Now someone asks, what is antardrashti? So the answer to that is, to focus one's attention on the 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 without that, even if one sits performing antardrashti, it is only bahyadrashti. Therefore, external 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 → And all of that becomes a jnanayajna. Whatever one does with the connection of pleasing God, that is all antardrashti. Focusing the attention on the 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 → Therefore, whatever actions one performs with the connection of pleasing God, they are all antardrashti. Whatever actions are performed other than to please God, they are all bahyadrashti. Even if meditation is done, chanting is done, meditation is done, all religious activities are performed, they are all bahyadrashti. Then sitting and performing antardrashti... Huh? Sitting in one place and keeping constant focus on God, and performing seva with such a connection, what is the difference between the two? No understanding? If done to please God, yes, then that is called antardrashti. It is not called constant focus. It is called antardrashti. Antardrashti. What do you have to say? If one sits in one posture and performs antardrashti, and if this is also called antardrashti, meaning if it is called constant focus, then what is the difference between the two? Constant focus? Sitting in one posture and keeping constant focus, and in performing seva, the connection with God... There is no difference. The only difference is that if one sits in one place and performs antardrashti, then his body-consciousness increases. And if one keeps the connection with God while performing seva, then body-consciousness decreases. Secondly, by meditating, the seva of other devotees of God is not performed. Therefore, he does not receive that much pleasure. And by performing this seva and bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → To do only for oneself, Maharaj called that, what did he call it, he called it kaivalyarthi. And the path of seva is such that in it, one's own liberation is achieved, and along with that, others also get the benefit. Others benefit. And through that, that benefit, that benefit actually, like a boomerang, like a boomerang, comes back to oneself, ultimately to oneself. If you help others, the devotees of God, then that benefit is for oneself, for one's own spiritual liberation. That is the difference. If one turns the beads of a mala, chants, and does it honestly to please God, then that cannot be called wrong. God is pleased in that too. He is indeed pleased. But in this, just as that compound... just as compound interest accumulates, it does not happen like that. Today you performed some seva for a devotee of God, with the connection of pleasing God, you served a devotee of God. And today you meditated. Both were done honestly to please God. So meditation does not increase like compound interest. And in that other case, today you served someone, so first of all you remembered God, you get that benefit. But the one who was served is pleased, and if you have served once, he remembers it for his whole life that, "He helped me with this." So that benefit is obtained, which does not happen in this. And to hold that very 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 → Therefore, for every satsangi satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → And samadhi happens to some and does not happen to others; that remains so by the will of God. Or in some places, it remains so due to the deficiency of the devotee. And some foolish people say that, "Leave aside the kirtans of the Gopis' limbs and sing nirguna kirtans." And those who wander around naked are called nirguna men by those who are foolish. But if one could become nirguna by walking naked, then dogs, donkeys, etc., would all be called nirguna. Therefore, that is the understanding of a fool. And a wise devotee knows that the form of God itself is nirguna. And whoever has attained a connection with that God, they are all on the nirguna path. When the connection of pleasing God comes, that is nirguna. And other than the connection of pleasing God, no matter how high a goal is kept, it is still saguna. It is said so. Here, does wise devotee mean one with mahima? Wise means the recognition of God, mahima. Wise is in the sense of mahima. And a wise devotee knows that the form of God itself is nirguna. And whoever has attained a connection with that God, they are all on the nirguna path. And whichever discourses and kirtans are connected to the form of God, they are all called nirguna. And whichever discourses and kirtans are not connected to God, they are associated with the qualities of maya, therefore they are called saguna. See, what came of it? What came of it? Nothing came of it. What came of it? Even if one is meditating, is there no connection with God? If one is delivering a discourse, is there no connection with God? That is the point. If a person meditates, chants, or delivers a discourse, then what is the discourse about? If there is no connection with God, what is the discourse about? But Maharaj said so, read it again. And a wise devotee knows that the form of God itself is nirguna. And whoever has attained a connection with that God, they are all on the nirguna path. And whichever discourses and kirtans are connected to the form of God, they are all called nirguna. And whichever discourses and kirtans are not connected to God, they are associated with the qualities of maya, therefore they are called saguna. The same thing is written again. Maharaj says that whichever discourses and kirtans are connected to God, they are nirguna. And whichever discourses and kirtans are not connected to God, they are associated with the qualities of maya. Not saguna as such, but associated with the qualities of maya. So it means that... it is not about the discourse and all that. In which there is no connection with God. Discourses also have many intentions. The intention of a discourse is not just one. That we deliver a good discourse, we do it of God, so the connection with God is established. Whatever we do, we do to please God; whether it is good or average, that happens according to one's own capability. Good or average, if we go to do that, it happens according to one's own capability. But whatever we do, if we do it to please God, then it is nirguna. And whichever discourses and kirtans are not connected to God, they are associated with the qualities of maya, therefore they are called saguna. And if one has not attained God and wanders naked, he cannot be called nirguna. And one who has attained God and is a householder, even he is called nirguna. And one who is an ascetic, he also is called nirguna. Therefore, the path of attaining God, that itself is the nirguna path. See, how easy Maharaj has made it. He did not say that keeping constant focus is the nirguna path. What did he say? The path of attaining God, and walking towards it, that is the nirguna path. Then Maharaj said that even if one is a householder, he is nirguna. Does a householder sit in one place and perform bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → He keeps doing his work. Even then, if he maintains such a connection that, "We have to go to God after death and currently we must do something for Him," then even if he keeps that much connection, it is the nirguna path. And if one has not attained God... A householder, no matter how much effort he makes, can still just keep the connection of pleasing God. He has to do things for his wife and children. Does he take all of that and give it to God? But in his mind, he feels that, "I do not want to do anything that displeases God, and I want to do what pleases God, keeps Him pleased." He can keep that much connection. And physically, he can do a little bit. He cannot do anything else. But even then, Maharaj says it is the nirguna path. The connection of pleasing God, Maharaj says that is beyond the three gunas, Maharaj says so. In the 27th Vachanamrut of Madhya, Maharaj said that to God... Muktanand Swami asked, Muktanand Swami said, "Maharaj, how does anger subside for you? And when does it arise? For us, even if someone causes a loss of one lakh rupees, anger does not arise. And that which arises," "it happens due to such reasons." Due to what reasons? Someone takes the side of adharma adharma Unrighteousness. Immorality. Sin. The opposite of dharma, which causes dharma to decline. Tap to open in glossary → takes the side of injustice, one who is strong oppresses the poor, then we feel anger towards him. But that anger subsides in a moment. How does it happen to you and how does it subside? Muktanand Swami's anger must be subsiding, that is why he must have said so, but... if it did not subside, he would not say so. So Muktanand Swami gave a very nice answer. That someone takes the side of adharma adharma Unrighteousness. Immorality. Sin. The opposite of dharma, which causes dharma to decline. Tap to open in glossary → Like that. Grief... how does that anger arise? So Maharaj said that one who is strong oppresses the poor, takes the side of injustice, such reasons were mentioned. It happens in those. 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