Swaminarayan Hare, Swaminarayan Hare. And furthermore, we always and constantly maintain the contemplation of these five matters. Among them, one is that we must surely die, leaving this body, and there seems to be no delay in that. It is felt with certainty that we are to die this very moment, this very second. And in all actions of happiness and misery, pleasure and displeasure, he behaves in such a manner; that is described as vairagya. Are we to die from this body or not? We have to maintain this contemplation. We have to maintain the contemplation that we have to leave this. Then there will be joy. Then its purpose becomes clear. We have to die and we have to leave this, yet we do it, so why do we do it? Then it becomes clear. And the second is that when we die, we have done this much work and this much is remaining. What does it mean to have the contemplation of these five matters? Is it like the stories of Panchatantra? What is the meaning of five matters? Five. Maharaj said, "We always and constantly maintain the contemplation of these five matters." So what are the five matters? Meaning, the clarification of five things. Of five activities. We like these five activities very much. Actually, these are mental activities, mental inclinations, attitudes. A person's own inner pondering is called attitude, inclination. So we keep pondering in our mind that we have to die, we have to die, we have to die. There seems to be no delay of even a second. We have to leave this, we have to leave this, we have to leave this. Then there seems to be no delay of even a second. We keep feeling that way. And the second is that when we die, we have done this much work and this much is remaining, which we have to do; such constant contemplation remains. And the third is, has the vasana for the five sensory pleasures been eradicated from our mind or not? And though I know it has been eradicated, why do actions related to those sensory pleasures still occur? Perhaps it has not been eradicated. Thus, a constant contemplation of self-doubt remains. What is the third contemplation about? What did he say the third contemplation is about? What did Sadguru Sadguru A great sant. Tap to open in glossary → The first contemplation is that we are to die this very moment. Then the second contemplation? Huh? This much work is done and this much work is remaining. That much is remaining. How much shopping has been done and how much shopping is remaining? What is meant by work? This much work is done and this much work is not done, so what is to be attained? How many chapters are completed and how many are not completed? How much free from vasana have we become and how much not? How much pleased have they become and how much not pleased? How much pleased has God become and how much pleased has God not become? How much pleasing is remaining? How much pleased have God's sadhus become and how much pleasing is remaining? Pleased. This much work is done and this much work is not done, what is the main job? To please. Meaning, this much pleased they are and this much they are not. That is the work. And in that, how much is remaining and how much is done? If we calculate, how many years we have spent, we do not have to calculate those years. How much pleased have they become in these years? Whom have we pleased? And how much, how much pleasing is remaining? Calculate that. The calculation of those activities. Maharaj has said, "We like this matter and our mind rests there." He mentioned two matters earlier, which means that we are very pleased with these two activities. What? One is God, always with a form, God. We are very pleased with the upasana of God with a form. Our utmost pleasure is attained in that. And secondly, whatever spiritual endeavors one performs, performs spiritual endeavors, does them only to please. we are very pleased with them. And this contemplation of the five matters is also to please. We like the activities of these five matters very much. We maintain contemplation, that is why we like them. It is a means to please. These are the five activities of the five matters, we are very pleased with them. If anyone practices them in their life, we are very pleased. Third. What is the third about? What was it? That vasana. That vasana for the five sensory pleasures. What was it? How much how much of the vasana for the five sensory pleasures has been eradicated and how much is remaining? Meaning, one's own measure. So it is still not understood properly. Read it again. And the third is, has the vasana for the five sensory pleasures been eradicated from our mind or not? And though I know it has been eradicated, why do actions related to those sensory pleasures still occur? Perhaps it has not been eradicated. Thus, a constant contemplation of self-doubt remains. What was it? Meaning, regarding oneself, alertness, so to speak. Not alertness. Self-doubt. Where is alertness mentioned? Self-doubt. Not to sit back fearlessly thinking that our work is done. We have become fully pleased. Not to sit back fearlessly like that. Maharaj said, "We like the contemplation of self-doubt." What kind of renunciation do we like? Not to trust the mind. Not to trust the mind. Even if it is completed, even if more has been done compared to others, still what should one believe about oneself? Huh? So what to believe? It is not completed. It is incomplete. Perhaps from this, some deficiency may arise. So one should not consider oneself complete. In any matter. Not even in one's mastery. Not to consider complete in that. It is incomplete and it remains incomplete. One might have assumed that our work is completed. But it is incomplete, but to convince oneself that it is incomplete is very difficult. Everyone is incomplete. But to convince oneself that I am incomplete, I am incomplete, that is very beneficial. And Maharaj's pleasure, Maharaj's pleasure's means. What is the difference between the third and the fourth? In the fourth, it is said to look at others. In the second and the third. In the second and the third. Meaning, this much work, this much pleased they are and this much pleasing is remaining, to categorize that. To sort. That this much is done and this much is not done. So one knows that what is not done, we have to do now. Otherwise, one keeps pondering the same thing. So that does not happen. So how much one has achieved and how much one has not achieved, one must have clarification of that. Then one, on the path, will not get confused. What is remaining to be done is to be cleared. And this is done. So that much is the second number. And the third number is of self-doubt. Even if it is done, not to trust it fully. And not to consider complete. And the fourth is, Muktanand Swami and other great sadhus, as well as other great devotees, all of them, has the vasana for the five sensory pleasures been eradicated from them or not? And this person's vasana has been eradicated and this person's has not been eradicated, thus looking into everyone's heart, such contemplation remains. And one's own, huh? If one wants to look at oneself, one must also recognize others. This is the recognition of others. This person has this vasana, someone if we want to associate with someone, and if we do not know whether this person's vasana has decreased or increased, then where do we associate? And mistake, like blindly, one does not wander. So that is necessary for us. Otherwise, nothing else much, Maharaj used to look at it like that. This person's vasana has been eradicated. That is also Maharaj's responsibility. Those who are His dependents, how far they have reached, to take care of them is called His responsibility. And the fifth is, if I begin to make my mind indifferent, then who knows, I might go away somewhere and the body might fall. Therefore, we know that not to make the mind indifferent. Because, fortunately, due to our association, all these women, men, and paramahansas are happily performing devotion to God, so that is fine. And seeing them performing devotion to God, there is great joy in the mind. Though everyone has to die, but to perform devotion in this manner is the greatest benefit of living, such constant contemplation remains. In this manner, Shreeji Maharaj, for the instruction of His devotees, spoke using His own behavior as an example. And He Himself is manifest 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 → Thus ends the Vachanamrut. In this manner, the thirtieth Vachanamrut of the Gadhada Last Section was concluded. What does it mean to become indifferent? Read it again. And the fifth is, if I begin to make my mind indifferent, then who knows, I might go away somewhere and the body might fall. Therefore, what does it mean to make indifferent? What is the meaning of indifferent? What is the meaning of indifferent? Indifferent means, in a way, neglected. One's own. Dispassionate. Not to take interest in it. Maharaj says, "Do we take interest in all these dependents or not?" Should we take interest or not? Take. Why? Why should we take? If we take interest, then vasana remains. Interest itself is vasana. Knowing them as His dependents. Yes, but in those dependents, a person is human, and gets entangled there, right? Knowing them as His dependents, He gets entangled there, right? So should we take interest in that or not? Take only as much as duty requires, not more. It is not said "only as much as duty" in that. What did Maharaj say? That, "Because they perform devotion, take interest." If they do not perform devotion, do not take interest. They are dependents and they perform devotion, that is why take interest. And to live taking such interest, that is the greatest benefit of living. Otherwise, there is benefit in dying. The first point was about dying. To us what did Maharaj say as the first point? We always and constantly maintain the contemplation that we have to die now, to die this very moment. Meaning, we have no interest anywhere at all. So should we take interest or leave interest? In devotion to God. What does God like? Does He like taking interest or leaving interest? 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