Word: biharis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that point he was visited at his office one day by an Acharya of Ananda Marga. Bihari thought the man must have wanted a grant for a school or something, but the Acharya informed him that he wanted instead to discuss spiritual matters. Bihari told him that this was not the right time or place, that, besides, he was no longer interested, and directed him to someone else. But the Acharya went that evening to Bihari's house, where Bihari finally yielded, and they talked-for ten hours, non-stop. During this time Bihari brought up all the arguments, reservations...
...Bihari continued in the practice assigned him, feeling confident in the stature of his teacher. Later, at the suggestion of an Avadhuta, he saw Baha, the Guru, while on a vacation journey. The sight of Baba mystified him at first-here was this apparently ordinary man, clad in simple white clothes, with short-cropped hair and eyeglasses, but dignified adults were breaking into tears and near-hysterics in his presence. But later Bihari began to feel the Guru's presence himself, and after receiving personal contact became devoted to him and Ananda Marga...
...Bihari has taken a week off from his official government work to speak with Americans about Ananda Marga and the solutions it offers tothe problems of the world. He is in Cambridge now, helping members of the local unit make contact with interested adults...
...Boston-Cambridge unit is one of the most active groups on the East Coast. Mr. Bihari's efforts to reach local adults bear witness to one of this unit's main weaknesses: its limited base of membership. Because it is composed almost entirely of students, the local group of Margiis has so far had a difficult time growing and establishing itself...
...Toronto, and, after long moments of suspense, he informed them that they ought to be married-as soon as possible. He married them yesterday, with the assistance of Ravenel's father, an Episcopal minister, in the Currier House courtyard in the presence of their families, Acharya Raghaw Prasad, Mr. Bihari, and Margiis from many units in this part of the country...