Contemplation, contemplation, and contemplation. The more contemplation is done, the more one experiences the taste of God. Through contemplation, both 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 → one will realize the principles of God. And through 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 → 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 → And there is a greater realization of the principles, and the image of God is realized secondarily through listening. So, if we contemplate deeply on the Vachanamrut, then an image of God is formed: what Swaminarayan Bhagwan believes, what His preferences are, what His convictions are, what His dislikes are. An image of that is formed. Maharaj said, didn't He, that in the scriptures, the stories of devotees like Draupadi and Sitaji are written. And by listening to them, their true nature becomes visible. Like, this is the thing, that is the thing. Yudhishthir—by repeatedly listening about Yudhishthir, an image of Yudhishthir is formed in our minds. In that, we don't imagine Him in different garments. The same garments continue. But whatever it is, even with the same garments, an image is formed. Of what He believed in and what He did not believe in. Where His interests lay and where they did not. Similarly, if one listens to and contemplates on the Vachanamrut, an image of Maharaj is formed—of who Maharaj was. That is formed. And if one contemplates on 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 → 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 → Even so, Maharaj said that the 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 → That is why Maharaj placed more emphasis on the sakar form. If the 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 → 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 it is repeatedly remembered, since it is divine, sometimes a glimpse of the image also appears in it. But this is also necessary. Gopalanand Swami and Gunatitanand Swami—they were all those who had realized the 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 one knows what Maharaj's image is, if one knows His personality, only then is there a firm conviction in Maharaj, and only then does one know Maharaj's supremacy. Maharaj's image is supreme. So, two realizations occur. If one listens to and contemplates on the word, such a realization occurs. And if one listens to and contemplates on the form, such a realization occurs. The description of God's form is mostly done through words. Among the five sensory objects, in the five sensory objects related to God, listening is primary, not the form. Listening is—and listening, the object of sound, is stronger than the object of form. If someone is asleep, in deep sleep, and someone calls out to him, "Anand Bhagat!" If Anand Bhagat is sleeping in deep sleep, "Anand Bhagat!" Then, breaking that deep sleep, the sound reaches there. While Bhagat is asleep, no matter how highly attractive a form you place beside him, can it break his deep sleep? Even touch cannot break it that much. And all these other five sensory objects cannot break it. Only in this sound is there such power, that it can break his deep sleep. And that is just the tamas-dominated, dark deep sleep. Which is the great deep sleep? That of ignorance, of attachment, of ignorance. To break that deep sleep, only the word can break it. The form does not break it. One does not gain as much knowledge from the form as one gains from the word regarding God. That is why Rukminiji said: 'Shrutva gunan bhuvana sundara shrunvatante nirvishya karna vivare harongatapam.' O Lord, I have heard of Your glory, so through my ears, Your image has settled in my heart. The image is sakar. No matter how the words are, Maharaj said that Draupadi, Sita, Kunti—by hearing all of their words, an image of them is formed in our hearts, and that sakar form is established in our hearts. Through that, forms like theirs, such forms are realized. Similarly, these are Maharaj's words. And if we repeatedly contemplate on Maharaj's words, then an image of Maharaj is formed in our hearts. And that image is the identity of Maharaj. It is His very personality. And so, His personality is realized. So, if one just keeps doing 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 → If one understands that, it is even beyond continuous remembrance. How is the 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 → Does it mean one has come to know God's likes and dislikes? But that too—one cannot deny it. But if the image has been deeply realized, then. What if the 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 the 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 → 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 → And the 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 → it is sentient, so it happens. Even then, the great sadhus gave more priority to this. Rather than the continuous remembrance of God's form, understanding God's form was given more importance. Then, in some places, it is written that this is superior even to millions of meditations. The exposition of God. Referring to the eighth Vachanamrut of Kariyani, Swami says, that only Maharaj knows how to describe God's form, or those like Gopalanand Swami know. And to describe it in this way, is superior even to millions of meditations. And Shukdevji, rising from meditation, came to describe God. So, the meaning of that description is the image. They were already remembering the 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 → Yes, Shukdevji was remembering it. But when they go to describe, they retain the realization; they do not forget the realization and then go to describe. On the contrary, the realization becomes firmer. Meditation on the 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 → so it becomes firm. And on the contrary, it goes deeper into it, and His glory is understood. So, it is the glory, the image is the glory. Now, if there is some person we have not seen, and we have only heard of him, heard of his glory, then? Then that person's personality stands out to us. Suppose we say, 'Narad.' Have we seen Narad? Someone made the photos, right? Or did Narad make the photo Himself? Narad never appeared in any camera. The photos that have been made are based on His image. Because in the scriptures, the words are Naradji's, either Narad spoke them, or someone described Narad, or Narad took some action. Based on that, combining everything, an image is formed in our minds. Similarly, Maharaj's divine actions, Maharaj'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 → What Maharaj must be like, such an image. And that happens mostly through words—what Maharaj spoke, and what others spoke about Maharaj. What Maharaj spoke, and what others spoke about Maharaj. The works Maharaj performed, and how He evaluated the works of others. If someone performed a task, Maharaj must have made some statement about it. He must have given a statement on it. Based on that, an image of Maharaj is formed in our hearts. And based on that, when an image of Maharaj has been formed in my heart, and then I tell someone what Maharaj is like, that is called description. To explain it in a way that the other person understands, that is called description. But even then, no one can describe Him exactly as He is. Maharaj is like that. Maharaj is such that exactly... No one can describe Maharaj's form exactly as He is. Therefore, knowing His image was given more importance by the sadhus than continuous remembrance. They themselves had continuous realization, and they also knew Maharaj's exact image. They knew Maharaj, they also knew Maharaj's glory. So, they had both. So Maharaj—Gunatitanand Swami said that even more than continuous remembrance, this meditation—even more than continuous meditation, this is greater. It wasn't that Gunatitanand Swami lacked meditation, He was in continuous meditation. And yet He realized that this is superior to that. Shukdevji was in continuous meditation, and yet He began to describe Him. What is so special in that? It is indeed divine; it is there somewhere, though we may not know it. Continuous remembrance is otherwise the most difficult thing. Yes, so if this is superior to that, what is so special in it? It means there is something more to it. There is no need to stop there. There is no need to stop there, there is something more to it. So, it is not that what happens is by leaving aside continuous remembrance. But there is something even more than that. That is why it is said here that listening and contemplation—what did Shukdevji do after rising from meditation? He sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → He sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → Not just His divine actions, He also sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → Whatever 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 → until His departure, He sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → So, what description did He do in that? He described the very form of God. That came into contemplation. When one contemplates, when one repeats it repeatedly, the repetition of Shri 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 → He sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → Because He repeated it, the intensity kept increasing repeatedly; that is superior to meditation. If one just meditates repeatedly, intensity does not develop; the same thing happens when one meditates. But in this, He began to experience intensity. The first time He repeated it and saw the image of Shri 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 → the second time He repeated it, His image transformed. The third time He repeated it, His image transformed. And repeatedly. That is why: 'Yato vacho nivartante aprapya manasa saha.' Through 'neti neti neti neti Indescribable. Incomprehensible. Beyond words. Tap to open in glossary → the more intensity develops in His image, and it becomes clearer. But there is no end to God. There is no end to God. So, that is the glory of listening and contemplation. That even for one who sees Him continuously, he too should do it. Even if one has visualized a 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 → 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 Maharaj Himself has said so in the Satsangi Satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → 'Yagno daanastapashchaiva'—so that is said as a symbol for all of them. Yagna Yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → one should do study, self-study, everything. And that should be done until the last breath. It should be done until the last breath, and even those who see the 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 → And even those for whom the image is fully present, they too should do it. Do not stop. There is no limit to this. 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