion of, ‘ I am the body’ and folly of seeking pleasure in worldly objects, we feel God is separated from us; and the ever-separated samsara appears to have been attained.

The body is in a continual process of separation. Did not your childhood part with you? The cells of your body are not the same as they were in childhood, but the Supreme Self, the Absolute Consciousness which was a witness to childhood, is the same. Whatever you attain except god, will not last, and even if it does persist for sometime, it will fail to provide you with the Absolute Bliss. ‘I am happy. I have my wife.’ But you won’t get total happiness. You may enjoy your worldly happiness for a few day.’ but for how long? You will only end up wasting your time in this. If you set your mind on anything other than God, it will invariably lead you to distress in the end. You may cry even in the present, any not only in the end.

God Himself is the Absolute Truth and actually He alone is the supreme Bliss. Set your mind on Him. But, how to set the mind on Him who is neither attained, nor ever separated from us? O my dear! Just knowing God as not being subject to attainment or separation, the mind will repose in Him, relinquishing desires and the hankering after external objects. The repeated rising of waves on the surface obstructs the perception of the depth of the water. As and when the waves subside, the depth of the water becomes visible. Similarly, when we become calm in mind, we come to experience Divinity.

‘None is poor.
Everyone has the gem of God within;
The foolish ritualist does not open the inner treasure. He remains engaged in Karmakanda, he remains destitute.’

Fools don’t even try to open the inner treasure, and the intelligent ones end up as paupers by getting entangled in worldly affairs.

If I intend to meet Asaramji Maharaj, I won’t have to wait at all. I will never meet Him, or ever get separated from Him for he is none but Me. Likewise, when you realize God – the Atman, all your foolishness will be gone. It’s as simple as that.

‘A person who says that he has gained is foolish, and one who says that he has lost something is a liar. In fact nothing has been lost or gained, the fundamental whole (Existence) stands completely full.’

This is a Brahmic state! Freedom from all miseries and troubles by realizing one’s pure ‘Self’. On attaining this state, the ever-new joy of the Supreme Soul, divine knowledge and Supreme bliss become easy of attainment.

Get Rid of Separatism

‘Fear, sorrow and death dance fiercely where the unworthy are respected, adored and worshipped and those worthy of worship are disrespected.’ (Skanda purana, Maheshwar Kedar Khanda : 3.48-49)

A sufi saint, Sarmad had been ordered by Emperor Aurangzeb to present himself in the Jama Masjid on Friday following complaints against him by Mullahs. The Imam started saying the prayer. Aurangzeb knelt down and bowed his head but Sarmad kept standing, and while they were saying the prayers, he walked away saying, “Imam’s God is buried under Sarmad’s feet.”

The Mullahs instigated Aurangzeb and the emperor pronounced a decree, ‘Arrest Sarmad wherever he is and behead him.’ Sarmad was beheaded,. When Sarmad’s head was rolling towards the river Yamuna, a fakir prayed to Sarmad saying, “O fakir! Aurangzeb has thoughtlessly insulted you. But please have mercy. Even if a single drop of your blood falls into the river Yamuna, Nature will become enraged and Delhi will be flooded. Many innocent people will be drowned.”

The head stopped. Aurangzeb was amazed. All are not instigators; there are some good people as well. One such person suggested to Aurangzeb, “Your Majesty! Perhaps we have made a mistake in judging Sarmad. He was a fakir of the highest order. We thought that Sarmad had committed sacrilege to Islam, but we could not understand him when he said, ‘Imam’s God is buried under Sarmad’s feet.’ His statement should be verified.”

The place where Sarmad had been standing was excavated and some buried treasure was found there. The Imams was asked as to what he had been thinking about at the time of saying prayers.

He said, “I was thinking about wedding my daughter of marriageable age. The emperor having come, I was expecting some wealth. I was thinking of wealth; so, wealth was my God at that time. Sarmad was right.”

There have been great men like Sarmad even in Islam who beheld the one God in all beings. They didn’t call Hindus kafirs; rather, they considered them akin to their own selves. The Real Self of the Hindu is the same as that of a Muslim. Whom Muslims call Allah, Hindus call Rama and Shiva etc.

‘Rama is in you; Rama is in me;
So is He in every being.’

That which pervades every particle of the universe is Rama.

I was delivering satsanga in Sophia College, Siddhapur. All the students were not you say ‘Jai Ramaji ki’? (hail to Lord Rama)” during satsanga. The students there would not respond to this. The principle of the college said to me, “Bapuji! These students are Muslims.”

I explained in my satsanga, “Dear ones! Rama means the Pure Consciousness that ervades every particle of the universe. It is that which enables the hand to work and the eyes to see.” After that, the moment I would repeat the phrase the students would overwhelmingly respond with “Jai Ramaji ki’. I have no antipathy to any religion, sect or faith.

‘You belong to all; belong to you; give up separatism.
Rama is in you; Rama is in me;
So is He in every being.
Then who is the fool who has poisoned our minds to quarrel with one another?’

All want peace of mind, good health and joy. All have this common ideal. Saints or fakirs don’t belong to any particular religion or faith. Like the Sun and the Moon, they belong to all.

Truth will Prevail

In ancient times there was a sage named Gautama. His wife Ahalya was extremely righteous. They practiced penance for ten thousand years on the Bahmagiri Mountain in the southern quarter. Once it was afflicted in the southern quarter. Once it was afflicted with a dire famine lasting for a hundred years. Not a single fresh leaf was seen on the face of the earth. Then all men, beasts, birds, and even the sages deserted that place. Gautama himself performed an auspicious penance for six months, and propitiated god Varuna who appeared before him and told him to ask for a boon. When Gautama asked him for rain, god Varuna said, “According to your wish, I shall give you a well of inexhaustible water. Dig a ditch here.” Sage Gautama dug a ditch to a hand’s depth which was filled with divine water by Varuna. Then Lord Varun spoke to Gautam, who was an embodiment of altruism, “O great sage, the water in the well is inexhaustible. This is now a pilgrim center. This will become known on the earth by your name. Charitable gifts made here, rites performed here, penance practiced here, divine worship done here and the shrāddha (oblations offered to the manes, everything ) will be unfailing.

After saying this, the Lord vanished and sage Gautama experienced inner happiness and satisfaction by rendering help to others is conducive to greatness. Only great men see and realize the real being of great souls, not the mean.

Man attains fruits in accordance with the nature of the one he serves. Greatness is achieved by serving the great and meanness by serving the mean. It is the nature of best of men that they cannot bear the misery of others.’ Kindness, lack of egotism, altruism, and sense having thus and sense control – these are the four virtuous pillars that support the earth.

Having thus secured the precious water, Gautama duly preformed his Natya and Naimittika Karmas. Thereafter he cultivated many types of cereals and barley for the performance of his obligatory sacrifice. Various trees with flower and fruits were also produced in abundance. As there was an inexhaustible source of water, the drought was not distressing. Sages engaged in auspicious works re-inhabited the place along with their disciples, children and wives. There was great joy and bliss in that forest, thanks to the power of Gautama.

The wives of the Brahmins who lived in Gautama’s ashram, where once displeased with Ahilya regarding drawing water from the well. They provoked their gusbands, who then worshipped Ganesha to harm Gautama. Ganesha, who is subservient to His devotees, appeared before them and told them to ask for a boon.

The sages said, “If the boon is to be given by you, let Gautama be driven out of his hermitage after being rebuked by the sages.”

Ganesa said, “O Brahmins, what you are doing is not proper. If you become angry with him for no crime of his, you are sure to incur loss. Infliction pain upon those who have helped us in the past is not beneficial to us. To torment, oppose or slander one who has done a favour to us will lead us on the path to destruction. If this is done, ruin will surely follow. Formerly when you were distressed due to the famine, the sage Gautama made an arrangement procuring water for you and did good to you. Now you intend to cause him pain. Please all of you think over this. Infatuated by your wives, if you will not follow my advice, your conduct will doubtlessly benefit Gautam. Certainly the sage will make you happy again. Please choose another boon.” But the Brahmins did not accept Ganeshji’s advice. Then the son of Shiva, who is subservient to his devotees, said, “I shall do what is being requested by you all. What is destined to happen will surely happen.” After saying this he vanished.

Then, as a result of the boon granted to the wicked Barhmins, Ganesha assumed the from of a feeble cow and entered Gautams’s field. Staggering and faltering, the cow began to eat the food –grains and barley. In the meantime, Aautama happened to pass by. Compassionate by nature, he warded off the cow with a handful of grass. But as soon as the cow was touched by the grass, it collapsed and died instantly in front of the sage. The sages and their wicked wives who were hiding there, seeing the cow collapse, began to shout, “ O look what Gutama has done!”

The bewildered Gautama called Ahalya and spoke with a dejected, distressed mind, “O devout lady, what has happened? How did it happen? Surely the Supreme Lord is enraged with me now. What should be done? Where shall we go? I have incurred the sin of cow-slaughter.”

The Brahmins reproached Gautama. The wives of the Brahmins tormented Ahalya with abusive words. The evil-minded disciples and sons of the Brahmins reviled Gautama repeating the words, “Fie on you.” The Brahmins said, “ You should not show your face now. If one sees the face of a cow-killer, one should cleanse himself by taking a bath wearing his clothes. As long as you stay in the hermitage, the fire god and manes will not accept any oblation we offer. Hence, O sinner, O slayer of a cow, go somewhere else with your family. Do not delay.” Saying this, they pelted him with stones.

Beaten and reproached by these wicked people, Gautama spoke these words, “O snags, I am leaving. I shall stay somewhere else”. After saying this, Gautama left. At a distance of about two miles, he made his new hermitage with their permission. But even there the Brahmins came and told him, “As long as you are not expiated of the sin of killing a cow, you should not perform any sacrificial rites or rituals. You are not entitled to practice any vedic sacrificed to the gods or manes.”

The eminent sage Gautama did as he was bid by the Brahmins. He spent half a month thus and implored the Brahmins humbly for his expiation. Then the Brahmins said, “ Gautama! Circumambulate the earth three times announcing your sin. When you return, observe the holy Vrata for a month, and then circumambulate this mountain, Brahmagiri, a hundred and one times, and then you wil be expiated. Or you can fetch water from the Ganga and take a bath. Then propitiate Lord Shiva making ten million of these phallic images with clay. Then cirucumambulate this mountain eleven times, and performing the ablution of the earthen phallic image of Shiva with a hundred potfuls of water, the expiatory rite will be completed.” The sage Gautam agreed with them.
After circumambulating the mountain, the eminent sage made earthen phallic images of Shiva and worshipped them. The saintly lady Ahalya accompanied him and did the same, while their disciples rendered service to them.

When all this was performed thus by the sage along with his wife, the highly pleased Shiva accompanied by his Pramatha Ganas appeared before him. Lord Shiva said, “O great sage, I am pleased with your supreme devotion. Ask for the boon you wish.”

Lord Shiva said, “O sage, you are blessed. You are satisfied with accomplishment of your duty. You are already sinless. You have been deceived by these wicked knaves. Indeed, on seeing you, people become sinless. How can you be a sinner? You are always engaged in devotion to me. O sage, indeed, all the wicked people by whom you have been harassed are vicious sinners and murderers. On seeing them, others to will become sinners. They have already become ungrateful. There is no way of atonement for them.” On hearing the words of Shiva. The sage was greatly surprised.

Gautama said, “O Lord Shiva, these Brahmins have greatly obliged me. If they had not done this, how could I have had your darshana? Blessed indeed are those Brahmins who have done this most benedictory action for me. It is their evil action that has paved the way to the accomplishment of my supreme goal. “

On hearing his words, Lord Shiva was greatly pleased. Shiva said, “O Lord, if you are pleased, may river Ganga be given to me for bringing good to the world. Obeisance’s to you.”

Shiva, the lover of his devotees, gave, to Gautama the remaining part of water given by Brahma to him on the occasion of his marriage. Then the water of Ganga manifested herself in the form of the most beautiful lady and stood in front of him. The excellent sage eulogized her and paid his obeisance.

Gautama said, “O Ganga, you are blessed. The whole world has been sanctified by you. Sanctify me too.”

Shiva said, “O goddess, sanctify the sage and stay here till the end of the twenty-eighth Kali Yuga of the Vaivaswat manvantara.

Ganga said, “O Lord Shiva, if my greatness were to surpass that of all other rivers; and if you stay here with your consort and Gangas, only then will I stay on this earth.”

Lord Shiva said, “ganga, I will stay here, as you say.”

Thus on being required by the sage Gautama, both Lord Shiva and Ganga stayed there. There Ganga became known by the name Gutamin (Godavari) and the phallic image of Lord Shiva became known by the name ‘Tryambaka’.

I am not tired; I am here to relieve people of tiredness

At times, my eyes become wet with emotion. People with perverse mentality gleefully announce, ‘Bapuji is crying.’ I don’t cry. Tears floe from the eyes of many saints Morari Bapu, Dongareji Maharaj and others in devotional love for the Lord or in empathically feeling somebody’s pain, but we people are not used to crying like cowards, like people stuck in the quagmire of attachment and delusio0n or like wily people. Our heart is not made of stone. It is made of stuff that melts quickly. Some people present it before the people in a distorted manner. They themselves are discredited thereby and lose their credibility. So far as I am concerned, my devotees know me.

Somebody asked me, “Bapu! What now?”

I said, “Guru Nanak wanted to retire to solitude at the age of 60 years. I thought of relieving myself of public life at the age of 63 years. I want to take to solitude and remain engrossed in Self-Bliss.”

Those gentlemen say, “Bapuji says he is tired.”

Why should I get tired? How can I get tired? My job is not get tired but to relieve people of tiredness.

Like Guru Nanak disengaged him self from activity, I too slowly disengage from public contact and spend more time in Self-Bliss and the astral world. I am not the one to run away tired, defeated, despaired or dejected. I will make many people run away and get their due before I go. There is no cause for worry. Strong and fierce winds will come; much more than that may happen but this lamp will continue to glow.

These storms of envy and crookedness were raised against Buddha, Kabirji, Guru Nanak and others. The poet Goethe too was attacked. But saints say:

‘Obstructions cannot impede our progress.
Obstructions are born of us
not we of obstructions.’

Obstructions exist due to us, not that we exist due to them. Let the sādhakas and those engaged in service activities rest assured. Bapuji is neither tired nor defeated nor does He cry; Bapuji is here to convert the cries of the distressed into devotion, to light the lamp of hope in the despaired, to distribute Sain Lilashahji’s prasada among the people and to thereby make them satiated with Self-bliss.

My God Grant Good Sense to All!

Migrating through all kinds of births, a lowly Jiva evolving to become man, from man to a great man, and then a divine man! – the unique culture that offers such a plan and which imparts the Knowledge of the Superme Being thereby making man the darling of the Lord, friend of the Lord, and, hold your breath, even father of the Lord! – that culture is called Hindu culture, Indian culture. We have never heard of any other culture or religion that can claim to make man the father of God.

It is the man of Indian culture who can make his way to becoming the Lord’s father, the Lord’s Guru, even the Lord’s Guru, and it is our good fortune that we are born into Indian culture as Hindus. In other religions, some rite is performed to make one accepted into that faith. But no Brahmin or Vaidya is required to make us a Hindu; we are born as Hindus, being born in the Vedic culture. Some people are determined to destroy such a great culture by means of slandering a saint, or a community, or even all the holy men of a particular religious or spiritual order with the help of financial or some other power.

When such a vicious campaign was launched against Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, some wise and farsighted men of the country stood by him and the sadhakas, devotees and other people of the society could see through the games of the conspirators and thereby became vigilant,

‘No matter how great the
Allegations heaped by slanderers,
We bear them as a souvenir from Thee.’

We are becoming stronger and stronger. Those who bear the accusations are not at a loss. Sadhakas look down upon the accusers. Wise men are concerned about the fate of those making false accusations against the saints. Tulsidasji said: ‘He who even listens to blasphemy against Hari (Vishnu) or Hara (Shiva) incurs the sin equal to the slaughter of a cow. A slanderer of Guru or Shankara takes the form of a frog (after his death) in a thousand lives.’

O brethren who are engaged in the conspiracy to malign Indian culture and saints! Your wealth will not accompany you but your deeds will, and they will take you to many a lowly birth. I am not scared of the rumors you spread, the allegations you make, or the criticism you throw, but I am scared of the misfortune you invite upon yourselves don’t harm yourselves any further. When Jesus was being crucified, he said, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” I too tell you to have mercy on yourself. Where are you heading to?

By criticizing and accusing one another, we exploit one another. Wishing each another well, we nurture one another.

Those, whose hearts are filled with devotional love and reverence for the satsanga of self-realized Gurus, feel a joy divine. This joy in turn cultivates virtues like fraternity and entitles one to become united with the Supreme Lord. Those on the other hand who don’t go to satsanga, who criticize or listen to criticism of the saints, who level allegations against the saints or lend ears to such allegations, are deprived of that joy and constantly burnt by the fire of mental unrest and finally go to lowly animal births. Therefore, it is said that those bereft of satsanga and knowledge of Vedas are unfortunate.

‘In this Kaliyuga, men are generally short-lived, lazy, of dull intelligence, unfortunate and victims of disease.’

They are dull-fated and turbulent and also consign others to the fire of turbulence by hatching conspiracies and spreading rumors. But I pray that God give good sense to such people as well. O Lord! O giver of bliss! Grant wisdom to them, to us and to all.

The food-Relief Activities of the Ashram in Bihar

‘Service to man is service to God’ is the maxim that governs
The food-Relief Activities of the Ashram in Bihar

Whether it is the earthquakes of Kutch and Bhuj or the havoc played by the Tsunami; the floods of Gujarat or Bihar or any other natural calamity …service to the Lord in the form of humanity has always been provided and will continue to be provided by way of helping the victims.

The surging floodwaters of the Koshi River in Bihar completely wiped out whole villages. On Pujya Bapuji’s instructions relief squads fully equipped with relief material promptly arrived at the affected areas from Delhi, Amadavad and other places. Office – bearers of Bhagalpur and other nearly Samitis as well as other disciples of Pujya Bapuji are engaged in the relief operatins with zeal and enthusiasm. When the relief squad of Ashram’s Seva Samiti arrived at Naugachhia village in Bhagalpur Distt., they brought cheer to the hunger-stricken faces of people there. Food –packets containing roasted rice, jaggery and rotis were handed over to thousands of people.

Khichri, vegetables, rice etc. are being distributed everyday among thousands of people at Soha, Harikhand, Devahatt, Surhat Binhata, Sahsol panchayat villages in Saharasa Distt. Sonavarsha block. This is a big relief to people suffering from want of foodstuffs. Ayurvedic and Allopathic medical camps too are being organized by the Ashram where medical treatment is being provided to thousands of people suffering from various diseases sanitation camps too have been set up over here. The administration at Sonavarsha too has praised the relief camps being run there under Pujya Bapuji’s guidance and inspiration.

Food-camps in Biharganj, Arar, etc. of Madhepura Distt. Are providing food to thousands of calamity- stricken people everyday. Hundreds of people everyday are being provided health protection guidance and medicines through medical camps. The medical and sanitation camps set up by the ashram have proved to be a blessing in protection people from contagious diseases. Here efforts are on to bring about overall development of the flood-victims through Bal Sanskar Kenras, Satsanga, Kirtana, etc. Along with foodstuffs, articles of daily use like soap, oil, clothes, utensils, matches, candles etc. too are being distributed by the ashram among flood affected people of Madhepura and Sadharasa Distt. 15000 people have been benefited.

Fierce torrent of flood-water had caused havoc in Pureni Block of Madhepura Distt. Roasted rice, sugar, biscuit-packets matches, candles and other articles of everyday use were distributed to thousands of people. The Ashram Sevadharis sprinkled bleaching powder in these areas to save people from epidemics. Bags of bleaching power were provided by the Ashram to the block administration also at the latter’s request.

Foodstuffs, articles of daily use and also plastic sheets for protecting against rains and new clothes were distributed to thousands of people in Jogiraj Tribal Musahri, Jogiraj Harijan Tola, Jogiraj Tribal Tola, Bala Tola, Balia, and Kusandi Dira, Kusandi, Vasudevpur and nearby areas. Bhandaras were organized to provide food to thousands of people here. A medical camps is in progress in Triveniganj block, Dist. Supol where hundreds of people of people are provided medical treatment.

The Ashram’s local Seva Samiti at Katihar Distt. Is regularly providing food and other articles of everyday use like clothes, soap and candles to thousands of people.

All over Bihar, food is being provided everyday to 25000 to 30000 people and in addition food packets, clothes utensils, soap, oil, candles and matches are being distributed.

The relief squads of the Ashram who are working in the flood-affected areas are going to the extent of crossing turbulent relief-material to marooned people. Reflecting the truth of the maxim ‘Service to man is service to God’ in their conduct, Pujya Bapuji’s disciples have been promptly arriving at the affected areas in all the incidents of natural calamities in the country and are likewise busy carrying out the relief operations in Bihar as well with zeal and fervour. Because of their selfless and devoted service, requests are coming from many areas seeking their services.

A makeshift township by the name of Sant Sri Asaramji Nagar has been erected 50 km from Purnia in Janaki Nagar for the all round development of flood-afected people. Thousands of families are being provided temporary huts so that they may live with freedom and peace. Arrangements are being made here to provide to flood-affected people in addition to food, mosquito-nets, trunks, oil, soap, milk and biscuits for children, roasted rice, sugar, candles matches and other necessities of life. Arrangements are being made also to provide medical aid, spiritual and devotional environment and satsang to flood-affected people. Efforts are under way to help them live a better and higher life.

GLOSSARY

Om – the pranava-pronounced as ‘Aum’, it is the monosyllabic personification of the Supreme Being.
ā – this is pronounced as ‘aa’ like in archanā, which is pronounced as archanaa.
Anushthāna – japa of a mantra for a fixed number on a daily basis with a fized purpose and a fixed duration.
Brahmajnāni – a Self-realized one.
Brahmajnāna - knowledge of Brahman or the self.
Dhātu – a basic constituent element of the body.
Darshana – to be blessed by the sight or the presence of a saint, sage or deity.
Japa – repetition of a mantra or the Lord’s name, vocally or silently.
Kapha – biological water humour phlegm.
Kailaisha – a mountain suppose to be located in Tibet near the Mansarovar Lake, and regarded as the home of Kubera and main abode of Shiva.
Nitya – Eternal Being.
Naimittika – obligatory and occasional rites.
Pitta – biological bile humour.
Prasāda – grace of the Lord, a deity or a personage; consecrated food.
Prānāyāma – breathing exercise.
Pārijāta – one of the five trees of paradise produced at the churning of the ocean.
Satsanga – pious discourse and company of a saint.
Sattva – one of the three qualities of nature characterized by purity and righteousness.
Sādhaka – an aspirant on the spiritual path.
Sādhanā – spiritual endeavour.
Upāsanā – worship.
Vaikuntha – the divine abode of Lord Vishnu.
Vātā – biological wind humour.
Vratā – an austerity, a religious vow or a fast. Vritti – a modification of the mind/tendency.