This advice of Nishkulanand Swami Nishkulanand Swami Disciple of Sahajanand Swami (Swaminarayan Bhagwan) and author of the Bhaktachintamani, as stated in the scripture's own closing colophon at the end of every chapter. Tap to open in glossary → For those who genuinely wish to go to Bhagwan with honesty, for them, this is correct. For them, Nishkulanand Swami Nishkulanand Swami Disciple of Sahajanand Swami (Swaminarayan Bhagwan) and author of the Bhaktachintamani, as stated in the scripture's own closing colophon at the end of every chapter. Tap to open in glossary → Kadavu number 8. Swami says one should not interpret Haribal Gita to mean that one should declare the bankruptcy of human effort (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 → Then, on the contrary, it becomes more vajralep for them. Swami says one should not interpret Haribal Gita to mean that one should declare the bankruptcy of human effort (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 → But Bhagwan does not accept such weak intentions (danat) as ashro. Bhagwan is very wise. He is Antaryami and immediately recognizes the tricksters of intentions (danat). And Swami says that performing the prescribed duties and means of kalyan shown in the shastras, all of them are true, not a single one is false or wrong. They are not useless. A sadhak should diligently perform those that fall to their lot. Then if someone has a doubt, where does Bhagwan's strength remain in that? If one performs the sadhan properly and then Bhagwan grants kalyan, what strength of Bhagwan remains? Did it become the sadhan's doing or Bhagwan's doing? So its resolution is that one should perform the sadhanas diligently and carefully according to the rules and act without ego (ahankar shunya) regarding them. One should not believe that "I attain Bhagwan's state through these sadhanas" or "I attain Bhagwan's status through my effort." Effort is sometimes made on a small support (alamban) in a grand way. Then one gets only a small fruit. A grand effort does not yield a grand fruit. Here, the center of support (alamban) is what gives the grand fruit, not our effort. Yet all sadhaks make effort, but there is no such justice that whoever makes a grand purusharth gets a grand fruit. It is in the worldly path, not in Bhagwan's path. One who takes ashro of a grand center gets a grand fruit. In Bhagwan's path, if one takes ashro of a small center and makes a grand purusharth for a grand fruit, then one gets only a small fruit. Therefore, one should seek a grand center. And such a center is Bhagwan alone. That by taking His ashro, one gets a grand fruit, even if one has done a little. "Svalpamapyasya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat" - a grand fruit is obtained. One makes so much effort in performing Chandrayan and other fasts, but if one makes a little effort in this part (ashro), one gets a greater fruit. In those (other efforts), sometimes one feels, "We got troubled." When we got nothing in hand. When nothing comes into hand. So, one should do those (other efforts), but one should not become crooked, not be deceitful, not be treacherous in heart, and not have wrong intentions (danat). But one should make the same amount of effort in recognizing Swaminarayan Bhagwan and firmly establishing His birud in the jiva. This is to be firmly established, that "I must accomplish this much in Chaturmas." So, one should firmly establish this in one's heart: "I must gain this much faith." "This much birud of Bhagwan must fill my heart." One should take such a vow that ashro becomes strong in this way, and the limbs of ashro that have been mentioned become strong in this way. Anukulyasya sankalpam pratikulyasya varjanam rakshisyati vishvaso goptrutva varanam tatha. What does Goptrutva Varan mean? What about Bhagwan for one's protection? Bhagwan will protect me. We have said that, haven't we? What does Goptrutva Varan mean? There is no other besides Him. To call out with a distressed (art) feeling. To choose Bhagwan with a distressed (art) feeling, saying, "Oh Bhagwan, You are my only one." One should learn that too. And Atmanikshep Karpanayam. Karpanayam means learning how to become ego-less (ahankar shunya). If we just shirk our duty, ahankar shunya does not come from that. That "I just cannot do this." Does that make one ahankar shunya? On the contrary, ego (ahankar) becomes ingrained in them. So, one should learn to become ahankar shunya. One should learn to pray to Bhagwan with a distressed (art) feeling. This is also worth doing. Ashro is also worth doing. Doing that (other things) is fine. If one performs Chandrayan, one should do it, there's no problem with that. All that, Chandrayan and penance (tap tap Physical strictness. Penance. Enduring harsh weather (pronounced tup) conditions. Tap to open in glossary → We should make it a little countable. Where should we do it? All of you learn scientific management, so do it however you want to. How to make ashro countable, brother? How to do it? One should benchmark within oneself, thinking, "First, this much ashro." First, "my ashro is this much," and then keep checking one's progress from time to time. Do something like that somewhere. It needs to be made countable somewhere. KPIs need to be made. KPIs need to be made, right? Make a KPI. Make a KPI. If you make a KPI for this, even in KPIs, counting is very tough, isn't it? But still, if we get to it, don't we make it? So this is also tough, but it should be made countable. Brother, if there is a vrat vrat An observance, usually consisting of an upvãs. Tap to open in glossary → vrat vrat An observance, usually consisting of an upvãs. Tap to open in glossary → vrat vrat An observance, usually consisting of an upvãs. Tap to open in glossary → 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 → So what is within reach? It is ego (ahankar). "I did this work, and I got this much ego (ahankar) from it." If Maharaj sees a little of that, he will know. So it became countable, didn't it? How much ego (ahankar) one got and how much one did not get. "I did more than all of them and yet I didn't get much ego (ahankar), or I did, or how much love for credit I got." Credit lover. How many of us are there. So, whenever we do something that gets us credit, it becomes countable. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. 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