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one of you is shy.
Questioner : I do the worship of Thakorji, but I am not
able to make Him talk.
Dadashri : You cannot make Him talk, can you? We had
gone to the temple of Lord Ramchandraji in Jaipur and Ayodhya
and there He started talking. Wherever ‘we’ see a new idol,
‘we’ do pranpratishtha (instilling of ‘life’ in an idol) in it. Birla
built the temples in Jaipur and Ayodhya. There ‘we’ had done
pranpratishtha of Lord Ramchandraji’s idol. At both the places
something amazing occurred. Thirty five of our mahatmas were
present, when the priest saw Lord Ramchandraji smiling. Since
the temple was built, he had seen a displeased look on Lord
Ramchandraji. Even the temple was in a state of gloom and so
were the worshippers. When the priest saw laughter on Lord
Ramchandraji’s face, he ran towards the Lord and placed a
garland around his neck. ‘We’ asked him why he did that. He
began to cry and said, “I have never had such a darshan before.
Today you have helped me attain that.” ‘We’ told him, “‘we’
have done it for the salvation of people. How can there be
salvation for people when Lord Ramchandraji is displeased?
Now Lord Ramchandraji is smiling and ‘we’ will leave Him
always smiling. Whoever sees Him, he will see Him smiling.
‘We’ have done the pratishtha. A true pratishtha was never
done for the idol.” The pratishtha that was done, it was done by
someone who harbored worldly desires (vasnas). If it is done
by an Atmagnani (the knower of the Soul, the Gnani Purush),
only then will it give results. Do you understand what ‘we’ mean
by worldly desire (vasna)? Even the subtle expectation one
harbors of, ‘this man will be useful some day’, it is called vasna.
The one who has no need for anything in this world, no need for
any vishay (sensual pleasures), no need for fame, no need for
anything, is considered desire less (nirvasnik). Such a Gnani
can do anything He aims. He can make an idol talk. Do you not
talk with an idol? Do you not have the freedom to talk? If the