Pratāp besides inheriting the material wealth from his father, has also inherited spiritual knowledge and ‘Sanskaras’(Grooming). I must say that this young lad is very much blessed and is spiritually inclined. At this point I would like to compliment Late Reverent Limkar Guruji too. Behind Limkar Guruji’s home, there is a ‘Siddheshwar’(Lord Ganesha) temple and in this temple many beautiful thoughts on ‘Vichār Sāgar’, ‘Dynāneshwari’ and ‘Hari Paath’ etc were expounded by Limkar Guruji. I have a vivid memory of Late Tukārām Buva Dhumāl, Bhausāheb Gunjal, Shree Taxiwāle Kulkarni and Shree Annāsaheb Gogawle. While arranging the ‘Kirtan Pravachanātmak Akhanda Nām Saptah’( A religious discourse  with singing, chanting etc performed for one week continuously) we used to invite renowned Kirtankars ( One who sings devotional songs in the praise of the Lord ) and Pravachankārs ( One who gives spiritual talks, sermons ) from various parts of Maharashtra, who belonged to Vārkari Sampradāya. Late Annā and Shree Kulkarni were so considerate that after the Pravachans (Spiritual Discourses) were over, Mr Kulkarni used to offer his taxi and Annā his own ‘Ambassador Car’, to drop the speakers to their respective homes. In fact Annā used to call his car ‘Sant Vāhini’ ( A vehicle which carries Saints ).

There are many such memories that came to my mind and hence I am mentioning a few in this preface. Annā and we did a lot of social work together, in fact Annā was the pivot of all the activities or I may say so that he was the power which made us do things efficiently. At this moment I am tempted to describe in details, the things we did together, but the preface should not be lengthy, hence I am limiting myself to be brief.

In this book Pratāp has mentioned many experiences which took place during his college career, which directed him towards spirituality. He has mentioned many such events which took place in the presence of his great professor and the people who were spiritually evolved, in fact it is rather difficult to find out or mention as who had a greater spiritual impression or impact on Pratāp’s Life, for all of them were great heroes in their own way. Pratāp has also expressed how he was attracted towards ‘Shree Swāmi Samarth’ and how and when his love for ‘Swāmi Samarth’ changed into Deep Devotion. He has given a brief account of the devotees who came close to him and the various students who were also involved in these spiritual activities and the various speeches he heard during that time. Pratāp has made a mention about his ‘Guru-Bandhu’(Aspirants who have taken spiritual initiation from same Guru, hence they are referred as Spiritual brothers ) Mr Bharat Gope and Dr. Buchke and speeches made by them.

In this book activities like the songs written by Shree Kamlakar Tapasvi and ‘Bhajan’ (devotional musical rhymes ) programs are also vividly mentioned.

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