Swaminarayan Hare Swaminarayan Hare. On the eighth day of the bright half of the month of Bhadarva in the Samvat Samvat The calendar established by Indian emperor Vikramaditya of Ujjain following his victory 56 BCE. It is a lunar calendar based on ancient Hindu tradition. The Vikram Samvat calendar is 56.7 years ahead of the solar Gregorian calendar. The calendar most commonly used is the Kãrtiki Samvat, which begins on the first day of Kãrtik. However, the Vachanãmrut is written using the Ashãdhi Samvat, which begins on the first day of Ãshãdh. Tap to open in glossary → He wore a white khes khes Piece of cloth that can be worn as a shawl to cover the upper body, or worn as a dhoti to cover the lower body. Tap to open in glossary → Then Shriji Maharaj said, "If a person who has faith attains the association of a true Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. 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 → "And the vices like lust, anger, etc., are burnt away. But if he gets bad association and develops faith in the words of a kusangi kusangi A person who is bad company. A kusangi has a bad influence on someone’s progress in satsang, and leads them astray from satsang. There are four types of kusangis: shakti-panthi, kudã-panthi, shushka-vedãnti, and nãstik. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → "Just as on barren, salty land, no matter how much it rains, grass and other plants do not grow. But if a flood of water comes over that same salty land, all the salt is washed away, and silt deposits where the salt used to be. Then, along with that silt, if seeds of trees like banyan, peepal, etc., arrive, those seeds sprout and grow into large trees." "Similarly, in whose heart the previously mentioned virtues like swadharma are firm, and there is no possibility of even a sprout of worldly sensual pleasure arising, yet if he gets bad association, then by the force of the water of kusang kusang The association of an evil person. Tap to open in glossary → "Therefore, a devotee of God should never keep bad association. Moreover, if one has any personal nature, and by associating with the Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → "But if done out of foolishness, no matter how many efforts one makes, the bad nature is not eradicated." What? What did Maharaj say in this? What did He say? If one has faith and attains the association of a true Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. 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? What did Maharaj say? Meaning, if one keeps bad association, then even if those vices are not present, faults like lust and anger will come. When faults like lust and anger come, is there faith in that or not? There is faith, but in the wrong place. The faith is in kusang kusang The association of an evil person. Tap to open in glossary → kusangi kusangi A person who is bad company. A kusangi has a bad influence on someone’s progress in satsang, and leads them astray from satsang. There are four types of kusangis: shakti-panthi, kudã-panthi, shushka-vedãnti, and nãstik. Tap to open in glossary → Huh? There is faith, right? So? So what is lacking in that? Instead of having faith in the true Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → So what did he lack in that? Faith is indeed there. What was lacking? Vivek Vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → Vivek Vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → Vivek Vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → And if one has faith and possesses vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. 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 → The vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → Vivek Vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → Meaning, the vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → That vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. 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 → Until there is vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → It is not like that. Gradually, both keep happening. It is not at all like when one comes, the other door closes, and when the other comes, that door closes. Once one starts doing 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 → If in his mind he feels, 'I want to go to God and I want to be liberated in this very birth,' then he certainly needs faith if he wants to be liberated. So he will go somewhere. In that, wouldn't there be some degree of vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → So if there is vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. 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 → And if one has that faith but does not use vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → So one has to use vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → So liberation happens; if one wants liberation, he has to keep faith but also keep vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → One has to use vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → Faith plus vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → Everyone certainly had faith. But there was no vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → So what does 'makes one build fortresses and towers' mean? 'Shraddhavan labhate jnanam tatparah sanyatendriyah; jnanam labdhva param shantim achirenadhigachchhati.' Faith is in the true, true center. Faith in the true center. 'Shraddhavan labhate jnanam' was said by Bhagwan in the Gita, but here Maharaj has said it with a little addition. Through faith, one also acquires virtues, and through faith, one also acquires vices. Faith as a thing is relative. Where to keep faith? If one keeps faith in a worthy recipient (satpatra), then virtues are acquired. If one keeps faith in an unworthy recipient (asatpatra), then vices are acquired. We have discussed many times that an adjective has been attached to faith. What? Blind faith (andhashraddha). Blind faith and faith—what is the difference between the two? It depends on the worthiness, on which recipient it is placed. One who has faith makes effort (purusharth). So does one with blind faith make effort or not? Huh? One with blind faith does make effort. If he makes even more effort than the other, then where is the difference between blind faith and faith? So it is lack of vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → So the difference between them is just that the center of faith, the selection made, is an unworthy center. The centers of faith are also of two types. One is a worthy center (sat sat 1) True. Real. 2) Permanent, imperishable and unchanging. Is unbound by the past, the present, and the future. Tap to open in glossary → asat asat 1) False. 2) Temporary, perishable, and changing. Is bound by the past, present, and future. Tap to open in glossary → So faith was kept, but it was kept in an unworthy recipient, which is why the result is that other one. If faith is kept and it is kept in a worthy recipient, that is what Maharaj was saying to him. Bad association sows the seeds of all natures. Who is bad association (kusang kusang The association of an evil person. Tap to open in glossary → A bad person. An unworthy recipient. Who are the ones sowing the seeds of whatever natures we have? Faith in an unworthy recipient is the mother of all vices. And faith in a worthy recipient is the mother of all virtues. It is said, 'Shraddha mate' (faith is the mother). Faith is the mother. A mother gives birth to a son. Then, how the son turns out is not certain. That depends on his father. Meaning, it depends on vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → vivek vivek Wisdom. Discretion. Carefulness. Good judgment. Tap to open in glossary → And blind faith, whose result is not good, is called blind faith. Faith is like a filled coconut. It is called a filled coconut, right? Meaning, we do all our service considering someone to be a great soul (mahatma). But whether he turns out to be a mahatma or not, when is that known? It is known when the result comes. Even so, what should we do? What can we do? If you feel sympathy, then go to him. 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