And also, the way for a jiva to please God is to serve the devotee of God with mind, action, and speech. And to betray a devotee of God is the way to displease God. Therefore, our principle is only this, that if there is God's pleasure and the association of God's devotee, then even if we remain far from God for infinite years, When pleasure is mentioned, service is included in it, right? I wanted to talk about this further. Yes. The greatest means of pleasure is service. That means, having God's service in hand that pleases Him, and having good association, then even if we remain far from God for infinite years, it does not matter. Even if we remain far for infinite years. He, he experiences the bliss of God. He experiences the bliss of God. And if we remain near, and have no means of pleasure in hand, then he does not experience the bliss of God. The bliss of God does not come. If he stays, he passes, passes days, but the bliss of God does not come. As long as the means of God's pleasure is not in hand, bliss does not come, right? Its meaning, yes, its meaning can also be taken as, Maharaj is not physically present now, He is far from us, yet if we have God's pleasure... meaning there is no lack of anything. If it comes in hand. And if it is during Maharaj's time, that is what Maharaj said, right? To a person, it comes to mind that if we were with Maharaj, what kind of service we would have done. It happens, right? How much incompleteness remains, right? That if we were with him, how much service we would have done and how we would have benefited. Maharaj has not said so. Maharaj showed the distance of time. Of time? He did not show of distance. Like, whether he is 500 kilometers away or a lakh kilometers away. Maharaj says, for infinite years, like that. And far away up to infinite miles. And both of these years, distance is in both ways, right? Space-wise and time-wise. We remain far for infinite years. The word 'far', the word 'far' itself shows that space-wise thing. And Maharaj also indicated time. The indication of time and indication of space, that this is not by staying together. The means of His pleasure, what kind of extreme means of pleasure has come into your hands or whether a slight means of pleasure has come into your hands, it depends on that. In the Gita, God said this for this reason, right? 'There is no greater good for a Kshatriya Kshatriya Person of power and courage, traditionally responsible for the formation and enforcement of law within society, as well as its safety. Rulers and warriors of society. The second of the four varnas (castes) of the ancient Indian social system. Tap to open in glossary → Kshatriyas of 18 Akshauhinis are sitting there. None of them have benefited. But you have benefited. Why? Because the means of pleasure has come into your hands. The means of pleasing 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 → Therefore, you benefited. And if anyone does so, he also benefits. Not only during Maharaj's time now. Maharaj said in this at the end, right? That for whoever has walked on God's path, this Vachanamrut is their life-line. What is a life-line? Eh? What is a life-line? Eh? If it breaks, life ends. One dies. If it is not there, one dies. If it is there, even if one is dead, he becomes alive. If it is there, even if one is dead, he becomes alive. Then which is that life-line? It is Sanjivani. It is a life-line, but it is Sanjivani. Even if one is dead, he becomes alive. This is its Vachanamrut. So, Maharaj says to the devotee of God that this is a life-line, it is Vachanamrut. There is one of death-line. Vachanamrut of death-line. What? To trouble God in some way. To trouble and displease Him in any matter, that is the Vachanamrut of death-line. See how Maharaj has written. It is understandable to everyone that it is the Vachanamrut of life-line. The life-line should come into hands. This is Sanjivani medicine. It is Sanjivani medicine. If a man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → Therefore, our... the last Vachanamrut was also of Sanjivani, right? What kind of Sanjivani? Vishalyakarani. Vishal. It is Vishalyakarani. That is of Vishalyakarani medicine. This is of Sanjivani. That if one drinks Sanjivani, he never dies. He becomes alive, if he is dead, he becomes alive, he never dies. What Sanjivani? What Sanjivani? Eh? Not like that, to do service as mentioned in this. To please Him, to do service for that. And to be squeezed in it, or to be cut into pieces, then it becomes Sanjivani. Otherwise, only the topmost water of Sanjivani comes. Only the topmost water comes. Only the whey comes. If there is sour buttermilk, only its whey comes. In that, he gets cut into pieces. This is Shreeji Maharaj's principle. Whether anyone should follow it or not, it depends on the person himself. Shreeji Maharaj says that we do this and it is our principle. He said so, right? This is our principle. To do like this. Therefore, our principle is only this, that if there is God's pleasure and the association of God's devotee, then even if we remain far from God for infinite years, there is no grief in mind. We remain far for infinite leagues and infinite years. We remain far for infinite leagues and remain far for infinite years. God is immanent. He knows that this person is striving to please Me. And for one who pleases Him, there is no distance. There is no distance of time either. So, it is not that only those who are with Maharaj get the benefit. Even now, one can benefit. And even when Maharaj is present, one might not benefit. If they could not please Him properly, then they would not benefit. This is the pleasure of principle. Gunatitanand Swami wrote that the pleasure of principle is different and occasional pleasure is different. If Maharaj wants something or if it is given on time, Maharaj becomes very happy that, wow, the watermelon is very good. Maharaj, this devotee's feeling is also like that. Maharaj used to say so, right? That is occasional pleasure. This is the pleasure of principle. To do like this. And if we stay near God, but why does that principle not remain constant in a person's mind? Space and time shake him. Space and time shake him. 'Kalo baliyan baliyasah', is it written like that? 'Kalo baliyan baliyasah', there is a nice shloka in it. It confuses a person's intellect. Lust, greed, taste, if all these internal enemies are there, they turn his intellect. Whose does not turn? Then 'sattvikaharah kshinavasanah', those who have sattvik service, and those who have cultivated sattva intellect, then his blow does not turn. His blow does not turn. By his association, his intellect does not waver. Now someone will say, we died working so hard in service, yet nothing happened, look at all this, we died doing it. Still, his intellect does not turn. Making us do donkey labor, they suck us dry and cast us aside completely. It must have been like that during Maharaj's time too. There must be people who say so. Nothing happens in that. So, it confuses the intellect. It confuses the intellect. So, 'kalo baliyan', time is powerful. It does not let the intellect remain constant. It does not let his intellect remain constant. How nicely Maharaj has said that Bhagavat is good, but there is nothing like Vasudev Mahatmya. Nothing like it. Maharaj, whether you call it His nature or nature or principle, He has said both words. Maharaj says, our nature is not like that. First He talked that, brother, Harivansh and Valmiki Ramayan, in both of them, much violence is advocated. And Lord Ramachandraji, He is also merciful, but the nature of violence behaves in Him. And He is merciful, but if someone is at fault, then He abandons even the one who has surrendered, He abandons even him. He abandons even Lakshmanji and He abandons even Sitaji. Lakshmanji served Him his whole life, what about that? But still, His strict nature is like that, so what? Maharaj says, our nature is not like that. Even to Lakshmanji, He said that now He will not see his face. And He also told Sitaji, abandoned her. That now go and leave her in the forest, do not show her to Me. Why? Just because a washerman spoke, for public criticism. To God's devotee, both of these were extreme devotees, both were extreme devotees of Lord Ramachandraji. Who were extraordinary devotees. He had nothing on his head, yet he went to the forest for 14 years solely to serve. Why did Lakshman go? Solely to serve Him, he went only to serve Him. Yet for him, yet He abandoned him. Maharaj says, our nature is not like that. Our nature. Muktanand Swami says of Ramanand Swami, that Ramanand Swami's nature was also like that. He was very strict. If anyone did not come, He would punish him. He might not abandon him, but He would punish him. Maharaj says, our nature is not like that. Our nature is as mentioned in this Vachanamrut. That we cannot abandon a devotee of God in any way. And if he does not abandon that devotee of God, then he does not abandon service. If he does not have attachment to God's devotee, then how can service be done? So, its root is there. Its root is there. We can afford to abandon God, but we cannot afford to abandon God's devotee. And in the society of devotees, it is usually like this, that we keep God, but who is this devotee to be considered? We keep God and we serve God. Now, how many types of devotees come along. There is no reliability, and all such are devotees. So, Maharaj said that we can afford to abandon God. We cannot afford to abandon the devotee, that is our principle. And it is our nature. It is our nature and it is our principle. And it is our life-line. Then we live. Otherwise, we do not live. 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