Aspirants Guide

Author(s): Atmanandji Maharaj
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Sadhna Kendra Koba

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SILENCE
stated in his sermons that this observance of silence was of immense benefit to him.
(2) Mahatma Gambhirnath was a Bengali scholar and saint of the nineteenth century who settled in Himalayas for his spiritual uplift (Sadhna).
Once Mahatma Gambhirnath was seated in meditation in the peaceful atmosphere of Himalayas. some Bengali gentlemen visited him just with the idea of his Darshan (to see) and to have the benefit of noble company. They sat for a while and then humbly requested the Mahatma to deliver some preaching, for the uplift of their souls. The visitors submitted that they had come from far off distances and would feel unhappy if a sermon were not delivered. The Mahatma stated, "Observe and ponder."
Meeting with genuine Mahatmas has one great reward. It is to fill to the brim of our hearts with their holy, simple and blissful personality. Their silence asks us to open our internal eyes and devotedly to have Darshan of Atma (soul), God in this temple of the body. Thus silence consists of the purport of countless scriptures.
(3) The railway train was running at full speed from Calcutta to Delhi. In one compartment, two British passengers were talking in English. Pointing at one monk (Sadhu), traveling in the same compartment, one British passenger was telling the other, "Look, what a deception! With such youthful age, healthy body, and full capacity to work, this man became monk to get free food and to loiter anywhere. There are thousands of such monks in this country and people feed them in blind faith."
Criticism of this sort went on for a long time, but the monk (Sanyasi) sitting on the opposite seat was pondering deeply with a calm posture.
When the train arrived at one station and halted, the station master saw the monk (Sanyasi), bowed down before him and asked in English, "What can I do in your service, Sir ?"
The Sanyasi answered in English, "One glass of water will be enough. I want nothing else."
The two British passengers observed that the Sanyasi spoke in such pure English. They felt surprised. They never knew that the Sanyasi was educated. They had abused the Sanyasi so
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