23—8—45 Morning 10 a . m.

[Guest guest]

Mr. Kundandas Mahatani, of Karachi, who has been staying

here for about eight months, asked Bhagavan for direct upadesa, urging

that all the books emphasise that nothing can be achieved by anybody

except with the help of upadesa from a guru and that though he has read

all the directions given by Bhagavan for Self-enquiry and attaining

stillness of mind where God can be realised as `I', he still did

not know what was the best method for him individually. This was not the

first time he had made such a request. At least twice before, once in

June and again in July, he had done so. Neither then nor now did

Bhagavan make any replay. The gentleman was very much dejected and was

worried whether he was not fit to receive any replay and whether he had

committed any offence on account of which Bhagavan was not pleased to

replay.

 

Later in the day, in the evening, Bhagavan in connection

with some other matter referred to a Tamil poem: and to look at a

translation of it, Mr. Mahatani borrowed my note book on 24-8-45. as

often happens to devotees, who indirectly receive necessary

instructions, Mr. Mahatani found in the note book instructions which

suited him, Further, on 25-8-45 about 2 p.m., when he was having a nap

he had a vision in his dream in which Bhagavan appeared and quoted a

Sanskrit sloka and interpreted it as meaning `There is no better

karma or bhakti then enquiry into the Self '. He was greatly

delighted and later in the same dream another devotee put the same

question to Bhagavan and Mahatani repeated the above answer to him and

laughed heartily. All this was reported to Bhagavan on the 25th by

Mahatani.