Swaminarayan Hare, Swaminarayan Hare. On the ninth day of the dark half of the month of Posh Posh Seventh month of the Ãshãdhi Samvat year, normally falling between December and January. Tap to open in glossary → Swami Shri Sahajanandji Maharaj was seated in front of the temple of Shri Lakshminarayan in Vadtal, and was wearing all white garments. In front of His lotus-like face, an assembly of sadhus and devotees from various places was seated. Then, Ramchandra of Vaghmoli near Vadodara asked Shriji Maharaj a question, "O Maharaj, what could be the reason that even a person who appears to be unworthy (kupatra) attains samadhi?" Then, One who does not abide by the boundaries of the scriptures is called unworthy (kupatra). Maharaj has said so in the previous Vachanamrut. Huh? In the previous Vachanamrut, Maharaj said that when God makes such a resolve, everyone attains samadhi. God's resolve... This... The samadhi mentioned in this Vachanamrut is not attained through a resolve. Like that. In this, there is that history, right? That he did not attain samadhi through Maharaj's resolve. It was attained through Maharaj's 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 → The samadhi was attained through Maharaj's 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 → 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 → First, Maharaj said that it happens through God's resolve, which can happen even to animals. Then, whether they have devotion or not, or whether they are extremely virtuous, it is not like that. Even a sinner can attain samadhi. And In the previous Vachanamrut, two options were mentioned, right? And sometimes, if one is extremely drawn or attracted to God's 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 → Ordinary souls do not all attain samadhi in God's 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 → 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 → 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 → [blank] So, the attraction here, Maharaj wants to talk about his purity. And that purity came to him because he imbibed this quality. The samadhi attained here is not through Maharaj's resolve or through any of his spiritual endeavors. Like that. Nor is it solely due to the attraction of Maharaj's 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 → 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 → 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 → That is Maharaj's view on this samadhi. This has been coming up continuously for about three or four Vachanamruts, right? Samadhi, samadhi. In Vadtal, Maharaj talked mostly about samadhi. In the first Vachanamrut, He talked about samadhi. Even in the tenth, in the tenth Vachanamrut, He talked about recognition, the recognition of Maharaj's 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 → 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 → Then, Ramchandra of Vaghmoli near Vadodara asked Shriji Maharaj a question, "O Maharaj, what could be the reason that even a person who appears to be unworthy (kupatra) attains samadhi?" Then Shriji Maharaj said, "Those who behave contrary to the varnashrama dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → What is the question there? Bhagubhai, a Patidar of Bhadran, asked Maharaj, "Maharaj, how is this samadhi attained?" Here, Ramchandra of Vaghmoli asked, "Maharaj, why does an unworthy person (kupatra) attain samadhi?" Like, Maharaj already gave the answer to this question earlier, right? Huh? Maharaj already gave the answer to this question in the previous Vachanamrut, right? The answer given in that Vachanamrut was a different one, that it happens through God's resolve. And in God's 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 → and an extremely devout soul means an extremely righteous, pure, and virtuous soul, and if they develop devotion, they attain samadhi. This is a sinful soul, and yet he attained samadhi, so he is not virtuous and devout. It is not Maharaj's resolve. So how did he attain samadhi? It was mentioned there too, right? To animals, to worthy and unworthy, to everyone... through resolve. If God has made a resolve, then it happens. In this case, it is to be said that there is no resolve of God. How do we know there is no resolve? He is a sinner, and when Maharaj and all these people were seated, he must have attained samadhi upon seeing Maharaj, that's why. So, it is not that samadhi occurs only when there is God's resolve in every instance, Maharaj wants to say that this is also one of the types. Then Shriji Maharaj said... So, from the answer Maharaj gave, we can know that it is not Maharaj's resolve. Otherwise, Maharaj would have said that it happens through God's resolve. You are asking, "How do we know that this did not happen through His resolve?" Then Maharaj would have answered that it happens through God's resolve. But Maharaj did not give such an answer, which means that he did not attain samadhi through Maharaj's resolve. From the answer. Then Shriji Maharaj said, "Those who behave contrary to the varnashrama dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → So, Maharaj defined unworthy (kupatra). He defined unworthy and worthy (supatra). One who behaves according to the rules of the scriptures is considered worthy by people. Maharaj did not say that God considers them so. Nor did He say that the scriptures consider them so. But here Maharaj said that this is the belief of the people. Who is worthy among people? One who behaves according to the scriptures is worthy. And one who does not behave according to the rules of the scriptures is unworthy, that is the belief among people. And if that unworthy person (kupatra) appreciates the virtues of God or God's sadhu in his heart, if that quality enters his soul, even if he does not fit within the boundaries of the scriptures, he fits within God's 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 → And if that unworthy person appreciates the virtues of God or God's sadhu in his heart, he earns great spiritual merit. And the sin incurred by violating the varnashrama dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → But God... meaning Maharaj... In the eleventh canto of the Shrimad Bhagavatam, there is a chapter on purification (shuddhi). How is purification done? How are clothes purified? By washing them. What if they are woolen clothes? Just shake them. Shake them. Passing air through them purifies them. Similarly, if grain is to be purified? We sieve it, wash it. Sieving, inspecting, removing pebbles, and removing weevils purifies it. What about flour? Sieve it. What about ghee ghee This is clarified butter or pure butter that is formed by heating it until the impurities in it settle to the bottom. Tap to open in glossary → By fixing them on God. By performing penance. By performing penance. Fixing them on God is a completely different matter. But when all these objects are to be purified, they are purified in this way. The purification of the inner self happens by contemplating on God. How is the soul purified? How is the soul purified? The purification of all these has been mentioned, so how is the soul purified? Huh? It is mentioned in this. If he deeply appreciates the virtues of God's devotee, his soul becomes pure. He becomes fit for samadhi, capable of attaining it. The purification of the soul... the purification of the intellect happens through Sankhya knowledge. But the purification of the soul happens by appreciating the virtues of God's devotee. If he appreciates those virtues, his soul becomes pure. And he gains the strength to walk on the path of liberation. It must happen in his soul. Not just in a theatrical manner, thinking, "Oh, Vishwamangal Swami is very good. Look how much he runs around, he went to the cowshed and now he is back sitting here." In a theatrical manner... In his soul, he must feel a sense of wonder, "Oh, this person is something more than us, two steps ahead." Then his soul becomes pure, as Maharaj said. He was extremely sinful, he attained samadhi, the one whom Ramchandra of Vaghmoli knows, he was extremely sinful, and yet he appreciated the virtues of the sadhu, he appreciated the virtues of Brahmanand Swami, and he performed some service, and was overwhelmed with devotion, "Oh, we are so sinful, what will happen to us? And how God-like they are." When he appreciated such virtues, his soul became pure. 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