Yo yasya na vetti guṇaprakarṣaṁ sa taṁ sadā nindati nātra citram, yathā kirātī karikumbhajātāṁ muktāṁ parityajya bibharti guñjām. A tribal woman discards the pearls formed in the elephant's forehead and wears ornaments made of gunja seeds. Similarly, Maharaj says, there is a vast difference between the manifest murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Even if they look similar, there is a world of difference in their impact. In terms of results, there is a world of difference. Maharaj says that those who contemplate on worldly forms wander in the eighty-four lakh cycles of hell for infinite kalpas. Whereas, even if God appears like a human, those who contemplate on Him are freed from the bonds of time, 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 → They become divine attendants. Just as gold and brass, ordinary iron and magnet, ordinary stone and chintamani, despite looking similar, are extremely distinct and different in their functions. In the fourth chapter, 72nd adhyaya of Satsangijivan, Sadguru Sadguru A great sant. Tap to open in glossary → It is said in the scriptures, 'Kaivalyaṁ sāttvikaṁ jñānaṁ' while 'Manniṣṭhaṁ tu nirguṇaṁ smṛtam'. The knowledge and happiness related to self-realization is called sattvik happiness. Whereas God says, 'Manniṣṭhaṁ nirguṇaṁ smṛtam'. Knowledge about Me, knowledge and happiness related to My murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → nirgun nirgun 1) Without gun. Not possessing any qualities of the three guns of Mãyã – sattva-gun, rajo-gun, and tamo-gun. Beyond all mãyik qualities. Divine. 2) Extremely subtle. [Kãriyãni – 8]. Tap to open in glossary → Here, the opponents have raised a doubt: why is the knowledge and happiness related to the self considered sattvik? And why is the knowledge and happiness related to the Supreme Soul considered nirgun nirgun 1) Without gun. Not possessing any qualities of the three guns of Mãyã – sattva-gun, rajo-gun, and tamo-gun. Beyond all mãyik qualities. Divine. 2) Extremely subtle. [Kãriyãni – 8]. Tap to open in glossary → The self is also inherently beyond maya, and God is also beyond maya. Since both entities are beyond maya, why is the knowledge and happiness related to the self considered only sattvik? If it is to be considered sattvik, then the happiness related to God must also be considered sattvik. Or both should be considered divine, meaning nirgun nirgun 1) Without gun. Not possessing any qualities of the three guns of Mãyã – sattva-gun, rajo-gun, and tamo-gun. Beyond all mãyik qualities. Divine. 2) Extremely subtle. [Kãriyãni – 8]. Tap to open in glossary → Then the proponent of the doctrine says that what you say is true, that both entities are beyond maya, yet their nature is not the same. Their impact is different. The impact of one increases the state of sattva, while the connection with the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → nirgun nirgun 1) Without gun. Not possessing any qualities of the three guns of Mãyã – sattva-gun, rajo-gun, and tamo-gun. Beyond all mãyik qualities. Divine. 2) Extremely subtle. [Kãriyãni – 8]. Tap to open in glossary → Contemplation on the self purifies the jiva's heart and enhances the sattvagun. Whereas contemplation on the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → And it completely uproots the worldly feelings, bringing forth divinity. So how can both be considered equal? They cannot be. The impacts and results of both are different. Maharaj has said in Vachanamrut Gadhada Madhya 4 that if gold and other metals are buried together in the earth, over a long period, all metals other than gold turn into dust. So gold is more valuable, right? If there are other metals and they are buried in dust? They turn into dust. They all become old. Becoming old means they undergo wear and tear, they become old, they become second-hand. And gold never becomes like that. Even if gold is a lakh years old, Maharaj says, its value increases, it does not decrease. Similarly, there is a difference between God's murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → But who contemplates on it? Make some plan. There is so much mahima, of God's murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → contemplation. There is mahima in contemplating on the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → The murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → We should make some plan that, alright brother, this much contemplation should be done in a day. Actually, Maharaj has said to do it while walking and moving about. Alright, where do we even make an effort while walking and moving about? We don't even make an effort to remember God's murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → But no one makes an effort to remember the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → There is no planning, nothing. Maharaj has already told the mahima. We have also learnt the lesson that, alright, Maharaj's murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → If gold is buried, it does not become old. If brass is buried, it becomes old. If there is an inner urge, then it happens. Only if he gets an inner urge, then it happens. If there is no inner urge, until then, it's fine, we are just lying around, eating and drinking. Do we remain hungry in the evening? We get food. That's how the days pass. There is no inner urge. That such is the mahima of Maharaj's murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → so let's do something. Something like that. Right? Here, it ends here. Right? So Maharaj, what did Gunatitanand Swami say, if the mind does not remain focused on the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Then engage in spiritual discourses. Then keep it in discourses. That is also something that leads to the nirgun nirgun 1) Without gun. Not possessing any qualities of the three guns of Mãyã – sattva-gun, rajo-gun, and tamo-gun. Beyond all mãyik qualities. Divine. 2) Extremely subtle. [Kãriyãni – 8]. Tap to open in glossary → It shatters the desires related to rajogun. God's discourses are also like that. But that is the second option. The first option is to contemplate on God's murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Maharaj says, just keep looking at Him, do nothing else. But we haven't formed that habit, have we? Therefore, we haven't formed the habit. Who is even free to contemplate on these discourses? We just bypass it. That, now you do this, okay. Even then, no one is free. So in that case, how can contemplation on the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → The other one is its option. That brother, if continuous contemplation on the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Even if contemplation on discourses happens, it yields very good results. But that is the second option. Contemplate on the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → darshan darshan Seeing. To see with admiration and devotion. To see Bhagvãn, a sat-purush, and murtis, with inner or outer vision, with the intention of receiving their grace and blessings. By doing darshan properly a bhakta develops affection for Bhagvãn, and Bhagvãn develops affection for that bhakta. [Sãrangpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → Just as one remembers discourses, in the same way, remember the darshan darshan Seeing. To see with admiration and devotion. To see Bhagvãn, a sat-purush, and murtis, with inner or outer vision, with the intention of receiving their grace and blessings. By doing darshan properly a bhakta develops affection for Bhagvãn, and Bhagvãn develops affection for that bhakta. [Sãrangpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → Even then, contemplation on the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → And gold, as it remains in the earth, increases in value but does not decrease. Similarly, God and deities like Brahma or sages are not equal. Maharaj has also said in Vachanamrut Loya 13 that just as deities and sages are not like God, similarly, even if the muktas of Akshar Akshar 1) Imperishable. In his personal form, Akshar serves Bhagvãn in Akshardhãm, and takes birth on earth as His ideal bhakta (sat-purush). Both forms are human in appearance. In his impersonal form, Akshar is the dhãm of Bhagvãn called Akshardhãm. In his all- pervading anvay form, Akshar is called Chidãkãsh. Tap to open in glossary → And those who call both equal should be known as evil-minded and extremely sinful. And one should not even look at them. Maharaj says that there is no one who can compete with God. That is why in Shikshapatri verse 115, Maharaj said that except for God, even if a deity, human, mukta mukta Free. Released. A liberated soul. A resident of any dhãm of Bhagvãn who has been freed from life in the lower loks to a more spiritually elevated state. There are varying levels of muktas: the muktas of Badrikãshram, Shvet-Dvip, Vaikunth, and Golok. The highest level of mukta, akshar- mukta, has attained ultimate kalyãn and is free from the bondage of Mãyã and the cycle of births and deaths. [Sãrangpur – 17]. Tap to open in glossary → Because only contemplation on God's murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → No other entity can develop the strength in the jiva to defeat maya. The mahima of God's murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → But how much do we contemplate on it? We, in our entire day, how many times do we remember Him? If we don't remember, then we should make some plan that, alright brother, now let's remember Him in this way. Taking some support, let's remember Maharaj. Contemplation on worldly objects increases attachment in the jiva's heart and expands the eighty-four lakh cycles of hell. That increases attachment, and this increases the state of liberation. Even if the worldly object is of sattvagun, it still increases attachment. 'Sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati', it connects in this way. Even if it is of sattvagun, one remains stubborn, holding onto prejudices. Bhishma Pitamah was of sattvagun, wasn't he? He cannot be called tamasik, he was a devotee. Yet he held onto his stubbornness. That, now only 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 → I will also take my vow. And I will take such a vow that I will show 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 → I will show 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 → So, 'Sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati', sattva deludes with happiness. Sattvagun deludes one in good things. And tamogun deludes one in completely worthless sins. Even if it were sattvagun, it deludes in good things, like 'I am very good'. I am better than everyone else. I am somewhat distinct from everyone else, uniquely distinct. No one is like me. 'Sattvaṁ sukhe mohayati'. It deludes one in happiness, in this way. Not in God. Contemplation on worldly objects increases attachment in the jiva's heart and expands the eighty-four lakh cycles of hell. Therefore, Shreeji Maharaj says in this Vachanamrut that those who contemplate on worldly forms wander in the eighty-four lakh cycles of hell for infinite kalpas. That is the impact of contemplating on worldly objects. 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