Braj Gopika Dham

Braj Gopika Dham

Generally the name of any ahram or divine adobe is based on its Supreme Lord or the name of their Spiritual Guide (GURU). But the name of our ashram...well it follows neither the name of its Lord nor is it based on the name of its prime motivator , its Spiritual Mentor...nor it follows the title of its functioning path . What then makes the entitlement of Braj Gopika Dham follow the names of the Gopis of Braj Dham...?

According to her Holi Highness , Deviji – “ The time when the naming ceremony of this divine adobe was to be done , did not follow any serious realisation of the science behind this name as it is being done these days . But then, due to the unbounded divine grace of Shri Maharajji , there was this guiding thought in the heart that the place that the Braj Gopikas hold in the landscape of divine love is the most supreme one. Without the grace of those great souls , it is impossible even to hold the imagination of GOPI PREM ( the supreme divine love of the Braj Gopikas) . Their selfless, unconditional love is worth all the reverence and worship. Therefore for the mutual devotees of Shri Yugal Sarkar like us, the divine Braj Gopikas are only our sole inspiration. Therefore, the naming of this holy abode had to be done after their name only. It was the blessings of our Divine Master that bestowing his boundless grace on a poor fellow like me, He filled my heart with the essential motivation of building this Ashram. To be very honest, i did not have any multipurpose projects in my mind behind founding this Ashram. As i have always been stayed true to the guidance of my divine Master , my goal is always fixed and my purpose is also the same always. That very aim, that very purpose are the prime guiding factors behind building this Ashram. The goal is- Despising our minds with any sort of difference that we are likely to attach between Shri Sadguru Maharaj and ShyamaShyam.

THE SPIRITUAL BACKDROP OF BRAJ GOPIKA DHAM

In the year 2002, when his Holiness, Our Shri Maharajji graced his pious presence for the first time in Braj Gopika Dham, he immediately swept into a divine meditative state ( Bhav Samadhi) and when he returned to the normalcy , the first sentence dropped from his holy lips was : “ This is a befitting place for SADHNA .” And after that Shri Maharajji time and again blessed this land with his divine presence in his repeated visits every single year that followed . Every nook and corner of this holy adobe turned to be divine and pure as being blessed with the stardust of His lotus feet. This divine realisation can be spontaneously obtained by anyone who pays a visit to Braj Gopika Dham . This place is blessed with the pride of being a wonderful land of divine deeds of the most supreme and ultimate Mentor of GOPIBHAV , the very fountain of divine love , SHRI MAHARAJJI Himself. Perhaps this is the reason why our Dear Lord ( Shri Maharajji) guided us to name this holy abode as BRAJ GOPIKA DHAM.

We all are eternally grateful to the lotus feet of our Divine Master , our Gurudev who projected the significance of this sacred land amid the infinite applauds of the love-drenched souls. Even the native dwellers of this region are also of the view that the place where now our Ashram is being founded , once used to be the place of meditative contemplation of many great spiritual practitioners (Sadhaks).

BRAJ GOPIKA SEVA MISSION

Offering the omnipotent unconditional service to our Maharajji, our Divine Guide, The very emblem of Shri ShyamaShyam - The name of this very mission is only BRAJ GOPIKA SEVA MISSION . This mission is founded on, and functioned by the set of principles and values led by Shri Maharajji . And it performs both material as well as spiritual services to the society in order to sustain the sense of selfless service taught by Shri Maharajji.

 THE PRIME GOALS OF BRAJ GOPIKA SEVA MISSION

Our holy adobe , Braj Gopika Dham inhabits a key mission : Relentless practice and service of unbiased and unconditional devotion propagated by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu ji Maharaj , in order to attain the ultimate goal of man which is none other than the never ending service of Shri Shyama Shyam !

To explain the same in broader terms, there are two distinct missions of Braj Gopika Dham –

1) To practice and make people practice the devotional processes channelized by our Spiritual Master, His Holiness, Jagadguru Shri Kripalu ji Maharaj , in order to realise the definitive goal of human life.

2) In order to attain the supreme divine love, feeling the essence of Shri Shyama Shyam in everyone and dedicating all we have (that include every morsel of our physical , mental and financial wealth) while applying the lessons conferred by Shri Maharajji in own life as well as channelizing the same to the lives of other.  

ACTIVITIES OF BRAJ GOPIKA SEVA MISSION

A) Promoting the Sanatan Vaidic Principles propounded by Shri Maharajji

B) Being ever-prepared to participate in the social and spiritual services forwarded by the Jagadguru Kripalu Parishad ( founded by Shri Maharajji) in every possible mode of body, mind and finance.

C) To render various social services as well in order to lend a practical outlet to the sense of selfless service forwarded by Shri Maharajji. Such social activities include blood donation camp, Brahma bhoj (food camp for Brahmins) , Balbhoj ( Food camp for children) , Free Health Camp and management of free medical services etc 

SATSANG UNITS

For the proper management of the afore mentioned services , Braj Gopika Dham has 140 units and four major centers-

1. BRAJ GOPIKA DHAM , Tangi , Odisha

2. JAGADGURU DHAM , Puri , Odisha

3. BRAJ GOPIKA DHAM, Navadweep , West Bengal

4. KRIPALU HILL ABODE , Darjeeling , West Bengal  

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