We know that God is Omniscient. Saints are the manifest form of God. They have qualities related to spiritual practice, but most Saints do not have knowledge about worldly matters that is useful in spiritual practice. To my knowledge, H. H. Pande Maharaj is the only Saint who is an exception to this rule. Without thinking, He can instantaneously provide new perspectives on any subject like art, sculpting, spreading Spirituality, classes on raising children in a sattvik (spiritually pure) way, satseva related to collecting offerings through advertisements.

Saints are the true identity of the ashram. Only by the presence of Saints, Divine Consciousness (Chaitanya) is created in an ashram (hermitage) and seekers feel inspired to do spiritual practice. It is God’s grace on us that we are blessed with a gem of a Saint like H. H. Pande Maharaj.

Today yet another seeker, Satyawan Kadam (fondly known as Satyawandada), doing spiritual practice under the guidance of His Holiness Dr. Athavale attained Sainthood, i.e. reached the spiritual level of 70%. He is the fifth SSRF seeker to attain Sainthood, the others being Her Holiness Phadke (known as Phadkeaji), His Holiness Deshpande (known as Deshpandekaka), Her Holiness Pethe (known as Petheaji) and His Holiness Nikam (known as Nikamtatya).
His Holiness Satyawandada started His spiritual practice in 1990 at the age of 27. Today at 44, in a short span of just 15 …