A great movement has taken strong roots

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"Abhijit Phadnissrinanda108" ,"Jeffrey Armstrong" ,"Sandi Graham"

,"friend vijai" ,"vrnparker" ,A great movement has taken strong

rootsThu, 3 Feb 2005 11:28:01 +0530

Dear Srinandanandandasji, Jeffrey & other VFA friends,

 

Hari Om

 

I had forwarded the following mail to our VFA group but somehow it bounced back.

I am forwarding this to a select few people.

 

I would urge this information to be forwarded to all VFA members.

 

Warm regards,

 

Abhijit

 

Abhijit Phadnis [abhijitaishwarya (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com] Saturday,

January 29, 2005 5:45 PMVFA-familySubject: A great movement

has taken strong roots

 

Dear VFA Members

 

I want to share something important with all the VFA brothers & sisters.

 

I have had the good fortune of attending a “Yoga Sadhana Shivir” of Shri

Ramdevji Maharaj in Mumbai. It is still on. He is a great Sanyasin who has

devoted his life for the Vedic cause in general and in particular for “Disease

free society, medicine free world.”

 

At the age of 14, Shri Ramdevji Maharaj, then a young boy, leaves his home in

search of a Guru and in search of Vedic knowledge. He meets his Guru & is

trained in Vedas, Upanishads, Sanskrit Grammar and very importantly in

Yogasadhana, Pranayama & Aayurveda. At a young age, along with his two friends,

Shri Balakrishnaji Maharaj & Shri Karmaveerji Maharaj, he makes the Satya

Sankalpa of sharing the Vedic knowledge of Yoga & Pranayama to mankind duly

supplemented by Aayurveda.

 

The Mumbai Shivir which began on 26th Jan & ends on February 1, is held once

early in the morning and then in the evening with 20,000 people each time

attending (40,000 in all) and performing Yoga Sadhana under his guidance.

Donation Tickets were sold out for the morning session 4 days in advance. The

morning shivir begins at 4.45 am and the evening by 5.15 pm. In 2004, over 4

million people in various parts of India directly participated in these Shivirs

and have benefited. The Mumbai Shivir is being relayed live on ‘Aastha’

television channel all over India and 170 countries around the world.

Apparently ‘Direct TV’ in the US is also doing it for the first time. It is

estimated that in India about 150-200 million people have already been watching

his programs and have derived enormous health benefits. Aastha has gone to

number one position in terms of viewership when his programs are relayed. He

was recently invited to do a Shivir at Rashtrapati Bhavan (the office of the

President of India).

 

People have shared at the Shivir some dramatic improvements in some of their

chronic ailments which include diabetes, skin diseases, hearing/ vision

problems, kidney problems, blood pressure, heart ailments, spinal chord

disorders and many others.

 

The most important thing that struck me was his humility, sincerity of purpose,

great devotion to the Lord and to serve the humanity. During the Mumbai Shivir

he asked for a Bhiksha. He said, give me all your vices and thousands of people

vowed to give up tobacco, alcohol and non-vegetarian food. His appeal cuts

across narrow sectarian divisions.

 

He is currently raising funds for a project at Haridwar which has spread over

2000 acres but has taken a vow that money will be raised only in India from the

Indian people and he will not go abroad in spite of many requests already

showering on him.

 

Do visit the inspiring website: http://www.divyayoga.com

 

I urge VFA seniors to see how VFA could collaborate with them and make a point

to visit Kankhal, Haridwar during their next visit.

 

In the service of Dharma,

 

Abhijit

 

 

 

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