What is the difference between Upasana 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 → This has been slightly indicated here, 'Nityayukta'. We say, one is Navdha Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Nistha and Upasana. And ordinary action. Take one as Seva Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Navdha 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 → included, Seva Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Shravanam kirtanam vishnoh smaranam padasevanam. Archanam vandanam dasyam, dasya is Seva Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → So, that can be done in many ways. For example, if there is a servant, and he is serving his master, then he is doing service. But that is called just service. In the olden days, there used to be forced labor. Kings and emperors would call them for forced labor, that is completely different. That is called just action, service. And what a servant does is called service. Thereafter, if there is a virtuous son, he would be serving his parents. So, he also does service. If service is done to God, then 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 → But if he does that same service with Nistha, does it lifelong, and does not back down even in difficulties, then it is called Nistha. We often talk about how Kothari Swami, with Shastriji Maharaj, came at the age of 11. And passed away to Dham at the age of 92-93. And served consistently. So, rather than calling it 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 → It should be called Nistha. There were many sadhus with Swami, Swami used to say, probably, Swami must have initiated 200 of them. If we count the parshads and others, they all left. After leaving, they must still be doing Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → After leaving, they would still be doing Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Savar Bhagat read a Vachanamrut, the 6th of Pratham Pratham First. Tap to open in glossary → That he who is wise, was it the 6th? Or was it the 16th? The 6th. He who is wise, when God's sadhu points out his flaws and corrects him, then he takes it positively. And he who is unwise takes it negatively. Shastriji Maharaj's nature was to correct a lot, he corrected a lot. So, there were many saints in our mandal mandal Group or assembly. In the time of Swãminãrãyan Bhagvãn, the sãdhus were often formed into groups, within which they travelled and preached in different regions. Tap to open in glossary → So, they did not take it very positively. So Maharaj says, he declines and then becomes devoid of prestige. Even if he has prestige in society, he completely falls from the path of God. Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → And it was the same with devotees, many devotees would come with great enthusiasm. But then Swami's nature was strict, so Swami would not let it go, if there was a mistake, he would say it. So they would run away then, and not come back. So, they do not attain stability. They do not attain stability in the path of God. That happens only where there are such great personages, otherwise, if everyone is just struggling, then everyone would be stable. So, correcting and speaking, I remembered then that Swami corrected a lot. To everyone, now so many left, so many left. Not everyone stayed. So, that is called Nistha. It is maintained throughout life. It is maintained consistently. So, yesterday Vijaybhai was talking about Bhatt Saheb. Was it maintained consistently or not? Until the last breath. Bhatt Saheb's Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → satsangi satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → satsangi satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → Thus, a divine soul, he came as a teacher. And he liked it here. So, he kept getting more and more connected. After Mahendrabhai left, he took care of the entire Sad-Vidya too. And after retiring, see, if he did not come, he would fall sick, if he did not come to Gurukul, he would fall sick. And if he did not get any service, he would fall sick, he got so connected, and see how he passed away to Dham, he passed away to Dham with a very divine feeling. So, lifelong, from the time we got satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → and from then until the last breath, to remain connected is called Nistha. If we do it ordinarily, then 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 → There are many devotees who would come to our Gurukul, do 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 → mandir mandir Temple. Sacred Hindu place of worship. Tap to open in glossary → bhajan bhajan Worship. 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 → That is not called Nistha. And in this, it is written 'Nityayukta upasate'. If only 'upasate' was written, then? Then it would be 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 → But 'Nityayukta' means they are connected in service eternally. So, we say that it is a commitment of the previous birth too. That I want to serve God while living, and even after dying, I want to do this same thing. That is 'Nityayukta upasate', and that same Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → That same service is considered Upasana, that same service is considered Nistha, that same service is considered ordinary Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → How to make it is in the hands of the doer. This is Rajvidya Rajguhya Yoga, which means it is the most secret, which is not grasped by everyone from the upper level and for which one has to go deep, only then it is grasped, such is Upasana. 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 Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → bhajan bhajan Worship. 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 in that same thing, Nistha must be attained. In that same thing, he must attain Nistha. We had Mulji Bhagat of Gundasara, so we say, listening to discourses and reading discourses 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 → But Bhagat fell sick later in his last years, so he lived in the mandir mandir Temple. Sacred Hindu place of worship. Tap to open in glossary → So if anyone came to the mandir mandir Temple. Sacred Hindu place of worship. Tap to open in glossary → So he would say, 'Here, read this Vachanamrut or read a chapter of Bhaktachintamani.' When he started reading, then he would say, 'See, touch my hand and see how much fever I have,' he had a constant fever. But if he read one chapter or two chapters, then Bhagat's fever would go down, the temperature would go down, see. 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