Intense physical and mental cravings We should not possess any kind of cravings. What is craving? Intense and strong desires for anything is called craving. Let us say there is a beggar begging something from you. If you say “no” and if he doesn’t move away, then he is said…
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6. Measurement of detachment
You cannot suppress desires without detachment There is only one person without any desire. He is God. The person who desires and could suppress the desires is called a Saint (or devotee). The person who can observe his desires is called a human. The person who fights against desires without…
5. Detached person is lucky
Who is the luckiest person? The one who doesn’t become cool from pleasant outcomes and doesn’t become hot from unpleasant outcomes is the one without any sufferings. He doesn’t suffer even if a sense object approaches him and tries to attach to him. He never suffers for anything whatsoever. The…
4. Worldly happiness vs Godly happiness
Leaving bad for good Tribal people living in dense forests don’t like the delicious and tasty foods available in the city. If the tribal kids are offered Roti, Curry, Laddu, Jalebi etc., they will not like that food. They like the food that is provided at their forest home. Which…
3. Why are you doing Seva ?
What is your attitude before performing a devotional activity, while performing, and after performing a devotional activity? And what is your expectation on the result of the devotional activity? Nishkulanand Swami says that you might choose the most difficult Seva in order to please God. At the end, it is…
2. How to please Maharaj and His Saints
Some say that God is pleased by Jup (chanting names). Some say Tup (austerities) pleases God. Some say God is pleased if we follow rules and regulations. Others say God is pleased by fasting. Do sacrifices please God? Discarding money and opposite-gender please God? If we live on fruits and…
1. What is the essence of everything?
The best and most difficult achievement of the soul What is the highest and most difficult achievement of the soul? Vishnu Purana states that there are 8,400,000 different forms of life. (900,000 species living in the water, 2,000,000 non-moving living entities such as trees and plants, 1,100,000 species of insects…