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  1. Loyã 1Asked what "Shankar" means, Shreeji Mahãrãj recounts a dream-darshan of Shivji and explains he does not have much love for rajo-gun/tamo-gun devs like Shiv, Bra…
  2. Loyã 2Swãminãrãyan asks the paramhans when a bhakta becomes free of the fear of death and feels fulfilled in this very life.
  3. Loyã 3Describes a person with firm conviction in God coupled with knowledge of His greatness as one willing to give up family, wealth, kingdom, spouse, and fear of pu…
  4. Loyã 4Akhandãnand Swãmi asks whether Bhagvãn's murti appears the same across the countless brahmãnds; Swãminãrãyan answers that Bhagvãn resides in Akshardhãm and, for…
  5. Loyã 5Swaminarayan asks what makes a person honest versus deceitful; he answers that revealing to a sant one's weaknesses in following the panch-vartmãn, any perceive…
  6. Loyã 6Shreeji Mahãrãj runs an extended self-answered Q&A with the paramhans in Loyã about the difficulty of becoming an ekãntik bhakta and about right and wrong compa…
  7. Loyã 7Nityãnand Swãmi and Muktãnand Swãmi question Shreeji Mahãrãj about a Shruti verse stating kalyãn comes only from gnãn, asking why other spiritual practices are…
  8. Loyã 8Muktãnand Swãmi asks why a wise person perceives faults in a sãdhu's inappropriate nature; Shreeji Mahãrãj explains a wise person dislikes that flaw because he…
  9. Loyã 9Ãtmãnand Swãmi asks Akhandãnand Swãmi what factors develop vairãgya, gnãn, bhakti, and dharma; Shreeji Mahãrãj answers each in turn.
  10. Loyã 10Nityanand Swami asks whether the difference between people with intense worldly attachment and those with mild attachment is due to karma or is an inherent trai…
  11. Loyã 11Contrasts two ways of interpreting scripture: a person of wrong understanding (asat-purush) concludes that every form in the world — human or otherwise — is lit…
  12. Loyã 12Swãminãrãyan poses His own question: nishchay in Bhagvãn has two types, savikalp and nirvikalp, each with three sub-levels — uttam, madhyam, kanishth — and asks…
  13. Loyã 13Gopãlãnand Swãmi asks Brahmãnand Swãmi what distinguishes a person overcome by unpleasant circumstances (desh, kãl, kriyã, sang) from one who is not, noting eve…
  14. Loyã 14Swaminarayan surveys past ãchãryas' differing beliefs — Shankar Swãmi leaning toward Advait, Rãmãnuj holding jeev/Mãyã/Purushottam as eternal with Purushottam a…
  15. Loyã 15Maharaj explains the jeev (soul) pervades the whole body but experiences the world only through the senses and their presiding deities, never independently of t…
  16. Loyã 16Swaminarayan poses his own question: what distinguishes a person whose worldly desires are unblunted, blunted, or completely uprooted? He answers that an unblun…
  17. Loyã 17Opens with Shreeji Maharaj noting how Bhagwan's maya can turn someone who seemed good into someone wicked, then invites questions.
  18. Loyã 18Shreeji Mahãrãj says developing nishchay in Bhagvãn is the hardest achievement and admits hesitation to explain it for fear of being misunderstood, but proceeds…