Daily Satsang

20 Oct 2014, Aso Vad Baras Samvat 2070

Murti Darshan

Shri Akshar Purushottam Maharaj, Seattle, WA, USA

Swamishri's Darshan

Param Pujya Pramukh Swami Maharaj

પ્રેરણા પરિમલ

માયામાંથી ઊગરવાનો ઈલાજ...

(તા. ૫-૫-૨૦૦૮, સારંગપુર)
મંદિરની પ્રદક્ષિણામાં પરદેશના સંતો-પાર્ષદો-સાધકોએ 'મહા બળવંત માયા તમારી' એ સમૂહગાન કર્યું.
સ્વામીશ્રી કહે, 'આવરિયા એટલે શું?' એટલું કહેતાં આંગળી ઘુમાવીને કહે, 'બધાને આવરી લે અને જેõ બધે જ હોય એ માયા કહેવાય.'
'એને કાઢવી કઈ રીતે?' કોઈકે પૂછ્યું.
સ્વામીશ્રી કહે, 'ભગવાન અને સંતનો આશરો થાય એટલે નીકળે.'
સ્વામીશ્રીએ સહજમાં માયાના ભેદી કવચને તોડવાનું રહસ્ય સમજાવી દીધું.

Vachanamrut Gems

Amdãvãd-8: Confessing an offensive Thought for a Sadhu

“If anyone else, due to a malignant intellect, harbours an offensive thought towards a sãdhu, he should confess and himself voice his offensive thought by saying, ‘Mahãrãj, I have harboured an offensive thought regarding you.’ Then, in order to atone for that thought, he should fold his hands and pray for forgiveness.”

[Amdãvãd-8]

Aso Vad Baras in history

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1882	28 Oct 1826	Sunday	Vachanamrut Gadhada III-10 In this Vachanamrut, Shriji Maharaj gives a clear and concise narration of his unique philosphy of five eternal realities, "From the Vedas, the Purans, the Itihas and the Smrutis, I have formed the principle that jiva, maya, ishwar, Brahma and Parabrahma are all eternal. Consider it as follows: Maya represents the soil; the jivas represent the seeds in the soil; and ishwar, the rain. By the will of God, an ishwar – in the form of Purush – unites with maya i. Subsequently, just as the seeds in the soil sprout by the association of rainwater, similarly, the jivas, which are eternal, arise from within maya; but new jivas are not created. Therefore, just as ishwar is eternal, maya is also eternal. The jivas residing in maya are also eternal, and they are not components of God; they are always jivas."

1884	4 Nov 1828	Tuesday	Vachanamrut Gadhada III-24 Describing the glory of spiritual discourses, Shriji Maharaj says, “What is the reason behind a spiritual aspirant attaining noble virtues? Well, one develops an aversion for the world in proportion to the attachment one has for listening to the talks and discourses related to God; moreover, vicious natures such as lust, anger, avarice, etc., are also destroyed to that extent. Conversely, if someone is lazy in listening to those talks and discourses, then one should infer that he will not imbibe noble virtues. In fact, out of the nine types of bhakti mentioned in the scriptures, the bhakti of listening to spiritual discourses is considered to be the best. Therefore, one who possesses that form of bhakti will attain all of the various forms of bhakti up to and including profound, loving bhakti.”