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SURRENDER∗
On this most auspicious 125th birth day of Lalaji Maharaj who has bestowed on us Pranahuti and told us also with affection and love so many things that are required for sadhana, he also gifted us Babuji Maharaj, I would like to dwell on certain points here.
You would kindly be attentive to understand Lalaji Maharai's sadhana was such that he could become a total null or void, but, he had all the time one aspiration, how to be of the best service to humanity. The time he was born was when the mutiny was happening. While the country got so such of advantage, political rebellion, freedom movement from the mutiny, personally it was a shattering experience for him because he lost all the 550 villages that were given to them by Emperor Akbar. He became almost a pauper, and whatever little he had, some other nawab thought it fit to fight in the court and that also he lost. Coming from a very very dignified noble family he underwent so much. But that did not deter him from pursuing his spiritual sadhana or leave the goal of becoming the most beloved for God by personally
∗ Talk delivered on Basant Panchami on 1-2-1998 251