Pujya Gurudev
Pt. ShriRam Sharma’s Kripa :
Yugarishi’s Advent
and India’s Destiny
(Akhand Jyoti)
In the
first decade of twentieth century, except for Bang-Bhang movement,
there was hardly any incident, by which it would appear that the dormant
consciousness of India was getting awakened. There was certainly fierce
opposition to the division of Bengal. However it was not that strong that one
could forecast on its basis the independence of India. Yogi Vishnu Bhaskar
Lele, who initiated Sri Aurobindo into Yogavidya, called
the revolutionaries opposing this division as the instruments of God. He also
said that India is a nation that will achieve freedom through Divine Dispensation.
In the
following lines the context that is being described matches very well with this
message of Yogi Lele. It was the year 1972, when Param Poojya Gurudev Pt Sriram
Sharma Acharyaji had just returned from the Himalayas after spending about six
months in some spiritually surcharged esoteric regions. Gurudev was sitting on
a chair on the first floor of the main building of Shantikunj, where now his
and Mataji’s Padukas (wooden
slippers) are kept. A discussion on the research on how to acquaint the world
about the grandeur and glory of India was going on. If we wish to tell the
world about our greatness and glory, we need the facts and figures too. The aim
of research was to collect such material evidences.
The
findings of this research were later published in the form of a book titled ‘ Samast
Vishwa ko Bharat ke Ajasra Anudan ’
(India’s Perennial Gifts to the World). In the writings and speeches of
Gurudev, he stressed that India was the Land of Divine Play. A parijan asked him ‘Why is God specially
attached to India and takes birth here? We consider ourselves the inheritors of
the oldest civilization and culture in the world. If we are no less than others
in power, knowledge, skills and organization, then why were we slaves for
centuries? If we were very powerful and brave, the aggressors should have never
succeeded.’
This
question of the parijan was
not to express doubt or blame anyone but was out of curiosity. Not many people
had the information of the return of Gurudev from Himalayas. Hardly four-six
persons used to visit him daily. At that time Gurudev used to work in a room
adjacent to Matji’s chamber. In reply to the parijan’s query
Gurudev gave a short answer: “India is a country preferred by God. Don’t you
know that God has incarnated twenty four times in physical form in this land
and has established Truth and Divinity? One cannot estimate the number of
Indian sages, seers, saints, yogis, etc. If one counts the number of saints
born in all other countries and weighs them with their Indian counterparts, the
latter’s pan will be heavier.
\The
numerous schools of thought, faiths, sadhana -sects,
that are alive and active here cannot be found elsewhere in the world. The
remarkable thing is that there exists harmony among all the currents of
intellectual and spiritual seekings. Had there been such diverse currents of
thought elsewhere, the concerned scholars would have perpetually engaged in
denunciation of each other. In India, there is diversity in nature, seasons,
rivers, mountains, flora and fauna and even amongst the residents of different
parts of the country. Observing this diversity can’t we realize that India is a
country preferred by God? Here He is incessantly doing newer and newer
experiments with human nature.”
Thanks
GOD, Thanks Sadguru,
Shiv
Sharma
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