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distance in half an hour when we were delayed and could depart
home only at 7.30 pm.

Langar showers blessings

Our nature occasionally puts us into situations which later make us
look silly. Once I was on a fast, which required that I abstain from
wheat products. My diet for that day comprised solely fruits. When
we went to attend Guruji’s sangat, I decided not to go for langar at
all for it had chapattis, and thought no one will know. More than
200 people had gathered that day and langar was given out in six
rounds. But Guruji noticed that I did not have langar and specifically
instructed me to go and have langar in the last round. Not daring to
break the fast, I went to the first floor of Empire Estate mandir (the
sangat was then conducted on the ground floor and the langar was
served on the first floor) and decided to sit in a corner and then
go back to the sangat hall. I had, thus, committed two blunders:
One, I did not understand the meaning and importance of Guruji’s
words, due to which I failed to obey instructions; and Two, I tried to
deceive Guruji, not realizing that the omniscient eye is not hindered
by physical barriers.

But as soon as I came back to the sangat hall, Guruji gave me
a hard stare and immediately asked someone to bring sweets for
distribution among the sangat. He started distributing the prasad,
and when it was my turn, he gave me more than twice than what
he gave to others, as though compensating for the langar that I
had skipped. Back home, when I ran through the whole sequence
of events in my mind, I realized my mistake. The message from
Guruji was loud and clear: don’t skip the langar. I only later
realized that prasad is Guruji’s tool to shower his blessings; it is
immaterial of its physical form and any given opportunity should
be grabbed with both hands, as these blessings are too precious
to miss.

Guruji comes between a truck and our car

My husband and I were on our way to the sangat from Noida. But
we got stuck at a particular traffic light that went red for the third
time running. We were still, however, only within sniffing distance

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