Gondvalekar Maharaj Pravachans

With this app, you can listen to the Pravachans of Shri Brahmachaitanya Gondavalekar Maharaj in Marathi or English, daily according to the date or browse all of the 365 Pravachans by their titles and select the ones you like OR you can listen to the endless loop of the famous 13 lettered Ram Taraka Mantra 'Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram'.

This app streams audio recording of the 365 Pravachans (Marathi & English), therefore NO DOWNLOADING of audio files is required!!!

PLEASE NOTE -

- TO LISTEN TO THE PRAVACHANS, AN ACTIVE INTERNET CONNECTION IS NEEDED.

- IT CAN TAKE UP TO 20-25 SECONDS TO INITIALIZE THE AUDIO STREAM ONCE ANY DAY IS SELECTED, SO KINDLY BE PATIENT.

Brahmachaitanya Gondavalekar Maharaj (Feb 1845 - Dec 22, 1913) was a Hindu saint who resided in the Taluka of Maan at Gondavale Budruk in Satara District, Maharashtra, India. His pre-sainthood name was Ganapati. Brahmachaitanya was a devotee of the Hindu god Rama and signed his name as 'Brahmachaitanya Ramdasi'.

He left his home in search of a spiritual 'Guru' when he was just 9 years old. He went to Yehalegaon in Nanded district and became a disciple of Shri Sant Tukamai who gave him the name Brahmachaitanya.

He spent a lifetime teaching the importance of Nama Japa (chanting name of God). He advocated the continued remembrance of God by Nama Japa as a means of happiness, contentment and peace. He made extensive use of 'Pravachans', 'Bhajans', 'Vedic Anushthans' etc. for encouraging people to follow the path of Bhakti (devotion). He taught people the Mantra ' Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram' This Mantra has 13 letters (Alphabets). Each letter has its own meaning and Shri Maharaj has written 13 different 'Abhangas' on each of this letter. He said that this Mantra was given by Shi Rama to Sita and that this Mantra implies that Ram is our Master and is in our heart and takes care for all of us.

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The reading and recording of the Marathi Pravachans was done by Mrs. Mina Tapasvi on behalf of Mr. Vishwas Bhide. This Marathi Pravachan's recording is used in this app with Mr Bhide's prior consent. I remain grateful to him for allowing me to use it.

To listen to Marathi Pravachans offline, you may download the audio files here -

http://satsangdhara.net/

To listen to English Pravachans offline, you may download the audio files here - https://archive.org/details/ShriGondavalekarMaharajEnglishPravachansAudioBookjanuary

All credit for compiling the original Marathi Pravachans goes to Shri G.S.Gokhale, credits for translating them into English goes to Shri V.C.Kelkar, Shri N.S. Jamadagni, Shri S.C. Marathe and Shri V.T.Junde, and all credit for making them available on the internet goes to the following sites -

http://www.brahmachaitanya.org/sri-brahmachaitanya-grid

http://sriramasamartha.wordpress.com

http://sriramasamartha.blogspot.in