Then, Kakabhai, a devotee from Rojka, asked, "What are the characteristics of one who has faith in God alone, without understanding His mahima?" "And what are the characteristics of one who has faith accompanied by the understanding of His mahima?" Then Shriji Maharaj said, "One who has faith alone thinks, 'I have found God, but who knows whether my moksha will be attained or not?'" "And one who has faith with the understanding of His mahima understands, 'From the very day I had the darshan darshan Seeing. To see with admiration and devotion. To see Bhagvãn, a sat-purush, and murtis, with inner or outer vision, with the intention of receiving their grace and blessings. By doing darshan properly a bhakta develops affection for Bhagvãn, and Bhagvãn develops affection for that bhakta. [Sãrangpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → "'And any jiva who has my darshan darshan Seeing. To see with admiration and devotion. To see Bhagvãn, a sat-purush, and murtis, with inner or outer vision, with the intention of receiving their grace and blessings. By doing darshan properly a bhakta develops affection for Bhagvãn, and Bhagvãn develops affection for that bhakta. [Sãrangpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → "'So what doubt can I have about my own moksha? I am fulfilled. And whatever spiritual endeavors I perform are solely for the pleasure of God.' One who understands this should be known to have faith in God with the understanding of His mahima." Then Kakabhai asked again, "What are the characteristics of the three types of devotees of God: superior, medium, and inferior?" What was said about faith with mahima and faith without mahima? Consider him completely fulfilled, I think. But now, what did Maharaj write? Like, "Will my moksha be attained or not?" Will my moksha be attained or not? So, who should be considered to have faith with mahima? How do we know whether we have faith with mahima or not? What? He believes, "I have found God, so my moksha is already attained." You have just repeated the words here. How do we know, brother, tell me? One has the confidence that "Since I have found Maharaj, my moksha is attained." How does that happen? One has attained satisfaction. What? Because he has found Him, he has attained satisfaction. "Through this seva, my moksha will be attained," like that. "Through the seva I perform, my moksha will be attained." If someone else does it, theirs will also be attained. If they perform this seva at my suggestion, their moksha will also be attained. And if there is no mahima, what happens to him? He has faith; Maharaj has said so. It is not just that he lacks mahima. If he has faith but lacks mahima, what happens to him? A doubt like, "Will moksha be attained through this seva or not?" "I will have to do something else for my moksha." "It will not happen through this seva." "For my moksha, I must perform some austerities, chant with a mala," such thoughts remain in his mind. "As long as I have not chanted with a mala and performed austerities, my moksha will not be attained." "It cannot be attained by performing this seva alone." "It cannot be attained by what I am doing," like that. And if he has faith with mahima, what happens to him? "Through this seva alone, my moksha is attained." "What I am doing is more than enough," like that. But he must have such a resonance from deep within his heart. And he must also have the realization that "It happens through this," "And it does not happen through that," such a feeling. Otherwise, he feels, "Instead of what I am doing, if I do something else, my moksha will be attained." It happens like that. Then, one should understand that he lacks mahima in that. He has no understanding of the mahima of God, nor of the means to reach God. He has no understanding of the mahima of the means to attain God. The means to attain God that he may be performing—whether performing seva or whatever bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → performing puja and prayers, then he feels, "Through this alone, my moksha will be attained." And he remains interested in it, and his interest keeps growing. Then he has faith with mahima. "One who has faith alone thinks, 'I have found God, but who knows whether my moksha will be attained or not?'" He has found God and has faith in God. But what is his uncertainty about? About what I am doing, "Will my moksha be attained through this or not?" "I still have other things left to do; only then will it happen." So, that means he lacks mahima. And if he has faith with mahima, he feels, "What I am doing is indeed for my moksha; there is no need for me to change anything in it." "One who has faith alone thinks," Then why perform austerities and such? For His pleasure, Maharaj. All the other things I do, like everyone else, one is primary and the other is subordinate. Primary and subordinate, like that. "The primary one is sufficient for my moksha; that is complete," like that. "All the other things I do are for His pleasure; if He is pleased, that is even better." I perform austerities, I observe rules, I do other things, chanting, austerities, vows, I do all of that for His pleasure. I do this as the primary thing. He finds contentment in the main stream of life; only then does he feel satisfaction, otherwise no satisfaction. Just like they say 'job satisfaction,' life satisfaction. Ashram Ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → We should feel, "By coming into this, I have become blessed," like that. He must feel satisfaction. Otherwise, "Brother, I got trapped, brother, I got trapped; where did I get trapped?" Then his moksha is not attained. He keeps thinking like that; meaning, he has faith, but it is not accompanied by mahima, as Maharaj says. He has faith, so ultimately God will surely do good to him, but he does not experience joy while living. He does not experience joy while performing seva. Since he has performed it, God accepts it, and God does good to him, but he does not feel that enthusiasm, he does not feel 'Oh! Oh!' He feels weary. Here, faith means, Faith means a connection with God; we have surrendered to God. "I have surrendered to God," faith is like surrender. "I have surrendered to God, but will my moksha be attained, or will my moksha be attained by this surrender alone, or what?" And performing all other things, "I will have to do much more, only then will my moksha be attained. It is not enough that I surrendered to Him for my moksha to be attained." And for the other person, it is simply, "Brother, from the day I surrendered to Him, my moksha was attained. All that I do, seva, remembrance, and everything else I do," "I do it to please God." Then, know it to be faith with mahima. Not finding satisfaction in what one does is a lack of mahima. And if one finds satisfaction in what one does, that is the perfection of mahima. He may do even more than others, but he does it for His pleasure. "One who has faith alone thinks," For our moksha, do we have to do something other than what we are doing, or do we just have to do what we are doing properly? What to do? If one does what one is doing in a proper way, then—these are all paths to moksha. These are all paths for moksha to be attained. If he does it in a proper way, his moksha is attained. Then there is no need to leave that and do something else; and if he still has a desire or feels some incompleteness to leave that and do something else, it means he does not have faith with mahima. He has no faith in what he does, nor in God. And he has become attached elsewhere. He has not developed attachment to God and God's devotees, which is why this happens to him; that is why he feels this way. If it is not set properly, then the mic keeps making cracking noises, right? Because it is not set properly. If it is set properly, then it resonates, and some get an echo. I was getting an echo, a little bit. What is an echo? Response. One must also get a response; there should be an echo in the heart for what we do, like, "It is correct." This Vachanamrut is linked with the previous Vachanamrut. There is a link in all of them, Maharaj. Even in the one after this, there is a link. Regarding overcoming lust, Maharaj described the actions of Kamdev to everyone. He spoke of the Raspanchadhyayi. 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