And they do not make personal effort to overcome their swabhāvs and remain carefree, so will they have those swabhāvs or not? The answer to that question is: they do have swabhāvs, but some rely on the strength of their refuge, some rely on the strength of their refuge, while some have a lot of negligence, some do not recognize their swabhāvs, and some, through the association of the great Purush Purush 1) An akshar-mukta selected by Akshar-Brahm to ‘impregnate’ Prakruti for the creation process, from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are formed for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 2) Purush half of the Pradhãn-Purush pair, ‘conceived’ by Mul-Purush and Mul-Prakruti for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 3) Taken to be masculine in nature, Purush is the controller of Prakruti, and is also distinct from her. He is indivisible, without a beginning, and without an end. He is self-luminous, omniscient, imperishable, satya, kshetragna, and the cause of all the activities that possess a form. He also has a divya body. 4) Also called Mahã-Purush, Mul-Purush or Akshar- Purush. Tap to open in glossary → , even make personal effort to overcome them. And pride, anger, and jealousy are obstacles on the path to liberation. Therefore, due to these flaws, they may become as great as Sankarshan Sankarshan One of the four forms of Bhagvãn’s Vishvarup svarup. His Tap to open in glossary → and Vairāt, but they can never become like an ekāntik devotee. And if, by the association of the Satpurush, one becomes sincere and overcomes their swabhāvs, they are eradicated in a short time. Otherwise, they are eradicated at the time of death, or they are created as long-lived beings in Badrikāshram or Shvetadvip, so until then, personal effort must be made. What did you remember? What did you keep? If they do not make personal effort to overcome their swabhāvs, then do they have swabhāvs or not? They do have swabhāvs, but there is negligence, and because of negligence, because they are not visible, they do not overcome them. And secondly, because of pride and greatness, they only go up to Sankarshan Sankarshan One of the four forms of Bhagvãn’s Vishvarup svarup. His Tap to open in glossary → , they cannot become ekāntik beyond that. And when they associate with a true Sadhu, those swabhāvs are overcome. So what did you understand from that? So what did you understand? Huh? What did we understand from this? To overcome swabhāvs, is that what you understood? What did you understand? If one wants to overcome swabhāvs, then the association of a true Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → . That is fine, it was mentioned, but in that, it came indirectly. What did you understand, brother? Without the association of a true Sadhu, swabhāvs are not overcome. So we are talking about having the association of a Sadhu. If swabhāvs are not overcome without the association of a Sadhu, then have they been overcome for everyone who has the association of a Sadhu? Where did Swami talk about overcoming them? To overcome swabhāvs, one must make personal effort. Then Sankarshan Sankarshan One of the four forms of Bhagvãn’s Vishvarup svarup. His Tap to open in glossary → . They do not make personal effort to overcome swabhāvs, remaining carefree. What is the greatest obstacle to overcoming swabhāvs? Which one? Huh? No desire to overcome them. Huh? No desire to overcome them. "I am good," that. I am better than others. So who would overcome their swabhāvs? How would they be overcome? Theirs would only increase. Is a good person supposed to increase it or decrease it? Who is the enemy of great? Good. Huh? Good is the enemy of great. So whose obstacle is the greatest in becoming free of swabhāvs? That they themselves are good. That they themselves are good. And if they are really good? Great and good. So if good is the enemy, is that real good or, huh? Fake good. They call it fake, right? Real good or fake good? Can someone who is really good ever be anyone's enemy? So if they are really good, does this real goodness protect the swabhāvs, or does fake goodness do it? Huh? So is real goodness good, or what should we say? Look how it is. It is strange. We want to bring our senses to order, right? If we want to bring them. Otherwise, we won't. What is the reason swabhāvs remain? What is the reason? Huh? He has assumed himself to be good, that is why his swabhāvs remain. If he considers himself incomplete, would swabhāvs ever remain? Where would they remain? They would have to go eventually. But we have considered ourselves not just good, but what? Complete. We are complete. Then fill in the blank. What? Completely. In our traits. To assume oneself to be good, to assume oneself to be super in any matter, then swabhāvs do not go. However many there are. A few more might even come. That itself is called negligence. We are good and not completely weak, so what are we supposed to do now? Do we have to do anything? Huh? Do you have to do anything, brother? Vishuddh Swami, anything to do? To write the account, is that it? Or is there something else to do? So that is why swabhāvs are not overcome. One's own shortcomings or swabhāvs are not visible at all, and there is no readiness to see them. Not only that, what is there no readiness to do? We have assumed ourselves to be very good. At least we are better than others. That much is certain. Or not? At least we are a little better than others. Therefore, swabhāvs are not overcome. This has become a protection for the swabhāvs. If we go to overcome swabhāvs, it says, "My good man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → , you are already good, now what more do we need? We are already good. Now where do we want to go by becoming even better?" And they do not make personal effort to overcome their swabhāvs and remain carefree, so will they have those swabhāvs or not? The answer to that question is: Does a good person have any swabhāvs? Does a good person have any? If you are good, do you have any? The answer to that question is: they do have swabhāvs, but some rely on the strength of their refuge, while some have a lot of negligence. They have swabhāvs and have assumed themselves to be good, so then do they need to take any strength? This much we might have, a little bit, which happens when someone points it out. Otherwise, if someone says, "Brother, you are doing this," they say, "But this much is acceptable." Like that. The answer to that question is: they do have swabhāvs, but some rely on the strength of their refuge, while some have a lot of negligence, some do not recognize their swabhāvs, and some, through the association of the great Purush Purush 1) An akshar-mukta selected by Akshar-Brahm to ‘impregnate’ Prakruti for the creation process, from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are formed for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 2) Purush half of the Pradhãn-Purush pair, ‘conceived’ by Mul-Purush and Mul-Prakruti for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 3) Taken to be masculine in nature, Purush is the controller of Prakruti, and is also distinct from her. He is indivisible, without a beginning, and without an end. He is self-luminous, omniscient, imperishable, satya, kshetragna, and the cause of all the activities that possess a form. He also has a divya body. 4) Also called Mahã-Purush, Mul-Purush or Akshar- Purush. Tap to open in glossary → , even make personal effort to overcome them. And pride, anger, and jealousy are obstacles on the path to liberation. These are all swabhāvs. Therefore, due to these flaws, they may become as great as Sankarshan Sankarshan One of the four forms of Bhagvãn’s Vishvarup svarup. His Tap to open in glossary → and Vairāt, but they can never become like an ekāntik devotee. Who? Who becomes as great as Sankarshan Sankarshan One of the four forms of Bhagvãn’s Vishvarup svarup. His Tap to open in glossary → and Vairāt? Sadhu. Huh? Even those who perform a lot of bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → . If they hold onto their swabhāvs and perform a lot of bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → , perform a lot of sadhana, what do they become? They become like Sankarshan Sankarshan One of the four forms of Bhagvãn’s Vishvarup svarup. His Tap to open in glossary → and Vairāt. They do not become ekāntik. Who becomes ekāntik? If they perform bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → by letting go of their swabhāvs, then they do. If they perform bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → while keeping their swabhāvs, then they only increase the bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → in everyone's mind. He certainly becomes great in that. But if he becomes great, he becomes like this. He is capable of beating others down. He cannot beat himself down. He can exercise authority over others, he does all such things. He brings others into line. He teaches others a lesson, he can do all such things. 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