To desire or wish for more and more new materials, etc., than the available materials, is against the principle of Karma Karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → If we do one service and then ask God to give us more materials, then that is not God's principle. You have to use the materials that have been given. Using the materials that have been given and asking for more materials is attachment. Let's do service. Many devotees say, 'Oh God, if you give us money, we will use it for God and Thakorji. If you don't give it, how can we use it?' And if you have used a little, then say, 'Give more, so we can use more.' So God says, 'Wait, wait, use what you have. What more is asked for is asked out of attachment, thinking that we have it.' Asking for more is not appropriate for service. It is not appropriate for selfless service. Use what you have. If you have the ability, use what you have. Asking for more power, intelligence, whatever good qualities we ask for in addition to serving, then what we ask for in addition is attachment. It has half and half, and half and half is the feeling of service. It's like, 'It's okay if we do service, and it's fun.' But God's only point is that you should make good use of what you have. If you ask for more, it is considered a little attachment. If you ask for more, it is considered attachment. Desiring or wishing for more and more new materials, etc., than the available materials, is against the principle of Karma Karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → Therefore, whatever we currently have should be used for the benefit of God and the devotee of God. There is no need to ask for even a little more. And what we ask for more, we ask for out of our attachment. We don't ask for it for service. For service, use what is available. What we ask for more is attachment, but we don't see it. And then God says, 'They are all generous, the wise ones are very good, because they ask from me and then want to give it to me. They will keep only a little for themselves.' But he will give me a lot. He will keep 75% for himself and give me 25%. So they are good, generous to all. Where else can you find people who give 25%? Others take everything by force. And if I had it from my house, then giving 25% is better than that, so they are generous to all. God is very pleased. But he gives, even if he asks, he is good. But he asks out of attachment, he doesn't ask for service. If it happens together, we'll do a little, otherwise everyone at home is waiting for it. That's it. Swami, for this satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → If you want to do big projects for the temple, for the organization, Then you can't ask from others, so if we wish from God and do it for God's service, then in that That's a good thing. That it is for God, but God also knows that I want to do it, so why doesn't he do it himself? This is because we have attachment, so we think that if we ask for God, it is called nirgun nirgun 1) Without gun. Not possessing any qualities of the three guns of Mãyã – sattva-gun, rajo-gun, and tamo-gun. Beyond all mãyik qualities. Divine. 2) Extremely subtle. [Kãriyãni – 8]. Tap to open in glossary → If we ask for God, it is called nirgun nirgun 1) Without gun. Not possessing any qualities of the three guns of Mãyã – sattva-gun, rajo-gun, and tamo-gun. Beyond all mãyik qualities. Divine. 2) Extremely subtle. [Kãriyãni – 8]. Tap to open in glossary → God is not helpless that he needs us to do things. What did Maharaj say? That satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → It will happen as God wishes. We should not jump into it. If we jump into God's project, it's a good thing. It's better to jump in than for others not to, and that's called service, not wrong. But if we investigate deeply, it is called our attachment. Our attachment. Attachment is not something that can be said to be completely used up. And if he uses up what he has, then God is such that he always gives. It's not like he doesn't give. He sustains everyone else in the whole world, so why wouldn't he sustain God's devotee and not sustain someone who does God's work? And let him suffer some loss, let him feel the strain. He doesn't let stress come to him, but we have already set up the calculations in advance. That is called our attachment. We have already set up the calculations in advance that if this person gives one crore rupees, I will use 50 lakhs in God's project and enjoy 50 lakhs. So he asks for it to enjoy, he doesn't ask for it to spend the 50 lakhs. If we ask God for a lot, then even a little is enough for us. If someone has a physical disability, Swami, And he asks God that if he gets the opportunity, he wants to serve, and he does. So then in that, the feeling If there is a physical disability and physical ability, then it is not zero. If he can do a little, he can do that much. Otherwise, this is the opinion of the scriptures. That what we ask from God and what we ask for to serve, our attachment is mixed in it. That's why we ask. If the service is pure, then do what is there. What we have, for example, if there is some problem in the body, then there is still ability, it is not zero. So, use what you have, that is the desire for service, and when we ask for more to do service, there are two things mixed in it. Perhaps the truth is that his service is a little bit, and that other thing is a little bit, both are mixed together. Both are not mixed in what is there. God has given us these senses, inner faculties, and a capable body. We should make full 100% use of it. Then that is called the desire for pure service. And then we make a resolution in our mind that God, give me so much strength that I can serve. So if he gives strength, then there is no need to do 100%, and there is no attachment in doing 100%, and there is no attachment in asking. Give 100% of what you have. Give it from here to here. Who would have any attachment in that? If you take it from here and give it here, and a little bit sticks to your hand, then there is attachment. It's called trading, isn't it? What is the attachment in trading? A little bit should remain in our hands. So, this is a kind of trading, let's say, when we ask God for more to do service. It's like saying, 'God, you give 100%, I'll use 75% and then give you 25%.' So that's what it's called, isn't it? Almost all donations are like that. You don't give 75% and then use 25% for yourself. So this is trading, and in trading, a person has learned to trade in this world, so he also trades with God. That God, give me, bring me from Amazon or somewhere else, store it, and then sell it elsewhere. Swami, in this satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → But he avoids using his time, strength, any skill, or even a little money, saying that he will do it when God wishes him to be happy. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details