Swaminarayan Hare Swaminarayan Hare. On the day of Bhadarva Vad Vad Dark half of a Hindu lunar month in which the moon is in its waning phase. The days falling between the day after Punam up to and including Amãs. Also called krishna paksh. Tap to open in glossary → 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 → Swami Shri Sahajanandji Maharaj was in Gadhada, in the darbar of Dada Khachar, seated on a cot with a mattress and bolster on the veranda of the east-facing room. He was dressed entirely in white garments, and a assembly of paramhansas and Haribhaktas from various regions was seated before His lotus face. Then Shriji Maharaj said, "If a worldly jiva meets someone who can give wealth or a son, he immediately develops faith in him. But a devotee of God would never have faith in charms, spells, plays, or magic. And if a Haribhakt has faith in charms and spells, even if he is a satsangi satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → And those who are true devotees of God are not many. A true devotee of God was Macho Bhakt of Kariyani village. Before joining the 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 → yet there was no lapse in his vow of celibacy, and he remained a lifelong celibate. Once, an alchemist came to stay at his house and showed him how to turn copper into silver. He then told the devotee, 'Since you run an almshouse, I will show you this herb and teach you how to make silver.' The devotee then took a stick, drove him out of the village, and said to him, 'We have no desire for any object other than God.' Later, when that devotee joined the 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 → Therefore, one who is an ekantik devotee possesses, first, atmanishtha; second, vairagya; third, firm adherence to his dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → and fourth, intense bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → 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 → And when that ekantik devotee leaves his body, he enters 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 → But one who is not ekantik enters Brahmaloka and other realms, or enters Sankarshan Sankarshan One of the four forms of Bhagvãn’s Vishvarup svarup. His Tap to open in glossary → but without becoming ekantik, one cannot enter 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 entry should be understood in this way: just as an extremely greedy person enters his wealth, and just as an extremely lustful person enters the woman of his choice, and just as a very wealthy person who is childless enters his son when he is born, in the same way, one's entry should be known to be in whatever his jiva is attached to. But this entry is not like water merging with water or fire merging with fire. Rather, one who has entered Him feels no affection for any object other than his Ishtadev, and remains constantly absorbed in Him alone, and if he lives without Him, he lives experiencing great misery, but never finds happiness." Thus ends Vachanamrut, specifically, the 38th Vachanamrut of the Gadhada Middle Section. What is meant by entry? What is meant by entry? To match. To become extremely matched with Him. They do not separate. What were the last three sentences Maharaj wrote? Just as an extremely greedy person enters his wealth. At the very end. One who has entered Him feels no affection for any object other than his Ishtadev. First, he has no affection anywhere else. Second, and he remains constantly absorbed in Him alone. He remains constantly attached. And if he lives without Him, he lives experiencing great misery, but never finds happiness. He cannot live without Him. He feels great misery. Then he is said to have entered Him. Subject of discourse: What does it mean to enter Vasudev? Main points: To have intense attachment to God is said to be entry. To have intense attachment. Maharaj describes the characteristics of attachment. A greedy person enters his wealth. A lustful person enters the woman of his choice. A childless person enters his son. So what does that mean? He has intense attachment to it. Intense attachment. He becomes intensely absorbed in it. He becomes intensely absorbed in it. A greedy person, if he finds no one else, but gets to count someone else's money, then? Even then he becomes absorbed. His concern is with wealth. He is connected to it. Even then he becomes absorbed. He forgets everything else. What is the meaning of absorption? To match. To forget everything else. Then it is said to be absorption, right? What is the opposite word of absorption? Aversion. Detached. He does not forget everything else. Whose jiva remains detached. So that is said to be the opposite of absorption. It does not match at all. Absorption means to become matched. If they are seated, one hour, two hours, five hours, ten hours pass by, they forget to eat. There, absorption occurred. It is said that they forget everything else, right? Everything else is forgotten. Then it is said to be absorption. And if absorption has not occurred, it is said to be detached. That means he has no detachment towards God in any way. Then he is said to have entered God. He has no detachment towards God in any way. If he has no detachment towards a devotee of God, then he is said to have absorption with the devotee of God. And if absorption does not occur, it is not said to be entry. They remain detached. When boys come here, even if you give them better than home, they remain detached, right? For four to six months, they remain detached. Like that, everything does not seem right. Wherever they go, they feel out of place. So that is said to be detached. So detachment and absorption. Maharaj says, one who has entered Bhagwan Vasudev. Who enters? That is a major point. Who enters? Who enters God? If they match with Him, then they enter, right? Wherever there is matching, a thief immediately enters another thief. He becomes absorbed. Where did you go? He says, I went this way. Where did we go? He says, we went this way. Which way is better? So immediately they match and Maharaj has said this very beautifully. The value quality of personality. We say personality development, right? Its value-based quality. What is the value? With Maharaj, the person who becomes absorbed, matched, or enters, what should his value be? What is it? Atmanishtha, vairagya, something like that. Where is it in this? In this Vachanamrut, talk about the Vachanamrut in the present context. Is it like that in the Vachanamrut? No, no. In the present context, like that. Maharaj said in the present context that this Macho Bhagat, he did not have faith in wealth anywhere. And he remained a lifelong celibate. Even though he was in the Margi sect, he remained so. What is the meaning of that? Even though he was in the Margi sect, he remained a celibate. What is the meaning, what is Maharaj's implication? That is his value. Yes, it is a value, but what was the need for Maharaj to say that even though he was in the Margi sect, he remained so? The circumstances were such that one would not remain so. In the Margi sect, adultery is prominent. That value is an adultery-based sect. To Maharaj, someone else Maharaj also called them. They were singing kirtans very beautifully. Maharaj was in Sarangpur, and those sadhus were singing kirtans. Maharaj said, "Call the sadhus. We want to go there," Maharaj said. So Jiva Khachar said, "Maharaj, we should not go there. It would not look good for our reputation if we go there." Maharaj said, "Then call them here. We want to hear them, hear their bhajans." Maharaj called them. Then they sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → Then Maharaj asked, "Who are you?" So they did not say anything, they looked down. They said, "Maharaj, we are brother and sister." They emphasized, "We are brother and sister, but in our sect, this is allowed." In our sect, this is allowed. So Maharaj described four types of kusang kusang The association of an evil person. Tap to open in glossary → in which Kudapanthi, Shaktipanthi, that Kudapanthi path. It is said there, Kudapanthi, Shaktipanthi, Shushka-vedanti, Shushka-vedanti and atheist. So, the Kudapanthi path. So in that, Maharaj said that if one associates with a Kudapanthi, he falls from his vows. He falls from his vows. There was a prevalence of that, yet remaining in it, he kept the vow of celibacy. So Maharaj says, for a worldly person, a woman and wealth, if someone is found who can give these, then immediately his focus remains there. If it is obtained easily without effort, then his focus remains. If he gets money through alchemy, what does that mean? Obtained without effort. Obtained without effort. If we do not have money, what do we do? Should we measure? How should we measure ourselves? Do you not have any shortage of money? Even if there is a shortage, it is only for us. Jay Swaminarayan, is there a shortage of money? Huh? Is there a shortage or not? So you would not have any shortage. So how to measure that for ourselves? If it is obtained for free, and we run to take it, then it means we are not yet ready to enter Maharaj. Not like that. It should be obtained by making effort. From within, one should desire to obtain it by making effort. Even if it is obtained for free, no. He went after him with a stick. Otherwise, what did the poor fellow say? He had said the truth, right? What did he say? Huh? You run an almshouse. You run an almshouse, and where do you have to spend it? Take this and give alms. I will teach you how to make silver. But still, if it is obtained for free without making effort, then it is fine here, but one cannot enter God. God is to be obtained by making effort. And God likes that. If it is obtained for free, then whether it is wealth, reputation, woman, whatever, if it is obtained for free, and he finds more interest in that, then he cannot enter Vasudev. He cannot enter Vasudev. First, he enters effort, and then he enters Vasudev. To obtain Vasudev, first, he enters effort. And he makes such effort, which pleases Vasudev, and then Vasudev Maharaj has very beautifully described Macha Bhagat's that then he became ekantik. Then he met Maharaj, so he became ekantik. And he entered Vasudev, Maharaj. With Maharaj, and Macha Bhagat, a knot was tied in their hearts. A knot was tied in their hearts. They became one with each other. So, his entry into Vasudev. Intense attachment occurred. He could not live without Him. And he experiences days of misery. And in that, extremely 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