And the characteristics of an excellent seeker of liberation are that he recognizes the Satpurush and surrenders his mind to him, and for the sake of his association, he endures all kinds of hardships, and even if some excellent worldly pleasure begins to entice him, he is not enticed, and he does not abandon the practices of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Look, what was said? What did you remember? To meditate on God by becoming established in the self, then the causal body is destroyed. What did the devotee remember? To recognize the Ekantik Satpurush and surrender one's mind. What? To recognize the Ekantik Satpurush and surrender the mind. What did you remember? In the same way, if one keeps meditating in the same way, then... To keep doing it in the same way, not to improve anything. Continue. Continue. To keep it continuous. It's not that we shouldn't improve, right? Or to keep doing it in the same way, no matter how much they keep making us circumambulate, but still not to make any change. Who is called a seeker of liberation? You forgot the main point. He recognizes the Satpurush. The characteristic of a seeker of liberation is that he not only recognizes the Satpurush, but surrenders his mind. Who is said to have surrendered the mind? Has Maharaj said anything about surrendering the mind? Do you remember anywhere in the Vachanamrut? What? What was said? Tell me. Who is said to have surrendered the mind? He lives according to the wishes. He lives according to the wishes. Tell me what Maharaj said, then something might happen. Well, wishes are good, it is true. But that is what you said. When is it said that the mind is surrendered? In which Vachanamrut does it appear? In which Vachanamrut? Madhya 29th or 24th. Pratham Pratham First. Tap to open in glossary → One who has surrendered the mind feels that if Maharaj commands me to do something, I would go to Burhanpur or Kashi. And if some such decision has been made in his absence, he feels great distress and burning in his mind. There was a chance to take benefit from Maharaj's command at that time, and I missed it. One who feels like that is said to have surrendered the mind. And what happens to one who has not surrendered the mind? "They keep telling only us, is there no one else?" So that means he has not surrendered the mind. Who went and told Maharaj this? Who gave our report? So Maharaj doesn't know, right? Or does he? Someone gave a wrong report about us to Maharaj, so Maharaj is scolding us. In reality, we are not worth scolding. We are very good. So what does that mean? He has not surrendered the mind. If the mind is surrendered, Maharaj says, he feels in his mind that Maharaj might have some need and I could be useful in that. "Who will go to Burhanpur and Kashi?" If no one stands up, Maharaj says, he stands up. So he surrendered the mind. Narayandas Swami said that we want to install the holy footprints here, so who will give the footprints? So everyone started scratching the ground. At that time, Swami said, "Swami, I have them, I will give them." And he gave them. So he is said to have surrendered the mind. Shastriji Maharaj surrendered his mind to Narayandas Swami. When no one is ready, to do it, what does that mean? When no one can do a job and we do it, what does that mean? To take a challenge. To accept a challenge. If no one is ready to accept a challenge, he accepts the challenge. That is according to his word. On our own, we might do many things. But if he says that this is a difficult task, who will do it? Then, "Let me do it." So he is said to have surrendered the mind to him. If on my own I become better than everyone and do not let anyone come with me, then that is said to be surrendering the mind to ego. But not to let his word fall and to fulfill it, Maharaj said that is called surrendering the mind. In the 73rd Vachanamrut, Maharaj has stated the characteristics of surrendering the mind. So he surrenders the mind to him. What are the characteristics of a seeker of liberation? He does not keep the mind with himself. And what are the characteristics of one who has not surrendered? He keeps complaining every moment. "Do they not see anyone else? They only tell us. And who is giving such a report about us? We don't understand anything. He is completely ignorant, he doesn't know anything, so only if someone gives a report does he act accordingly." Otherwise, no one would do anything. So that means he has not surrendered the mind. After surrendering the mind... What next? Read. And for the sake of his association, he endures all kinds of hardships. What does that mean? What does that mean? Tell me. No matter what the challenge is, no matter what the challenge is, but favorable... That came in the previous one. That means no matter what the situation is, he endures it. Pain... What do you say? You explain it. Come on. Even if it comes to his own nature, he endures it. He finds it from somewhere, even if you haven't studied like yourself. But just now you did study, right? Even if it goes against his own nature, what is called hardship? He has to let go of his own nature, and even if friction comes, he still does it. Even then, he desires to stay there. For the sake of association, he endures all kinds of hardships. And even if some excellent worldly pleasure begins to entice him, he is not enticed. Whose characteristics are all these? Of the Ekantik Satpurush. Whose characteristics? Of the seeker of liberation or of the Ekantik Satpurush? We don't have to do that. The Ekantik Satpurush keeps doing that. Whose characteristics are all these? He stays only where his nature gets friction. Gunatitanand Swami says, "We were with Brahmanand Swami and sat sat 1) True. Real. 2) Permanent, imperishable and unchanging. Is unbound by the past, the present, and the future. Tap to open in glossary → Do we enjoy alone or stay where friction comes? Where? If you get a few days of freedom, freedom to enjoy, you might say, "Let's go and enjoy," does it happen or not? Here, every day in the assembly, there is pressure on one's nature, so if we go and enjoy for 15 days? At least that much enjoyment is obtained. He is called a seeker of liberation. Then... 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. 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