Destiny or Prarabdha III

Dear Guru brothers/sisters, I welcome you all again on this another post on Prarabdha!! So many times Guruji has tried to taught us about Destiny through His teachings in Vedvani or his divine past times or leela but seeing people’s less interest in trying to understand those holy teachings, He at one point of time even lamented. In this modern era, people who are getting initiated under the naam diksha of our holy Gurudev, most of them don’t seem to know or understand about this theory of Prarabha and even if they ever understand, very reluctantly and rarely accept the theory of Destiny!! I have seen people and even my own relatives & friends always complaining of various different issues as why I have not been able to get a better job, why I am not getting promotions, why I am always ill, why I am not rich, why my parents don’t understand me, why my boyfriend or girlfriend doesn’t listen to me or like me, why my husband or wife is not beautiful, etc. etc. the list is endless and it goes on and on and in this very very long list there is no place for Prarabha or Destiny!!! If Destiny is not there then every actor should have been Amitabh Bachchan or every cricketer should have been Sachin Tendulkar!!! What reasons I gave aforesaid are very minor to which the closest disciples have shown to the world by accepting the Prarabha and too in the presence of Sri Sri Thakur Himself!! Sri Kunjalal Mazumdar whose house is still there in South Kolkata and whose residence became famous at one point of time because of advent of Lord Sri Sri Satyanarayan in an earthen water pot which is still present at their house!! That was an historic moment which took place during an evening when suddenly Sri Sri Thakur exclaimed as Lord Sri Sri Satyanarayan is arriving please bring a seat mat (asan) for Him but the Mazumdar family panicked at an sudden demand and in a rush when at last the asan was fetched Gurudev said in a disappointing voice that it is not required now as He has established Himself in the earthen pot which was being kept for Sri Sri Thakur’s use for drinking water, and directed everybody to prostrate before it as the Lord is present there!! Even today also one can go to that house which is infact a place of pilgrimage for each one of us and have darshan of Lord Sri Sri Satyanarayan there!! The house is near Madox Square and there is big park near to that house where our Guruji used to take walk during the mornings & evenings!! It once happened that Sri Sri Thakur was present in their house and a son of Mazumdar family was severely ill!! Guruji was busy in spiritual discourse with various other devotees and Kunjalal babu would very often come and inform the condition of his child and every time Guruji would say that What can I do?? I am helpless!! I can only pray!! At the end, Kunjalal babu came crying that his son is going to die very soon as told by the doctor and Sri Sri Thakur also replied the same thing, at this Kunjalal babu said just bless him so that he gets salvation and asked for charanamrit water which Sri Sri Thakur gave happily and blessed the child and soon after taking the holy charanamrit the young child died!!! Now what all you will say for this incident??? Kunjalal babu not a even single time said or thought that why Gurudev is not doing anything to save his child?? What is the use of becoming His disciple?? Can we ever match ourselves with the level of faith and devotion they had for our Gurudev??? Sri Sri Thakur while describing about Prarabdha very often used to give example of Abhimanyu of Maharabharat who was the nephew of Lord Sri Krishna Himself and son of Arjuna and who was killed brutally in the battlefield at a very young age!! Why the Lord didn’t saved him?? The answer is Destiny and it was pre-decided!! He also used to give example of King Harishchandra who being a King lost everything, his kingdom, his family and even worked as Dom (person required for burning dead bodies) in a funeral ground and at one time even his own son’s dead body was brought before him to be burnt but the King didn’t lost his dharma and satya (truthfulness)!! It all had happened due to his own Prarabha and after they were repaid back subsequently he got everything back as earlier, his family, kingdom everything!! Sri Sri Thakur always used to say that to not to lose patience, bear the destiny, chant the Sri Naam!! But people would do just the opposite, loose patience, fight against the destiny and forgot the Sri Naam!! And due to these again more and more karmas are being added into their account which they will have to undergo again and believe me there is no respite from them except the holy Sri Naam!! So, friends, always remember the Sri Naam!! See you all, at the next post!! Jai Ram!!

Destiny or Prarabdha - II

This post would be in continuance of the earlier one and the topic is same, about Prarabha.  Its good to see that in facebook from so many devotees at least a handful of 30-35 people have liked it which means they agree with the concept of Destiny and others still doesn’t!! Well, this is something where there will be always difference of opinions, confusions and double mindedness and when such type of dilemmas appear it is better to accept the instructions unconditionally given by your Guru or God and have strong faith in it!! Whatever it is, we would discuss more on this aspect today. I remember many or say 100s of incidents where the power of Prarabha has been proved again and again. It once happened that our beloved Gurudev suddenly happened to visit a young devotee who was a bachelor staying in a hostel and preparing for his LLB exams!!  The devotee was overwhelmed with joy to see our Guruji and welcomed Him to his small room. Guruji asked him to not to worry for His needs as He has just dropped in to check about his health & well-being. It was winter night and the young fellow was busy in studying his huge & thick books of Law when suddenly Sri Sri Thakur came there and enquired as what is he doing??? The young fellow told that tomorrow he has got exams for his LLB degree and thats why he is busy in its preparation. Sri Sri Thakur suddenly asked him to give those thick books and a pencil and the young fellow thought that he had heard that Gurudev had never even went to any school properly and He is asking to study those heavy books of Law!! Whatever it is, as per order of Gurudev he gave the books and a pencil and Guruji marked some questions and asked that young fellow to prepare them as they will surely come next day paper & went away!! That fellow was in a dilemma and his analytical brain very quickly became active & started analysing the words of Sri Sri Ramthakur!!  After thinking for a while, he came to the conclusion that how can Sri Sri Thakur be so sure that these questions would only appear in the next day’s paper, He is an ordinary old man who in his whole life never went to any school and if he follow Guruji’s instructions he may not be able to write in the exam properly, thus he prepared only those questions which according to him were very important!! Next  day when he sat for the examination and got the question paper, his eyes became stone and he was in a shock for few minutes as only those questions had came which our beloved God Sri Sri Thakur had marked with the pencil!! He sat with his hands on head and somehow wrote the paper and came out!! After few days, again there was a paper for the Law exam and again Sri Sri Thakur did the same thing, asked for the books and marked the questions with a pencil and went away!! Dear Friends, now you see how wicked our minds are!! Again, it made this young fellow to think that Oh!! one day, by some coincidence those questions would have came but that doesn’t mean that they would happen again and again!!! See the greatness of human brain!!  Again, the same thing happened, next day only those questions appeared which our Gurudev had marked with the pencil!! Sri Sri Thakur had already left the place of that devotee that day itself after marking those questions and nearly after a month or two that fellow happened to meet Gurudev at somebody’s residence.  Guruji enquired about his well-being and after that asked about result of the LLB exam!! That young devotee informed Gurudev that the result was not so good to which Sri Sri Thakur wondered and enquired the reason for that as He had marked the questions. At this the young fellow bowed down his head in shame and narrated the whole story as how he hasn’t believed Sri Sri Thakur’s marked questions and requested to forgive him and apologised for the act. Sri Sri Thakur smiled and said in his usual dialect in Bengali as Apnar Kono Dosh Nayi, Prarobdh oi Boloban, Baita Dile o Khaite Pare Na!! (You did no mistake and it is not your fault any way as Destiny is more powerful, if it is in not your destiny you cannot even touch or eat the food even if it is kept before you!!). Actually, his Prarabhda only made his mind to think that how can Sri Sri Thakur be so sure about the questions!! Friends, now this incident is very minor one in comparison some very major incidents happened to some of very close devotees of our Gurudev where again and again it was proved that everything happens only because of Prarabha or Destiny of that very person!! All of you must be aware about Rohini Mazumdar babu about whom I had written in my earlier post!! It had once happened that Sri Sri Thakur was staying with them and one day Sri Sri Thakur was feeling very restless and His body language was showing that He is worried of something very gravely. Suddenly He called Rohini babu and took him to show a small fig of a particular tree which has grown near to their home and told that whenever a person is attacked by a disease called Nabhiswash in Bengali may be Navel-breathe and if you wrap the tender stem of this tree around the head of that person he would be cured. Also the stem can be wrapped around the navel and juice of that stem can also be given to the patient!! Rohini babu & his wife was wondering as suddenly what has happened that Guruji is showing & telling them about the medicinal qualities of this tree!! After this Guruji left their home and after a month or so suddenly one day their son got severely ill which went for many days!! Various doctors came to their home but their son’s condition keep on deteriorating and at last the disease was diagnosed as Nabhiswash !! Rohini babu called doctors from all areas viz, allopathic, ayurvedic etc. but nothing could help and one time his house was filled with different doctors from that region but fate has decided something else and the young son died!! After last rites were performed one day Rohini babu who was taking lunch at one of his neighbour’s house was asked by this neighbour that why didn’t your Guru do anything for your son??? Didn’t He told you any medicine?? Then suddenly, Rohini babu remembered about the tree which Gurudev had shown him ealier one month back!! He immediately ran to his house and found that tree and started lamenting & crying on his fate!! After few days, Rohini babu received a very big letter from Sri Sri Thakur where He had consoled the bereaved family and disclosed the fact that whatever has occured it has happened due to only and only Prarabdha and it was bound to happen!! He went on saying that I had told you about the medicine also beforehand but what the use?? Could you save your child?? Don’t feel bad for the child, he has completed all his karmas and left the material world and even said that it was better that the child died if he didn’t had died and his mother would have!!! So, again we saw that how Prarabha played its role in the life of Rohini babu!! The write –up has grown big and there is lot to say and discuss!! See you all at the next post!! Till then remember -Bhagyang Phalati Sarvatra – Sri Sri Ramthakur. Jai Ram!!

Destiny or Prarabha

 

I don’t remember whether I have written anything about Destiny in this blog which is a very important aspect and about which Sri Sri Thakur always used to impress and insist. Very few people accept whole heartedly about destiny or prarabdha!! All my whole life I have seen people and even from my own relatives who hesitate to accept destiny!! In the beginning, they would not accept it and would try their level best to change it and struggle more to fight with their destiny but in the end the things would happen which was destined to happen and like this those incidents would have happened 100 times in their life but still they are reluctant to accept prarabdha!! There are people even from our Guru brothers and sisters community (please don’t take offence) who very rarely accept destiny and don’t accept it very easily which is very strange on their part being a follower of our Gurudev!!! If we take a look at the epics or ancient stories we can find many such examples of prarabha where it played its major role in deciding the fate of the characters of those stories!! Once it happened that a devotee named Ramdas who was a businessman and was into the business of purified butter or ghee suddenly started incurring losses in the business and due to which he lost interest and one day closed it.  He started spending the days in deep depression and subsequently decided to renunciate the material world and met Sri Bholagiri Maharaj whose ashram was near to his house. Ramdas babu narrated all his story and told he has no interest left in the business of ghee anymore but Maharaj ji insisted to start the business of ghee once again and even asked him to take money from the ashram fund as a loan to finance his business. Accordingly, Ramdas babu took money from the ashram and once again started the business but again the business suffered huge loss and collapsed!! Ramdas babu once again went to the Maharaj and conveyed him the story but Maharaj wasn’t losing any hope and asked him to not to worry and can take more money from the ashram fund but he should and must do the business of only and only Ghee!!! At this Ramdas babu got furious and irritated as already he has got debt on his head for the money taken from the ashram and again he has been asked to take more!! This story came into the knowledge of Sri Sri Thakur and his devotees and once Rohini Mazumdar babu said as what is this?? This is not correct?? Why Sri Bholagiri Maharaj ji is insisting him to do the business of ghee again and again?? Sri Sri Thakur was also sitting there and He took strong objection to this and said that learned souls and saints never say lie!! Ramdas babu must do the business of ghee only as it is his destiny!! Ramdas babu once happened to meet our beloved Gurudev Sri Sri Ram Thakur!! Guruji listened to his story and suggested him to take a vacation and spend a month or so with one of his dearest disciple Sri Rohini Mazumdar babu who was at that time staying at Muzzafarpur in Bihar!! Ramdas babu wondered a little bit and then accepted the proposal and Sri Sri Thakur gave him a letter in the name of Rohini babu!! Subsequently, Ramdas babu reached the place of Rohini babu and gave him the letter of Gurudev where the whole story of Ramdas babu was narrated and Sri Sri Thakur requested Rohini babu to just take care of him properly and allow him to accompany everywhere wherever Rohini babu goes!!!  Rohini babu happily welcomed Ramdas babu and so he started living with the family of Rohini babu. They sat to take lunch, here it should be mentioned here Rohini babu and his family was purely non-vegetarian and Ramdas babu was purely vegetarian!! Fish and other non-veg items were served to him to which Ramdas babu objected and told that he is vegetarian, Rohini babu said then you shouldn’t have came here as we are purely non-vegetarian!!! Ramdas babu sat for a while and asked him what you suggest then?? Rohini babu said that in my opinion you must eat what we are eating and don’t worry at all!! Ramdas babu agreed to the proposal started eating non-veg items. He would go everywhere wherever Rohini babu would go. In the day time he would go with  Rohini babu to the school where he was a teacher and he would be busy in taking his classes and Ramdas babu would sit quietly in a chair the whole day watching him!!  In the evening he would accompany Rohini babu to the club where he used to go regularly and there also he would sit quietly in a corner and Rohini babu would be busy in playing games and chatting with his friends, cracking jokes, laughing etc. Like this a month had passed and then one day Ramdas babu asked that I could not understand you properly Rohini babu?? He asked Why?? Ramdas babu said that the whole day I didn’t saw you doing any puja or meditation sort of a thing, when you are devoting time for your spiritual quest?? I think you must be doing some meditations during night!! Rohini babu laughed at this and told that it is not correct as I am not doing any meditations at night!! But Ramdas babu didn’t agreed to this all. Rohini babu tried his level best convince him but couldn’t. At the end, he said alright from today you can sleep with me also!! After somedays Ramdas babu became convinced and asked that then when you are doing puja or meditation?? Rohini babu again laughed and said that I don’t do all these things and always remember my Guru while going out for my work and always remember the Sri Naam given by Him, thats all!! Ramdas babu then asked him then what you suggest me to do?? Rohini babu told him that honestly I also believe that you must start your old business of ghee once again as that is your prarabha!! Ramdas babu quite convinced and satisfied with this took leave of Rohini babu and reached his place and started the business of ghee and after somedays Rohini babu found that Ramdas brand ghee was being sold in the market and remembered the wordings of Sri Bholagiri Maharaj that you must and should do the business of ghee only!! I think this story very clearly tell us about prarabha!! There was another devotee who was a lawyer by profession but he didn’t liked it at all, as in this profession one has to say bundle of lies!! He pleaded before our Gurudev that he would like to do something else for his living but Guruji didn’t agreed to it and told him to continue his legal profession as it is his destiny only!! We would discuss more on this topic in our next post!! Jai Ram!!

 

What Holy Gurudev Likes

Sri Sri Thakur has always rejected even the slightest amount of proudness in His devotees !! It once happened that Gurudev was residing in a devotee’s house at Kolkata and the room where Sri Sri Thakur was sitting was full of many devotees, a kirtan group was singing melodious sri naam sankritan adjacent to that room for a quite long time and was being very much praised by the people sitting there. They sang for a long time in various types of rags and raginis and after finishing went to see off Sri Sri Thakur and asked whether He liked the Kirtan or not!! At this Guruji remarked with a surprise note as Kirtan??? Did any Kirtan happened here??? All the members of the group were stunned and shocked and didn’t said anything and slowly left the place!! This is our beloved Gurudev!! Once a devotee from a far off place happened to visit our Gurudev. Those days Guruji often used to complain of deformity in His eyes and ears, of course which were all part of His divine leelas only!! That fellow whose name was Abanimohan came before Sri Sri Thakur tried to give His identity as Guruji, can you recognize me?? I am Abani!! At this Guruji asked What?? Tarani?? He again tried to tell as No, Abani!! Guruji again asked Mohini?? That fellow tried his level best but more & more he tried Sri Sri Thakur would spell different names but not Abani!! At last, quite disappointed that person left the place and came outside the house started crying as what had happened or what sin he has committed that Sri Sri Thakur could not recognise him?? Here Sadananda babu who used to accompany our Gurudev met this fellow and asked Do you chant the Sri Naam regularly?? He thought for a while and told No!! I never chant as I am always busy with my worldly life!! Sadananda babu told him now you can understand very well that why Sri Sri Thakur could not recognise you?? Abanimohan babu asked now what to do?? Sadananda babu advised him to not to worry and sit here & chant the Sri Naam!! Abani babu started chanting the Sri Naam and after sometime suddenly somebody came from the house and called him as Guruji is remembering him!!! Sri Sri Thakur himself called and asked the houseowner as Abani babu is sitting outside, please go and bring him inside!! So Friends, what was that chanting actually?? It was nothing but Saranagati (Surrender) and our Gurudev is Saranagatvatsal!! If you don’t remember God that means you don’t need Him and so similarly God also will not remember you then!! It is as simple as that!! The moment that devotee started chanting and remembering Guruji, He immediately recognised him and called him in!!! We should always strive to do what Sri Sri Thakur likes as that would be the best form of worshipping Him!! Forgetting Him is Kortitabhiman or Obhab & remembering Him is Okarta or Sobhab!! (Now, I understand the true meaning of this famous bengali quote as Obhabe Sobhab Nosto!!) So, on this Holy day of our Guruji’s Birthday, let us all pledge that we will always chant the Holy Sri Naam given by Him in all our deeds and to our each n every breath of our lives!! That would be the best offering onto His Holy Lotus Feet!! Jai Ram!!

 

 

The Care of Holy Gurudev for All

 

Dear All, for the past somedays I am sharing with you all some of the greatest experiences and incidents related to Sri Madhob Pagla but today while preparing to write suddenly a beautiful and divine story came into my mind which is related with and has been narrated also by Sri Sadananda Chakraborty babu about whom I have already mentioned in my earlier posts in this blog.  It once happened that our Holy beloved Gurudev was staying somewhere in Bangladesh and an utsav was being organised under the holy guidanceship of Sri Sri Thakur!!! As you all must be aware that as per our Gurudev’s instructions the basic criteria of the holy festivals of Sri Sri Satyanarayan is to be having Akarta bhav (detachment) and surrendering everything into the holy lotus feet of the Lord and thus accordingly everything was done following strictly those guidelines!! Another very important order from Sri Sri Thakur was that nobody means nobody should be sent away without taking Mahaprasad and accordingly it was ensured positively by the volunteers of the utsav very strictly!! Sadananda babu was entrusted with the job of taking care of Sri Sri Thakur and who would be always with Him for His immediate needs. The utsav went off very beautifully and peacefully and everybody took Mahaprasad happily and went away.  Sadananda babu who had already prepared a sweetened water syrup requested Sri Sri Thakur to accept it but Gurudev enquired whether everybody has taken Mahaprasad or not to which he replied in affirmative but Gurudev didn’t seemed to be satisfied with the answer of Sadananda babu and asked him to check again!!!  After checking very carefully that everybody has taken Mahaprasad, Sadananda babu came back and told as everybody has taken Mahaprasad but Sri Sri Thakur wasn’t still satisfied and told that him that you did not checked properly, go and check again!! It was drizzling outside and already people who had came to the utsav premises had left and there was no one outside but since it was Sri Sri Thakur’s order Sadananda babu went out and looked everywhere, checked every corner and even came to the road connected with the house but couldn’t found anyone!! There was water and muddy ways everywhere and after ensuring properly that nobody is there he came and told Sri Sri Thakur that it is raining outside and I have gone outside upto the road and it is muddy everywhere and I couldn’t found anybody there!!! At this Sri Sri Thakur remarked that due to rain and muddy ways you don’t want to look or check properly!! And Suddenly became serious and said I don’t want anything!!! At this Sadananda babu became little afraid and went outside the house on the road and again tried to check properly and looked every corner very carefully, it was the time of a rainy evening and as usual there was nobody on the road due to rain and muddy ways!! Sadananda babu started walking on the road getting wet and then suddenly he saw a very frail and weak dog who was hidden under a heap of paddys (which is very common in villages of Bengal) came out and looking innocently towards him with a hope of mercy on it!! Sadananda babu took pity on the dog and thought inside Oh! poor creature !! It seems it is very hungry and has not been able to eat anything for days!! May be thats why, Sri Sri Thakur didn’t agreed to accept anything!! He called the dog to the utsav premises and the dog also followed him waving its tail and Sadananda babu with utmost care placed a clean plantain leaf before it and served the Mahaprasad to it which the dog ate very quickly!! Sadananda babu served the dog 3 times the Mahaprasad and after being satisfied the dog left the utsav premises slowly!! Sadananda babu again looked every corner very carefully and after ensuring properly that nobody is left came back and narrated the entire story to Him!! Sri Sri Thakur immediately jumped up and laughed happily and said yes, yes! He had came to the utsav premises earlier hoping to get some Mahaprasad but everybody chased and thrashed him away from there and thats why being felt offended didn’t ate anything for the whole day !!! Now, give me what you have kept for me!! Sadananda babu with tears in his eyes and seeing the care of Sri Sri Thakur even for a dog & gave Him the glass of sweetened water!! Sri Sri Thakur then asked Sadananda babu also to take Mahaprasad as He was knowing that Sadananda babu who was truly dedicated to the holy lotus feet of Gurudev wouldn’t take anything until and unless Gurudev eats anything!!  I remember Sant Tulsidasji’s quotation as Hari Ananta Hari Katha Ananta, Kahahi Sunahi Bahu Bidhi Sab Santa!! All Glory to Sri Sri Thakur and Holy Sri Naam!! Jai Ram!!

The Great Devotee Sri Madhob Pagla III

Dear All, today I would to share you all another very beautiful and divine story of Great Devotee Sri Madhob Pagla of Varanasi!! This incident again shows how our beloved Lord is always eager for the caring of His devotees!! It once happened that it was the time for the big annual festival to be organised in the famous temple of Sri Sri Radha Govindji where Sri Madhob Pagla was the priest.  The arrangements were going on with full swing and various offerings were coming in the temple from the various devotees all over the Varanasi and even from outside. Sri Madhob Pagla was obviously very much excited about the big celebration and keen as he was the main priest and there were responsibilities also vested on his shoulder. On the early morning of the day of festival when he sat to perform puja as per his daily schedule suddenly Sri Govindji spoke and asked him to not to touch and eat anything or any prasad from this temple!!!!! Suddenly hearing this instruction Madhob Pagla became totally shocked and stunned!!! For a minute he became totally dumb struck and became totally confused and thought why Sri Govindji is asking him to do such a difficult thing which would be very painful also for him!! He asked the Lord Why???? Why are you asking me to do this??? The whole world would be eating various types of prasad which would be offered to you and moreover I am the main priest of this temple and if I didn’t  touch or eat your prasad what will everybody think or say??? But the Lord didn’t  agreed and ordered him to not to touch or eat the prasad!! Hearing this now Madhob Pagla also argued and said that I will not listen to you and would definitely eat the delicious prasads of the temple!!! Sri Govindji didn’t said anything. After sometime a small boy came to tell him to visit a house of an old widow who used to live near the temple premises and here I should inform you that this widow had a long time desire to feed Sri Madhob Pagla. When Madhob Pagla visited her home he was astonished to see that she had prepared many delicacies for him and had placed and she kept all those items beautifully in a big plate!!! Sri Madhob Pagla became very much surprised at this and asked about it to which she told that it was her long time desire to feed him and very humbly requested him to accept the food!! Madhob Pagla couldn’t refuse her honest and pious desire and sat to eat and to his astonishment found that each n every item was very delicious and he ate full to his heart's content. After eating the food and seeing off the widow’s house when he reached the temple the time for the puja had already arrived and suddenly he realised that what mistake he has committed by eating the food at the widow’s house as he had decided to eat the prasad at the temple, now he has no place in his stomach to eat anything and felt very bad inside his heart!!! All the various types of delicacies were being offered to the Lord and Madhob Pagla sat to perform the afternoon puja but he became surprised that he was not able to remember the mantras being required for the worshipping!!!! The doors of the main sanctum was closed, outside there were hundreds and hundreds of people waiting eagerly for the completion of puja and inside he was alone with the Lord!!! He tried his level best to remember the mantras but he couldn’t!! He became astonished at this and started crying and pleaded before the Lord as to what sin he has committed that he is not being able to remember the mantras which he is chanting daily for several times!!!! He was crying profusely and then suddenly the Lord spoke and said you ask me eat all these uchchista (half-eaten or eaten by somebody else) food?????  Hearing this Sri Madhob Pagla was totally dumb struck and stunned!!! What are you saying my Lord??? Who is doing this??? Lord replied the Cook!! He couldn’t believe his own ears!!! Then suddenly he understood all the divine leela of his Lord who stopped him from eating the prasad which is actually a half-eaten food and made him eat at the house of widow so that Madhob Pagla not remain hungry!! He cried and cried for the utmost carefulness of the Lord for him and pleaded to forgive him for his earlier behaviour!! He opened the doors of the temple and people raised their voices glorifying the name of the Lord Sri Radha Govindji!! The prasad were being carried away and offered to the people and everybody ate that food thinking it to be prasad of Lord but it reality which wasn’t!!! The condition of Sri Madhob Pagla was very pathetic, he was just crying and praying to Lord as O Lord! Please do something and stop all this mischief of the notorious cook!! If I say something nobody will believe me!! He didn’t took any prasad and people started suspecting Sri Madhob Pagla and his devotion for the Lord!! The temple authority and the various other devotees even rebuked his devotion and discussed about him among themselves and everywhere he became the topic of their discussions!!!  Madhob Pagla would daily cry and request the Lord to bring to limelight the wrongdoings of the Cook before everybody and like this nearly a month had passed and then one day when he was not at the temple and gone out for market, the Lord played his divine leela and the mischief of the Cook was caught red-handed by the temple authorities and was removed from the temple!! When Madhob Pagla returned to the temple and came to know of the incident, became very delighted and informed everybody about the incident which had happened a month ago on the day of the annual festival!! He told everybody that daily he was asking the Lord to catch hold of the crook and today his answers had been answered!! All Glory to Guru and Govinda!!!

A New Year Wish ???

Dear Guru brothers/sisters!! I am sorry I am late to wish you all A Very Happy New Year 2013 but actually I was in a dilemma for the New Year wishes as it seemed to be so meaningless!! As you all would be aware of the recent tragic and one of the most heinous crime happened at New Delhi, the rape and murder of a girl and who has subsequently died at the end of the past year 2012!! After this how can someone ever think of doing any type of New Year celebrations !! In our ancient old scriptures somewhere it is written as Jatra Pujayante Nari, Tatra Ramanti Devataha means where women are being given respect and worshipped as a symbol of Shakti, all the demigods reside there!! My society many people as usual celebrated & took part in the New Year celebrations, may be they know better than me since they are very highly qualified, intellectual and city based modern people (I am not very highly qualified only a Graduate for which I used to feel little bad but today I feel myself to be very proud to not to be very qualified because my humanity hasn’t died) they even came to my flat to collect money for the celebrations as they feared that owing to the circumstances people may not come on their own to donate money, I just politely showed them the door!!! The other societies near to my society also celebrated the New Year and I am left to wonder as which world we are living?? Now the mindset of the people is myself and my family should be happy let whatever happens in my neighbourhood or in the rest of the world!!! Our Holy Gurudev used to address all the women as Maa (Mother) and there was no other word in His vocabulary for them!! He hasn’t hesitated to address even the prostitutes as Mother so as Sri Ramakrishna!! Great Saints always came to this world to teach us many things and it seems that all of us has forgotten these very very valuable lessons!!! It is our dirty mindset only which pollute our minds to differentiate between people and everything!! Rather we should check ourselves first!!! I afraid the write-up may become very large if I go on to write but whatever it is I wish all of you a belated Happy New Year 2013 and hope & pray to the Almighty Lord that this upcoming new year brings for all of us new hopes, safe and secure environment for all the girls beginning from their mother’s womb (as they are not even safe there) to all her whole life, proper and due respect & care for all the ladies, lots & lots of good news, happiness and prosperity for everybody!! Let the divinity and spiritualism spread more and more and materialism vanish away from this world!! Jai Ram!!