III. Pundit Parmananda
Pundit Parmananda fought long and hard for India’s freedom. A close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, he spent 32 years in British jails, and is now the Director of Education of Manav Kendra. This brief beautiful speech was given by him on the evening of the 7th at the Vigyan Bhavan, when Master was presented with the Abhinandan Patra. This meeting, the climax of the celebrations, began with recitations from Gurbani und bhajans from Nanak and Kabir, including Gandhi Ji’s favourite prayer meeting songs, sung by the Music Master Pratap Singh Ji, the pothi of Sawan Ashram; Srimati Harbhajan Kaur, the Master’s daughter-in-law; and others. The Pundit’s comments are as follows:
I fought the British for 50–60 years. Now I want to participate in Spiritual Revolution. And for that I have come to Sant Ji, for His field is very vast. Politics is a restricted field. History tells us of Generals and Emperors produced by politics; but a perusal of 3,000 years’ history shows that it has not produced great men. The field of politics is so small that it cannot produce men like Buddha, Jesus, Nanak, and Kabir, Who were givers of Life and Light; and for that I have come to Sant Ji. If we go to Him with honesty of purpose then we must translate His teachings into our life, so that we can follow in His footsteps. Unless we do that we cannot become missionaries. And without the missionary spirit we cannot reach the goal.
People say truth prevails; I say, Unity prevails. Leave the luxury of words; sit in meditation as Sant Ji has taught you.
In the silence of the heart you will find everything, Silence speaks with millions of tongues more effectively than words. I appeal to you all to become missionaries, life-long missionaries, to spread Sant Ji’s message of Truth and Love; you can transform the whole world. Jesus gave the Light; it was the missionaries who came after Him who spread that Light throughout the world. We should all become missionaries of the Living Master, Sant Kirpal Singh Ji. If we love Him, we should love and serve humanity.