Then Shriji Maharaj asked, "In this 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 → Then, the fear of death means the fear of birth and death is overcome. The fear of death means, why should there be a fear of birth and death after becoming a devotee? Now I will not have to take birth and death again. That fear is overcome. In this world, those who are brave... some brave people are not afraid of death. Is it that kind of fear... is it that kind of fear? They must realize in their mind that they will not have to face birth and death again. After leaving this body, there will be no birth and death. Those who plunge in bravely, their fear of death is gone, but Maharaj is not referring to that, brother. The fear that 'I will not face birth and death after dying' must be overcome. If someone is brave and dies facing the enemy, Maharaj is not referring to that here. There is nothing special about it. Even if they die facing the enemy, they will still have to take birth and death elsewhere, won't they? When is the fear of birth and death overcome? That is why Maharaj spoke of the fear of death. In the Setumala commentary, it is written as 'of birth and death, of birth and death'. That also means the fear of the world must be overcome, that 'now the world has... left me'. When do they realize that the world has left their soul? And then they feel fulfilled, and then they also feel a sense of gratitude. From within, they must realize that the world has left their heart, their soul. Birth and death, all of that has left. Otherwise, all these quarrelsome people, they die, don't they? Yet they fight and die. They do not run away. They die. Now, these human bombs, they go to die, don't they? So does that make them free? And do they feel a sense of gratitude? It is not like that. The fear of birth and death must be overcome. The fear of the world must be overcome. When do they realize within their soul that 'now the world is no more for me? The world is no more in my soul.' When does that happen? Maharaj gave four means for that: the faithful, the wise, the brave, and the loving. Through these four mediums, if one is properly connected to God, the world leaves their soul. And they realize in their mind that 'I will not face birth and death again, and I have no fear of it. I am fulfilled.' By connecting to God, one becomes fulfilled, but one connects through these four paths. Everyone's nature is different, so depending on their nature, if they connect to God properly, their fear of the world, of birth and death, and of the world is overcome. The stain is removed from their soul. Then Shriji Maharaj asked, "In this 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 → Maharaj looked through the scriptures and compiled it. In the scriptures, in different places, one thing might not be mentioned in one place, all four things are not mentioned in one place. But it might be mentioned in different places, and when we compiled it according to the scriptures, these four things came to our notice. In our view, it has appeared that four types of devotees overcome the fear of death and feel fulfilled. The details of the four types of devotees are: first, the faithful; second, the wise; third, the brave; fourth, the loving. These four types of devotees do not have the fear of death and feel fulfilled while still in this body. Now we will describe the characteristics of these four types of devotees: among them, the faithful one has developed extreme faith in the manifest God, His Sadhu, and His words; therefore, by the strength of their faith in God, they do not fear death. Maharaj, the essence of the entire Vachanamrut is that if one connects to God properly through these four means, the fear of birth and death, the fear of death, is overcome from their soul while living and after dying. What if someone sits with extreme faith in their guru guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → guru guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → Then is their fear overcome? Maharaj said they are faithful, aren't they? They are faithful, aren't they? They don't have faith in God, do they? They don't have conviction in God, do they? The conviction in God... they must have started by knowing God, right? Don't many know the guru guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → If all four means are in relation to God, then it happens. They must be in relation to God. But they have connected believing them to be God. They believed this one, they are in front, aren't they? Therefore, they cannot be called faithful, they are called blindly faithful. What is the difference between faith and blind faith? If placed in an unworthy person, it is blind faith. Faith is defined by the truth of the person, and blind faith is defined by the weakness of the person. All those who have faith, have it. Is faith stronger or is blind faith stronger? Blind faith is stronger. Blind faith is stronger. Once blind faith is placed, it does not let go. Once caught, it does not let go. So they are all strong. But does any work get done by that? So what is the difference between blind faith and faith? The truth of the person. They must be true as described in the scriptures, whether it is God or a Sadhu. And then they must have developed faith as described in the scriptures. Then they realize that birth and death... I will not face birth and death. And the stain of the world has been removed from my world... from my soul. Even if I die now, I will go to my Maharaj's abode. They experience fulfillment. But if it is true, this result comes, otherwise the result does not come. If either of the two is false, the result does not come. And in that, faith... in that, the seeker is often true. They are connected with a real feeling that 'I am like this'. But depending on whether that person is false or true, the distinction between blind faith and real faith is made. Otherwise, in faith, there is no flaw in their effort. And yet it is considered blind faith. Some people's effort is more than that of those who are good and true. So, by having blind faith, birth and death are not overcome. And by that, fulfillment is not experienced. It happens only if it is in a worthy person. That is why Maharaj said 'faithful'. God. Now everyone has assumed their liberation. But in what? As they do. They have assumed their liberation as they do. No one goes to align it with the scriptures. Great souls, God, or scriptures, they should go to align it with their statements. And they assumed. That 'it is written here, the four types of people are freed from birth and death.' The fear of death is overcome. 'It is written here about the four things, so we are also like that.' They assumed, 'we are also like that.' Now, who decides whether they are like that or not? The scriptures do. The scriptures do. But do these people go to ask the scriptures? Whom do these people go to ask? The guru guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → Where they are connected, they go to ask there, so the other one says, 'I am indeed.' 'Bapa, you are omniscient, aren't you?' So Bapa says, 'Yes.' 'I can see a little bit, not completely omniscient, but mostly.' Mostly. Mostly omniscient is seen. Everyone's inner state is mostly seen, isn't it? Do they go to ask... do they go to ask the Vachanamrut whether Bapa is omniscient or not? Or do they go to ask the Gita or Bhagavat? Anyone... they go to ask them. So, faith is all like this. Suppose unknowingly... without knowing, if the person is true and one has faith in them, then their work gets done, doesn't it? Without knowing? If the person is true, where is the need to know? Where did the Gopis know Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → 'Gnatva agnatva' is written in that. 'Gnatva agnatva'. Knowingly or unknowingly. Eating jaggery always tastes sweet. And eating poison always kills. In that way. Whether eaten knowingly or unknowingly. What if poison is swallowed unknowingly? I did not know this was poison. And I thought it was nectar. Some seekers might have found the true one, some might not have found. That is the seeker's duty. God does not do that. Who is called a seeker? One who desires liberation. First, they must have the desire to find the truth, shouldn't they? If they just wander, they cannot be called a seeker, they are called foolish. The foolish wander like this. 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