I. Pundit Dina Nath Dinesh

Pundit Dina Nath Dinesh, a celebrated exponent of the Bhagavad Gita, was the first speaker of the evening on 5^th February. A chronic diabetes patient recently paralysed on the left side, the Pundit had to be helped to the dais. In a voice quivering with emotion, he spoke as follows:

I had a stroke of paralysis on the left side on the 26^th of June last year. The doctors said my case was hopeless, that I would never be able to regain use of my limbs. I had to remain in bed all the time for fear of internal haemorrhage, due to high blood pressure which rose to 200. Even now my blood pressure count is not less than 160. But I have no fear for my doctor is sitting by me. [The Pundit pointed to the Master Who was sitting beside him.]

Hazur Sant Kirpal Singh Ji heard of my affliction and came to see me. I wanted to pay my respects, to receive Him with folded hands. I tried. I found to my surprise that I could move my hands, even to join them together in pranam. And the doctors had said I could never move my limbs! I thought I should stand up now and bow to Him. To my great surprise I found I could do even that. I stood up and bowed to Him. And now I am sitting here before you, a heart patient, struck down by paralysis, with a blood pressure count that may cause haemorrhage any moment. But I feel myself strong, very very strong. My doctor is with me. With Him at my side, I have no fear. When the disciple surrenders himself, body and soul, to the Competent Master, he has no fear. The Guru has to cleanse him of all dross.

He is the Washerman; the disciple is the soiled cloth. He will beat him on the rock of His attention to bring out the Eternal Light in him. And while doing that He has also to see that there is no unsightly scratch or tear in the cloth. There have been Messiahs in the past. They all established their own order, founded their own sects and cults. Our Sant Ji here has joined them all to make one grand bouquet. He has not founded any cult or sect.

When the Supreme Being said,

I am One, let Me multiply and become many,

the whole creation came into being.

And what is that creation? The multiplication of the One into many. And what is the Way back to Him? Be One. And that is the message of Sant Ji to all mankind. A message to man, given on the level of man through the Manav Kendra or man-centre. A message of Unity in diversity. Let us merge our separate entities in Sant Ji and be One with Him so we can be One with God.

I have been associated with Sant Ji for so many years now. His Divine Compassion, His total concern for His fellow man reminds me of King Yayati. The gods sent a plane to take him to Paradise. But Yayati refused to go to Paradise alone; he insisted on taking all his companions with him. Sant Ji has gone one better: He has brought Paradise itself down on earth.