On the day of Posh Posh Seventh month of the Ãshãdhi Samvat year, normally falling between December and January. Tap to open in glossary → 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 → Shree Shree 1) Name of Lakshmi. 2) Used before the names of Bhagvãn and devs to signify their high status. Tap to open in glossary → Then Shreeji Maharaj said, "In our mind, we like these two discourses, and our mind rests there." One of them is that a person who has a firm conviction that there is a mass of conscious light, and in its midst, 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 → Shree Shree 1) Name of Lakshmi. 2) Used before the names of Bhagvãn and devs to signify their high status. Tap to open in glossary → 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 → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → But if one believes only in the conscious light and performs its upasana, and does not believe Bhagwan to be eternally with form, and does not perform His upasana, then that is not pleasing. And the second is this: for the sake of such Bhagwan, whoever performs austerities, practices yoga, overcomes the five sensory desires, and possesses vairagya, and performs all such spiritual endeavors without hypocrisy for the pleasure of Bhagwan, that is pleasing. Seeing such a person, our mind is pleased, and bravo to him who behaves in this manner. And furthermore, of these five discourses... what did Maharaj say in the beginning? Read the opening sentence. "In our mind, we like two discourses, and our mind rests there." What does it mean that 'the mind rests'? Maharaj said the mind, in two matters, the mind rests. He likes two matters, and in two matters the mind rests, so what does that mean? It goes there again and again. It rests, meaning beyond that... what? There is nothing further, and there is nothing less than that. This and this. That matter is called upasana. That is what is called upasana. Just as Parvatiji said, When those Saptarshis came to explain, 'Sister, you marry Vishnu Vishnu The dev of sustenance. Part of the trimurti. He lives in Vaikunth with his wife Lakshmi. Tap to open in glossary → What are those two points that Maharaj mentioned? 'In these two matters, we like them, and our mind rests there.' So, what are the two points Maharaj mentioned among those two points? One is that Maharaj established the form of Bhagwan. One is Bhagwan's form. Bhagwan'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 → It does not go beyond 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 → Even if someone has more power than Maharaj, we should not go there, and even if it is less than Maharaj, we should not go. Then it is said that one has performed the upasana of Maharaj. If someone says, 'This person is greater than Maharaj, he performs more miracles,' Maharaj did say that those who practice mantras and spells might perform more miracles, so? So, if our mind goes there, our mind is not said to have rested in Maharaj. That is the meaning of resting. Our mind rests right there. Then, if we think, 'Well, let's compromise a little with Maharaj.' Even if Maharaj's wish is not fulfilled this time, it is fine; even if what Maharaj likes does not happen, it is fine—then it is said that one has not reached Maharaj. That means neither less is acceptable, nor anything beyond that is acceptable. That and only that is called upasana. Suppose there are other avatars and there is Shreeji Maharaj; Maharaj is the cause of all avatars. So, what if in another avatar, suppose more power was shown somewhere? What if another avatar performed some other greater divine actions, seemingly beyond Maharaj? Even then, no. Then it is not said to have rested. If our mind goes there, it is not said to have rested in Maharaj, and if it remains incomplete compared to what Maharaj has said, even then it is not said to have rested. Therefore, Maharaj says, 'We like these two discourses, and our mind rests there.' Where does it rest? 'One is that there is a mass of conscious light, and in its midst, 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 → Shree Shree 1) Name of Lakshmi. 2) Used before the names of Bhagvãn and devs to signify their high status. Tap to open in glossary → 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 → Apart from that, if one believes Him to be formless or performs His upasana, the mind rests in performing His upasana. It is not that it rests only in 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 → Yesterday, in something I was writing, it was very beautifully stated that one should serve Bhagwan by becoming brahmarup. 'Atra brahmātmakana kṛṣṇa sevā muktiśca gavyatām'—we have considered that to be mukti mukti To become free. Kalyãn. Moksh. Those who are bhaktas of Bhagvãn do not desire any of the four types of mukti: to reside in the dhãm of Bhagvãn; to stay near Bhagvãn; to assume a svarup similar to Bhagvãn; and to attain powers similar to Bhagvãn. A nishkãm bhakta of Bhagvãn does not wish for any of these. Instead, he only wishes for Bhagvãn’s sevã. [Gadhadã I – 43]. Tap to open in glossary → mukti mukti To become free. Kalyãn. Moksh. Those who are bhaktas of Bhagvãn do not desire any of the four types of mukti: to reside in the dhãm of Bhagvãn; to stay near Bhagvãn; to assume a svarup similar to Bhagvãn; and to attain powers similar to Bhagvãn. A nishkãm bhakta of Bhagvãn does not wish for any of these. Instead, he only wishes for Bhagvãn’s sevã. [Gadhadã I – 43]. Tap to open in glossary → In reality, the commitment that exists after the ending point is called upasana. That which is up to the ending point is called conviction, and if it is liberal, it is called bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → If it is liberal, it is called bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → even if one dies, bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → mukti mukti To become free. Kalyãn. Moksh. Those who are bhaktas of Bhagvãn do not desire any of the four types of mukti: to reside in the dhãm of Bhagvãn; to stay near Bhagvãn; to assume a svarup similar to Bhagvãn; and to attain powers similar to Bhagvãn. A nishkãm bhakta of Bhagvãn does not wish for any of these. Instead, he only wishes for Bhagvãn’s sevã. [Gadhadã I – 43]. Tap to open in glossary → mukti mukti To become free. Kalyãn. Moksh. Those who are bhaktas of Bhagvãn do not desire any of the four types of mukti: to reside in the dhãm of Bhagvãn; to stay near Bhagvãn; to assume a svarup similar to Bhagvãn; and to attain powers similar to Bhagvãn. A nishkãm bhakta of Bhagvãn does not wish for any of these. Instead, he only wishes for Bhagvãn’s sevã. [Gadhadã I – 43]. Tap to open in glossary → Someone might say, 'Brother, why worry about after death from now on? What is the need to worry about after death right now?' But it is not like that. Whatever commitment one makes now, the same is attained thereafter. One decides now. If nothing is decided now, then one will not attain it; nothing of the sort will be attained. Therefore, that itself is called upasana—deciding before death what is to be attained after death, and once that point is decided, that much is his upasana. After Maharaj, do we want anything else beyond Maharaj? Suppose there is someone else—not that Maharaj would do that—but what if it happens that someone else gives us more happiness than Maharaj? Even then, Maharaj said that cannot be called upasana, even then Maharaj... deciding this is necessary, only then does one attain it, otherwise not. Otherwise, if there is a deficiency, like 'if I get something better, I will take the better, otherwise this is always there.' Otherwise, this is always ours. 'If I get something better, I will take the better'—then that cannot be called the upasana of Maharaj. So, Maharaj has mentioned the point of upasana here. He said it very beautifully. 'In our mind, we like these two discourses, and our mind rests right there.' What? One is the upasana of Bhagwan with form. Performing the upasana of Bhagwan with form, who is worshipped by infinite muktas within the mass of light—the mind rests there. We do not want to do anything beyond that. We do not want to do anything less than that either. We were saying that: brahmarup and the attitude of a servant. Maharaj said that to perform upasana, one must go there as brahmarup, and by becoming brahmarup, perform service with devotion to Bhagwan. So, what is the core point in that? What is the important point? Both aspects are there. One is to become brahmarup, and the other is to have the attitude of a servant towards Bhagwan, to have the attitude of a servant towards Maharaj. Which is the main point of upasana in that? 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