Vasant Panchmi
Celebrated with Uniqueness 17 February, 2005 London, UK |
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On Thursday 17th February,
the Wellingborough and Milton Keynes Bal-Balika Mandal decided to team
up to visit the Bodleian library in Oxford to view the very same Shikshapari
that Shreeji Maharaj had given to Sir John Malcolm in Rajkot. At the
Indian Institute library the group were met by Dr. Lawson who explained
the history and the manner in which the Shikshapatri came into being
at Oxford. An unusual occurrence happened at this viewing. The group
reiterated to Dr. Lawson the most important shloka in the Shikshapatri
- shloka 116: Nijatmanam Brahmarupam… Without a second
thought, Dr. Lawson put on a pair of gloves and after carefully handling
the Shikshaptri turned the page to that very same shloka. The whole
group was able to view the Shikshapatri at leisure and Dr. Lawson was
only too pleased to answer any questions on hand. The whole visit lasted
well over 90 minutes and after experiencing the good behaviour of the
children, Dr. Lawson extended an invitation to the group to visit the
Shikshapatri at any time in the future. |
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