And how does one develop faith? The answer to that question is, the saint who has the command of Shriji Maharaj, "You remain in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → For that, he himself behaves appropriately in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → and also makes many other people behave in it; seeing that kind of divine power, one should have faith. And by keeping their company, one should become free of desires. And without surrendering one's mind to such a Satpurush, even those like Brahma, Virat, and Sankarshan Sankarshan One of the four forms of Bhagvãn’s Vishvarup svarup. His Tap to open in glossary → And they are very powerful, but without overcoming vasana, they are called sakam bhaktas. Understanding these talks of Swami is a bit complicated. What did you remember? Tell me. He himself behaves in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → He... the one whom Maharaj has commanded, "You behave in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → If one keeps their company, one becomes free of desires and develops faith. What, brother? What did Sharad Swamiji say? What did Sadguru Sadguru A great sant. Tap to open in glossary → He himself is free of desires and is able to make others free of desires; if one associates with him, one becomes free of desires. And if there is only a lot of divine power, one does not become free of desires through that. What is the question first? How does one develop faith? But its meaning should be understood as: whom should we trust? Do we have the right to change the question from the original question like that? We do it based on the answer. It can be done based on the answer. We cannot do it out of over-smartness. Swami has spoken right in front of this, hasn't he? If we want to form a question based on that answer, what would it be? Whom should we trust? So, instead of the question "how does one develop faith," we should understand it as: whom should we trust? Now tell me, whom should we trust? The one by staying near whom one can become free of desires, we should trust him. Where did that come from? Whatever has come, that must be said first. He himself observes the rules and makes others observe them. First, take what comes in this talk, like that. Maharaj... the one who remains in the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → The one whom Maharaj has commanded, and what came? Read it again. The saint who has the command of Shriji Maharaj... So, these talks are to be read with deep concentration, not just superficially Yes, Gopalanand Swami spoke, and upasana becomes firm, like that. One has to absorb this deeply; what, what does it want to say? And how does it fit? This. And how does one develop faith? The answer to that question is, the saint who has the command of Shriji Maharaj, "You remain in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → seeing that kind... seeing that kind of divine power, one should have faith. And by keeping their company, one should become free of desires. And without surrendering one's mind to such a Satpurush, even those like Brahma, Virat, and Sankarshan Sankarshan One of the four forms of Bhagvãn’s Vishvarup svarup. His Tap to open in glossary → All these talks, if you unfold them, they are talks that can become very painful, do you understand? That if one unfolds them appropriately, then... but if one wishes, one can understand, that is all. Whom should we trust? At the time of Bhagwan 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 → Yudhishthir and Vidurji. Apart from Bhagwan. If Bhagwan is there, then there is no question of whom to trust. But apart from Bhagwan, there were two righteous souls, Yudhishthir and Vidurji. Among them, who was the greater righteous soul? Vidurji or Yudhishthir? Vidurji is said to be. Yet no one asks for Vidurji's name, even 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 → Because 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 → His importance is there, but such righteous souls are there and then they sit on the throne. Then Duryodhan... Duryodhan was also sitting on the throne. There was a big fight for the throne. So, when there are such great souls and whoever has the responsibility, from him, you can become free of desires. The one who does not have responsibility, so, by meeting Vidurji, a great spread of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → that he could not propagate dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Can a householder ever be more free of desires than us or not? Then if he has a lot of money and a family and all that, then? Then what to do? He is free of desires. He can be free of desires, like that. But he cannot do much work. Because he has a family and children, so no one trusts him. And even if this one is filled with mud up to his throat, still they trust him. That is because of the position. So, Yudhishthir and Vidurji were both righteous souls, but still, 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 → Work can be done through Yudhishthir. Such work cannot be done through Vidurji. Because that is the influence of the position. So, whom should we trust? The one who has Maharaj's command, and also understands his responsibility. If there is Maharaj's command but they do not understand the responsibility, then how can you become free of desires in his company? And they understand the responsibility but if it is in the wrong place, then if he goes to interfere with someone, it won't work either. So, his position must also be there, and personality qualification must also be there. If there is no qualification, what question arose in this? Whom should we trust, like that. Whom to trust, who is worthy of trust? Now, who is worthy of trust? The one who has the responsibility of Bhagwan's work, and also has such a position, then he can be trusted. If he is sitting in that position, he is more free of desires than us, still, a lot of work can be done through him, and what does he command us? What does he command? "Become very good, what you are doing, do it well." So, Swami has also made the talk a bit deep. They understand the responsibility, remain in their dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → and have Maharaj's command, meaning they have the position. According to the position, that work happens. Otherwise, work does not happen. Shastriji Maharaj used to say, that if I had not become a sadhu, then at the most, what would I have done? Become a leader of the village or a leader of the surrounding area. But introducing thousands of souls to Bhagwan, how does that happen? That happens because of this position. Because he is a sadhu, it happens, otherwise, it won't. Otherwise, they would remain just like that. And even if there is that much force of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Vidurji had more force of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → It is forbidden in Vidur-niti Vidur-niti The code of political ethics explained Vidur, the educated statesman, to his elder brother, Dhrutrãshtra Rãjã. It forms portion of the Mahãbhãrat. One of the eight shãstras accepted as trustworthy by Swãminãrãyan Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → So, Vidurji was more righteous. But still, 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 → So, through whom does work happen? That should be considered. Becoming free of desires is also his work in this, not that other work. And how does one develop faith? The answer to that question is, the saint who has the command of Shriji Maharaj, "You remain in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → seeing that kind of divine power, one should have faith. And by keeping their company, one should become free of desires. Just because he himself behaves in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → by that alone, he does not become trustworthy. He should also be working for others. Maharaj says, even if they are good, but if they do not say anything to us, then do not keep their company, even if they are as great as Muktanand Swami. But if he keeps correcting us frequently, then keep his company, hasn't Maharaj said so? In the Vachanamrut of Loya. In Swami's talks, it is said to keep one's soul attached to two good sadhus and three good devotees. So, how to understand that? For whom is that? It is to be understood exactly as said, what else. Just do it. So, in this, this question is different, and that question is different. To have affection for the good, to keep a good surrounding, that is indeed to be kept. But by whose trust can we become free of desires and by whose trust can we not. In short, the one by trusting whom, he does not say anything to us, and he has no responsibility either, and he does not say anything. Even if there is responsibility, with honesty, as Swami said in this, that they understand that responsibility with honesty, that "since Maharaj has told me, it is my duty to do this." And then we trust him, and if he is in that, then work happens. If they just keep dominating others and roam around like a police officer, and there is nothing in them, then it won't happen. And even if he himself is very free of desires, but cannot even shoo away a fly for anyone, still it won't happen. He himself is very free of desires, but if he wants to shoo away his own fly, he has to call someone, "brother, please shoo this away here." So, if he cannot shoo away another's fly, how can he make others free of desires, no matter how free of desires he himself is. "You remain in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → seeing that kind of divine power, one should have faith. And by keeping their company, one should become free of desires. And without surrendering one's mind to such a Satpurush, even those like Brahma, Virat, and Sankarshan Sankarshan One of the four forms of Bhagvãn’s Vishvarup svarup. His Tap to open in glossary → So, whom should we trust to become free of desires, like that. Whom should we trust to become free of desires, like that. Should we trust the one who has divine power and gives miracles? It came like that in this. That those like Brahma had a lot of divine power, so do they make us free of desires? And if they give miracles, do they make us free of desires? People run only there. By keeping their company, one should become free of desires. And without surrendering one's mind to such a Satpurush, even those like Brahma, Virat, and Sankarshan Sankarshan One of the four forms of Bhagvãn’s Vishvarup svarup. His Tap to open in glossary → Capability, power, good qualities, do they make one free of desires? There is no such guarantee. 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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