Aradhanotsav. Music concert by Smt Soudamini Venkatesh

Sri Maharaj's Pravachan - Audio (CD4 T1)

The following is one more recording of Sri Maharaj's Pravachan in Poojya Tatya Saheb's voice. This one is about 3 minutes long.
Our humble thanks again to Poojya Kashikarji and all the devotees who recorded the speeches.

(Please click on the Play button - the triangle one - below)

One should carry out the work fallen to one's lot with sense of Duty, considering it to be "God's Wish"

A bank officer working in a senior position was, instead of being allotted work o his liking, assigned work of a different kind which was not to his liking. He therefore felt displeased and was dejected. While he was visiting Sri Maharaj in this state of mind, the latter said to him, "Let us suppose there is a dinner ceremony at our house to which, say, fifteen to twenty persons have been invited. On this occasion, suppose we are given the task of purchasing vegetables from the market. We then go to the market, and, as the total quantity of vegetables is rather large, we hire a porter to carry them. We then purchase vegetables and load them into the basket of the porter. We pay him when he delivers the goods at our house. Will it not be laughable if, while carrying the basket home, he were to question complainingly, "You shouldn't have purchased these particular vegetables in a large quantity.' Likewise, it is ridiculous to be displeased with your office work. Servitude of anyone other than Rama is merely respectable begging. In such a situation, rather than insist upon what one would, or would not, like to have, it one's duty to carry out whatever work is allotted, in the best manner possible, as though allotted by God's wish."

After having done one's duty, one should leave the outcome to Rama.

Even when Sri Maharaj exposed a person's faults, he did so with such tact that the person's feeling was not hurt. Because the mind is an aspect of God, hurting someone's sensibility is tantamount to hurting God. Sri Maharaj used to say that a Sadhaka (seeker) should never hurt the feelings of anyone.
A young boy, although grown to twenty years of age, did not engage himself in any work, nor was he interested in pursuing studies. His mother therefore used to suffer mental anguish. Sri Maharaj spoke to a well-meaning bank officer, who got the boy a job in a factory. After some days the owner of the factory said to the officer, "The boy left the factory without informing anyone. Besides, he also misbehaved. You should not have recommended such a boy to us." These remarks hurt the officer. He decided that he would never again get involved in finding employment for anyone. He felt that he had been insulted for no reason at all. Soon after, he happened to meet Sri Maharaj, when the latter said, "Suppose we build a large bungalow and employ a gardener to raise a garden. The gardener plants many saplings. Some of them die. He therefore becomes dejected, and decides that he will no longer plant any trees.Will this make practical sense? It is his job to plant flowering shrubs. He should carry it out. He should not feel sorry because some of those may wither and die: he should, on the other hand, consider that those that flower do so by the Grace of God."With these words of Sri Mharaj, the officer quickly overcame his dejection and regained normalcy of nature.

Sri Maharaj's Pravachan - Audio (1966 CD3 T5)

The following is one more recording of Sri Maharaj's Pravachan in Poojya Tatya Saheb's voice. This one is from November 27, 1966 and it is about 8 minutes long.
Our humble thanks again to Poojya Kashikarji and all the devotees who recorded the speeches.

(Please click on the Play button - the triangle one - below)

Sri Maharaj's Pravachan - Audio (CD3 T2)

The following is one more recording of Sri Maharaj's Pravachan in Poojya Tatya Saheb's voice. This one is from Sunday, Sep 25, 1966 and it is about 12 minutes long.
Our humble thanks again to Poojya Kashikarji and all the devotees who recorded the speeches.

(Please click on the Play button - the triangle one - below)

Namasmarana is more advantageous than the practise of Yoga.

A man from south India was a practitioner of yoga. He had the ability to journey to Mars by his ethereal body (Sookshma-deha). During the return journey he used to suffer from pain while entering the earth's atmosphere. He consulted many persons to find a way to get rid of this pain, but without avail. Finally, he came to meet Sri Maharaj. To begin with, Sri Maharaj described the stages encountered during the journey from the earth to Mars.  Then he said, "During the return journey, a fault develops in your practice of Kumbhaka, and therefore you suffer from pain. You will not suffer from this pain if you further your study of Keval Kumbhaka.". Sri Maharaj further said, "However,do not think that you have accomplished much in being able to journey to Mars by virtue of knowledge of Yoga. It only means that your body and your mind have been purified to a great extent. If you were to give up your fascination for journeying to Mars and utilize your energies for Namasmarana it will go a long way towards acquiring lasting bliss. Take up Namasmarana determinedly and you will surely receive Rama's blessing. Else this may turn into a mere conjurer's performance, and human life's main purpose will remain unfulfilled."