Friday, August 9, 2019

The Purpose and Significance of Pilgrimage (Translation of a discourse of Revered Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya)

(Post 10)

(http://literature.awgp.org/akhandjyoti/2005/Mar_Apr/v1.SignificancePilgrimage)    

You have come here to the Gayatri-Tirtha (Shantikunj) for a sadhana camp.

You must understand that this kalpa - sadhana experiment is not going to transform you from a physically old or weak person into a young and stout one; rather, it is actually meant to transform your inner personality.

You should therefore make the best possible use of your free time here in -
- introspection
- swadhyaya
- contemplation
- japa-upasana, and
- discussions with enlightened sadhaks around.

Go over to the banks of Ganga nearby, take a stroll there in the evening, sit and meditate, or relax and energize yourself in the purifying vicinity of the holy river.

Don't let any part of your routine be wasted in wayward activities and thoughts.

This is what would justify your being here in a real tirtha.

I have attempted to make this tirtha as a living replica of the tirthas of the ancient times.

It has been established in the sacred Saptasarovara region on the banks of Ganga, right at the place where Maharshi Vishwamitra's Tapasthali was located in the Vedic Age.

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