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REVERED LALAJI MAHARAJ – THE ADVENT
methods. There is a reference why Rev. Lalaji Maharaj came into being in the story of Lalaji Maharaj, which is relevant now and so in future also. It says something like, ‖The mushroom growth of rites and rituals forms and formalities, dominated the religious sphere of India.‖ And to solve the problem then he was born. I think it is more true now after the independence. Previously there were religious wars and along with it some political struggles were there. But once we got the political freedom, we were too eager to get an economic freedom. While going for what we call the economic freedom we seem to have thrown aboard almost every conceivable value. We have nothing in our mind except economic criteria and that meant the slavery again to the same people who ruled over us for centuries depriving us of our riches, culture, tradition, customs and beliefs and to use not a good phrase which however was literally true in the past few centuries ̳licking the boots of foreign rulers.‘ The slavery of the worst type we have chosen again after independence. How are we trying to solve that problem of slavery now? It is through rite and rituals, ceremonies and festivals of
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