THE GREATEST STRENGTH IS RELIGION—ACHARYA BHARAT BHUSHAN PANDEY

Ara (RNI) On the second day of the Srimad Bhagwat Katha week organized at Chandram Market at Jagdev Nagar under the auspices of Shri Sanathan Shaktipeeth Sansthanam, Bhagwatacharya Dr. Bharat Bushan Pandey Ji Maharaja said that Brahma i.e. God is the ultimate or supreme power, below is the power of religion and in practice the power of scriptures is the real power. One who does not have these powers is the weakest and the most helpless creatures in the world. Acharya Ji said that by taking shelter of any one of the three, all the three are attained. By following the scriptures one can understand the nature of religion and Brahma but without a Sadguru even the scriptures are not understandable. If we find a Sadguru in our life, we can understand the ultimate meaning of Vedas and Puranas, Dharma-Brahma in an easy manner. He said that in the beginning of Srimad Bhagwat, Lord Ved Vyas has involed in three verses. In the first verse, the glory of Brahma, in the second verse, religion and in the third verse the glory of the scriptures has been described in detail. While Sutji Maharaja got a capable Sadguru like Lord Vedvyas, eighty-eight thousand sages of Shaunakadi got a traditional Guru like Sutji in the holy Chakratirtha of Naimisharnaya. Just as the outer darkness is dispelled by Lord Surya, similarly the darkness of ignorance is dispelled by the rays of the Sun like Sadhguru. By the grace of Sanit-Sadhguru, we get the story of God which purifies our heart and gives birth to devotion to God. He said that a greast man like Devarshi Narad got satsang, Similarly lord Vedvyas got the satsang of Naradji from which Bhagwat Amrit was revealed.

Bharat Bhushan Pandey said that Parikshit Ji got access to the satsang of lord Shukdev due to which his fear of existence ened and vaikuntha became accessible. All the wishes of life are fulfilled only through satsang. Acharya Ji said that devotion to Ram and devotion to the nation are the same. By serving one, service to all is accomplished. Therefore, life should be devoted only to charity and charity.

On this occasion, worship of Sarvotobhadra Mandal, Rudrabhishek and original recitation of Bhagwat was performed by Pandit Sanjay Dwiwedi of Prayagraj. Many devotees including the host Vidya Shankar Singh, Parasnath Singh, Bhola Singh, Ranju Devi, Indramani Singh, Vidyavati Devi besides the programme coordinator Brij Bihari Singh, Secretary Triloki Nath Singh, Vanshidhar Pandey, Prof. Ramnath Rai, Jagdeep Narayan Ojha, Sri Krishna Gupta, Vasudev Singh, Sumant Singh were present on the occasion.