The topic comes up again, now it will be remembered. Then Muktanand Swami asked a question, "What is such a powerful remedy for the eradication of vasana, in which all other spiritual endeavors are included?" Then Shriji Maharaj said, "One who has these four attributes in their heart: faith, trust in the words of Hari Hari An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in His four-armed svarup to save an elephant from being killed by a crocodile. He cut off the crocodile’s head with His chakra. Tap to open in glossary → What did Muktanand Swami ask? What answer did Maharaj give? Huh? What did he ask, brother, tell me? A powerful remedy to eradicate vasana, where all endeavors are included in one endeavor. He asked only one. And how many answers did Maharaj give? Maharaj said there are four attributes. Generally, there are four attributes. Then further He says one. "Even among those, if the understanding of greatness is extremely firm, and faith, trust, and love—these three are weak, still it becomes extremely powerful. And devotion without the understanding of greatness, even if it appears abundant, ultimately perishes." "Just as if a ten or twelve-year-old girl contracts tuberculosis, she dies before reaching youth and never becomes young; similarly, devotion without the understanding of greatness does not mature, it perishes. And in whose heart there is devotion to God with the understanding of greatness, even if other liberating virtues are absent, they all come into their heart. And if devotion with the understanding of greatness is not in one's heart, then even if liberating good virtues like control of the mind and senses are present in their heart, they are as good as non-existent; because they will ultimately perish. Therefore, if there is devotion with the understanding of greatness, then their vasana is also eradicated, and all liberating virtues come and reside in their heart. For that reason, devotion to God with the understanding of greatness is the greatest, unwavering means to eradicate vasana." It is the greatest, unwavering means. What came out of this, tell me? What is Swami saying? If there is devotion with the understanding of greatness, even if all other endeavors are weak, it succeeds. And if that is not there, then there is nothing. What is referred to as greatness, but it is not just greatness alone. Along with greatness, there is always something. Devotion with greatness, conviction with greatness, seva with greatness, this with greatness. Can 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 → 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 → It is said, "Ayurveda ghritam." So 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 → It is eaten by making sweets out of it. So, the understanding of greatness is like 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 → Along with greatness, somewhere it is needed. What? Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: 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 → Some may not have it, and some may have it. If they are doing seva, there is a touch of greatness in it. Everyone may be doing seva, but not everyone has the understanding of greatness. Everyone does seva. But not everyone has the same understanding of greatness. Maharaj spoke of conviction with the understanding of greatness. In the third Vachanamrut of Loya. What cannot be achieved by conviction with the understanding of greatness? So, the understanding of greatness is mixed with other things. In this, Maharaj, although this is in Sanskrit, has taken this part along with the fourth Vachanamrut. So, it means that all these Vachanamruts are continuously linked. Maharaj gathered all the sadhus and conducted spiritual discourses for four months, traveling through Sarangpur, Loya, Kariyani, and Panchala. So, if a topic was ongoing, a spiritual topic opened by Maharaj, it would continue for two to three days. The sadhus would contemplate, listen, and reflect, so it would go on for two to three days. It seems so. And Maharaj, regarding this question He mentioned, Muktanand Swami's question, which is, "Which is the extremely powerful remedy to eradicate vasana?" One remedy. "Which is that one remedy?" He asked such a question, so it must have been asked in connection with the previous Vachanamrut. And what was the connection in the previous Vachanamrut? The distinction between the body and the non-self. The vasana of the non-self. No man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → The body. Self and non-self. The vasana of the non-self is more powerful than anything. It is called deep-seated attachment. Everyone, from the least to the greatest, has it. No one is excluded from it. So, even if they are very great, even if they are great, it doesn't mean... as it is mentioned in Swami's talks, Jaya and Vijaya, they were God's gatekeepers, weren't they? They were seated at God's door. And how much power did they possess? Yet, did they have body-consciousness? Where did that come from? Without body-consciousness, why did they behave like that towards Sanakadik? The insult. So, having great power does not mean that their body-consciousness has gone. If power is great, it is great; great for the great and small for the small. Does an ant have body-consciousness? Does it understand what the body is? Even if it doesn't understand, it still has it, right? Those seated at the gate of the divine abode, would they not know what body-consciousness is? They would certainly know. Then? Still, they have it. When conflicts arise, body-consciousness is present. The root of conflict is body-consciousness. The vasana of the non-self. So, if they have body-consciousness in God's abode, how did they go there? They were kept at the gate, weren't they? Because even in Golok Golok 1) The dhãm of Shree Krishna Bhagvãn. 2) Also means Akshardhãm. The prefix ‘go’ means light; therefore, meaning the ‘lok of light’ – Akshardhãm. Tap to open in glossary → So they were kept at the gate. But in the causal body, Maharaj... great sadhus said that the causal body was not burnt. Only Swaminarayan Bhagwan burnt the causal body. No one else can burn the causal body. It is written in Gunatitanand Swami's talks that those mice multiplied. All the mice rejoiced because of a good year. So everyone gathered, and then they held a meeting. That, "Since we have a good year this time," "let's attack our enemies." "And let's finish them off completely." "So then, even if we have a bad year next time, it won't matter." So, "Who is our main enemy? Who?" Huh? The cat. The cat, the cats. There wouldn't be just one cat, would there? Our main enemies are the cats. "So, let's launch an attack on them." So, since there were many of them, everyone was told, "Do team work, plan." "And do planning." "Who will attack where?" So one said, "I will attack the tail." Directly, someone must have been very enthusiastic, like Brahmaswami. So, "Let's attack the tail." So, some said, "The ears," some said, "We will attack the stomach," "the legs." No one even mentioned attacking the face. Not a single one was ready. Even though there were so many, even with a hundred of them. There must have been more than a hundred. When there is a gathering, many people come together. Only when there is no gathering do they all disperse. So, no one took it up, as written in Swami's talks. So, no one has fought with the causal body. So, the causal body has remained. Swaminarayan Bhagwan brought the vows, and no other incarnation brought the vows, so what is the reason for that? No one fought against the causal body. And Swaminarayan Bhagwan challenged the causal body. So, So, Maharaj... Muktanand Swami's question has such an implied meaning that the vasana of the non-self, is the most powerful for the jiva. Non-self means the body. And everything is attached to it. The matter of the non-self never leaves us alone. This body-consciousness is like being possessed by the sin of killing a Brahmin. So, it does not go away by any means. And how does it go? Just as Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → what was his name? Vishwajit. Vishwa, huh? Vishwajit. Vishwajit was a yajna. Vishwarup. Yes, Vishwarup. He killed Vishwarup. So, he incurred four sins of killing a Brahmin. Of the priest, of the Brahmin, of the family priest, and all those he incurred. 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