Today, many times, by the name of God's strength or refuge, big talks are given, and the intention of being without purushartha is nourished or inspired. Whether to call this refuge or not is a matter for consideration. We had it in the Sadhan Saptak, didn't we, that a devotee of God should not be content on the path of God. And to be content on the path of God is a blemish. That is called a blemish of 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 means we are ahead of others. 'A lot' means that, doesn't it? God doesn't say that you have done a lot. We ourselves arrange in our minds that I have done more than that person. So, it's a lot. That is pride; comparing oneself with others is called pride. That is one's ego. The strength of Hari Hari An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in His four-armed svarup to save an elephant from being killed by a crocodile. He cut off the crocodile’s head with His chakra. 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 → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → If the hunger completely disappears. One turns five malas, and then one burps, and then one starts to exit. Then one has not turned the mala with bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → If one does a little seva, one burps, thinking, 'Now it's a lot, others don't do this, look where we have reached. No one can stand with us.' This means one has started to exit. In reality, if one has done it, its fruit is that one should feel more hungry, thinking, 'I have done nothing.' And 'I am still nothing, I haven't even drawn the first stroke.' If one feels this, then one has done true 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 → Prati kshan vivardhamana. Prati kshan vivardhamana. If one does it and the hunger goes away, then one has not done bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → And by 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 → If we feel in our mind that 'no, no, that's enough,' then we have not done bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Whatever it is, one has done what is in one's mind. One has not done 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 → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → The more one does, the more hungry one should feel. If one does double, one should feel double hunger, and if one does four times, one should feel four times hunger, compared to others. Our comparison is always with others, isn't it? We feel hungry. If we compare ourselves with someone else, we become satiated, thinking, 'They haven't done that much, but we have, look how much we have done.' Therefore, that is not called ashro. What is it that one hasn't done compared to others that one doesn't feel hungry? What is it that one hasn't done in bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Generally, it appears that one keeps a connection, 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 → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → We are not 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 → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → On the person next to us, thinking, 'They are not doing anything, but I am.' So, one doesn't feel hungry. Even if one progresses, one doesn't feel hungry; some become satiated. Thinking, 'I am very advanced.' If one does bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → If one is truly enjoying it. Is there satiety in enjoyment? There is no satiety in enjoyment. So, one is not enjoying it, and one is doing it influenced by some other factor. One does it so as not to appear less than others. One does it because it has to be done according to routine. One does it out of shame or dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → So, it doesn't happen that way. The essence of 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 → The strength of Hari Hari An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in His four-armed svarup to save an elephant from being killed by a crocodile. He cut off the crocodile’s head with His chakra. Tap to open in glossary → In the local language, it's called 'hodhri' when one hasn't yet found satisfaction in God'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 → If one is very hungry and has fasted for a day or two, and then sits down to break the fast, even if the stomach is full, one doesn't get 'hodhri'. Thinking, 'I still want to eat,' but it's not going inside. In the mind, one feels like eating. That is called the hunger of the mind. The mind feels hungry, but the body is satiated. The body has limitations; whether you fast for five days, one day, or not at all, you can only eat as much as needed, that area is limited, isn't it? AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. 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