THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA

Dr. Aniruddha Dhairyadhar Joshi i.e. Shreeaniruddha (Bapu) is an M.D., a professional medical consultant.A perfect family person, through His own conduct, Bapu communicates that it is very much possible to achieve the highest purpose in life without turning away from worldly life. Spirituality is not escapism. And shrugging off responsibilities, giving up home, walking away from the family and smearing the body with ash just cannot be the means to achieving the highest goal in life.


‘Misplaced notions of worldly life indicate equally misplaced notions concerning the Higher purpose’; and leading man on the path of the purushartha, this is what Bapu says pointing to the following verse in the Shreesaisachcharit..

“ Alertness in worldly affairs facilitates the achievement of the Highest purpose in life. Do not therefore have apathy for your worldly duties, keep striving for the purushartha”(Shreesaisachcharit, chapter 14/27)

It is this verse that contains the answers to questions like what does Bapu intend to do? and what does Bapu really wish? That every human being,walking on the path of the purushartha, attain the ‘oj’, is what Bapu wants.

The attainment of the six purushartha of dharma, artha, kama, moksha, bhakti and maryada, is indeed the highest fulfilment of the human birth. It is in order that both the worldly life and the achievement of the Highest Principle become sources of true joy and at one and the same time, in other words so that every human being walks firm and consistent on the path of the purushartha, that Bapu through His own Word, caused the Work,

‘Shreemadpurushartha Grantharaaj’ to come into being.

Spelling out the purpose of His work, Shreeaniruddha states in clear terms in the Shreemadpurushartha Grantharaaj,
“My dear friends, I, Aniruddha, your Friend, your Mate, have just the one mission in life – to get the entire universe to fulfill this purushartha of maryada, to teach and establish this purushartha – that is My aim and without the fulfilment and the establishment of the purushartha of maryada, the Ramrajya, the reign of Shreeram, the reign of the maryadapurushottam (the ideal, the only complete and perfect being who was the epitome of maryada) can never be ushered in.

….and that is precisely why, ‘to imbibe and cultivate the purushartha of maryada, to nurture it and while doing so, to allow it to develop unrestrained’, is My resolve.”

Bapu connects with every shraddhavan in the role of a friend. He never calls Himself an avataar.

In the Shreemadpurushartha Grantharaaj, He states with His signature and very clearly -
‘I am your Friend.’
‘I am not an avataar, not of anybody. I was always Aniruddha, I am Aniruddha and Aniruddha I will always be.’
‘I am a warrior and I enjoy teaching the art of warfare to all those, who wish to fight their destiny.’
The three volumes of the Shreemadpurushartha Grantharaaj, the ‘Satyapravesh’, the ‘Prempravaas’ and the ‘Anandasadhana’ were released and in simple words Bapu opened for us, a means of realizing progress in its entirety, walking all along, the path of the parameshvar.

‘Call Me what you like but it is this one role that I wish to live.

I am your Friend, a Friend who never betrays, a Friend who wants to see you happy.’ That indeed is Bapu, that is Bapu’s stand.