10 August 1983
"The dhuni down below has living consciousness. In the name of Lord Rama (Rama Ki Jai Nain), the Divine light is always present in the dhuni. For the sake of Lord Rama (Ram Ji Ki Tein) everyone should attend Aarati there and do meditation. In the name of Lord Rama, during the night of 16th August there will be all night vigil and kirtan and 108 candles will be lit for the opening ceremony. In the name of Lord Rama, on the morning of the 17th there will be a havan ceremony. In the name of Lord Rama, everyone should always be sincere and attentive to do bhajan and satsang for the attainment of spiritual knowledge and do other spiritual practices at the dhuni.
"The dhuni is one of the wonders of the world. You may see many types of dhunis in the world, such as parsi dhunis, but nowhere else will you find an eight sided dhuni. The eight sides symbolize the eight arms of Jagadamba, the Universal Mother. As long as there is creation, the dhuni will be there with living consciousness. A boon has been given to this dhuni - that whosoever comes to have its darshan, whosoever meditates and does puja there, will be relieved of all ailments, whether physical, mental or spiritual. For the sake of Lord Rama, anyone suffering from whatever disease, if he takes vibhuti (sacred ashes) from the dhuni and sits regularly for meditation and concentration, will be relieved from all his chronic diseases.
"In the name of Lord Rama, Rishi-Gautama came first to this place where the dhuni is now. This is why the river bears his name. Vasishta (the guru of Lord Rama - one of the seven rishis from the beginning of creation - and writer of many sacred scriptures) also came here. The Kailash you see before you is the main Kailash. Lord Rama also came here. Now, after thousands of years of creation, this place is in its most degenerated state. There was a time, when there were no hills, no earth here. But, in the name of Lord Rama, now there are both earth and hills. In the name of Lord Rama, even the sea was there. When Lord Rama came with Rishi Vishwamitra to visit Rishi Gautama's ashram, He drank from the spring by the dhuni now called 'Ram Dhara'. For the sake of Lord Rama, goddes Durga with eight arms also came here to bless Rama. This is the place of eight-armed Durga - this is why the dhuni has eight sides.
"In the name of Lord Rama, here is Sakshat Hari - Lord Vishnu in the name and form (here Babaji pointer to Shastriji). In the name of Lord Rama, he has written the epic of the Mahabharata three times. In the name of Lord Rama, it was he who was both Vashishta (Rama's Guru) and Vyas (writer of all the puranas at the time of Lord Krishna); he has also recomposed Valmiki's Ramayana three times. In the name of Lord Rama, he has been writer of many epics at many different times (epochs).
"For the sake of Lord Rama, even Hanuman did not know his own greatness. In the name of Lord Rama, this is maya, the world illusion, the cause of creation. In the name of Lord Rama, it was he (Shastriji) who was Vashishta. In the name of Lord Rama, we are now in the twenty-eight Manvantara (one Manvantara has four yugas) of this kalpa (there are many thousands of manvantaras in one kalpa). As many as there were Manus (one of each Manvantara), there were Vyasas (writer of great epics and poetry).
"You must not think that the creation was always like what you see now. There have been many total transformations. What once was here has been transported to a far away place. In the name of Lord Rama, seas have changed places and also mountains. In the name of Lord Rama, Shastriji has been a world teacher and poet at all times. He (Shastriji) attained self- realization through Kakbhushundi (a sage in the shape of a crow, living permanently on a hill top of Himalayas - a devotee of Lord Rama, who forever resides in the Ramayana). He is the original poet-saint of all times. For the sake of Lord Rama, Rama Krishna Shastri ( the Shastri from Ludhiana ) has also been with him at all times - it was he who was Vishvamitra.
"In the name of Lord Rama, even Hanuman did not know his own powers and greatness."
