Gurudeo Dadaji Dhooniwale Maharaj



DADA DHAM RAVI NAGAR NAGPUR



Today is Pujjya Dadajis Punyya Tithi Margashirsh Trayodashi

SALUTATIONS.............

Glory to the New Born……

She climbed the stairs with heavy feet. She gasped for breath intermittently. He held her hand all the while. It was a picture I had loved to see ever.

Their rooms were decorated with flowers etc. She nurtured a taste for flowering plants and varied species of plants. An environmentalist by nature my daughter in law was pleased to see her room. The fragrance of flowers and the incense of dhoop filled the house. We all chatted while drinking tea and savored delicious snacks. A moment so precious in our lives. This togetherness with our children warmed us in this pleasant winter season.

Baby Shower:

The day of Baby Shower was planned. All necessary things were chalked out. It was a small family affair. No pomp and show.. I prepared delicacies with my own hands. Taking note of the dishes my daughter in law loved to relish. She was special, in terms of her transformation into motherhood. This privilege is for women only. Remembering Mahatma Gandhi, he had uttered, “I would have loved to be born a woman; she undergoes the pangs of birth!” I would like to quote:


“ From the point of view of reverence a teacher is ten fold superior to a mere lecturer. A father is hundred fold to a teacher. And a mother thousand fold to a father. Says the Manu Smriti (ii 45). How true,…


Hundreds of dew drops to greet the dawn,

Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,

Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,

But only one mother the wide world over.

~George Cooper



That day dawned! Waiting outside the labor room... Prayers to the Almighty were being offered with sincere hearts. I glanced at my son... He was composed and pacing the floors up and down. Now the time had come for his son to swing in their deft hands. The hands will become the cradle...That will rock their baby. The mother will sing loris (songs) untiringly..

My chain of thoughts was disrupted with a sudden cry from within closed doors of the Operation Theatre. A sudden joy spread on our faces . Yes it was the new born’s cry!

The tensions gone we ladies hugged each other. No amount of words could spell the Happiness. The doors opened and out came the Nurse holding the New Born Baby cuddled in a fine linen. She looked at my anxious face and I was bestowed with the newborn in my arms.

Was it a dream? I pondered. If so, I did not want to wake up. The bells chimed. ‘Hark the Herald Angels sing. Glory to the New Born King.


He saw the tiny fingers, the hands and feet the nose the lips. Everything so marvelous. What other miracle do we want to witness! Life itself is a miracle on this beautiful Earth.

I was happy to hear the cry that filled my house. We were blessed to become Grand Parents.

I reminisce RabindranathTagore’s words in his poem,

Streams of Life.

“I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life.

And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.”

My above article got published in The Hitawada dt.17/12/2010

श्री ज्ञानेश्वरी नित्यपाठ

SANT GYANESHWAR......RAVI VARMA 1910


ऊँ नमोजी आद्या /
वेदप्रतिपाद्या /
जय जय स्वसंवेद्या
आत्मरुपा //1//

देवा तूंची गणेश /
सकलमतीप्रकाश /
म्हणे निवृत्तीदास /
अवधारिजो //२//

आता अभिनववाग्विलासिनी /
जे चातुर्यार्थकलाकामिनी /
ते श्रीशारदा विश्वमोहिनी /
नमिली मियां //३//

मज हृदयी सदगुरू /
जेणें तारिलो हा संसारपूरू/
म्हणौनि विशेषे अत्यादरू /
विवेकावरी /४//

या उपाधीमाजी गुप्त /
चैतन्य असे सर्वगत /
ते तत्त्वज्ञ संत/
स्वीकारिती //५//contd. on(above Gyaneshwari Pages)
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श्री ज्ञानेश्वरी गौरव

श्री ज्ञानेश्वरी अमृतगंगा /
बहु सुकृते लाभली जगा //
पावन करी अंतरंगा /
अंगपअत्यंगा जीवाचिया // 1//
भक्तिभावे करिता स्नान /
निर्मलहोय अंतःकरण //
जिवासी परम समाधान /
साक्षात दर्शन श्री शिवाचे //२//
जीव-शिवाची होता भेटी /
मावळोनि ज्ञाता -ज्ञेय त्रिपुटी //
प्रगटेसोsहंभाव प्रतीति /
उरेशेवटी ज्ञांप्तीमात्र //३//
......स्वामी स्वरूपानंद

HAPPY DEEPAVALI

THE ORIGIN OF UNIVERSE

Galaxy-M31-Andromeda

“We do not ask for what purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of heaven. The diversity of phenomena of Nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely to order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.”…..Johannes Kepler Mysterium Cosmographcum

I entered my kitchen to bake…cake.. For this I needed the ingredients..Flour sugar eggs butter a pinch of this and a pinch of that.. and ofcourse the heat of the oven. The fluffy cake was made of small granules I observed. It consists of even small molecules the molecules are made of atoms I had read in chemistry. The elements present in our body except Hydrogen, the atoms eg carbon hydrogen oxygen etc are made in Star billions of years ago. Isn’t it exciting? Everything you me and the matter present in this world are made of atoms-molecules from the womb of the Stars…….
A Star is like a cosmic kitchen where atoms are cooked from hydrogen to helium to more heavier atoms. The Astrophysicists say that all the matter in the Universe – in people plants and animals in the planets and in the stars –galaxies were created 13 billion years ago. I remember Carl Sagan’s words “Something in us recognizes Cosmos as home. We are made of stellar ash. Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic event The exploration of Cosmos is a voyage of self- discovery.
With renewed fervor I started to study this Discovery ... The Origin of our Universe.

THE BIG BANG;-

It is approximated that about 10 to15 billion years ago there was a huge explosion in a tiny dense point, this created Time Space Matter and Energy. This titanic cosmic explosion was called The Big Bang by the Scientists. The Big Bang was like no other explosion you might witness on earth today. The Cosmologist believe that the Big Bang flung energy in all directions at the speed of light (300,000,000) meters per second, a hundred thousand times faster than the hydrogen bomb. The temperature was 1000 trillion degree Celsius at just a fraction of second after the explosion. Even the cores of the hottest star in today’s universe are much cooler.

The concept of the Big Bang grew out of steady accumulation of evidences gathered from both theoretical and observational research throughout the course of 20th century. Some of the considerations are as follows:

1)THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE:

100 Years ago Albert Einstein published three papers that rocked the world. One of his papers for equation for Relativity, indicated that the universe was expanding. Einsteins Theory inspired many scientists – Willem de Sitter in Holland and Alexendr Friedmann of Russia.
In 1929 the Astronomer Edwin Hubble showed that the furtherest galaxies were fleeing away from each other. By studying their electromagnetic spectrum the scientist can determine if an object is moving away from the earth or towards the earth. The spectrum of distant objects like quasars is shifted to Red. The light given off by them have longer wave length. While the spectrum of light from the objects coming towards earth have shorter wave length, and shifted towards violet.
In the winters of 1998 in Berkeley California, a team of scientist made similar startling discovery about the fast expanding Universe. -- The Supernovae-exploding stars visible over great distance s. “This has shaken Astronomy to its core” (Astronomy October 1999).


A DAY WITHOUT YESTERDAY

A Belgium Mathematian George Lemaitre and Catholic priest (1894-1966) had developed the theory of the Big Bang . Lemaitre came to be known as “Father of The Big Bang” described the beginning of Universe as a burst of fireworks comparing galaxies to the burning embers spreading from the centre of the burst. He believed that the burst of fireworks was the beginning of Time taking place on “a day without yesterday.”

Another theory which supported this Origin of Universe by detecting hot radiations in the Cosmos called CMB.

2)THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION;-

In 1965 two young radio astronomers Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson almost accidentally discovered Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation using a small calibrated horn antenna. they couldn’t eliminate a bothersome source of noise . They picked up this noise everywhere they pointed the antenna. At first they thought it was bird droppings. The antenna was so sensitive that it could pick up the heat of bird droppings. But even after cleaning it off they picked up this noise. This noise was actually predicted years earlier by George Gamow a Russian-American Physicist as a relic of the evolution of the early universe. This background of microwave s was in fact the cooled remnants of the primeval fireball – an echo of Big Bang!

Although science may solve the problem of how the Universe began, it cannot answer why does the Universe exists at all!

My above article got published in the Hitavada on 28/11/2010
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Durgadevi

Shri Ganesh

Hubble Deep Field: The Most Imp. Image Ever Taken (Redux)

LIFE ON MARS!

Our Earth and Mars(right)

As I flip the pages of my diary I came across a quote: “The known is finite the unknown is infinite, intellectually we stand on the islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land!”
……………….T.S. Huxley 1887

I lay on my back in the open pondering gazing at the star studded heaven. Tiny sparkling lamps, who made them? What makes them shine? I could see a bright red star. It is called mangal tara I learnt. We call it Mars in English.

I was fascinated by Mars. I found out that it’s the fourth planet of our Solar System. I was amazed that we could see this beautiful planet with our naked eye. Soon I focused my telescope towards the sky.
Mars is named after the Roman God of War. The reddish appearance is due to the ironoxide present in its soil. Mars atmosphere is thin, comprising mostly of carbon dioxide some molecules of nitrogen argon and very small quantity of water vapour. The ozone layer is very small causing the infiltration of ultraviolet radiation. Because Mars is farther from Sun than the Earth its temperature is considerably
lower. Of all the planets of our solar system Mars seasons are most Earth like due to the similar tilts of the two planets rotational axis.
Mars has two moons 1)Phobos 2) Diemos
The National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) are probing Mars for any possibility of Life. They have sent reconnanissance satellite in the orbit . The spirit rover and opportunity are sending information. Mars is thoroughly mapped.

The landing on moon in 1969 has opened a new era for the humans. The renowned astronomer Carl Sagan says that, “If we survive , our time will be famous for two things1) at this dangerous moment of technological adolescence we managed to survive self destruction and because this is the epoch in which we began our journey to Stars!”

Talking about Mars it should be mentioned about two great scientist 1) Percival Lowell 2) Wolf Vishnaic.

A Bostonian Scientist Percival Lowell had life long love for Mars. He was obsessed by the thought that life did exist on Mars. Before his death in 1916 he had made a remarkable contribution towards Mars also to the knowledge of expanding universe and he discovered planet Pluto. The first initials PL are from his name Percival Lowell.

Vishnaic an extraordinary microbiologist from the University of Rochester in New York. Vishnaic spent 12 years in making devise (called wolf trap) to be sent to Mars in search for microorganism. He created Mars like enviorment on Earth in the dry vally of Antartica. He had succeded in generating microorganism. On Nov.8, 1973 he reached Antartica with one of his friend a geologist. A month later they were to collect the samples of their experiments. On Dec 10, 1973 he (Vishnaic ) met with an accident. His body was recovered at the base of a cliff. Many of Vishnaics microbiological stations are still sitting in Antartica.

Another great Cosmologist and Mathematician Stephan Hawking says, We shall be able to generate life on Mars in the coming years. We shall have to create oxygen water in liquid form and gravity there.
This general concept is called Terra forming, the changes of alien landscape into one more suitable for Human Beings.!

My above article got published in Hitavada dt.5/9/2010

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तुकाराम गाथा

जन विजन झाले आम्हां । विठ्ठलनामाप्रमाणें।१।

पाहे तिकडे मायबाप । विठ्ठल आहे रखुमाई ।२।

वन पट्टण एक भाव । अवघा ठाव सरता झाला ।३।

आठव नाही सुखदुःखा । नाचे तुका कौतुकें ।४।

दिवाकर अनंत घैसास म्हणतात:
थोड्या शब्दात महान अर्थ सांगणे हे तुकारामांच्या अभंगरचनेचे लक्षणच आहे. या लहानशा अभंगात फार उच्च मनोवस्थेचे वर्णन ते साध्या शुब्दात सांगत आहेत ....ज्याची भक्ती अंतरंगातील आत्मरूप परमेश्वरावर जडते त्याला विशिष्ट जागी बसून साधना करावी लागत नाही. योगसाधनेच्या प्रारंभी मात्र एकांतात, शुद्ध जागी, व अति उंच, न अति खोल अशा आसना वर, निवांत पणे बसावे, भोवती वर्दळ नको, घाण नको, ठराविक वेळी द्यानाला बसावे असे नियम घातलेले असतात .गीतेतही अद्यायात याचा उपदेश केलेला आहे . पण त्याची आवश्यकता मन बाहेरच्या विषयांकडून आंत वळण्यासाठी आहे.
एकदा अंतरी गोडी लागली व विठ्ठलनामाच्या नादस्पंदनात जीवभावाचे द्वैत विरघळून जाऊ लागले कि मग अरण्य काय किंवा भर शहर वस्ती काय , सकाळ काय नि दुपार , रात्र , सायंकाळ काय , भक्ताला जेथे तो असेल तेथेच सहजगत्या विठ्ठल रखुमाई हे पुरुश्प्रकृतीरूप अद्वैतच अनुभवास येत असते . मग सर्व ठाव स्थानाचे वेगळेपण व मीपणाचे वेगळेपण ही सरते होते, ओसरते. त्याचे अस्तित्वच उरत नाही . तो भक्त म्हणजे हरीची गोडीचं मूर्तिमंत झाली असा लोकानां प्रत्यय येतो . विठ्ठल नामाच्या तराजूत मग जनसंमदॅ अथवा अरण्य , वन किंवा नगर यांचे वजन सारखेच होते. हवे - नकोच ओसरते . अशा वेळी सुख म्हणजे नेमके काय आणि दुख म्हणजे काय याची आठवण सुद्धा रहात नाही . मग भक्त सुखदुख पलीकडच्या असीम आनंदात मोठ्या कौतुकाने नाचत असतो . तो साक्षात आनंदच होऊन राहातो .

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Prelude & Nostalgia composed by Yanni

WHO SPEAKS FOR EARTH?

As I flip the pages of my diary I come across the quotation of Saint Gnyaneshwar “Hey Vishwachi mazhe ghar.” “The universe is my abode.”

Another quote of a famous scientist an American astronomer ,an astrophysicist,an astrochemist.. Carl Edward Sagan… “ Something in us recognizes the Cosmos as home. We are made of stellar ash. Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic events. The exploration of cosmos is a voyage of self-discovery.”
The saints quest of the universe is within the body while the the quest of the scientist is outside . The paths to achieve the goal are different. The above quotation of Carl Sagan is from his book Cosmos,
which attracted my attention. I hurriedly devoured the chapter, “who speaks for earth?” Lets see what they(these modern Rishis) have to say about Universe and our planet earth.

The earth when viewed from space looks a fragile blue crescent fading to become an inconspicuous point of light against the bastion and citadel of the stars.

There are worlds on which life has never risen. There are worlds that have been charred and ruined by cosmic catastrophes. We are fortunate, our Earth seems to be the only abode for life!
Suppose, in this universe of billions and billions of stars the solar system may have planets like earth & with proper chemistry – life may be possible there but how lonely and incomprehensible. The galaxies of stars encompasses and swallows them up like an atom so vastly greater is it in comparison. And yet this frail and fragile atom of life as Pascal said, “the entire universe need not arm itself to crush is able to comprehend the blind and uncomprehending hostility of the universe that around that knows not what it is doing. This awesome hostility of the universe may frighten it but even a frightened being conscious of its own peril is greater than the entire caravan of bright blind galaxies of stars that unaware of its own majesty and magnificence hurry along the intergalactic wastes without knowing why they hurry whence and whither they hurry and cannot even ask for….”

Another and another cup to drown
The Memory of this Impertinence! With the recent Technological development we are able to view these caravan of bright blind galaxies. The Hubble Telescope(NASA) is sending photographs and information which we cannot imagine . SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) formulated by Carl Sagan have contributed to a large share in recent Discovery.

Due to the global nuclear Arms race our earth is in real danger. Our human race has become an endangered species. With the accumulation of arms, the more and high sophisticated armaments the powerful is the Nation is the concept of the leaders. . We know who speaks for the nations. Bur who speaks for the human species . Who speaks for the Earth?
Another British scientist James Lovelock is concerned about the threat of global warming from the greenhouse effect. The damage has already been done no amount of tree plantation or curbing the greenhouse gases will save our earth.
The only solution is the use of Nuclear Power. He pronounced, that only nuclear power can now halt global warming!

To save the Earth, global awareness is required. Each one of us have to contribute in whatever small manner we can for eg, saving energy ,saving petrol,saving money, tree plantation rearing animals living simple life. No extravaganza or wastage. No leadership is required for this .Each individual is a leader of this movement. The welfare of our civilization and our species is in our own hands. If we do not speak for earth who will? If we are not committed for our survival who will be?

My above article was published in The Hitavada dt.27/5/2010
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Gudipadwa & Ramnavratri

New Year begins with Gudipadwa . Its Chaitra shukla pratipada . I woke up early,took bath and dashed out towards the Lord Hanuman Temple down the Hill. I saw the rising Sun . The crimson and soothing. Chanted the Gayetri Mantra. Men and women flocked the temple. With renewed fervor prayed to the Almighty.

Every day, i make it a point to take my lords darshan and then climb up the hill. We reside on the hill top area. Its peaceful and less crowded . With the padwa, beings the Ramnavratri too. On the ninth day of chaitra Shukla navmi ,Lord Ram was born. We read Ramayan all these nine days and celebrate the ninth day with gusto.

I have invited few family friends to relish prasad . The nine days of chanting lords name ,lighting akhand jyot(lamp) reciting shloks Ramraksha etc. and path . The imbibing the religious thoughts from the epic Ramayan . Remembering the sages Valmiki and Tulsidas. Valmiki , was the first poet to tell the story of Shri Rama,in his 'Ramayana'. Later, Tulsidas composed Rama-charita-manas. He was a great vedic scholar philosoper. Devotee Hanuman helped him to attain darshan of Prabhu Shri Ram . Tulsidas declared: 'Bhakti is the only way leading to God's Grace.' People in North India recite his verses,which are sweet couplets in beautiful rhyme. These sanskars we got from our parents are very nicely nurtured.

Its the beginning of the Chaitra month , the ladies celebrate haldi kumkum and distribute sweets and prepare snacks from newly harvested gram pulse, the new season of raw mangoes (kairi) is in abundance in the market. Preparing sharbat from the raw mangoes (sharbat/ called panha) is savoured in homes by all young and old. It acts as cooling agent .

Its the advent of summers. The Neem tree is blooming . Its fragrance beats the costliest scent in the world. I walk the path, both the pathways are surrounded with houses . The blooming colorful bougainvilleas catches my eye. The much awaited mogra unveils its grandeur. The perfect time the Lord is born. Lord Vishnu is worshipped in his human incarnation as Rama, the divine ruler of Ayodhya.....

Its the ninth day(Navmi) i hurriedly come home from my morning walk . Prepare breakfast and cook prasad . Then gods(images) are beautifully garlanded and sprayed with gulabjal. The whole atmosphere is charged. I and my family & my neighbour sing praise for our beloved Lord Rama. We sing and blow conch after the arti.

I distribute prasads to everyone. In the afternoon the delicious meals is served to the invited guests. 'Atithi dev bhava.' Then the family members maids and servants too eat .

In the evening ours friends and relatives too visit each other. The doors are opened to all. We do not have to take appointment to meet on such occasion. Huge chariot processions(Rathyatra) of Shri Ram Sita Laxman Bharat and devotee Hanuman are taken out.. Scenes depicting from Ramayan are skilfully decorated. People get mesmerised and transferred to the epic age. Its a good message for starting and wishing each other on the beginning of our New Year.

Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous new year!

नौमी तिथि मधु मास पुनीता । सुकल पच्छ अभिजित हरिप्रीता ॥
मध्यदिवस अति सीत न घामा । पावन काल लोक बिश्रामा ॥

भए प्रगट कृपाला दीनदयाला कौसल्या हितकारी ।
हर्षित महतारी मुनि मन हारी अद्भुत रूप बिचारी ॥
लोचन अभिरामा तनु घनस्यामा निज आयुध भुज चारी ।
....तुलसीदास

The Safari

My young daughter was coming home from London. I was very much excited. We had planned a day out to the Jungle. All these days she had desperately missed her country ,her home town, the climate, seasons and the natural habitat.

“The winters in London were too severe this year”, she remarked. "The excessive snow hindered the day to day life. The weather there gave you a morose feeling. Our country is blessed with sunlight and colorful seasons. The mere darshan of sun god is rare there,” she added

People want to settle in foreign countries like USA Australia and England etc for the sake of money ,cleanliness and beauty.

But something is missing there. Of course the spirits of Indians the warmth of the Indian people the lovely blooming spring the scented summers the rainfall and of all, the winters are quite pleasant. The homely sparrow building its nests the sheep the goats and cows grazing in the open fields ,the village women decked in colorful ghagras carrying rotis for the peasant husbands, all a lively landscape for the naked eye. We were going in the jeep to the Jungle. We were given a guide who looked more of a boy in teens. He literally jumped in our jeep to escort us. I looked nervous, how on earth he is going to guide us in this deep forest. We were not allowed any weapons etc to protect us from the savages of the jungle. (This even made me more nervous!) Face is your index. “Cheer up mom,” remarked my kin who was decked up with smart jeans and cap, holding the binoculars for spotting any avian.

A fleet of parakeets crossed us, birds of same feathers flock together i mumbled, wow!there were the orioles and kingfishers etc. The guide narrated the history like a parrot. Well read uhh. I wish I had studied ornithology seriously, I could have conducted their(birds) knowledge with ease. Anyway the sight made me feel good and healthy cause I had fast recovered from a prolonged illness. The smell of the different trees and environment made me forget totally about my illness, which otherwise crept like a parasite in my mind.
We came across of different species of deers antelopes and wolves.
I grabbed my camera and took pictures & video. My blog will be rich with these pictures I dreamt. And there will be tales to tell to my dear friends. But somehow the thought of seeing a Tiger was not pleasant. I have never liked the ferocious wild cat! I muster courage to see him on discovery channel only. Sensing my thoughts - telepathy or so the guide went on.-“ the tiger kills its pray by first and foremost breaking his windpipe.” He went on... how poaching is going on, how their numbers has come to few hundreds only. Soon they(tigers) will be extinct if proper measures are not taken etc etc They are the most endangered species he boasted with confidence. The poachers gather huge sum of money by selling tiger skins even their nails fetch lot of money. Who would like to risk their lives to earn money in such fashion I thought. Stupid people! I murmured.

There was no site of the beast in the deep forest. What if our jeep got stuck I wondered-no sooner the thought flashed in my mind the engine of our jeep started giving trouble. SOS-another vehicle was to be ordered but no communication was possible. In the core of my heart I prayed the almighty so sincerely never before. We halted near a pond where all sorts of animals come to quench their thirst.“The tiger was spotted here at this lake day before yesterday. See this video,” the guide remarked. All enjoyed his video clip except me. My god, what if the tiger comes at this moment. I visualised another video clip in my mind. The growling face appeared on the imaginary screen it was so live that I was about to scream.!

The guide's words resounded, “at this moment when we spot the tiger we must stay silent, no noise. Even the engine of the jeep is stopped at such moment. When he(tiger) moves away then only we must proceed further.” I gulped. What next. I desperately wanted to move away from the pond. The cool breeze was relaxing to some extent only, not much. Surprisingly our jeep started. Soon we were returning, a long time had elapsed.. on the way we saw the huge elephant and its baby . Come on, I did remember the tune of Hatari Movie in my good old days . It was a hit film and a hit Tune. Gosh! was it not a real good experience altogether? I pondered on return to our cottage.
The above article was published in The Hitvada Dt 25/3/2010

holi celebration

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जगातील संसारी माणसांची दुःख॓ साक्षीभावाने पहातांना तुकाराम महाराजांना फार कळवला येत असे . आपल्याला जो हरिभक्तीचा मोठा ठेवा सापडला आहे आणि इतर लोकाना जर तो लाभ झाला तर किती तरी बरे होईल, असे त्यांना वाटे.ते ज्या दुःखमय स्तिथीचे प्रत्यक्ष्य अनुभव घेत होते त्यातही विठ्ठलभक्ती मुळे त्यांचे चित समतोल रहात होते , पण बाकीचे लोक मात्र भगवंताचा हा आधार नसल्यामुळे दुःखांनी व संकटांनी गांजून जातात , त्यांची दैनावस्था पाहून महाराज फार तळमळीने त्याना सांगतात की बाबांनो आता या दुःखावर एकच उपाय तो म्हणजे हरिनाम घेणे . >देवाला शरण जाणे, त्याचीच अनन्य भक्ती करणे. पण लोकांना वाटे की माहाराजांना हे उद्योग करायची काय जारुरी होती? त्याला उत्तर म्हणून माहाराज म्हणतात - हे हरिभक्ती चे उपाय मी सांगतो ते लोकांच्या उद्धारा साठी, लोकांना दुःखातून मुक्ती मिळावी म्हणून , नाहीतर मला लोकांशी काय करायचे आहे?

An Apostle of Peace and Spirituality

An Apostle of Peace and Spirituality
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Swami Vivekanand was born on 12th January 1863 . His Name was Narendranath Dutta. His father Vishwanath Dutta was a well known lawyer in Kolkatta . His mother Bhuvaneshwari Devi was a pious lady .

A precocious boy narendra had excelled in his studies in his games and music too. His spiritual behavious was inherited from his loving mother. She taught him the teachings from Ramayan and Mahabharata

When he grew up he joined Presidency College. He studied the Western and Eastern religions. During his college days the Professor of English introduced him to Shri Ramakrishna Paramhaunse.

Shri Ramakrishna was a Saint and a priest in the Temple of Divine Mother Kali in Dakshineshwar.

Narendranath in his early youth was obsessed by the thought about the existence of God. He questioned a number of people of holy reputation , if they had seen God, but could not get a positive answer.

He questioned Shri Ramakrishna ,
“Sir, have you seen God?”
Pat came the answer from the saint,“Yes, I have seen God as clearly as I see you only in much intenser sense.”
Narendranath was astounded. Here was a man he was seeking for.
He got closer to Shriramakrishna. Not only did Shri Ramakrishna win his heart, he became his Guru.



Later, Narendranaths father died in 1884. The family was left penniless. Narendranath had to take the burden of the family-
The poverty crises deepened. He opened his heart to Shri Ramakrishna . His Guru asked him to ask his Divine Mother Goddess Kali for help. Narendranath entered the Temple of Divine Mother. No sooner did he see her he fell in trance . He could only utter three words –Bhakti Gyan(Knowledge)and Vairagya(Detachment). Thrice did Shri Ramakrishna sent him to ask help for his family. Thrice did he utter Mother grant me Bhakti Gyan Vairagya. His Guru was pleased and blessed him He gave him godly vision and transformed him into a dynamo of spiritually.

After the heavenly abode of his Master in 1886 Narendranath renounced the world. He became a monk of the Swami Order. He traveled throughout India . He was distressed to see majority of poor people were suffering had no proper food and shelter. They were illiterate. They had lost faith in their own self, still religion seemed alive in them. It was like a tree which seemed dried but its sap was still flowing inside and was not dead. It needed proper nurturing to bloom again. The poor people needed first and foremost proper food and shelter. They needed education ,and to revive faith in them, strengthen them to earn their living.
With a handful of co brothers, the disciples of Shri Ramakrishna
They traversed the whole of India, north south east west. Swami Vivekanand preached the masses Vedanta. He said,
“ Each soul is potentially divine.
The goal is to manifest this divinity within, by controlling nature, external and internal.
Do this either by work, or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy-by one, or more, or all of these – and be free.
This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogmas, or rituals or books or temples or forms are but secondary details.”

On one occasion while traveling on foot they encountered a narrow path between deep ravine and rocky mountains on the other. All of a sudden a herd of monkeys surrounded them. The people were scared to tread further. Swamiji exclaimed,“Face them!”
All of them carried sticks and could drive the monkeys away.
Any difficult situation arises in our life we should be able to face it boldly- was the message he taught.

Later on, he attended the World Parliament of Religion held in Chicago in 1893. He spread the message of Hindu Philosophy and the message of his Master.

His health deteriorated considerably. Swami Vivekanand breathed his last on 4th July 1902.

Sister Christine wrote: Blessed is the country in which he was born, blessed are they who lived on this earth at the same time,
and blessed thrice blessed are the few who sat at his feet.