Detachment is the inner eye Scriptures say that Vairagya (detachment) is the inside eye. What does that eye see? What should we see with that eye? The inside eye sees the sorrow. No one else other than detached people could see sorrow in the world. Sage Patanjali says in Yoga…

Lord Ram’s detachment Today morning is the coronation ceremony of Lord Ramchandra. The same morning, He had to go forest for fourteen years. There was not even a slightest change in the Lord’s words, thoughts, or deeds even by such a drastic change of situation. He was not surprised by…

Sorrow is the manifestation of attachments Nishkulanand Swami says that the detached person is the happiest because he is always facing towards God. He derives happiness only from the Murti of God. The one who doesn’t like being detached and has lot of hunger towards the world can’t get attached…

Who is called Nirmohi As per Nishkulanand Swami, who is a Nirmohi (person without infatuation)? There is a beautiful incident from the scripture Purushottam Prakash. One day, all the Saints went to Maharaj and said, “Maharaj, we will only preach to men even if they are wearing a Saree, but…

You need nothing if you know the Murti of God An incident is mentioned in the holy scripture Harililamrut. Once, Santdasji visited Karyani to enjoy the divine glimpse of Maharaj. When Santdasji visited Maharaj, Maharaj was seated on a throne. Santdasji reached Maharaj and walked 20 feet backwards from Maharaj.…

Good and bad sense objects are equally bad All worldly pleasures and worldly sorrows are the same. All sufferings on hell and all the pleasures on heaven are the same. Are they really the same? If so, how? In the view of time, all of them are the same. Time…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…