PP Shri Kakamaharaj's Austin Visit

Here's the information about PP Shri Kakamaharaj's Austin (Texas) provided by Shilpa Nawathe.

Kaka Maharaj arrived in the city of Austin, Texas on the evening of Thursday 23rd Aug 2007 around 6.00 pm. This visit was after his New York/New Jercy visit. I went to receive him at the Austin airport. There was hardly any time to rest for maharaj after this journey from New York till Austin. The same night he gave a discourse at residence of Mrs. Kamlaben Mehta. The discourse was arranged by the Jain Sangha of Greater Austin.There were about 25 people who attended the discourse and listened to Kaka maharaj with interest. Kaka maharaj seemed satisfied with the crowd and arrangements.

The morning of Aug 24th 2007 was a routine morning for Kaka maharaj and he was busy in his daily sadhana and rituals as usual. In the evening, kaka maharaj gave discourse at the residence of Shri. RaviKumar Ballada, a friend and manager of mine. Kaka maharaj reached at the discourse location much prior to the scheduled time and was keen on having informal conversation with people gathered there. He seemed happy to see younger crowd present for the discourse location. The discourse began at the scheduled time and continued through the Friday night. About 25 to 30 people attended the discourse.

Saturday, Aug 25th was a busy day. Kaka maharaj gave two discourses on this day. The first one was in the Austin Hindu Temple where kaka maharaj spoke with 7-8 American Christians who came to meet with him and hear about Siddhayoga. The same day evening Kaka Maharaj gave discourse at another temple, Shri Omkara Mahaganapathy Devasthanam which is located in the city of Temple, about 60 miles from the city of Austin. There was a crowd of 10-12 people who attended the discourse. Night of Saturday some time was spent singing bhajans and kaka maharaj was on harmonium.

Sunday, Aug 26th 2007, was relatively free. Maharaj’s daily morning routine was as busy usual except that samuhik Sadhana was included in that routine. Maharaj got some rest in the afternoon. He spent time reading books written by Shri. Potbhare and wrote blessings for the books. In the evening Kaka maharaj talked about Bhagwad Gita. He stressed that each verse of Gita can be practiced in day to day life and is not meant just for reading/singing as is conventionally done. He talked at length quoting several verses of Gita and how the practise of Siddhayoga was consistent with the teachings of Bhagwad Gita.

Monday, Aug 27th 2007, was a big day. This was a day of the global trial for universal brotherhood and also a day for Deeksha. After this event, Maharaj got some rest. Evening of Monday, we performed Shankarachi aarti since it was month of Shravan. After the aarti, samuhik sadhana was performed as per kaka maharaj’s suggestion.

Tuesday Aug 28th 2007, was a day for Rakhi Pournima. Maharaj offered Rakhi to p.p. Swami maharaj and I offered one to P.P. swami maharaj and tied rakhi to Kaka maharaj as well. The sad and hard part was next. Saying farewell to our Kaka Maharaj !! The same morning Kaka maharaj left for Boston, his next venture in US tour.