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A Spiritual Travelogue of Pramukh Swami Maharaj
   
 
     
  30 September to 15 October 2009  
  
 
   
 

Gondal (30 September to 15 October 2009)
 
 
   
     
 
 
  • 2 October 2009 (VS 2066, Saptami Shradh Gandhi Jayanti ) Friday, Gondal & Rajkot
    Swamishri got up with a shivering fever of 102.8oF. After taking medicine he completed his daily ablutions and went for Thakorji’s darshan. Thereafter he performed his daily puja. In the evening he attended to the correspondence from devotees.
    Swamishri’s medical report showed that he had malaria. By evening the fever had subsided but Swamishri was feeling weak.
  • 4 October 2009 (VS 2066) Sunday, Gondal & Rajkot
    Sharad Purnima Celebration: The day marked the 75th inaugural anniversary of Gondal Mandir, the 225th birthday celebration of Gunatitanand Swami and the bicentenary year of Gunatitanand Swami’s diksha.
    The grand celebration was held in the mandir precincts where more than 29,000 devotees participated. Despite ill health Swamishri attended the celebration assembly. The programme included speeches, dance and dramas:

    Speech: Purpose of Gunatitanand Swami’s birth – Pujya Shrihari Swami
    Drama: “Gunatitanand Swami’s Saintliness”
    Speech: History of Gondal Mandir – Pujya Siddheshwar Swami
    Drama: “Pandade Pandade Maharaj and Swami”
    Speech: Difficulties during Gondal Mandir construction – Pujya Adarshjivan Swami
    Drama: Shastriji Maharaj plays dilruba
    Video: Yogiji Maharaj
    Speech: Reminiscences of Yogiji Maharaj in Gondal – Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami
    Traditional Dance: Local youths
    Speech: Memories about Pramukh Swami Maharaj in Gondal – Pujya Viveksagar Swami
    Blessings: Swamishri
    Swamishri said, “Shriji Maharaj took birth on earth to liberate countless souls. He brought Gunatitanand Swami with him. The reference of Akshar is found in Vachanamrut Gadhada I-71. By offering bhakti to God along with the Gunatit Sadhu one’s inner weaknesses and failings are dissolved in this birth instead of 100 births. This was the reason why Shastriji Maharaj had installed the murti of Gunatitanand Swami.” The assembly programme was interspersed with five artis performed by devotees, senior sadhus and Swamishri.
 
  • 13 October 2009 (VS 2066, Vad Dasham ) Tuesday, Gondal & Rajkot
    Swamishri performed the murti-pratishtha rituals of pujan and arti of the murtis for new BAPS hari mandirs in Meta Khambhaliya, Malod and Bavavala suburb (Jetpur).
 
   
 

       Diligence in work

  • 3 October 2009, Gondal
    Swamishri read the letters of three devotees of Jamnagar, each asking him to put a mark on their site plans for drilling bore wells. Swamishri said that the annual rainfall in Jamnagar was quite good, so why do the devoees wish to have bore wells. To satisty his enquiry Swamishri telephoned Dharmanidhi Swami, who is in charge of Satsang activities in Jamnagar. Only then did Swamishri make a mark on their site plans.
    Swamishri is meticulous in all his works and spends time to fully understand the problems and wishes of devotees.

         Swamishri’s compassion

  • 10 October 2009, Gondal
    Yogiswarup Swami, the Kothari of Rajkot mandir, informed Swamishri of a devotee’s terminal illness, “In Yogiji Maharaj’s time, Mathurbhai had done a lot of seva in Gondal mandir. At present he is in a hospital in Rajkot suffering from cancer. His relatives are not able to take care of him. So, we send food daily for him from the mandir and take care of him.”
    Swamishri acknowledged Mathurbhai’s seva, “We must take care of him. He has done a lot of seva.”
    “But Swami, he does not follow the doctor’s prescribed diet,” Yogiswarup Swami added.
    “Send food only in accordance to the doctor’s advice. And, serve Mathurbhai regardless of his nature and inclinations.”Swamishri never forgets a devotee’s service for Satsang. In times of need he helps and showers his compassion upon all.