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Swami Pranavananda & His Mission  © All rights reserved First Edition: 2004 Books available at: Bharat Sevashram Sangha 3490 Route 27 Kendall Park, New Jersey 08824, U.S.A. Tel.#: 732-422-8880 e-mail: bssnj@hotmail.com ******************************** Bharat Sevashram Sangha 2107 Codlin Crescent Rexdale, Ontario, Canada M9W 5K7 Tel.#: 416-798-0479 e-mail: pushkarananda@yahoo.com ******************************** Bharat Sevashram Sangha 31 W 107 Rohrssen Road Elgin, IL 60120, U.S.A. Tel.#: 847-760-6059 ******************************** Bharat Sevashram Sangha 211 Rashbehari Avenue Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India Tel.#: 440-5178, 440-2327 e-mail: bharatsevashram@rediffmail.com  Acharya Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj Founder: Bharat Sevashram Sangha ESTD. 1917 Dedication To his holy feet who uplift us from ignorance to knowledge, from darkness to light and from untruth to truth. To his holy feet who make us happy, joyous, healthy, prosperous and divine. To his holy feet who help us to walk in the path of righteousness, in the path of peace and in the path of God. May 1, 2004 Swami Amarnathananda Toronto, Canada New Jersey, USA Thanks Many devotees in Canada and United States extended their helping hands for me to publish this book. Their financial support, words of inspiration and their love encouraged me a lot to complete this book so quickly. With folded hands, I pray to the lotus feet of Sri Sri Guru Maharaj for their long, peaceful and healthy life. May that Almighty Lord shower His utmost blessings to all. Swami Amarnathananda Oh Lord Pranavananda! Oh Guru Maharaj! We bow down to your holy feet  “His Divine Birth” Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj was born in the year 1896 on the auspicious day of Maghi-Purnima (the full moon day of February). He was born in the village of Bajitpur of Faridpur district of East Bengal, India. Presently former East Bengal is known as Bangladesh, an independent country. His parents were Bishnucharan Bhuiya and Sarada Devi. Both his parents were the ardent devotees of Lord Nilarudra Mahadev. Before the birth of the divine child, Bishnucharan and Sarada Devi dreamt in a wonderful dream that Lord Shiva would be coming to their home to bless them. With the blessings of Nilarudra Shiva, Swami Pranavanandaji was born. The little blessed child brought enormous joy to his family. In his childhood days he was called Budha, Jainath and later Binode. “His childhood” Little Binode never behaved like an ordinary child. He was very calm, quiet, his mind was always in meditation and he was a natural devotee of Lord Shiva. He was often seen meditating under a tree in the adjacent garden. He was attending the village high school, but his mind never wanted to learn so-called academic knowledge. Rather, he himself became a role model, which the fellow students would follow. The teachers were all amazed at his attitude and they loved him very much. His body was well built, he had a very gentle nature, and his movement was always soft and gentle. He practiced speech control, and always had a smile on his face. His divine appearance attracted youth of all ages, and they looked up to him as someone wonderful. In fact, he was the source of inspiration to many. “His Growing up” Binode was very dedicated and obedient to his mother. Almost everyday a mongoose would enter their kitchen and drink all the milk. One day his mother asked him to catch that mongoose. Binode gladly entered the deep jungle and somehow caught it. When his mother saw what Binode did, she smiled and then let the animal go back into the jungle. Regular exercise, determination, simple and pure living and truthfulness made Binode very strong. His natural quality was food control, thought control, speech control, movement control and sense control. Binode would go regularly to the village cremation ground not far from his home, and spend hours in meditation. By sitting there, he would think how perishable this human body is and how it is so temporary. His mind would travel beyond, searching for the enlightened world of God. He was a natural yogi. As he grew up, his love for meditation grew tremendously. Sometimes he would go to the cremation ground at midnight and merge in divinity.  On weekends Binode would sit with the village boys in the evening and they will chant hymns and prayers of the Almighty Lord. “Love for the suffering one” Binode often had a group of young men with him. Together they would help the village people to nurse the sick and take them to the doctor and to bring the deceases to the cremation ground. He also helped the poor villagers by making roads in the village. Occasionally fire would break out in a villager home, Binode and his boys would go and put the fire off. On Saturday and Sunday he would go home to home and collect rice and other vegetables. Once enough food was collected he would then distribute it to the very, very poor ones. In fact, his kind heart always cried for the poor, sick and disabled people. From his early childhood days he never believed in caste system. Rather, he believed all human beings are children of God and that they are all equal. On weekends he would sit with the village boys in the evening and chant hymns and prayers of the Almighty Lord. He encouraged them to come every weekend and join with him in chanting and prayers.  Binode with his followers helping the suffering ones.  |
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