The paths of a householder and a renunciant are different. That which is appropriate for a householder is a flaw for a renunciant. And that which is appropriate for a renunciant is a flaw for a householder. One who is wise knows this, but others cannot understand it. Therefore, we explain its details: For a householder, wealth, riches, elephants, horses, cows, buffaloes, multi-story buildings, mansions, wife, children, heavy garments, and ornaments—all these things are appropriate. And these very same things are flaws for one who is a renunciant. And for a renunciant, living in the forest, remaining bare without clothes wearing only a loincloth, wearing a cap on the head, shaving off the beard and mustache, keeping saffron-colored garments, and enduring insult if someone abuses or throws dust—this alone is highly appropriate for a renunciant. And that which is appropriate for a renunciant is a supreme flaw for a householder. Therefore, one who has emerged from this world and become a renunciant should think, "In which ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → But one should not behave foolishly like a fool without thinking. And when someone scolds a wise person, he takes it positively. And when someone tells something beneficial to a fool, he gets confused. And Mukund Brahmachari and Ratanji, these two do not get confused, so we get along very well with them. And also, we like those who perform service with faith. And without faith, if someone brings food, we do not like to eat that food. And if they bring garments, we do not like to wear those garments, and if they bring puja offerings, we do not like the puja. And whatever is done with faith, we like it immensely. And if someone is performing devotion with faith, and if someone else comes to perform devotion and he feels jealous of him, then we do not like that. Therefore, we immensely like the devotion performed with faith and without jealousy. Thus ends the Vachanamrut. In this way, the fifty-second Vachanamrut of the Gadhada Middle Section is concluded. Okay. [blank] What is appropriate for a renunciant? [blank] What is appropriate for a renunciant? But you do not live like that. What is... what is appropriate? We have arranged that, where is it mentioned in this? [blank] Is it mentioned in this? We have arranged that. Shaving the beard and mustache and wearing a cap, is that appropriate so that a good photo comes out? If it is appropriate, then the photo should be good, right? Yes brother, what was said to be appropriate? Since it is God's command, it is appropriate. It increases the glory of the ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → It makes the ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → If he gets too much money, the ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → And if a householder starts begging, his ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → It becomes a blemish on the ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → If a householder is begging, then does the ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → Does it look okay? It does not look okay. If one is very poor and struggles for food and drink, then that ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → That ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → That ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → It does not make him look appropriate. What Maharaj said is correct; it becomes comfortable for the ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → If a householder's money increases too much, does happiness increase or decrease? If one is clever, one would know. If money has come through dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → He becomes happy, and this renunciant keeps minimal needs, and what does shaving the beard and mustache and wearing a cap mean? He maintains vairagya. Decoration. He does not go much into decoration; he shaves his beard and mustache and wears a cap, but what if he keeps a golden frame for his spectacles? And what if he keeps footwear worth a thousand rupees? Does it become comfortable or painful for him? He should not go much into decoration. If he does not go into decoration, then it becomes comfortable for him. And if a householder gets income through ethics and justice, and does not struggle for food at all, then it becomes comfortable for him, right? If he is highly detached and has nothing, then it is fine for him, no problem, but what would his children do? Can vairagya be forced upon them? While discussing with Harikrishnabhai, he said a very nice principle. That one can help a thousand people. But if someone is a tail-ender, he cannot be made to stand up. If he has sat sat 1) True. Real. 2) Permanent, imperishable and unchanging. Is unbound by the past, the present, and the future. Tap to open in glossary → It is true that we should help a thousand people. But you cannot force enthusiasm upon someone that you must do this. Helping a thousand people is an easy thing. But to make one person stand up for a mission, if it has not entered his mind, you cannot do it. So can vairagya be forced upon all of them? Can vairagya be forced upon the family members and wives? Even if this person has it. Even if he has it, it does not happen, so it is appropriate for him. He should have some livelihood; which are the seven pleasures of the world? Which ones? Good health, good enterprise, a chaste wife, an obedient son. Then? Harmony in the family, good friends at home, and livelihood—it seems that was missed. So if these are present, then the householder's life looks appropriate in the world. One is good health and enterprise... first is good health. Above all, whatever one eats should be digested. And do you know there is an even greater pleasure than that? Which one? Another pleasure greater than eating. Sleeping. The pleasure of sleep alone constitutes fifty percent of a person's life. And eating and drinking is twenty-five percent, and in the remaining twenty-five percent, all other things combine. Like, if one does not get sleep at all, then eating also does not bring comfort. For one who does not get sleep, eating does not bring comfort, and other people and prosperity do not bring comfort to him. In that, there is already a primary difficulty, so how can it bring comfort? So sleep is a greater pleasure than that, and then eating comes second. Whatever is there, one gulps it down and then enjoys it; but if after gulping it down there is a rush, then it is not enjoyable, either to the hospital or repeatedly to the toilet, like that on both sides. So that does not bring happiness. Good health, good enterprise, and then enterprise; secondly, the income should be good. Then happiness remains in the householder's life. If one does not know how to generate income—that is a skill. If he does not know how to generate income, it is a skill. then in the householder's life, he still suffers in the householder's life. This is the appropriateness of the householder's life. Good health, good enterprise, a chaste wife, an obedient son. If there is a son and he is loose-headed, even if the parents have all the wealth, still he troubles them, like, "Oh, he is completely useless." He does nothing. And he just sits and eats. Still, that does not bring happiness. If all these are present, they are appropriate for him. Then for a renunciant? What is appropriate for a renunciant? Not just wearing a cap, but difficulties are appropriate for him. But if he accepts them? If he accepts them, they are appropriate; if he does not accept them, how can they be appropriate for him? For one who is a renunciant, how does his renunciation and vairagya increase? For one who is a householder, how does his happiness increase? If they increase, then it happens, right? If all these increase, then it happens, right? 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