June 5, 1997 – Narasimha Rao and Tathastu

 

                Dr. and Mrs. Rai Singh have come to see Maharaj ji along with former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, but he is late in arriving because he is seeing off the American Ambassador to India, who is now leaving... Read more


June 9, 1997 – God’s University

            Yesterday a newspaper article was read to Maharaj about Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s relationship with Muslims. Today Bhai Mohan Singh has come, and Maharaj brings up this topic, because the Prime Minister has taken blessings and spiritual guidance... Read more


June 9, 1997 – Returning to dharma

            Earlier today Maharaj was speaking frankly to a Sikh leader about the weaknesses in contemporary Sikh practice. Now a spokesperson for the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a Hindu organization with close links to the BJP party, has come to Maharaj... Read more


June 12, 1997 – Focus on your Isht

 

Maharaj is speaking to someone who has asked him how one should meditate. Maharaj says,

There has always been one method of meditation: to focus on your Isht – your favourite representative of God. Otherwise you cannot concentrate your... Read more


June 12, 1997b – Don’t be too trusting

Although Maharaj lives in an enlightened realm of noble thought, he is also quite aware of our worldly foibles. A woman asks him if she is behaving correctly, and he says, “No.” He explains,

You believe everyone, but not everyone... Read more


13 June 1997 – Don’t be afraid

 

            The Roerich Society was created In the name of Nicholas Roerich, the great Russian artist, scientist, and mystic who spent many years in India studying the ancient culture here. Some of his followers have asked Maharaj about the... Read more


June 18, 1997 – Recover the ideals of dharma

 

            A group of men has come from Punjab, some of them elders, some of them crestfallen youth. Maharaj ji reminds them of the great history of Sikhs, which is all but lost now:

            Khalsa was created at... Read more


June 24, 1997 – The dervish takes on others’ sufferings

 

                Whenever we need to drill a new tubewell, we always ask Maharaj ji first to tell us the best place to dig, for he can see the water wherever it is lying, sometimes hundreds of feet below the... Read more