Tuesday, April 14, 2009

The Central ground for Pujya Bapuji’s satsang this time was Rajasthan

The Ganga of nectar of satsang emanatin from Pujya Bapuji and flowing through different towns and small villages added a new golden page in the glorious history of Rajasthan.

Anadara (Rajasthan), 21st and 22nd October: Pujya Bapuji Himself arrived in this tribal areas in order to bless the poor people here with some joy on the occasion of Dipawali. A grand bhandara was arranged and along with it spiritual and materially useful precepts were imparted to the people in their own language and in a very simple style to elevate them in life. Wearing silver ornaments above the navel is injurious to health. It is salubrious for women to wear silver anklets. These and many other health-related concepts were explained with evidence form science and scriptures. They were also told about practices related to happiness and prosperity e.g. the dust from under cats’ paws or goat’s feet and dust swept by broom coming into the house brings misery on the economic front. The dust from under a cow’s feet, Tulsi plant, Amla tree, wood-apple tree and Mantra-Diksha from a god-Realized Guru bring one happiness, prosperity and good health. The tribal people felt blessed being led into kirtana, japa, divine laughter and knowing techniques of keeping healthy without medicines with yoga and proper food habits.

Sumerpur (Rajasthan), 23rd and 24th October: The people of Sumerpur had the good fortunate of imbibing Pujya Bapuji’s satsang on the Dipawali even and as such the Dipawali atmosphere was witnessed here from 23rd October itself.

Pujya Bapuji advised people to engage themselves in good deeds. Pujya Bapuji said, “The good deeds done by one benefit his coming generations as well. Tulsidasji says as also other scriptures that those engaged in noble deeds and doing good to others by their actions, thoughts and words and by their learning and other abilities, earn religious merit that delivers their next seven generations. Even people remembering such men are benefited.

‘Those, who never harm others by their actins, thoughts or words, sins of men are destroyed by having darshan of such great souls.”

Jodhpur (Rajasthan), 25th and 26th October: The thirst of the people of Jodhpur for Self-knowledge was manifested n the course of satsang held at this sun-city. A mammoth crowd of devotees swarmed at the satsang site to bathe in the pious rays of the Sun of Self-knowledge.

Recently a large number of devotees, majority of them students, died in a stampede of people assembled for Darshan of Chamunda Devi. Procedures for salvation of the dead were performed and solace was given to the bereaved families and copies of ‘Mangalmaya Jivan-Mrityu’ were distributed to them.

Bhandaras were organized in the tribal areas of Gogunda (Rajasthan) on 27th October) and Kotada (Rajasthan) on 28th October. Sweetmeats, utensils, clothes, caps, food grains, sugar and other necessities of life were also distributed and cash help too was provided.

The evening of Dipawali (28th ocotober) fell into the lap of the people of Idar (Gujarat). Attaining to the satsang and company of Pujya Bapuji without any pre-arrangement on the pious day of Dipawali and on the eve of new (Vikrami) year, the people of Eider felt immensely blessed.

On 29th October Pujyashri came ot amdavad ashram, where thousands of men and women had been waiting for PUjyashri’s Darshan and satsang with intense eagerness. In the morning of New Year, Pujya Bapuji handed down the key to greatness, “If one has spontaneity and truthfulness in the heart, faith in God, the will to make persistent efforts, company of noble men and resorts to pious literature, even the smallest of men will become great.”

Emphasizing the need for persistent endeavours according to scriptural dicta, Pujyashri said, “Desire-driven Purushartha (endeavours) bring ruin to man. The moth’s endeavours are desire-driven and they land him in fire. Similarly, those making sesire-driven Purushartha (endeavours) get burnt incessantly in the fire of disquiet. Sloth is ruinous and so is its elder brother desire-driven Purushartha. Desire-driven Purushartha ruins and scripture-inspired Purushartha is capable of endowing one with true devotion and salvation.”

Every Tom, Dick and Harry is parroting words like Purushartha but the real meaning of Purushartha is driven home by great souls like Pujya Bapuji and Maharshi Vasishthaji.

Baroda (Gujarat), 9th to 13th November: As in the last year, the devotees at Baroda had the good fortune of satsang in the five day festival from Deva-uthi Ekadashi to Tripurari Purnima. Before the satsang programme, a sankirtan Yatra was taken out on 6th November, which was grand spectacle.

In view of the exceptionally large crowds witnessed in previous years, Pujyashri had divided the Purnima Darshan programme andit was held at five places for the convenience of devotees. Yet the pandal was overcrowded by the lovers of the Lord and of Pujya Bapuji. Detractors who had been nursing desires of disturbing the programme and had been spreading numours had to cut a sorry figure. Even during the programme, some malicious people published false statements and crossed all limits not only of Journalistic norms but also of ethical conduct. They were constantly engaged in publishing absolutely false and baseless news and thereby misleading people and trying to damage their faith, but all this had no effect on the devotees. The crowd at the Navlakhi Maidan continued to swell.

Pujya Bapuji here taught many techniques for keeping the body healthy, the mind cheerful and the intellect tuned to God. Providing a key to success in life, Pujyashri said, “Aim high in life; let your intentions and motives be high and make scripture-inspired Purushartha, not desire-driven one. If you set God-Realization as your goal, worldly success will be play for you because the power of the spirit is at the root of all success.”

Pujyashri gave a couple of tips for maintaining good health in winters, “In the winter season, let sunrays fall on your back for 8 to 10 minutes and on your navel for 4-5 minutes. There is no medicine in the world that can equal the Sun’s rays in eliminating diseases. Do Tribandh Pranayam as well. This will destroy disease-causing germs.”

Kota (Rajasthan), 13th, 15th and 16th November: In the afternoon on 13th November, after Purnima Darshan at Baroda, Pujyashri arrived at Kota (Rajasthan) and the stream of satsang started flowing on the land of Rajasthan again. Thousands of Poonam Vrat Dharies had been eagerly waiting here for Bapuji’s Darshan. Along with Purnima, 15th and 16th of November too was given to the people of Kota. Pujyashri apprised the listeners of the need of faith in life, “From faith come valour, patience, sobriety and fearlessness. If one’s actions are not motivated by Sattvic faith, they create bondage for the doer. One must have faith in God, saints, scriptures and afterlife.”

The pious saint while dispensing the nectar of devotion doesn’t ignore small towns and villages. On 18th November, Pujyashri arrived at Bundi (Rajasthan). Devotees swarmed for just a single session of satsang in such large numbers that the arrangements were proved to beinadequate. People availed of the satsang even standing out of he pandal. The evening session of satsang was at a village called Khajuri. Touched by the immense faith and devotion and moved by their entreaties, Pujyashri allotted the 19th November morning session also t Khajuri. In the afternoon, satsang was at village Deoli.

Huge crowds in these small towns and villages bore testimony to the nation-wide popularity of Pujya Bapuji.

Satsang and Darshan were made available to devotees at Dungaria (Rajasthan) in the evening of 23rd November and to devotees at Kishangarh (Rajasthan) on 24th November.

People of Ladnun had the privilege of satsang on 26th and 27th November. When a giant pandal was put up at the small town. People were wondering wherefrom so many people would come. But they wondered more when they found that people had spilled over and were listening to satsang standing outside the pandal. The joy and enthusiasm of people of Ladnun, Sujangarh and nearby places was a sight to see. Grand bhandaras were also organized at both the places.

Here Pujya Bapuji dwelt on the importance of negatively charged ions in the atmosphere and apprised people of measures to increase them.

Bikaner (Rajasthan), 29th and 30th November: These tow days belonged to the people of Bikaner. A mammoth crowd had gathered in the satsang here in 2006, but this year the surging crowds far exceeded those gathered two years ago and it was an immense surprise for everybody.
Leeton
Fortunate are those, who have maintained the intensity and firmness of their faith in the face fo all the vicious character assassination campaigns.

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