Then Shriji Maharaj said, "Let me tell you my opinion and preference, so listen. Those who are great and capable, and for whom there is nothing that can hinder them," Maharaj first spoke about Rishabhdev Bhagwan, didn't he? Even if they are great and for whom objects of the senses cannot hinder them, they renounce them. For the instruction of others who are lesser. We have a great preference for this. It is called lok lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → Lok Lok Place. Region. World. Tap to open in glossary → If I do not remain vigilant, then I too would incur fault, so Bhagwan has said. I would become the cause of the people's downfall. So if the followers run on that path, the path of indulgence, then the fault also lies with the leader. Because where the engine leads, the carriages follow, don't they? So the engine has to be careful. The engine cannot just care for itself; there are fifteen or twenty carriages, and carriages are just carriages, wherever they are. Do carriages ever say that the engine made a mistake? That, "Brother, we want to go to this farm, but it went over there." Then Shriji Maharaj said, "Let me tell you my opinion and preference, so listen. Those who are great and capable, and for whom there is nothing that can hinder them, should still maintain renunciation of the world and of indulgence for the guidance of lesser devotees. We like such renunciation." Maharaj fundamentally likes renunciation itself. But even in renunciation, there is a distinction. Maharaj likes renunciation very much. Maharaj says that our nature is like that of Jadbharat, Shukdevji, Dattatreya, and Kapil; that is, a nature of extreme renunciation. But even so, this is special. The renunciation of Rishabhdev Bhagwan is special. Maharaj does not believe that "the capable incur no fault." It is not that nothing affects or happens to the capable. It does, and even if it doesn't, Maharaj says this is our preference. So Maharaj has shown this distinction. As for renunciation and vairagya, among all the previous Acharyas mentioned, how much renunciation was there in Ramanujacharya's life, and how much renunciation and vairagya in Shankaracharya's life, in Shankaracharya Maharaj's life. The pinnacle of vairagya. "The capable incur no fault" is sometimes left behind. Maharaj says not so. Maharaj says, even though Rishabhdev Bhagwan was there, when siddhis were attained, he renounced those siddhis to instruct renouncers through his life. Not just by speaking. Not by saying, "Brother, you do this, we shouldn't do that," but through his own life. Shastriji Maharaj's method was like that; he instructed through his own life. Gandhi's method was like that too, "My life is my message." Do you want to give any message to India, to independent India? Then, "My life is my message." There is nothing else. That is the characteristic of a great person. It is said in the Shrimad Bhagavatam that, Lead by example. What does 'lead by example' mean? To lead the followers by being a role model, leading by example. "One should never make friends with the unstable mind. By trusting it, the long-practiced penance and spiritual power of even great beings is lost. It constantly gives an opening to desire, and the enemies follow. For a yogi yogi 1) A person who has mastered the art of yog. 2) A person who has attained siddh-dashã and other extraordinary powers. Tap to open in glossary → A yogi yogi 1) A person who has mastered the art of yog. 2) A person who has attained siddh-dashã and other extraordinary powers. Tap to open in glossary → A yogi yogi 1) A person who has mastered the art of yog. 2) A person who has attained siddh-dashã and other extraordinary powers. Tap to open in glossary → yogi yogi 1) A person who has mastered the art of yog. 2) A person who has attained siddh-dashã and other extraordinary powers. Tap to open in glossary → Just as an unchaste woman, if her husband trusts her too much, invites her lover and has her husband killed, so does the mind throw its own soul into the pit of hell. Therefore, one should not trust the mind in this way; that is, one should not believe that "my mind will not undergo aberrations in the future," but should always remain vigilant of one's own mind. Such renunciation, Maharaj What does it mean to remain vigilant of the mind? To remain vigilant of such situations. To keep rules. To hold onto rules firmly. Not to let go of rules, even if there is no apparent issue. But always remaining vigilant of one's own mind, Maharaj says, we like such renunciation. To think like this from the heart is considered an extremely pure intention of a seeker's heart, and for one who trusts the mind and knowingly gets trapped in the mire of sensory objects, the seeker should realize that there is that much impurity remaining in his soul. Trusting the mind is the cause of downfall. The mind is filled with lustful impulses. The senses always remain interested in sensory objects. Both of them cause downfall from the path of moksha. What are the senses and the inner faculty like? They are like the common people of Surat and Mumbai. They are never likely to attain 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 → The senses always remain interested in sensory objects. Both of them have the nature of causing downfall from the path of moksha. Secondly, Maharaj says, "In my mind, I like places like Shvetadvip and Badrikashram, but I do not like other realms. That is, even though realms like Vaikunth Vaikunth The dhãm of Vishnu, and Rãm Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Because in those pleasures, penance is not encouraged; on the contrary, those pleasures become obstacles to divine penance. Therefore, Maharaj says, "I like to go to Shvetadvip or Badrikashram and perform penance while fasting, but to go to a divine realm and enjoy pleasures is not pleasing to my mind, I have no preference for it." Sadguru Sadguru A great sant. Tap to open in glossary → Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → Moreover, for performing penance and worship, Akshardham is the best of all, as Swami has shown through Maharaj's incident. It has appeared in Swami's talks. Nayandas Swami was there, and Pama Bhagat in Vadtal said to him, "Here, let me give you this sanctified object, the charanarvind." Then Nayandas Swami said, "No, no, Bhagat, I do not want that, give it to someone else. I did it only so that you would be pleased and Maharaj would be pleased, I want to serve you." That is called having no desire even for divine pleasures. Are charanarvind good or bad? Eh? Good. Good or bad, like that? No desire even for divine pleasures. 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