The subject propounded: negligence and the actions of the physical and subtle bodies. Key points: Not doing what should be done and doing what should not be done is called negligence. One who wishes to practice faithful devotion must renounce negligence. The actions of the subtle body affect one just as much as those of the physical body. In this Vachanamrut, Swayamprakashanand Swami has asked a question. The Lord has said in the Gita that the devotees of God, having attained God's abode like Vaikunth Vaikunth The dhãm of Vishnu, and Rãm Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → 'That is My supreme abode, going to which they do not return.' [going to which they do not return] 'That is My supreme abode, going to which they do not return.' If someone falls, by what flaw does he fall? Then Maharaj said, "Who has fallen like that? Show me at least one." Then Swami said, "First, Jay and Vijay; second, Radhikaji; and third, Shridama." Then Maharaj said, "Among them, Jay and Vijay fell, but they fell to show the greatness of His Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → And Radhikaji fell, that was because she had to take an avatar, for that reason it was God's wish... God made them fall to show the greatness of the Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → Yes... yes. So, is this in Setumala? A very nice resolution is given in Setumala. That those who attain God's abode, by what do they attain it? [By pleasing the Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → Excellent. That is all. Here is the purport of the questions and answers. This is the purport of the questions and answers between Maharaj and the Sants. The attainment of God's abode is solely through surrender to the manifest Lord Himself, who has voluntarily appeared on earth in human form for the welfare of the people. The attainment of God's abode is through His 'prapatti', meaning surrender, when Maharaj has come here on earth in human form. The devotees who have attained His abode are of two types. Those with complete Ekantik-bhava and those with incomplete Ekantik-bhava. Among them, for those with complete Ekantik-bhava, due to the absence of flaws like pride, there is never any return from there. For those with incomplete Ekantik-bhava, due to the presence of internal flaws like pride, for their removal, by God's will, there is sometimes a return from there. Solely by God's will from there... that return which happens is also by God's will. If a fall is spoken of, then the flaw of partiality would indeed be attributed to God. This being so, there is no contradiction between the statements of falling and not falling. So, what did you understand? Tell me. If God, having taken an avatar, does not keep him in that way... but in that, a flaw would be attributed to God... the flaw of partiality would be attributed. If a fall is spoken of, then the flaw of partiality would indeed be attributed to God. If someone falls from the abode, then the flaw of partiality is attributed to God, if there is no other reason. Why were all others not made to fall, and why was only one made to fall? If all others were not made to fall and only one was made to fall? The flaw of partiality would arise. And if he was made to fall, there must be some flaw in him. God wished to send him to the earthly realm. Why did He wish so? God would not just wish without reason, right? It is not like us, where we suddenly get a wish and just do it; God is not like that. That is very nice. Then why does he go there in the first place? Does he go even if there is a flaw? Eh? Does he go even if there is a flaw? The attainment of God's abode is solely through refuge. So, Ekantik-bhava comes from those four: Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Excellent. This is not in the root. Devotees of God do not fall, and those who are prone to falling do not go there. Those who are prone to falling from there would not go at all. Even so, how did they reach there? Is it written in this? Jay and Vijay, some births ago, were in the form of hunters. And they had gone to hunt in the forest. From that, there is some incident where they saved some devotee of God from the jaws of death. Such an incident occurred. The incident is very detailed, I do not remember it. So, they saved him from the jaws of death. And God, seeing that action of theirs, granted them the attainment of God's abode. Maharaj has said, right, along with Muktanand Swami. So, there was a deficiency in their Ekantik-bhava, but God... they must have taken refuge in this devotee of God, and because they took refuge in God, they attained Vaikunth Vaikunth The dhãm of Vishnu, and Rãm Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → 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 → But still, due to the deficiency in their Ekantik-bhava, they played out their nature even there. There, they insulted the Sanakadik. And because they insulted the Sanakadik, they fell. Even if one has not become an Ekantik, still Vaikunth Vaikunth The dhãm of Vishnu, and Rãm Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → 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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