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________________ FINDING A GURU Mahesh Verma Muscat They say that one can never go looking for a Guru............ in fact, it is the Guru who supposedly walks into your life when the time is right. Well..........I can definitely vouch for that!!!!!!!! It was 1999 and I was working with Merrill Lynch, shuttling between Muscat (where the family was) and Bahrain (where the office was). A very close friend of mine from Muscat, Pradeep Mathur, was also working in Bahrain. The Mathurs were my surrogate family there, and I would often have lunch with them. One day Pradeep called me to say that their Guruji was in town and if I would come and meet him....because I worked very long hours, I told him that except for week-ends, I really could not leave my work, and hence could not go over in the evenings. A few days later, Pradeep called again and asked me to come with him that evening for a “pravachan” being given by Guruji at some one else's residence. I finally decided to go along with him that evening and after the “pravachan” he took me to get Guruji's blessings and introduced me as his friend from Muscat. I must have been with him for not more than a minute as there were other people behind me waiting to get his blessings. I subsequently left Merrill and Bahrain in June 2001 and returned to Muscat and did not get to meet Guruji after that brief encounter. In May 2002, we got a call from Pradeep and Anu that Guruji was planning to come to the region and had specifically mentioned that he wanted to come to Muscat and stay with us. I was dumb- struck, and repeatedly asked Anu if Guruji had referred to me, because I had not imagined that he would have remembered ever meeting me. Anu told 258 shantidoot / messenger of peace Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.006511
Book TitleShantidoot Amrender Muniji
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorPadmini Atal
PublisherUniversal Ahimsa Foundation
Publication Year
Total Pages304
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English & History
File Size11 MB
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