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Central Insights: Key Points: Even if God’s divine Murti (form/image) is not visualised, a devotee must always remain persistent and meditate enthusiastically upon the Murti of God. Explanation Here Shreeji Maharaj ordains His devotees to meditate on the divine Murti of Lord Shree Krishna along with Rādhikāji. This order creates…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation  The word Vivek (wisdom) is used in the meaning of  विचिर् पृथकभावे विच् vichir pṛthakabhāve vich; it is originated from ‘Vich’ it means segmentation/differentiation. The one who differentiates is Vivek, and the one who has the power to differentiate is called viveki. In the current…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation In this Vachanāmrut, Shreeji Maharaj said Many times, devotees come across highly spiritual matters in our scriptures and they either do not understand them properly or misinterpret them. When the soul behaves one with three types of bodies — Sthool (physical), Sukshma (subtle) and Kāran…

Central Insights: Offer the actions of senses and Antahkaran (mind, intelligence, conscious mind, and ego — conscience) in the service of God and His devotees. Key Points: The Five senses and Antahkaran are cleansed when offered in the service of God and His devotees, otherwise they are polluted if they…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation In this Vachanāmrut, Shreeji Maharaj says Suppose a person has developed nishchay (firm conviction) in pratyaksha God, offers a devotion to Him, and has His darshan. But, despite this, he still does not consider himself fulfilled, and instead, feels a deficiency within his antahkaran. He…

Central Insights: A person who does not appreciate obligations done to him is ungrateful. The company of such a person should be abandoned forthwith. Key Points: On one occasion, Shreeji Maharaj is approached by an ungrateful Brahmin named Sevakrām and after some time abandons his company by knowing him ungrateful.…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation In this Vachanāmrut, Sadguru Shri Brahmānand Swami asks Shreeji Maharaj, “what is the form of Vāsnā?” Shreeji Maharaj replies that the desire for materialistic objects enjoyed, seen, or heard in the past is called Vāsnā. Additionally, Vāsnā can also be described as desires of worldly…

Central Insights: The importance of understanding the forms of Purush (the supreme person), Prakriti (nature), Kāl (time), the elements, and the divine abode of God. Key Points: Explanation In this Vachanamrut, Shriji Maharaj explains that when one understands the forms of Purush, Prakriti, Kāl, and the twenty-four elements such as…

Central Insights: Key Points: Family relationships are based on past actions/Indebtedness; hence one should not be more distressed by that. Explanation In this Vachanāmrut, Sadguru Shri Nityānand Swami asked, Is there one soul residing in different bodies, or are there as many souls as there are bodies? The possible answer…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation In this Vachanāmrut, Shreeji Maharaj himself asks a question to saints that there are two devotees among them – one is a householder, and the other is a Tyāgi (ascetic) Both have an equal nishchay (firm conviction) in God, equal worldly desires also equal vairāgya…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation This Vachanāmrut discusses discerning between sat and asat (truth and fiction), while Vach.G.F.6 discusses its benefits and weaknesses. The ability to discern between truth and fiction occurs when an understanding of the object is there. This also means understanding when something on the path is…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation In this Vachanāmrut, Māharāj says that He wants to remove the kusang  entrenched in the Satsaṅg. What are these negative influences in satsaṅg? Any dialogue that promotes discouraging talks are the negative influences within the Satsaṅg. What do these dialogues sound like? For example, “Who…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation This Vachanamrut is an expression of Maharaj’s compassion. While all Vachanamruts are such, this one has a special distinction. For one, Maharaj felt an urgency to convey this message early in the morning, with three parts of the night still remaining. After calling everyone, he…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation In this Vachanāmrut, Māharāj says: “In our Satsaṅg devotees of God desire for their ultimate salvation. It cannot be achieved by alone Ātmanishthā, love for God, Vairagya (non-attachment), or Swadharma. Ultimate Mōkṣha requires practice of all four virtues.”  Each virtue has its own significance &…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation Here in this Vachanāmrut, Shreeji Māharāj asked the question, who is the most ignorant of all? This question is very deep. It is not a question of who is ignorant, but a question of who is the most ignorant of all. One who possesses a…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation Shreeji Māharāj has mentioned in this Vachanāmrut that a devotee, who is keen to please God, should firmly practice Dharma, Gyān, Vairagya and Bhakti. This is known as single-mindedness. Remembering the Murti of God in each and all the activities, discarding relationships with bodily relatives,…

Central Insights: Key Points: Organise in such a way that Music helps in Bhakti Explanation Māharāj says in this Vachanāmrut that, ‘While singing devotional songs with the accompaniment of various musical instruments like Mr̥udaṅga, Sāraṅgī, Sarōda, and tāl, if we forget God, our singing is as like as no singing.…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation Shreeji Māharāj says in this Vachanāmrut that “The scripture namely Vāsudēva- māhātmya is very dear to me because therein it describes the method of worshipping God in full detail.”  Vāsudēvamāhātmya explains how a devotee’s usual actions become devotional and how Karma which is performed to…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation Supreme God Shreeji Māharāj says in this Vachanāmrut that “Today, I am going to explain the state of mind attained through knowledge. Knowledge is beyond Prakruti-Purush. When one acquires knowledge, he loses consciousness of Prakruti-Purush and their creation. This is called Gnanpralay (dissolution due to…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation In this Vachanāmrut, Māharāj says that, “Though a devotee may perform their own duties perfectly, they do not experience serenity in their heart. Serenity is achieved by faith in one’s own self and perfect knowledge of the greatness of God. If a person has any…

Asserted Topics: Central Insights: Explanation This Vachanāmrut is about a Rasik Bhakta (having amorous love for God). Māharāj explains the meaning of true Rasikta (amorousness). Rasa means the taste or character of a work, the feeling or sentiment prevailing in it. There are nine kinds of Rasas (taste) in Sanskrit…