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 → Sadguru Sadguru A great sant. Tap to open in glossary → [blank] Swaminarayan Hare Swaminarayan Hare. Swami has said, "To know that at the end of the ultimate dissolution, Shreeji Maharaj resides in Akshardham with such divine attendants, majesty, and power, is called jnan." And that He has manifested in human form with those same attributes, but whatever human traits like desire are seen in Him are divine—to understand this correctly is called vigyan." And he spoke at length using the examples of the Gopis and King Bali. What is the difference between jnan and vigyan? What is called jnan and what is called vigyan? What? What is the difference? "That God resides in Akshardham is jnan, and that the same God has manifested on this earth in human form is vigyan." Even if He shows His human nature, to believe Him to be the same is called vigyan. If there is deep understanding, it is called vigyan, and if there is superficial understanding, it is called jnan. Like, "He is called God. Everyone calls Him God. Everyone calls Him God, so we should too." So he has no deep understanding of why He is God and why He is not. To recognize a person, a deep understanding of a sadhu and God is through their attributes. So what is the difference in this? When He is in human form, how can that be called vigyan? What is the difference between the words jnan and vigyan? Are they both the same or is there something different? Huh? What is different? What is said in the scriptures is present in this person. If that is seen, it is called vigyan. The attributes of God described in the scriptures are present in Him. Even though He is like a human, they are present in Him. And even if He shows a worldly nature, they are present in Him. If one has made a decision after much deliberation, would they know? Otherwise, they wouldn't. Otherwise, everyone would be misled. When Lord Ramchandra started crying, Parvatiji thought, "Can God be like this? Crying for his wife." So, is the one who does not cry for his wife God, or is the one who cries God? What? If He never cries for His wife, is He still called God? And if He cries for His wife? Then God did cry. He started crying for Sitaji, so? Should He be called God or not? So where does vigyan come in this? Where does vigyan come in? Then PhD doesn't come at all. So what is vigyan and what is jnan? What does it say? Even if He appears extraordinary, one does not forget that He is God, as said in the scriptures. Even in such situations, if one does not falter and sees those attributes in Him, it is called vigyan. Vigyan requires some effort, doesn't it? Special knowledge means effort, so one has to make an effort. Then it is called vigyan. Otherwise, it is called jnan. So, recognition is vigyan. Reading in the scriptures is jnan. "Sadhus are like this, sadhus are like this, I bow to such sadhus, I bow to sadhus." Doing so is called jnan. Memorizing the whole thing is called by-heart. Memorizing is called by-heart, and knowing it once from the scriptures is called jnan. And to recognize it when it is present somewhere is called vigyan. So, recognizing is very difficult. And at the end of that ultimate dissolution... It is not necessary that such a thing is only in Maharaj; it is in everyone. If we are performing spiritual endeavors to please God, then to recognize that this endeavor is what pleases Maharaj is called vigyan. To do it this way, to do it selflessly. Having read to do this or that is called jnan. And starting to do it is called vigyan. Again, it should be done with understanding. 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