Day 7 – Japan, Friday Sept 27, 2013
(2013 South East Asia Tour)
A very sweet play unfolded leading up to our last day in Japan. Our Japanese brothers and sisters had originally scheduled a puja on the morning of our last day in Tokyo. However, after reviewing the itinerary, they felt it may be better for us to rest after two concert programs on the previous day.
The original desire was obviously pure, as spontaneously on the morning of 27 September, we all gathered together in a common area along from all our rooms and offered puja to Shri Sita Rama.
Lots of beautiful little coincidences (reflecting the pure desire in all to perform this puja) occurred after we woke, and we welcomed Shri Mataji with Swagata Agata. We listened to part of Shri Hanumana Puja talk from Germany where Shri Mataji recounts the beautiful devotion Hanuman has for Shri Rama.
The Tokyo collective have a very beautiful photo of Shri Mataji (taken in the early days of Sahaja) where Shri Mataji is looking directly at the camera. We all felt waves of love and compassion pouring from Shri Mataji’s face, and her countenance seemed to change throughout the puja.
“Shri Hanuman Stuti” (very rousing), “Ragupati Raga Raja Ram” and “He Adi Ma”, were all offered during the puja and the whole Japanese collective gathered to perform Shri Ganesha Aarti followed by Sabako Dua Dena.
It was incredibly touching to see some of our Japanese family moved to tears during and after the Aarti. Their tears of joy seemed to be contagious as many of us proceeded to shed a tear at the end.
After gifts and thank-yous were exchanged, our wonderful Italian/Spanish/Japanese brother Francesco performed a heartfelt dance depicting the story of Angela’s song “Shri Rama and Shri Sita Shining Flower”. As he did namaskar at the end, he shed tears of joy and this had a further affect on the rest of us as we all felt the incredible love and compassion pouring from our Mother.
We were told that this was the largest gathering for a puja in Japan (we must have numbered around forty yogis in all) and despite the humble surrounds, there was a strong feeling that this spontaneous puja was an important milestone in the history of Sahaja Yoga in Japan.
“Shri Mataji, thank you for all your love and compassion that draws together your children from many countries and yet makes us all feel as one.”
Jai Shri Mataji!
Recollection by John Smiley