Rishi Vidyadhar Ji - A Rishi and Disciple in Letter & Spirit!

I have been wanting to put up this blog for quite a while now and now seems to be the perfect moment - I just completed an Advanced Course with Rishi Vidyadhar Ji on Sunday and what an amazing experience it was!

Rishi Ji is simply fabulous! I used hear about him from an old friend and teacher, Bhavesh, when the latter used to work with us in Thane. Bhavesh used to share experiences of advanced courses with the erstwhile Raju Bhaiya (now Rishi Ji of course) and how superb he was. I used to be in awe but never got (rather took! - disempowered speech you see!) an opportunity to be with him on an advanced course.

Finally the opportune moment came when Rishi travelled to Mulund and conducted the advanced course in the Gurudwara hall. Knowledge was simply flowing (it was no wonder having done 361 advanced courses at the time of this post) - What deep insight this person had into life - all of course he contributed to Guruji!


I had then vowed that I will keep repeating courses with him regularly so that I could keep learning lots of newer stuff from him. I kept my promise and recently completed an advanced course with him in Kalyan. Some tidbits from him during the course (Remember though, this is only a sample and you need to be with him to experience his divine presence) -

• Om Namah Shivaya chanting is very powerful - (not the 108 one, the prolonged one which is available on a CD in divine shop) - Om Namah Shivaya chanting has the power to nullify karma dosh and vastu dosh! It reinforced what Guruji had said when he came home. We told him about some vastu abnormalities in the house & asked what to do and he said "kuch zaroorat nahi, roz om nimah shivaya chanting karo, sab theek ho jayega"
• Mind's tendency is to become obsessed then possessed. We want to get something in a hurry, we become obsessed by it and then when we acquire it, we become possessive about it
• Leaders first participate and then contribute; this is a key attribute of leaders; participation is the first step towards effective leadership and then second step is contribution
• MBA = mujhe bohut aata hai :-)
• All of us must memorize all the 365 knowledge sheets given by Guruji! (I have started on that path now.. hope to accomplish by March!)
  
• One who has 50 desires in a day = Bhogi ; One who has 1 desire in 50 days = Yogi ; One who has no desires = Bhakt ; One who works to fulfill other people's desire = Bhagwan (example Guruji) ; Which category are you in?
• Guru se maangna hai to teen cheeze mango - Aseem Bhakti (infinite devotion), atoot shraddha (Unbreakable Faith) and Moksha (Liberation)
• To keep mind in present moment 24 hrs, devote 10% of time in sadhana i.e. 2.5 hrs every day
  
• Mind's tendency is to keep accumulating (sangraha karna) - we keep accumulating objects, peoples and situations - this is a great fallacy
• We face exactly 10 negative emotions not more not less and these are the 10 heads of Ravana - Anger, Regret, Fear, Hatred, Jealousy, Greed, Lust, Lethargy, Moha and Ahankar; The first eight can be experienced within our body at different chakras; the last two are very subtle

I remember, the first advance course I did with him he had said something very profound - Comparison is the root cause of our misery! All the problems in life are because of comparison. Let me elaborate what he said -

• Anger is nothing but comparison of current event with past event
• Regret is nothing but comparison of our existing actions with our past actions  
• Fear is nothing but comparison of current event with future event 
• Hatred is nothing but comparison of someone's current actions with his/her past actions 
• Jealousy is nothing but comparison of what we have with what another person has 
• Greed is nothing but comparison of what we have currently and what we want in the future 
  

Superb na??

That's why he is a Rishi - A river of knowledge!! Gyan Ganga!! A disciple in the truest sense - a thorough disciplinarian - lives by Guru's words - lives the knowledge!



Do take the first opportunity to be with him on an upcoming advance course!