Bhav sanshodhihi. The word 'bhav' is used here in the sense of intention. And its purification means purity. Not letting one's inner intention get corrupted is a great penance for a seeker. If the intention remains pure, then the above vices will run away from afar. In whose heart there is the intention to please only God and there is renunciation of worldly desires, renunciation of one's personal selfishness and one's pride, and doing good to others, To have devotion towards God is also called bhav sanshodhi. To have devotion towards a Sadhu is also called bhav sanshodhi. Keep it consistent. One moment like this and another moment like that. Then it is not called bhav sanshodhi. Sometimes they are pleased, they are in the mood, then where do we arrange for it, that becomes a big question. Because when they are in the mood, they surrender everything, and we have not kept a godown ready for that surrender. And then when they leave, they even take away what is ours from the godown. That is why Gunatitanand Swami said to keep a consistent devotion. To live in one way. To live. That means to keep a consistent devotion. If our devotion towards a Sadhu increases, even then it is called consistent. It should keep increasing. But if we keep our devotion according to our mood, sometimes like this and sometimes like that, then it is not called consistent devotion. There is renunciation of one's personal selfishness and one's pride, and there is a feeling of doing good to others and being helpful, by that his heart is instantly purified. Bhav sanshodhi means purification of intention. Its purification. Yes. Make such a good intention. So keep the intention permanently good till death. That is difficult. It is very difficult compared to that. It is more difficult than nirvikalp nirvikalp Without alternatives or doubts. Used to describe faith or Tap to open in glossary → Even those who have attained nirvikalp nirvikalp Without alternatives or doubts. Used to describe faith or Tap to open in glossary → Maharaj said so, and all those were of nirvikalp nirvikalp Without alternatives or doubts. Used to describe faith or Tap to open in glossary → Brahma, Shiv Shiv The dev of destruction. Part of the trimurti. He lives in Kailas with his wife Pãrvati. Tap to open in glossary → nirvikalp nirvikalp Without alternatives or doubts. Used to describe faith or Tap to open in glossary → Even then, their intentions could not remain pure. And they got polluted. And to keep the intention pure all through life, then that is better than nirvikalp nirvikalp Without alternatives or doubts. Used to describe faith or Tap to open in glossary → Nirvikalp Nirvikalp Without alternatives or doubts. Used to describe faith or Tap to open in glossary → How difficult is that. For that, does one have to make effort internally or externally? It happens only if one does both, internal and outer. To last all through life, we might be making effort internally, and then if outer deshkals come, it won't remain. So the deshkals of the outer should also be good, and we should also make effort internally. Only then does that work succeed, otherwise it does not succeed. If we are very strong internally and do not pay proper attention to the outer, then sometimes we might stumble. Maharaj said the same, right, that all these great ones made mistakes, what is the reason for that? So sometimes the deshkals themselves are such that they go and sit in them. And if a storm comes, we might hold on very strongly, but it throws us away completely. So deshkals are internal as well. And we might find good deshkals from above, but if we keep mess and confusion inside, then nothing good will happen. One's Sometimes when there is a mood, devotion increases, and when there is no mood, it decreases, what precaution should be taken so that this does not happen? Over a long period of time, while averaging it, stabilize it. In a day, that means, one should keep looking at its root cause, that I got a lot of devotion, what did I do? Has something of my wish happened? Mostly, when my wish is fulfilled, only then devotion increases. And when the wish is not fulfilled, then it decreases, one becomes moodless. So has something like that happened? So do not let that happen. That is called the way to stabilize it. Favorable circumstances were created for us, we got some more devotion, we were praised, or our mood, we got some benefit, based on that, if our devotion increases, then it is bound to decrease anytime. Everything is not the same. Today he was praised, and by mistake tomorrow they might praise someone else, if they don't praise ours, then it's fine, but if they praise others, even then there is a problem of devotion and mood. So if they praise others by mistake, then what happens to us? So do not keep devotion based on that, keep it based on scriptures. Keep it based on the liberation of our soul. Keep it based on the goal we have set. Then that devotion remains consistent. Even if our mood comes and goes, it doesn't matter, at that time it sits quietly. And then again when the mood comes, it comes back. Keep devotion based on principles, not based on mood. Get beyond mood. Mood keeps going up and down based on the situations of this world. It does not go up and down based on principles. And if it goes up and down based on principles, then that is pardonable. If there is damage to this principle, and we feel a bit bad in our mind, then Maharaj says there is no problem in that. Maharaj says that we should feel sad when a devotee of God is sad. Feel sad at the sadness of a devotee of God and feel happy at his happiness. That what is in that Gita? There is a state even higher than sthitapragya, that is also called sthitapragya. Sad at the sadness of a devotee of God and happy at his happiness. So actually, who is called sthitapragya? Whom happiness and sadness do not affect at all. Who has gone beyond happiness and sadness. But that sometimes becomes a dry state. If one has gone beyond happiness and sadness, cannot feel sad at the sadness of a devotee of God and cannot feel happy at the happiness of God, then that sthitapragya state is called a dry state. That is not called a spiritual state. So feel according to that. Maharaj said so. When Ramanand Swami passed away, everyone became moodless. Everyone became moodless. Only one remained in full mood, who? Raghunathdas. Raghunathdas got into full mood. When Ramanand Swami passed away, he felt, thank goodness, it's good. So Maharaj says not to be like that. At that time, become moodless. And remain sad at his sadness. Because sad at the sadness of a devotee of God and happy at his happiness. That is the true spiritual state. There is renunciation of one's personal selfishness and one's pride, and there is a feeling of doing good to others and being helpful, by that his heart is instantly purified and his devotion is purified. 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