Treasure Of Qualities Introduction to Inspiring Life of Acharya Vijaydharmsuri Maharaj

Author(s): Prashamratnavijay
Publisher: Dharmkrupa Trust

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From Mothra to Sanosara...
Walks on the wrong way, thinks in the right way!
Imagine if a person is in an extreme hurry to catch a train. He runs to the platform, somehow reaches on time, gets into the position to get in the train. It arrives, he gets it, gets a window seat and feels relaxed. And at this very moment, there arrives a heart-breaking announcement, "Passengers please get informed that the train in which you are travelling has technical problem. We request all the passengers to quickly get off from the train."
Just imagine the state of the person! Just a few moments ago, he rushed to get in the train and after exerting so much, when he gets to know that his effort has become a total waste, it's obvious he might get angry and would start criticizing the Rail Department for providing poor services. Patience is much difficult to be maintained in such situations and the one who succeeds in doing it, is surely praiseworthy. I hope you understand that this anecdote is a way to present you an incident of Dharmasuri Maharaj that would be indicating his note-worthy patience, when trapped in unpleasant circumstances:
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It was about VS 2003, when Dharmasuri Maharaj was Panyas Dharmavijayji. Accompanied by gurudev P. Pratapsuri Maharaj and the obedient disciples, Panyas Dharmavijayji was on the pilgrimage of the wonderful ancient temples of Kutch. It was a time-consuming process and hence they had taken their legs on charge and were rapidly commanding from one place to another. As the vihar was too lengthy, Sadhu use to commence their vihar separately according to their walking speeds. Dharmavijayji along with a small child 'Sevanti Kumar' (Now, my grand gurudev Pujyapad Aacharya Vijay Suryodayasuri Maharaj) Was the speediest of all and hence, although they would leave the upaashray after every one, they would reach the destination first. Once, their journey of Kutch was advancing from Mothra to Sanosara. As always, this pair started their vihar after others. They reached to the outskirts of village and there arrived 2 ways to go. Now which was the actual way? They were puzzled. Soon, they found a lady filling water from the nearby well.