Swaminarayan Hare Swaminarayan Hare Then, Shreeji Maharaj has kindly spoken, "Whatever devotion, worship, service, faith, and righteousness related to God is performed, one should not desire any other fruit from it." Worship, faith, service, devotion, righteousness. Whatever devotion, worship, service, faith, and righteousness related to God is performed, one should not desire any other fruit from it, as stated in the true scriptures, that is true. But one should at least desire that by doing so, God's pleasure is earned upon me. One should keep that much desire, and if one does it aimlessly without such desire, it is called Tamoguni. Therefore, devotion to God, etc., So, you had a question, right? Why is this called Tamoguni? Can someone who worships God be called Tamoguni? Someone who does devotion, they are all... But it is written there that he is ignorant of the glory of God's pleasure. And ignorance is the work of Tamogun. What is the fruit of God's pleasure? And what is the fruit of other actions? He has no knowledge of that. Therefore, he does not desire that pleasure and does it aimlessly. He might have understood the glory of the fruit of selfless action, but he has not understood the fruit of God's pleasure. So, there is that much ignorance. And that much ignorance, that ignorance is said to be the work of Tamogun. Such a solution is given in Setumala. Huh? Does that become Tamoguni? If one does not desire the fruit of action and wishes to give it to others, but does not desire God's pleasure through it, then it is indeed selfless action, but it became Tamoguni, so it is said to be like me. Tamoguni because there is ignorance in it. He equated the fruit and glory of God's pleasure with others. So, that is a part of ignorance, and since it is a part of ignorance, it is called the peace of Tamogun. Whatever is done, one should not desire other fruits, as stated in the true scriptures, that is true. But one should at least desire that by doing so, God's pleasure is earned upon me. One should keep that much desire, and if one does it aimlessly without such desire, it is called Tamoguni. Therefore, through the virtues of devotion to God, etc., one should desire the fruit of God's pleasure. And if, without that, one keeps other desires, then fruits like the fourfold liberation are attained. Kaivalya, etc., are attained. Liberation is also attained and Kaivalya is also attained, but God's pleasure is not attained. God's pleasure is attained only by desiring it; it is attained only if one desires it. Simply performing action does not bring it. Even if one performs good action, it is not attained. After doing good, after preparing a good offering, one places a Tulsi Tulsi 1) Basil. Variety of plant in the mint family, native to warm regions. Its aromatic leaves have inherent healing qualities and also is often used as seasoning. Used as a fragrant offering to Bhagvãn. The wood of the plant is also used in the making beads for mãlãs and kanthis. 2) Bhagvãn made a pati-vratã named Vrundã break her pati-vratã vow. So, she cursed Bhagvãn and turned Him into shãligrãm (stone), and He in turn cursed Tap to open in glossary → Tulsi Tulsi 1) Basil. Variety of plant in the mint family, native to warm regions. Its aromatic leaves have inherent healing qualities and also is often used as seasoning. Used as a fragrant offering to Bhagvãn. The wood of the plant is also used in the making beads for mãlãs and kanthis. 2) Bhagvãn made a pati-vratã named Vrundã break her pati-vratã vow. So, she cursed Bhagvãn and turned Him into shãligrãm (stone), and He in turn cursed Tap to open in glossary → And it is not that God's pleasure is earned only upon those who perform devotion with many rituals and not upon the poor. What does God expect? Does He expect royal food and royal pomp, or what does He expect? What does God lack? He Himself is the Lord of Lakshmi Lakshmi A devi (goddess) who is the wife of Vishnu. She is the devi of wealth. Therefore, money and gold is also called Lakshmi. She eternally remains in the sevã of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → What is it? Have you studied Kaumudi or not? You have also studied Shree Shree 1) Name of Lakshmi. 2) Used before the names of Bhagvãn and devs to signify their high status. Tap to open in glossary → 'Priyate' means satisfaction. The root 'Pree' is in the sense of satisfaction. It is in the sense of satisfaction. Then, 'Priyate anena iti prema.' Through this, He should be satisfied. He should be pleased and He should feel it deeply. Such is the procedure of love. Therefore, performing action to please God, that itself means love. Call it love or devotion. 'Priyate' is the root in satisfaction. Satisfaction, like don't we say 'Pitru-tarpan' (satisfaction of ancestors)? That means we give something to ancestors and please them. We satisfy them. So, what is this satisfaction of God? What dissatisfaction can God have? What does He lack? Nothing. It is only of love. God expects that. Therefore, not desiring anything is true, but desiring to please God. Then it is called love, it is called Prem-lakshana. And that is the true meaning. God needs that. If one performs 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 → 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, if one has to perform it, perform it to please Him. Such Maharaj... It would be implied in the scriptures in the context of before and after, but that much clarification was not... was not made. And Maharaj made that clarification. Only then does it become selfless service. If done to please God, then it is called selfless service. And one serves the devotee of God and keeps the resolve to please God. Not to please the devotee of God? The resolve to please God. Because if this one is pleased, then that happens; many times this one may not be pleased. Like that. Still, that one remains well-spoken. 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