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11, MondayDuring Swamishri’s evening Jharukho darshan,an interesting game was played betweenSwamishri and the devotees gathered beforehim in the mandir compound. For each questionasked, the devotees had to answer by raisinga corresponding coloured card of the threeoptions given.Then Swamishri was asked to show his answerto each question by raising a coloured card.The questions, options and Swamishri’s answersare as follows:1. Question: Which is the principal means tobecome free of base instincts (doshas)?Options: Self introspection, austerity orhaving nirdosh buddhi for the Satpurush(i.e. to believe the Satpurush to be pureand divine.)Swamishri’s answer: Nirdosh buddhi inthe Satpurush.2. Question: What spiritual thought shouldwe engage in every day?Options: To contemplate on one’s atma,engage in sankhya vichar (that everythingmaterial is temporary and full of miseryand pain) or think about how to pleaseGod and his Sadhu.Swamishri: To please God and his Sadhu.3. Question: Which festival do you likethe most?Options: Pushpadolotsav, Vasant Panchmior Diwali.Swamishri: Vasant Panchmi, because it isguru Shastriji Maharaj’s birthday.4. Question: If you were to give an agna(command) to someone, which one wouldyou give from the following three.Options: Daily darshan of mandir, dailyghar sabha or fast on ekadashi.Swamishri: Swamishri raised all the threecards saying that all three were importantto follow.5. Question: Swamishri, when you showeryour joy upon us which one thing wouldwe be blessed with?Options: Inexhaustible wealth, all types ofhappiness in samsara (world) or Akshardham.Swamishri: Akshardham.Finally, the presenter of the game prayed toSwamishri on behalf of all that they all be able tofollow his wishes and thus be blessed with spiritualhappiness.12, TuesdaySwamishri performed the pratishtha ritualsof the murtis (painted images) for the BAPS Sanskardhamin Ashadeep Society, Varachha, Surat.13, WednesdaySwamishri performed the murti-pratishtharituals of arti and mantra. pushpanjali of themurtis for BAPS hari mandirs in Cincinatti(Ohio, USA), Vadodara (Panigate suburb), RajPipla (Narmada district), Louisville (Kentucky,USA) and Ronak (Virginia, USA). Swamishrialso invoked the deities in the murtis by rituallytouching a gold-tipped stick to each of them.15, Friday; Vasant Panchmi CelebrationSwamishri celebrated the birthday celebrationof Shastriji Maharaj (Vasant Panchmi) onthe mandir grounds. (For details see SwaminarayanBliss, March-April 2013). Swamishri alsoinaugurated two English print Publications bySwaminarayan Aksharpith: ‘Yogi and the MagicalSage’ and ‘Values for Children’.u(Compiled and translated from the Gujarati text.)60 Swaminarayan Bliss u May-June 2013