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  1. Kãriyãni 1Bhudharãnand Swãmi asks whether nishchay in Bhagvãn arises in the antah-karans or in the jeev; Shreeji Mahãrãj explains the jeev works through the buddhi (which…
  2. Kãriyãni 2Shreeji Mahãrãj poses a question: one person occasionally perceives avgun in Bhagvãn and His sant but it passes and he never abandons satsang, realizing there i…
  3. Kãriyãni 3Swaminarayan praises Shuk Muni as a great sãdhu whose enthusiasm has only grown since joining him, comparing him to Muktãnand Swãmi.
  4. Kãriyãni 4Gopalãnand Swami asks Bhajanãnand Swami how much of the body's awareness belongs to the jeev versus the witness (Bhagvãn); Bhajanãnand cannot answer.
  5. Kãriyãni 5Swaminarayan poses the question: since Bhagwan is capable of granting liberation to souls while remaining in His own abode, without taking an avatar on earth, w…
  6. Kãriyãni 6Sets the scene at Divali: a female bhakta from Deev performs Maharaj's puja and offers clothes, an umbrella, and wooden footwear; Maharaj says he has never been…
  7. Kãriyãni 7Kãshidãs asks how a grahastha, burdened with the constant worldly problems of pravrutti, can keep his vrutti fixed on Bhagvãn the way a tyãgi following nivrutti…
  8. Kãriyãni 8Muktãnand Swãmi asks how to understand Bhagvãn's nirgun (formless/subtle) and sagun (vast/manifest) aspects, and what benefit comes from understanding each.
  9. Kãriyãni 9Swaminarayan asks whether a person who is so unkind and stubborn that he never releases a grudge, "stubborn like a buffalo," can be called a sadhu — the munis a…
  10. Kãriyãni 10While feverish, Swaminarayan has Muktãnand Swãmi check his pulse; Muktãnand calls it a serious illness, saying Mahãrãj's health is as vital to satsangis as thei…
  11. Kãriyãni 11Sachidanand Swami asks the characteristics of a person who has love for Bhagvan; Swaminarayan answers that never disobeying the wishes of one's beloved is the t…
  12. Kãriyãni 12Following a discussion among the munis about the jeev's three bodies (sthul, sukshma, kãran) and ishvar's three corresponding bodies (virãt, sutrãtmã, avyãkrut)…