Saturday, November 24, 2007
Dada Devashraddhananda
Dear brothers and sisters,
At 1 am est on 11/24 I received the call from Dr. Mohantiji that our beloved Dada Devashraddhanada had just departed his physical body. His mind was clear and he was surrounded by loving and caring devotees of Baba. His life exemplified the meaning of his name. As Shiva said to Parvatii; "You know, Devii, there are seven essential factors for success.....The first "I must be successful in my mission" ... Secondly "Withdrawing the mind from all other objects, and guiding that mind unto that object which has been accepted as the Absolute Truth, is shraddha. It has no corresponding term in English or Latin, or in any other language. Thirdly "one must develop shraddha for one's preceptor, one's teacher.... Devashraddhadananda.....was such a man. It is often when we are weakest our underlying nature gets expressed.
Dada in the recent and most difficult of times would always first be thinking of the children's homes, the schools and the health conditions of his fellow margiis and acharyas. I am flooded with memories that speak to his kindness and sincerity. I have created an email address for which I invite you to share your fond memories and experiences of our good and close friend: Dadadeva at charter.net. In the near future we will publish the stories as a testimony to this great soul. In addition, as a fitting gesture to his incredible desire to help the needy, we are creating an endowment fund in his name, for which the principal will be secured and the income generated will go to lend support for the projects he cared so much for. In each of our lives we will be able to name a few that have changed the course of our destiny. For me and my family as for many of us, Dada was such a force.... a DEVA no doubt translating Baba's wishes into action bringing all closer to the BLISSFUL realization of the essence of SHRADDHA.
In His Name,
your brother,
Valmiki
At 1 am est on 11/24 I received the call from Dr. Mohantiji that our beloved Dada Devashraddhanada had just departed his physical body. His mind was clear and he was surrounded by loving and caring devotees of Baba. His life exemplified the meaning of his name. As Shiva said to Parvatii; "You know, Devii, there are seven essential factors for success.....The first "I must be successful in my mission" ... Secondly "Withdrawing the mind from all other objects, and guiding that mind unto that object which has been accepted as the Absolute Truth, is shraddha. It has no corresponding term in English or Latin, or in any other language. Thirdly "one must develop shraddha for one's preceptor, one's teacher.... Devashraddhadananda
Dada in the recent and most difficult of times would always first be thinking of the children's homes, the schools and the health conditions of his fellow margiis and acharyas. I am flooded with memories that speak to his kindness and sincerity. I have created an email address for which I invite you to share your fond memories and experiences of our good and close friend: Dadadeva at charter.net. In the near future we will publish the stories as a testimony to this great soul. In addition, as a fitting gesture to his incredible desire to help the needy, we are creating an endowment fund in his name, for which the principal will be secured and the income generated will go to lend support for the projects he cared so much for. In each of our lives we will be able to name a few that have changed the course of our destiny. For me and my family as for many of us, Dada was such a force.... a DEVA no doubt translating Baba's wishes into action bringing all closer to the BLISSFUL realization of the essence of SHRADDHA.
In His Name,
your brother,
Valmiki
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Dada Tadbhavananda
A great son of Baba, Dada Tadbhavanandaji passed away in Apollo Hospital Delhi at 3.30 pm today. He was been in coma since last two days. His condition deteriorated this morning. Ever since he was detected to be suffering from cancer early this year, chemo was administered. But his condition was already very advanced and he did not respond different regimes of chemo that was administered. He was under the supervision of Dr. Advani the leading oncologists of India. After his release from jail he was given the best possible treatment under the care Dr. Advani. The fact that he was not responding to the treatment was cause great worry to all. One month ago he was admitted to Apollo Hospital. Despite every effort his condition kept deteriorating.
