Culture Change: March Week #3

Prasang 70: 16/12/17: Surendranagar

On December 16, 2017, Swamishri was in Surendranagar. That night, when the sabha ended, Swamishri was leaving to go back to the Sarvasva in a car. When they entered the dining area, He saw Harikrushna Bhatt and said “You took part in raas! The dandiyas were taller than you...” Harikrushna was amazed, he replied “Swami! You still remember that!”. Harikrushnabhai told us “This happened in 1971 during the Bal-Yuva Adhiveshan in Gondal. I was 5 years old at that time, and I could not reach the top, so they had kept my dandiyas longer than my height. In the end Bapa (Pramukh Swami Maharaj) found me in the middle of the group and picked me up and put me in front. At that time Mahant Swami Maharaj was sitting on the side. Even after 46 years, he still remembered this incident!

Prasang 71: 18/11/17: Mumbai

After dinner, Pujya Abhayswarup Swami said prasangs of Swamishri in which Bapa took care of haribhaktos like Bhaskarbhai and others. He said, “Just like Bapa, you (Swamishri) also took lots of care of his haribhakto. You have always kept them happy. In the years of 1996-1997, you came to Bharuch. You went to do padhramni at the newly built house of Hiteshbhai who was the niece of Bhaskarbhai Patel. You were going to each corner of the house to sanctify it. You were walking rather quickly, and I saw that an iron rod hanging 0.5 feet from your eyes. If you had moved forward, it would have hurted your eyes. I saw that rod and thus pulled you on side to avoid injury. But you even didn’t say a single word”.

Discussion Question:

One of Swami’s greatest qualities shows his humbleness and being very attentive even with little details. Think about how we can also imbibe those qualities into our daily lives and progress in Satsang.