Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj addresses all devotees, saying, “I will now share the principle of my heart.” He emphasizes that anyone who desires their ultimate welfare should cultivate the following four practices: Maharaj states that this is His principle. This Vachanamrut is metaphorically referred to…
GL-06 The Concept of Drafts and the Nature of the Mind
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: This Vachanamrut focuses on the friendship between the jeev and the man. Maharaj explains that the jeev and man are intimate friends—so close that they are entirely devoted to one another. Their friendship is likened to that of milk and water. When milk and water…
GL-05 Bhakti Coupled With The Knowledge Of God’s Greatness
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, inspired by Shreeji Maharaj, Muktanand Swami asks,“What type of devotion is undisturbed by obstacles, and what type of devotion is susceptible to obstacles?” To this, Shreeji Maharaj answers:“In the third Skandha (Canto) of the Shrimad Bhagwat, Mata Devahuti speaks to Kapil Bhagwan…
GL-04 Badhitanu Vrutti
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: This Vachanamrut focuses on Badhitanuvriti. Badhitanuvriti refers to the resurgence of thoughts or tendencies that were once suppressed or deemed false. Shreeji Maharaj explains that when a memory of an object, which had been dismissed as unreal, arises again in the mind, it is termed…
GL-03 Compassion and Affection
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Shreeji Maharaj initially discusses that the heart of a devotee naturally possesses Daya and Sneh. Of these, Sneh resembles honey, which sticks everywhere, while Daya is inclined to extend itself broadly. When Bharat showed compassion (Daya) toward a fawn, it led to…
GL-02 Attainment of All Spiritual Objectives
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Shreeji Maharaj poses the question: “Even though one perceives the world as perishable and recognizes God as the ocean of all happiness, why does the soul fail to concentrate its mind on God? Why does satsang not become primary in their heart,…
GL-01 The Inclinations of Gyan & Affection
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Shreeji Maharaj asked the paramhansas a question: If a devotee of Bhagwan encounters unfavorable circumstances, such as an attachment to worldly pleasures in youth, bad company, or exposure to misleading scriptures, what understanding ensures that their bhakti remains undisturbed? The paramhansas attempted…
V-12 Faith Coupled with the Knowledge of God’s Greatness
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: Maharaj, after deep contemplation, cast a compassionate glance upon the devotees and spoke, “Today, I wish to speak on the topic of Nishchay in God. Listen attentively. Purushottam Bhagwan resides eternally in Akshardham, which radiates with the brilliance of countless suns, moons, and fires. He…
GM-50 The Secret Principle; Worldly Attachment
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Shriji Maharaj states that today he wants to reveal a secret about his life to all his devotees. Just as rivers merge into the sea, just as a faithful wife and a butterfly both sacrifice themselves to fire, and just as a…
V-20 The Understanding of King Janak
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Shreeji Maharaj asks the paramhansas a question. He explains that rajogun (passion and activity) is the source of lust, while tamogun (darkness and ignorance) is the source of anger and greed. He then poses a question: What is the one method by…
V–19 On Becoming a Devotee and the Comparison of One Who Desires Material Happiness to a Worm of Filth
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj speaks kindly to devotees, explaining that whenever a soul takes birth in Bharatkhand (India) in human form, it is certain that an incarnation of Bhagwan or a Sadhu will be present on Earth. If that soul becomes aware of this truth,…
V-18 Things That Must Be Understood
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Shreeji Maharaj first posed a question to the senior Paramhansas: “What are the teachings a Satsangi (member of the holy fellowship) must necessarily know?” He then answered Himself, explaining that one must know the customs of our Uddhav Sampraday (the religious fellowship…
V–17 An Enlightened Person Has Conquered His Senses
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Shreeji Maharaj asks a question: “The five cognitive senses and five conative senses are aware of their respective sensory objects. Both a man of knowledge and one of ignorance use their senses in the same way. However, the senses of the man…
V-16 Not Feeling Comfortable with Worldly Great Men
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: This Vachanamrut is a discourse on Maharaj’s confidential principle. During the assembly, a Shastri (scholar) from Vadodara was seated. He expressed to Maharaj, “Maharaj, if you were to display a miracle to a prominent person, then they would greatly assist in expanding Satsang. You have…
V-15 The Cause of Divine and Demonic Nature
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Shobharam Shastri posed a question to Maharaj: “Maharaj, are the two types of souls—divine and demonic—eternal, or have they come to be as a result of certain circumstances?” Maharaj replied, “In this universe, there exist two types of souls—daivi and asuri. In…
V-14 Whom a Non-believer Considers a Sinner Is Not a Sinner, and Whom He Considers to be Sincere in His Dharma Is Not Really So
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Ramchandraji Vaghmodia of Vadodara posed a question to Shreeji Maharaj, “Maharaj, what is the reason that even an unworthy soul can go into samadhi (trance)?” The background of this question involves an incident: A certain pious person’s life had deteriorated considerably. They…
V-13 If Brahma Pervades, How Can It Possess a Form?
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Bhagubhai Patidar from Bhadaran asked Maharaj, “How does a person go into samadhi (trance)?” The phrasing of “this” in his question suggests that someone must have recently gone into samadhi after seeing Maharaj. Maharaj replied, “For the welfare of souls, Bhagwan takes…
V-11 The Destruction of the Jeev; Love for the Satpurush Is the Only Means to Realising the Atma
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: This Vachanamrut speaks on the destruction of the jeev.Maharaj declares, “My natural is such that I greatly fear causing harm to any of these four: Bhagwan, His Bhakta, a Brahmin, or a poor person. I do not fear anyone else. If anyone harms one of…
V–10 Path to the Soul’s Ultimate Salvation
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, a Patidar named Bhagubhai from the village of Bhadaran asked Maharaj, “Maharaj, how can the jiva (soul) achieve kalyan?” In response, Maharaj explained that when Bhagwan incarnates on Earth, the soul’s kalyan can be attained by taking refuge in Him, surrendering to…
V–09 How Can One Experience the Nirgun Bliss of God?
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj poses a question to the assembly of muni (Santos). He inquires why the happiness related to God, which is Nirgun (beyond attributes), is not experienced in the same way as the three types of happiness—Tamasi, Rajasi, and Sattvik—which arise in the…
V-08 The Spider’s Web
Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj sat for a moment in a meditative posture, gave darshan (a sacred sight), and then began to speak, “Although the Vritti of the eyes is formless, when it encounters a visible object, it becomes fixed upon it. Though the eye is…