Prabuddha Jivan 2016 01

SR No.: 526090
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dhanvant Shah
Publisher: Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh
Publication Year: 2016
Total Pages: 52
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Prabuddha Jivan, & India
File Size: 2 MB

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PRABUDDH JEEVAN
JANUARY 2016
THE SEERER'S
YATRA - A JOURNEY WITHIN
Happy new year to all. May each of us progress in The enthusiasm of the journey was of course that it this year more closer to our life goals and for those was with the Guru present himself. He had instilled in like me - may we find and stick to our life's goal and me and like me all the others the seed of yearning to start the journey.
see the places of Mahavir swami Bhagwan and the The last year ended and the New Year began with Gandhar's all thanks to the Gandharvaad and Shri a pious journey to Samedh Shikarji with the Guru Uttaradhyan sutra Shibir we have been part of last 2 himself leading the way.
years. The heart was filled with joy and sadness but It was a journey full of wonder and miracles and yet
full of devotion visiting Pavapuri, Kshatriya kund, in the Guru's saanidhya - Wonder and miracles happen
Rujuvalika and Guniya ji reminiscing the events that and get accepted with such normalcy and sahajta.
took place there. The first and the most obvious miracle was the
The hard climb to Vaibhagiri hill from where all the
Gandhar's have gone to moksha was probably to organisation of this trip with such precision and
prepare us for the climb of Samedh Shikarji - which perfection. Over 1600 people on a special train aptly named Gurukripa Express manned and managed by
was to be the epitome of our journey. the sevaks of the mission.
Finally the day we had all been waiting for - to climb It's amazing to see how the act of seva drives
Shikarji had come. I was full of many doubts - the cold
weather, the long uphill climb, would I have enough normal individuals into perfection and that too full of enthusiasm. Truly the Masters invisible hand at work.
energy to complete it? I had been to Shikarji before
but then I was more younger, more energetic and even The sheer magnitude of the organisation is what
then I had only been able to complete some tunks. amazed me. The management of the pantry serving out excellent food from breakfast to dinner on all the
So with these thoughts I began my climb at 4 in the days of the journey in the train, in the buses and at
morning and within 5 minutes was huffing and panting locations where there were halts was truly another
feeling drained and hot and removing all the extra miracle. The organisation of almost 60 buses in
jackets and sweaters and bag and dumping it upon Banaras and Pavapuri, 300 Trax jeeps in Banaras to
my partner on this journey. I started wondering how |
was ever going to even reach the first tunk which was visit Sinhpuri and Sarnath and 400 tanga's in Pavapuri to help us commute to different places. The excellent
atleast a good 3 hours climb away if I was in this hotels and dharamshala's all in the proximity of each
miserable state right at the beginning. other so that we all were around each other and most I just put my head down and started chanting my importantly around the Guru himself.
jaap's of sahaj aatma swarup paramguru... under each The Guru's karuna of visiting each of the 20 train
breath and one foot at a time kept treading along coaches individually to give each of us his Ami dhrishti
stopping briefly just to catch my breath and moved on and which made us realise how truly lucky we are to
again -one slow step at a time reaching the first tunk have been personally and individually been selected
after 4 hours of beginning my journey. for this yatra. How much punya we must've done to Breakfast had been arranged by the sevaks at the have got this opportunity and how much purushaarth Jal mandir and it provided the much needed rest and is necessary that we make the most of it.
energy after the rigorous climb. I was in no state to do The train journey was filled with hours and hours of any further tunks and while having breakfast too I kept sharing by the sah yatri's - fellow co passengers of
very sadly discussing with my friend of how was l even how did their journeys start. How did they firm up their
going to make it just to the Parasnath tunk where faith and each and every individuals story was pure
Gurudev was going to come. My friend suggested that
since it was still 3 more hours before Gurudev came nectar making one feel how blessed we all are to have found the Guru or more really the Guru had found us.
to Parshwanath lets do a couple of tunks instead of just sitting here. I was still considering it for a long