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  1. Vadtãl 1Shobha-Ram Shastri asks what happens to a mumukshu who does not attain nirvikalp samadhi, since attaining it (via controlling the prans) is said to make a perso…
  2. Vadtãl 2Kãndãsji Patel asks how Bhagvãn becomes pleased; Maharaj answers that Bhagvãn is pleased when a person doesn't "insult" Him by misattributing His role as creato…
  3. Vadtãl 3Poses the question of which quality — righteous conduct (dharma), knowledge, detachment, or devotion (bhakti) — is most essential if a devotee cannot perfect al…
  4. Vadtãl 4States that the one spiritual practice that encompasses all others needed for liberation is keeping close company — in thought, word, and deed — with a sant pos…
  5. Vadtãl 5Muktãnand Swãmi asks, citing the Gita's teaching that Bhagvãn's guna-based Mãyã can only be crossed by those who take refuge in Him, why even someone who has at…
  6. Vadtãl 6Chiman-Rãvji asks whether the creation of jeevs' bodies and life-forms after cosmic destruction happens due to karma (which would validate Jain philosophy) or d…
  7. Vadtãl 7In a discussion about religious versus demonic people, Chiman-Ravji asks whether a demonic person can ever become religious.
  8. Vadtãl 8Shreeji Mahãrãj explains that the eye's vrutti (mental focus), though seemingly formless, is actually physical in nature (predominantly composed of the tattva o…
  9. Vadtãl 9Shreeji Mahãrãj asks the munis how a person can experience the nirgun bliss of Bhagvãn, similar to how the three kinds of mãyik pleasures (rãjas, tãmasi, sãttvi…
  10. Vadtãl 10Asked how the jeev attains liberation, Swaminarayan explains that Bhagwan takes avatar on earth in one of two forms: as a king, possessing thirty-nine kingly ch…
  11. Vadtãl 11Maharaj states his nature is to fear harming only four: Bhagwan, a bhakta of Bhagwan, a brahman, and a humble person, because harming anyone else destroys only…
  12. Vadtãl 12Central teaching: firm nishchay (conviction) in Bhagwan, Purushottam who resides in Akshardham and assumes avatars like Ram and Krishna for the kalyan of jeevs,…
  13. Vadtãl 13Explains that samãdhi occurs because God's incarnate form, though appearing humanlike, carries an innate divine power (compared to a magnetic rock among ordinar…
  14. Vadtãl 14Rãm-Chandra Vãghmodiã asks why a person who seems unworthy (one who disobeys the dharma of his varna and ãshram) can still attain samãdhi.
  15. Vadtãl 15Shobhã-Rãm Shãstri asks Shreeji Mahãrãj whether religious and demonic jeevs have always existed as such since eternity, or become that way through association.
  16. Vadtãl 16A shãstri from Vadodarã suggests that if Shreeji Mahãrãj shows a miracle to some worldly, renowned man, it would benefit the growth of satsang.
  17. Vadtãl 17Maharaj poses a question: since a person with gnan and a person without gnan behave identically through their indriyas physically, how can the person with gnan…
  18. Vadtãl 18States that a satsangi should know five essential facts about the sampraday: it is the Uddhav Sampraday with its own customs; the guru lineage (Ramanand Swami a…
  19. Vadtãl 19After the sandhyã ãrti, Shreeji Mahãrãj says that whenever a jeev attains a human body in Bharat-Khand, Bhagvãn's avatãrs or sãdhus are also present on earth at…
  20. Vadtãl 20Swaminarayan asks which single spiritual activity totally uproots the seeds of kam, krodh, and lobh; when Shuk Muni answers that attaining nirvikalp samadhi and…