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બ્રહ્મસ્વરૂપ પ્રમુખસ્વામી મહારાજની પ્રેરક પ્રસંગ-સ્મૃતિઓ
તા. 29-3-2010, સારંગપુર
લીંબડીમાં શિખરબદ્ધ મંદિરની પ્રતિષ્ઠા અંગે ફોન દ્વારા થતી વાતમાં સંતસ્વરૂપ સ્વામી કહે : ‘આપે કહ્યું હતું કે લીંબડી આવીશું, ત્યાં રોકાઈશું. તો પછી લીંબડી આવો ત્યારે રોકાજો, અહીંથી જવાનું નામ ન લેતા.’
સ્વામીશ્રી તરત જ કહે : ‘અમે કોઈના બંધનમાં રહેતા નથી.’
Vachanamrut Gems
Gadhadã III-14:
Why do the intelligent sometimes fall from Satsang and yet the unintelligent remain?
Thereafter Ayodhyãprasãdji asked, "Suppose, on the one hand, there is one who is very intelligent, whose insight into the scriptures is also exceptional. On the other hand, there is one who is not so intelligent and who has a limited understanding of the scriptures. Nevertheless, the one who is very intelligent falls from the Satsang fellowship, whereas the one who is not intelligent remains firm in Satsang. What is the reason for this?"
Shriji Mahãrãj answered, "There are two types of people in this world: godly and demonic. Of these, those who are demonic will fall from Satsang, despite being exceptionally intelligent; whereas those who are godly will never fall from Satsang, even though they may not be intelligent. For example, if one sows a seed of chilli or the seed of a neem tree or the seed of a shingadiyo vachhnãg plant, and one waters them daily with sweet water, the chillies will still turn out to be pungent; the neem tree, bitter; and the shingadiyo vachhnãg plant, poisonous. Why? Because the very seeds themselves are such. On the other hand, if one sows sugarcane, the juice of the sugarcane will still be sweet despite treating it with compost from the leaves of a neem tree and watering it with bitter water. In the same manner, godly people will always adhere to the path of God, and demonic people will always turn away from the path of God."
[Gadhadã III-14]