Philosophy and Spirituality of Srimad Rajchandra

Author(s): U K Pungaliya
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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Life And Works Of śrīmad Rajchandra ( Dhāraņā). Duration of the last one depends on capacity and degree of application of the faculty of memory. When it transcends, from one birth to another, it is called Jātismarana. It can be acquired by a seeker as a result of destruction of karmabandha obscuring the faculty of knowledge of the soul. He had achieved great fame for this power and was called a 'Satāvadhānī' as we have seen before. He could also earn lot of money by using it, but he never did it. On the contrary, he found that practice and use of this power and the popularity he earned on this account, were hindrances on the path of self-realization. He, therefore, totally stopped all experiments and demonstrations of this power at the age of 20.
· Like the above mentioned extra-sensory powers, he had another power or a sort of spiritual achievement (siddhi ) whereby he could forecast future of anybody by reading not only horoscopes but also palm and face. He had also studied astronomy from his childhood and his forecast always proved to be correct. However, he stopped this practice also at the age of 23 years, because he found this activity also to be a great obstacle in his path of self-realization. Moreover he did not like people worrying about their future, which may have in its store both favourable and unfavourable happenings. He.
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