Without understanding, the suffering will not subside. Without understanding, the suffering. All thoughts within oneself will not subside. Without understanding, the suffering. The atma has no caste or lineage, oh father. These are relatives of the body. By understanding and removing, by understanding and removing, the suffering will not subside. Without understanding, the suffering. If we remove the dirt of our beliefs, then true purity is achieved. It does not obstruct the eyes, and the proper establishment will not subside. Without understanding, the suffering. What did it say? Sadguru Sadguru A great sant. Tap to open in glossary → Speak. If one removes their beliefs, then what they believe appears like a mirror. It's a page, isn't it? This one speaks a little less. We are already sitting after doing it. All these are sitting without doing it. If one puts aside what they believe, then what is, appears like a mirror. It's said about the mirror, what is it? Flaw. It does not obstruct the eyes. It becomes fine. Correct. It is like that. Correct. What is your belief? What is it called when one sets their own belief, their mindset? It happens if one removes their mindset. But the mindset does not go away. Even if a person dies, their mindset does not go away. What one believes is correct. If God has believed, or if a devotee or sadhu of God has believed, then it does not remain correct. What one believes is correct. And if someone shows something in what one believes, then it becomes difficult. Then how can he have the refuge of God? As long as one is firmly seated in such a belief of their own. It's called abhinivesh. A sadhu said that if I don't do Gurukul, I will have to marry a moss. A sadhu said that If I don't do Gurukul, I will have to marry a moss. If bachelors die, they marry moss, right? So, for him, it's like that, if he does Gurukul. So, if I die a bachelor, if I die a bachelor, I will have to marry a moss. Then he did it himself. It's going on now. So, people have such a belief, it's called abhinivesh. It has entered his soul that it must be this way and no other. Then if anyone else explains, he won't accept it. What I understood is correct. So he doesn't give it up. If we adorn our eyes with diamonds, then complete sin attaches itself. The color changes, the cloth turns, everyone is deceived by seeing the mark, and the suffering does not subside. Without understanding, the suffering. If you have a very valuable diamond. It feels like we should put the gem of an eye there, that's enough. What should I do? It's more valuable than an eye, isn't it? That great soul remained steadfast, and the body-like snake was cast off. Nishkulanand says that what was bad has gone, and what remained is pervaded by darkness, and the suffering will not subside. Without understanding, the suffering. Himself. The color changes, the cloth turns, meaning the color changes. Pot means cloth. And when it's dyed, if it's white, it turns saffron, right? Here, the atma has been colored. Of what? Body. So, what is, is not seen. And something else is seen. Pot palte means pot means cloth. And when it's dyed, the cloth changes and looks different. The atma has been colored with the body's color. We have put it on. So no one can hold him back. No one can take him down. So, I am superior, a person has the feeling of the body. It's not like there's nothing. Cold and heat are felt, aren't they? It feels like that. But I am superior. Our sadhus believe that no one else's actions are like mine, and no one else's qualities are like mine. In a household, it's like, my bungalow, our car, our family. When he gets ego about all of them, it means he has become attached to them. It is said that he has been colored. So, one has to work separately from it. So, Gunatitanand Swami said it in a very simple language. Do not become the form of action. Do not become the form of the body. Do not become the form of family, relatives, or the world. Then, in the world, they consider those who have power as great. Do not become that form, leave it. And understand what happens to one's own soul. If we get stuck in this, if we get caught in its illusion, then what will happen to our soul? We got caught in the illusion of action. Let's say someone got caught in the illusion of qualities. Then what happens to our soul? There is a need to remove some of its color. In this world, new colors are constantly being applied. For people, that is. I am educated. So, an educated person, in a household, might have a PhD, or be a Shastri Acharya, I am educated. Then can he sit down? His seat does not touch the ground. So, he faces difficulty. How does one know what color they have taken on? It is known by one's thoughts, if one examines their own thoughts. In that, Maharaj said that when one twists the prakruti prakruti 1) Divine energy or instrument of Bhagvãn that initiates the creation process by being ‘impregnated’ by Purush – also called Mul-Purush, Mahã-Purush, or Akshar- Purush – and from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are ‘conceived’ for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. Taken to be feminine in nature, she is composed of the three gun, is both jad and chaitanya, eternal, nirvishesh, and in her dormant state houses all jeevs and all elements. Also called Mul- Prakruti, Mul-Mãyã, and Mahã-Mãyã. 2) Also refers to Pradhãn-Prakruti. Tap to open in glossary → Then the jiva suffers. It gets polished. But if no one has twisted it, how would one know? Then Maharaj says that if one examines oneself. And what kind of powerful thoughts does one have day and night? And he also examines it in such a way that if someone stops me from this, it won't be straight for me. If one examines oneself like that, they will know. A mumukshu mumukshu A person in search of moksh. Tap to open in glossary → If one belongs to this world, and is completely engrossed in its momentum, then they won't know. If one is a mumukshu mumukshu A person in search of moksh. Tap to open in glossary → If someone stops me from this, then if he looks at his own thoughts, he will know what kind of thoughts he has more of. If he is trying to please God, then he has no problem. If someone stops him, there is no problem. If someone stops him, he understands that he has received guidance on how to please God. If someone stops him, he understands that he has received guidance on how to please God. But if one has decided in their mind that it must be this way, then it becomes difficult, doesn't it? So, if one looks at their own thoughts, they will know what color they have taken on. Others know, but we don't believe them. Others know that he has become attached to this, and now he won't turn back. Others know everything. Even small children know. That there has been some change in Swami. There was a small child, and one day Shanti Swami sent me a WhatsApp chat. So he would know that the other person's head is full. Then others would know, wouldn't they? So even small children know. But no one tells us anything. When we are in a great hurry. Even elders cannot say. Elders have some need, if nothing else, they need a companion, where would we go without a companion? Shastriji Maharaj often talks about how Swami went to a place to give a discourse, taking a pair with him. So, when he went to give the discourse, the companion somehow felt that he didn't want to keep this companion, he wanted another one. Then Swami immediately had to leave that discourse and run away with the companion, even though Swami was the speaker of the discourse. What should I do with the companion? So, it often happens like this. If one looks at their own mind, their own thoughts, then they will know. Otherwise, Maharaj says that a foolish person doesn't understand anything. He has been defeated, he lives like an animal, and he lives his whole life like an animal. And if he gets a chance, he suppresses others. One can suppress when there is a need, right? Otherwise, no one can suppress anyone. So, when you get the chance, you suppress them. So, that is an animal life. That is not the life of a devotee. It cannot be called a spiritual life. Spiritual life means looking at oneself. He also looks at others. And he keeps doing his work. To separate oneself from this world through action. Opposite to deceit. Do not follow this deceit, do not follow this world. Only if one separates oneself from the world can one go before God, right? One does not want to separate from the world. We tell someone, don't we? We have this world of sadhus, don't we? The world of sadhus. What is the world of sadhus? To live in a comfort zone. To become the form of action. No one should say anything to oneself. One's own will should be done. All this is our world of sadhus. He says that whatever the child says, that's what should be done. Whatever the family says, no other changes should be allowed in it. He makes them do it after marriage. So, one should separate from that. To separate oneself mentally a little. Physically, let him do it. But to separate oneself mentally. That we want to go to God, and all these people are taking me somewhere else. From all four sides, they will grab me by the arm and leg and take me here. We need to separate ourselves a little. Without recognizing the hidden avidya, the suffering of the heart cannot be removed. Everyone has avidya, householders have it, and sadhus have it. No one is without avidya. The chapter on avidya comes in Bhakta Bhakta Devotee of Bhagvãn. A follower of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Do you know? What is said about avidya in it? In a scholar, it is in the form of a scholar. The scholar's house is mine. There, that scholar's parental home is mine. I feel very good there. Women, even if they stay at their in-laws' for three days, the joy of going to their parents' home for fifteen days is different. So, when avidya comes to a mendicant and a scholar, they enjoy it like being at their parents' home. Why would it be so enjoyable? It was born there. Huh? It was born there. No one stops them, right? They stop the other one. Father, like this. And they say, 'You don't understand at all.' And no one tells him that he doesn't understand. Swami, you don't understand. Then what happens to that poor fellow? He explains to him. If Swami is told that he doesn't understand, then he explains to the other person. And even when those people get old, they find people who tell them that they don't understand. When they get old, they feel that all the children and wives become of one opinion that he didn't learn anything. Everyone, while still young, speaks a little fearfully. He talks from behind. He is completely foolish. Until then, he says from behind. Then he says it to his face. Even then, he can't do anything, what can he do? If he says it to his face, he puts him in my house. You know what my house means, right? In my home. In my home. My home. In my home. He puts him in my home. He puts him in an old age home. So, it's said to his face, isn't it? So, it's all like this. Who says this to him? So, avidya feels very good here. It doesn't stop. In her parental home, it's always 'sister, father, sister, father'. So, no one stops anything. And if she goes, if she goes for fifteen days, she gets some gifts and everything, so it feels good. So, when avidya comes to sadhus here, they get gifts. And what gifts does he get? He has to be pushed. So, Nishkulanand Swami Nishkulanand Swami Disciple of Sahajanand Swami (Swaminarayan Bhagwan) and author of the Bhaktachintamani, as stated in the scripture's own closing colophon at the end of every chapter. Tap to open in glossary → We don't know anything about ourselves. If we don't have avidya, how would we know? These people's things are there, let everyone have each other's. In sadhus, we have never seen avidya. Here, in this sadhu ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → Ladies are not allowed. So, avidya just leaves after hearing the board. Or not. She reads the board and leaves. Avidya must know how to read. Does avidya know how to read English or not? It's coming from behind. It's coming from behind, there's no board, is there? That's fine for him. We should put up a board there too. Without recognizing the hidden avidya, the suffering of the heart cannot be removed. It is not considered to be the pure form of the atma, distinct from the three bodies. The atma has no caste or lineage. To consider oneself a servant of God. To consider oneself separate from this world. To take refuge in God is called vidya. That is attained through 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 by which the path to God's abode opens, if such a belief comes into our heart, it is called vidya. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. 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