On the holy occasion of Hanumaan jayanti, greetings to all. There was a question about the exact birthday of Hanumaan jee, whether it is on Chaitri purnima or Ashwin Chaudas. There was also a discussion about his birth and his immortality. But As Hanumaan jee is the life source (praan tatva or vaayu), no one can trace its Beginning and end. We should be only concerned with his life and not his birth or immortal nature. Hanumaan jee has been living with both shloka (literary sphere) and lokaa (common man). No place is without him. Bapu said, ‘ I am not a bhaktaa (devotee) of Hanumaan jee, but I adore him ardently. I am also trying to follow his sutras by paying reverence to the scholars (charan sparsh to shloka) and by reaching out to the hearts of a common man (hridaya sparsh to loka).'

‘Debi parantu bharat raghubar ki | Preeti prateeti jaai nahin taraki ||'

‘Bharatu avadhi saneh mamata ki | Jadyapi raamu seem samamta ki ||'

‘Paramaarath swaarath sukh saarey | Bharat na sapanehun manahun nihaarey ||'

All the characteristics of the above chaupais of Ayodhya Kand (289) are 1100% present in Hanuman jee. They indicate three ways of life - Art of loving, Art of living and Art of leaving.

Art of loving is easy to discuss in words but difficult to practice. Sabalta (strength), Saralta (simplicity) and Sajalta (sensitivity/ soft-heartedness) make a complete life. When faith and love grow beyond reasoning (Tarka), art of loving takes birth. Total faith leads to positive thoughts and similarly sound thoughts give birth to firm faith. An aspirant should have complete faith on the beloved and the beloved should not find reasons behind devotion of an aspirant. Such was the alliance between Bhagwaan Raam and Hanumaan jee that there was complete faith in each other which was beyond any reason.

Art of living is about samata (parity) and mamata (affection).Hanuman jee Implemented both at the right places. He took guidance from aware people like Jaamvant jee (in spite of him being a bear) and he led his life in the shadow of the fair-minded Bhagwaan Raam.

Art of leaving (tyaag) is not about abandoning the worthless things but actually about holding on to the auspicious elements. The most important tyaag is to forsake ego. Hanumaan jee had no other want in life except holding on to the lotus feet of Bhagwaan Raam, everything else was insignificant for him. The one who is ready to abandon all the pleasures gets automatically rid of all the pains of life.

Bapu said, “ we can all take inspiration from Hanumaan jee and make our lives better.” He also expressed his gladness about the various talks by scholars in Asmita Parv and said that it was a kind of satsang for him. Bapu again conveyed his greetings to all for Hanumaan jayanti.