I would like to bow to the lotus feet of Param Pujya Sadguru Aniruddha Bapu and Param Pujya Nandai and then begin narrating my experience. My day begins with chanting of Bapu’s name which itself makes me immensely happy. To top it all, if I get his darshan then it’s an added advantage which is why I eagerly await the session of Bapu’s Marathi class held on Tuesdays and his discourse on Thursdays. Initiating the concept of Marathi classes for non-Marathi devotees, exemplifies Bapu’s unconditional love and caring for his devotees. Several superstitions and misunderstandings regarding rituals and ritualistic activities have been eradicated from the minds of many, solely because of Bapu’s guidance through his regular Thursday Discourses.
Most of us Parsis’ as a rule are very ritualistic in their approach. They are usually not open to accepting the views of people from other religions let alone accepting someone as their Sadguru! Our family is no exception to this generalization. My brother, his fiancée and I, are ardent followers of P. P. Bapu but my father still does not believe in him as a Sadguru and even today considers him as just an ordinary human being. However, to be very honest, it was only because of Bapu that I truly understood the essence of my Zoroastrian religion.
- Yezdi Variyava, August 2009
