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* You will attain God even if you don’t wish to… 4* Messages
with best wishes for Parents’ Worship Day 5* Gotra of ParamÍtman 6*
Don’t make meditation the vegetable for taste 7* His brothers
deserted him but he
did not give up worship of God 8* Meditation on such a Guru is
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secret of God-realisation 10*
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Shri Yashraj Singh Gohil 10
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19* ‘JnÍnÍmrita AbhiyÍna’ Inspired by
Pujya Sant Shri Asharamji Bapu 20* …He can’t be worried about
his future 20*
Who insults and who respects women? 21
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Why chant the Hari-NÍma? 22* The nature of Kshetrajna 23* A
miraculous technique: For reforming others
and gaining inner happiness 24* Who is sensible? 25* Benedictory
experiential words of Saints 26* Types of Meditation 27* One must
meditate for at least this much time 27* Light the Lamp of
Knowledge! 28* He cured my deadly cancer and
showed me the right path – Umesh Yadav 29* Nourishing and
wholesome dates 30* For strengthening the heart 30* Remedy for
joint pain 30* For the health and strength of the lungs 31*
This will eventually lead you to Tattva JnÍna 32*
What is not awaited by sickness and death? 32* …then you won’t
have to worry about your livelihood 33* If a bride is facing delay
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Messages with best wishes for Parents’ Worship Dayinspired by
Pujya Bapuji
It is commendable thatyou have been or ganising‘Parents’ Worship
Day’ on 14th
February every year for thepurpose of rousing regard for
parents, in children, and inculcating valuesin them. My
heartfelt good wishes for thesuccessful organisation of this
festival.– Shri Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister, U.P.
I am heartily gladdenedthat you are or ganising‘Parents’ Worship
Day’ on14th February. And by wayof organising the event in
schools, colleges and public places, youare quite active in
rousing the feeling ofregard for parents, teachers, and the Guruin
children. I hereby thank everyoneinvolved in this effort.–
Shri Hemant Soren, Chief Minister, Jharkhand
You have initiated ‘Parents’Worship Day’ as a uniqueeffort of
creating massawareness on an essentialsubject for society. This
effortof yours has been going on for 15 years andis truly
commendable. This plan initiatedby you will be helpful in
instilling nobletraits in the youth and new generation.
– Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for
Road Transport & Highways and the Minister
of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
I hereby congratulateyour entire organisation forrunning the
revolutionarycampaign of ‘Parents’ WorshipDay’ at global level for
thepast 15 years.
– Smt. Renuka Singh, Minister of State,
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
{MÎm MoVZ H$mo Ü`mdo Vmo MoVZê$n ^`mo h¡ &“The mind becomes
consciousness
itself if it meditates on consciousness.”Thinking of the enemy
makes the
mind impure, thinking of the inauspiciousmakes the mind
inauspicious, thinking ofthe auspicious makes the mind
auspicious,and thinking of God makes the minddivine. Behold
auspicious even in theinauspicious, good in the depth of eviland
bliss in woe. Why complain abouttrivial matters! Why despair about
pettymatters! Why become a slave to desiresfor small things! ‘It is
good. If someoneowns a good mansion, think the one wholives in that
good mansion is the same
one who lives in this house. AUM…’Rejoice, take delight in it.
If you canbuild a good mansion, it is fine but donot envy the
person who has a goodmansion. Don’t desire it. You may havea good
mansion if you are destined tohave it and make some effort to
buildit. That’s it!
Think high. Set a lofty goal. Keepcompany with elevated persons.
You willattain lofty goal even if you do not wishto. If you have
set the goal of attainingGod-realisation and keep companyaccording
to your goal and reflect onGod, you will attain God-realisationeven
if you don’t wish to. m
For other messages and utterances, read cover pages 2 & 3 of
Rishi Prasad, January 2021 issue.
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His brothers deserted him but he did notgive up worship of
God
– Pujya Bapuji
(In the previous issue, we read that inspite of the strong
insistence of the youngerbrothers, the elder brother did not
sacrificedevotion to God to earn his livelihood.According to the
wishes of his youngerbrothers, he agreed to get separated
andhappily accepted a cottage, some clothesand few silver coins as
his share. His wisewife, devoted to herhusband, activelymanaged her
householdduties… Continued…)
Describing thefinancial situation oftheir house, his wifesaid,
“Just a few coinsare now left.”
He replied, “Why doyou worry when wehave so much
wealth,jewellery and clothes.”
She understood thathe was hinting – ‘Live on what you have.’
As the days passed, all the wealth wasdepleted and jewellery was
sold forsustenance. She informed him, “All thejewellery and clothes
have been sold tosustain our daily living requirements.”
He enquired, “Dear! Do we haveanything left?”
She replied, “We are left with only theutensils.”
“Why do you worry when there’s stillsomething left to sustain
us?” Saying thishe went to the lake.
Every morning he would get up, goto the lake, bathe, meditate
and returnhome around 11 am. In the meantime his
wife would prepare meals and serve him.He would not eat the
food, but feed theLord abiding in his body after recitingthe
shlokas.
Om PrÍÔÍya swÍhÍ| Om ApÍnÍyaswÍhÍ| Om vyÍnÍya swÍhÍ| Om
udÍnÍyaswÍhÍ| Om samÍnÍya swÍhÍ|
You, also shouldn’t eat, but feed theLord within your body,the
way he did. Do youunderstand? This wayyour food will
becomePrasÍdam.Ah§ d¡ídmZamo ŷËdm àm{UZm§
Xoh_m{lV… &àmUmnmZg_m ẁŠV…
nMmå`ÝZ§ MVw{d©Y_² &&“Taking the form
of VaishvÍnara andresiding in the bodiesof creatures, I,
inassociation with PrÍÔa
and ApÍna, digest the four kinds of food.”(The Gita: 15.14)
Your food is digested by the upwardand downward breath, by
utilising theenergy of that Consciousness-Existencealone. ‘I eat… I
digest…’
Why do youattribute the action to yourself ?
You neither drink nor eat. It is the all-pervading NÍrÍyaÔa who
does everything.So, let go of your ego, let go of your ‘I’.
It is the NÍrÍyaÔa who is the substratumand support of every
creature. He gives thepower to the trees to absorb water, air
andsunlight. He has become the fragrance inthe flowers, the light
in the sun and moonas well as the taste of the water. NÍrÍyaÔa
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Awaken your Àtma-Shiva
– Pujya Bapuji
(MahÍ-ShivarÍtri – 11th March)The festival of MahÍ-ShivarÍtri
holds
great significance from Puranic andscientific perspectives and
is highly usefulto worshippers. Now the question is withwhich
mental attitude we observe it. If youobserve it to attain God, then
the spiritualsecrets will be revealed to you and if youobserve it
just by imitation, then you willfeel, ‘Let us observe it as others
are doing.’Three Important facts
The worship of MahÍ-ShivarÍtri is performed toattain our
welfare-natureSelf. It includes threeimportant things: (1)
Vrata(strict fast) (2) Poojan(worship) and (3) JÍgaraÔa(night
vigil).
^OÝVo _m§ ÑT>d«Vm… &“Virtuous men steadfast
in vows, worship Me.” (The GitÍ: 7.28)Let us take a firm vow to
get liberated
in this life. Let every daily activity becomean act of divine
worship. Be vigilant doingdaily activities; get awakened in
practicewhile witnessing the events of pleasure andpain. This is
spiritual ShivarÍtri.These literary compositions are
to awaken you:When Vasishthaji, the Guru of Lord
Rama practiced penance in a Himalayancave, Lord SÍmba SadÍshiva
and PÍrvatijiappeared before him from a vast beamof light and a
conversation on knowledgeensued. Lord Shiva spoke about aceremonial
worship which commonpeople can take benefit from and anotherfor
highly evolved sÍdhakas by whichthey can establish themselves in
thesupreme state of equanimity. Just as small
children go to kindergarten for study andelder ones go to
secondary school andthen there are universities; the basic aimis to
educate them to make them scholars.They should not remain
illiterate.Similarly every festival and MahÍ-ShivarÍtri has a
hidden motive to advancethe jiva to awaken into its own Self.
So a festival like MahÍ-ShivarÍtri,JanmÍshtami, other festivals
and
meditation, DhÍraÔÍ(concentration), DhyÍna(meditation) and
SamÍdhiall are to awaken the Jiva.May the Jiva speak out:‘Aham
BrahmÍsmi (Iam Brahman).’
The
PurÍÔas and shÍstras arecomposed to awaken you.You may get
awakened byobserving MahÍ-ShivarÍtri,
JanmÍshtami, by the grace of SatGuru, orby doing Japa… but God
and authors ofthe shÍstras have made efforts to awakenyou in your
essential nature.
Om{ZA V~qh Ord OJ OmJm &O~ g~ {~f` {~bmg {~amJm
&&
“A soul should be deemed as havingawoken from the night of the
world onlywhen he gets absorbed in contemplationof the Supreme and
develops an aversionfor the enjoyments of the world of sense.”(Shri
RÍma Charita MÍnasa, AyodhyÍ KÍnda: 92.2)
Your MahÍ-ShivarÍtri will bringsupreme welfare to you if you
developlove for your Atman. ‘Shiva’ meansKalyÍÔa swaroopa
(welfare-nature),Ànanda Swarupa (Bliss-nature). The effectof this
night is such that if a person keepsvigil the whole night, he will
get peaceof mind and make progress.
Auspicious Days
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Once, when Pujya Bapuji was inRajokari ashram, and there were
2-3 of ussÍdhaka-brothers together , I askedGurudev – “Bapuji, we
have been blessedwith a chance to live in the ashram, we getenough
time too, and do sevÍ & sÍdhanÍas well; yet, we haven’t been
able to moveas diligently towards the ultimate goal
ofSelf-realization, as we should have.”
Gurudev became serious for some timeand then said, “Yes,
everyone will getspiritual benefit in proportion to hisspiritual
journey; and the firmer the resolve(of God-realization) one makes
beforeundertaking the spiritual journey , thesooner he will attain
it. You have such agreat opportunity to attain God; those whodon’t
value it now, will end up regretting it
in the future. How much I have bestowedso far (in terms of
spirituality), and amgiving even now, is not something thatanyone
has ever done until now.”
Imagine, how concerned Gurudev isabout us sÍdhakas! Just to
elevate our lives,He gives away His precious time to explaineven
the minutest of things so that wedon’t become entangled anywhere,
evenour sevÍ and sÍdhanÍ shouldn’t go in vain,and we should attain
the supreme, ultimategoal of our life at the earliest. Hownaturally
Gurudev has been imparting suchsublime, abstruse (Vedantic)
knowledgeto us! Now it’s for all of us to ponder howmuch regard we
are having for thatsupreme prasÍda, and how much we havebeen
assimilating it in our lives. m
Rishi Prasad is beneficial for the whole worldMahant Shri V
inod
Giriji, Antar-RÍshtriyaSangathan Mantri, ShriPanchadashanÍma
JunÍAkhÍrÍ:
Whoever reads‘Rishi Prasad’, experiences a radicalchange in the
following three – his conduct,thoughts, and moral values.
Everyoneshould read it once.
As is the name, sois the quality. The nameis Rishi Prasad.
RishiParamparÍ is ourancient tradition inwhich special attentionis
paid to culture andthe shÍstras. In Rishi Prasad, utmostimportance
is given to the shÍstras andculture. It contributes a great deal
inpromulgation of Dharma and can be highlybeneficial for the
world.
YogÍchÍrya Swami SÍdhanÍnandaji
MahÍrÍj, Agni AkhÍrÍ,Sangthan Mantri, BhÍrataSÍdhu SamÍj,
UttarÍkhanda:Bapuji will come amidst all ofus very soon and will
again
guide us all. The essence of shÍstras andwords of great men that
one can get by theirextensive study is published in Rishi
Prasad in a lucid andpleasant style helping toprogress your life
on thepath of sÍdhanÍ. Themain objective of RishiPrasad is to
ensure wetread the path whichleads to the Supreme
Reality and that we may get the knowledgeof our self-evident
oneness with theSupreme Self, Existence-Consciousness,Bliss
Absolute. We will get RÍmarÍjya(literally the reign of RÍma) again
bythis alone. � m
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Nourishing and wholesome dates
– Pujya Bapuji
100gms of dates * contain 804 mgpotassium, 3 mg sodium, 3 mg
iron, 74 mgmagnesium and 73 mg phosphorus.
Soak dates overnight and squeeze inthe morning to make them
juicy.Their consumption will leadto the formation of
blood,strengthening of muscles and alsoremove seminal weakness.
Dates are not only a tonic forthe brain and heart, they
alsoremove intestinal weaknessand strengthen the intestinesas well
as giving energyand contractility; anddestroy harmful
intestinalbacteria. Dates also removeproblems like indigestionand
belching. They uproot more than 140types of disease. (Quantity:
Adults shouldeat 3-5 dates and children 2-4 daily).
Those who are addicted to substancesand have caused so much
damage to theirbody due to addiction that they
requirehospitalization, can detoxify and regain
their health by the use of dates. Evenalcoholics can detoxify
their body by eatingdates.(Read other benefits of dates oncoloured
page 3. – Compiler)
Medicinal uses:For relief from constipation:
Those who are not able to cleartheir bowels should soak
8-10dates in 200 ml of waterovernight. Add 300 ml of water
to it in the morning andsqueeze to make lukewarmand sip it like
tea. Practicethis for 2-4 days. Thisstrengthens the intestinesand
improves digestiondue to the increase inthe secretion of
digestive
juices.For diarrhoea in children: To cure
diarrhoea and dysentery which occursduring initiation of
dentition in children;mix dates and honey* thoroughly andlick half
a teaspoonful of it three to fourtimes a day. m
For strengtheningthe heart
– Pujya Bapuji
For those who have heartdisease, wash 50 gm of seedlessdates and
soak them in 200-250ml of water overnight. In the morningthe dates
will be swollen. Makea paste using the same water.Add some water to
it and drink.It will strengthen the heart. Adding1 gm of cardamom
powder willprovide more benet.
Remedy for joint pain– Pujya Bapuji
Soak 10 gm fenugreek seeds,half a teaspoonful of turmeric
andhalf a teaspoonful of pipramul (Piperlongum) in a glass of
waterovernight. Boil it in the morning untilit reduces to half and
then drink iton an empty stomach after lteringthrough a sieve. Do
this for 20-30days; you will clearly feel the relieffrom joint
pain. If the pain is severeyou can take it for longer.
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These can be obtained from the ashram and service centres of
samitis.
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