Profile of Parul

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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and all round integrated development of her being ! This integrated Yogic Path of hers was befitting a Yogini, a joyous, modern Yogini...!!
And true to this achievement, she conducted a Yoga Camp (Shivir) for girls at Bangalore in the presence of a Jain Nun Sadhvishree VINAYA RATNA SHREE.
PROCESS OF CONSTANT LEARNING : Even after her M.A., Parul went on with enthusiastic, zealous God-speed in all her Scholarly, Literary and Cultural pursuits. Her craze for learning never ceased. It became a constant process. As per Bhagawan Mahaveera's advice to his disciple Gautama, not a moment she wasted. She never slept in Day Times, following the teachings of the ancient Rishis saying "DIVA MA SWAPASI". Her way of life was, 'Speaking less, working silently and writing more and more...!". These silence-born deeply intellectual and meaningful writings and studies of hers became sublime, knowledgeable and resourceful for all.
A POSER TO SRI SATYA SAI BABA !
In course of our father's services as the Hindi Lecturer and Head of the Deptt. at Sri Satya Sai Arts & Science College, Brindavan, Bangalore in 1974-75, Sri Sathya Sai Baba once invited whole of our family to have a meeting with him. Our Grand Mother and Parul also accompanied us. She had written a question on a piece of paper and had kept it confidential with the permission of our father. The same was to be presented closed manner" to the Baba who was supposed to reply to it without reading the same.
This confidential, orginal and self-invented question, befitting her quest of the Self and her previous-birth-link was: "WHO WAS I IN MY PREVIOUS BIRTH ?"
The Baba took the closed paper in the fist of his hand, but could not reply as was expected of him, without opening and
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