Swaminarayan Hare, Swaminarayan Hare. On the day of Mahavad Ekadashi in Samvat Samvat The calendar established by Indian emperor Vikramaditya of Ujjain following his victory 56 BCE. It is a lunar calendar based on ancient Hindu tradition. The Vikram Samvat calendar is 56.7 years ahead of the solar Gregorian calendar. The calendar most commonly used is the Kãrtiki Samvat, which begins on the first day of Kãrtik. However, the Vachanãmrut is written using the Ashãdhi Samvat, which begins on the first day of Ãshãdh. Tap to open in glossary → And everyone was wearing white clothes, and a gathering of saints and devotees from various countries was seated in front of his lotus-like face. Then Shriji Maharaj said, "Ask questions and I will answer." Then Muktanand Swami asked, "Why does a jiva not maintain a firm resolve in bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → smaran smaran Remembrance. To remember. Tap to open in glossary → Then Shriji Maharaj said. That is because of inauspicious desh desh A region or place. Tap to open in glossary → sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → And that resolve is also of three types. Uttam Uttam Highest. Best. Superior. Tap to open in glossary → Madhyam Madhyam Medium. Intermediate. Tap to open in glossary → Among them, if there is excellent steadfastness, and if the desh desh A region or place. Tap to open in glossary → sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → Then what to say about moderate and inferior steadfastness? And if desh desh A region or place. Tap to open in glossary → sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → Excellent steadfastness. What? Read the last line again. And if desh desh A region or place. Tap to open in glossary → sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → What did he say? There is a strong seed of past good deeds and merit, but it is not that his steadfastness is so excellent. It was said that if the deshkal becomes bad, even excellent steadfastness is removed. What is bijbal (seed power)? Past samskara. A good samskara from the past. In the past, he pleased someone. By pleasing, bijbal is created. Excellent steadfastness is achieved through effort. By pleasing, bijbal is created. So, pleasing others, the fruit of pleasing, is one step ahead of effort. So, no matter what kind of deshkal he has experienced, even if bad times have come, still, If someone has pleased God and God's Satpurush through some work or service, then he will pass through those deshkal unscathed. No matter how adverse the deshkal may be, his steadfastness will not waver. That steadfastness does not waver; that is the fruit of pleasing. And desh desh A region or place. Tap to open in glossary → sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → And the other is called past sin. If there are good deshkal, and still it doesn't remain stable, then somewhere he has displeased someone. Sin is of two types. One is when a weak action has occurred, and the Satpurush has become displeased. If a weak action has occurred, then from that sin, and if there is excellent steadfastness, one can overcome it. But if there has been treachery against someone, then no matter how strong the steadfastness, one cannot overcome it. His own. No matter how much effort he makes, he cannot overcome it. So that's what happens. So, sin is of two types. To displease someone, and to perform a weak action. If a weak action has occurred, and he has incurred that fault, but he has excellent steadfastness, then he can overcome it. But if it's that other sin, then he cannot overcome it. If one has displeased a devotee of God, or caused someone's heart to ache. Among them, if one has caused the heart of a great devotee of God or a Satpurush to ache. Then he cannot overcome it. Excellent steadfastness does not remain. What is the question? What is the question? Why does the steadfastness of bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → smaran smaran Remembrance. To remember. Tap to open in glossary → Why does one not maintain a firm resolve? Why does it keep fluctuating? Does it fluctuate or not? Sometimes it becomes tight. And sometimes it becomes loose. Why does it keep fluctuating? And why doesn't it fluctuate? What is the reason for it fluctuating? There are big deshkal. Someone has displeased a great person. That was said later. Deshkal. Maharaj, deshkal, kriya, and sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → So, he has served inauspicious deshkal, that's why it fluctuates. If he serves good deshkal, then it will not fluctuate. It remains full and full. What is deshkal? What is deshkal? Sang Sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → Good or bad company. So, all eight deshkal reside in the company of an evil person. And the auspicious deshkal, all eight of them, reside in the company of a Satpurush. Gunatitanand Swami said that. The eight deshkal are different. If there is a good time in the morning, and one performs some bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → When one gets time, if one does satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → And when one gets a chance, if one performs a good action and pleases others, then that is considered performing a good action. And good company. Do one thing. Good company means To develop affection in the right place. Then that is called good company. Desh Desh A region or place. Tap to open in glossary → sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → Then the others are secondary. These are the main four. Mantra Mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → That happens according to what those are. So they are followers of that. But they should be made good. Shastra, one should study good scriptures. One should chant the mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → One should chant the excellent mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → There isn't much of a problem with that. That is almost the same for everyone. The mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → Everyone's meditation is on Maharaj. The scriptures are the same. Some people read scriptures, some just glance at them. They read novels. So now, they just glance at scriptures, read novels, and watch YouTube. So that affects him. If he sees good from it, he gets good. If he sees bad, he gets bad. Mantra Mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → But those four are the main ones. And in that, what? All eight of them depend on it. On which Purush Purush 1) An akshar-mukta selected by Akshar-Brahm to ‘impregnate’ Prakruti for the creation process, from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are formed for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 2) Purush half of the Pradhãn-Purush pair, ‘conceived’ by Mul-Purush and Mul-Prakruti for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 3) Taken to be masculine in nature, Purush is the controller of Prakruti, and is also distinct from her. He is indivisible, without a beginning, and without an end. He is self-luminous, omniscient, imperishable, satya, kshetragna, and the cause of all the activities that possess a form. He also has a divya body. 4) Also called Mahã-Purush, Mul-Purush or Akshar- Purush. Tap to open in glossary → All eight weak ones become affectionate with one weak person. If one becomes affectionate with a weak person, then all eight become bad. Even if he lives here, even if he lives in excellent deshkal, he will not get good results from it. So, all eight reside in one. In Purush Purush 1) An akshar-mukta selected by Akshar-Brahm to ‘impregnate’ Prakruti for the creation process, from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are formed for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 2) Purush half of the Pradhãn-Purush pair, ‘conceived’ by Mul-Purush and Mul-Prakruti for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 3) Taken to be masculine in nature, Purush is the controller of Prakruti, and is also distinct from her. He is indivisible, without a beginning, and without an end. He is self-luminous, omniscient, imperishable, satya, kshetragna, and the cause of all the activities that possess a form. He also has a divya body. 4) Also called Mahã-Purush, Mul-Purush or Akshar- Purush. Tap to open in glossary → If they are good, then all eight of his become good. And if they are weak, then all eight become weak. Why does one not maintain a firm resolve, and why does it remain? What is the reason for that? No affection with the good. If there is affection with the good, it remains. And if there is affection with the weak, it does not remain. He does not maintain a firm resolve, no matter what. If he develops affection with a weak person, then no matter how good he may be, he may be serving good deshkal. He may be sitting with a rosary. And he may be doing everything good. Still, it won't remain. It won't remain constant. Then weakness comes back into it. Maharaj says this. Right? We say Maharaj says. Huh? Read that again. Read the Vachanamrut. Then Shriji Maharaj said that it is due to inauspicious desh desh A region or place. Tap to open in glossary → Read at the time of the question. Then Muktanand Swami asked, "Why does a jiva not maintain a firm resolve in bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → smaran smaran Remembrance. To remember. Tap to open in glossary → When he comes, when he has aspirations. When he left home, did he have any aspirations or not? He just stumbled along. We want to become like this. Such is the aspiration. When he left. Why does that aspiration not remain constant? That aspiration gets lost somewhere, and other aspirations come in between. Who gives that? Whose company he keeps. The one whose company he keeps gives that aspiration. That aspiration remains. Let one and the same aspiration remain. When they leave home, clenching their fists, aspirations are forming in their minds. That they want to reach here, clenching their fists. So there are aspirations, right? It came in our previous discussion. App. What? Rap. Rap. What is it called? Rap analysis. Analysis, rap analysis. So, recreation. Recreation and aspiration. Aspiration. Aspiration means desire, right? So he has that aspiration. The aspirations they have in their minds, that we want to become like this. We want to please God in this way. We want to reach Maharaj's Akshardham right now. If there are such aspirations, and if not, one should cultivate such aspirations. If they are new, it happens quickly. Then And why does that aspiration not remain constant? So, if someone has such an aspiration and has joined with someone who also has it, then that aspiration remains. So, if he has other aspirations, aspirations that lead to Hindustan. And if he joins with them, if he develops affection with them. Then that aspiration will not remain constant. A constant inner resolve, that resolve, what is it for? It is in the heart. Resolve is in the heart. Actions happen based on that. So, bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → smaran smaran Remembrance. To remember. Tap to open in glossary → If one has decided in their heart that they want to do such bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → We want to remember Maharaj in this way. And we want to obey Maharaj's commands in this way. Why does the steadfastness of bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → smaran smaran Remembrance. To remember. Tap to open in glossary → So why doesn't it remain good and good? And why does it fall ill? He becomes like a diamond, and that aspiration falls ill. And he becomes like a duplicate, and his aspirations become perfectly intoxicated. Why does that happen? Then Muktanand Swami asked, "Why does a jiva not maintain a firm resolve in bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → smaran smaran Remembrance. To remember. Tap to open in glossary → Some are allowed to have more aspirations. If the company is good, then even a wretched person becomes liberated. Becomes liberated. If the company becomes good, then even a wretched person becomes liberated from it. And if he joins with a weak person, then even if he is liberated, he becomes wretched. From liberated to wretched. Does one become wretched from being liberated? It happens. So whose aspirations are fulfilled? The aspirations of one who joins with a good person are fulfilled. Good. The weak aspirations of the other person are not fulfilled, the weak aspirations of a weak person are not fulfilled. It is written in the Ekadash that no desires of a person who has not conquered his senses are fulfilled. Of a person who has not conquered his senses. Even the weak desires of this world are not fulfilled. Does God allow all weak desires to be fulfilled? He does not allow it. If I want to trouble him, God will not let him be troubled. God protects the other person, right? So his aspirations, the weak aspirations of a weak person, are not fulfilled. And when are the aspirations of a good person fulfilled? If we want to fulfill our aspirations. Then join with a good person. Do not join with a weak person. One should bow down to a weak person. Do not argue with him. Even if we fight, we won't achieve anything. One should bow down to him. Say yes to him. Yes, yes, you are very good. But it was said not to let the jiva meet. If the jiva met with him. Then none of his aspirations, good or bad, will be fulfilled. 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