2. And those who have received this are also not ones to let go. They know how to do that, and those who listen to today's knowledge and leave, no one from Shvetadvip or beyond can reach them. And this knowledge is like the cannons of the Portuguese. 3. And before this, others' knowledge is like firecrackers. What does it mean, like the cannons of the Portuguese? It makes a lot of noise. 4. Huh? It uproots from the very foundation. What does it mean, like the cannons of the Portuguese? 5. It doesn't get distributed again. When it explodes, nothing is left. This knowledge is like that, they say. 6. It hits the target. Its target never misses. It's like that. 7. So, if someone has assimilated this knowledge, their aim will not fail. That's why it's like the cannons of the Portuguese. When we talk about Gunatit, the connection with God is itself Gunatit. 8. Just as there is the essence of the three gunas, whatever is done in connection with God, the medium there is also the three gunas, and through them, the service of God or the activities of God all happen. So, the three gunas do not have primacy there. 9. The ultimate goal has primacy. The three gunas are merely its instruments. The senses and antahkaran are all called the three gunas, so they are merely instruments. There is no ultimate goal of pampering them. 10. The ultimate goal is to please God. The meaning of transcending the three gunas is precisely this: that one does not act to please the senses and antahkaran of the three gunas or to pamper them. 11. But one acts to utilize them. God has given them precisely for this purpose: to do work that pleases God. And this knowledge is like the cannons of the Portuguese. 12. And before this, others' knowledge is like firecrackers. It is said that the Lord does not count the faults of those who have come to His refuge; Shyam is so wise. In this way, much mahima has been spoken. 13. The muktas of Badrikashram and Shvetadvip have the strength of renunciation and detachment. The muktas of 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 → Vaikunth Vaikunth The dhãm of Vishnu, and Rãm Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → 14. So what happened? Such a बात came. The muktas of Badrikashram and Shvetadvip have the strength of renunciation and detachment. 15. Will there be any strength involved in renouncing and maintaining detachment or not? Huh? There is. 16. Does it take any strength to let go of the mind's desires or not? What does it take to let go? If you are carrying a 20 kg weight, you need strength, right? 17. And then if you want to put it down? What happens? It seems like that 20 kg is not being let go. 18. Sir, the 20 kg burden is not felt at all. The 20 kg burden is not felt. But no, does it take strength or not? 19. Yes, it does. So, if you want to let go, does it take strength or not? Yes, it does. 20. So what does it take? If you throw 20 kg away, it takes strength, right? Not with 20 kg, but it takes strength to let go of the mind's desires. 21. If one has grasped that 'no, 20 kg is mine,' then it takes strength. To let go means not to put it down from the shoulder. It means to let go from the mind. 22. So, letting go from the mind takes a lot of strength. It doesn't take as much strength to lift it. Suppose you are running an organization, it takes as much strength to run it, but it takes more strength to let it go, and those who make you let go, they... 23. Those who make you let go bow down, they do many things, they show you 'limbadi pipli' (a metaphor for showing something better) saying that you will get something much better than this. Just like Prahladji went to tell the other person, 'Brother, if we go to God's abode, what about our food there?' Similarly, 'Brother, you are making us let go here, we are not easily deceived, but how about us?' 24. So, does it take more strength to let go or to hold on? Huh? To let go. 25. So why don't they let go? There is no strength in letting go. So, there is more strength in letting go. 26. Similarly, regarding renunciation and detachment, he said, in renunciation and detachment, is there more strength in holding on or in letting go? Harivandan Swami, what do you say? To let go. 27. So, there is more strength in letting go of the mind's desires before God. And if there are very good qualities in it? Then even more... 28. ...because more effort has been put into it. The more effort put into a quality, the more strength is required to let go of it. If one is running a big organization like Delhi, it takes as much strength to let it go as it takes to let go of all of Delhi. If someone gives Delhi, or someone is told Vanthali, what if Gunatitanand Swami gives Vanthali to someone? 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