The homestead in Sarawan Bodla where Maharaj lived until his youth and established a dera is full of sacred places with their special blessed histories. The central figure is Ber Sahib, a great ber (jujube) tree. Long ago, a saint... Read more

                 Major Sahib has a phenomenal memory. Whatever he reads is retained, even now in his eighties. He can speak for hours on any religious topic, with endless stories. He says, “It is Maharaj’s blessing. Twenty years ago I requested... Read more

One of the great roles Maharaj Ji is playing on his return to Punjab is sitting as a wise and impartial judge to settle great disputes that have viciously divided villages, sometimes for decades. One of these conflicts has... Read more

Three times during his Punjab tour, Maharaj became unable to speak publicly. With a microphone in front of him, something seemed to block his throat and he could hardly make a sound. Each time, he asked for water and... Read more

On April 21st night as we were driving back from Punjab, a great storm came up, with wild wind and rain. “It’s not good for these wheat harvests,” we thought. Then yesterday, as Prem Pal and I were driving... Read more

                When we returned from Sarawan on April 22 at 4:30 a.m., Gurcharan told Maharaj Ji that Sanju, loving and innocent son of Gita Singh, was very, very seriously ill in the hospital. He had contracted malaria, and then the... Read more

                Once Maharaj visited a colonel in Firozepur. He saw a man with a heavy pack strapped to his back running round and round the parade ground. “What is that?” he asked. “The officer replied, “Three times he has encountered... Read more

This morning Maharaj Ji had a vision that he should not sit in his outer sitting room in the “Dubai kothi” today. He called Giani Ji in to check, but Giani Ji could not see any problem, so Maharaj... Read more

Tim and Barbara Cook, the pastors of the Church of Conscious Harmony in Austin, Texas, are here with Shirley Lanehart, a member of their congregation, to see Maharaj again. They came for the first time in 1979, brought to... Read more

Nov. 18, 1994 – Daniel tries again

Daniel Gomez-Ibanez has returned to Maharaj after his very difficult experiences in organizing the 1993 Parliament of Religions in Chicago. It was highly successful in terms of attendance—over 8000 people from around the... Read more