Pranavvad: The Scripture expounding the magnificence of (OM)kar

There was a Brahmin named Dhanraj who was blind. He became a sadhu. In kasha city, there lived a doctor namely Bhagvandas who was very pious and religious. Dhanraj visited his clinic and greeted him with Namo Naraynye. He further said, ‘’Dr. Sahib, I’ m hungry. Can I get some food from your house taday?’’

‘’panditji, was please wait for a while.’’

His house was located behind the clinic. The doctor went inside the house to ask his wife for food. She said, ‘’After having a bath I’ ve just entered the kitchen. It will take about an hour to cook food.’’

The doctor came back to the clinic and said, ‘’panditji! Would you please roam around for some time? After about an hour you’’ ll surely get food at my place."

‘’where will I keep loitering around for an hour? I’ d rather wait here. It would be bet-ter if you could provide me some place to sitter if you provide me some place to sit here in you clinic.’’

‘’Alright! Kindly feel comfortable.’’ So panditji settled himself there. Furthering the conversation the doctor said, ‘’I’ ve heard about the glory of kar’. Do you have some idea about the same?’’

‘’Of course yes! The orign of the word kar is inherently and fundamentally from the Supreme Lord and it has not been created by any human being. All other words originate by means of impact but this majestic word with mysterious sound is born from within and comes naturally and intrinsically.’’

The great sage expounded the majesty of (OM)kar’ so extensively that doctor was wonder-struck and said, ‘’So enormous is the grandeur of (OM) kar!’’

‘’Definitely! Not to talk of me, Rishi Gargyayan has perfectly elucidated this majestic word in a scripture."

"From where can I acquire that grand scripture?’’

‘’No, you can’t; it is unavailable.’’

"But then you have been reciting verses from the same."

"Yes! Earlier that holy book was available. I’ m speaking on the basis of the same."

The doctor made it a practice to interact with panditji almost and consequently both of them drew closer to each other. The doctor implored, ‘’May I call in a scholar to pen down your oral verses?’’

‘’As you wish, the mahatma replied.

So he kept on reciting the verses and the scholar penned them down. And that sight less great soul recited them down. And that sight-less great soul rected as many as twenty two thousand verses.

The Theosophical Society has shown reverence to that grand scripture of twenty two thousand verses ‘pranavvad’ by keeping it in their library.

Science bows before the power of Vedic Mantras

Revered Bapuji says, “I ve recounted the majesty of (OM) to you but a few scientists have studied the magnitude of the power of word by testing the same in observatories as well as in the real life of people for as long as seven years. Therapists tried it out in New York, California, Boston etc. and reached the conclusion that by pronouncing the world one gets relieved from the ailments of stomach ach, debility of brain and heart etc. But these hedonists are interested only in curing physical ailments. In such countries this therapy has become quite common.

Prof J. Morgan has carried out research and found that the chanting of (OM) produces a kind of vibration in the stomach, chest and brain which revives the dead cells, revitalizes the existing ones and produces new cells. Even the materialists, who have nothing to do with God, and to whom this physical body is the be-all and end-all of life, benefit greatly from ‘Omkar therapy.’ However the saints alone know from personal experience that God-Realization itself can be attained by japa of (OM)

These scientists have reached this conclusion omly recently after a series of research works but we use the therapy of OM-japa culminating into exhilarated laughter in the beginning of the satsung session and also in the end and in the course of satsung. How immensely our sadhakas must be benefited from this wonderful exercise! The instruments of these scientist are bound to collapse in evaluating the amount of benefit attend through this exercise. Hardly do these poor researchers know that chanting of (OM) only for seven times makes the pious vibration transcend the bounds of this universe and attain unison with the infinite domain of countless universes. This is the reason for my initiating the practice of (OM) Japa. The ambrosial effect of this practice is too enormous to be gauged by any computing machine. A tangible machine can size up only that which is tangible of gauging the subtle or subtler, what to talk of gauging the subtlest? OM takes one to the realm of pure Consciousness, the subtlest of the subtle. The harvest of enormous gains reaped by my devotees from the reverential japa of OM is beyond the comprehension of these reserechers and scientists.

The glory of OM is not limited to what the doctor say; it is much more that . In fact it is much more than many times of even what I say. I can not say how many times. You just carry on with the reverential japa of OM and keep on unfolding the mystery behind it”

Today in the entire world, human ailments are being eradicated through OM therapy. Besides Morgan, several other scientists have also put forth their views on the subject:

In the ‘Columbia Presbyterian’s Heart Institute’ of New York, surgeons prescribe the chanting of OM before surgery because its repetitive japa calms down the patient’s nervas. Renowned surgeon Dr. Naresh Trehan adds an interesting insight, “Having a chant such as OM in the background, builds a feeling of confidence among surgeons and staff. The use of a chant such as OM prior to surgery helps patients think positively.”

Dr. Sanjay Chugh, a psychologist says, “When the body goes through native stress (distress), the level of steroids shoots up as the body experiences what we call the fight of flight response. Pre and post- operative meditation chanting or counseling reduces the level of steroid and is, consequently, good for the body.”

After studying the body’s “relaxation response” for nearly 40 years, Dr. Harbert Benson, the chairman of ‘Mind/ Body medical institute’ and associate professor of ‘Harvard Medical School’ recognized the need of chanting of mantras, yoga, meditation etc. and said, ‘’As time goes on, we’ re understanding this phenomenon in ever more advanced scientific terms. And why it’s so important to-day is because over 60 percent of visits to the doctor are in the stress-related realm.’’

After comprehensive research, even the science has bowed before the science of Indian Vedic Mantras. Our great scriptures and illustrious sages have already extolled the majesty of Not single day of revered Bapuji passes without without the pious recital of This sacred word is naturally and habitually repeated by him several times day. For the past 40to 42 years, pujya Bapuji is uplifting the devotees through reverential recital of During his satsang sessions, pujyashree helps his disciples practice Sadhana and experience its ambrosial effects. Pujya Bapuji’s delightful voice in person or through VCDs and DVDs like ‘’Madhur kirtan,’ ‘Hari naam sankirtan, ‘ prabhuji reverberates in the atmosphere and exhilarates the whole being of the atmosphere and exhilarates the whole being of the listeners.

The above mentioned research of scientists is limited to the physical body only whereas according to our illustrious scrip tures, the effect of is all-pervading. Even after death, it accompanies the soul of the being. Lord Sri Krishna says in Srimad Bhagwad Gita’:

‘’Uttering the monosyllable the Brahman-remembering Me always, he who departs thus, leaving the body, attains to the supreme goal.’’

‘Sannyaas Upnishad’ in Saam Veda says: ‘Anyone who reverentially does twelve thousand japa of pranav verily realize’s the Supreme within twelve months only.’

If anyone sets himself sincerely and dili gently on this practice, an anushthana (a religious undertaking) of twelve months helps him attain Supreme Enlightenment. Twelve thousand japa of coupled with abstinence from evil deed nad determination to attain God-Realization will God-Realization in one year!

Maharishi Veda Vyasji says is like a bridge to transcend mantras or to attain supreme beatitude.’

Sri Guru Nanak Devji also says: is the only truth. Yajurveda says: ‘in the letter Brahma pervades like ether.’ (Yajurveda:4017)

Maharishi pushkarji says: ‘parshramji! Pranav is the Supreme Brahman. One who by standing naval deep water repeats one hundred times and drinks the water thus con secrated, gets and drinks from all sins.’

(Those who are unable to take a dip in a pond can carry out this procedure at home by taking some water in a bowl.)

The scientists have accepted the wonderful merits of only for eradicating physical ailments whereas consecrates all the five sheaths of human body and fills them with ojas and radiance. Ailments and vices affect the inner sheath. If the same is revived by re verberation of mantras as commended by Yajurveda and Atharva Veda, one can easily gain longevity, vitality and sound health. Physical healing is an absolute remedy. Physical cure is not complete cure. Conse quently in spite of all the medical facilities. The patient remains afflicted with one disease

God can be worshipped in eight forms

Lord Krishna said in Srimad Bhagwat Purana that there are eight objects of His worship. By adopting even one of thess, one can easily attain to divine joy, divine love, divine contentment and divine bliss.

‘with the necessary material he must, connected in Bhakti, free from ulterior motives worship Me, his worshipable Guru, with the help of an idol, or with an altar, a firew, the (position of the ) sun with water or with Me as being present in his own heart, in Brahmin (twice born), and in his Sadguru.

1. Idol : An idol of god, goddess,Bhagawan or any Brahmajnani Guru may be worshipped with the necessary materials be worshipped with the necessary materials prescribed for worship in order to attain to Me, the Absolute Consciousness. Rendering services toand worshipping My idoi and looking at it with fixed gaze is also akin to my worship.

2. Altar: offering oblations into the altar in fire sacrifice chanting slokas like ‘it is for indra, it is not mine ‘it is for Varuna, it is not mine’, ‘it is for kubera, it is not mine’ and therby get rid of the sense of ‘my-ness’ is worship of Me, prescribed by shastras in performanace of yajna.

'It is not mine'... The sense of ‘I-ness’ and ‘mine –ness’ belong to maya. They are illusory. ‘Things are not mine. I consider the body as ‘I’ am I am not that ‘I’ I am the pure consciousness that continues to exist even after the physical death.’ –oblations with such an insight is worship of Me.

3. Fire: Offering oblations and ghee into fire with mind fixed on Agni, god of fire, is worship of Me.

4. Sun: Offering oblations of water to the sun god, facing the sun for doing wor- ship, meditation on form of sun god with closed eyes is worship of Me. This is con ducive to intellectual development and it is a Sadhana, worship of God.

5. water: water is a from of Mine. I should be worshipped by tarpana, offering oblation of water to the departed souls. When a devotee full of devotional faith, offers water to Me, I accept it with all love. The devo tee beholds the Supreme Being in the from of water or takes a bath invoking sacred riv ers the water, or takes achamana (sips water three times, repeating the Names of the Lord, prostrations to keshava, prostra tione to Narayana). These are the ways by which reverence is shown to and God is beheld in water. This gives peace and merits. This is a form of worship of Me.

6. Heart: worship God abiding one one’s own heart. Repeat My Name rhythmically with breathing.

Some people ask, ‘God is in the heart? Then heart is larger than the God!’

God is experienced in heart. God pervades all the countless universes. A seed is tiny in appearance but a huge banyan tree is hidden it. How many trees are contained in a seed? Nobody, not ever all the scientists collectively, or Lor Brahma Himself, cam tell it. Nobody again can tell how many men could be reproduced by a single man in the success-sion of endless generations? Infinite is God, infinite are objects of His creation. Is there any limit to which a seed can multiply? A mango stone is sown and it grows to a mango tree. Suppose a thousand mangoes are produced by that tree. Now eat away the thousand mangoes and sow the thousand stones. Thousand trees are grown. Sow all the stones of mangoes grown on these thousand trees. How many trees, how many mangoes, how many stones… go on counting. Is there any limit to the number of seeds single seed of mango or banyan can produce? All things created God are limitless like these seeds. So do not consider Yourself as the body which takes birth and dies; you are the pure Con- sciousness that animates the mortal body. That is why the Lord suggests this form of worship in the heart.

How to worship in the heart? One should meditate visualizing the four-armed or two-armed form of the Lord or watch the inhalations and count all exhalations. This is internal meditation. Be a witness to events of happiness, sorrow, desire, anger… Do not be influenced by them. This also is mode of antarang upasana (proximate aid to to liberation) of the Lord. There are various effective modes of worshipping the Lord.

7. Brahmin: One should behold Me in Brahmins. The virtuous and self-restrained Brahmins are akin to God. Those who are of virtuous conduct and habits, who make efforts know the Supreme Brahman, such Brahmins are akin to Me One should worship them and assimilate their virtues.

8. Sadguru: Pointing to the eighth object of worship, Lord that the culmination of all other worship is Sadguru who has attained to Me as his own being, Truth, Consciousness, Bliss Absolute whom I wor-ship whenever I incarnate Myself in human form. Sadguru is venerable to Me also. When I incarnate on this earth, I become his disciple and worship him. He who engages his life, body and mind in following commands of such a Guru, becomes one with Me.

He was blessed with the grace and knowledge of the perfected Guru…’

The Bhila woman Shabari and puranapoda engaged themselves in service of their respective Sadguru and became one with God. One one comes by a Self-Realized Sadguru, one attains the spiritual heights ized Sadguru, one attains the spiritual heights beyond all forms of worship. Kabir ji says:

‘My Sadguru is a rare hero; attacks with the weapon of ‘word’.

With the cannonball of love, he be stroys the castle of delusion.’

‘I am a Maharashtrian… I am a man… I am a woman… I am happy… I am un happy…’- this delusiness and sorrow are in the mind; I am a witness to them> Do you want to experience ‘visions’ of your choice? The mind will see the visions. What will you get? Our preconceived notions and the social religious background delude us and it appears to us that God- Realization is very difficult.

People think, ‘bapuji has practiced severe austerities. Buddha austerities; I did a lot of drudgery wandering from place to place; all because I did not know the Truth. when I got an insight into the Truth, it was very easy. I did not have to exert one hundredth part of what my Gurudev (Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj) had to. And you people are getting the same what I got in less than one thousandth part of exertion that I did out of ignorance. To the people sitting before him) what efforts are you making? You just have to listen. Is it difficult to listen? You are merrily getting what can not be attained with decades of self-mortification.

‘Laugh, play and meditate. Hear al-ways about the teachings on Brahmajnana.

Says Gorakhnatha, I am always with those who eat, drink but do not become slaves to their minds.’

Is it difficult? Other then this, Ravana had successfully built the golden city of the Lanka; Hiranyakashy was so advanced in penance that he created the golden city of Hiranyapur. But all their advancement was confined to the realm of body, mind and intellect. By means of their intellectual prowess, penance and cncetration they made achievements but they did not attain Self-existent bliss. What they got after sixty thousand years of self mortification was consequently destroyed. If those two men had come into contact with Self- Realized Guru and had followed their teachings, they would have attained indestructible reality with the grace of Sadguru, I attained That indestructible in just forty days. So describing the glory of Sadguru, the Lord says that worship of such a Sadguru makes one at tained of Me easily and directly.

Self-surrender

Once, the great saint Daduji was going with his disciples. One the way, they had to cross a drain carrying rainwater, which was so small that people crossed it just by taking one step on a stone kept in the drain. That day, the stone gad been removed by somebody. There was very little water in the drain but there was a lot of mire and so it was difficult to cross the drain. The disciples started search- ing for a stone so that Gurudev could cross the drain. But Rajjab said, ‘’Gurudev! Shall lie in the drain. Please step on my back, and cross the drain. Daduji said, ‘’No dera son! Your clothes will become wet and dirty with mire.’’

Rajjab said, ‘’Gurudev! You have taken so much of trouble to save us from the mire of worldly life! You are taking care of us at the cost the Self Bliss of Samadhi. This mire is better than that of the worldly life. And body will serve some useful purpose at least if it is of any use to you, Gurudev!’’

Daduji said, ‘’Get up my my child!’’

Rajjab prayed in a pleading voice, ‘’O Gurudev! O deliverer of sinners! Let my body be sanctified and blessed by the touch of your pious feet. Please be kind to me and cross the drain by stepping on my back.; The usefulness of my body lies in rendering service to you.’’ Daduji was so much pleased with Rajjab’s dedication to service and single minded devotion that he hugged him affectionately. What greater gift can there be for a disciple!

I have the Siddhi of Guru’s grace, riches of Lord’s name

There was a Muslim saint named Maulana jalaluddin Room. He named Maulana jalauddin Room He asked his devotes, ‘’in what conditions does a don key bray’’

There was no answer. Maulana made the question easier, ‘’A donkey on two occasions. What are they?’’

Still nobody could reply. Jalaluddin said, ‘’Ok, I will tell you. A donkey brays on two occasions-one when he is hungry and two when he is desirous of mating. But a man who does not love God is a two-legged donkey and is worse than his four-legged counterpart. The four- legged one does not have benefit of satang and Shasta’s. But satang Shasta’s are available to the two- legged; yet he brays for women and wealth.’’

With the help of Guru-Bhakti and satang, even the most wretched of men who slave and drudge.

There is near jaipur a well known city named Aamer. Saint Dadu Dayalji lived there. Once he went to a place called Sambhar. Having heard about his great fame, a trader named Tilakji who hankered after money came to him. Tilaji paid obeisance to Dabuji as per the custom. Daduji knew that he was covetous of wealth, but at the same time there was some good in him which had brought him to satsang.

Dabuji asked him, ‘’From where have you com and what do want?’’

He said, ‘’Your Holiness! Sin to tell lit to a saint. Have not come for Darshan of a saint or our of love for God. I want money and only money. I am in search teach me the technique of making gold.’’

He had Daduji’s Darshan but in his heart, he coveted wealth, was not there with him in the past and will not be his at some point of time. He had no idea of the real wealth which everybody always had, and will forever have. Daduji wanted to deliver him from attachment to wealth and kindle a desire for eternal wealth in him.

Daduji said, ‘’You have come to me wanting to learn Siddhi (psychic powers) and Riddhis (riches). This is the Siddhi I have:

‘Guru’ precepts are the Siddhi I have; it is all grace of God. Lord’ s name is the wealth I have; primeval, imperceptible and limitless. Lord’s name is the alchemy I know; gem of Lord’s love I possess. This the wealth I have; imperceptible and eternal.’

I have wealth of Lord’s name; the gem of Lord’s love and I know the al chemy of spirituality. I don’t know the technique of making gold. I know the alchemy of producing the joy of Lord’s name, which cannot be in exchange for all the gold, all the jewels, all wealth of the world.’’

But the wealth- hungry Tilaji did not relish this reply. Daduji could make our that he interested in illusory wealth, unaware of the fact that in variably such wealth is lost or has be left behind. The pride of illisry wealth and power drives one insane. Self-Knowledge is the real wealth and power.

Daduji showered his grace on Tilaji and said,

‘By bowing at the feet of the Sad guru and repeating Lord Rama’s name, one attains eight Siddhi and nine riches effortlessly; and then he fearlessly reposes in eternal bliss.’

This made Tilaji sit alert. The promise of eight Siddhi and nine riches attracted him. ‘Worldly and power are nothing in comparison to eight Siddhi and nine riches,’ he thought. He said, ‘’Your Holiness! Even if one gets wealth, one lives in fear of the government, of in-come tax people, of debts becoming bad and of course death. Pray get me eight Siddhi sand nine riches. Then I don’t need Siddhi and nine riches. Then I don’ t need wealth. People with wealth will seek after me.’’

Tilaji started listening to satsang regularly and this weaned his mind away from the world and he became more and more attracted towards divine peace, divine bliss, divine knowledge and divine glory. One makes good progress in area of one’s interest. We have interest in worldly possessions. That why we are not not able to make progress on the spiritual path. If our interest is towards God, can easily attain to Him. Kabirji said,

‘The amount of affection and attachment you have for your family, if you have it for the Guru, nothing can stop you from attaining to Supreme Beatitude.’

Janak attained God-Realization when he had one foot in the stirrup and was abut to mount himself on the horseback. Prikshit attained God Realization in seven days, someone did so in 40 days, Dhruve in six months, eight year old Ramdas in a few months, Mirabai in a few years. There are no rules as to qualification or time required for God Realization. The more is the yearning for God Realization; competence of the Sadguru; concentration, non attachment, earnestness and resoluteness of the disciple; the faster and more effectively does divine grave work on the disciple.

Daduji showered his grace and Tilaji received it with earnestness. Tilaji realized the futility of transient worldly wealth. Worldly wealth, worldly power and the physical body made of worldly matter are ephemeral. The eternal wealth, eternal power and eternal joy that never goes awau; that alone is worth attaining. Tilaji gained this insight and surrendered himself completely to Daduji.

Tilaji would get engrossed listening to satsang and would look at Daduji with a fixed gaze. Noticing Tilaji earnest ness and concentration. Daduji bestowed Mantra Diksha on him and allowed him to render personal service to him.

From the day Daduji came to Sambhar, he was living under an umbrella. Rainwater did no harm to him. He was a Siddha! Once it rained heavily. Water came into the umbrella as well. Daduji said to all, ‘’Go on repeating the name of the Lord, ‘Satya Rama’ and you will easily go across this pond of water.’’ Tilaji started repeating ‘Satya Rama’ and he walked on the pond as if he was walking on the ground. Tilaji thought, ‘Gurudev has told us to repeat ‘Satya Rama’ but he himself is not doing so.’ Little did he know about the spiritual height Daduji had attained. It was immaterial whether or not he repeated the name of the Lord. Lord. One who entertain doubts about the Guru, the Shastras or the God gets drowned. Tilaji began to drown. He prayed to Gurudev, ‘’O Gurudev! Save me.

Daduji said, ‘’Tila! You enter tained doubt in your mind. One should never have doubt in Guru’ s words. They are always true. Get rid of doubt; and you will get across water as also across the ocean of Samsara.’’

Tilaji got across the pond of water.

‘Doubt harms all; are overcome by doubt. One who destroys his doubt is a saint.’

Tilaji became free doubt and became a saint. Selfish and covetous Tilaji had come to Daduji to learn the technique of making gold but he listened to Daduji’s satsang and assimilated his teachings and that made a saint. Who had once been hankering after wealth was now being worshipped by many wealthy people.

A Glimpse into Tilaji’s Spiritual poetry

‘How can we attain to the Lord and love him wholeheartedly without the tutelage of the Guru? Alone can show us the path and how can we negotiate the rough terrain of worldly life without knowing the correct path? How can we love the Love single- mindedly (with mind devoted to nothing else) without the grace of the Guru? who else but the Guru can save from death? The only means overcome death is the grace of God and that comes by guru’s grace. Tilaji says one should hold the Guru in ut most reverence, take refuge with Gurudev and make endeavours on the spiritual path so that the Supreme lord of the Universe blesses him with Supreme Beatitude.

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Sahajobai says, ‘’Remember the name of God renouncing all worldly attachments. Nobody is ours, not even the body.’’

God creates the world sustained by birth and death, bondage and liberation; but Guru creates only liberation for his disciples. Even the body betrays us. God alone One who never abandons us.

Works of Sahajobai have been pub lished in book from and are read with great respect. She helped many virgins scale great heights in spiritual life. This eleven year old virgin became a great woman Yogi, who filled the hearts of a number of women with Bhakti reliving them of afflictions, sorrows and sins, on hearing the words of a saint for once. But here are the people who are leading the worldly life even after suffering hundreds of insults and keep on flattering ordinary mortals. God alone knows when good sense will prevail on us…

How to make the children more impressive?

Pujya Bapuji’s satsang program was held from 18th to 21st November 2010 at Baroda. There Bapuji’s attention was drawn to my daughter Vrushali due to her alertness, promptness, agility and her deftness in taking photographs and shooting video.

Bapuji asked her smilingly, “Child! Which class you study in?” and Vrushali promptly answered “Class 6th”

Bapuji was surprised. He asked, “How old are you?“ Vrushali replied, “I am eleven years old”. Bapuji was surprised at her physical height and skill in action at an age of just eleven years. Bapuji asked me, “How come this eleven years old girl is so alert, intelligent, and impressive?”

I replied, “Bapuji, I had heard and followed the instructions you gave in your satsang on how we should welcome a new born baby in this world and this is the result of your grace”

Bapuji teaches in his satsang that the umbilical cord of the new born baby should not be cut immediately after birth but after 4-5 minutes. Then one should write OM on the tongue of the new born with a small thin stick made of gold or gold coated silver using a mixture of honey and cow ghee in unequal quantities. Thereafter the new born should be held by its father in his lap and the father should recite the mantra in the ears of the new born “ashmaa bhava’ parashu bhava, hirnyamayastum bhava’. This makes the child outstanding and impressive.

We did the cutting of the umbilical cord and writing of ‘OM’ as per instructions of Bapuji. Vrushali took the Diksha or mantra initiation at the age of six. (At present she is 11 years old, her height is 5 feet 9 inches and her weight is 49 kg.)

Got Nobel Peace Prize Now want ultimate peace prize

Prostrations at the feet of Pujya Gurudev! Presently I am working as a professor at the Indian Institute of Management, (IIMA) Ahmedabad. I am fortunate to get initiated by Bapuji. By doing regular japa of guru-mantra I got success in spiritual and worldly spheres. I was honoured by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2007 for my significant contribution to research in the fild of environmental impact. This year I was a member of the IPCC team that won the most prestigious award in the world, “Nobel Peaces Prize”. In 2010 I was awarded the prize for being very young distinguished orator for my higher research works by IIMA. All this is the result of mantra initiation received from and grace of Bapuji. Pujya Gurudev is Supreme Brahman personified and our knowledge is less than even ten millionth part of his knowledge, Form his satsang I get insights and important hints on my subject of management and research, which I apply successfully in my class and research work.

I pray to Gurudev, ‘Let thy eill be done. Let my desires be destroyed. I do not want anything else.’

The Greatness of the Guru

Realization of God is possible only through a Guru. We should acquire the sublime grace of the Guru, for until the kundalini Shakti is awakened by the Guru’s grace, until our inner light shines until the inner eye of divine knowledge gets opened, we continue to be in the state of bondage. Therefore, to de velop inwardly and to attain divinity, it is absolutely necessary to have a guide-a Sadguru who knows the Ultimate Truth and is full of spiritual power. Just as there can be no life without prana, so without the Guru there can be no knowledge, no unfolding and growth of Shakti, no destruction of darkness, no opening of the third eye. The Guru is more necessary than a friend, a son husband, or a wife; more necessary than, wealth, machines, factories, art, or music. What more can I say? The Guru is more necessary than health and life itself. The glory of the Guru is full of mystery and is supremely divine. He gives a new birth to man; he makes him see the light of wisdom; he shows him the path and makes him a lover of God.

A true Guru awakens the inner Shakti of a disciple and makes him revel in the bliss of the Self. This is what the Guru really is: he is the one who awakens the inner Shakti, Kundalini through Shaktipat (infusion of Shakti) that is sets the divine Shakti in motion in man’s body who gives instruction in yoga, who bestows the ecstasy of knowledge and the joy of Bhakti, who teaches detachment in action and grants liberation in this very life. That supreme Guru is identical with Shiva. That Guru is Shiva, that Guru is Rama, That Guru is Shakti that Guru is Ganapati, Guru is your father and mother. He makes the light blaze in the body of his disciple, gives him his blessing and grace, and then remains engrossed in his own sport. Through the favour of the Guru , man takes on the form of God and live drunk with ecstasy. Such a Guru is great and exalted; he cannot be understood by ordinary intellect.

Normally, it very difficult to get to know Guru, to understand them. If some-one performs a small miracle, we accept him as a guru. If someone gives a little sermon, we accept him as a guru. If someone gives a man-tra or shows a technique of Tantra, we accept him as a guru. In this way, accept many people as guru that we are cheated of inner realization. Finally, our faith is destroyed, and we begin to think that the tradition of trans-mission of knowledge through the Guru itself is hypocrisy. The result is that we stay far away from true Guru. We get deceived by phoney gurus and then despise true Guru.

Don’t abandon a Self-Realized Guru thinking that he is an ordinary person. You will understand his greatness only when his full grace descends on You. The Guru elevates his disciples to a high level, shows them their own true nature, merges them with Shiva, and makes them Shiva.

What wonderful fortune it is to have such a Guru as your own Guru, to be initiated by such a Siddha. The word given by him is a live and potent mantra. The supreme Guru, full of Chiti (pure Consciousness), enters the disciple through mantra, through touch, or through look. Therefore, it is no wonder that a disciple can attain to perfection by living with such Guru, by establishing a relationship with him, by living in his ashram by touching his feet and drinking the water that has been sane- tidied by them, by eating his Prasad, by serving him and praising him, by absorbing the vibrations of Chiti that Flow his love intoxicated state.

Even your husband will come!

I offer salutations to the lotus feet of Sri Satgurudev.

My wife took Diksha from Pujya Bapuji in 1985. At the time of Diksha she thought “My husband does not believe in Bapuji”. The omniscient Bapuji cast a gracious glance on her and said: “Not only you but your husband will also believe in Me; you just see. You will be surprised to see how staunchly he follows Me.”

After a few days. With his grace I also got deeply interested in Bhakti and took Diksha. Words of Pujya Bapu came true. It so happened that a man was not giving my money back to me. So I took a vow before Barhdada of visiting the ashram for having Darshan five times on Sundays on getting my money back I got mu money back and also got the benefit of Bapuji’s Darshan and satsang.

Formerly I had a small paan stall and used to live in a rented house. From the time I came to Bapuji and started doing the seva of distributing Rishi Prasad, my business grew in leaps and bound and so did my peace and joy. I am very happy and blissful. I get success even where there is no chance. I have attained not only material but also spiritual gains. Our group of 16 people made 15000 members of Rishi Prasad and we were blessed with a gold medal awarded by Bapuji. Even at present I do the seva of distributing Rishi Prasad. While doing the seva, we feel that some Divine Power always accompanies us.

For the sadhakas committed to the seva of Rishi Prasad Every day is festival of Diwali and even mountains of sorrows crumble.- Dineshbhai Joshi, Ahmedabad. Mobile No. 8905599922.

Tulsi mala became a protective shield

My husband and I both have taken Mantra-Diksha from Pujya Bapuji. Once, I was circumambulating the Bada-dada (the sacred Bunyan tree in Goregaon ashram, Mumbai. A co-disciple was enquiring from people in Prasad seva?’ Some invisible power inspired me say, “Yes” I resolved to enroll 100 members. On fulfilling my resolve, I got a Tulsi mala from Pujya Bapuji as a Prasad (Blessing). On reaching home, my husband said, ‘I feel that Bapuji has given this mala only for me.’ I gave that mala to him. Next day, he was going to office on a scooter. He saw one oil tanker driven recklessly rushing toward him. He lost control over the scooter. Collided with the tanker and fell down. The onlookers said, ‘he is gone!’ My husband happening to me; please save me.’ Pujya Bapuji appeared instantly in front of my husband, placed him on one side of the road and disappeared. My husband’s clothes were soaked black with oil and torn; but he was completely unhurt. Due to Pujya Bapuji’s kind grace, my husband’s life was saved and he had a narrow escape from death.

From that time, I decided to do more and more of the seva that had saved my husband’s life. I decided to distribute the Rishi Prasad magazine, the gracious Prasad of Pujya Bapuji, to many more people. Millions of salutations at the lotus feet of the Almighty, Protector of devotees, supremely compassionate Sadgurudev!