Voyage Within With Vimalajee

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

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had undertaken fasts at the Vidyapeeth for establishing peace. After this all was ever, there was another development. My elder brother at Bangalore, a vast hearted philanthropist and president of Srimad Rajchandra Ashram at Hampi founded by Bhadra Muni, whom he had met at Idar, came to Dr. Pt. Sukhlalji and requested him to convince me to come down to Bangalore and Hampi to found a philosophical Vidyapeeth of Srimadji's teachings. Panditji deeply thought over it and ordered me with all his love and foresightedness to think over this proposal of my elder brother. I humbly replied to him to first go over to Bangalore and Hampi and to assess all possibilities before taking such a step while keeping his orders in mind seriously : "GURUNAM AJNYA AVISHARNIYA...".
Hence for primary assessment I went to Bangalore-Hampi during the holidays and returned back with some new hopes. The whole account of this trip has been narrated in my Book DAKHSHINAPATH KI/NI SADHANAYATRA ("A Seeker's Voyage to Hampi").I discussed in details with poojya Panditji and decided to go over to South resigning the prestigious and pensionable Gujarat Vidyapeeth professor ship. In the meanwhile in April Poojya Gurdial Mallikji passed away, in May 1970 I left the service of the Vidyapeeth at Hampi. But due to this development our planning with Deedi was abroad, he had received Rs.2,00,000 Two Lakh's Cheque primarily for this project from Shri Bhulabhai Patel at Sansfransisco, USA.
When she returned to India and met Pandit Sukhlalji, she came to know about my new development and moving to the south and that too with Panditji's inspiration and orders. She was a little disappointed. Found that the project of the planned Selected works of Srimad Rajchandra was not possible to be carried on single-handedly by her and returned the huge cheque amount to Sri Bhulabhai at Sans Fransisco. After all a rare money detached soul she was....!
After this, a lot of unexpected things happened at Hampi and Bangalore both. No doubt, we had nice planning over there with elder brother and dedicated Bhadra Muni. Even we had the beginning of Srimad Literature's publication itself primarily commencing with "SAPTABHASHI ATMASIDDHI"! But as two rude shocks, both of the forces and sources of our new planning - Elder Brother Chandubhai Toliya and Gurudeo Bhadra Muni both passed away within six months and my inner spirit had to face several unexpected adversities. After all the task of SAPTABHASHI ATMASIDDHI was completed after 30 years at POOJYA DEEDI'S Big HAND...!
The great story of this gigantic task of 30 years' tests and tribulations is being narrated somewhat here further in the coming pages after 1994 during this small voyage with Deedi's vast life. It is also narrated thereafter in the editorial of this work of SAPTABHASHI ATMASIDDHI by this humble self. In fact, the completion of it, which had commenced with Sri Sahajanandghanji-Bhadra Muni's fore sighting inspiration, would never have been possible and seen the light of the day, if Deedi would not have had hold the tiny hands of this humble self!
Deedi's overall help, right from various translations, editing, precious preface ("GLORY BE TO SRI RAJCHANDRA")to its publication (which was delayed beyond limits) and timely despatch of funds in testing circumstances _is simply unparallel and unique...!!
And in spite of this, see her humility and generosity that She gives the credit of this creation to this editor !This is evident in her later letters of August 1996...!!!
But worth above these all is her above referred precious PREFACE to SAPTABHASHI ATMASIDDHI, which is produced here below in her own words:
GLORY BE TO SRI RAJCHANDRA
"I am very happy to learn that Atma Siddhi written by Sri Rajchandra - the great poet-saint of Gujarat is translated into seven language of India; that is being published under the caption "Sapta-Bhashi Atmasiddhi”.
Publication of that Science of Self-Realisation ought to have been done long ago. In that poetic treatise having a format of a dialogue between an emancipated master and an enquiring student, is contained the essence of Indian Spirituality. It transcends the frontier of both Jainism and Hinduism. It has a global content.