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Some time i had seen Asaram came in delhi and gurgaon for Satsang. There are a hotel at Rajeev chowk gurgaon on Jaipur highway.I heard many times from people Asaram's follwer comes with girls and stay there for 1 and 2 hours to fulfill his sex requirement.Everything is froud here.


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Asharamji Bapu
Born (1941-04-17) 17 April 1941 (age 83)
Berani, Sindh, British India
NationalityIndian
SpouseLakshmi Devi
ChildrenNarayan Sai (Son)
Bharti Devi (Daughter)
Parent(s)Maa Mehangiba (Mother)
Thaumal Sirumalani (Father)
Websitewww.ashram.org
Signature
File:Bapu sign1.JPG

Sant Shri Asharam Ji Bapu (Hindi: संत श्री आशारामजी बापू, Sindhi: آسارام باپو, born April 17, 1941), also endearingly called "Bapu", is a self-realized Hindu Spiritual Guru from India. Bapu preaches the existence of One Supreme Conscious in every human being and represents a confluence of Bhakti_yoga, Gnana_yoga and Karma_yoga. Under his guidance, an Ashram was started in 1971 at Ahmedabad on the historically significant place where sage Sandipani (Guru of Lord Krishna) used to do Yagya. As of now, the number of Ashrams have surpassed 350. A documentary video "Voice of Consciousness" showed life-sketch of Sant Asharamji Bapu.His teachings have changed the lives of millions of people.

Biography

Youth

Sant Shri Asharam Bapu (Bapuji), born to father Thaumal Sirumalani and mother Menhgiba, as Asumal Sirumalani. Place of birth being Berani village of the Nawabshah District in Sindh (Un-Partitioned India) on April 17, 1941 (Gregorian calendar).[1] His father was a wealthy businessman.[2]

Bapu went to school in Maninagar. His mother helped develop his interest in dhyaan-bhajan (meditation and prayers) from his early childhood.

At a very young age Asumal lost his father, but grew more and more interested in pursuing meditation and spirituality. He finally left his family (who wanted him to get married) and traveled the country, until he went to Vrindavan, the land of Lord Krishna. Here he was inspired to go to the ashram of the Guru, Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj. He had to wait for 40 days in the Ashram to get a glimpse of the Guru. There he stayed and served his Guru with devotion. Lilashah Ji for testing the determination of Asumal, made him go through several hardships and tests for another 30 days before Asumal was blessed. Then Swami Sri Lilashah Ji Maharaj asked him to go back to home and continue his spiritual practices at home.

While coming back to his home, he left the train and went to Moti Koral (A place in Gujarat). He started Spiritual practice at the bank or river Narmada. A local saint Shri Lalji Maharaj was impressed by Asumal's interest to attain Self Realization. Lalji Maharaj made arrangements for Asumal to stay in Datt Kutir of Ram Niwas (Lalji Maharaj's Ashram).

When Asumal's wife and mother came to know that he was staying at Moti Koral they visited him. They asked him to come back. Asumal refused to return until he completed the Anushthan. He successfully completed the Anushthan. The whole village including Lalji Maharaj came to the railway station to see them off to Ahmadabad. As soon as the train started moving from Miyagaun junction, Asumal jumped out and boarded a train towards Mumbai where He met Guru Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj.

Self Realization

Asumal reached Bombay (Mumbai) and met Guru Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj. Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj was very happy to see his disciple's keen interest to attain the truth. Hence, on 2nd Day of Ashvin month in Samvat 2021 at2.30 in the afternoon Asumal was transformed into Asaram Bapu by the blessings of Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj. After this Asaram Bapu went into samadhi for next two and a half days.

Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj instructed Asaram to serve the humanity by staying as a householder. After Self-Realization Asaram Bapu stayed in solitude for seven years.[1] Asaram Bapu used to give religious discourse to all those who came to meet & see Bapu. Bapu spent His solitude in various places like Disa, Naareshwar Dhaam, the Himalayas, Mount Abu.

Life as a Householder

Asaram Bapu met Swami Sri Lilashahji Maharaj in Nanital in Vikram Samvat 1928, & by the commands of Guru, in order to provide a good example to common householders, Bapu entered the life of a householder. It was the day of Guru Punam in Vikram Samvat 2028 when Asaram Bapu reached Ahmedabad after staying in solitude for seven years.[2]

Sant Shri Asaram Ji Bapu chose a peaceful place in the Motera village on the banks of Sabarmati river. Later on some of the devotees constructed a small room for him which is known as "Moksha Kutir". Slowly, the number of devotees coming to Motera kept on increasing and in a very short time the place became a great spiritual center. Today Motera is the main spiritual centre for the devotees coming to Sant Sri Asaramji Ashram.

Foundations

Main article: Sant Sri Asaramji Ashram

There are 350 ashrams working under the guidance of Asaram Ji Bapu.[3] These ashrams organise spiritual and social welfare activities on a regular basis. Some of these activities include Weekly Satsang, Distribution of Rishi Prasad, Lok Kalyan Setu, other spiritual publications like Divya Prerna Prakash, free distribution of Netra Bindu (eye drops) and a device to remove Vaastu related issues. LIVE webcast of Spiritual Discourse is facilitated for more than 3 carors followers (sadhaks) living worldwide through the Ashram website.[4]

Sri Yog Vedant Seva Samiti

More than 1300 Sri Yog Vedant Seva Samitis are formed under the guidance of Pujya Bapuji. These Samitis do various social welfare programs like Development of tribals, and people belonging to backward classes, Service activities in orphanages, Distribution of food-grains through ration cards, Distribution of buttermilk and water outlet service, De-addiction Campaigns, Centres for Spiritual Literature, Video Satsang Centres, Free-Food and Financial Support for extremely poor people and upliftment programmes for prisoners in Jails etc. are few among them but not limited to this list.

Bal-Sanskar Kendras

Bal Sanskar Kendra or BSK [5] for short are sessions and camps conducted for all-round and comprehensive development of children/students. BSKs are inspired by spiritual teachings of Asaram Bapu and coordinated by Bal Sanskar Kendra Dept., Shri Akhil Bhartiya Yoga Vedanta Seva Samiti, Sant Shri Asarmaji Ashram, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India.

Controversies since 2009

Other News in Media and Sting Operation

In December 2009, the Gujarat Police filed an attempt to murder case against Asaram Bapu and two others.[6]

After initial police investigation, it turned out that the person who made the allegations had already been caught on a video tape by a TV Channel A2Z News in a Sting Operation, in which his gang of people got busted and accepted in front of camera about their conspiracy of targeting Sant Shri Asaram Ji Bapu and their Ashrams, with false allegations by support of some media houses. Asaram Bapuji or any of his disciples had nothing to gain by attempting to harm this individual when he had already been caught on tape conspiring to malign the Sant. .[7] On 3 April 2010, the channel broadcast details of investigations and reports by government instituted special investigation commission, under leadership of Justice D K Trivedi.[8]

Other controversies involving Asaram Bapu include tax evasion[9] and land encroachment.[10]

Ashram Bapu rebutted all such allegations,[11] as Ashram is having all legal and documentation proofs of legally purchasing land and all required tax paid on time, with legal representations..

CID gives Ashram Clean Chit (April, 2010)

Two children were found drowned in the river Sabaramti in 2008. But On April 8, 2010 after months of investigation and searching through records and witnesses, CID gave Sant Sri Asaramji Ashram Clean Chit and asserted that there were no black magic activities that may have anything to do with the death of the children. Most popular press amusingly stayed tongue tied about why it made earlier allegations of such practices at the Ashram. [12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ashram.org - About Sant Asaram Bapu". Retrieved 2008-03-02. Biography of Sant Sri Asaram Ji Bapu on Ashram's Website
  2. ^ "Sant Shri Asaram Ji Ashram Spirituality - Indiatimes". The Times Of India.
  3. ^ "Ashram.org - About Ashram". Retrieved 2008-03-02. About Ashram Page on Ashram's website
  4. ^ LIVE Satsang Link
  5. ^ http://www.ashram.org/bsk/ "Bal Sanskar Kendra - Inspire by Param Pujya Asaram Ji Bapu". About BSK page on Ashram's website
  6. ^ Attempt to murder case
  7. ^ A2Z News Channel - Sting Operation Videos
  8. ^ A2Z News Channel - Sach Ka Samna
  9. ^ "Pay tax arrears, Ahmedabad civic body tells Asaram's ashram". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  10. ^ Asaram Bapu ashram gets notice to vacate another encroached land
  11. ^ Press Release on Land Encroachment by Ashram
  12. ^ "No evidence of black magic practice in Asaram ashram: CID - India - DNA". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 2011-05-08.


Some time i had seen Asaram came in delhi and gurgaon for Satsang. There are a hotel at Rajeev chowk gurgaon on Jaipur highway.I heard many times from people Asaram's follwer comes with girls and stay there for 1 and 2 hours to fulfill his sex requirement.Everything is froud here.

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