Now, between the power of spiritual perfection and the power of knowledge, the power of knowledge is given more priority. The power of knowledge means recognition. If one has recognized God, then it does not matter whether they experience samadhi or not. And if one has not fully recognized God and rushes into samadhi, it serves no greater purpose. Samadhi is experienced in many places in the world. It is not that samadhi is only in our Swaminarayan Sampraday, is it? It is certainly not the case now. But even during Maharaj's time, we cannot say that samadhi was only in the Swaminarayan Sampraday and nowhere else. At that time, there were many yogis. What is the specialty in that? In samadhi, one just goes and comes back, what else is special about it? The specialty is that Maharaj was recognized. And Maharaj was recognized even by those who did not experience samadhi, and they attained Him, while those with samadhi did not. Therefore, Maharaj said that the power of knowledge is supreme. And the true Sadguru Sadguru A great sant. Tap to open in glossary → Sadguru Sadguru A great sant. Tap to open in glossary → He imparts knowledge of God, explaining what God is and what God is not, and helps recognize Him. He helps recognize who is a Sadhu and who is not. True Sadgurus and true Sadhus do not run after samadhi or insist on it, thinking that if one gets samadhi, everything is accomplished. Whether they experience samadhi or not, if they have recognized Him, they will reach God. If they have not recognized Him, then even if they experience samadhi, they will not go to God. They will wander elsewhere, but they will not go to God. That is why it is written in the Vachanamrut that true Sadgurus impart knowledge. Therefore, the duty of a Sadhu is, the duty of a Sadhu is not to display great divine powers. How many jivas he helped recognize God is Maharaj's wish, and that is his duty. And by engaging in this activity, Maharaj said, this is superior even to the activity of nivrutti nivrutti 1) Inactivity. State of quietness and obedience. Retirement from social duties and affairs. In this 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 → Then, even if they experience samadhi once, they do gain knowledge. If they do not have that practice, if they do not have nivrutti nivrutti 1) Inactivity. State of quietness and obedience. Retirement from social duties and affairs. In this 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 → yogic yogic That which is of a yog or yogi. [Vadtãl – 4]. Tap to open in glossary → They gain knowledge, and they can also help others recognize Him. On what basis do we examine whether we have recognized God or not? How do we know how much we have recognized God? Maharaj said that one experiences it within; the experience of recognizing God is such that it cannot be perceived from the outside, but suppose there is a large pot filled with boiling milk, and if someone touches it, then? They would realize it, wouldn't they? And if a pot filled with ice is kept to cool basundi or something similar, and if someone touches it, then? That is what it means. They would have peace in the world, they would be at peace, their senses and inner faculties would have withdrawn from the world, they would be detached from the world, and if they are concerned about their own soul's liberation, then it means they have recognized God, and they get the strength to walk on God's path. Otherwise, in the world, if we beat the drum saying 'I have recognized Him and others have not,' that is just a custom, so it must be done. Everyone must do their business, right? What is a Sadhu's business? What is a Sadhu's business called? When they present us in court, they ask us to write our occupation, what is your business? So we have to write that we have to preach to others, not receive preaching. Preaching is the business, so everyone is expert in their own business. Otherwise, in today's times of competition, one would not get food; how can one get food without business? So everyone is expert in their business, meaning everyone is expert in preaching. But whether one has recognized Him or not, only their own heart knows. And if they stay outside for long, a seeker of liberation would realize that here we are getting closer to God. Otherwise, there is no other external sign of recognizing God, like 'this person has recognized God and that person has recognized God.' Just because one grows old and gets white hair, it does not mean they have recognized Him; there is no such rule here. By living together, and even to oneself, one certainly knows how they are. But if others want to know, it is by living together, by living together for a long time that they realize, otherwise they will not. Where all the jivas and living beings of the world are asleep, meaning they do not worship God, there the self-controlled person is awake. Whether one has recognized God or not, it means that the world is left behind, and if the greatest effort is made for God and for 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 → A person's effort is made for what lies deep within them. If we make more effort for God, then it means we have recognized God. If we make more effort for money, then it means we have recognized money. And often, if they are foolish, what do they even do? They do nothing even for the world. Where all the jivas and living beings of the world are asleep, meaning they do not worship God, there the self-controlled person is awake, meaning they live while worshiping Him. And where the jivas of the world are awake, meaning they live while enjoying sensory pleasures, there the self-controlled person is asleep, meaning they do not enjoy sensory pleasures. Therefore, for the one with samadhi, during samadhi and even after waking up from samadhi, the power of knowledge increases but does not decrease. And the power of the body and senses does not increase; that increases only when there is yogic yogic That which is of a yog or yogi. [Vadtãl – 4]. Tap to open in glossary → nivrutti nivrutti 1) Inactivity. State of quietness and obedience. Retirement from social duties and affairs. In this 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 Maharaj showed the uniqueness of nivrutti nivrutti 1) Inactivity. State of quietness and obedience. Retirement from social duties and affairs. In this 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 → nivrutti nivrutti 1) Inactivity. State of quietness and obedience. Retirement from social duties and affairs. In this 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 → When the state of spiritual perfection is attained, then if there is pravrutti pravrutti 1) Activity in the form of social duties and affairs. In this sense, often used to refer to the path of a grahastha. 2) Can also include all forms of activities and responsibilities, including religious activities, such as sevã in the mandir, and attending to bhaktas of Bhagvãn. A person increases bhakti and sevã rather than dhyãn and smaran. 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 → 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 → 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 → 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 → All of them were established in samadhi—Gopalanand Swami, Muktanand Swami, all the saints of that time were established in samadhi. But Maharaj assigned them the activities 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 → 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 → 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 → What does 'looking after' mean? What? To sit on the throne and receive worship? To sit on the throne and receive worship? What is to be looked after? Did they have any leisure to sit on the throne there? They had to worry about it, they had to manage the affairs 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 only then did 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 experienced samadhi and also had vairagya, a vairagya that surpassed even the vairagya of those with nivrutti nivrutti 1) Inactivity. State of quietness and obedience. Retirement from social duties and affairs. In this 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 → They got what they wanted, but they did not attain the state of spiritual perfection. They had all kicked away the state of spiritual perfection and accepted this pravrutti pravrutti 1) Activity in the form of social duties and affairs. In this sense, often used to refer to the path of a grahastha. 2) Can also include all forms of activities and responsibilities, including religious activities, such as sevã in the mandir, and attending to bhaktas of Bhagvãn. A person increases bhakti and sevã rather than dhyãn and smaran. 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 that is what is important. That Maharaj is pleased and other jivas recognize Maharaj, what is the value of flying like a helicopter compared to that? Like a helicopter, Naradji goes directly like a helicopter, and we now go by sitting in a plane, see, they have come from London like that. So what is the cost of that sadhana? Fifty thousand. You also come for fifty thousand from there, brother. We reach America for fifty thousand. 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