So, whatever element we are getting, which is necessary, we should read that. And if the other is incomplete, then if there is extra time, we should read it. Otherwise, as far as possible, do not read it, so it is said. 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 → If it is incomplete. If it is good, we should read it. There must be something good in it. Many times we study the Sankhya Sutra, but the Sankhya Sutra cannot be called complete. From Maharaj's perspective and from the perspective of the great Acharyas. Still, we read Sankhya. Why? Because the techniques mentioned in it to become apart from the body are very good. They are not mentioned elsewhere. So, for that reason also, we read it. So, if there is some mastery in it, and we read that, then it is fine, but we should know that this mastery is in this, so only that thing should be accepted. If there is no mastery, and we accept the other, then we should not do that. If there is an engineer and he is acting wise in medicine, then we should not take his medicine, that prescription. If the engineer has written it, then if we take that prescription, we will get Corona instead, Corona will not go away. So, whoever has whatever mastery, and he has done it, and we read it and it is in our mind, then there is not much of a problem. But many times there is a mix-up, so if there is no mastery, then we often have this question, right? They are very good in practice. And in this knowledge of Maharaj, Maharaj's opinion, they are completely blank. And in practice, they are like top, top-level practice is good. Then what to do? Accept the practice. So, first bow down with respect, but if we go to listen to his philosophy, we will die. So, Narayan Bhagat used to say, "If we have darshan darshan Seeing. To see with admiration and devotion. To see Bhagvãn, a sat-purush, and murtis, with inner or outer vision, with the intention of receiving their grace and blessings. By doing darshan properly a bhakta develops affection for Bhagvãn, and Bhagvãn develops affection for that bhakta. [Sãrangpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → 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 → So, sometimes it is like if we do 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 → But if we have darshan darshan Seeing. To see with admiration and devotion. To see Bhagvãn, a sat-purush, and murtis, with inner or outer vision, with the intention of receiving their grace and blessings. By doing darshan properly a bhakta develops affection for Bhagvãn, and Bhagvãn develops affection for that bhakta. [Sãrangpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → We bow down to him. And from a distance, a lot of merit is earned, because merit falls from these clothes itself. Inside him, sometimes it may be there or not. The clothes belong to Maharaj, right? So, merit falls from them. So, many times we have to be careful about what mastery he has. If there is mastery in that matter, then we have no objection in giving him respect, in giving him honor, but so much caution is not possessed by everyone. So, the authors of scriptures have advised to keep a distance. Otherwise, there is no problem, we must take his virtue. If there is virtue in him, then take it and no problem. But the capacity to accept the good and reject the bad is not there in spirituality, it is there in the world everywhere. In the world, if everyone is an engineer, they say, "His word cannot be accepted, you know." His prescription does not work here, the doctor's does. And if there is a doctor, he tells me in the building, "Brother, you put this many iron rods here and put this many iron rods." If it is to be put in the calf after operation, then you have to ask, but here where it is to be put in the column, you should not ask. So, whatever is anyone's mastery, it should be taken from that. No doubt about it. True. Commentary. In the authoritative texts mentioned above, if one wants to decide the meaning of Vyasa Sutra and Bhagavad Gita, then Shankara's commentary or other any commentary like its own brother should not be taken as authoritative. It is like a real brother many times. That it is similar to it. These others like Madhvacharyaji Maharaj, Vallabhacharyaji Maharaj, all their commentaries are of Ramanuja's path of devotion. So, there is devotion in them again. But still, in reality, Ramanujacharyaji Maharaj's devotion and Vallabhacharyaji Maharaj's devotion, then who is called extreme? Vallabhacharyaji's devotion. Vallabhacharyaji Maharaj's devotion is called extreme, still Maharaj said do not go to him for deciding the truth. His method of service should be accepted. Maharaj recommended that. That the method of service is acceptable as prescribed by him. Accept only his, do not accept others'. How to serve God, how to serve Thakorji, service of God means? My Thakorji, Lalji, Laddu Gopal. How to serve him, when he likes laddu and when what he likes, go to ask them, no objection in that. So, that also in deciding the truth, even if there is extreme devotion, do not accept it, it is called like his brother. More than his brother, Madhvacharyaji Maharaj's and his commentary, they all believe in Vishishtadvaita. Still, he refused it. They have made their own separate commentaries. So, do not believe them and believe only this. Sometimes a difference occurs, a ship is sailing in the ocean, and if there is a difference of two degrees in the angle, then a difference of 200-400 miles occurs. Want to go to America and reaches Africa. So, such a difference occurs in the ocean, likewise if there is a slight difference in angle, still a big difference occurs, so Maharaj accurately said to accept this, this. Even if there are other relatives of his, do not accept. Above Bhagavad Gita is a spiritual scripture. Yes. Bhagavad Gita is a spiritual scripture. Nowadays, many people take it in the context of management. That is called good. If it does not harm spirituality, and management, still it is good, the way God's management is, Lord 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 → who in the world can do like that? So, it is called good. If they take good meaning from it, then all can be taken. Because they, the current management people, do not interfere in the matter of truth, so it can be taken. And all others interfere in the truth and then their own skill they put, so they put their own skill, but if they put it by interfering in the truth, then do not take it. In belief, there are many in our sect itself, their practices are very good. They are completely extreme, extreme such that they are not even in the original sect. But they interfere in the belief stated by Maharaj. Still, even if it is good, do not go to take it. It may be good, we feel that this is worth taking, very good. It is better than ours. But still, do not go to take it there. What is the reason? That he has interfered in Maharaj's belief or Maharaj's principles. And then this good, to show something good, that must be in it, otherwise his word would not be accepted. So, under the pretext of that good, he slips in the weak, and his try is indeed like that. Currently, the management system is better than America. Even America's Pentagon cannot do like that, that such management power he has. But what about that interference? So, do not go there much. And there may be many others who have interfered in Maharaj's belief in other ways. And the rules of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → The rules of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Belief, the role of rules of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → And the role of belief is considered to be 75%. Our belief does not change at all. We may have all good, good, good, still our belief which we have held onto is the same. Then even if God comes, we do not believe. Then even if God comes, we do not believe at all. Maharaj tried a lot and there were 2000 Sadhus, but he could not change everyone's belief. Five people, barely five-ten people made a commitment that, "Maharaj, what you say is night and what you say is day." Maharaj tells Muktanand Swami, "What is this?" So he says, "Maharaj, a handkerchief." Maharaj says, "We say, which is the sword?" So he says, "Yes, indeed Maharaj." If it touches, it cuts off the head. It is a sword that cuts off the head. So can it be believed? Even if we say yes to yes, it cannot be believed. But that can be believed by Muktanand Swami. Maharaj asked again, that, "Muktanand Swami, are you saying just like that or are you saying yes to yes?" No Maharaj, I am saying with understanding. How with understanding? That there is some God, when he created this universe, he put such power in the sword that it cuts off the head. Now the very same God says, that, "I want to take this and turn it here." Then? If there are some parents and they have a son, they named him Pintu. Now they do not like Pintu and now want to make it Tinku, then? Who can stop them? Even by giving in the paper and doing all that, passport also they change. It is his own son, right? That's why. If he goes to change another's son's name, then? So Muktanand Swami said, "Maharaj, I am saying with understanding." That there is some God, today he felt in his mind to put such power in this handkerchief. So let him put it, what objection do we have? We just have to say yes. So it does not happen like that. Even if our practice is good, those with good practice would not leave it at any cost. Rather than him, if someone is greedy, it is better to get work done from him. If he is greedy, it works, "Take brother, come on." Do as I say for 10,000 rupees. And what about the one who does not take anything? That, that also will not happen, what you say will not happen, our word must stand somewhere. So, we have all these administrators in Gurukul, what is their plus point and minus point? They do not take anything. They do not take anything is a plus point and they do not take anything is a minus point. They do not take anything, so they do not make any change. And they do not take anything, so we are benefited, that we do not have to pay a salary of 1,00,000. He does work worth 1,00,000. But he does not make any change. We say, "No, you do like this." Do admission like this and instill such samskaras in the child. It cannot be done. You would not know. We work there, so we know. How the work is done. So, plus point and minus point, it is like this in this. So, the minus point of the good. Once, a, this when that demonetization happened, an article came in a newspaper. The white side of black money. The white side of black money. So he, he did that, did demonetization and threw away the 2000 note, still no one ran out of money. And everyone started taking it out. And that down had come, recession had come, still the white side of recession. The money hoarded in India, they started taking it all out. Because they must have hoarded black money only, and its white side. Useful in bad times. That is its white side. Sometimes when there is a lot of difficulty, it is useful. That white side. The white side of black money. If hoarded, and if they confiscate all that, then no problem, if we want to go to buy vegetables, we won't have to give a check, take it out from home. So the old women had taken out 500-500 and 2000 notes. In heaps. Their husbands were all overjoyed that, "My, this is good." Otherwise, they would never have shown. Because they must have gathered everything on the side, right? And all 2000 notes were discontinued, so now only this came up, "Please get this exchanged." My, you had so many with you, then? So they all got work benefit, so this is the white side of black money and the black side of white money, likewise. So, sometimes there are good people, their beliefs are not worth accepting. So, that should be kept in mind. Practice may be very high, still the belief may not be according to Maharaj. When the belief is not according to Maharaj, then one should be afraid. One should give him respect, to his practice if we do not give respect, then we are called that, practice, we cannot practice like him. And if we do not give respect, then it is not right. But his belief is of gold, his practice is of gold, so belief is of gold, that cannot be assumed. 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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