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PART11–– CHAPTER
CHAPTER 13 33

Those Who
True Follow
Faith
Agna,
Always Benefit
 Learning Objective

By the end of this presentation, I will have learnt what true faith is through the
inspiring lives of a few devotees.
 Introduction

The person who walked across the niagra falls has trusted
himself
 Core Matter

• Himraj Shah
• Gopalanand Swami was ill in his village
• Himraj Shah checked his pulse but could not find it
• This was a miracle
• He thought w“if Gopalanand Swami is such a mahayogi, then
how great must his guru be.”
 Core Matter

• He accepted the Swaminarayan fdain and let go of his Vaishnav

darma
• His family got expelled from the community for this
• Soon himraj shah died and the people of his community told his
sons to remove the kanthi
• The sons never agreed so the chief ordered everyone not to go to
their house.
• Maharaj heard of this and took all the santos and devotees to his
house.
 Core Matter

• Sarangpur madir was being built

• a 150munn rock was carried by 7 ropes tp the main level
• 6 ropes out of seven broke
• Shastriji mharaj ordered somabhagat to climb the rock and tie the
six ropes
• He did it with full faith in him withour worrying about falling
down.
 Core Matter

Conclusion
• We have seen that faith is an important requirement for success in
worldly and religious pursuits. We need faith in not just anything,
but the right thing
• Vachanamrut Gadhada I-54
 Activity

Procedure:
• Form 2 teams of 5 members each
• Give both the teams a set of cards
• Instruct them to build a tower with the playing cards

Moral: The basic purpose of this simple activity was to show the Balaks that even if it is hard, we should never
give up on our beliefs.
 Thinkers Key

Question
• What do you understand by the term “Faith” in Satsang?

• A). It is basically a strong unshakable belief in God; it is absolute trust in God, His form,
actions, and words.
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PART11–– CHAPTER
CHAPTER 13 33

Those Who Follow

Jai Swaminarayan
Agna,
Always Benefit