But the samadhi of conviction is the samadhi of the recognition of God. If one has attained nirvikalpa samadhi through ashtanga yoga, then as long as he remains in samadhi, he becomes gunatit. He attains the state of being gunatit, but when he comes out of samadhi, he does not remain so. And if he has attained it through this conviction, then even when he is outside, he remains in samadhi. Even then, he is gunatit. Because conviction works on the outside. It does not work on the inside. So conviction works on the outside. So when he is connected to God, he becomes gunatit even while awake, and even while asleep. It happens, doesn't it? When he is engaged in other activities, if there is no connection to conviction, can that be called samadhi? If there is no connection to conviction, what do you mean by that? How? For example, if he goes to cook and at that time does not keep the connection to conviction. There is no connection to God, to the conviction of God. This is not called continuous remembrance (akhand smruti smruti That which is remembered. The Smruti shãstras were written after remembering past events. These include the Purãns, Upanishads, Mahãbhãrat, Rãmãyan, and Shreemad Bhãgvat. Tap to open in glossary → Continuous remembrance is not called samadhi. The process of conviction is called samadhi. The process of conviction is that of possessiveness (marapanu). If he has possessiveness towards God, then even if he forgets God, it does not matter. But does a householder remember his child all day long? Does he keep continuous remembrance? It is not like that. But still, all his efforts are for him. That child is also at peace, and the other one is also at peace. That is called the samadhi of conviction. Continuous remembrance is a different matter. Then, whatever action they are doing, for whom am I doing it, that is the samadhi of conviction. While doing it, how much they remember God is a good thing, it is indeed there. And it is worth doing. But that is a bit difficult and not everyone can do it. And for whom am I doing this, everyone can decide that. That for whom am I doing it? If he is a householder, what would be his target? To settle his child. To settle his child. Even if he is settled for a moment, what if he is settled? Still, he settles him more. There is no end to it. For him, perhaps there is an end and he takes retirement, thinking, "Okay, the children are settled, so now let us do something for God." And in this, there is nothing like that. For whom am I performing spiritual endeavors (sadhana), or for whom am I doing service (seva), or for whom am I making an effort, that comes from possessiveness (mamatva). Wherever he has bound his possessiveness, he makes an effort for that. So, is our complete possessiveness bound in Maharaj or not? Is it bound in Maharaj's mission or not? Then we can be said to have attained the samadhi of conviction. If some of it is kept hidden, then that is not the samadhi of conviction. He has completely surrendered to Him. And he makes an effort to increase his conviction. This is not about continuous remembrance. It is not necessary that conviction is always continuous remembrance, or that one with conviction always has continuous remembrance. And this samadhi that is mentioned, that he must have continuous remembrance, that he becomes gunatit through continuous remembrance or through that ashtanga yoga samadhi, that is not what is being said. The point is, who is bound to Him with possessiveness? Who has awakened possessiveness for God? And once possessiveness for God is awakened, that is it. We talked about it earlier, didn't we? That in Satyayuga and all those eras, there were kings and emperors, from the moment they desired, "Oh, this life has passed and nothing was done for God, now I want to do something for God," then even if it is an empire, just sitting there, the moment the thought arises, they detach from there. They become gunatit, this is about detaching from the world. He has only just connected with God. He hasn't done anything yet. Even if he is an emperor of the earth, all that emperor's wealth is detached from his soul. The resolve of God is so powerful. The possessiveness for God is so powerful that if someone holds possessiveness and connects with their soul, then the world must be detached from him, the world must be detached from his soul. And that is why Maharaj said that if one truly holds possessiveness, he becomes gunatit and attains the ekantik state. Then, whether he knows ashtanga yoga or not, it does not matter. And the point is, whether he has continuous remembrance or not, it does not matter. That does not mean there is no need for continuous remembrance. But at least this much is achieved through this. Detaching from the world and attaining the ekantik state is achieved simply by holding possessiveness. Holding possessiveness for God means holding possessiveness for God's work, holding possessiveness for God's purpose. God has come to this earth with a mission, and if he develops proper possessiveness for that, if he has possessiveness for God, then he must have possessiveness for that too, right? So, he must have complete possessiveness. The samadhi of nirvikalpa conviction is the samadhi of the recognition of God. There should be no doubt in it. If no doubt remains in it, then it is superior to the nirvikalpa samadhi attained through breath control (pranarodha). Gunatitanand Swami, there is that Vachanamrut of the iron nail, right? That one should keep his mind fixed on the form of God as if it were nailed with an iron nail, that is about continuous remembrance. But Swami says this is also there. That even if he did not achieve continuous remembrance, but if he is connected to it with possessiveness, connected to God, he must have possessiveness for God. Not for property. He should have possessiveness for God, possessiveness for God's principles. Possiveness for God means possessiveness for God's principles. And if that happens, he detaches from the world. He becomes gunatit. And he becomes an ekantik devotee of God. Whether he performs samadhi or not, that is secondary. He performs ashtanga yoga samadhi. It is said that there should be no doubt in the manifest form of God. So, consider the manifest, like Maharaj manifesting at the home of Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → For meditation, there is the image. In principles, there is Maharaj. And Maharaj's image are not separate. The image does not tell us its principles, does it? So when one wants to meditate, the image is fine, and these two are one and the same. But if one wants to understand what the principles of this image are, what must be done? It is fine as long as we go for darshan darshan Seeing. To see with admiration and devotion. To see Bhagvãn, a sat-purush, and murtis, with inner or outer vision, with the intention of receiving their grace and blessings. By doing darshan properly a bhakta develops affection for Bhagvãn, and Bhagvãn develops affection for that bhakta. [Sãrangpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → Now, Maharaj, what should I do? So who will give guidance? The principles of Shreeji Maharaj, God Maharaj, the son of Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → 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