Mind of a Brahmana 2

The direction of transforming Shantikunj as a symbolic representative of Devatma Himalaya was not an easy task. It needed labor, money and cooperation of the colleagues. The souls of Risis residing in the Himalaya in astral bodies had to be summoned, invoked and installed here. Temples of various Gods have been built at various places but living installation of th souls of all the Risis at one place cannot be found elsewhere. It is still more important to know that not only mere idols of Risis have been installed here for symbolic worship but anyone sufficiently purified and fine-turned can feel the strong vibrations of their particular energies. Thus, Shantikunj and Brahmavarchas represent the energies of all the Risis.

To commemorate His victory over Lanka and establish Ram-Rajya, Bhagvan Ram had built the temple of Rameshwaram and installed the idol of Shiva. It is my good fortune that I had got an opportunity to build a temple and install the living soul of Devatma Himalaya in Shantikunj as a living symbol of my single-pointed pursuit (Param Pursuarth) towards the ushering in of the new era. The grand temple of Devatma Himalaya can be seen here along with five Prayags, five Kashis, five sacred rivers, five sacred lakes as well as the respective places of Tapsya of the Risis. This is thus a unique temple. Those who have not visited the difficult regions of the higher Himalayas can have te satisfaction of having a view of Devatma Himalaya in miniature at Shantikunj.

Jamdagni's son, Parashuram, had beheaded several tyrants by his battle axe. This can be taken as a symbolic description also. He had performed Tapascarya in Yamnotri and had started a campaign for creative transformation. He destroyed evil tendencies of persons who were engrossed in immorality and were acting as impediments in the transformation of the society. He was engaged in the heroic task of rooting out viciousness and corruption prevalent in the minds of the people of his time. For this Bhagvan Shiva gifted him a Parasu (battle axe). In his latte half of life he had discarded the axe and had taken a spade in his hands which outwardly was symbolic of tree plantation but actually meant sowing the seeds of righteousness and creativity. The written and spoken words emanating from Shantikunj have played the role of Parasu in radically transforming the beliefs, feelings, thoughts and activities of innumerable persons.

Bhagirathi had performed rigorous Tapascarya to bring the Ganga from heavens to earth for removing water scarcity. Bhagirathi Shila is situated near Gangotri. Ganga descended as a result of his Tapascarya and heroic industriousness and was, therefore named as Bhagirathi. Bhagirathi was put through a tough test; he successfully passed the test and earned the grace of Bhagvan Shiva. Today, there is an ill-pervading famine of faith which can only be removed by Gyan Gaga, the divine flow of knowledge. The present famine in the realms of feelings and thoughts can e removed by the cleansing stream of knowledge which is flowing constantly from Shantikunj and it is hoped that goodwill and righteousness will soon be established throughout the world.