And what is not to be done, if that happens, it is called infatuation. This world is such that there is nothing to love there. Even then, if he loves this world, if he loves the objects of the world, then it is called infatuation. And if he doesn't do what he's supposed to do, and does what he's not supposed to do. If he doesn't do what he's supposed to do, and just stands there, then it's called laziness. He doesn't do what he's supposed to do. And he sleeps or sits. Then it is called laziness. If he doesn't do what he's supposed to do, and does what he's not supposed to do, then it's called negligence. So what is terrible? Laziness or negligence? What are you doing? It's laziness. This one is walking backwards. So the distance increases for this one. He wants to go east, but he started running west. And what does a lazy person do? He sat sat 1) True. Real. 2) Permanent, imperishable and unchanging. Is unbound by the past, the present, and the future. Tap to open in glossary → So, negligence is very, very difficult to identify. Then he thinks that I am doing something, right? I did that much. I ran. So he thinks that I have done it. Then if someone goes to preach to him, he says, "What do you know?" If someone goes to preach to a lazy person who is sitting idly, he says, "Yes, I am." He gets the illusion that he is doing wrong, being lazy. A negligent person doesn't even have the illusion, he doesn't even think in his mind that he is doing wrong. So first, if you want to avoid negligence. Then what is needed? Gopalanand Swami's talks are written. If you want to avoid negligence, and infatuation, and laziness. If you want to avoid laziness, what is needed? How can laziness be avoided? If one understands the glory, laziness is removed. If one understands the glory, then one starts running, right? In the world, people understand the glory of money, so how many run after money? If someone holds him. Even then, he escapes by getting it released. Why? The glory is understood. He has understood the need for money. The glory is understood. So if one understands the glory, laziness is removed. But when is negligence removed? Wisdom comes. If he gains true knowledge and wisdom, then negligence is removed, right? In negligence, there is zero wisdom. Is that so? If it comes, it happens. So negligence only goes away then. Wisdom doesn't come on its own, but he realizes. That I have to go on the right path. Then wisdom comes. He should realize. A negligent person should realize that he is not on the right path. Then he feels like searching in his mind, "Where is the right way?" He is not lazy, so he is not worried about walking, he is already walking, some are running faster than others. So it's not that he doesn't want to walk, but he doesn't know which is the proper path. So he runs on another path. So, negligence. So, if he knows the right path, it is called wisdom. This is the path, so there is only one path. And if you ask, everyone knows that if you want to go to Hyderabad, go this way. But in negligence, there is difficulty, there are many paths, and it seems that other paths are not good, easy paths are seen. And this path seems a little difficult. So no one walks on it. So, negligence is difficult. It doesn't go away easily. Arjuna was told by God about both negligence and infatuation, but if you look at Arjuna in one way, he was negligent first. And infatuation was with him, and due to infatuation, there was negligence. He had infatuation for his family and was negligent in his work. Arjuna had chosen that he would become a renunciate. I will not fight. I will become a renunciate, but I will not fight. So, God, in reality, didn't tell us earlier that if we find someone like that from among those sitting here. If someone says, "I won't do a job and I'll become a sadhu," what do we say? Welcome. It happens right now. We would say that he is struggling to find a job and hitting his head everywhere. Even then, we say, "What's the point of wandering around? Come here." So 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 → siddhi siddhi Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Arjuna was offered siddhi siddhi Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → And if Arjuna becomes a sadhu, then he becomes a sadhu of 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 → Not of anyone else, not of Swaminarayan Bhagwan. Maharaj was not there then. He doesn't become a devotee of Lord Rama, he becomes a devotee of 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 → Even then, 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 → You don't have to become a sadhu. Do what I say. So, that's negligence. It was negligence. And the kind of interest one has in negligence, one doesn't have that kind of interest in duty. Negligence has no fruit, but duty has fruit. Even then, people are very interested in negligence, I don't know why. Negligent people don't give up their wrong activities. And dutiful people, if they face a little difficulty, they give up. You know, sadhus are ready to give up everything beforehand. If you are given a branch and then you face difficulties in it, then what? What do you do? He caught the right path. If it's not right, either fix it or give up. Give up. Who? No, no. Dutiful. A negligent person never gives up his activities. If there are dutiful people, you make them suffer. Then give up. Immediately. He is called negligent, he gives up what he has to do. Where is the negligent person in that? If there is difficulty, then. If there is difficulty, a negligent person does not give up his activities, negligence. Running without a destination, wandering aimlessly. There is no productive fruit from it. Just do such activities. All those are activities of negligence. Which has no meaning. Such activities are also carried out by many. They have more than that. But there is no fruit. Nothing is achieved in life. He saw infatuation. Maharaj has mentioned the cessation of infatuation in the first Vachanamrut of the middle section, hasn't he? That the cessation of infatuation is very, very difficult, it is tough. To remove something that is stuck in one place and then stick it back in the right place is double the effort. Negligence is lighter than that. It's lighter than that. Negligence is that. So, one should set a goal in it. A goal is recognized. There is no goal. Being aimless gives birth to negligence. No goal in life. Whatever comes, and someone leads, do that. No goal in life. And if there is a goal, if the goal is set, if the goal is decided, then negligence decreases. Activities often seem better than ours, they seem very attractive and appealing. So, do all activities. Arjuna put a proposal before God, whether renunciation is better or the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Which is better? The dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Then why did God refuse? That you don't have to take the path of renunciation. You have to take up the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → So, duty. War means to fight, it's not like giving up negligence. And the Gita does not mean to fight by giving up negligence. But it is the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Duty is relative. It is relative. What did I understand? Duty is relative, so what does that mean? What did you understand? To duty. Your duty changes according to where you are sitting. Your duty changes according to which ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → What you have come to do, your duty changes. So, if that is decided, then negligence is removed. You don't even know what you have to do and what you have come to do. Then how can negligence be removed? And if it is decided, and then one tries hard, then negligence is removed. Because the body has developed a habit, so it immediately runs away to where it is easy. Duty is not that easy. The path of duty is not that easy. It is the path of goal. So, there are more good activities than that. So Arjuna had chosen a better activity. He hadn't done that. If I become a renunciate, it is considered the best, ultimately everyone has to become a renunciate. It is said so in Hinduism. That everyone has to become a renunciate, first if it happens a lot, then it seems like one has to do householder's life and then become a renunciate. Some people just stick around and don't move, but that doesn't mean it's like that. He is told to become a renunciate. In childhood, one is busy with studies, in youth, one is busy with worldly pleasures. In old age, one becomes a sage, and at the end, one gives up the body. This is the Hindu way. So, everyone has to become a renunciate. So if Arjuna becomes a renunciate from the beginning, what's the problem? It is the best. So, negligence is very difficult to overcome. First, his destination should be decided, where am I going? If I don't even know where I'm going in life. Then, duty is relative. Where am I going? Then what is my duty? Sitting in a धर्मशाला and giving sermons is a very good activity, better than going there. So, good activities, tempting activities, often come to him. And that one is very difficult. One has to go alone. The path of duty is always solitary. And the path of negligence is collective, many others like us are found. He has no business, and if we don't, then it works out. Then both of them get along. And when they sit down to do their duty, both of them become separate, one's is different and the other's is different. Now we are alone, we become alone. We have to do it alone. No one else. Actually, the forms of negligence and infatuation are similar. They are close. Close to each other. Upside down. So, if you define it, it will be like this. If you define it, it means that if you don't do what you're supposed to do, and do what you're not supposed to do, that's called negligence. Not doing anything at all is called laziness. And where it should stick, it doesn't stick, and where it shouldn't stick, it sticks. The world is not worth sticking to, but it sticks there. And if one doesn't stick to God, who is worth sticking to, then it is called infatuation. So, in infatuation and negligence. Infatuation is the root cause of negligence. Of negligence. Its basic is that it is stuck elsewhere, so it has no choice but to do something else, what needs to be done does not happen. 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