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Shankaracharya believes in Nirakar (God without form). Ramanujacharya believes in Sakar (God with form). Why is the difference when both had same sources i.e. Vedas? It is because Shankaracharya’s Guru believed in Nirakar form of God. Ramanujacharya’s Guru believed in the Sakar form of God. Guru is the one who…

A devotee of God should always see divinity in human pastimes of God. In divine pastimes, anyhow we see divinity. When Garudji was called to free Lord Ram from Nagastra (weapon-of-snakes), Garudji came from Vaikunth and freed Lord Ram and Lakshman. After the incident, Garudji doubted on Lord Ram by…

Maharaj said that anyone could overcome the roots of Lust and Anger only if he has the understanding like King Janak. Why did not Maharaj take the name of Lord Shiva or Lord Brahma. Whose knowledge is complete. King Janak’s knowledge? or Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva, Parasar’s knowledge is complete?…

There is a difference between Moh (Enchantment or Infatuation) and ignorance. If you explain something good to an ignorant person, he accepts his mistake and changes himself. If you explain something good to an enchanted (Mohit) person, he accepts whatever you say, but doesn’t change himself. Maharaj Dhrutarashtra had intense…

In Kariyani Vachanamrut 12, Maharaj mentioned that our body is composed of three layers, one containing the other: Physical body, Subtle body, and Causal body. Physical body is the body composed of five basic elements: Earth (bones, skin, etc.,), Water (blood and other fluids), Fire (digestive system), Air (oxygen), and…

How can we break material attachments? There are many ways to break the attachments to things other than God. When Dhruv’s step-mother told him, “You cannot sit on your father’s lap unless you are born out of my womb,” he immediately snatched that opportunity and went to forest to get…

Kashidas Bhai of Bochasan asked Maharaj, “Maharaj, Saints whose only duty is to worship God could have unbreakable meditation on God. But how could the householders who have lot of distractions have unbreakable meditation on God?” Maharaj replied, “Remembering God or not is not decided by the distractions one face.…

Yes. We can achieve ultimate good before our death by having extreme attachment to God and single-minded Saints. The attachment should be so strong that the time factor should not be able to destroy it. Gopis had ultimate attachment to Lord Krishna, and it brought them their ultimate good. Gopis…

When Maharaj was going through forests, before entering Gujarat he was passing a village named Polarpur near Bhimnath. There was a house in the outskirts. Maharaj went and sat on the outside sit-over stone (kind of sofa made of stone.) The old person of the house came out and said,…

At the time of death of this physical body, we leave this body and get a new body depending on what we remember at that time. Like how we remove the old dress and wear a new dress based on our choice. Liberated souls reach God as they remember God…

On the days of fasting, we should always worship God and remember Him. On some fasting and night-out days of some deities, people pre-book film tickets. That is how they cover fasting, night-out, and the film all at once. Maharaj mentioned the importance of Ekadashi. Once, when the Lord brought…

In Gita, it is said that Tap (Penance), Dãn (Donations), and Sacrifice (Yagna) are pious works to purify soul. These are great works but worth when done without any expectations of benefits. Yagna is not that of doing fire sacrifice with ghee, etc., Gita says that Yagna is the form…

If we are serving Saints and Devotees of God, it is the real surrendMaharaj doesn’t like those who are being suppressed by evil people. Why did Lord Ram go to forests for 14 years? To keep up Dasarath Maharaj’s words. Does it mean Dasarath Maharaj was evil minded? No. Then…

er to God. Our intensity of serving Saints and Devotees measures the degree of our surrender to God. If a devotee is ready to serve God but not ready to serve Saints and devotees, it is not a real surrender. A devotee sits at a corner and does worship of…

Always believe that single-minded Saints are beyond Maya. If you have divinity (Divya-bhav) towards Maharaj but not towards single-minded Saints, then you have not crossed Maya. If you see divinity in single-minded Saints as well, then you have really crossed Maya. It is the key to unlock Maya. The physical…