Daily Satsang

21 Aug 2011, Shravan Vad Satam Samvat 2067

Murti Darshan

Shri Akshar Purushottam Maharaj, San Jose, CA

Swamishri's Darshan

Param Pujya Pramukh Swami Maharaj

પ્રેરણા પરિમલ

આપણે આત્મા છીએ...

(તા. ૦૪-૦૫-૨૦૦૮, સારંગપુર)
મંદિર ઉપર દર્શન કરવા પધારેલા સ્વામીશ્રી મંદિરની પ્રદક્ષિણામાં પધાર્યા. રૂપચોકીમાં બેઠેલા પરદેશના સંતો-પાર્ષદો અને સાધકોએ 'મોહનને ગમવાને ઇચ્છો માનની' એ પદ સમૂહમાં ગાવું શરૂ કર્યું. જેમાં શબ્દ આવ્યો કે 'મનની ટેક જો....'
'ટેક એટલે શું?' સ્વામીશ્રીએ તેઓને પૂછ્યું.
'મનની ટેક મૂકી દેવી, એટલે મનનું ધાર્યું મૂકી દેવું.'
'બરાબર છે. મનની માન્યતા મૂકી દેવી. આપણે તો બ્રહ્મ છીએ, આત્મા છીએ, અક્ષર છીએ. બીજાને જે બોલવું હોય એ બોલો, પણ આપણે આ માન્યતા દૃઢ કરવી.'

Vachanamrut Gems

Loyã-8: Means to Overcome one's Addictions

Again Shriji Mahãrãj asked, "People become addicted to many different types of things, for example, bhang, marijuana, opium, alcohol, etc. Are these addictions due to one's kriyamãn or prãrabdha karmas?"

Replying, Shriji Mahãrãj said, "These addictions are developed not by prãrabdha, but by habit. Therefore, if one maintains courage, keeps shraddhã, and becomes adamant on overcoming the addiction, then it can be overcome. But if one has no shraddhã and is cowardly, then that vice cannot be overcome."

[Loyã-8]

Shravan Vad Satam in history

V.S.

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Event

1876	30 Aug 1820	Wednesday	Vachanamrut Sarangpur-3 Shriji Maharaj gives the definitions of shravan, manan, nididhyas and sakshatkar, “To listen to a talk through one’s ears is known as ‘shravan’. Then, having heard the talk, to mentally ponder over the talk, and to discard that part of the talk which is fit to be discarded and to retain that part of the talk which is fit to be retained is known as ‘manan’. Then, having mentally retained the talk with conviction, the practice of continuously recalling the talk day and night is known as ‘nididhyas’. Finally, when one can recall that talk exactly as it was – as if it were manifest before one – with absolute clarity and spontaneity, that is known as ‘sakshatkar’.”

1880	17 Aug 1824	Tuesday	Vachanamrut Gadhada II-61 In this Vachanamrut, Shriji Maharaj describes three important qualities of a true devotee, “The first is to strictly adhere to the niyams prescribed by one’s Ishtadev – to such an extent that one would never forsake those disciplines even at the cost of one’s life. The second is to have extremely firm faith in God, so much so that one would never sway from it even if others or one’s own mind were to raise doubts. The third is to be loyal to those Vaishnav devotees who worship one’s Ishtadev – just as parents are loyal to their children, a son is loyal to his father, and a wife is loyal to her husband. One who possesses these three attributes completely can be called a staunch satsangi.”