Credit is like, if I do some work, I should get the credit for it, so that is called the desire for respect. And wanting to please is called the desire of a seeker, that if He is pleased, then our path to reach God will become easier, if that is the intention, then it is called the desire to please. And credit is a competition in this world. And there is only a desire for praise in this world, that others praise me, so that is called taking credit. And in reality, sometimes when we have done good work, it is not that we are the only ones who contributed, often everyone contributes. But still, in the assembly or wherever the discussion is going on, we register only our name and not others, so that is called a credit lover. I should get that credit. If by mistake someone praises someone else for that work, and our mood gets spoiled, then that is called being a credit lover. And even if they praise others for that work, but if they are pleased with us, then it is called pleasing. If they are giving credit to others and we are getting the pleasure, then that is a credit lover. Brother, Swamiji was talking about Hanumanji somewhere, what was it? What was he saying? Yesterday, Kishor Vyasji narrated the story of Hanumanji, and in that, it was about Hanumanji's character. Hanumanji was not a credit lover. Even after going to Lanka and doing a great job, he said, "This happened because Jambavan told me to." "Angad did this. Sugriva did this." It was like that. Not like, "I should take all the credit myself." And in Lord Ram, it was very much like that. In Lord Ram, it was very much like, "We conquered Lanka with the help of this army of monkeys." "Lakshman did this." "All of them, I am nothing," like that. And he, in turn, feels gratitude towards someone if they have achieved some success. Swamiji was singing that bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → "Bharat bhaya kapi se urin hum nahi." Hanumanji's favor is like a mountain, we will never be able to repay it in this lifetime. Like that. So if he feels gratitude towards someone, then he is called a pleasure lover. What is it called in English? Huh? Gratitude feeling. If you want to connect 'lover' with it, like 'credit lover', right? He only loves credit. So whatever work is done, he wants it to be credited to him, the credit of the work, praise or accolades should come to him, he is called a credit lover. And if there is a desire to get pleasure behind any work, then he is called a pleasure lover. There is a difference between the two, a slight difference in the inner intention. Nothing else. What do we believe in our minds? Based on that, it happens. Often, mostly both are not clear, both things are there, we should get credit and we should also get pleasure, like that. So sometimes it is half and half, it happens. We cannot let go of the desire for credit from our minds. Creditlessness is found in some rare person, and he is called a level five leader. That cannot be in everyone. That quality, creditlessness, is only in leaders like Gandhiji and Vallabhbhai Patel. If common people claim that they are like that, then we should think about it. Like that. What? That is, we were discussing about credit and impression. Often it happens that when we are serving the organization and we try to keep an attitude of creditlessness, and the credit goes to others who are non-eligible, then in the future, because they get that credit, a good impression is created of them and they start getting a bigger platform, and because of that, in the future, other services, even if they are non-capable, go down the drain. So at that time, should we keep the credit with ourselves or let it go? I didn't understand, but what is the question? He does not take credit himself, he gives credit to others. Then the impression goes to others. The impression goes away. Then the work is not done. Good work is credited to him. He gets more platform. So if that is not right, then... so that is not right, meaning the work is credited to him, right? It means that the one who has the impression, the work is done by him, and we cannot do the work, like that. The service we are supposed to get starts going to others. The service we get on our platform starts going to others. Credit is, when we do work, we want our accolades to be spoken in front of the elders. The desire for credit. That only if the elders praise us, the work is done. In reality, it is not a reality that if the elders do not praise us and our impression is not made, we cannot do any work of pleasure. That is not the reality. That is our belief. That, for example, whoever the top-level elders praise, his impression increases. And this person's impression does not increase. That is our belief, not the reality. The reality is, how much passion do we have to do the work? And how strong is our desire to do the work? And if there is an obstacle in it, how to overcome it? If we don't know, how to get guidance from others? And if we have a strong desire to accomplish the work in any way, then its fruit, its fruit is pleasure. But if we are concerned that, "I will accomplish this work, we also have the strength, but the credit should not go anywhere. It should not go to someone else's account." Then he is called a credit lover. Even if the credit goes away, what is the loss? That the impression is not made? It is not like that. Only the one who works makes an impression. The impression of the one who gets credit is hollow. It lasts for two days. If you don't work and keep taking credit, how long will that impression last? It will last for two days. Everyone will eventually know that this is a dummy. He is not the one who works. And the one who works is like iron. Anyone has to accept his strength. Whether they are small or big. Why didn't Hanumanji feel like, "Only if Ramachandraji praises me, I can work," did he have that? He was doing it with his capability. Yesterday you were talking about the same thing, that God had sent him directly to search, so he did much more than that on his own. And he thought that Lord Ram would be pleased with this. So, did he do it after hearing about credit or with the desire for credit? So, we feel that only if this is there, work can be done. Only if there is a position, work can be done. Suppose, if there is a post, work can be done, that is our belief. What post did Gandhiji have? Which one was it? Huh? There, Jawaharlalji and Vallabhbhai and all of them had posts like Home Minister, that minister, Prime Minister. So if they were given freedom, could they have brought independence? And what post did the public give to Gandhiji? What is that shloka? "Dustasya danda..." No, no, not that. That work is done by his... Huh? 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