In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj says that some jivas, after listening to the Mahabharat, Ramayan, Puranas, or Smriti scriptures, understand them in terms of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → That is, to acquire dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → to acquire artha and prosperity, and to acquire kama and enjoyment. They use the scriptures for that purpose. One's own pleasure or displeasure, independently, is bhog. A householder is pleased if he gets a good car or a good bungalow, isn't he? A sadhu is pleased if what he wants happens. If what he wants happens, he is pleased. He is as pleased as getting a bungalow. So, if he has got a good bungalow and this one has got what he wanted, even if it is only what he wanted until noon. Then both feel that much pleasure, so both are said to experience bhog. That is called bhog. To do something independently for one's own pleasure, without a connection to God, is bhog. Bhog means to cause the experience of happiness and misery. O Lord, that is called bhog. Adversity is not bhog. Adversity or prosperity is not called bhog. God causes the experience of happiness and misery in adversity, adversity. If someone does not become happy or miserable even in adversity, then God cannot do anything to him, He cannot force him to be miserable. Then that is said to be his state, and he has become nirguna. But it must be for the sake of God. Today, it was very beautiful in that Vachanamrut. When Ramanand Swami passed away to the divine abode, Raghunathdas did not grieve; he was pleased. He did not grieve, as I said, he was pleased, it was good. Why was he pleased? "Now we will get the seat." Now our path has cleared. Our path has cleared. And what was Maharaj's nature like? That if something of this world is lost, then our path has cleared. So, it depends on what made them pleased. Whether they are pleased or displeased is not very important. What made them pleased? If what we wanted happened and we were pleased, then that is bhog. If something happened for the sake of God and we were pleased, then that is moksha. That is moksha and that is the supreme state. It is not that one gets the supreme state only after going to the other world. They obtain guidance from the scriptures only to attain the above three things. Maharaj said, what does it mean to attain the supreme state? To attain God and God's devotee is itself the supreme state. There is no other supreme state than that. To attain God and God's devotee means to please them. If they are pleased here, it is the supreme state; if they are pleased there, it is also the supreme state. The supreme state is only this: to please them. And even here, in this physical body, one is said to have attained the supreme state. If he learns how to please them, he has attained the supreme state. And if he does not know how to please them, even if he goes and sits there like Jaya and Vijaya, he will fall down. He does not know how to please them; even after going there, he does not know how to please them. Even after going there, they did not know how to please them, so they fell down. And Prahladji, from the time he was in his mother's womb, knew how to please Him. So he attained the supreme state. They use the scriptures for that purpose. They obtain guidance from the scriptures only to attain the above three things. So, it is not just that they use the scriptures; Maharaj mentioned both things, that they use actions. "Evam nrunam kriya-yogah" "kriya-yogah sarve sanskruti-hetavah" "ta evatma-vinashaya kalpita kalpante pare." Whatever auspicious actions are prescribed by the scriptures, such as yagnas and vows, they perform them only for the sake of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → As a result, after enjoying Devlok, Brahmalok, and Mrutyulok, they fall from there and go to hell and the cycle of 8.4 million births. But he does not attain the abode of God, which is gunatit. Until moksha is attained, the misery of birth and death or hell does not end. Therefore, abandoning the desire for fruits related to dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → if those same auspicious actions are performed for the pleasure of God, then those very auspicious actions become a form of 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 are solely for the sake of moksha. God gives freedom in this. In actions, God has given him the freedom that if I perform this action, then God asks, what do you want to do, what do you want in it? He gives that. So perform actions accordingly. "Brother, I want to be pleased." "What I want must happen." So God does that. What does he want? "I want to get money, I want to get enjoyments," "just through this I want to get dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → On one side are three, and on one side is this one. That "I want to get His pleasure." If he makes a resolve to get His pleasure, then God gives those other things as well. And if he makes a resolve for those three, then he does not get this at all. And how much of that does He give? If he makes a resolve for His pleasure? He gives as much as needed, He does not let him remain unsatisfied. He gives as much as needed. "Take, brother, what you want will also happen," "and you remain pleased," "and you will also be happy," "and you will also get wealth." He gives that much, as needed. Then if he says, "We want a heap," and if he desires a heap, does he get a heap? Some get more in that than in this. If he desires a heap, he is not going to get a heap. And birth and death will remain. There is a shloka there, "Aamayo yena bhutanam jayate yashcha suvrata," "tadeva hyamayam dravyam na punati chikitsitam." "Evam nrunam kriya-yogah sarve sanskruti-hetavah," "ta evatma-vinashaya kalpante kalpitah pare." Punati means that... Punati means it cures it, cures it. It eradicates it. Just as eating excessive ghee ghee This is clarified butter or pure butter that is formed by heating it until the impurities in it settle to the bottom. Tap to open in glossary → eating the same thing with medicines like copper ash as prescribed by a doctor or physician cures the disease. Similarly, all actions increase birth and death, but "pare kalpitah" - if performed for Paramatma, they destroy vasana and grant liberation. It is also said in the Gita that, "Yagnarthat karmano'nyatra loko'yam yam Restraint. First step of ashtãng-yog, which involves moral living for purity of mind and unobstructed concentration. 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 → "tadartham 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 → mukta mukta Free. Released. A liberated soul. A resident of any dhãm of Bhagvãn who has been freed from life in the lower loks to a more spiritually elevated state. There are varying levels of muktas: the muktas of Badrikãshram, Shvet-Dvip, Vaikunth, and Golok. The highest level of mukta, akshar- mukta, has attained ultimate kalyãn and is free from the bondage of Mãyã and the cycle of births and deaths. [Sãrangpur – 17]. Tap to open in glossary → Yagna Yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → An action is not binding simply because it is an action. An action becomes binding only because it is not performed for the sake of God or God's devotee. In the scriptures, the fruit of a yagna yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → Similarly, the fruit of action grants bondage or liberation according to whom it is performed for. The action remains the same; there is not much change in it. Therefore, Maharaj says that this matter is very complex. If it is not fully understood, then even for a devotee of God, seeing his physical behavior like that of all ignorant jivas, one may take a flaw. By doing so, the one who takes the flaw goes to hell. There is a great difference between the actions of a devotee of God and a non-devotee jiva. The actions performed by a non-devotee jiva are done to pamper his own senses. Whereas, whatever actions a devotee of God performs, he does them solely for the service of God and God's devotee. Therefore, all the actions of a devotee are in the form of 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 bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → By abandoning the desire for the fruits of action for oneself and offering the fruits of action to God or devotees, that action becomes the destroyer of worldly bondage, hence it becomes naishkarmya. Therefore, one should not consider the actions of a devotee to be like the actions of other ordinary jivas. It is said in the Gita that, "Karmany-akarma yah pashyed-akarmani cha 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 → "sa buddhiman manushyeshu sa yuktah krutsna-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 → A devotee of God, whatever actions he performs for the pleasure of God and for the service of God's devotee, sees akarma in them, that is, he sees freedom from bondage, he sees the eradication of bondage. Whereas, if one is a non-devotee and, taking the path of renunciation, sits in akarma, that is, inactive, even then, in his inactivity, he sees 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 → One who looks with such a vision is wise among all men. He is wise in attaining moksha. In attaining moksha... non-devotee and devotee does not mean those with a tilak and those without a tilak. Those who act to please God are devotee. And the rest are non-devotees. Whether they have a tilak, wear saffron, or whatever. If a person acts to satisfy his own mind, acts out of competition, acts out of jealousy, does this, does that, acts out of body-consciousness, then all of that comes under non-devotee. It was not done to please God, was it? It was not done to please God's devotee, so all of that is non-devotee. So, its fruit is not such that it breaks birth and death. Its fruit does not break birth and death. It creates them, birth and death. 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