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PRABUDDH JEEVAN
MAY 2015
" The Journey through Shree Uttradhyayan Sutra"
Taat swarg apabarg sukh dharia tula ek ang/
line of hundreds of people waiting for the snacks and Tool na taahi sakal milijo such lav satsang //
beverages from 5 pm and before the official time of (All sources of human and material happiness on one
serving which was 5.30 we had already served over side and the bliss of one moment of Satsang on the 150 people and our sevaks had a hard time to manage other side)
the rush.
I am taking the opportunity of my article to once again The above Tulsidas's chopaai in the Ramcharitra Manas captures the mood, the mindspace, the feelings,
apologise to all the people who were inconvenienced the Aho Bhaav that the near thousand people who were
by our lack of preparedness. We learnt our lesson and present at Birla Matushri Sabhagrah Mumbai on the
the next two days we ensured that no one waited for 5th, 6th and the 7th of May 2015 felt and also took with
over a minute. them as a keepsake.
Three days of sheer anticpation, people adjusting their
schedules and their lives to reaching on time for this, The Recap
all in their seats by six, - in the same burgeoning city We had started to register names of people wanting
where traffic and urgent meeting cancellation excuses invites for the event a month back. To ensure a proper
are acceptable but not here; not today- almost everyone arrangement we decided to allot each invite with seat on time to devour every word the master was saying. numbers so that there was no chaos and the event The Swadhyay would go off smoothly.
The atmosphere inside the auditorium was quiet and My friend from Germany, Peter helped in creating a
receptive. People sat thoughtful and grateful for almost seat allocation program to help. We would put the names as people called and allot seats to them. Yet:
3 hours without getting up from their seats. the closer the event approached the intensity of the
I have experienced this numerous times in Dharampur calls increased and with that also my stress of how |
and any discourses I have attended of Pujya will fit all who call and also a divine euphoria over the
Gurudevshri but this was a little more special because enthusiasm of so many people.
most of the people were first timers. Some people did not receive invites despite registering Many had come with doubts and trepidation, some with over a month back, people who wanted extra seats,
conditioning that the discourse may be too technical people wanting to sit more closer to the stage so they
or difficult since it was based on an Aagam Granth, could see and hear Gurudev better, pregnant woman
some sheer curiosity to see and know what is Gurudev calling at the last moment wanting seats, old people,
all about. people who could barely walk - it was a surreal However, when Gurudev started the pravachan; his experience which left me with goose bumps all the time. words were just devoured. The audience was thirsty I could not say no despite not having confirmed seats.
and so so receptive. His pearls of simple examples I divided the list comprising of over 200 names among
and yet with such deep meaning left most thinking about two of my friends - my fellow co sevaks to call each
manushya bhav ni durlabhta.' and a kickstart to one of them and re confirm their presence on all 3 days
resetting their lives. - all confirmed positively and I was left more tense of He gave such deep examples of how extremely rare is how to adjust the additional people wishing to come. it to get Manushya Bhav - human life. Each moment How could I ever say No to people who wish to hear of this Bhav is so precious if we only realize with how my Guru: how can I decline them to opportunity to meet much difficulty and after so much punya and prushaarth Him and change their lives like He has changed mine. of lakhs and crores of previous lifetimes have we got Finally the day arrived and once again the unanticipated
this human form. enthusiasm and sheer excitement of people defeated And what are we doing with this life? all our plans and our arrangements. There was snacks He questioned us that did we think that Dharma was and beverages arranged between 5.30- 6.30 pm. We only by going to temples or pilgrimages or doing tap didnt foresee that people would come on time after all upvas was enough- to do all the activities one after the it was a working day - but o my God ...we had a long
