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.