Pramukh Swami Maharaj
Where and when was Pramukh Swami born?
December 7, 1921 in Chansad
What does Nityanand Swami's name mean?
Nitya-anand (forever happy)
When was Gopalanand Swami born?
February 1st, 1781 (Maha sud 8, Samvat 1837)
What is smruti?
Smruti is to meditate on the divine actions and incidents of God and His gunatit sadhu
What human body part stays the same size from birth?
Eyeballs
What was Pramukh Swami Maharaj's childhood name?
Shantilal
Where was Nityanand Swami born?
What was Gopalanand Swami's childhood name?
Khushal Bhatt
Name the 5 days of Diwali and what you do on each day?
Dhan Teras, Kali Chaudash, Diwali, Govardhan Puha/Nutan Varsh, Bhai Bij
Which is the only continent that doesn't have any desserts?
Europe
What are Pramukh Swami Maharaj's parents names?
Motibhai and Diwaliben
In the Nityanand Swami prasag, where he gets Nityanand Swami gets excomunicated, on which day did Maharaj call him back?
8th day
What was the key contribution that Gopalanand Swami made?
Gopalanand Swami made invaluable literary contributions to the Swaminarayan Sampraday. He helped to edit the Vachanamrut, the spiritual discourses of Shriji Maharaj, in collaboration with Nityanand Swami, Muktanand Swami, and Shuk Muni.
How old was Pramukh Swami when he was made president of BAPS?
28 years old
Which country produces the most bananas in the world?
India
Narrate one prasang from last week's presentation about Pramukh Swami with full details.
Nothing But Dust – Humility & Vairagya
Pramukh Swami stayed overnight with only a dusty blanket and refused to complain. Even when it got cold, he didn’t wake anyone or ask for a better blanket, saying “This body is made of dust anyway.” Shows total humility, detachment, and tolerance.
2Always Accepting – Balance in Life
During his 71st birthday in Gondal, Pramukh Swami accepted a very heavy garland without hesitation, telling Ishwarcharan Swami, “In life we must accept both the heavy and the light.” Shows perfect samjan, acceptance, and egolessness.
In the Good of Others – Care for Sadhus
When Balmukund Swami’s kidney was mistakenly removed, Swamishri immediately arranged his transfer, waited for him personally, brought Thakorji, and blessed him before sending him to the hospital. Shows deep compassion, care, and selflessness.
Bhakti for Thakorji – Devotion & Sadhuta
During Amdavad Rath Yatra, instead of sitting on the silver chariot, Pramukh Swami pulled it himself, barefoot, refusing the praise and placing Thakorji first. Shows his pure bhakti and total humility.
What was Nityanand Swami's childhood name?
Dinmani Sharma
Say the prasang about young Gopalanand Swmai with Shamalaji murti
The famous ancient mandir of Shamalaji, a form of Krishna Bhagwan, is situated a few miles from Todla. One morning when the pujari opened the doors of the mandir shrines, he was shocked to find that the murti of Shamalaji was missing! He closed the doors and ran to call others to the spot. When the door was opened again everyone saw that the murti was in its place. The pujari was perplexed when he again saw this. The townspeople suspected that the pujari had something to hide. They examined the clothes and ornaments of the murti and found that one garment and one anklet were missing. They charged the pujari with theft and began to scold him. Suddenly, a voice came from the murti, “The pujari is not at fault. Every day, I go to Todla to play with one of my devotees, Khushal Bhakta. Today, the pujari opened the shrine doors before the scheduled time, so I had to hurry back. As a result, I dropped one of my garments and ornaments on the way. If you go there, you will find them there.” On hearing this everyone was surprised. Khushal Bhakta’s mother, while sweeping her compound, found a jari garment and a foot ornament in the courtyard. She began to look around. Seeing this, her son, Khushal, smiled and said, “Leave them there. The owners will soon come and take them.” Within a short time, people from Shamalaji arrived there. They bowed before Khushal Bhakta, narrated the whole incident to his mother, and took the belongings of Shamalji. Kushaladevi was delighted to learn of this divine exploit of her son. Khushal Bhakta had a connection with Bhagwan from a very young age.
What are the five aartis and roughly when do you do them?
Mangala Aarti (6:00 am)
Shangar Aarti (7:30 am)
Rajbhog Aarti (11:30 am)
Sandhya Aarti (7:00 pm)
Shayan Aarti (8:30 pm)
How long was Lebron's 10 point streak?
1297 games
How many shikharbaddh mandirs did Pramukh Swami build?
How many letters did he respond to?
How many homes did he sanctify?
How many youths did he inspire to become sadhus?
34 traditional shikarbaddh mandirs
over 700,000 letters
over 250,000 homes
over 1000 sadhus
Say the Nityanand Swami Excommunication Test prasang with full details.
While the Satsangijivan scripture was being written at Vartal, the question of how to describe Maharaj’s greatness was raised. Many of the sadhus had a misconception of Maharaj’s form and they compared Maharaj to incarnations like Ram and Krishna. At that time Nityanand Swami knew that this comparison was wrong. Nityanand Swami expressed Maharaj’s true form to the assembly, “Shriji Maharaj is the avatari of all avatars. He is the cause of all causes. He is the manifest supreme God, Purushottam Narayan. How can we say he is like other incarnations?” The sadhus were divided on this issue. Testing Nityanand Swami, Maharaj even weighed in against him. Despite even, Maharaj trying to sway him, Nityanand Swami had this conviction of Maharaj’s sarvoparipanu, so Nityanand Swami did not change his position at all. Shriji Maharaj knew of Nityanand Swami’s firm understanding, so He excommunicated him! Nityanand Swami stopped attending the daily Satsang assemblies and camped along the Ghela river. For seven days, Nityanand Swami ate nothing and engaged in constant meditation and bhajan. On the eighth day, Shriji Maharaj invited Nityanand Swami back to the assembly, performed his puja and offered his own garland as a token of love and appreciation. People were shocked to see this sudden change in Maharaj’s attitude towards Nityanand Swami. Maharaj then explained to the paramhansas, “Nityanand Swami is right in his understanding. A devotee must possess such qualities. You, too, should understand my form the way he understands it.” Thus, Nityanand Swami passed Maharaj’s test and passed this knowledge to the santo and haribhakto.
Say the lunar eclipse prasang.
A Brahmin satsangi resided in Vadodara and was an expert astrologer. Once, a lunar eclipse was approaching. The satsangi astrologer made some calculations and declared, “The eclipse will not be seen on that day.” Other astrologers of the city also made calculations and announced, “The eclipse will certainly be seen.” The satsangi astrologer was firm and threw a challenge, “If I am wrong, I am prepared to lose my head.” 3 The controversy eventually reached Gopalanand Swami. Swami knew that the eclipse was to be seen, but since his devotee had staked his head, he told the other astrologers, “This time the eclipse will not be seen.” Everyone was perplexed to hear Swami’s words and waited for the day of eclipse. The day of the eclipse arrived, and, as stated by Swami, the eclipse was not seen! All the experts and scholars were astonished. Then the Swami sent for the satsangi astrologer and told him, “Never stake your head like this in future. The eclipse was certainly to be seen, but Maharaj stopped it for your sake.” The devotee was wonderstruck by Swami’s prowess to change the rotation routine of the planets
Say the prasang about when Muktanand Swami was feeling a lack of peace.
Once Muktanand Swami was experiencing a lack of peace. He tried everything but nothing helped, so he went to Maharaj to find a solution to come out of that lack of peace. Maharaj began by telling him prasangs from his childhood, but Muktanand Swami didn’t understand why Maharaj narrated his stories instead of giving him a remedy. The next day, Muktanand Swami went back to Maharaj and asked him for the solution. Maharaj started to narrate the prasangs from his years as Nilkanth Varni. Muktanand Swami still didn’t understand and left. The next day, when he came back for the solution, Maharaj told him prasangs from his stay in Loj and onwards. Muktanand Swami still didn’t understand what Maharaj was aiming to tell him, so Maharaj told Muktanand Swami to go on vicharan. As he was leaving, he met Nityanand Swami and was asked where and why he was going. Mukatanand Swami narrated the whole incident. Nityanand Swami replied, “Maharaj has told you the answer all along! Remembering the Lila charitras of the present form of Bhagwan is the solution to remove misery.” Muktanand Swami understood that the remedy Maharaj had given him of performing smruti was the key to find peace and happiness in our life
A three-digit number has the following properties:
The sum of its digits is 15.
If you reverse the digits, the new number is 297 less than the original number.
The tens digit is 3 more than the units digit.
What is the original three-digit number?
663