It is only in this much: that everything happens by the will of the manifest Lord 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 → karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → That is to be freed from birth and death. Here, Maharaj's meaning of the means to liberation is this: What is the means to be freed from birth and death and go to the abode of God? God as the sole doer. Not penance and renunciation, you see. Penance and renunciation are just to endure some hardships. When one performs penance and renunciation, one has to endure hardships. Now that Chaturmas is coming, we want to endure some hardship somewhere. But what is the means to liberation? What is the means to be freed from birth and death? God as the sole doer. To believe God to be the sole doer and destroyer. When can one be said to have believed Him as the doer and destroyer? What? Then, if we make this sweet, God made it; who else made it? What? When can one be said to have believed God as the doer and destroyer? When happiness and misery come. Did God give them or did we give them? Brother, did God give happiness and misery or did we give them? Based on our karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → What? Based on karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → If we ate something unsuitable somewhere and then fell ill, we experienced misery, right? So who gave that? We did. But you say God gave it. What? Only happiness was given by God and misery was brought by oneself; then that is true. Then that is true. That who gives happiness? God. Misery comes based on our karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → If we succeed in something, what should we believe? God made us successful; to believe Him as the doer in that. If we fail somewhere? Then it is our mistake; to believe so. Then He is said to be believed as the doer. If some good work is done by our hands, if that aarti is completed by chance, then who completed it? Maharaj completed it. If good happens, the credit should be given to Maharaj. And if bad happens? Is it like that? That if bad happens, it is us, and if good happens, it is Maharaj? What? Who even causes the bad to happen? Maharaj Himself causes it; who else? Why? Maharaj only does good, nothing bad. If good vairagya comes in us? That was Maharaj's; Maharaj's remained with Him, but what comes in us? If we did some good seva somewhere? Then what to do? What to do? If we perhaps do everyone's accounting properly, if it happens by chance. Otherwise, we just mess up, but if it happens somewhere, if it is done? God Himself did it. Then God did it. And if mistakes happen? The branch people. The branch people did it. Yes, then the branch people, we did nothing. Then it is the branch people's, right? If good happens, it is God's. He is said to be believed as the doer and destroyer. If bad happens? Take it upon ourselves. And if good happens? God did it; then believe God to be the doer and destroyer. Good. If our liberation happens, it happens because of God, not because of our vairagya. That is why God is said to be believed as the doer and destroyer. So if one believes God to be the doer and destroyer, one is freed from birth and death. Then why perform penance? To please Him. What happens if one pleases Him? What happens if God is pleased? Any connection? Blessings. With blessings, it becomes somewhat peaceful. He gives more adversity. Adversity? Then who would please God? If He is pleased, happiness is attained, and if He is believed as the doer and destroyer, liberation is attained. If He is pleased, the more one has pleased God, the more happiness one receives. The more one pleases Him, the more happiness is attained. And that other thing leads to liberation. Liberation means being freed from birth and death and going to the abode of God. If one wants more happiness after going to God's abode, then one has to please God here; there, no one has to trouble Him. Here, whoever has pleased God more, God gives them more happiness there. If He is very pleased, much happiness is attained. So that is the cause of happiness; one becomes happy here as well. One becomes very happy; whoever has pleased God becomes very happy here too. Lust, anger, greed, etc., never enter their heart. And it remains peaceful. Like a stream, peaceful like the stream of the Ganga. If one has pleased Him. And liberation happens through that other thing. One becomes happy here and also happy in the abode of God. Maharaj has stated these two separately. In that 66th Vachanamrut of Madhya, He has separated them twice. What is that extraordinary cause of liberation? Refuge in God. And then why 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 → What happens by pleasing Him? Happiness is attained. What happens by refuge? Liberation. One is freed from the bondage of birth and death. What happens if one believes God to be the doer and destroyer? One is freed from the bondage of birth and death and reaches the abode of God. What? In refuge, refuge is, there are those conditions of refuge. 'Anukulyasya sankalpah pratikulyasya varjanam, rakshishyatiti vishwaso goptrytva varanam tatha, atmanikshepa karpanye shadvidha sharanagatih' so there are such conditions in it that, I will now live only in accordance with Him. I will run far away from what is unfavorable to Him. And God protects me; if anyone else protects me, I do not want it. Only if God does it, if Swaminarayan does it, I want it, otherwise not; if anyone else does it, then no. That is called refuge. And dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Is there any difference in liberation? Refuge and knowing God as the sole doer. In that, both are said to be the same. Ultimately, only one who knows Him as the sole doer takes His refuge, right? What is the use of taking refuge in a small person? In whom does one take refuge? One takes refuge in the greatest. The greatest, sole doer and destroyer, means the greatest. God is the greatest. The doer of all infinite millions of universes; those others are all in their own private domains, which is somewhat based on God; if God says no, they all stop. If one believes that such a sole doer and destroyer is Lord Swaminarayan, then God frees them from this birth and death automatically. If one believes one's karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → then he, refuge and the doer-destroyer, both, are closely related principles. It is a matter of one path. And 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 → For liberation, believe God to be the sole doer and destroyer. If it comes to one's mind, 'I did this and it turned out very well,' then is God said to be believed as the doer and destroyer? No. Until then, it only results in merit. If one believes Him as the doer and destroyer, then refuge is established. He has done it. Then even if misery comes, be pleased. It is the misery given by Him, yet be pleased. So does everyone have different happiness in the abode? It happens according to the pleasure. In the abode, everyone gets as much happiness as they want, but according to the pleasure; a king had two queens, brother, King Uttanapad had two queens, one was favored and one was unfavored. So the one who was unfavored, she is called the king's queen, but she does not get the king's happiness like the other one. She is called a queen, and all facilities from the state are received just like a queen. Everything is the same, yet there is a difference in happiness. The happiness of having the king's pleasure is a different matter. And if the king's pleasure is not received and only facilities are received, then she does not feel that much happiness in her mind. Similarly, one has reached God's abode, but if God is not that pleased, if we have committed some misdeeds here and have not tried to please Him, and if God is well understood as the doer and destroyer, that 'yes, Maharaj is there, so Maharaj will indeed take us' because of having His refuge. It is God's duty, and God considers it His pledge; more than a duty, it is God's pledge that 'if he believes Me as the doer and destroyer in this way, I must reach him to the abode.' That is His pledge. 'If he is in My refuge, I must reach him to the abode.' But if one has pleased Him here, then he feels joy, 'Oh, the one whom we pleased is the one who is here.' Then he experiences great happiness. 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