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The Momentous Era
Prachi Dhanvant Shah January the first month of the English calendar when you experience the aura of pure love, commemorates my memories with the most special compassion, and equality, chanting of benign devotion and important person in my life. The month of all around, then the whereabouts is certainly be celebration! The birth month entitled by us to our recognized as a Pilgrimage. Although being disabled dearest darling Papa. Being unaware of his birth date, physically, every soul is pure and pious driven snow. during my early childhood, we landed up celebrating When you applaud these souls with compassion, love, several birthdays for Papa but one fine day we decided and receptivity then you would certainly sight and declared 5th January as Papa's Birthday. So, what Paramatma in their reflection. better than sharing his words and thoughts with my These girls did not nurture themselves with the readers? This platform entrusts me to share one of perception of helplessness but they have challenged his articles written in Gujarati with a yearning to share their disabilities by means of various talent and his thoughts notably for dignitary who are not so affluent activities. with Gujarati linguistics.
When you see fifty girls competing with each other "The glistening luminescence of a full moon in a cooking challenge completing the entire meal, or in the sky"
be it any other competition and activities we would How do we define penance and pilgrimage under certainly speculate that this is called as a challenge to one termed definition? By means of external penance, nature and fate. we enable our senses to be disciplined and gets self- Here there are no differences in religion nor there restrained. This being experienced, it eliminates any are any hesitation and age bar. Women of any age if is kind of disorders in our body, leading to close blind or blunt or disabled, are welcomed with accordance and cognizance with the true element and compassion and given shelter. They are educated essence of spirituality. Similarly, by means of self- with different talent such as music, computers, sewing, reflection, penance through your internal senses and electronics etc and pioneer themselves with a talent aspiring spiritual knowledge with right faith would enable that bestows them to lead life independently with you to rendezvous Moksha. Equivalently, visiting the self-respect and confidence. (For more details please pilgrim has the synonymous clout. With its spectacle, contact: Shri Navinbhai Maniyaar-09323398610-India) you would ordeal strong inclination and devotion being Girls who bid goodbye to this hermitage after outset in your soul leading to an affirm spiritual growth getting married to their ideal partner, turn around to of a devotee. But all this being said, is constrained to look at this place as their maternal home. It becomes the beneficiary of an individual in person. The benefits their home to seek warmth and mother love. No matter are restrained to only one individual and soul, what how far they go in life, this place remains uprooted about others?
strong in their heart and remains an essential part of January 19, 20 of 2013 I was fortunate to encounter their life. So far 135 blind girls have got married from a social conclave with my friend NavinbhaiManiyaar here and departed to their husband's home. But when who addressed me to a close contemplation of Shri they leave, they also take along all the ritual gifts that C.U Shah PragnyachakshuMahila Sevakunj
every girl receives from their maternal home as (Ladies Shelter) of Surendranagar, that encouraged goodwill to their new life. Not only the flow restraints to and enforced me to define Penance and Pilgrim in their marriage but the daughters of this home are unique divination.
blessed with their baby shower too! Self-cognizance is excellent but besides just This time we encountered and celebrated along recognizing oneself, being altruistic and serving others the 19th wedding festival of this ashram. Four blind selflessly is outstandingly phenomenal.
couple commemorated themselves into married life. Blind, dull, blunt and diseased girls being served This is the true essence of marriage and confining of with all patience and love without any selfish motives. two souls. Because these couples have not witnessed Seeing this, I confronted to myself and acclaimed that each other's physical appearance but have just this is the true definition and alacrity of penance. And perceived their soul and so the true soul mates. The
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