Swaminarayan Hare Swaminarayan Hare. On the day of Ashadh Vadi Dashmi in Samvat Samvat The calendar established by Indian emperor Vikramaditya of Ujjain following his victory 56 BCE. It is a lunar calendar based on ancient Hindu tradition. The Vikram Samvat calendar is 56.7 years ahead of the solar Gregorian calendar. The calendar most commonly used is the Kãrtiki Samvat, which begins on the first day of Kãrtik. However, the Vachanãmrut is written using the Ashãdhi Samvat, which begins on the first day of Ãshãdh. Tap to open in glossary → Shreeji Maharaj was in Gadhada, in the court of Dada Khachar, seated on the veranda of the east-facing room. He was wearing all white garments, and in front of His lotus face, an assembly of Paramahansas and devotees from various regions was seated. Then Shreeji Maharaj spoke to all the Paramahansas and all the satsangis: "What is the maya of God? It is the sense of 'I-ness' (aham-buddhi buddhi 1) Intellect. Intelligence. 2) One of the four antah-karans, with the functions of consolidating thoughts, making decisions and resolutions, forming beliefs, or discriminating. It possesses the knowledge of all objects and is also the reason for the specific knowledge which all of the indriyas possess. Its inherent features are doubts, belief, sleep and memory. Tap to open in glossary → and the sense of 'my-ness' (mamatva-buddhi buddhi 1) Intellect. Intelligence. 2) One of the four antah-karans, with the functions of consolidating thoughts, making decisions and resolutions, forming beliefs, or discriminating. It possesses the knowledge of all objects and is also the reason for the specific knowledge which all of the indriyas possess. Its inherent features are doubts, belief, sleep and memory. Tap to open in glossary → That maya must be eradicated, and he who has eradicated that maya is said to have crossed over maya. And having eradicated that maya, to develop love for God is the sole principle of all scriptures. Understand this today, or understand it after many days. And Hanuman, Narad, Prahlad, who are the great devotees of God, they too have asked of God in this very manner: 'Protect us from the maya of I-ness and my-ness, and may we have love for You. And may we have the association of those Sadhus who have crossed over that maya and who have love for You. And may we have affection and attachment for those Sadhus.' Therefore, we too should do the same and ask for the same, and we should listen to, contemplate, and meditate upon this. And those who are devotees of God... Maya, what is defined as maya? Huh? The sense of 'I-ness' in the body and the sense of 'my-ness' in objects related to the body. How is maya eradicated? How is maya eradicated? How are I-ness and my-ness eradicated? By associating with one who has eradicated them. Has Maharaj not mentioned in other Vachanamruts how maya is eradicated? 'Mayam etam taranti te' (They cross over this maya). By taking refuge in God. By taking refuge in God. That is, if one keeps attachment (mamatva) to God, then this worldly attachment is eradicated. Attachment to God means keeping attachment to the work of God; then this worldly attachment is eradicated. And if one keeps 'I-ness' (aham) in the work of God, thinking 'how much was done by me,' keeping 'I-ness' in the spirit of service, if one keeps the 'I-ness' of being a servant, then that other worldly 'I-ness' is eradicated. Otherwise, maya is not eradicated. There is never a completely empty space, a vacuum, anywhere. It is either this or that. Therefore, if one wants to eradicate the I-ness and my-ness of maya, one must develop I-ness and my-ness related to God. One should not remain completely dry and empty. In the work of God, in the 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 → Then that other worldly attachment is quickly eradicated. Otherwise, it is not eradicated. No matter how much strength one exerts on one's own, it is not eradicated. If one becomes attached to things related to God, then that other worldly attachment is automatically eradicated. And a devotee of God requires two strengths: the strength of self-realization and the strength of the mahima of God. There is a Vachanamrut about applying their force, isn't there? One should apply the force of atmanishtha. And one should apply the force of the mahima of God. This is that Vachanamrut. If the force of God is applied, what is that called? If the force of God is applied, what has Maharaj called it in this? What did He say? If the force is applied, what is it called? Vishalyakarani. The application of that force itself is Vishalyakarani. Have you brought that Sanjivani herb? This is Vishalyakarani. There are different medicines, aren't there? What does Vishalyakarani mean? It extracts the thorns of internal sensual desires. That which extracts all the internal thorns (shalya) is called Vishalyakarani. All the internal thoughts like 'this person said this to me' and 'that person said that to me,' 'my work was done well and his work was done well'— all those are thorns. Lying there... they cause pain. When does a thorn prick and hurt? When a thorn has pricked, when does it throb with pain? When? Has it never pricked you? When does it throb? When one becomes idle. When one sleeps, then it throbs. When one is busy in work, it does not throb. Because whatever deep pain we have, when does that pain really throb? When a person becomes idle, then it throbs. So, when do these throbs of 'this is mine' and 'not like this' and 'this happened to me' occur? If maya goes away automatically, if one becomes engaged in God, if one becomes engaged in the service of God, then maya goes away automatically; tell him that the throbs themselves have gone. Therefore, this is Vishalyakarani. It is worth drinking. How is Vishalyakarani drunk? Huh? It is a liquid. It goes down the throat quickly. It goes down the throat quickly. Vishalyakarani is a medicine. One must apply the force of the soul and of Maharaj's mahima. The force of the soul—what is defined as the nature of the soul? Servitude (sevaktva). That is the nature of the soul. Not 'I am the body'—that is not the nature of the soul. It is mentioned in the Gita, isn't it? Incomprehensible... Huh? Unwettable, undryable (akledyo 'sosyah). Ramanujacharya did not define the true nature of the soul in that way. What did Ramanujacharya state as the true nature of the soul? Who is the true soul? One who considers oneself a servant of God is the true soul. That is correct. Who is truly brahmarup? Who is truly brahmarup? Who is said to be so? One who serves after becoming brahmarup. Brahmarup, but who is truly brahmarup? One who strictly abides by the commands of God and the Satpurush. One who abides by His commands and conforms to His wishes. Actually, what did Maharaj say about being brahmarup? One who has the intense desire to please God, and ensures that God is never displeased in any way, such behavior is called brahmarup behavior. God should not be displeased in any way. The intense desire to please Him is the behavior of brahmarup. The behavior that is performed to please Him is brahmarup. If it happens, it happens; if not, let it go home— that is body-conscious (dehrup) behavior. Only when one becomes body-conscious does one go home, right? If it happens, it happens; if not, it doesn't matter, we too will die. So, that is body-conscious behavior. 'I will definitely please Him'— such behavior is the behavior of brahmarup, so Maharaj says. He should not be displeased in any way. Only the intense desire to please Him. What is the intense desire to please Him like? Tell me, what is it like? Like the application of force mentioned in this. It is a burning desire. That 'either I please Him or I die.' Not that He dies. 'Either I please Him or I die'— one who gets such a burning desire, his worldly thorns are extracted. And until then, the thorns are not extracted. Maya does not leave the heart. It does not budge at all. Does it budge just like that? 'Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te' (Those who take refuge in Me alone cross over this maya). That 'if you take My support, then maya budges.' Otherwise, it does not budge. One must apply force in both. Of the soul and of the Supreme Soul. Force. And a devotee of God requires two strengths: the strength of self-realization and the strength of the mahima of God. What is that self-realization? It is to know one's soul as distinct from the body. And when we live together with Sadhus, if some dispute arises among us due to some reason, and some kind of I-ness and my-ness arises, friction occurs. What is meant by I-ness and my-ness? Friction. Friction. Friction of attachment occurs. If our disciple is taken away by another. And he starts guiding him in 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 → Even though we had guided him halfway. Then... Huh? I-ness clashes. My-ness. There is attachment to the disciple, isn't there? And our 'I-ness' goes home. When I-ness and my-ness experience friction, then... things do not remain well. Then relations do not remain well. With the devotee of God—even if he is a devotee, let him go home— why does he act like this? So, relations do not remain with the devotee of God. When a person experiences friction at home, then this happens. Then things do not remain well. Then even if God is there, it is as if He is not. And even if there is a devotee of God, things do not remain well. And when we live together with Sadhus... So, what is defined as self-realization? What is defined as self-realization? One who tolerates the friction caused by a devotee of God. When one tolerates the friction of God, then self-realization is said to have become permanent. Self-realization is to say 'I am not the body, I am the soul,' but it does not remain permanent. When is it to be taken as permanent? When the friction of a devotee of God... is tolerated. And one does not desire to cause friction to him, then he is said to have attained self-realization. Otherwise, a person tolerates a lot. But he does not tolerate that of a devotee of God. Otherwise, do they tolerate any less? But how much does one have to tolerate due to one's own destiny (prarabdha)? How much they tolerate in this world. They tolerate their spouse, they tolerate their children; children often abuse them. The spouse is like that. If it is contrary, then what can this householder do, right? If his spouse turns out contrary—and she turns out contrary within just a week. They come home after marriage and within just a week she turns out contrary; then what can he do? He tolerates. Huh? He tolerates. 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