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Each
person struggles through
live. For some the trials are
overpowering, for others a bored
status quo prevails,and
for a minority mountains are
pounded to dust in
the search for meaning and joy.
Within the invisible depths of
each soul there is a yearning.
A need to know ‘Why?’.
‘Why do we live?’,
‘Why do we experience problems?’,
‘Why are we travellers on the
journey of life?’.
In the search for answers to
their uncertainties many turn to
the God-realised Saint.
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| Travellers
On The Journey Of Life |
| Knights
Of The Faith... |
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For thousands of years in Indian culture there has been the tradition
of surrendering one’s self to the guru. Even in today’s
modern society the tradition still lives. One can see young graduates
renouncing the world to became sadhus for a place at Swamishri’s
feet. To them he is everything. Through his teachings and inspirations
they become the next generation of knights, albeit gentle, of the
faith, defending and sustaining the ancient culture and spirituallity
of India against the evils of today’s materialistic society.
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| Patience |
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birthday celebrations of Swamishri, the sadhus in Sarangpur prepared
lectures on the topic of ‘Why I Like Swamishri’. The report
of these lectures was presented before Swamishri in Bombay while he
was taking his breakfast... |
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Shrutiprakash Swami : We’ve heard why we like you. But why
do you like us?
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Swamishri : You’ve all renounced the world, your families and
your homes and come here. You are determined to please Maharaj and
Swami, and are trying hard to do so. Have all of you not given enough?
Then how can we not like you?
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But we make so many mistakes. We sway from your agna;
despite this, you still like us?
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Swamishri : The fact that you have come here (to be sadhus) is a
big achievement in itself.
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Why did you like Shastriji Maharaj?
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Swamishri : The same reason why you like him. We’ve met such
a Saint - the giver of redemption - like God Himself! He has saved
us from infinite miseries. That’s why I like him.
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What is jnan?
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Swamishri : To always remember that whatever God and His Saint do
is only for the best - that’s jnan. Then whether they call
us or not, we will be forever cheerful. Look at Tyagvallabh Swami
and Kothari Swami. When did Yogiji Maharaj ever call them? Still
they never withered in their love and devotion. To always see God
and His Sadhu as divine - that’s jnan.
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(14 December 1986, Bombay)
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