The Ganges of devotion flowed in Yavatmal on the 3rd and 4th March. From Punjyashree’s satsang, the people Yavatmal received the keys of making one’s life divine, even while transacting the worldly affairs. Pointing towards the need to being careful in one’s behaviour, Pujya Bapuji said: “Whatever you give, it comes back to you. People may or may not think or do what is good for you, still you keep doing what is good. This will help you develop your inner strength. When we think or do what is bad for others, it may or may not harm him, but our heart does get spoiled. The omniscient within does see that you are thinking ill-will and this will incapacitate your intellect.”
The continuous prayer of the people of wardha (Mah.) fructified when they were blessed with satsang on the 5th of March. The people of this historic land of the great personalities- Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave felt blessed on the first-time arrival of pujyashree. Through the inspiring anecdotes concerning Vinoba Bhave and his mother, Pujyashree explained the important contribution of women in the development of society. Drawing attention towards the deficiencies of the present education system, Pujyashree said: “Education should enable to overcome sorrows. We have had enough education that provided degrees. Education should change the perspective towards life. Education should be accompanied by satsang. Educated people can carry out extensive service. However, in the absence of satsang the same people can become a threat to the whole world. Your future is determined by the type of desire of the person teaching you, whether he has desires of a lower kind or higher or is he free of desires.”
On the 7th and 8th March, Poonam Darshan and Holi festival was celebrated at Nagpur (Mah.). The Reshmabaug ground here witnessed an ocean of devotion. Lakhs of devotees benefited from the poonam darshan and Holi festival. Revealing the keys to overcome disease, grief and sorrow, Pujya Bapuji said: “Sorrow, disease and grief occur due to ignorance. Ignorance can be dispelled through satsang. Miseries do not go away by becoming a big industrialist or a leader. An end to miseries comes by purifying the inner self, where they arise. The key to achieve purity of the heart is received in satsang. Just as a money inserts its hands in a narrow vessel, fills its fist with gram, is not able to bring out his hand from the vessel due to the closed fist and eventually gets trapped. In the same manner, we are getting trapped by holding on to ignorance in our fist. Open your fist of ignorance and see sorrows disappear. It is not difficult to bring an end to sorrows. To the extent in which we bring into practice the true knowledge, which we get from satsang, to that extent one can overcome sorrow.”
Due to the inspiration of Pujyashree, the Vedic way of celebrating the festival of Holi has become prevalent in the country in a big way. Religious organizations at many places have also started celebrating Holi using the colours of the palāsh flower, instead of chemical colours. Various news channels and newspapers have started awakening the masses about the harmful effects of chemical colours. This way they too are propagating the message of Pujya Bapuji.
To limit the surge of devotees in Surat every year for Holi and considering their convenience, besides Surat, Pujya Bapuji celebrated Holi on 18th February in Prakasha (Mah) and on 8th March in Nagpur. Despite this, lakhs of devotees turned up for the Holi festival in Surat ashram from the 9th to 11th March. The celebration did not get over in a day. There was a huge gathering of lakhs of devotees on the Poonam day. The scene was no different on the day of Dhulendi and why not? Every day, ever new, ever more opportunity ot play the Vedic Holi and getting coloured at the hands of the Brahmangani Satguru! With every drop of colour getting sprayed by Pujya Bapuji, the devotees experienced the creation of ever new consciousness, knowledge and love. The colour was getting sprayed on the body, but hearts were getting coloured with bliss, divine joy, the Name of the Lord and satsang. The beloved of the Guru were dancing and rejoicing while getting drenched in the colour of Holi at the hands of their Gurudeva. It was such a spectacle that any beholder would get mesmerized with gratitude and by the sweet bonding of affection between the Guru and the disciples. Truly blessed are those sadhaks who benefited from this rare opportunity.
Explaining the significance of this festival, Pujyashree said: “Dancing, singing, jumping etc. are a part of the celebration. This cleanses the bloods vessels and veins. This helps in overcoming depression, worries and fear and lightens up our lives with fragrance, smile and pleasantness. Everyone seeks pleasure. If one gets pleasure. If one gets pleasure in the divine, then one does not get ensnared by the pleasure of the senses. If one gets pleasure from devotion towards the Lord, then one will not fall in lust. On finding the inner wealth, one will not crave for the material wealth. This is how a thorn can be pulled out with another thorn. Seeking pleasure from the world makes us habituated to artificial happiness and the whole life passes in this. The joy derived from festivals is somewhat above the artificial happiness. It is somewhere in between the artificial and the real happiness. This is why Indian culture has tradition of festivals.”
Throwing light on the harmful effects of chemical colours and the benefits of colour of palāsh (Butea Frondosa) flowers, Pujya Bapuji said, “Black colour comprises of Lead Oxide which causes kidney disorders. Green colour contains Copper Sulphate which causes irritation of the eyes and temporary blindness. Silver colour contains Aluminum Bromide that is cancer –causing. Prussian Blue in blue colourcauses skin diseases while Mercuric Sulphite in red colour can cause skin caner. On the other hand, the colour of Palash flowers has remarkable benefits for our Health. For instance when a cloth soaked in the colour of palāsh is put on the body, through the pores of the skin it influences the nervous system and protects the body against contagious diseases. The colours of palāsh flowers cure the disorders of the blood. In summers, body heat increases. Due to intense heat the possibility of skin diseases increases. It may also lead to irritability and increase in anger. The colorus of palāsh also help in controlling these mental aberrations. The natural orange colour of palāsh flowers enhances the blood circulation, keeps muscles healthy and enhances mental strength and will power.
“Water kept in sunlight in a bottle of orange colour helps in remedying cough, fever, pneumonia, respiratory disorders, gas, heart diseases, indigestion etc. it also improves the deficiencies of blood cells. Its use enhances creation of milk in the mother’s body. The colour of palāsh establishes balance in the seven dhatus and seven colours within the body, protects the skin and reduces the body heat. It enhances the capacity of the body to bear the summer heat and protect it from, the harmful effects of intense sun rays.”
The continuous prayer of the people of wardha (Mah.) fructified when they were blessed with satsang on the 5th of March. The people of this historic land of the great personalities- Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave felt blessed on the first-time arrival of pujyashree. Through the inspiring anecdotes concerning Vinoba Bhave and his mother, Pujyashree explained the important contribution of women in the development of society. Drawing attention towards the deficiencies of the present education system, Pujyashree said: “Education should enable to overcome sorrows. We have had enough education that provided degrees. Education should change the perspective towards life. Education should be accompanied by satsang. Educated people can carry out extensive service. However, in the absence of satsang the same people can become a threat to the whole world. Your future is determined by the type of desire of the person teaching you, whether he has desires of a lower kind or higher or is he free of desires.”
On the 7th and 8th March, Poonam Darshan and Holi festival was celebrated at Nagpur (Mah.). The Reshmabaug ground here witnessed an ocean of devotion. Lakhs of devotees benefited from the poonam darshan and Holi festival. Revealing the keys to overcome disease, grief and sorrow, Pujya Bapuji said: “Sorrow, disease and grief occur due to ignorance. Ignorance can be dispelled through satsang. Miseries do not go away by becoming a big industrialist or a leader. An end to miseries comes by purifying the inner self, where they arise. The key to achieve purity of the heart is received in satsang. Just as a money inserts its hands in a narrow vessel, fills its fist with gram, is not able to bring out his hand from the vessel due to the closed fist and eventually gets trapped. In the same manner, we are getting trapped by holding on to ignorance in our fist. Open your fist of ignorance and see sorrows disappear. It is not difficult to bring an end to sorrows. To the extent in which we bring into practice the true knowledge, which we get from satsang, to that extent one can overcome sorrow.”
Due to the inspiration of Pujyashree, the Vedic way of celebrating the festival of Holi has become prevalent in the country in a big way. Religious organizations at many places have also started celebrating Holi using the colours of the palāsh flower, instead of chemical colours. Various news channels and newspapers have started awakening the masses about the harmful effects of chemical colours. This way they too are propagating the message of Pujya Bapuji.
To limit the surge of devotees in Surat every year for Holi and considering their convenience, besides Surat, Pujya Bapuji celebrated Holi on 18th February in Prakasha (Mah) and on 8th March in Nagpur. Despite this, lakhs of devotees turned up for the Holi festival in Surat ashram from the 9th to 11th March. The celebration did not get over in a day. There was a huge gathering of lakhs of devotees on the Poonam day. The scene was no different on the day of Dhulendi and why not? Every day, ever new, ever more opportunity ot play the Vedic Holi and getting coloured at the hands of the Brahmangani Satguru! With every drop of colour getting sprayed by Pujya Bapuji, the devotees experienced the creation of ever new consciousness, knowledge and love. The colour was getting sprayed on the body, but hearts were getting coloured with bliss, divine joy, the Name of the Lord and satsang. The beloved of the Guru were dancing and rejoicing while getting drenched in the colour of Holi at the hands of their Gurudeva. It was such a spectacle that any beholder would get mesmerized with gratitude and by the sweet bonding of affection between the Guru and the disciples. Truly blessed are those sadhaks who benefited from this rare opportunity.
Explaining the significance of this festival, Pujyashree said: “Dancing, singing, jumping etc. are a part of the celebration. This cleanses the bloods vessels and veins. This helps in overcoming depression, worries and fear and lightens up our lives with fragrance, smile and pleasantness. Everyone seeks pleasure. If one gets pleasure. If one gets pleasure in the divine, then one does not get ensnared by the pleasure of the senses. If one gets pleasure from devotion towards the Lord, then one will not fall in lust. On finding the inner wealth, one will not crave for the material wealth. This is how a thorn can be pulled out with another thorn. Seeking pleasure from the world makes us habituated to artificial happiness and the whole life passes in this. The joy derived from festivals is somewhat above the artificial happiness. It is somewhere in between the artificial and the real happiness. This is why Indian culture has tradition of festivals.”
Throwing light on the harmful effects of chemical colours and the benefits of colour of palāsh (Butea Frondosa) flowers, Pujya Bapuji said, “Black colour comprises of Lead Oxide which causes kidney disorders. Green colour contains Copper Sulphate which causes irritation of the eyes and temporary blindness. Silver colour contains Aluminum Bromide that is cancer –causing. Prussian Blue in blue colourcauses skin diseases while Mercuric Sulphite in red colour can cause skin caner. On the other hand, the colour of Palash flowers has remarkable benefits for our Health. For instance when a cloth soaked in the colour of palāsh is put on the body, through the pores of the skin it influences the nervous system and protects the body against contagious diseases. The colours of palāsh flowers cure the disorders of the blood. In summers, body heat increases. Due to intense heat the possibility of skin diseases increases. It may also lead to irritability and increase in anger. The colorus of palāsh also help in controlling these mental aberrations. The natural orange colour of palāsh flowers enhances the blood circulation, keeps muscles healthy and enhances mental strength and will power.
“Water kept in sunlight in a bottle of orange colour helps in remedying cough, fever, pneumonia, respiratory disorders, gas, heart diseases, indigestion etc. it also improves the deficiencies of blood cells. Its use enhances creation of milk in the mother’s body. The colour of palāsh establishes balance in the seven dhatus and seven colours within the body, protects the skin and reduces the body heat. It enhances the capacity of the body to bear the summer heat and protect it from, the harmful effects of intense sun rays.”
In this way, Pujya Bapuji encouraged everyone to avoid the use of chemical colours, take benefit of the colour of palāsh flowers and enhance sattva guna in order to realize the true Self.
On 15th March, the devotees were fortunate to celebrate Holi with Pujya Bapuji in Ahmedabad ashram. Here too Pujyashree explained the significance of using the colours of palāsh. Those present were blessed with the sprinkle of the palāsh colour. For those who cold not make it, the ashram made arrangements for the colour to be taken home as Prasad.
On 15th March, the devotees were fortunate to celebrate Holi with Pujya Bapuji in Ahmedabad ashram. Here too Pujyashree explained the significance of using the colours of palāsh. Those present were blessed with the sprinkle of the palāsh colour. For those who cold not make it, the ashram made arrangements for the colour to be taken home as Prasad.
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