Everyone, listen carefully, we are going to talk about something. And that talk is superficial, but if you listen carefully, you will understand, otherwise you will not understand. Then all the devotees said, "O Maharaj, please speak." Then Shriji Maharaj spoke. Among the devotees of God, some have a primary devotion to dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Now, one who has a primary devotion to Bhagavata Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → And that devotee should build temples for God and for God Maharaj gave importance to serving in it, but to what did he give importance? He serves and follows the rules. That's what it means, right? One who has a primary devotion to Bhagavata Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → If it is a part of Bhagavata Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → He He He primarily observes the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → No matter how much service he does, he doesn't make excuses like, "I have done so much service, so if it's a little slow, it's fine." He serves and follows the rules. Serving is a part of Bhagavata 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 → 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 → While serving, he does not reduce his detachment. He does not let his detachment weaken. While serving, he does not let these rules slacken. While serving, he does not let his love for God and God's devotees weaken. Then it is called an ang (part). If he is doing all normal activities, it does not come under ang. Normal activities are compulsory for everyone. Normal activities are compulsory for everyone. Eating and drinking, and all the children say this It is written in Swami's talks. Some who operate computers. And some who go to graze cattle, fetch water, and cook. So that's all worldly affairs, it should be done. It has already been done. He removes the office. Some praise organizations and become directors. That should all be done. Is that not your part, or is it not management that you are running that organization? Is that your part? Running an organization, all that should be done, but what do you do on the side from that? For the welfare of your soul, or even more, to please Maharaj. What do you develop? Then that is your part. That should definitely be done. Everyone does service. But while serving, whose protection are you doing? Are you protecting detachment? Are you protecting 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 → Or do you keep your devotion unbroken? Or do you keep your self-devotion unbroken? Do you keep it by maintaining self-devotion? He What does it mean to maintain self-devotion? I am the soul, the soul. Turned the rosary. He Maintain focus in action. Maintain a detached attitude. What is the main quality of the soul? He Non-attachment. Non-attachment. Non-hypocrisy. Non-pride, like that. Are you developing a detached attitude or running an organization? Or are you doing some service? In some department. He If you are developing a detached attitude in it, then what is it called? It is called self-devotion. And if you develop love for God through it, then It is called an aspect of devotion. Then it is called an aspect of devotion. In that way. Through that, you are strengthening the rules. Then your Bhagavata Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → He That is the part. Whatever everyone does, that has to be done. I do more than what everyone else does. So, is my part decided? It's not like that. Whatever everyone does, we do it too. So, if someone has devotion to Bhagavata Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → He Should one come to eat in the row or not? If one has a primary devotion to detachment, should they come to eat in the row or not? Whatever everyone does, it has to be done. But while doing that, what special thing do we do compared to others, that is our part. And something special should be developed compared to others. Otherwise, if he is not doing anything and just going along with everyone, then what is his part, tell me? If he goes along with everyone, he keeps falling. In that, his part was not decided. He doesn't do anything special. Ang means specialty. It's common, everyone has to wake up at 5 AM, so is that called an ang? He Everyone wakes up, and a big bell rings in their head, so everyone wakes up, so that's not called an ang. If he wakes up at 5 AM and 4 AM every day, then it is called his ang. And if he wakes up at 6 AM, then it is called his ang. He What special things does he do to please God? Whatever everyone does, everyone has to do that. Someone serves in the storehouse. Then someone serves in the office, and someone serves in Delhi. So that doesn't mean it became your part. By doing that, what special thing do you do to please God that others cannot do? Then it is called your ang. Then it is called a rotating ang. That ang is called ang. Okay, you are doing service, that is called a part of service. But in service, everyone was called, "Come on, brother, we have to unload this truck, and we have come, and it has become a part of my service." That's because everyone was called. You all are alone and idle, and you start doing something. Then it becomes an ang. And that has to be recognized. What is inside me? Maharaj says, "Look at this, it's a mirror." Look at your own face in it. In that mirror, the face is visible. What is seen in this mirror? The inner self is seen. In this mirror, our tendencies are seen. Where are our tendencies? And seeing that, we have to develop our ang. Why identify it? To develop. To identify in order to develop. First, we identify our ang, then we develop it, and then we move on to the next ang. Then we have to make progress. Then if one makes some progress, it is according to the ang one has identified. My ang is this, and his is that, that's all. That cannot be said. And that devotee has an inclination to build temples for God and to make gardens for God. And he has an inclination to offer various kinds of food to God. He has an inclination to offer various kinds of food to God. So is that called an aspect of devotion or an aspect of Bhagavata Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → So what will the devotee do then? What was said about the ang of a devotee? He Read Bhagavata Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → And then what was the difference? Then we see where we meet. He And what was said in this about that devotee with love? And that devotee has an inclination to build temples for God and to make gardens for God. And he has an inclination to offer various kinds of food to God. And he has an inclination to plaster and sweep in God's temple and in the saint's dwelling. And he performs the devotion of listening to and chanting God's name without hypocrisy. Did all this devotion come, or did Bhagavata Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → So read devotion. And that devotee, who is devoted to 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 → So, the main thing to identify is The company of scriptures, the company of a person. With whom do we feel an inclination? If we are free, whose face do we wish to smell? What do two puppies do when they meet? They smell each other's faces. Dogs join in playing. Do puppies join in playing or not? They don't just sit there with their mouths open. When they get playful, do they join in playing or not? Should watch. They smell each other's faces. When we get playful, whose face do we go to smell? Then our ang is there, there we are sitting with our finger. He With whom it matched, with them we point our finger. If ours is not seen, it's okay, but if theirs is seen, we can still infer that ours will be like that. Even if theirs is seen, if we recognize it, then we understand that our ang will be like that. And in the scriptures. Vachanamrut and all those scriptures, whose ang are they called? They are called parts of knowledge. The Vachanamrut, Gita, Upanishads, all these are called parts of knowledge. And the parts of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Satsangi Satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → All those 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 parts of detachment. Nishkulanand Kavya, Nishkulanand Kavya, all those are called parts of detachment. There is Sankhya Shastra. Yoga Shastra, all those are called parts of detachment. Does Yoga Shastra come under detachment or devotion? It is detachment. In Yoga Shastra, devotion does not come, detachment comes. Sankhya and Yoga are both together. In that, there are only ways to be free from it. Those were of Yoga Shastra. And if devotion is primary, then Biography, biographical text. Bhakta Bhakta Devotee of Bhagvãn. A follower of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → If we have more interest in that than in anything else, then that is considered our ang. He First, one has to decide on a few angs. It is mentioned in the 25th Vachanamrut, in the 25th Vachanamrut of Antya Antya End. Final. Tap to open in glossary → Whether our soul is bound to one place or not. Service, renunciation, faith, all that has been said. He He should go and see. More than that, he says, "Brother, the ang of serving, and the ang of doing this, and so on." It's not like that. By which we can keep our mind in God, or we can keep our inner self in God. We can keep it in activities related to God, with interest. That is called our ang. And it should also be useful to God in some way. Service to God. Otherwise, if we sit on the computer for two hours, is that called an ang or not? He Now everyone covers themselves with a blanket in bed and does that with their mobile. So is that called an ang or not? Because it is called the ang of attachment. So he has attachment in it. So is it called an ang or not? It is called addiction. He It is called addiction. It is called addiction. It is not called an ang. What is called an ang? There should be attachment and progress. Some service to God should happen. Some service to 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 → Some service to the organization should happen, and there should also be attachment. Then it is called an ang. That is called addiction. If it's just our private interest, then it's called addiction. And if this is happening, if the work of the organization is happening, if Maharaj's work is happening, if the work of 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 if there is attachment in it, then it is called an ang. And only then, Maharaj says, what was said happens, he forgets. He got other wounds. If we are watching mobile with a sheet over our head, does our wound heal or worsen? Some people think that their wound is gone. In that, the wound does not heal, the pain of the wound does not decrease. The pain of the wound should go away, that today our time was well spent. And we became closer to Maharaj. Then it is called an ang. Mere attachment is not called an ang. Actually, Maharaj said the meaning of ang is attachment. Core competition. Core interest. Core interest. And if there is core interest, if there is core competition, there is only core interest in it. If he has more interest, then only it is called core competition. But what kind should it be? It should be of some use to Maharaj. It should be such that it is useful for the welfare of our soul. Now, where his attachment lies, he won't know quickly. But he doesn't even look in the mirror. He knows where his attachment lies. And he recognizes the ang, and just as Maharaj has said that even in such an addiction, there is some good interest. If they have come to 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, they never point out the good interest. And they don't try to develop it, so it remains as it is, and the weak one increases. The weak interest increases. So then Maharaj says, if he doesn't recognize it, he throws it away. 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. 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