If one is doing seva, and learns special qualities, skills, etc., and keeps the bhavana that special seva for Maharaj may happen, then there is no objection in doing purusharth. If one does purusharth and gets wealth, it is not called an objection. But what is merely called kamana is when one keeps wishing, 'if this happens to me, I will do this, and if that happens, I will do that.' That is called kamana, it is said to be worldly. If one does purusharth, it is not called kamana, it is called purusharth. Because when there is a desire for such seva, kamana for wealth etc. arises. Then raag also truly awakens in it. Furthermore, to desire honor and praise in return for seva, or to be pleased if it is received, that also becomes a type of bhog. That is called bhog, not kamana. If one gets honor and becomes proud, then we say that we have enjoyed it. That honor is said to be enjoyed, that's why it is called maan bhog, isn't it? Maan bhog gives the most taste. That's why in olden times, there was maan bhog in the name of sweets. Maan bhog. Swami, a bhakta bhakta Devotee of Bhagvãn. A follower of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → And whether we are capable or not. So, the true desire for seva or bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Furthermore, to desire honor and praise in return for seva, or to be pleased if it is received, that also becomes a type of bhog. Pure seva cannot remain. By doing so, seva transforms into pleasure and bhog. If even a little desire for happiness or wealth is made while doing seva, then it increases the importance-buddhi buddhi 1) Intellect. Intelligence. 2) One of the four antah-karans, with the functions of consolidating thoughts, making decisions and resolutions, forming beliefs, or discriminating. It possesses the knowledge of all objects and is also the reason for the specific knowledge which all of the indriyas possess. Its inherent features are doubts, belief, sleep and memory. Tap to open in glossary → Therefore, if these two things are not there, how can seva be possible? And how to do seva without first desiring these two? And if the desire for these two is considered kamana, then what to do? This is a big question. Yes. So its solution is that doing seva with gross things is a very gross matter. In reality, seva is a bhav. Seva is not a thing and seva is not 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 → Seva is different from both thing and kriya. Seva is in the form of bhavana. Kriya is in the form of action. And a thing is in the form of a padarth. So, all three are distinct. So, whoever desires to do seva may do it with these, but it is in the form of bhavana, it is distinct from padarth and distinct from kriya. Yes, see. In reality, seva is a bhav. Seva is not a thing and seva is not 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 → Seva is the giver of moksha. So, if one wants to do seva for God or God's bhakta bhakta Devotee of Bhagvãn. A follower of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → So, if we just do bhavana, will it work? It will work, but we won't get anything from it. So what to do then? This is a very important point to understand, everyone should understand it. Yes, see. So, if one wants to do seva for God or God's bhakta bhakta Devotee of Bhagvãn. A follower of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Is there no need for a thing or kriya? It's not like that. Seva happens only through bhavana, not through a thing or kriya. 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 → Similarly, the public gives tax to the king, but that is not considered daan. Likewise, a servant performs kriya all day for the benefit of the master, yet he does not attain the puny of seva. Nevertheless, wealth, padarth, and kriyas can certainly become the mediums of seva. So, without them, that seva cannot happen. Either a medium of kriya is needed, or a medium of padarth is needed. Wealth is considered to be included in padarth. So, without its medium, seva cannot happen. But those two are not one. In the Narad Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: 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 → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: 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 → Not gnan. Gnan is also not called bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: 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 → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: 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 → Then it cannot happen. Kriya or padarth. The 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, can bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: 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 → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: 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 → Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: 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 → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → You go to do business by car, and even if the car takes you there, you don't consider yourself to be the car. You park it aside and then do business. Similarly, kriya delivers the bhavana arisen in our heart to God, just as a car takes us to the business center. 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