The meaning of Muktasangha is to abandon attachment and perform actions. That is, to perform duties by abandoning attachment and possessiveness in actions, objects, the body which is a means of action, mind, intellect, and other materials. When there is no attachment or possessiveness, the devotee of God automatically starts acting in His best interest. Raghuveerji Maharaj asked Maharaj a question in the Vachanamrut, Maharaj, how can we attain salvation? I don't remember the exact question. So Maharaj replied that one should engage everyone in the service of God, including one's home, family, body, and relatives. If one does so, one will attain salvation. When attachment and possessiveness cease, the devotee of God automatically begins to act in His best interest, and when the obligatory actions cease, one automatically attains a state of unwavering devotion to the Supreme Being. When that obligatory action is completed, he attains yoga 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 his mind becomes attached to God. Swami, in this 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, out of the two, where should the seeker focus more strongly? It seems like there is an effective center. The actions of the Gopis, their procedure, were not considered entirely pure based on the scriptures; only their central focus was pure, nothing else. It is not found in the world, nor in the scriptures. That's why King Parikshit had a question: Maharaj, why did God come here and perform the Ras Ras A taste. One of the panch-vishays. It is the physical element of jal, and is perceived by the tongue. The characteristics of ras are sweetness, spiciness, distastefulness, bitterness, sourness, and saltiness. Tap to open in glossary → So, the stronger the center, the more effective the Nishkam 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 → That much happens to him. So then, when the practitioner is performing actions, when the practitioner performs actions, at that time, there is often a momentum of activity, they might not be doing it for themselves, but there is a momentum of activity, then perhaps the center for whom they are doing it One who is driven by momentum does not understand the scriptures, so it is better if they act with discretion. If one maintains that much discretion, if one maintains discretion in the center, then it becomes effective. Yes, it is said in the talks of Gunatitanand Swami and Gopalanand Swami that a discerning person does not understand the depth of the scriptures. And until the depth is understood, we do it on our own, and if there is momentum, sometimes there is a change in selection, so keep selecting and if there are true, honest devotees, take their support and also maintain discretion in the center. If we all do that, it will be visible. Does it make any difference in the fruit? Does it make any difference in the fruit? In the fruit, one gets the fruit as if there is a center without a center; one does not get the fruit of one's efforts. We often say that Karna was more hardworking than Arjuna, and he chose Duryodhana as his center, while Arjuna, who was one degree less than him, chose Lord Shri 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 → That's all that happens. The center is God. But if one performs Nishkam 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 → What becomes secondary? If the feeling that should be in the center becomes secondary due to the momentum in the action, does it make any difference in the result? It's not that there is only one God at the center; both God and His holy men are there. At the center. During Maharaj's time and after Maharaj went to Akshardham, for example, Gunatitanand Swami was in Junagadh, Gopalanand Swami was in Vadtal, Nishkulanand Swami Nishkulanand Swami Disciple of Sahajanand Swami (Swaminarayan Bhagwan) and author of the Bhaktachintamani, as stated in the scripture's own closing colophon at the end of every chapter. Tap to open in glossary → So, at that time, Maharaj was not physically present in human form, but these great saints were there. So, even after Gunatitanand Swami, Balmukund Swami, Yogeshwardas Swami, Mahapurushdas Swami, all of them became as powerful as God. They became like God, not at all less than the great Nand saints. So, if one finds a pure vessel like Swami or Gopalanand Swami, and based on that, even if Maharaj So, those vessels themselves do not allow anything else to come into the center except Maharaj. That is their natural dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → So, Gunatitanand Swami said that one who connects with oneself is an asant (unholy person), and one who connects with Maharaj is a sant sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → Swami, you are talking about this decision of salvation. So, if there is such a true seeker of liberation who has joined the wrong path, when does God help them? When does God help him, or does God never play a role in it? God is there to love him, to help him, but he acts when he gains discretion. He should at least have the discretion to distinguish between right and wrong. So, God is there to help, everyone is there to help, but when he realizes that there is both truth and falsehood in this, then he will be helped. So, if he gains discretion, if he gains discretion, then God helps him a little, that's what it seems. Swami, there are many devotees like Mava Bhagat who used to circumambulate him, and then it happened with Muktanand Swami. Someone also says through Akashvani that God helps, so when does God help? If he is a very pure seeker of liberation from his past, and he has a hunger in his heart to find the supreme element. Even if he gets something high, it's the best. If he gets something high, he has a hunger in his mind and soul to find the best. So then God fulfills his hunger, but if someone goes to give him something, he doesn't do it because he doesn't have it at home. If someone big or pure goes to give him something, he says, 'No, I'm full now, I don't need it.' So he doesn't help him. But if he has hunger in his mind and a desire for liberation, and the purification process is ongoing within him and in his soul. If it is ongoing, and there is a yearning, then God helps him, saying, 'Look, this is here, this is how it is.' When the obligatory action ceases, one automatically attains a state of unwavering devotion to the Supreme Being. Just as a greedy merchant trades for profit all day long, and when he finishes his trade in the evening, he immediately becomes engrossed in the cash profit. Therefore, his spiritual practice continues uninterruptedly; it does not cease. Man Man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → But that very action becomes a bondage for him. Therefore, to be free from this bondage, he has a great need to perform 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 → In Nishkam Seva Yoga, all actions are to be done for others, not for oneself. The body, senses, and inner self, considering them as borrowed horses, should be kept efficient and used as instruments in the service of God and His devotees, fulfilling their needs with that understanding. Do not let the body become sleepy, lazy, negligent, useless, or pleasure-seeking. The senses should not become attached to worldly pleasures. Do not let the mind dwell on harming anyone or on sensual pleasures. Choose the path of salvation with intellect. Make them such that they have faith in God. Only then can he become an instrument for his own salvation or for Nishkam Seva Yoga; otherwise, it will become another action that will cause bondage. These cricketers, they only get to play the game sometimes. Then he practices every day. Why does he do that? For fitness. So, this is the fitness of God's path. To connect everyone with God, one should keep practicing to become stronger. If the intellect, mind, senses, and body don't practice for a few days, then He remains as he is, but his fitness is gone. So, if a person doesn't practice this, Gunatitanand Swami says that the Firangi (foreigner) is very He makes them do exercises, so his team was considered very strong at that time. Thus, the more one keeps the questions, answers, readings, discourses, and stories in mind, the more fitness one gains, and the more fitness one gains, the stronger the Nishkam Seva Yoga becomes. 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