Sadhguru Shri Gopalanand Swami's discourses, chapter one, talk number 186. Swaminarayan Hare Swaminarayan Hare. And through upasham, divine powers are perceived, as one begins to remain more and more in upasham, greater divine powers are seen. First, the divine powers of Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → then those of Brahma and others, then those of Vairat Purush Purush 1) An akshar-mukta selected by Akshar-Brahm to ‘impregnate’ Prakruti for the creation process, from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are formed for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 2) Purush half of the Pradhãn-Purush pair, ‘conceived’ by Mul-Purush and Mul-Prakruti for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 3) Taken to be masculine in nature, Purush is the controller of Prakruti, and is also distinct from her. He is indivisible, without a beginning, and without an end. He is self-luminous, omniscient, imperishable, satya, kshetragna, and the cause of all the activities that possess a form. He also has a divya body. 4) Also called Mahã-Purush, Mul-Purush or Akshar- Purush. Tap to open in glossary → then those of Pradhan Purush Purush 1) An akshar-mukta selected by Akshar-Brahm to ‘impregnate’ Prakruti for the creation process, from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are formed for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 2) Purush half of the Pradhãn-Purush pair, ‘conceived’ by Mul-Purush and Mul-Prakruti for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 3) Taken to be masculine in nature, Purush is the controller of Prakruti, and is also distinct from her. He is indivisible, without a beginning, and without an end. He is self-luminous, omniscient, imperishable, satya, kshetragna, and the cause of all the activities that possess a form. He also has a divya body. 4) Also called Mahã-Purush, Mul-Purush or Akshar- Purush. Tap to open in glossary → Purush Purush 1) An akshar-mukta selected by Akshar-Brahm to ‘impregnate’ Prakruti for the creation process, from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are formed for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 2) Purush half of the Pradhãn-Purush pair, ‘conceived’ by Mul-Purush and Mul-Prakruti for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 3) Taken to be masculine in nature, Purush is the controller of Prakruti, and is also distinct from her. He is indivisible, without a beginning, and without an end. He is self-luminous, omniscient, imperishable, satya, kshetragna, and the cause of all the activities that possess a form. He also has a divya body. 4) Also called Mahã-Purush, Mul-Purush or Akshar- Purush. Tap to open in glossary → But knowing those divine powers to be obstacles and perishable, and understanding the mahima of Shreeji Maharaj, if one continues to offer worship while remaining in upasham, then one becomes an ekantik bhakta bhakta Devotee of Bhagvãn. A follower of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Now, what is that upasham? It is to keep the tendencies of one's senses and inner faculty constantly attached to the form of God. But never let them be drawn towards the five sense objects, that is called upasham. And to remember Shreeji Maharaj is to remember Him repeatedly and intensely, along with His extraordinary divine powers and extraordinary mahima. And to constantly see Him as extremely luminous. And whatever impulses of the three gunas and the five sense objects arise, to dispel them and behave with awareness, that itself is called the state of Akshar Akshar 1) Imperishable. In his personal form, Akshar serves Bhagvãn in Akshardhãm, and takes birth on earth as His ideal bhakta (sat-purush). Both forms are human in appearance. In his impersonal form, Akshar is the dhãm of Bhagvãn called Akshardhãm. In his all- pervading anvay form, Akshar is called Chidãkãsh. Tap to open in glossary → And anti, abhav, and upasham, through these three, vairagya arises. Among these, the vairagya that arises through upasham is the best, and the other two are medium and inferior. What is that? Upasham. If one remains in upasham, one sees divine powers, but knowing divine powers to be perishable, if one only meditates on God, then one becomes an ekantik bhakta bhakta Devotee of Bhagvãn. A follower of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → What did you remember? Anti, abhav, and upasham, through these... vairagya arises. Among these, vairagya through upasham is the best, and that through anti and abhav is inferior and medium. What should be called upasham? It was mentioned in it, right? What is called upasham? Withdrawing the senses from the sense objects and keeping them constantly in the form of God. Maharaj has given that illustration, right? That no matter what excellent sense objects are perceived by the senses around one, still, they do not go there. And remain only in God. Is an illustration given? If one has been made to travel for two or three days, made to stay awake, and then even if a 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 → When such a thing happens towards the five sense objects, completely like disconnection, that is what it means. That disconnection occurs. The connection with God becomes so strong, as for that illustration, only a partial illustration is given there. That disconnection occurs, not the connection with God. But Maharaj said that disconnection occurs due to the connection with God. The five sense objects, that disconnection occurs in two or three ways. It occurs through anti, it also occurs through abhav, and it also occurs through upasham. Anti, when they have quarreled and are sulking, saying, "I don't want it." Because of the anti, through that too. Nishkulanand Swami Nishkulanand Swami Disciple of Sahajanand Swami (Swaminarayan Bhagwan) and author of the Bhaktachintamani, as stated in the scripture's own closing colophon at the end of every chapter. Tap to open in glossary → kirtan kirtan Divine songs about Bhagvãn and His charitras, usually sung to the accompaniment of musical instruments. Tap to open in glossary → and 'Bahu bolavyo bazant', 'Dhanya dhanya mata Dhruv tani', Bhartruhari, all of them, through what did they renounce? Through anti. Such an anti arose suddenly, Maharaj called it a sudden realization. If a sudden realization occurs, one gets vairagya, if a sudden realization does not occur, does one get vairagya? No. So, that is through anti. So, many say, don't they, in discourses they say that others might not have quarreled, but Gopichand and Bhartruhari both stayed in a rest house and quarreled over a nail. They might not have quarreled, but like, if other modern Gopichand and Bhartruhari came together, they would quarrel. Oh, they all quarrel, don't they? If they had quarreled like that, then neither of them would quarrel again. Since they are idle, they quarrel all day, take a break and then quarrel again. Take a break and then quarrel again, they do that. So, that happened through anti. It did not happen through upasham. If it happened through abhav, then a little, those quarrels would not happen. Even more than that, if it happens through upasham, it is much better. For Bhartruhari, it happened through abhav. He felt abhav towards Pingala. Seeing her character, he felt abhav, so because of that, he renounced everything and left. And, if it happens through upasham, one whose mind is drawn and jiva is drawn towards God, and is not drawn elsewhere, then one does not face obstacles. Maharaj said in this that if one begins to practice upasham, then one begins to see divine powers. In this, through upasham, one begins to see divine powers, so what does that mean? That one begins to acquire siddhis. Even if one works with complete dedication, one acquires siddhis, it is like this. Upasham is fine. Keeping God with one, and if one begins to work systematically with dedication, then does one acquire siddhis or not? Those siddhis, which are called achievements nowadays. What does achievement mean? Siddhi Siddhi Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Siddhi Siddhi Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Achievement, if one works with complete dedication, one gets siddhi siddhi Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → And then, when does vairagya happen? If one renounces it. If one renounces the achievement. Should one not let the achievement happen at all, or what? One should not celebrate the achievement. Should not celebrate. If the celebration of achievement happens in the mind, and from within, one feels pleased that a great task has been accomplished. Such a great task has been accomplished, there is no problem up to that point. But when one thinks, "No one else can do this," then the problem starts. How the mighty fall. When does the mighty fall happen? When does it happen? When does the mighty fall happen? When the celebration starts. When the celebration starts, the mighty fall happens. If the celebration of siddhis starts, then it is said that the beginning of the fall has occurred. If one feels dissatisfaction from the siddhis, then one moves forward. Then one goes from good to great. If one gets satisfied with the siddhi siddhi Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → then one stands still right there. And if celebration starts from the siddhi siddhi Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → then one starts going down. So, even if upasham happens, one does not accept it. Upasham is not going to happen to any of us. But those achievements happen to everyone, right? How much achievement are you going to make this time? Huh? How many admissions to do? It is not worth mentioning in Vijayawada, we will say it in Suryapet. What happens the first time, whose is it? The brand's. It is the branch's. The brand name's. Brand. The brand's. It is the brand's. And what happens the second time, whose is it? The individual's. All of them do come seeing the brand, but seeing those walking around on the ground, they leave. Those who are walking around on the ground, seeing them, they leave. So, that is the individual's brand, and that is the organization's brand. Seeing the organization's brand, they come, seeing the individual's brand, they leave. Seeing the individual's brand, they leave, so achievement, sometimes someone claims someone else's achievement. A dog walks under a cart, and harbors false pride in its mind. I have done 2000 admissions. But they might not have done it, the brand did it. But a dog walks under a cart, and harbors false pride in its mind. All this is happening because of me only. It is not happening through others. So, we get such pride. When pride comes, one gets stuck in this. When a person gets pride in any siddhi siddhi Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → and he feels, "We have earned much more than others." Then he stops. Then he starts celebrating. Like, "Come on, where should we go for a trip? Let's go to Singapore." And then from Singapore we go to another place, then to a third place. That no place in the world should be left unvisited. Then he stops for a while. The celebration has started, right? So. Celebration should not start. If there is satisfaction, there is no problem, like, "Come on, to please God," we did this much, this much happened." When celebration happens, it is ego, the celebration is not of siddhis, it is the celebration of ego. What is the celebration of? It is the celebration of ego. Like, "See how big my ego is compared to others." In what do we take pride? How is it believed? How is our ego measured? Huh? Through admissions. The more one has, the greater the ego. It is measured by that, right? Or by what else does it happen? But then, it does not mean one should not do anything. One should not let ego enter. Whether our ego increases because of it or not, that has to be checked. When upasham happens, then after upasham, if one renounces, then one gets vairagya. Vairagya from the world. And then one gets love for God. 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