Acarya Vishvamohan

 

It is with our deepest sorrow that we inform you of our beloved Acharya Vishwamohanjii is no more with us. Early in the morning at 4:00 he breathed his last in his village Samsa, Aurangabad, Bihar. He was 91 years old. He created several WTs and Ac. Cidananda Avt. was one of them. Dada Cidananda, when a young man working as an engineer in a coal mining company, met Acarya Vishvamohanjii in 1961. In his memoirs, he wrote:

   I greeted him and he asked me to sit near him on the floor. I found in him something very special. He looked very calm, serious, and in a state of some kind of spiritual ecstasy. After a few minutes he asked me my name, when did I join the work and in which section I was working, etc. Then he added, “You go now. Someone is waiting for you in your quarters. He is a new person. Your quarters are locked. If he has to wait for too long he may feel inconvenient as you had arranged to meet him but you’re here. You come sometime later, but you must give me a call before you come.” 

   When I reached my quarters, I really found a person was waiting on the veranda. This incident made me more curious to know more about my Acaryajii and Ananda Marga. I made an appointment with him to meet him next Sunday.

   When I met him, I asked him, “How did you know that somebody was waiting for me last week?” He just smiled and said, “If you want to know, you have to learn meditation and do it very sincerely and strictly.”

   He explained to me what Ananda Marga meant and what it does for society. After one hour he told me to leave and come again next time. After that, I became a regular visitor to Acaryajii. Sometimes he would discuss Ananda Marga philosophy and sometimes he would tell me about his experience with guru Baba. Sometimes I used to ask how to learn meditation. He would say, “Wait, your time will come.” Sometimes he would ask whether I was ready to learn meditation. I used to avoid it because my mind was not ready to leave dogmas and superstitions imposed on me from my childhood, such as caste complex, wearing the sacred thread, keeping a tuft of hair on the head, etc. That was why, though I used to visit him regularly and almost one year had passed, I had not received initiation.

   On 22 February 1962, Baba graced me by getting initiation through the medium of Ac. Vishvamohanjii. That was a Saturday and not a working day for me. He initiated me at 2 pm and made me do Sadhana for one hour. He asked me to come and do Sadhana with him every day after working hours and I followed him very strictly. Both of us along with some other sadhakas used to go to the nearby forest and do meditation. 

   After just one and a half months, my Acaryajii asked me, “Would you like to have Guru darshan and personal contact with the Guru?” 

   I did not understand what personal contact was. I asked Acaryajii, “What is personal contact?” He said, “In personal contact, only you and Baba will remain in the room and nobody else. He can talk to you and you can talk to Him.” I agreed to go for personal contact. He said, “But there is a condition if you’re going to Guru for Darshan. You must attend one-week Tattvika classes conducted in Jamalpur Jagrti from April 14 to 21. Classes will be taken by Baba Himself and Acarya Dasarathajii who is a very great Sadhaka and devotee of Baba.”

   I thought it was a golden opportunity. I applied for ten days' leave and reached Jamalpur Jagrti on April 13 1962.

   My Acaryajii had given me a recommendation letter for personal contact with Baba and for attending the Tattvika classes. I met the then Personal Assistant to Baba Ac. Abhedananda Avt. and handed the letter to him. He said, “Please be comfortable. In the evening after asking Baba I will tell you when you will get the chance to have PC with Baba.” In the evening he told me that Baba had been kind enough to give me a chance to have personal contact the next day....