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Vachanamrut

Fun Facts about Vachanamrut

Garments

Locations

Gadhada:

  • Dada Khachar's Darbar
  • Opposite are the rooms of Vasudevnarayan
  • East-facing rooms are to the right
  • 184 discourse took place here

The Compilers

Muktanandashcha Gopalanando Munirudaradheehi, Nityananda Shukanandau chatwaro Munayastu ye. (1)

Meaning: The four wise munis (Parahansas): Muktanand, Gopalanand, Nityanand, and Shukanand, have got together and compiled the nectarine words of the Son of Dharma, according to their intellect, as heard by them.

Library of Congress in Washington D.C.

Sarangpur:

  • Jiva Khachar's Darbar
  • His descendent was P.B. Haka Khachar

Description of what Maharaj was wearing in the beginning of each discourse.

  • Possessed vairagya - preferred wearing white clothing - 161 Vach

Karyani:

  • Vasta Khachar's Darbar

Opening Paragraph

Close to nature from His choice of sitting under trees

  • Location helped listener stay focused.

Titling of the Vach

Partharo

  • Importance - provides an detail account of Shriji Maharaj's daily activities, his association with the devotees, minute details about his physical and mannerisms.
  • Largest library in the World
  • 4000 staff members
  • 22,765,967 books
  • 129,019,811 magazines, cds, cassettes, videos
  • Line up all the racks - 500 miles
  • 31,000 added /yr
  • 70,000 destroyed /yr
  • Original handwritten manuscripts had no titles
  • don't vocalize the number of the Vach but by the main theme
  • Gadh 1-10 - Ungrateful Sevakram
  • Gadh II-42 - koonchinu (key) - Aksharbrahma - key to Akshardham

Panchala:

  • Jhinabhai's Darbar

Dating the Vach

  • "Students of Indian religious history are constantly faced with the difficulty of lack of firm and definite dates in this history. But the Vachanamrut, every discourse is precisely dated." - John Carman, Professor of Harvard

Loya:

  • Sura Khachar's Darbar

Endorsed by Shriji Maharaj Himself

Vadtal:

  • Joban Pagi Prasang
  • Laxmi Narayan Mandir - SV 1881

Amdavad:

  • John Andrews Dunlop - 1st collectors of city - granted land to build mandir.
  • Built in 1878 - Nar Narayan Mandir 1878
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