Know that a person needs unwavering faith in God; without it, other talks are like papads. Unwavering faith in God, the glory of Hari Hari An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in His four-armed svarup to save an elephant from being killed by a crocodile. He cut off the crocodile’s head with His chakra. Tap to open in glossary → Know that a person needs unwavering faith in God. Do not become superior to the sadhu; remain a servant of servants. Knowing one to be humble, He shows mercy and removes physical and mental distress. Unwavering faith in God is that talk. And one brother used to come, and we would say, 'All the kathas you do, I know them all by heart. You are placed on a high seat by everyone, but no one places us.' We said, 'That's good, that they don't place us.' But I know all the kathas by heart, all of them. Even a little more than that. So, don't insist on becoming too good. It is good to remain a little lower than a devotee of God; there is no big problem. Do not become too superior to a devotee of God. That talk is incomparable, free from obstacles. Nishkulanand, the second talk, is full of obstacles. Know that a person needs unwavering faith in God. Verse number four: A devotee of God should have unwavering faith in God. Without it, other trusts... What does unwavering faith mean? It does not waver. Gratitude. One should feel gratitude that God has given us something more than what we deserve. More than our qualification. And God has given it. Such gratitude should arise. Then devotion to God truly happens. It awakens in them. Without gratitude, devotion does not awaken. They might think that they have enlightened God by coming. Then what devotion will awaken in them? Arrogance will awaken. Devotion will never awaken in them. If God's gratitude is felt in the mind, that God has given us something more than our qualification... More fame has been given. More wealth has been given. More conveniences have been given. Such gratitude towards God should be felt from within. Many times, one might think that this was done by our prarabdha, by our ability, our intellect, and accordingly, so it happens. And God is not visible; we only see that our intellect did it. As much as God's gratitude is felt... That much devotion to God awakens in their heart. And their refuge becomes firm. As much as one's own ego is felt... That much our refuge breaks. And arrogance increases. It is said here, 'Do not become superior to the sadhu.' What should be its meaning? Brother, Swamiji is there. So, should you learn good qualities from him or not? Huh? 'Saras' means 'saras' means other sadhus. 'Saras' means better. 'Saras' means better. So, brother, should you become better than Swamiji or not? Huh? Not out of arrogance or competition. Then how should one become? 1. To please Bhagwan. Huh? To please Bhagwan, in pleasing. 2. It's not like you can please Him easily. You say it's not right to please Him. It happens if you leave from here completely. 3. Then it happens. He is truly pleased only then, otherwise not at all. So. 4. So what should one understand? To keep oneself a little low. But we can't stay low, it's like if you fill a vessel and there's nothing opposite, how can it stay low? 5. Even if you manage to push it down and make it even, it still tops out. What's that? Don't go to prove it. Like, 'Look, I know more Katha than you, all my things are better than yours.' 6. 'I have skill. I have studied this much. I have a PhD.' 7. No one has become like this, so it's said. Otherwise, they would cover their head and walk around saying, 'Brother, they made fun of my PhD, my PhD.' Like, 'I have a PhD.' 8. 'I know everything, XYZ, so I am better than everyone.' Don't go to prove that too much. 9. Even if there is proof, then show a little less. You hear it in Shastriji Maharaj's cassette, right? That there was a competition with those two. 10. For the first place. So Swami deliberately made one of his examples wrong. And when the result came, he got second place. 11. The other one got first place. That was a competition, there were no sadhus there, yet. That attitude of sadhuta should be there, to highlight someone else. 12. The attitude of wanting to be highlighted oneself should not be there. That attitude is an asuri vrutti vrutti Concentration. Focus. The jeev’s vrutti can be thought of as the jeev’s focus of attention. The jeev can experience the physical world (Virãt-Purush) through the indriyas. Similarly the jeev can think about, or have a desire about the world through the antah-karans. When the jeev’s attention is focused on a physical object through the indriyas, it can be said that the vruttis of the indriyas are focused on that object. Similarly, when the jeev’s attention is focused on an object via the antah-karans, it can be said that the vruttis of the antah-karans are focused on that object. Also, like the focus of attention, the vrutti can be focused on many things at once with different levels of intensity. Also, just as the jeev can focus its vrutti outwards, it can also focus it inwards on itself or on Paramãtmã residing within. Tap to open in glossary → 13. Wherever there is competence, it's all mine. Not anyone else's. Such an attitude is called Ravana vrutti vrutti Concentration. Focus. The jeev’s vrutti can be thought of as the jeev’s focus of attention. The jeev can experience the physical world (Virãt-Purush) through the indriyas. Similarly the jeev can think about, or have a desire about the world through the antah-karans. When the jeev’s attention is focused on a physical object through the indriyas, it can be said that the vruttis of the indriyas are focused on that object. Similarly, when the jeev’s attention is focused on an object via the antah-karans, it can be said that the vruttis of the antah-karans are focused on that object. Also, like the focus of attention, the vrutti can be focused on many things at once with different levels of intensity. Also, just as the jeev can focus its vrutti outwards, it can also focus it inwards on itself or on Paramãtmã residing within. Tap to open in glossary → vrutti vrutti Concentration. Focus. The jeev’s vrutti can be thought of as the jeev’s focus of attention. The jeev can experience the physical world (Virãt-Purush) through the indriyas. Similarly the jeev can think about, or have a desire about the world through the antah-karans. When the jeev’s attention is focused on a physical object through the indriyas, it can be said that the vruttis of the indriyas are focused on that object. Similarly, when the jeev’s attention is focused on an object via the antah-karans, it can be said that the vruttis of the antah-karans are focused on that object. Also, like the focus of attention, the vrutti can be focused on many things at once with different levels of intensity. Also, just as the jeev can focus its vrutti outwards, it can also focus it inwards on itself or on Paramãtmã residing within. Tap to open in glossary → 14. To advance good people more than us, to give them highlight. To give it to good people. Not to the weak ones, mind you. 15. If you give it to the weak, then you yourself are weak. Who highlights the weak? So, keep good people ahead of us. 16. In speaking, in everything. Give them respect. So, don't try to be too excellent compared to a Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → 17. It doesn't mean to stay behind in qualities. A devotee of Bhagwan should have an unwavering faith in Bhagwan. Without that, other faiths are considered papla. 18. They are considered temporary. They don't take long to break and fall apart. In our hearts, there should be self-reliance, you know. 19. So then, should one have self-confidence or not? What is the difference between self-confidence and arrogance? Self-confidence... 20. In arrogance, sometimes it's not present in oneself, and there's a strain to show more, that's arrogance, he says. 21. If it is there, then. If it is in oneself. Okay, I studied something and got a PhD, then. 22. So what is the difference between self-confidence and arrogance? In arrogance, it's believed that it happened because of oneself, one reached there, and in self-confidence, one is aware that whatever I am, it's because of this. Brother, tell me the difference. 23. Self-confidence and arrogance. In self-confidence, one has a measure of one's own strength, and in the other, one considers oneself greater than one's strength. 'I will be able to please Bhagwan.' 24. That is called self-confidence. 'I will be able to serve Bhagwan's devotee.' 'I will be able to do this much to please Bhagwan,' then that is called self-confidence. 25. 'I can't do it.' Then that is called inferiority. What is that called? 1. Inferiority complex. What is that called, inferiority complex. Inferiority complex is not humility. 2. Having an inferiority complex is not called humility. That is a lack of self-confidence. And arrogance is not self-confidence. 3. That is a bit over. They are called oversmart, not smart, they are called oversmart. 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