SKS Swaminarayan Nand Santos Part 2

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SKS Swaminarayan Nand Santos Part 2
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Nand Santos

• 'Nand Santos' are the saints of the Swaminarayan
  Sampraday who were initiated Paramhans by Lord
  Shree Swaminarayan, and came to know His true
  divinity.
• When Shreeji Maharaj came from Akshardham He
  brought with him 500 Paramhans to help spread the
  knowledge of Satsang!!

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Nand Santos

• Gopalanand Swami
• Muktanand Swami
• Brahmanand Swami
• Nishkulanand Swami

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Gopalanand Swami

• Birth Place Village - Todala
• Father Motiram Bhatt
• Mother Kushalbaa
• First Name Khushal Bhatt
• Date of Birth The 8th day of the bright half of
  Maha in V.S. 1837.

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Gopalanand Swami

• Learnt scriptures at his schooling age.
• Possessed equal powers as Shriji Maharaj did.
• Could create universes by mere thought!
• On one occasion stopped an eclipse from taking
  place!

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Gopalanand Swami

• In Sarangpur, Gopalanand Swami drew the picture
  of how he wanted the murti of Hanumanji to look
  and Kanji Kadiya sculpted it. During the
  installation of Hanumanji, Shukanand Swami and
  Gopalanand Swami did the Aarti to Hanumanji.
  Gopalanand Swami stood infront of Hanumanji and
  concentrated his powers into the murti and
  suddenly Hanumanji began to move. Gopalanand
  Swami also had a stick which has immense powers
  to ward off evil. This stick is still being used
  and is kept in Sarangpur Temple to remove evil
  spirits from people!
• In Rajkot Mandir there was a thorn tree (Bordri).
  When Gopalanand Swami was walking past the tree,
  the thorns of the tree got attached to Gopalanand
  Swami's Pagh (hat). Gopalanand Swami said to the
  tree, "you are very foolish, I am a saint of the
  Lord and still you do this to me." At that
  moment, all the thorns from the tree fell. The
  tree became thornless and still is to this
  present day!!

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Muktanand Swami

• Birth Place Amareli
• Date of Birth The 7th day of the bright half of
  Pausha, V.S. 1814.
• Father Anandram
• Mother Radhabai
• First Name Mukund Das.

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Muktanand Swami

• When his parents tried to arrange his marriage
  Mukund Das left home and met Ramanand Swami where
  he was initiated as Muktanand Swami
• Shreeji Maharaj came to Loj, Maharaj asked the
  Swami 5 questions before agreeing to stay at the
  ashram
• Shri Hari called him 'The mother of Satsang'
• He represented swaminarayan sect in the
  Varodhrani Sabha. After victory, the famous words
  Swaminarayan Vijaytetramwere established in the
  sampradaya

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Muktanand Swami

• Once Muktanand Swami was on a religious tour
  along with sixty saints to spread the word of
  satsang.
• They passed three days and three nights without
  any food! One affectionate devotee invited the
  saints and cooked Khichadi for them.
• Bhagwan had given the saints a vow The saint had
  a vow to take only the simplest form of food
  e.g. no ghee, milk, oil, sugar and other
  savouries.
• The devotee cooked Khichadi accordingly, but he
  added Ghee into the dish which was meant to be
  offered to God in Thaal. After offering the
  Thaal, he mixed that Khichadi in the rest. The
  saints therefore rejected the Khichadi with Ghee.
  The day following next that was the day of
  Ekadashi which would mean five consecutive days
  of fasting.
• Muktanand Swami said to the saints, 'Take
  Khichadi in Ghee today. Any Penalty from Shriji
  Maharaj for this disobedience shall be borne by
  me With these words, he asked the saint to have
  the meal. Some saints complained to Shriji
  Maharaj that Muktanand Swami had not followed the
  vow properly. Muktanand Swami confessed the facts
  before Shriji Maharaj and prayed for its'
  repentance. Instead of penalty or reprimand,
  Shriji Maharaj praised him for taking care of the
  saint like a Mother hence swami is known as
  Mother of Satsang

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Brahmanand Swami

• Birth Place Village Khan
• Father Gadhavi Shambhudanji
• Mother Lalba Devi
• Date of Birth Vasant Panchami, the fifth day of
  the bright half of Maha, V.S. 1828.
• First Name ladudanji

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Brahmanand Swami

• Encounter with Ramanand Swami before his birth.
• Great architect built temples such as Vadtal,
  Muli and Junagadh
• Was first initiated as Shri Rang Das
• After creating the song Suno Chaturra sujan
  Bhagwan renamed him Brahamand Swami

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Brahmanand Swami

• Once Ramanand Swami had graced the village or
  Khan during his religious tour and had thaal at
  the house of Shambudanji.
• Ramanand Swami started giving satsang discourses
  to the couple. During this sabha, Lalbadevi
  slipped into sleep due to her advanced stage in
  pregnancy.
• All of a sudden a voice emerged from within
  Lalbadevi and prayed to Ramanand Swami, 'Oh
  Ramanand Swami ! Tell us about glory and
  greatness of Lord Purushottam.' Everybody heard
  this deep and mysterious voice and were surprised
  to hear it come from within Lalba Devi. Swami,
  realised that the existence of a Mukta of
  Akshardham was in womb of Lalbadevi.'Oh Great
  soul! You are to sing the glory and greatness of
  Purushottam Narayan on this earth.' Said
  Ramandad swami.
• As such, Bhramand swami became a great poet and
  wrote many kirtans of the lord.

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Nishkulanand Swami

• Birth Place Shekhpat
• Father Rambhai Suthar
• Mother Amritbai
• Date of Birth V.S. 1822 (date unknown)
• Childhood Name Laljibhai

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Nishkulanand Swami

• Was married with two children, one of whom also
  became a saint know as Govindand Swami
• He was a carpenter by trade.
• Saved from death by Shreeji Mahraj
• Shriji Maharaj took Laljibhai as his guide in His
  religious tour of Kutch.
• Author of Yamadanda the first scripture of the
  sampradaya

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Nishkulanand Swami

• Once prior to becoming a saint -Laljibhai had an
  accident when he was working on a log with his
  chissels. The Chissel slipped from his hand,
  rushed upwards and caught his scalp, giving a
  fatal wound.
• Blood poured everywhere and Laljibhai slipped in
  to deep unconsciousness. His helpless wife and
  old mother cried for help and mercy of God.
• Shriji Maharaj appeared instantly, looked at
  Laljibhai, held his head in his lap and placed
  his blessed hand on the wound. Shri Hari asked
  his mother to stop crying and told them to
  prepare Sheero (a sweet dish) and bring it there
  quickly. Maharaj asked Laljibhai to get up to
  have sweet dish. Laljibhai regained consciousness
  and had Prasadi. Maharaj inquired about his head
  injury and pain. In reply Laljibhai said that
  there was no pain or any sort of giddiness!
  Shriji Maharaj lifted his blessed hand from the
  wound and everybody saw that there were no traces
  of the injury what so ever. Thus the mercy and
  compassion of Lord Shriji Maharaj, saved the life
  of Laljibhai.