Humility above everything

There was a sadhu who taught yoga (seeti waale baba) who had heard that Maharajji was a great saint. He wanted to test Maharajji. So he went to Maharajji's house in the village and asked for food. Maharajji served rotis (chappatis) but the sadhu threw them into the fire. He got up and started going. Maharajji then requested him to wait and got pooris and boora for him. Seeing the great man's humility, the sadhu was really moved and fell in to Maharajji's feet.

Love and Respect Everyone

One fine day when Maharajji was sitting in his house, it started raining. A member of the family called out (and shouted) to a servant and asked the servantto bring inside a quilt which had been lying in the sun and was now getting wet. Maharajji felt bad and said to that member of the family, "There is a certain 'Dada' who lives in Allahabad. He loves his servants so much that when it is very cold in the winters he eats in 'pattals' (disposable plates made out of leaves) so that his servants do not have to wash utensils in the cold."

The Revolutionary Brahmin

There was a poor man in the village of Akbarpur who had been unable to appease the Brahmins in some religious ritual he had performed. The Brahmins thus declared that henceforth none of them would eat in his house after a 'katha' (a religious act after which it was customary to feed Brahmins). One fine day this poor man's mother organised a katha but no Brahmin came to her house. Maharajji was passing by and saw the old lady crying. When he asked her the reason, she said, "Chacha, katha ki thi, brahman chainye jimave koon" (I had organised a katha and now I am looking for Brahmins to feed). Maharajji asked if just one Brahmin would do. The lady became delighted, fed Maharajji and thus completed her religious rituals. (After this incident Maharajji was deeply criticised by the other Brahmins of the village)