Swaminarayan Hare Swaminarayan Hare. On the day of Fagun Sudi Ekadashi in 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 → Then Shriji Maharaj spoke to all the Paramhansas, saying, "Those objects such as wealth, property, wife, and son, by which one's intellect does not get altered," Property, what does property mean? Property means, well, property. Wealth, property, happiness, prosperity. That is called property. And if it is cash, then it is wealth. If it is in hand, then it is wealth. If it is in the form of rupees, then it is wealth. Otherwise, that is property. Land, house, car, horses, that. wealth, property, wife, and son, by which one's intellect does not get altered, and for their sake, one does not develop faith in anyone, such devotees in 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 → Saying this, He spoke again, "Such are Muktanand Swami and Gopalanand Swami. Even if someone else, whoever he may be, shows miracles, they would not be influenced by him in any way." "And what kind of person is not influenced by anyone? He who understands, 'I am the soul, distinct from this body, and I am of the nature of luminous existence, and within my form, the manifest God is eternally residing, and apart from the form of God, all other material forms are false and full of infinite flaws,' if one has such vairagya," If there is complete vairagya and faith in God. Conviction with mahima means faith. If there is firm faith in God and complete vairagya, then his mind, in the objects of this world, will not be drawn, will not be agitated, will not be tempted. If there is no faith, then one is not tempted. Tempted. Faith means tempted. That 'let us get some work done through this and by this.' That is faith. To believe that 'our work can be done by this as well,' that is faith. Faith means having trust and belief. The meaning of trust and belief is the same. But here, if there is wealth and property, one develops faith in both. Yes, yes. That 'it will do our work.' In this, regarding mantras and spells, it is written very nicely in that commentary. Mantra Mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → If one chants the Swaminarayan Swaminarayan mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → but there is absolutely no faith. So here, vairagya itself does not matter much. But vairagya does not let faith break. If a person develops faith in the objects of this world, or in the happiness and prosperity of this world, or in any benefits of this world, it comes due to the lack of vairagya. So, the faith that comes due to the lack of vairagya, its effect is on faith. He did not believe that Swaminarayan Bhagwan is the giver, and that someone else can also give. He can do all this work. He did not believe that Swaminarayan Bhagwan is the doer, and others also, mantras and spells or those who practice them, and those other than God, mantras other than God, can also give something, he believed that, so his faith became absolutely zero. Vairagya works to sustain that faith. Maharaj says such people are not very many. Counting both among devotees and sadhus, Maharaj said to Muktanand Swami. Such are not very many among devotees, and not many among sadhus. At one place, when Maharaj spoke about mantras and spells, He gave the example of Macha Bhagat. And here, Maharaj gave the example of Muktanand Swami and Gopalanand Swami. That means among all devotees. It is the 38th Vachanamrut of Madhya. The entry of Macha Bhagat. In this also, both Maharajs are mentioned. The entry is also mentioned in this. "and if one knows the greatness of God as it is, one does not get any kind of delusion in one's intellect. But this talk is extremely difficult. Because," the nature of this world is such that it can drag even the best of people. The dominance of this world is such that it can drag even the best of people. If one gets associated with honor, then one gets carried away by it. One becomes attached to it. When many people and such people meet, and start saying 'Ji Bapji, Ji Bapji' with folded hands, and start doing so many gestures, then a person immediately feels, 'What is the issue with this now?' We are not making any effort. What did Maharaj say to the sadhu? That 'do not make effort.' In bhikshavritti, it is said so, right? That 'do not make effort, if it comes by God's will, then accept it.' So, all this honor and respect must have come by God's will only. What if others come and give it on their own? Then there is no issue. Then there is no issue. So, one gets carried away. So, Maharaj says, when it comes on its own, when it piles up, and one cannot stop oneself even if one tries, then one becomes weak. Just as a person without facilities becomes weak, in the same way, even with excessive facilities, one becomes weak, thinking, 'Where do I put all this now?' If there is a person without facilities and is completely resource-less, then the person becomes weak, right? Thinking, 'Now I will lose courage.' Similarly, one also loses courage due to excess. He becomes weak. When he becomes weak, he cannot remove it. So, all these people, when emotional people gather, saying 'Ji Bapji, Ji Bapji,' and so much comes upon him, when honor and respect come to him, then he becomes weak in honor and respect. And he gets carried away by it. He gets to taste it. Nothing else. When he gets carried away, he gets to enjoy its pleasure. That means he has not found bliss in God. He has not found bliss in God alone. So, in this way. Till the end. If one has found bliss in God alone, then no matter how long the association is, it would not make a difference. Maharaj says, those who do not change are Muktanand Swami and Gopalanand Swami. And Macha Bhagat. He is a householder, right? The rest of the devotees, all of them. If it goes on for long, they become weak. They dissolve and get stuck in it. In the beginning, there is no issue. In the beginning, they perform brilliantly. But it does not last long. Govind Swami, how much vairagya he had. And he kicked it away and came. But he got stuck in rice. He got stuck in dal-rice itself. 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