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Brahmaswarup
Param Pujya Yogiji Maharaj |
Birth
Day
Vaishakh Vud
12, Vikram Samvat 1948
( June 3 , 1892 A.D.)
Birth Place
Dhari, Dist:
Amreli, Gujarat, India
Parents
Mother : Puriba
Father : Devchandbhai |
Childhood
Name
Jhino, Jhinabhai, Jhina Bhagat
Spiritual Predilections from Early Childhood
When Jhinabhai was pursuing his studies in the seventh grade
in school, Sadguru Krishnacharan Swamiji came to visit Dhari.
When he saw Jhinabhai offering various services in the temple
with utmost dedication and deep reverence, Swamiji enquired,
'Jhina ! Would you like to dedicate yourself to God as His
saint ?' Jhinabhai was exhilarated,' Certainly Swamiji !
You have actually proposed me something which I ardently
desire!' Swamiji was very much pleased and blessed Jhinabhai.
Renunciation
At the age of 16, Jhinabhai renounced his worldly affiliations
and left home for spiritual pursuits on Kartik Sood 7, Vikram
Samvat 1965. (Sunday, November 11, 1908 A.D.)
Initiation as Parshad
On Kartik Sood 14, Vikram Samvat 1965, Krishnacharan Swami
initiated Jhina Bhagat as a Parshad (a prelude stage to
sainthood) in Junagadh.
First Meeting with Guruhari Shastriji
Maharaj
On Shravan Sood 7, Vikram Samvat 1965, Parshad Jhina Bhagat
had his first ever meeting with Guruhari Shastriji Maharaj
in the home of Shri Krishnaji Ada in Rajkot.
Initiation as a Saint
On Chaitra Sood 13, Vikram Samvat 1967 (Tuesday, April 11,
1911 A.D.), Jhina Bhagat was initiated by Acharya Shri Shripatiprasad
Maharaj in Vadtal who rechristened him as Sadhu Gyanjivandas.
Initially, he was addressed by all as "Gyanji Swami",
but later on due to his extraordinary humility and tendency
to serve one and all, and due to his ever blissful personality
devotees revered him as "yogi" or "Jogi".
Moving On from Junagadh
Yogiji Maharaj, along with seven saints, moved on from Junagadh
on Jeth Sood 11, Vikram Samvat 1967 (Sunday, July 9, 1911
A.D.) to join Guruhari Shastriji Maharaj in the service
of Shri Akshar Purushottam Maharaj.
Unimaginable Abjuration, Limitless Love and Universal
Compassion
Brahmaswarup P.P. Yogiji Maharaj...
- slept on a jute bag of 2.5' x 4.0
' size on floor with his arm bent under his head to
serve as pillow for 40 years !
- never tasted ghee, milk or butter
for forty years !
- used to undertake three complete
fasts per week !
- carried out various jobs meant for
at least ten persons all by himself cheerfully !
- tolerated physical injuries, wordly
abuses and psychological violences of innumerable persons,
with a smiling face and a prayerful heart wishing for
everyone's well-being !
Thus Spoke Shastriji Maharaj about Yogiji
Maharaj
- I am Yogi and Yogi is I.
- There is no difference even of an
atom between me and Yogi.
- Vyasji has narrated 64 virtues of a
true saint in the Bhagvat, all of those virtues and
even those which Vyasji might have missed can be found
realized in Yogiji Maharaj.
- Yogi is the Yogi since the Genesis.
- A saint like Yogi does not exist
in the whole Universe.
- Yogi is my ultimate resort in the
severest of crises.
Yogiji Maharaj's Maxims
- Maintain Unity, friendliness and
integrity.
- Learn to adapt to life as it manifests.
- Be saintly and imbibe saintliness.
- Devote yourself to God; May God do
good to all.
- Youth are my heart.
Divine Valediction
The physical body of Brahmaswarup P.P.Yogiji Maharaj bade
farewell to this world at 13:00 hrs on Posh Vad 11, Vikram
Samvat 2027 (Saturday, January 23, 1971 A.D.) in Mumbai
(Bombay). (Age : 79 Years, 7 Months and 24 days)
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