Om Avtarine Shri Swaminarayanaya Namo Namah Shri Harikrishnaya Namo Namah Shri Purna Purushottamaya Namo Namah Vachanamrut Gadhada First Chapter Number Seven Swaminarayan Hare Swaminarayan Hare On the tenth day of Magshar in Samvat Samvat The calendar established by Indian emperor Vikramaditya of Ujjain following his victory 56 BCE. It is a lunar calendar based on ancient Hindu tradition. The Vikram Samvat calendar is 56.7 years ahead of the solar Gregorian calendar. The calendar most commonly used is the Kãrtiki Samvat, which begins on the first day of Kãrtik. However, the Vachanãmrut is written using the Ashãdhi Samvat, which begins on the first day of Ãshãdh. Tap to open in glossary → And everyone was wearing white clothes. And in front of his lotus-like face, an assembly of sadhus and devotees from various countries was seated. Then Shriji Maharaj said. Wherever spiritual discourses appear in the scriptures, they are not understood by anyone and one gets confused. Therefore, listen to all that we say about this spiritual discourse as it is, in its true form. To act as one with the gross, subtle, and causal bodies, these three, is the immanence of the jiva. And to be separate from these three bodies, to be merely existence, is the transcendence of the jiva. And to describe Ishwar as being with the Virat, Sutratma, and Avyakrut bodies, these three, is the immanence of Ishwar. And to describe Ishwar as being separate from these three bodies and merely existence, is the transcendence of Ishwar. And to describe Aksharbrahma as pervading Maya and its effects, which are infinite crores of universes, is its immanence. And to describe Aksharbrahma as transcendent, as Satchidananda, separate from all of these, is its transcendence. And to describe Shri 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 → And to describe Bhagwan as being separate from all of these, residing in his Golok Golok 1) The dhãm of Shree Krishna Bhagvãn. 2) Also means Akshardhãm. The prefix ‘go’ means light; therefore, meaning the ‘lok of light’ – Akshardhãm. Tap to open in glossary → And these five distinctions: Purushottam Purushottam God. Supreme being. Bhagvãn. He is unparalleled, omnipotent and the all-doer, omniscient, omnipresent, the ocean of all forms of bliss, does not have any attributes of Mãyã, divine, always taking birth on earth for Tap to open in glossary → Thus, the seventh Vachanamrut of the first chapter of Gadhada was completed. Aksharbrahma and Paramatma What is the difference in their immanence? First, there is immanence and transcendence. What is the immanence and transcendence of Aksharbrahma? Haven't heard. What is it? They remain as servants, that is transcendence. They remain as servants of God. Narayana Paramatma's What is the difference? The jiva has immanence in Maya and its effects. Paramatma also has the quality of being a controller. If Paramatma has the quality of being a controller, then what is left for Aksharbrahma? We need a role here, right? We need some function, right? What does he do? Indweller. If Paramatma is the indweller, then what is left for God? What is it? As a witness, it is Paramatma, right? That is Aksharbrahma. The indweller is the witness. Witness means one who directly sees. Without a seer, how can it give fruit? If it doesn't know, how can it give fruit? So, the witness is considered Paramatma, right? It is considered a witness. The medium is considered in all. What is the medium? Through the medium, all do it, God does it all. So what is the role of Aksharbrahma in that? And the role of Paramatma, what are the separate roles of these two? In the immanent division. In the transcendent division, there are separate roles. But God takes the service of all, right? Akshar Akshar 1) Imperishable. In his personal form, Akshar serves Bhagvãn in Akshardhãm, and takes birth on earth as His ideal bhakta (sat-purush). Both forms are human in appearance. In his impersonal form, Akshar is the dhãm of Bhagvãn called Akshardhãm. In his all- pervading anvay form, Akshar is called Chidãkãsh. Tap to open in glossary → That is called its transcendent role. What is the immanent role, brother? What is it, brother? Swami has fallen asleep. Do you read, or do you all never read? You read. Just sing the kirtan kirtan Divine songs about Bhagvãn and His charitras, usually sung to the accompaniment of musical instruments. Tap to open in glossary → Read those two separately, come on. And to describe Aksharbrahma as pervading Maya and its effects, which are infinite crores of universes, is its immanence. And to describe Aksharbrahma as transcendent, as Satchidananda, separate from all of these, is its transcendence. And to describe Shri 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 → And to describe Bhagwan as being separate from all of these, residing in his Golok Golok 1) The dhãm of Shree Krishna Bhagvãn. 2) Also means Akshardhãm. The prefix ‘go’ means light; therefore, meaning the ‘lok of light’ – Akshardhãm. Tap to open in glossary → Now tell me, brother, what is it? Say, Sadguru Sadguru A great sant. Tap to open in glossary → God's immanence. So what is the separate role that came for both of us, tell me. Immanence and transcendence, one gets confused, that's why. One gets confused somewhere here, when spiritual discourses come, one gets confused. Akshar Akshar 1) Imperishable. In his personal form, Akshar serves Bhagvãn in Akshardhãm, and takes birth on earth as His ideal bhakta (sat-purush). Both forms are human in appearance. In his impersonal form, Akshar is the dhãm of Bhagvãn called Akshardhãm. In his all- pervading anvay form, Akshar is called Chidãkãsh. 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