Spreading Guruhari Pappaji Maharaj's Teachings
There was once a brahmin. He began to study Sanskrit, but he didn’t have a very good memory. He could never memorize anything, he would try , but then he would quickly forget. One day, he filled a large bowl with sesame seeds, next to this he placed a gourd. Then he said a Sanskrit word and put
A prince and the minister’s son were out hunting in the forests. Both were hungry and exhausted after a long days wondering. They found the cool shade of a tree and sat down to rest. Soon the prince fell asleep while the ministers son stayed awake and kept guard. A while later a snake slithered towards the prince.
A sparrow once laid her eggs on the shore. Soon they hatched. But a very high tide carried the babies into the sea. The mother sparrow cried all day long. Then all the sparrows gathered and decided, “lets fill in the sea with sand and rescue the babies”. Millions of sparrows came together, each one would dip its beak
Ghanshyam was now eight years of age when it was decided to give him a Yagnopavit [to have a religious thread-ceremony]. Yajnopavit (Janoi) is a religious and sacred rite. It is said that the child to whom the Janoi is given is reborn. He is called Dwij, twice-born. After wearing this religious thread, the child has to proceed for study
Young Ghanshyam had much affection for his sister-in-law, Suvashini. Ghanshyam was very dear to her. The elder brother, RamPratapbhai’s nature was angery. Even in small matters he would raise his hand to hit Ghanshyam. So whenever Ghanshyam wanted anything he would ask his sister-in-law for it and not his elder brother. Once, on seeing the village children play with tops,
Child Ghanshyam began to study at a very early age. His father Dharmdev was a great man. Ghanshyam said, “Father, only you teach me.” On hearing this the father was pleased. He taught Ghanshyam some stanzas [SLOKAS]. Ghanshyam would listen to him very carefully and what ever he would listen to, he would try to keep in his mind. Whatever
Kalidatta was very wicked. He wanted, by any means, to ruin and kill child Ghanshyam. Once child Ghanshyam was playing in a garden under a mango tree with his young friends. Kalidatta found his way with them in a deceitful disguise. He wanted to take charge of Ghanshyam. When Kalidatta tried to catch him Ghanshyam appeared to Kalidatta like a
Vairam, Madhavram, Prag, Sukhnandan, Bansidhar, Shivnarayan, Kesarisang, Shaymlal, Radhecharan, and many others were friends of Ghanshyam. All of them use to go to the pond to take a bath, and play on the trees. They went there to eat mangoes, tamarind, jambu, and guavas. They fooled around very much. They climbed on many different trees and branches to play with
Child Ghanshyam was familiar to all temples of Ayodhyapuri. Among them, the temples of Rama-Janma Bhoomi and Hanumanghadhi Ghanshyam liked the most. He went there for Darshan everyday. He used to sit to listen to the Katha and would participate in devotional songs. Once he went for Darshan to Hanumanghadhi. The Ramayan recital was going on at that time. So
When God is born on the earth, he appears like a man. He will show his godliness on some specific occasion but not always. He always appears as an ordinary man. Child Ghanshyam appeared like other children. He would gather all his village companions and would play various types of games. He would cut a mango from a mango tree,