foreword

Jai Swaminarayan.

યોગી ગીતા has been added to Anirdesh to make it available to read anywhere, anytime. Initially, an older edition was used as the base conversion. However, since the publication of the 21st edition which include some modifications, this version is a mix of an older edition and the newer 21st edition, with new styles added for easier reading.

Specifically, in the ૭ મુદ્દાઓ section, words from an older version have been kept assuming it was the original writing of Yogiji Maharaj. For example, આત્મનિષ્ટા has been kept as is instead of changing to આત્મનિષ્ઠા as has been done in the 21st edition.

On the other hand, the year of the મહેળાવ પ્રાર્થના is 1967 in older editions and 1966 in 21st edition and has been updated here. The year matches the chronology as found in Yogiji Maharaj’s jivan charitra since the year 1967 starts after this prarthana in December.

Moreover, Yogiji Maharaj’s handwritten prasadi letter has been included in this book for preservation, darshan and reading.

I hope this provides a good balance of old text (for those used to reading an older version) and new text.

Wednesday, September 25, 2024