Book Title: Pinnacle Of Spirituality
Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Raj Saubhag Satsang Mandal

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________________ 29. A Perfect Disciple I w was broad daylight and there was an unusual sight in the market place of Morvi. The sun was fierce and a fifty-year magistrate was holding an umbrella over the head of a twenty-year-old. Many laughed at this strange sight. It was very unusual behaviour for a magistrate. The young man was Shrimad. The magistrate Dharshibhai was greatly impressed by him since last ten years. Shrimad used to instruct Dharshibhai in religious matters. The rules of the material world do not apply between a Guru and a disciple. The young can be wiser than the old, and thus command respect. It was a hot summer afternoon. As Shrimad wished, Dharshibhai accompanied him for a stroll. Since it was very hot, he took an umbrella with him to provide shade. As they walked and discussed many issues, Shrimad asked Dharshibhai to open the umbrella. He did so, but covered Shrimad's head, not his, with it, causing much surprise in the marketplace. At the outskirts of the town, Shrimad asked him to fold the umbrella. Dharshibhai responded that it was even hotter outside town. Shrimad replied that what was needed was to remove the heat of the passions from the Soul. Shrimad thought long and hard at a very young age about how the soul can be freed from the cycle of re-incarnation. In Vikram Samvat 1945 in Vavania, twenty-one year old Shrimad met Shri Mansukhram Suryaram Tripathi, a scholar well-versed in the Vedanta philosophy. Shrimad became familiar with his religious views, which were direct, moderate and without hypocrisy. Shrimad said: "While I am not wealthy, and am young in age, I seek to attain maturity of insight from the company of one such as yourself. I wish to serve at the feet of a truly selfrealised person." He wrote without prejudice: "If our goal is the well-being of the soul, why argue about the means or the systems? That knowledge which leads to self-realization is supreme knowledge. If the soul is detached, it is in a state of Moksha" Shrimad wrote many of his innermost thoughts to this scholar, seeking guidance, which would lead him to enlightenment and Moksha. This is what Shrimad thirsted for all his life.

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