Tapas, svadhyaya, and Ishvara-pranidhana constitute Kriya-yoga. Ishvara-pranidhana, meaning pranidhana, waking up early and in the mind, establishing God is called pranidhana. Svadhyaya means the collection of Vedas. That is, knowing the essence of the Vedas is called svadhyaya. Knowing the essence of the Vachanamrut is called svadhyaya. The connection we are making, and analyzing it properly is called svadhyaya. So, it is Kriya-yoga. And if Ashtanga-yoga is not possible, then practice Kriya-yoga. And Kriya-yoga is easy in Kaliyuga according to human nature. Ashtanga-yoga is not very easy in Kaliyuga; it is difficult. And even then, its fruit is not much. And this is called Kriya-yoga. This is also called Nishkama 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 → What does Nishkama 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 → To engage in activities for public welfare, renouncing selfishness. Not to be selfish. Then do it to please God. Then it is called Nishkama 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 → So, that is also worship of God. It is Kriya-yoga. Tapas, svadhyaya, Ishvara-pranidhana Tapas, svadhyaya, Ishvara-pranidhana pranidhana constitute Kriya-yoga. What? Establishing God in the mind and analyzing. And are these two, Nishkama 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 → What is Nishkama 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 → Is it said that Nishkama 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 → 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 → Nishkama 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 → But Kriya-yoga and Nishkama 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 → In Kriya-yoga, limitations are set. Tapas, svadhyaya, and Ishvara-pranidhana constitute Kriya-yoga. Whereas in Nishkama 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 → Svadharma Svadharma A person’s own dharma, related to his varna and ãshram. Tap to open in glossary → According to one's own ashrama and varna varna A caste of the ancient Indian social system: brãhman, kshatriya, vaishya, and sudra. Tap to open in glossary → can be turned into Nishkama 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 → Kriya-yoga, as mentioned in the Yoga Sutras, is not like that; one must do what is prescribed. Then it is called Kriya-yoga. And in this, Lord 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 → Fit into this, this much of this You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty. Performing actions in this manner, then it becomes Nishkama 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 → Tapas, svadhyaya Tapas means 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 → Svadharma Svadharma A person’s own dharma, related to his varna and ãshram. Tap to open in glossary → Action is also called tapas. But what is explained in the Yoga Sutras, they call it restraint of prescribed enjoyments. Restraint of prescribed enjoyments, restraining enjoyments a little, that is practicing tapas. And svadhyaya is the collection of scriptures, the collection of Vedas. Jnana-yoga. Chanting and all that comes under svadhyaya. God... we recite the Vachanamrut, recite the Bhaktachintamani, recite Swamini Vato, and contemplate on them. So, svadhyaya and pranidhana are very close to each other. Svadhyaya means of this, repeated study of this. Repeated study of the collection of Vedas is called svadhyaya. Then, all scriptures from the Vedas. And from those, again, spiritual scriptures. From those, then, the scriptures that are more applicable to us. Repeated study of them means repeated contemplation of their essence. What is the meaning of studying the collection of Vedas? To contemplate on its essence. So, it is said like this in the Vachanamrut, like this in the Shikshapatri, so what is its essence? Where does it apply to me? So, that is also called pranidhana, it is called shastra-pranidhana, and the other is called Paramatma-pranidhana. The other is called pranidhana of the scriptures. That is pranidhana in the scriptures. Pranidhana, what is the word pranidhana? Dudhay dharana-poshanayoh (to sustain and nourish). And the word 'ana' is used in the sense of instrument. Dhana, dhiyate anena iti dhanam (that by which something is held). And 'pra' plus 'ni' are prefixes. Pranidhana. Meaning, that by which holding is done properly, is called pranidhana. In that, Ishvara-pranidhana is mentioned. In the Yoga Sutras, this much extra adjective is placed. Tapas, svadhyaya, Ishvara-pranidhana constitute Kriya-yoga, like that. But pranidhana can be of anything. And in the Gita, God has taken much of the Upanishadic teachings. Like, 'shatam sama jijivishet' kurvanneveha karmani shatam sama jijivishet (performing actions here, one should desire to live a hundred years). To live a hundred years while performing actions. But what kind of action? Nishkama 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 → Nishkama 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 → To live a hundred years. So, what is the difference between svadhyaya and pranidhana? In svadhyaya, it is said there is no difference in pranidhana. Pranidhana can be of the scriptures as well as of the image of God. So, what is the difference between svadhyaya and pranidhana? Svadhyaya... If one only does pranidhana of the image, it is not called svadhyaya. Svadhyaya is the collection of Vedas, meaning the collection of scriptures. That must be included. And if one holds its essence, contemplates on its essence, or connects with its essence, then it is called shastra-pranidhana, it is called svadhyaya. It is called svadhyaya. Then it is not called Ishvara-pranidhana. Meaning, Yajna, dana, and tapas are purifying even for the wise. Yajna, dana, and tapas are highly purifying even for liberated souls. Even a liberated soul, if they do not perform them, then they go down and become dull. And if an ordinary person keeps performing them, they become liberated. So, one should not stop. I... I remembered, what did Nayar say about our organization, what should it become? Learning. It should become a learning organization. Learning culture and learning education organization. But here, everyone gets tired. Our Aksharbhagat is tired of studying. Not to get tired of studying, study until the last breath. Learning organization. Learning organization means learning culture. Once formal study stops, once classes stop, if one stops studying, puts away the books, and shelves them, then it is not called a learning organization, nor is it a learning culture. In the Upanishads, studying is prescribed until the very end. And it is also said in the Gita. Yajna, dana, and tapas are purifying even for the wise. All these, that is a yajna. Studying knowledge is called a yajna. In 'yajna-dana-tapah-chaiva', it is taken as a yajna. Brahma-yajna. It is considered Brahma-yajna. Practicing svadhyaya is called Brahma-yajna. If we name someone Brahmaswami, then they don't need to perform any yajna. They just keep doing it; even when they eat, they perform yajna. So, Bhagat... Bhagat has stopped the yajna. So, while remembering the connection, when is pranidhana considered to have occurred? What is Maharaj's essence in this Vachanamrut? If one goes forward contemplating like this, then it is called pranidhana of the scriptures, pranidhana of the Vachanamrut. Pranidhana means to hold. To hold means to hold the essence. They memorize the whole Vachanamrut by heart, so they do that. But that... the whole Vachanamrut cannot be held in the jiva. It cannot be done instantly, even if they hold it by heart, but that is not possible for everyone. But this... this is possible. That of the Vachanamrut, what is the essence of this Vachanamrut? To practice constant remembrance, so I should do it, that is called holding it. I should worship. What is the essence of this verse? Fix your mind on Me, be My devotee, worship Me, offer obeisances to Me, O son of Kunti, you shall come to Me. What is its essence? So, one thinks of the essence that God wants me to do this. God wants me, wants me to do 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