Those who follow 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 → So, if one reaches there directly, then with fewer means, more can be achieved. And if there are many means, it still becomes less. Against the importance of Sharanagati, all other scriptures stood opposed. Don't they form a stage against Narendra Modi? Saying, "Come on, let's overthrow him." But God is alone, and all of these, what kind of stage is it called? Grand alliance. Grand alliance, that grand alliance stage. All of them together want to overthrow that one person. So, God is alone, and things happen by His pleasure and displeasure, but even if all of these form a grand alliance together, nothing will happen. God's pleasure is what works in the end, and God's displeasure is the punishment in the end. Then, whether they form a grand alliance or do this and that, pulling in different directions, they all eventually get out. So, in this way, the use of means like 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 → So, all those means are not wrong. All those means are for pleasing God. So, Maharaj has made a very subtle division in this Vachanamrut. It does not seem to have been done much in other scriptures, like the Gita and the Brahmasutra. But Maharaj made such a division that through Sharanagati, one attains God's abode, and through other means, one gets God's pleasure. And if one pleases Him, what happens? Then one gets happiness. The result of pleasing Him is that the Jiva gets the happiness of God's Murti Murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → If there is no pleasure, even if attainment is achieved, one does not get happiness. One does not get the happiness of God that should come. One gets the happiness of prosperity, but not the happiness of God. God's manifestations, God's glories, one gets the happiness of all of those as a common facility. But the happiness that arises in the heart from God's pleasure is not obtained. So, Maharaj has said this in two places in the Vachanamrut. In the 66th Vachanamrut of Madhya, where Maharaj asked a question to Nityanand Swami, and in the 10th of Kariyani. In the 10th of Kariyani, it is discussed in a slightly different way. Maharaj said, there is Brahmanand Swami's question there. "Tell us what will lead to our ultimate liberation." Maharaj said, "This principle of ours is what will liberate you." Maharaj says, the liberation of the Jiva happens in just this much. God is the all-doer. There is no other doer of this world. In just this much, the Jiva's liberation happens. Then why perform penance? Penance should be performed for God's pleasure. If one performs penance, God is pleased, and if He is pleased, the Jiva becomes happy even in God's abode. And if He is not pleased, one will not be happy even in God's abode. Though one might not even go to the abode, the principle is that if there is no pleasure, it means that even if attainment is achieved, there is no happiness in God's abode. That is why Maharaj said, as He says in the 8th Vachanamrut of Antya Antya End. Final. 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 → So, one who has conquered their senses through both Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Only then does one become happy in 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 → So, the means of happiness is God's pleasure. The means of attaining the abode is Sharanagati. Both are needed. That is why God said in the Gita, "Abandoning all duties, surrender unto Me alone. I shall deliver you from all sins, do not grieve." You don't have to do anything else. Abandoning all duties. Renouncing all duties, come to My sole refuge. Accept surrender. So, if one surrenders, then does he have to do anything else or not? God said, "Abandoning all duties." So, does he have to do anything or not? Sadgun Swami, what do you say? That has to be done. What has to be done? What does he have to do? What has to be done? To serve Him, in His mission. But still, it said "Abandoning all duties," right? So, what is to be renounced? "Abandoning all duties, surrender unto Me alone." Come to My sole refuge. That means, just surrender, do not do anything else. "I shall deliver you from all sins, do not grieve." I will do all your work. Then what is left for him to do? To give up the means of one's own mind. That is the meaning we derived. That is because we might have read it somewhere in Gujarati. So brother, what do you say? To do everything, to do it for His pleasure. But first, He said no, right? That "Abandoning all duties, you don't have to do anything." And then, where did this pleasure part come from later? All that is, he has to keep only one duty, whatever God's will is. "Abandoning all duties" means that in attaining God, there is no role other than surrender. In attaining God, in attaining Akshardham, there is no role other than surrender. But to please God, one has to do things again. That is why God, Maharaj, made such divisions. That the attainment of God's abode is through surrender. Even after going there, if one wants to find happiness, whether here or there, if God is pleased, Maharaj says that no matter how unfavorable his destiny is, all that destiny is destroyed. And he gets extreme happiness, even here. The talk of destiny is here. There is no talk of destiny there. And if there is God's displeasure, no matter how many favorable conditions there are, he will not get happiness. He won't, meaning he absolutely won't. No matter how many favorable conditions there are. He won't get happiness. Until God is pleased, he won't get happiness. So, pleasing God still remains. Even after surrendering, pleasing God is necessary, because if we want to be happy and want to get the true happiness of God, even after going there, then here we must please God well according to our capacity. There is no spiritual endeavor there. There is no place for spiritual endeavor there, like if he does this he gets more, and if he doesn't, he doesn't. The only thing that stops spiritual endeavor is body-consciousness, and there, no one has body-consciousness. So, they do as much as is needed inside. Still, even if the attainment of God, the attainment of God's abode has been achieved, if there is no pleasure of God, he won't get happiness. During Maharaj's time, when He came to this earth, everyone can be said to have achieved attainment. Maharaj directly placed His form in the open square. Saying, "Whoever wants to take benefit, take it." Then who gets happiness? One who has Maharaj's pleasure and is in Maharaj's liking gets happiness. And everyone else feels a burning sensation. They don't get happiness. They feel a burning sensation just by looking at Maharaj. See. Kansa felt only a burning sensation by looking at God, he did not get any happiness. And for the Gopis, even if a breeze came from Lord Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → made them so happy. And if a breeze went to Kansa, he would burn to ashes. 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