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A child is like a sapling. In the

beginning, as he establishes a

foothold in this world of adults

he spreads his branches out

wide in all directions. He

questions about and everything.

‘Why this?’

‘How does that work?’, ‘What is

over there?’. He does so hoping

to reach the sky which of course,

is the answer to everything.

In his innocence he doesn’t

realise that the sky is still well

beyond his reach. If his questions

are not answered with love and

patience, we make break his

tiny, fragile branches, and his

eagerness to learn about life and

understand ‘Why?’.

With a broken spirit the

child grows up to be a man with

little eagerness in life. He has no

branches, thus disabling him

from reaching out to others, and

most important, he has no shade

to protect the next generation of

saplings from the scorching sun

which is the bad in our society.

Swamishri always has time for

children. Not just to play with

them, but also to guide them

and teach them. His answers

reflect patience and concern.

He takes them seriously

because he takes thefuture

seriously. And so, through his

answers we can see him -

‘Sowing the seeds of our future...’
    Swamishri With Children

Seven year old Nilkanth Parekh asked the following questions whilst Swamishri was walking on the terrace of the Bombay temple...
    Question 2
That evening while Swami was taking his dinner, some sadhus sang Sanskrit verses. They ended by singing Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti...
Question

Swamishri : Nilkanth. Do you have peace?
Answer

If God resides in my heart, then I will have peace. But I won’t get it by just singing Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
 

Swamishri : [laughs] That’s very true.
Question

Swami! On the terrace you told me to stay small so that everyone looks after me. So does that mean that when I become big, God won’t look after me.?
Answer

Swamishri : Even if we are 80 years old, in front of God we are always children. If we remember this, He will always look after us.
 

(17 May 1986, Bombay)






























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