|| Hari Om || On October 03, 2010, we got a call from my maternal aunt from Goregaon. Her husband was admitted to Nanavati Hospital and was kept on the ventilator. I was not at home at the time the call came in. My wife gave me this information when I returned home. We left home for the hospital. I took with me Shree Govardhan Udi and a locket that was blessed by my Bapuraya. Everyone there was in extreme distress. We checked on my uncle and returned home.I was quite worried about my aunt because her children, the son and the daughter were quite young. I was worried thinking the worse could happen. I promptly gave my aunt’s daughter the locket which had Bapu’s picture on it and also the Shree Govardhan Udi. She immediately applied Udi on her father’s forehead.Since he was put on a ventilator, everyone was quite worried. I was praying to my Bapuraya for his speedy recovery. I requested Bapuraya that his stay in the hospital not be too long.On returning home, I kept calling every ...

|| Hari Om || A glance over our life gone by and we realize that our life has been made beautiful thanks to the unconditional love of our Sadguru. There have been several instances when our Sadguru saved us. I too have been blessed with many but then this one that I am about to share makes me particularly emotional, tears well up in my eyes and I am filled with gratitude for my Sadguru.Sadguru Bapu is based in Mumbai while I am in Dhule. I would have run into heavy losses because of my carelessness but my beloved Bapu saved me. It was from a third person that I came to know about the calamity that was going to befall me. My nephew got married on May 24, 2006 in Dhule. I had carried with me, the jewellery to wear along with the sarees. The weather in Dhule in the month of May is extreme. Around the same time, my son fell ill and therefore I ended up travelling to Dhule all alone. The wedding was to be held at Agrawal Hall in Dhule. The wedding hall was on the ground floor. My sister’s...

|| HARI OM ||   “Aniruddha tere dwar jo aaya Khali hath na jaayega Teri krupa se naash hoga Mere ek ek sankat ka |” I begin by offering the pranam to my Bapu, Nandai and Suchitdada as it is their grace that I am able to pen this experience of grace and love. I have been part of the Bapu Parivar since the last two and a half years. Before that I neither believed in God nor had any faith. However, after coming to Bapu and attending the Upasana at the centre, I felt firm faith inside of me. Bapu is now my father, my God, my everything. In the Krupasindhu magazine I regularly read the experiences of Bapu bhaktas and always felt the urge to share my feelings too but then what would I write? I had no 'special experience', I thought. I felt remorse. Bapu is not looking over me, I concluded. There came a day when all my wrong notions fizzled away. Let me share the moment. On 27th July 2010 my father passed away. People came in to offer condolences and after they left I invariably had ...

|| HARI OM || In the  train we keep our luggage next to us, we do not carry it on our head. The train carries us along with our luggage. Similarly when we surrender to the Sadguru he gradually lifts the load off the bhakta and carries them both to the destination. Even when the bhaktas are compelled to face their unavoidable destiny the Sadguru intervenes and the bhakta tides over, smooth and safe. Those who hold on firmly to the Sadguru’s feet experience this all the time. Parampujya Sadguru Bapu’s visit to Aurangabad was scheduled for 12th December  2010. All the Bapu bhaktas were preparing and  eagerly waiting for that day. Some were doing Bapu’s paduka pujan, singing the glory of Bapu. Bhaktas from Mumbai were regularly visiting Aurangabad and giving discourses and information about Bapu. On 2nd August a discourse by Vinod Vaidya from Mumbai was organised at Pratap Nagar. My wife and I went by my bike to Pratapnagar. He gave us a lot of information about Bapu’s personal...

Since June of 2006, I had been having pain in the lower back which continued unabated for almost three months. As per Suchitdada’s guidance, I was undergoing physiotherapy and was religiously performing the prescribed exercises but I felt no relief from the pain. The fact that my job required me to travel a significant distance every day was of no help and in fact added to my misery. Subsequently Suchidada asked to get an MRI scan done and my worst fears came true. I had a slipped disc. The disc between the 4th and the 5th lumbar vertebra had protruded out and was causing the pain. Orthopedic specialist Dr. Vaccha suggested that I undergo a surgery. However, I had decided that until my Suchitdada advises thus, I would not be undergoing the surgery. Slowly the pain progressed from the back region to my legs and that was when Suchitdada asked me to get myself operated. I was relieved to hear it from Dada. It was decided that the surgery would be performed in Dr. Jayesh Shah’s hospital....

On the occasion of the Rankala Mahotsav, sponsored by the Maharashtra State Government and the M.T.D.C., I was slated to perform a stage show on the 15th of February 2007 at Kolhapur. On 14th February, at 10.00 a.m., I left for Kolhapur in my Innova car along with my friend and the driver. We halted at Pune around 12.30 p.m. for tea and snacks. Thereafter during the onward journey both my friend and I dozed off on the rear seat of the car. Normally, I always sit next to the driver but because the rear seat of the Innova can be reclined too, we both decided to sit in the rear seat. When I was aroused from my snooze, I realized that our car was traveling on the Pune – Satara Expressway at a speed of about 120 Km/hr. and I suddenly realized that O God! Even the driver had dozed off. At that very moment I saw a S.T. bus coming from the opposite direction with great speed. I alerted the driver, immediately. He jammed down the brakes and the car veered sharply to the left and instead of a...

Our Bapu always says, ‘Children, I will never abandon you!’ Yes. This is 108% true! Ten years ago, my parents died and I became an orphan. This grave and untimely loss made me extremely anxious. But after I started coming to Bapu, all my problems were resolved by Him. I got back my lost mother (Nandaai), Dada and father (Bapu). All the people from Bapu’s ‘Hari Om’ family were like my own family members. Nothing more was needed in life. Bapu gave me a wife and soon we had sweet children too. HE gave me all the desired things in abundance! HE also cared for me like a flower, and helped me sail through all the problems that came in my life. 27th March 2009 was one such unforgettable day of my life. It was Amavasya (New moon day) and the following day was Gudhi Padwa (Beginning of a Hindu new year). As usual, I was returning home from the site after completing my work. In fact, I had finished my work a bit earlier and hence I was thinking of playing with the children after reaching...

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....