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HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj's Vicharan

1 Aug 2011 to 12 Aug 2011, Mumbai, India

Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj

Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Aksharbrahman Gunatitanand Swami and Shri Gopalanand Swami

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Radha-Krishna Dev

Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan to sadhus and devotees

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj in a decorated hindolo

Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj

Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Aksharbrahman Gunatitanand Swami and Shri Gopalanand Swami

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Radha-Krishna Dev

Swamishri bids Jai Swaminarayan to sadhus and devotees

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj in a decorated hindolo

Vicharan Report

2, Tuesday

Since the last several days Swamishri had almost no appetite for food. Despite taking medicines for nausea he was still feeling uneasy.

At late night Swamishri suffered diarrhoea and a slight fever the next morning. By evening the next day (3, Wed.) his diarrhoea was cured but Swamishri felt weak and drained. This state persisted for the next several days.

5, Friday

In the evening, Swamishri saw ‘Shri Swaminarayan Charitra, Part 1: Ghanshyam and the Storm of Evil’ – a DVD animation film produced by Swaminarayan Aksharpith. The hour-long DVD was the first in-house production accomplished through the guidance of a team of sadhus and a group of dedicated BAPS youth artists.

Swamishri inaugurated the animation DVD and appreciated the production.

Living with Swamishri

8/12/2011 12:00:00 AM
SERVICE TO GOD

12 August, Mumbai

Swamishri was seeing a video film of the pratishtha rituals of various hari mandirs he had performed in Mumbai. On seeing the same ceremonial rituals Brahmavihari Swami asked Swamishri, “You have repetitively performed the pratishtha rituals of thousands of mandirs, yet, you never get bored in doing the same thing again and again.”

Swamishri replied nonchalantly, “Why should I get bored! When God is being invoked and installed it is a seva on one’s part.”
“But the rituals of placing the betel nuts and showering rice grains are the same. Still we see that you do them with unresigning and ever-fresh faith.”

Swamishri replied, “Doing rituals is bhakti. The more one does them the more one benefits personally. This is possible when one has understood their glory.”

Mumbai

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