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Nectar Of Divine

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Which Food Is Good For You?

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THE FIFTH FUNDAMENTAL VOW OF THE FOLLOWERS
OF

SWAMINARAYAN FELLOWSHIP

A strong, tall and durable house is built with the best cement, steel rods, bricks and wood. High quality glass and standard materials for its electrification are used. There is planning to perfection in every detail. It stands like a rock even when there is an earthquake. It develops no creaks or crevices. Plaster pods don’t fall from the ceiling or the walls. Without the electrical device you can’t insert a peg in the wall. Such a strong house remains in excellent condition for hundreds of years. We admire the architects of such houses and look with a gasping breath at such mansions.

But what a contrast we have when we look at the structure of the body, the temple in which our soul lives!

Most of such human houses have anchored many diseases in their harbour of happiness. There are at present more germs, microbes and worms in the human body than in any other living organism. They flourish and multiply as soon as they find a favorable condition created by the follies of men, mostly, so far as their food habits are concerned.

Disease is the result of the presence of microorganisms or their products in the body. Microbes produce many disease and worms in the body, suck up all the energy. They create the havoc more serious than the havoc created inside the house by flies, mosquitoes, rats, lizards and spiders.

A strong and healthy body is an exception rather than a rule in the society.

All the physical and mental disorders and disease are directly or indirectly associated with your food and drinks you take but you hardly realize this fact.

Food is defined as a nutritive which provides energy etc. for maintenance of well being of the body.

Bhagwan Shri Swaminarayan Who was God upon the earth had done a lot of thinking about food. He made innumerable experiments on Himself about food. At times he consumed only chilies or even poisonous herbs. He lived on leaves, flowers, fruits and roots. Thus He found out what is the best food for all men. He realized that half the diseases are cured by proper diet while half the diseases are caused by improper diet.

One of the fundamental commandments of Him states : No one shall eat food prepared by a person, taking cooked food from whose hands is prohibited in the scriptures or drink water from the vessels of such a person, even as the offering – Prasad of God. …. (SIKSHAPATRI – 19)

The word for the soul – ATMA etymologically means one who eats (enjoys fruits of his action). The word for food ANNA also means that which is eaten. It refers to cooked food only and not to food grains.

The commandment indirectly prohibits acceptance of fruits, dry fruits or any other item of food from a person whose conduct of life is doubtful or not known to us. Food from a woman in menstruation period is prohibited and food from an angry person is also prohibited. Food from one who uses abusive words, who consumes non-vegetarian food and alcoholic drinks and from one who begs for food is prohibited.

The intellectual individual (Brahmin) should not eat food prepared by an individual of the warrior class, an individual of the business community or by an individual of the working class.

An individual of the warrior class should not eat food prepared by an individual of the business community or of the working class.

An individual of the business community should not take food prepared by the individual of the working class.

To a man of the modern society such restrictions may appear strange but health-hazards being the greatest and the most serious for the working classes such rules were necessary as germs, microbes and worms multiply very fast in tropical countries. The business community was vegetarian and naturally they would not accept food from the warrior class which was mostly non-vegetarians. As food also affects the mind. The intellectual class of Brahmins never took food from any of the other three classes.

Apart from accepting or rejecting food from certain classes there are also many restrictions about the choice of food. Any food to which garlic is added is prohibited because garlic is irritant to the kidneys causing kidney troubles later on in advanced age. Nature warns us by bad smell of certain substances added to food or consumed as food. Onion is bad for diabetics and it also irritates the stomach as a foetida lowers the normal blood-pressure and thus it weakens the heart. All intoxicants and alcoholic drinks raise the temperature of the body and damages homeostasis in the body. This statement may look controversial but the devotee of God must follow this rule as it is ordain by His beloved God.

Just as we do not accept food served by a sick person, a dirty person, we should not accept food from people who are mentally sick or mentally dirty. We are affected by the individuals eating with us or who are eating all around us. Similarly, we are affected by people who at heart are our enemies but outwardly make a show of being our friends. The food served by an angry person is never well-digested by us. Food served with evil motive can also harm us. The thoughts of a person have a strong influence to the food he prepares or the food he or she serves. So the staunch followers of Swaminarayan Fellowship never accept food from strangers. They never go to hotels where non-vegetarian food is served and they never visit bars for drinks. Most of them do not accept food or drinks, even water during plane-journey in planes.

Food served at most of the public places attracts people generally by appearance and particularly by the taste but little attention is given there to hygiene and sanitation. This is particularly true in the eastern countries, tropical countries and developing countries.

Can food affect our mind? An American Medical Journal had quoted the case of an American Actress who was declared incurable for her complex mental disorders. She was completely cured by a Yogi who kept her on simple Yogic food.

Once upon a time a priest used to stay in the King’s palace. Once the royal family was out of the town. They had taken away their special cooks. So the menials prepared food for the priest.

The priest took the food and rested in the palace. When he awoke, he saw the golden, diamond – studded necklace of the queen. He pocketed it stealthily and went to his hermitage. He felt happy at first but then he had a vomit and all the food was thrown out. This also cleared his mind and he repented for the theft.

Next day he went to the palace and confessed about the theft and handed over to him the most valuable necklace.

The King was surprised. He asked the priest why a holy man like him stole the necklace.

The priest said that his intellect was defiled by the food he took because the new cooks might be having tendencies of theft.

The King made inquiries and found that the junior cooks who had cooked the food were all thieves.

Bhishma Pitamaha who had taken food at Duryodhana’s kitchen sided with the wicked Duryodhan.

So Bhagwan Shri Swaminarayan has stated :

The sandal or flowers offered by a sinner are like hashish and alcoholic drinks. Even the touch of a sinner is like the touch of hashish and alcoholic drinks (Vachanamrit G. F. 18).

But Bhagwan Shri Swaminarayan allows acceptance of offerings offered to God. At Jagannathpuri, one of the holiest places of Hindus steaming hot rice is served to all pilgrims without any discrimination. So our Lord allows us to accept this as it is not contaminated.

Your behavior shows your inner qualities. Similarly, your body reflects the quality of food you have eaten, according to Shiva Purana, Food should be first examined and only wholesome food should be accepted. Holy food increases strength, else it destroys strength.

In Swaminarayan Fellowship the followers prepare the first plate and offer the food to god. Such food has to be clean and holy.

Chhandogya Upanishad says : ANNA SHUDDHAU SATTVA SHUDDHI

i.e. pure food makes the mind pure.

Not to accept food from those who offer food are not worthy is the fifth great vow that every follower of Bhagwan Swaminarayan takes and observes throughout life.

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Nectar Of Divine

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Amrut Nu Achaman

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Gyan ni Paribhasa

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The Savior of the Downfallen

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Do not complain that, the rosebush has thorns;

But rejoice that, the thorn bush bares roses.

- Arabian Proverb

Hate the sin but never the sinner, because the sinner has always a chance of all his sins to be washed off. When we bathe, our dirty body becomes clean. When we wash our clothes, they become free from dirt. When we use the vacuum-cleaner, the carpet becomes as good as new. When we use the exhaust-fan the air in the room becomes fresh. So when we repent for sins committed by us, our minds and hearts become pure and God Who resides in our hearts as Antaryami (Self-Regulator) showers His grace.

The innocent blood of women constantly drips from the history of mankind which has spared no pain in inflicting wounds of cruelty, defamation and exploitation accompanied by degradation on women. Yet women have survived and come to their own through the grace of innumerable men of God.

Mary Magdalene was a great sinner who washed the feet of Jesus, with her tears of atonement and wiped the feet with her long hair. She anointed the feet of Jesus with costly perfumes and kissed the feet.

Jesus said : 'Thy sins are forgiven' and 'Lo!' she became free from all her sins and infirmities and the seven devils left her soul.

If Jesus, the son of God can wash off the sins of a sinner, there should be no doubt about such miraculous power of Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan Who is God Supreme Himself!

Once Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan decided to perform a non-violent Vishnuyag sacrifice on an unprecedented grand scale at Jetalpur in Gujarat, as enormous supply of wheat was promised by the devotees of Kuaka, a small village nearby.

About 100,000 Brahmins, apart from an equal number of devotees were to dine here daily for 18 days. For this purpose hundreds of tons of wheat flour was required, Cartloads after cartloads of wheat-bags started arriving at Jetalpur and so did women of Jetalpur and adjoining villages.

Shri Hari used to sit on the top of a cartload and delivered the wheat-bags Himself. Once while Shree Hari was thus distributing wheat-bags a damsel wearing the most valuable dress and ornaments arrived among the women who all spat on the ground, with scorn and said among them-selves : 'How dares this harlot come among us! What has this unholy woman to do with such a holy sacrifice! Even her shadow would pollute us.'

But this proved to be a blessing to the so called unholy woman. She straightway went to Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan and said: 'My Lord, I will grind as much wheat as I can. Give me a whole wheat-bag.'

Shree Hari said: "But you look so tender! How can you carry such a heavy wheat-bag! Besides, how will you be able to grind such a big lot overnight?"

'That all depends on Your favour, my Lord' she said. A woman from the crowd shouted: 'Maharaj! she mints money and grinds men; not wheat. She is a sinner, a harlot, the dung-hill of the town! The wheat-flour ground by her will defile the food and sacrifice. Please, don't give her wheat. Drive her away!'

But Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan said: "I have come not to break but to build, to create but not to destroy. Greater the sinner, greater is the need of My grace to him or to her."

With great difficulty the harlot carried the wheat-bag on her head. She went on grinding for the whole day and for the whole night. She had big boils on her hands and the boils burst. Still she went on grinding till her palms and fingers bled!

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With bandages on both the hands, she carried the wheat-bag on her head and came to Shree Hari. She mentally washed the feet of Shree Hari, with her tears. Her bandages on the hand were red with the oozing blood. Tears soaked the eyes of the saints and devotees gathered in the assembly.

Shree Hari said: "Dear child, with every turn of the grinding wheel, I have unwound the sins from the reel of your life. From today you are not a sinner but a holy woman. Take this as your new birth and lead a holy life."

The Assembly said: "Oh! Lord, only You can do this!'

The woman said: 'My Lord, I have only one prayer to you. Before You leave Jetalpur, please come to my house.'

Shree Hari agreed. When the great sacrifice was over, Shree Hari went to her home and graced her by His visit.

And from that day she became a saintly woman devoting all her time in worship, prayers to Shreeji Maharaj and service to mankind!

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The Man of God - Realization

2010-09-01T14:00:00.001+05:30

Upon the throne of my heart

I have installed You a Lord

I have lit the lamp of love

And dedicated my all to You

What more can I offer, my Lord?

He who has realized the vision of the form of Shree Swaminarayan Bhagwan is the only person who has firmly established himself in the extreme selfless devotion i.e. divine love. Such devotees remain extremely engaged in singing about the merits of God at all times. The self becomes free from the cycle of births and deaths because of deep love at the divine feet of God. And passes his life with great spirit in meditation, devotion and worship of the divine form of God.

For getting something one has to give up something. This is the rule of this world. When the self-consciousness is given up, supreme-consciousness is attained. When the diver dives far deep in the ocean, at the bottom, then only he gets the valuable pearls. Challenging death he plunges into the ocean. Similarly, if one wants to realize God, he should be raised above the three bodies: gross, subtle and casual and establish himself firmly within himself and then meditate upon the form of Shreeji Maharaj, then only he would have the realization of the form of God.

He whose mind and senses are unsteady cannot have the self steadfast. As long as the self does not become steady, the realization of the form of God cannot be had in the self. So, the path of meditation does not become smooth for one whose mind is agitated by many types of thoughts and doubts and the self is surrounded by the snares of internal activities.

The body and Maya who are under the influence of Prakriti (Cosmic power) and Purusha (Cosmic-consciousness), in the ultimate analysis are an illusory cover, creating illusion about Truth. Neither the sunlight nor the shadow remain for ever. This body and all the objects created out creation are transitory and sources of sufferings. The only one that bestows bliss and is eternal, is the form of Shree Swaminarayan Bhagwan. He, who keeps his face towards the Form of Bhagwan Shree Sahajanand Swami, should be taken as having reached all divine states.

The man of God-realization,

With joy sings merits of God.

Making love with Supreme Lord,

He never enters worldly life.

He who follows the diver’s path,

First knows the path of death,

And then he gets the pearls.

In the fast flowing waters,

No reflection is seen.

Same way the self falters,

Till Brahman doesn’t shine.

Like the shadows and the hot sun,

The body and Maya are fraud.

In Gurumukhi says Muktanand

All states are enshrined.

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Nectar Of Divine

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Tryst with Tiger

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The sun was preparing to take the final deep on the western horizon. The head priest, Mahant approached the main gate of the rampart. It was now time to close the gate to keep away the entry of ferocious animals into the compound. Looking back he made sure that all milch-cattle were inside. When he cast a last look outside the gate, his heart throbbed like a pounding machine. He couldn't believe his eyes.

About 200 meters away a Youth with loin-cloth was spreading his deer-hyde on a raised platform around a huge tree. The fury of the winter-wind had silenced all the sounds. The Mahant just rushed to that Boy, Who seemed to be in His adolescence. He caught the young Boy with his hand and said: "Come on, good Boy. This is the place for tiger to sit at night, not for men. There is dense jungle all around and the tigers are teeming here. Come on, before I close the gate."

The Boy freed his hand and said: "God has created the tiger. Why should they kill Me? They are My friends. And suppose death is My destiny, do you think your rampart can save Me from the clutches of death?"

"But I can't leave You to be killed like that," said the Mahant.

"And I too can't allow you to be killed by tiger. So rush back to the convent in the rampart and close the gate and leave Me to Myself."

"By the way, may I know Your name?"

"I have no name and I have innumerable names but at present I am known as Nilkanth Varni."

At this time a tiger roared from a distance and Nilkanth Varni pushed the Mahant and said: "Fly if you can, the tiger is on the way!”

And the Mahant, with closed fists ran into the convent after closing the gate of the rampart.

It was a full-moon night like that of December. The cold was more cruel than the teeth of a demon.

Night was sleepless for the Mahant. The window of his room was just opposite the place, where Nilkanth Varni was sitting under the tree. The Mahant saw that a tiger came near Nilkanth Varni Who welcomed him with loving words. The tiger rolled at the feet of Nilkanth Varni. Nilkanth Varni moved His loving hands on his back and he growled with love. Then Nilkanth Varni kept His head on the tiger's back and slept. Tremors quaked the body of the Mahant. He thought that the Boy must be a ghost or well-versed in black magic or else who would dare risk life thus? Sleep betrayed him and he kept awake all the night. In the first ray of the dawn he saw Nilkanth Varni giving a loving farewell to the tiger!

When the tiger left, he went to Nilkanth Varni and said: "If you stay here, I will bequeath my convent with all the treasures to You and appoint You my heir to the Gadi."

Shree Hari Said: "All the convents and all the treasures belong to Me. I am richer than the richest. I am the monarch of all I survey. However, o Mahant, I thank you for all your noble feelings for Me."

Shree Nilkanth Varni left singing ……

My kingdom has no horizons,

My power has no bars.

My entry has no fence around,

My home is above the stars.

He knows Me who worships Me,

With actions, thoughts and speech.

I love such persons as My dearest,

Who are in virtues rich.

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Amrut Nu Achaman

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Manasio Kathi

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The Struggle of the Valiant - 3

2010-08-03T19:42:00.005+05:30

The Struggle of the Valiant
Part -3

Gods and demons, sages and men

Are all under the spell of sensuous delights,

No one can be free and safe

Who has not sought the shelter of Lord Sahajanand.

- Nishkulanand Swami

Our Lord Shree Hari in his Vachanamrit has praised those who have sharp intelligence and who can stabilize their intellect and inclinations in the contemplation of the Lord. The lure of the five senses is so powerful that even gods or powerful demons, great sages as well as ordinary men cannot escape from falling into their clutches, if they do not seek the divine protection of the Lord.

The inner self is related to the subtle body and the objects to be enjoyed by five senses belong to the gross body. These two bodies are separate. Then how does one fall prey to the senses?

Swami Nishkulanand explains it in this way in Hriday Prakash:

All that the Mind plans, the Intellect approves

And Intellect can take the Mind on various tours,

To lands known and unknown.

These two are born from the five gross elements

Impregnated with divine spark

They don’t think of results of indulgence

It is only the Sentience that worries

About them day and night

- Nishkulanand Swami

The five sense organs, ears, skin, eyes, tongue and nose crave for their respective objects of indulgence, word as sound, touch, and forms of beauty, various tastes, and pleasant smells. This experience enters the inner self. Then the Mind directs the sense to confront the objects of its desire. Then the Intellect confirms the enjoyment. The man may be in India and he may talk of Japan and experience the delights in his imaginations. The mind has powers to go wherever it wants in the split of a second. All this process goes on for a long time and it results in the experience of the Ahamkar as an enjoyer of those delights of senses.

On the topic Ahamkar self-consciousness as the enjoyer, Shreeji Maharaj states in Vachanamrit Gadhada First Chapter - 70:

The moment he comes to know the world around, his parents tell him: This is your mother, this is your father, this man is your uncle; these are your brothers, this is your cow, this is your horse, this house is yours; this is the upper storey of the house for your stay; this farm belongs to you; these are your ornaments – these words are accepted by the man’s Intelligence. As women put a piece of mirror in embroidery and the embroidery holds the glass as binding force so does Intelligence bind the soul. The soul is like that piece of mirror!”

The four bad companions attack with the weapons of five senses of indulgence and come to conquer man to make him fall into temptation. But when the soul comes in contact with a saint in Satsang, in Holy Fellowship he realizes that those worldly delights are illusory and God alone is truth. This fight constantly goes on in all individuals. When four bad companions have the upper hand the individual falls prey to the pleasures of senses and is ruined. When the power of the saint in Holy fellowship succeeds, the individual is oriented towards the divine, spiritual life and achieves salvation.

Who wins this war? Only that one who seeks the shelter of the Lord.

“Where Krishna, the Master Yogi and where Arjun, the bowman stand

No doubt there are Victory, Morality and Prosperity, I think.”

One who surrenders himself like Arjun to the Lord is sure to succeed in this struggle. Only a perfect devotee can be assured success in this struggle.

“Whatever he plans, he dedicates to Shyam,

The Lord, that Image leads the project to success”.

- Nishkulanand Swami

In the old days Satyayug and Tretayug eons age the Lord used to protect His devotees with the great discuss, Sudarshan, that killed Asuras, the enemies of the Gods, and men. Those Asuras now have come to reside in the inner self of man. It is difficult to fight them there. The prayer to the Lord is the weapon that will destroy these inward enemies and led the soul to the godhead.

This battle needs great skill as we have to fight with Mind with the help of Mind. The mind fights Mind and leads to the better self. Where do these four bad companions bad the man? Let the mind be a witness in the search for the Divine. For that one must call to mind the events of the Lord’s life, His icon and image, and contemplate on that. The Intellect should be persuaded to believe that God alone wills to beatitude the sentience should consciously hold before it in meditation the image of the Lord, and the Ego must think of how it is a spark of that great Brahman the Divine Element – Only then will the Inner Self be vanquished. This is a life-long struggle.

The roots of worldly desires have gone down deep

Efforts to uproot them with trick or force will hardly succeed.

- Nishkulanand Swami

The soul is polluted with ignorance from its experiences of the infinite lives in the cycles of births and rebirths. Main force would not succeed in removing this deep-rooted ignorance. Take an example: You want to see a very important person. There is no access. The board at the gate says: “Beware of the Dog” and there is that dangerous guard dog. If you force your entry the dog will attack. But if you call the V.I.P. and establish communication with him, he would ask the dog to keep quiet and you would succeed in seeing the V.I.P. The dog in this parable is the Maya, created by the Lord.

My own eternal aspect in human life becomes a jeeva, a soul,

And keeps under control the Mind and five senses rooted in nature.

- Geeta XV.7

The aspect of godhead leads the mind are the five senses towards godhead but the other gross aspect tempts them and leads them towards indulgence. We should cherish that aspect of God in us and remain cheerful and worship the Lord; and curb those senses which create hindrance in our inclination towards God. “The way of knowledge destroys these baser instincts, and results in Brahman – realization” Vachanamrit Gadhada Middle - 8.

Let the Lord be our centre of life removing darkness of ignorance. In such a pure heart does the Lord Swaminarayan reside!

“Curb your inward enemies

That will lead to Light Within”

- Nishkulanand Swami

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Nectar Of Divine

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Hari Haiyana Haar

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Ajod Amantran

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Amrut Nu Achaman

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Magniram

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The Struggle of the Valiant - 2

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The Struggle of the Valiant
Part - 2

Subtle is the story, and few would follow:

I crave to see that Divine Image in my mind

Day by day I strive and struggle in vain,

So far I’m not blessed with His sight.

- Nishkulanand Swami

All men want happiness. Man’s acts of piety or sin have their origin in his desire to be happy. He seeks happiness but the happiness he gets from these acts is only short-lined; the pleasure vanishes in a moment and pain follows.

He, who gets rid of his desires one by one and unites himself in meditation with the Image of the Lord Shree Hari, would always find his life full of happiness, divine joy “Anand”. The Lord is the source of all happiness. The Vedas and the Upanishad describe the Lord as Sat-Chit-Anand – True and Transparent Unclouded Happiness.

Sorrow is defined as separation from the Lord. The world is full of sorrows; the Lord is the source of complete happiness. Sorrows create rift in man between his body and his conscience. Happiness takes him towards his inner self. A man who is an atheist would deny the existence of God but would he able to deny the existence of happiness, joy? Certainly not. That is the proof that God exists.

There are two kinds of believers, theists, in this world. One kind seeks happiness in the objects of pleasure that this world offers. The other kind seeks happiness in the spiritual bliss. One who is an atheist is really a theist in his relation with the world! But when he comes to realize that the joys he seeks are evanescent and they are followed by sorrows and miseries he would lose his faith in the world. Thus, his only inclination would be towards the Lord Shree Hari. Everyone knows that Lord Shree Hari is the true source of happiness but he is precluded from achieving this happiness because he is misguided by four enemies, Mana that is mind, Buddhi that is intellect, Chitt that is consciousness and Ahamkar that is self-consciousness.

These four are your bad companions,

Mind and ego, intellect and sentience

They will distract you from the vision of the Lord

In your ignorance you think them your friends

But truly they are your secret enemies

You are cheated by these your intimate friends.

- Nishkulanand Swami

There were two friends who decided to go on a pleasure trip on a moonlit night. They took intoxicating drinks before they reached their boat on anchor at river. They went on paddling their boat all night long. They thought they were making progress. Tired of paddling and under the influence of drinks they fell asleep. It was dawn. Sweet breezes from the river woke them up. They looked around and saw that still they were at the same strand where they started. There was no progress at all during their night of hard rowing. Here in this parable the intoxicating drink stands for the ignorance of sins of previous births. The morning breeze that awoke them is symbol of the meeting of a true saint, a divine guide. This vast ocean of life can be traversed only by those who have conquered their ignorance, are awakened by the divine grace and are ready to row their boat to their destination.

Here I quote the words of Shreeji Maharaj from Vachanamrit – Panchala 3: “See the way the English deal with the criminal. They arrest him and make him stand in the cage before the judge. He is tied up before he is interrogated. They don’t have him free, lest he should run away. They don’t trust him. The same should be our approach to our senses. We should hold them in the cage of the Five Rules of Religious Practice and hold them in bondage. Don’t ever trust your senses and allow them to roam about free. You must always hold your senses as suspects.”

If the inner self has no occupation then the Mind should direct all its attention to the divine Way of Life led by the Lord Shree Hari. The Intellect should be pressed into the contemplation of the Divine Form. The sentience should be made to meditate on the life of the Lord Shree Hari. The Ahamkar should be pressed to be a humble devotee of the Lord Shree Hari and advised to assume that the self is also a part of the Divine Self.

Thus, these four should be pressed in the service – Bhakti, of the Lord Shree Hari. This approach gives happiness of the Sight of the Divine Form of the Lord and makes us touch the Divine. If these four intimates mislead us into the temptation of the worldly pleasures, we would be ruined. They must be made helpmates to meet the Lord Shree Hari. It is, those four bad companions, our enemies within who hinder us from being one with our Lord and Master. If we follow where they lead we would not be able to participate in Life Divine. Mere outward worship is nothing but rowing the anchored boat that does not move.

In the next section we shall deal with these for bad companions and how they can be pressed into helping us to serve our Lord Shree Hari.

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Nectar Of Divine

2010-07-07T16:01:00.001+05:30

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Our Etherial Asset

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The wealth of our life

Is the Son of Dharma

Who brings the dead to Life

As Lord Ghanshyam in person

Relieves the fear of re-birth

When we look at Him with love

He washes away ugly thoughts

That's why Premanand

Keeps His beauty in his heart.

We may ask someone: 'Brother, how much is your wealth?

He would reply: 'May be rupees fifty thousand, ten lacks, two crores, apart from so many bungalows, so many cars etc. But in most of the instances such wealth may lead to murders, bungling and scams. Ultimately it is sure to bring discount because such wealth is not permanent. When a person's body fuses into the five fundamental elements, all the wealth remains where it is and the soul of the person, who had accumulated such wealth may go away elsewhere. If a person is a billionaire he cannot sleep soundly at night because of the thoughts of strategies for escaping from the dragnet of income-tax department He may become a victim of a series of diseases. He wouldn't be able to enjoy his own wealth! So Muktanand Swami Says:

Uneasy lie the heads of the kings and the poor,

The rich are unhappy with disorders.

Ignorance causes the plight all over the world,

In the darkness of illusions and of attachments.

Muktanand the great sage says:

The man of letters reaches the light divine

Happy are the saints in this world of sufferings.

A poor person is unhappy because he has no money, while a rich person is unhappy because he has much more money. If a person thinks (wisely) with discretion, he realizes that the true wealth of his life is God-realization. This is why Premanand Swami declares: 'The wealth of our life is the Son of Dharma.' The wealth of our life must be Shree Harikrishna Maharaj. If we count our wealth before someone, finally we must say: 'Above all, my true wealth is God Supreme-Shree Harikrishna Maharaj. The wealth in terms of money if lost, can be regained; but God leads us to spiritual liberation. If that is lost, all is lost.

Innumerable people live in the world but they live as if dead because they do not have the spiritual spark. Just as the herb of nectar can bring the dead to life, a person becomes immortal if all his thoughts become steady and fixed in God. The most powerful man of the world constantly decides not to die and so always makes efforts for the same and lives in an atmosphere of death-fear. But if he understands the mystery and worships God, Who is the divine nectar and removes the fear of re-birth, he would become fearless.

Thus the form of God leads a man to immortality, making him fearless and bestows everlasting bliss upon him. So keep your worldly life confined to your senses and internal (fourfold) senses, but at heart love the form of God alone. By doing this, the path of devotion becomes smooth, easy and direct.

A woman has a child , playing with many children of the same locality. These children may be more beautiful than her child but that mother would love utmost only her own child and she rears the child with great love, care and caution. This mother knows that other children may appear more handsome but ultimately her own son will support her in old age.

Similarly, as long as we are within the frontiers of ignorance, we may have attraction for apparently pleasant sensual objects of pleasure but the final bliss is bestowed upon us by God alone. That is why we should love none but God. Call on the form of God with great love after removing desires for objects of pleasure.

There is difference between a mother calling her own child and somebody else's child. She has constant love for her own child. Similarly when we meditate upon from the God, we should do the same as if we are looking at our dearest object in the universe.

Muktanand the great saint says: The man of letters, reaches the light divine.

Which is the true divine knowledge?

The answer is: Concentration of mental modifications in the divine form of God.

That is why Premanand Swami keeps His beauty in his heart.

Keeping the beauty in the heart means keeping in heart the beauty of the Form of Shree Harikrishna Maharaj, installed by Shree Hari in Shree Swaminarayan Temple at Vadtal. That Form is our true asset. So we should meditate upon Him in our soul and develop the conviction that none in the universe is as beautiful and as dynamic as He is. Then only the technique of meditation upon Shree Harikrishna Maharaj would become easy for us all.

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Anger

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Ladhi Baa

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Amrut Nu Achaman

2010-07-07T14:39:00.003+05:30

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PILGRIM’S PROGRESS

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Everybody wants to possess more money than the other person and when he has it, he is not satisfied, because he finds there is still someone else who has more than he has. People live in a bedlam of misery created by their own desires. An average American has much more than an average European or Indian or an average citizen in any other land. But still he is not happy. He is besieged with anxieties and worries. So learn to be satisfied with what you get without twisting, or torturing and perverting your mind and without sacrificing your physical health and moral integrity.

Everyone can accept the idea that the purpose of life is to seek happiness. This happiness is nothing but the feeling that comes by constantly experiencing the presence of God, He is the only divine Joy, Sachchidanand that would never go away from your soul. So try to achieve that happiness.

The forces of Nature constantly offer you material pleasures, but such transitory satisfaction ends only in sorrow and bitterness. Even the most favored person, who appears to have everything may not still be happy. One will never be satisfied for long with earthly things, as the whole world has plunged into chaos through greed, materialistic ambition, and cut-throat competition.

The more you exert in the external world, as an extrovert, the less you will know about the glory of the enticing form of God, Who is the dweller in every soul. The more you practice introversion, the less difficulties you would have. Life around you keeps you more or less engrossed in earthly things. It never allows you scope to think about the deeper realities and the real meaning of life. The best way to be happy constantly is to be in tune with the Form (Murti) of Shree Swaminarayan Bhagwan. Your paramount desire should be the realization of God Supreme.

It is impossible to deceive God because He is sitting right within your soul. He knows what you are thinking and desiring. If you are truly detached from the earthly things and seeking inner communion with God, He will definitely come to you. But at the same time you must be sincerely aware that you want Him; nothing else. Once that desire for Him is firmly rooted in your heart, He must come.

One must make sincere efforts to please god. Use your hands to pray in adoration before the Form of God, your feet to seek Him everywhere (i.e. visit the holy places with reverence), your mind to remember Him as Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient.

Happiness comes by feeling that you are one with God, through absolute devotion. Keep your mind engaged in remembering the divine glory and the Divine Leela (sportings) of God as much as you can. If you keep your self in tune with Him, you will feel eternal peace and joy. You will be engulfed in the ocean of bliss and peace.

Above all, develop the will to seek God, no matter what obstacles you encounter. Then only you will be victorious in life. This is the journey from SELF TO SUPREME.

PEACE AND BLISS

PEACE is the freedom from the cycle of sorrows and pleasures and absence of boredom. It is a very desirable state of mind. You enjoy floating on the calm sea of peace.

BLISS is greater than peace. It is an ever-lasting and ever-new joy that never disappears, but remains with your soul through eternity. Bliss can be attained only by perceiving God Supreme.

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The Struggle Of The Valiant

2010-06-06T14:54:00.011+05:30

Part - 1

“The War that an ascetic wages

Is more arduous than the warrior’s;

Only the bravest of the ascetics dare to fight

The inclinations of the mind, says Muktanand."

- Muktanand Swami

The fights are common in this world. One person fights with another; one clan fights with another clan; one nation wages war with another nation. The will to fight, to struggle, to dominate the opponent is very common. But the struggle of the individual with his own mind is a grave matter. Let us discuss this valiant kind of struggle of the individual with himself, with his own mind.

Mind works as a store-keeper of our “Subtle Self.” The mind is full of good and bad desires. Mind binds the man in eternal bonds; mind can also free him and lead him to Moksha, the final redemption. It all depends on how one uses one’s power over one’s mind.

In the eyes of the world the person or nation which wins is considered valiant. But that is superficial bravery. The ultimate bravery consists in overpowering one’s own mind and in leading it on to the path of spiritual progress.

This is a little difficult idea to understand for a common man. Very few understand the nature of this struggle and still fewer go on practicing this and walk on the thorny path of self-realization. Many persons think that they can, if necessary, control the activities of the mind and keep it away from struggling. So their life is ordinary routine life. They are subjected to temptations. If one advises them to follow the spiritual path they would answer that they do all they need to do mentally. But they don’t understand how they are cheated by their own mind. Would they say that they would ‘eat with their mind.’ It is not the mind that eats. The mind works through the agency of the body. The mind needs the help of senses located in the ‘gross self’ – body to do what it pleases. Thus, it is necessary to enroll the body in devotion; only then will the mind be attached to it. But a common man gets engrossed in the objects of senses in this world and deviates from the path of spiritual progress. Thus he ruins himself.

Does man want to destroy himself? Does he want his own ruin? No, it is only his gross ignorance that leads him to the path of his own destruction. He brings his mind in the world filled with the impressions of good and bad deeds of his past births. And he constantly goes on acquiring newer and newer objects in his mind.

Man’s mind is filled to the brim of worldly things

He acquired these as he passes in life

There is hardly left any space in his heart

For the Lord Divine to enter there

(Hriday- Prakash)

- Nishkulanand Swami

Suppose there is house that is well-designed. All furniture items are placed in their proper places as they are needed. It would be comfortable to live there. But if the owner goes on buying hap-hazard items and goes on stacking them on an on, there would hardly be any space left even for the owner to live in that house. Then how can he accommodate a guest – Shree Hari in this rag-and-bone Kebab shop of his heart?

We must always organize our house. Our mind is our house. We must put everything in order. May be, one has to shoulder one’s responsibilities in domestic life and to that extent get involved in worldly affairs. But one corner must always be kept sacrosanct for the Lord Shree Hari. Of the twenty-four hours allowed to us, some specific time must be allotted to the prayer, where one may sit face-to-face in the Dhyan, meditation of Shree Hari.

Imagine a person talking on phone. He goes on chatting with his friend at the other end. Their talk is useless gossip. All the while there is another call waiting for him. Someone else wants to talk to him about the things of his interest. But he cannot be reached. He is engaged in the useless gossip, while the call waits for him. Then the caller leaves the phone, considering it ‘engaged.’ The Lord Shree Hari is always dialing us but have we time to take His call? Our phone is busy in the useless gossip. Thus, the Lord who loves us and wants to communicate with us leaves the phone and fells dejected that we have no time for Him!

And don’t blame the Lord Shree Hari for your fault

He is ready to help, but are you ready to receive Him?

(Hriday – Prakash)

- Nishkulanand Swami

The Lord Shree Hari is always ready to lift us up towards our bliss. The fault lies in us. The people of the world are “so full of worthless objects” in their heart that they have no leisure to hear His call. Only those who come to know Him truly through His saints will be able to traverse the path of Bhakti, the way of Divine Love.

Thus, you are enjoined to free your mind at least for half an hour, from its preoccupations with the desires of the body and try meditation, chanting the Holy Name. Then sometime the Divine Bell will ring and you would hear the Voice of Divine. And your self will be tuned with the Supreme. That is the real battle of the Valiant.

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Nectar Of Divine

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Seven Blunders

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Sacha Sukhni Samjan

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Saikh Valibhai

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MOTHERS - The Architects and Builders of Mankind

2010-03-25T22:45:00.000+05:30

Good mothers are like gardeners that grow the beautiful fragrant flowers and most luscious fruits. Great men and women in all fields of society are created, molded and inspired by their mothers. Acharya Vinoba Bhave, therefore, said that if you want to see God look at your mother. About the mother’s role in molding the child’s character Havelock Ellis says : ‘The mother is the greatest of all teachers.'

The first psychological relationship between the mother and the child is built when the child is four months old in the mother’s womb. The mother forgives all the kicks and jolts given by the fetus and thereby implants the virtue of forgiveness in the child, right before its birth. When the fetus is seven to eight months old, the sense of hearing is fully developed. So, holy narrations, presented or heard, devotional songs heard or listened to and all holy talks by the mother are heard by the fetus in the mother’s womb. That is how the sage Ashtavakra was reported to have learned the holy Vedas. All good or bad thoughts of a pregnant woman are imprinted on the brain of the fetus. The recognition of the mother develops before the child is born and that is why the child recognizes its mother 36 hours after the birth. Children develop their likes and dislikes, tolerance or intolerance for any phenomenon before the birth.

So, whatever a pregnant woman thinks, speaks or does has great significance for the development of the child. The child inherits certain qualities from the mother. Padma Puran declares : A woman must have or must develop these qualities : Beauty, character, truthfulness, gentleness, religious observances, sweetness, cleanliness – internal and external, love for parents, love for service, tolerance, love and chastity.

Apart from these permanent virtues, during pregnancy she should neither remain idle nor should she overwork. She should maintain a pleasant mood, take normal sleep at normal time, should not under eat or overeat, should not undertake rough travel, should take a balanced, light and nutritious diet.

After the birth, the mother should recite Shikshapatri daily while keeping the child on the lap or in the cradle. She should chant the Mantra Swaminarayan in the ear of the child and sing devotional songs and read Vachanamrit before him/her. By the time the child develops speech, he/she would remember all this by heart. That would mould his/her personality.

Madalasa, the queen of the king Ritudhvaja sang highly philosophical lullabies of Vairagya (aversion to worldly life). One by one, her three children became saints. The lullaby contained the verses quoted in Vachanamrut.

Tyaj dharmamdharma cha ubhyo satyanrute tyaj,
Ubhe satyanrute tyaktva yen tyajasi tat tyaj.

(Markandeya Puran CH-23)

Give up (so called) religion and what is not religion. Give up the (so called) truth and falsehood. After giving up truth and falsehood, give up those things and persons who are going to leave you (Also in Moksha Dharma).

But to the fourth son Alarka she taught Karma Yoga since childhood; then she taught him politics etc., and Alarka became a great king and finally a disciple of Guru Dattatrey.

Sati Anasuya taught her son Durvasa to revolt against the evil and put to test the great men and gods. She taught her son, the Moon to nourish vegetation. Her third son Dattatreya was god-incarnate.

And lastly, we cannot forget Bhakti Mata who brought up Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan.

So, women are the real architects and builders of mankind.

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Shikshapatri - The Gospel

2010-03-25T22:44:00.000+05:30

All those persons who observe these rules of good conduct as prescribed by the authorized scriptures always attain utmost happiness in this world as well as in the other......(8)

And those wicked persons who violate these rules and behave capriciously, suffer great distress in this world as well as in the other......(9)

Q. How can authorized scriptures create the code of good behavior ?

A. The authorized scriptures present the code of good conduct which has been followed by numerous persons over thousands of years in different parts of the world and their good results are properly observed, evaluated and recommended by sages through authorized scriptures.

Q. What is exactly meant by Sadachara (good conduct) ?

A. The word Sadachar etymologically means – all our behavior that would please God. Sat-sad means God. Achar means conduct. Right, good conduct is that which gives maximum true happiness in this life and blissful eternal life in Akshardham.

Q. What are the types of right conduct ?

A. The types of right conduct are described in authorized scriptures such as Shreemad Bhagwat thus:

RESTRICTIONS: Non-violence, truth, honesty, dissociation from shameful conduct, avoiding undue acquisitions, belief in God, celibacy, silence, steadiness, forgiveness, fearlessness.

OBSERVANCES: Cleanliness, Mantra-recitation, austerity, sacrifice, faith, hospitality, worshipping God, pilgrimage, desire for redemption, contentment, serving the spiritual teacher and following Pancha Vrataman.

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Grace abounding

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During His holy tour Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan visited the town of Botad in order to redeem the fallen and to please the holy ones. The enthusiasm of the residents of this relatively small town was so great that His visit electrified the whole town. Wearing the best of their clothes and ornaments the residents formed a long serpentine queue to pay their respects personally. The ruler too, with his royal family stepped out of the palace. Following the custom each and every person in the queue had brought with him presents and offerings consisting of flowers, garlands, dresses, ornaments, crystal-sugar, coconuts, coins and many such presents as they could offer according to their financial condition. Shree Hari evaluated all these gifts with the faith and affection behind them and not by their financial worth.

The grocer of the town, a Bania by caste unwillingly closed his grocery shop as he was sorry to lose a day’s income but he was afraid about his absence in the queue as he feared the wrath of the townsmen. Before locking the shop he had picked up an internally rotten coconut to present it to Shree Hari. He thought none would know the inner content of the coconut and he would certainly secure the blessings of Shree Hari. What a profitable transaction!

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With the rotten coconut he joined the queue and when it was his turn he offered the coconut at the holy feet of the Omniscient Lord! Shree Hari cast a meaningful smile at him who shivered as if he had malaria!

Shreeji Maharaj remarked: “Have you brought a good water full coconut or a worthless rotten one?"

The grocer who had falsehood always flowing in his blood was unable to hide the fact. Telling the truth for the first time in his life he said, “My coconut is as rotten as my mind but the divine light of the moon falls equally on a palace, a cottage or a dung hill! I have no doubt about Your capacity to raise even the greatest sinner. I pray You to carry my soul to Akshardham when I cease to breathe!"

Such sincere confession by a professional, sophisticated liar, a Bania – tradesman moved the heart of our Lord Who promised to fulfill his greatest ambition of life.

That day brought a turning point in the life of that grocer, who became a great devotee while carrying on his trade of grocer in a fair manner.

Years rolled on and the time was up for the grocer to say goodbye to the world. His bedroom was suddenly brightened up with divine light as Shree Hari personally arrived. He had that rotten coconut in His hand. He said: “Look Shethji. Here is the rotten coconut offered by you but your confession about it earned My grace to change your life for the better. So I have come to fulfill My promise to take you to My divine abode – Akshardham."

The grocer together with Shree Hari flew away to Akshardham, leaving behind, the rotten coconut as a proof of this inspiring episode. We have reproduced the photograph of that coconut here.

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Pritni Sachi Disha

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The spectrum of Music

2010-01-28T10:32:00.001+05:30

Music is always associated with religion and spiritualism. When you go on musing emotionally, your musing spontanesously becomes music. The very word ‘Rucha’ for the Vedic verses of Rigveda signifies such a process of music. Music besides making you rich with noble and inspiring thoughts creates liking (Ruchi) for religion and spiritualism.

To understand our great heritage of Indian Art and Culture, first we must make certain concepts clear. We should know the difference between religion and spirituality. Religion is our social and moral attitude whereas spirituality is self-development and inner growth. Our various professions and activities are different spokes in a wheel, that meet at the hub of the wheel; and that hub is religion.

In every profession we aim to prosper for the betterment. In arts and in music our aim is to achieve religious heights. If we look into the past lives of devotional poets and saints, we become convinced that their poetry is purely for religious betterment and also for moral uplift. Even our past musicians used to sing only to please and praise the God. Our social and moral attitude leads us to religious behaviour and individually it leads to spiritual bliss.

This rare angle of our life and particularly about music is due to the deep-rooted science of music and its great system of Ragas. Our ancient sages had by their yogic power visualized the power and quality of every note and its various effects through various combinations. No other music in the world has ever conceived such fantastic theory of Ragas according to time, mood and season. There are instances when our great musicians have created divine effects through their musical prowess.

An enlightening event has been documented when Lord Shree Swaminarayan had invited learned musicians of Gwalior and to cut down their over-bearing pride, He ordered one of his musician-saints to perform. To the surprise of all, the early morning atmosphere was created even though it was late afternoon!

Many such incidents can be quoted to establish the fact that our Indian Classical music is able to create magical results. Even plants and animals respond to the musical notes and their growth is enhanced. In today’s medical science, particularly in psychological disorders some of our Ragas have proved to be very effective, and it is a known fact that music can easily reduce our mental stress. Singing or listening to a tuneful Bhajan or chanting Swaminarayan Dhoon takes us away from this painful world (Maya) and puts us nearer to the God.

We should insist that our younger generation should listen to this great music. It is beyond any doubt that when they grow, they will achieve proper psychosomatic and somatopsychic balance. That is why our ancient Sanskrit verse declares:

Sahitya sangeet kalavihinaha,
Sakshat pashuha pucchavishanhinaha.

“A man without poetry, music and arts, is but an animal without its tail and horns".

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Nectar Of Divine

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Shikshapatri - The Gospel

2010-01-28T10:29:00.000+05:30

All of them (My Satsangis) should contemplate on this Patrilekha with concentration of mind, as it is written with a purpose, i.e. the well-being of all beings......(7)

Q. Why should Shikshapatri be contemplated with concentrated mind?

A. When Shikshapatri is contemplated with concentrated mind, the subconscious mind is imprinted with all the best thoughts about restrictions, observances and guidelines. All our behaviour is the result of such imprinted thoughts in the subconscious mind. Such clear, permanent imprinting is possible only when the mind is fully concentrated.

Q. Why is Shikshapatri called “Patri-lekha” here?

A. “Patri” means a collection of letters. Since Shikshapatri is a collection of different sections it is called “Patri’. Lekha means a document i.e. anything written, relied upon to record or prove something, anything serving as a proof. Shikshapatri thus means a measuring rod to evaluate your behaviour and devotion to Shree Hari?

Q. Shikshapatri is written with a specific purpose. What is that specific purpose?

A. The specific purpose is to do ultimate good to all beings.

Q. How can Shikshapatri do good to all beings, apart from mankind? Why?

A. The welfare of mankind is closely related to aquatic animals, animals upon the earth, birds, insects, germs and to all the forms in which life exists. When a person behaves according to the instructions of Shikshapatri, he helps to maintain ecological balance and keeps the world free from pollution and ‘green effect’. Human life can prosper only when it is in harmony with the welfare of all beings.

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Chapeta Kaal ka aeisa : by Premanand Swami

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Sukhi Thavano Shresth Upay

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