Did He only pamper 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 → To pamper 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 → To give them happiness. So, if Maharaj's incarnation was over after 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 → If that was the only purpose. All those other purposes are true, no doubt about it. But they are incidental purposes. Call them the supreme purpose. They are called incidental purposes. God pampered the Gopis, that is correct. But the work that Maharaj, God, had to come and do, to establish Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → But what Maharaj's purpose was, others could not do. To make Maharaj's own identity known, and to remove the causal body and lead to Akshardham, no one else can do that. So that was Maharaj's purpose. So, the divine actions Maharaj performed to remove the causal body, His extraordinary identity, meaning other-worldly uniqueness. What other incarnations have done is called other-worldly ordinary. But the other-worldly unique works He performed are called His extraordinary purpose. Other-worldly ordinary and other-worldly unique. Other-worldly ordinary is common to all, common to all incarnations. Showing divine powers is common to all incarnations. Maharaj said that in all of God's murtis, just as there is attraction in a magnet, there is attraction in all of them. So that became other-worldly ordinary. The divine powers shown became other-worldly ordinary. But what is other-worldly uniqueness? What is Maharaj's uniqueness compared to other incarnations? That is called Maharaj's extraordinary purpose. Call it extraordinary identity or extraordinary purpose. And the divine actions Maharaj performed for that purpose, they strengthen this Sampraday. They strengthen the principles. The divine actions of one's Ishtadev from birth until leaving the body, the scripture containing them strengthens the Sampraday. Whether that scripture is in Sanskrit or a vernacular language, but that very text strengthens the Sampraday. What is Sampraday? What is Sampraday? Then what is principle? If there is a tradition, then in tradition, they say that the lineage of Chora never goes empty. The lineage of Chora never goes empty, so do you call Chora's tradition its Sampraday? What is the meaning of tradition? What is the meaning of tradition? It just keeps going forward. It keeps going forward. Is that which keeps going forward Sampraday? Does that include Sampraday? Sampradayo Gurukramah. Gurukram means tradition. This Sanskrit term has been used: Sampradayo Gurukramah. Sampraday means Gurukram. Gurukram means tradition. This one's Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → Or then, what is actually said in that? So what is its essence? What is the meaning of the word Sampraday? That is just its definition. Sampradayo Gurukramah, that is just its definition. But what is the etymological meaning of Sampraday? Samyak pradayate. Dayah. Daay means inheritance. What does Daaybhag mean? Inheritance. And Samyak pradan, giving the inheritance in a proper way, in a good way, in a beautiful way, that is Daay. But inheritance of what? Of principles. Of God's knowledge and God's principles. So where did Gurukram go? So where did Gurukram go? What is the use of Gurukram? That is what transfers it to one another, right? What to do with those who are not capable of transferring? If they are not capable of transferring and consume it in between, if someone's son, a householder, turns out to be a spendthrift, does he transfer it to the other or consume what the father earned? Does he consume it or transfer it further? He consumes what the father earned. So that comes in tradition, right? Doesn't it come in Gurukram? His name is written in the lineage, like the genealogists used to write before. So, doesn't the name get written in the genealogy? But they cannot say that this one consumed everything. Do they write that he consumed this generation? They write in that order: this one's son is this, this one's son is this, this one's son is this, this one's son is this. They write such an order. So Gurukram is that, instead of son, this one's disciple is this, this one's disciple is this, this one's disciple is this, this one's disciple is this. But what if the disciple ruined everything? And is the one who ruined everything also considered Sampraday? He became his disciple indeed, and he ruined everything of the Sampraday. So is that Sampraday? Sampradayo Gurukramah. You have said so. Sampradayo Gurukramah. Tradition is called Sampraday. So what is the meaning of this? Sampraday means Daaybhag. Daaybhag means inheritance. In inheritance, if one is a householder, he leaves something in inheritance for his children. And the father has great joy in giving inheritance. My son is doing hard labor, so let me leave some property for him so he doesn't have to do hard labor. The father may not eat, may tighten his belt, but he leaves his son somewhat happy. He feels that way. What is like that in this? In this, the Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → And that Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → Still Sampraday? What does Shastriji say? You have studied Shribhashya, right? Meaning, only if he passes on the principle and its knowledge, then only is it called Sampraday. Such a Gurukram. Not just passing on property or making disciples, not such a Gurukram. A Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → and the rules established by God. If there is a Gurukram that carries forward the salvific principles, then it is called Sampraday. Not those others. Gurukram is stronger than scripture. Yogaat rudhirbaliyasi. Yog Yog The philosophy of focusing and quieting the fluctuations Tap to open in glossary → Yog Yog The philosophy of focusing and quieting the fluctuations Tap to open in glossary → Yogaat rudhirbaliyasi. What is Yog Yog The philosophy of focusing and quieting the fluctuations Tap to open in glossary → Etymology. The etymological meaning is called Yog Yog The philosophy of focusing and quieting the fluctuations Tap to open in glossary → Yog Yog The philosophy of focusing and quieting the fluctuations Tap to open in glossary → Rudhi is stronger. Similarly, shastraat Gurukramo baliyasa... baliyaan. Compared to scripture, Gurukram is stronger. Why? It is verified. Verified principles are selected from it. And selected principles are, in scriptures, they are piled up, like here you go. If there is a readymade store, all clothes are provided for everyone, young, old, elderly, aged, everyone, women, men, everyone. Selecting from that and taking it is its strength. Compared to scripture, the principles chosen by the Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → Common for Shankaracharya, common for Ramanujacharya, whether it is our Swaminarayan Sampraday, Vallabhacharya's Sampraday, they all have to extract from the scripture itself. All three have mentioned Prasthantrayi, from which principles are to be extracted. Extracting different principles, that itself is the greatness of the Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → And in that, if there is best, down, up-down, right? So that is the greatness of the Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → The Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → The selection made by Swaminarayan Bhagwan, that itself is the beauty. Selection was made by everyone. Previously, those who believed in Ram also made selections from the scripture, the principles of salvation, that the jiva's salvation happens this way. And if it is Vaishnav Vaishnav Follower of Bhagvãn’s various avatãrs, in particular Shree Krishna Bhagvãn. Relating to Vishnu. Tap to open in glossary → Then how does the Sampraday become different? Therefore, Gurukram. And the importance of Gurukram is because who can give more in less? More in less, and the truth. Nowadays, false people give more in less. In one hour, they give enough provisions to last a lifetime. They give the essence of all scriptures. Then one doesn't even need to go to listen to discourses from others. They do everything in just one hour. But it must be true. Giving more in less and the truth, such is the beauty of the Guru Guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. 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. 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