Part-1 - Jagatguru Rampal Ji

etc to the exorcist.
Message to Bhakti Trader
Then I said that he is saving the world. Whom was he
troubling? He is now a giver of happiness. Then I said that now he is
in front of you, atleast now stop doing these useless sadhnas like,
carrying out shraadhs. Then she replied, “No Brother, it is an old
custom. How can I give it up?” In other words, we have become so
much engrossed in our old customs that even on seeing with our own
eyes that we are doing wrong, cannot leave it. It is evident from this
that carrying out shraadhs and worshipping Pitras etc is all useless.
11. It is prohibited to do baseless (sadhna 1 against the
scriptures) sadhna on the birth of a child: - On birth of a child,
do not have to celebrate any chhati (sixth day after birth) etc. Because
of Sutak 2 the daily pooja, bhakti, aarti (prayer), lighting lamp
of rogan (ghee) of buffalo and cow etc. have not to be stopped.
In this context, let me tell you a short story. A person got a child
after ten years of his marriage. In the happiness of having a son he
celebrated a lot. Invited 12 villages on food and there was a lot of
singing and dancing. In other words, spent a lot of money. Then
after a year that son passed away. Then that same family cried like
hell, and blamed their misfortune. Therefore God Kabir tells us
that —
Kabir, beta jaaya khushi hui, bahut bajaaye thaal |
aana jaana lag raha, jyon keedi ka naal ||
Kabir, patjhad aavat dekh kar, ban rovae man maahi |
oonchi daali paat the, ab peele ho ho jaahin ||
Kabir, paat jhadanta yoon kahae, sun bhai taruvar ray |
ab ke bichhude nahin mila, na jaane kahaan gireinge jaay ||
Kabir, taruvar kehta paat se, suno paat ik baat |
yahaan ki yaahe reeti hai, ek aavat ek jaat ||
12. Going to place of pilgrimage of a favoured deity to
get child’s head shaved off – Prohibited: - Do not have to go to
any place of pilgrimage or getting the child’s head shaved off. When
you see that the hair have grown, get them cut and throw them away.
Saw in a temple that reverential devotees came to get their son’s or
1 Worship
2 State of ritual impurity existing in one’s household after the birth of a child.
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