Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj speaks about the essential aspect of Moksha (final liberation). He explains how our internal attitude should be to please God. Maharaj states that He will first share His own experiences, and afterward, everyone should speak about what they believe is beneficial…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: This Vachanamrut is referred to as the “Vachanamrut of the Thorn Tree.” Maharaj explains that in this world, family relations are like the branches of a thor tree, or the branches of a vata (banyan) or pipal tree. Even if you cut them off at…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj had Pragji Dave narrate the Kapil Gita from the Shrimad Bhagwat. Once the narration ended, Maharaj spoke on the spiritual principles. Paramatma Shreeji Maharaj is eternally present in His divine abode, Akshardham, surrounded by countless liberated souls and served by muktas…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj says that the Shrimad Bhagwat and other holy scriptures are the truth. Whatever is stated in these scriptures occurs exactly as described; there is no deviation from it. For example, if an eclipse is predicted at a certain time, it happens…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: This Vachanamrut is about intense attachment to Bhagwan. Maharaj explains that a devotee whose mind is firmly attached to the murti of Bhagwan exhibits the following traits: Even if they are extremely exhausted from a long journey, so tired that they lack the energy to…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: This Vachanamrut focuses on the “lifeline” of devotees. In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj clearly explains His nature. At the beginning of the discourse, Pragji Dave remarked that there is no scripture like the Shrimad Bhagwat (Bhagavatam). It uniquely demonstrates the power and devotion of the manifest…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Shriji Maharaj asked Muktanand Swami: “What causes you to get angry, and how severe must the cause be for you to get angry?” He further added: “Personally, I do not get angry, even if someone causes me a loss of one hundred…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Shreeji Maharaj kindly advises devotees that a devotee of Bhagwan should never do anything that displeases Bhagwan or His devotees. Instead, one should do what pleases them and not prioritize anything that obstructs devotion. Such obstacles should either be abandoned or regarded…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj poses a question to the Paramhansas: one person is a renunciate with intense desires for sense pleasures, and the other is a householder without any desires. Both outwardly follow the practices of their respective Vartman (sacred vows). Maharaj asks what kind…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Muktanand Swami asks a question: “Is there any distraction that can hinder a devotee who has unwavering faith in Bhagwan?” In response, Maharaj explains that there are two types of steadfastness: Yog-oriented steadfastness and Sankhya-oriented steadfastness. Yog-oriented steadfastness is the determination that…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj states that upon contemplating the form of the mind, He found that the mind is not distinct from the jiva. It is merely an offshoot, like a ray of the jiva. Maharaj explains that the form of the mind is like…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj begins with words of compassion. This is a Vachanamrut meant to help establish a firm goal. Maharaj explains that when two armies are ready to fight, with their flags raised opposite each other, each army is determined to tear down the…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Shreeji Maharaj emphasizes that all the scriptures and texts explaining the means to attain Kalyan have been carefully studied. The central tenet across all these texts is that Bhagwan is the ultimate Karta-Harta (doer and undoer) of the entire universe. Moreover, Shreeji…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation:  In this Vachanamrut, the topic of discussion is whether individuals in samadhi experience an increase in knowledge and the strength of the body and senses. The santo were unable to provide a definitive answer, so Maharaj Himself clarified: When a jiva (soul) enters samadhi, the…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj is deeply saddened, and tears begin to fall from His lotus eyes. Maharaj says, “Today, I listened to the scriptures of a shushkajnani just to understand their doctrine, and it has caused me great distress. This is because, through such knowledge,…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: Maharaj says, “I have reflected on all aspects, and I have realized that among all the forms of kusang (evil association) in this world, the most dangerous is the company of someone who lacks devotion to Bhagwan and does not believe that Bhagwan is the…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Maharaj asked the munis a question: Some devotees believe that God’s form includes the 24 elements of Maya, while others believe that God’s form is purely spiritual (chaitanyamay) and free from these elements. Among these two types of devotees, whose understanding is…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Muktanand Swami raised a question: There are two types of steadfastness—one is like Swaroopnishtha (steadfastness in God’s form), which Arjun exemplified, and the other is like Dharmanishtha (steadfastness in Dharma), which was seen in King Yudhishthir. Often, when one holds firm to…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: This Vachanamrut emphasizes maintaining enmity towards one’s swabhav. Enmity towards one’s own swabhav is the primary cause for its eradication. Mere austerities and fasting cannot uproot the enemies such as lust, anger, etc. There are many ascetics and renunciates, as seen in both scriptures and…

Central Insights: Key Points: Explanation: In this Vachanamrut, Muktanand Swami asked Maharaj whether a Sant who attains oneness with Bhagwan does so through Samadhi or if there is another method? In response, Maharaj first explained the definition of Tadatmakpanu and then described the means to achieve it, followed by its…

Central Insights: Key Point: Commentary: This Vachanamrut is referred to as the “Radiance Vachanamrut.” The word tej (Radiance) can mean both light and influence. Here, the discussion focuses on the radiance, or rather, the influence of the murti. What is the glory or the influence of the murti? That is…