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Chapter 1
Introduction
COVER PAGE
CONTENTS
PREFACE 5
PART I: SRI KAJALKAR MAHARAJ 6
Chapter 1 The Life of Sri Kajalkar Maharaj 9
Chapter 2 The Grace of Sri Kajalkar Maharaj 17
(1) The Prophecy of Vishwas’s Examination 17
(2) The Notes in the Naam-Japa Book 17
(3) The Paan Box 18
(4) Champya, the Cobra 18
(5) The Two Wells of Sawana 19
(6) The Storm at the Hanuman Temple 19
(7) Bansi and the Buried Treasure 19
(8) Discipline in the Temple 20
(9) The Man Who Was Not Yet Meant to Die 21
(10) The Woman in the Carriage 21
(11) The Matka Episode 22
(12) The Dhoti Bought for Four Annas 23
(13) The Estranged Bride 23
(14) The Lost Darshan at Shirdi 24
(15) Anna’s Vision of Lord Hanuman 24
(16) The Letters: The Anatomy of a Householder Ministry 25
Appendix I Selected Letters 27
PART II: SRI TAI MAHARAJ 29
Chapter 1 Early Years 34
1. The Gift of Grace 34
2. Placed at the Feet of the Guru 34
3. Renghe Manor at Jalna 35
4. Saraswati Aaisaheb and the Discipline of Devotion 36
5. First Signs of Inner Sight 37
6. Atmaram and the Awakening of Discernment 38
7. Early Visions and the Satguru-Satshishya Ideal 38
8. Tai, the Young Householder-Aspirant 40
9. The Search for Formal Diksha 40
10. Nanded 42
11. Goddess Mahalakshmi and the Divine Commission 43
12. Tai’s Approach to Service 44
13. Transmission from Sri Kajalkar Maharaj 45
14. Blessing from Sri Dhundiraj Maharaj 47
Chapter 2: Recognition, Revelation, and the Rise of Sri Dattashram 48
1. Jalna: Devotees Turn Toward Tai 48
2. Rambhau Gade and the Continuity of Grace 49
3. Anna Patil and the Buried Treasure 50
4. Daily Guidance 51
5. Sri Datta Maharaj as Mentor 55
6. Illness, Guru-Grace, and the Mahur Pilgrimage 56
7. The Samadhi of Sri Dhundiraj Maharaj 58
8. Finding the Master Again 59
9. The Mahur Letter of 1980 60
10. The First Blessing of Annapurna 61
11. Panchkundi Panchayatana Yajna and the Bhandara of Fifty Thousand 62
12. Deulgaon Raja: The Foundation Ceremony of Dhundiraj Maharaj’s Samadhi Mandir 64
13. Sri Vishnu Yajna of 1985 65
14. Humility at Sri Narsobawadi 67
15. Guru-seva, Initiation and Sadhana 69
16. The Establishment of Sri Dattashram 75
17. The Paduka Mandir at Dattashram 78
18. Tai’s Padyatra to Pune 81
19. Ayut-Chandi Yajna: 2008-2017 84
20. Go-Seva and the Ecology of Grace 85
Chapter 3: The Living Guru: Teaching, Discipline, and Divine Motherhood 87
1. The Theology of Darshan and Prasad 87
2. Discipline and Compassion 89
3. Service as Worship 90
4. Food, Prasad, and Annapurna 92
5. Practical Omniscience 94
6. The Mother Who Corrects Desire 96
7. The Name as Protection 99
8. Humour 101
9. Hidden Austerities 103
Chapter 4: The Grace of Tai Maharaj 107
EPILOGUE 134
HER LIFE IN PICTURES 135
1. Sri Dhundiraj Maharaj and Sri Saraswati Aaisaheb 135
2. Tai Maharaj with her Gurumaharaj, Sri Dhundiraj Maharaj (sitting) and her family (her husband Madhukarrao (standing-R) and his father (standing-C) 136
3. Sri Dhundiraj Maharaj visiting Tai Maharaj’s family at Jalna in the 1970s: with Tai and her family ( above ); and with the photograph of Sri Kajalkar Maharaj worshipped at Godmother’s home ( below ) 137
4. Sri Datta Maharaj and Tai Maharaj at the Tuljabhavani temple 138
6. Sri Dattashram in the 1990s 140
7. Sri Dattashram Today 141
8. Entrances at the Temple Complex: The Elephant Gate (Top) and Paduka Mandir (Below) 142
9. The Spire of Paduka Mandir with the Holy Audumbar tree ( top ) and the Yajna-Mandap ( bottom ) 143
10. The Sant Dham Hall at Dattashram 144
11. Sri Datta Maharaj at Dattashram 145
12. Paduka Mandir: The Padukas of Lord Dattatreya and the idol of Sri Jagdamba 147
13. The Padukas at the Mandir 148
14. Sri Jagdamba at Paduka Mandir 149
15. The Audumbar tree at Paduka Mandir 150
16. Sri Raghavalaya 151
17. Sri Abhirameshwar 152
18. Sri Uma-Maheshwar: The Movable Shiva-linga at Dattashram 154
19. Prabhu Dham: Sri Datta Maharaj Kavishwar 155
20. Go-Shala at Sri Dattashram 156
21. The Gardens at Dattashram 157
Appendix I: Letter of Datta Maharaj Kavishwar dated 2 March 1980 159
Appendix II: Kundalini Shakti and Shaktipat Diksha 165
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. PREFACE
- 3. PART I: SRI KAJALKAR MAHARAJ
- 4. Chapter 1 The Life of Sri Kajalkar Maharaj
- 5. Chapter 2 The Grace of Sri Kajalkar Maharaj
- 6. Appendix I Selected Letters
- 7. PART II: SRI TAI MAHARAJ
- 8. Chapter 1 Early Years
- 9. Chapter 2: Recognition, Revelation, and the Rise of Sri Dattashram
- 10. Chapter 3: The Living Guru: Teaching, Discipline, and Divine Motherhood
- 11. Chapter 4: The Grace of Tai Maharaj
- 12. HER LIFE IN PICTURES
- 13. Appendix II: Letter of Datta Maharaj Kavishwar dated 2 March 1980
- 14. Appendix III: Kundalini Shakti and Shaktipat Diksha
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