A strong-willed person does not count sorrow or happiness. One should be a doer. He should have a goal in his mind to do something. And that should be good. Who is called a strong-willed person? You tell me, tell me. Who is called a strong-willed person? According to the desire of the mind. Define it in Sanskrit. Derive it. A praiseworthy mind. One who has a praiseworthy mind is called a strong-willed person. Praiseworthy. That is, one who has decided to do a praiseworthy deed. Who is called praiseworthy? What is praiseworthy? Very, very good. Whom the people and the Vedas praise. One whose praise is done and whose praise has been done in the past is called praiseworthy. People and Vedas. That is, whose praise is in the scriptures. And people means not us. People means great personalities. Great personalities who have praised a certain deed, and scriptures that have praised a certain deed, that is called praiseworthy. That is, one who has received praise. One who has received praise. That is praiseworthy. And one who chooses such a praiseworthy deed is called a praiseworthy mind. And one who has such a mind is called a strong-willed person. What is the difference between a self-willed person and a strong-willed person? He legalizes the language of the scriptures like this, legalizes it like this. Does he only do it for the Bhastra or for the scriptures as well? Scriptures and great personalities. It comes out for both scriptures and great personalities. If he gets scared and runs away from there, he is called a self-willed person. In this, he is bound to get scared. In doing a praiseworthy deed, he is bound to get scared. But he runs away from there and stands up again like a stubborn bull. Do you know how a stubborn bull acts? When the rope is put, he stands up facing it. He is supposed to stay behind the rope, but he comes forward like this. So, he is called a self-willed person. And this one is called a strong-willed person. One who has a praiseworthy mind is called a strong-willed person. A strong-willed person does not count happiness or sorrow. What did Maharaj say in this? Who is called a Bhagwat saint? The mind should not waver due to worldly pleasures. He should not get agitated by sorrow and should not become cold by happiness. He should not become too dull due to happiness. That we are very happy, now we don't need anything more. Whatever fell in the plate is fine. So, Maharaj said that, Whose mind does not get agitated by adverse circumstances and does not become cold by favorable circumstances. Then what happens? He becomes a strong-willed doer. He completes the task. Then they are called strong-willed persons. What did Maharaj say in this? He is called a Bhagwat saint. He is called a Bhagwat saint. He does not get agitated by the mind. Then he should be known as a Bhagwat saint. And one who gets agitated is called a self-willed person. If he gets agitated, he is a self-willed person. That is the meaning of a self-willed person. Not in any sorrow. If a drop falls on him, he will jump. He won't let a drop fall on his head. That is saying a lot. It is called cleverness. He won't let a single drop fall on his head. That's why he is called a self-willed person. And the other one is called a strong-willed person. He accepts challenges head-on. He endures hardship. We have heard the story of Shastriji Maharaj, haven't we? Shastriji Maharaj said that when I finished my studies, it was my turn to travel to villages. It was the turn of the group. There was a group named Swami. So, Swami was the youngest of all. All other saints were older. But Swami was educated, so Narayan Seva Das Swami and Devprasad Swami were Swami's elder guru guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → Then when they went on a tour, Devprasad Swami said, "You, Shastri, go to the villages where there are temples." Where there are facilities. Go where there are facilities. And we will go to the other small village. So Swami said, "Not like that." You are older and elderly. So I will go to that one. So, he accepts the challenge. They are called strong-willed persons. He runs away from challenges. They are called self-willed persons. There is no big difference. If he runs away from fear, he is called a self-willed person. And he challenges from the front, saying, "Give me something difficult." Let's do something difficult. Then they are called strong-willed persons. And Maharaj has made the definition of strong-willed persons and Bhagwat saints the same in this. That the mind should not waver due to adversity and should not become dull in favorable conditions. Then he should be known as a Bhagwat saint. Such is the nature of the mind. Such is the nature of the mind. Not the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → What? It is the nature of the mind. What is the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → That mind is atomic. It is made of sattvic substance. And it has a transcendental nature. It is not visible to anyone except the one who possesses it. Even the one who possesses it cannot see it. Even the one who has the mind cannot see it. Then how can others see it? So, it is called having a transcendental nature. The mind itself is an organ. But its nature is transcendental. It is not perceptible by any sense, not accessible by any sense. No one can see it. So, the mind is like that. And this nature is its restless nature. And to become happy or sad, that is its nature, Maharaj said in this. And to become happy or sad, that is a disease of the mind. There are diseases of the mind, aren't there? Disease. Just as there are physical diseases, there are diseases of the mind. There are many brain diseases, aren't there? Parkinson's. What do you say? Parkinson's. So, if he keeps his hand shaking like this, it is not called a disease of the hand. What kind of disease is it? It is of the brain. His brain is vibrating like this, so his hand shakes. So, Parkinson's, what kind of disease is it? Of the brain. In medical language, it is called. Parkinson's is a disease of the brain. Similarly, there is also a disease of the mind. Yes. Parkinson's is a disease of the mind, so its treatment is done if one goes to a doctor. But there is no hospital for the treatment of mental diseases. There are no hospitals for the treatment of mental diseases. So Maharaj called it samadhi. The initial mental anguish, and when it becomes completely normal, it is called samadhi. He is in samadhi. If the disease of the mind goes away and the mind becomes healthy. Then he is called a samadhistha purush purush 1) An akshar-mukta selected by Akshar-Brahm to ‘impregnate’ Prakruti for the creation process, from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are formed for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 2) Purush half of the Pradhãn-Purush pair, ‘conceived’ by Mul-Purush and Mul-Prakruti for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 3) Taken to be masculine in nature, Purush is the controller of Prakruti, and is also distinct from her. He is indivisible, without a beginning, and without an end. He is self-luminous, omniscient, imperishable, satya, kshetragna, and the cause of all the activities that possess a form. He also has a divya body. 4) Also called Mahã-Purush, Mul-Purush or Akshar- Purush. Tap to open in glossary → Then, whether he is walking, running, or working, he is called a samadhistha purush purush 1) An akshar-mukta selected by Akshar-Brahm to ‘impregnate’ Prakruti for the creation process, from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are formed for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 2) Purush half of the Pradhãn-Purush pair, ‘conceived’ by Mul-Purush and Mul-Prakruti for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 3) Taken to be masculine in nature, Purush is the controller of Prakruti, and is also distinct from her. He is indivisible, without a beginning, and without an end. He is self-luminous, omniscient, imperishable, satya, kshetragna, and the cause of all the activities that possess a form. He also has a divya body. 4) Also called Mahã-Purush, Mul-Purush or Akshar- Purush. Tap to open in glossary → And the disease of the mind. Keep applying good and bad. I like this, I don't like this. I am a patient of the mind, so what should I do? I can see that I am a patient of the mind. If that happens to me, then in happiness and sorrow, it is me, so I have a disease. You have to close your hospital and go to another hospital. You have to close your hospital. You have to go for that long if you want to go to another hospital. What did you say? You say something. The initial mental anguish. So, to remove that anguish and to transcend happiness and sorrow, how should we practice? One should practice as stated in the Vachanamrut. One should practice as stated in the Gita. Treating happiness and sorrow, gain and loss, victory and defeat equally. 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 → If they come, don't pay much attention to them, don't focus on them, tolerate them. Endure them, O Bharata. He has to endure it. After enduring, what should he do? After enduring, one should not sit idly. One should work. One should work while enduring. Free from attachment, not egoistic. Endowed with courage and enthusiasm. Success and failure, undisturbed. He is called a saint. If he does it that way, the disease of the mind goes away. He performs selfless action. Or he performs selfless service. So the disease of the mind goes away. The mind becomes normal. God again bestows grace. So his mental illness goes away. Until then, the disease of the mind does not go away. But we haven't said it. That as long as it is like that, he cannot even dare, he cannot even make a decision. The resolute intellect, attached to pleasures and opulence, whose minds are carried away by them, such an intellect is not established in samadhi. As long as his mind is drawn to this, and someone says, 'You say this,' then how can that happen? If we have a fever and are shivering, and someone says, 'Don't shiver, I need to give an injection,' then what does he do? If that cold comes from within and the shivering comes from within, what else can he do? This shivering is from within, from the mind. The demand of the mind is its disease. And good and bad, and becoming happy and unhappy, becoming joyful and sorrowful, these are diseases of the mind. And when those diseases of the mind are removed, then he is called a Bhagwat saint. Maharaj said that in this. He should be known as a Bhagwat saint. He is a Bhagwat. So, one should strive to avoid it. One should strive to avoid it. And in that striving, what should one do? So, Maharaj further said that one should make a goal. I want to go to Akshardham. Whoever decides that they want to earn money. Then he does not suffer. Money doesn't just come to him; whoever resolves that he wants to become a millionaire. So, when he steps out of the door, he finds a crore of rupees waiting for him, saying, 'You wanted to become one, so here I am.' Does it happen like that? Then. He. He becomes a millionaire only when he sheds his skin. But he doesn't care if his skin peels off, as long as the millionaire has come, the crore has come, he thinks. Let the skin peel off, another one will come in 15 days. He does not become happy or sad because of it. Happier than that. He doesn't give up. He might become happy or sad there, but he doesn't give up. He doesn't see sorrow and immediately take another exit. He doesn't see happiness and leave the exit we took and go to another one. He doesn't change his exit. He doesn't change his path. Then he is called a Bhagwat saint, Maharaj said. He should be known as a supreme Bhagwat saint. So, happiness and sorrow are diseases of the mind. And diseases are caused by improper diet. It is called improper diet. What is it called in another language? Improper diet. Improper diet. Improper diet means not eating what should be eaten. That is called improper diet. They are caused by improper diet. So, what causes diseases of the mind? All these good and bad, all these diseases of the mind, what causes them? Improper diet. Restless nature. When one desires this world, it affects him. When one desires the things of this world, then improper diet applies to him. It's like he ate it, so. So, diseases arise from improper diet. And that is called a disease of the mind. That this is good, this is bad, happiness comes from this, sorrow comes from this. The Gita forbade that. Treating happiness and sorrow, gain and loss, victory and defeat equally, that is called yoga. Equanimity is called yoga. We have equanimity towards happiness and sorrow, but whose? Of those who are experiencing them. For us, everything continues as it is. For you, whatever you want to be, equanimity is called yoga, that's our thing. So, not like that. One should achieve equanimity in yoga. Then his happiness and sorrow disappear. And happiness and sorrow disappear. So then what did God say? Having treated happiness and sorrow, gain and loss, victory and defeat equally, what should one do after that, which is called equanimity in yoga? Determined for battle. Determined for battle. Determined for battle, equanimity is called yoga. Then he said that. Your right is to work only, but never to the fruits thereof. Let not the fruits of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction. That is the next verse. Your right is to work, that is, you have to work. So, it is said in the Gita. But what did Maharaj say in this? That you have to serve. Don't count happiness and sorrow. But serve. Don't look at what is mine. But what is God's? What good did I do for God in this? That's what you have to see. Then those diseases gradually subside. If there is no disease, then the disease does not go away, it is like that. So, this disease is a disease of the mind. Of the mind, and from that arise lust, anger, etc. Lust, anger, etc., all are diseases of the mind. Mine, yours, lust, anger, greed, delusion. All these arise from that. Among them, which is the most subtle disease? Happiness for me and sorrow for me. That is the most subtle disease of all. And that is a disease of the mind. If that goes away, then the others automatically go away. Lust, anger, etc., automatically disappear. He doesn't even have to cure it. But he has been sitting from the beginning, saying that if I have this, I feel happy; if I have that, I feel sad; I want this, I don't want that. So, all that is his sorrow. So, that is a disease of the mind. And Maharaj said about the diseases of the mind that the nature of the mind is such that just as a child, like snow and dryness, goes to catch a snake and also goes to catch fire. Then, if someone holds him, he becomes sad, and if no one holds him, he also becomes sad. So, the nature of the mind is such that even if we let it do something, it becomes sad. If we don't let it do something, it also becomes sad. If you don't let him do it, he feels that he didn't get it. I didn't get this. 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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