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Stuti: [(Shrimad Sadgun Shālinam…), Jaynād (1 min)]
Dhun: [Bhaj Man Swāminārāyan - Anirdesh Kirtan Muktavali (3 mins)]
Gun Grahan: [Write down 3 qualities of people you have met, seen, or heard about this week, and share these with your family.]
Prasang Reading (3 mins):
Two Fasts
Mahant Swami Maharaj narrated an incident that had occurred while he was travelling by train.
“I was a parshad. I and a devotee from the time of Shastriji Maharaj were seated together in a service carriage. The train was jam-packed with passengers. Instead of 10 people, 20 had crowded [our compartment]. There was not even an inch of space left to move. The devotee started talking about the faults of other devotees. He was a senior devotee, and there was no way I could get up and leave. I did not like what he was saying. So, I started chanting ‘Swaminarayan’ in my mind, but I had to listen to what he was saying.
On reaching the mandir in Ahmedabad, the first question Yogi Bapa asked me was, ‘What conversation did you have while travelling by train?’ Never before had he asked me such a question. I replied, ‘[I heard] about others’ faults.’ He instantly told me, ‘Observe two fasts.’ Then, he told the devotee to observe one fast. So, no matter what, one will have to stop [talking ill of others] or else one will not be able to enter [Akshardham].”
4 August 2017, Los Angeles
Discussion Points:
Group 1: (6-9yrs)
- Mahant Swami Maharaj was a parshad when the above incident occurred. Narrate the incident in your own words to the rest of the family.
- What were the reasons Mahant Swami couldn’t move away when the devotee started talking about the faults of others?
- Why did Mahant Swami start chanting the Swaminarayan mantra in his mind?
- Yogi Bapa asked Mahant Swami to observe two fasts and the devotee who talked about faults in others to observe only one fast. Discuss why Yogi Bapa gave two fasts to Mahant swami?
- Mahant Swami Maharaj does not like anyone talking about the faults in others in satsang. Discuss as family of the various prasangs of Mahant Swami Maharaj of his talks on dislike of abhav-avgun and its consequences.
Group 2: (10-13yrs)
- Mahant Swami Maharaj was a parshad when the above incident occurred. Narrate the incident in your own words to the rest of the family.
- What did Mahant Swami do when the senior devotee started talking about the faults of others? What would you have done if you were in his situation?
- Yogi Bapa asked Mahant Swami to observe two fasts and the devotee who talked about faults in others to observe only one fast. Discuss why Yogi Bapa gave two fasts to Mahant swami? Do you think this was fair?
- Mahant Swami Maharaj does not like anyone talking about the faults of others in satsang. Discuss as family of the various prasangs of Mahant Swami Maharaj of his talks on dislike of abhav-avgun and its consequences.
Family Activity - Watch the video and discuss the points of the benefits of seeing positives in all satsangis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSn8hlhyxy0
Summary:
Mahant Swami Maharaj and our Gurus have taught us to look at only positives in others and never negatives. Never talk about faults in others! We all want to attain the rajipo of Shriji Maharaj and Mahant Swami Maharaj and hence we must always follow this agna of never seeing faults in others.