When much greed is felt, there is a constant desire to work for sensory pleasures, craving increases, and one never feels at peace, then understand that Rajoguna has increased. So even if one is a devotee of God and is Satvaguni, he would still be active. What is that Shloka? "He who is free from attachment, who does not speak of himself, who is endowed with fortitude and enthusiasm, who is unaffected by success or failure, is called a Sattvika doer." So in that, is his activity, his image, one of doing activity or of sitting out of activity? "Endowed with fortitude and enthusiasm," his enthusiasm never goes down. Like that. So, one should learn to surrender a little to God. One should learn to work hard and should not hold onto the belief that they are perfect. We should constantly remain aware that we are incomplete in some ways and have things to learn from others. And yet, one should not desire perfection. Desiring perfection is half-foolishness. Having it in the long run is fine. But "I will do it only if it is perfect"—no human is perfect. And no work is perfect. 100% success is written in books. It is not there in practice. And especially in the beginning, it is not there at all. As a person keeps practicing, they keep getting better. There is that saying, "Practice makes a 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 → 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 → He becomes better this time than he was last time. He keeps getting better, better, and better than last time. Perfection never comes, perfection never comes at all. Perfection never comes. So if we hold onto perfection and postpone things, that is not the right way. One must certainly try to bring perfection. And that is try and try, try and try. One should keep repeating it. Keep repeating that work and remain careful. Then betterness comes, not perfectness. Perfection does not come. Betterness comes. This is a practical rule. That is the ideal rule of the book: who is called a perfect Sadhu? Who is called a perfect devotee? It is just a feeling. "Only if I find a perfect one will I accept him as a Sadhu, or if I find a perfect one will I accept him as a devotee." One has to hold onto that feeling. Who else will you find besides that feeling? There is an animal called Bhavdu. And it is just like us. One who understands nothing is called Bhavdu. So it is just like us, and it is an animal, but not exactly like us. That is a four-legged animal, we are two-legged, but almost all similarities are the same, all similarities are the same. When the Jiva has no power to make a decision in his heart, keeps working without understanding, and feels delusion and extreme laziness, then understand that Tamoguna has increased. All three Gunas of Maya are equally binding to the Jiva. Yet, all are binding. Even Satvaguna is binding. It certainly binds. They cause ego and possessiveness, even Satvaguna. So if it is not bound properly, then that ego becomes binding to him. Conversely. Bhishmapita and others, they were perfect men. Where can one find perfection like theirs? Bhishmapita. Even Lord Sri Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. 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