Daily Satsang

23 Aug 2019, Shravan Vad Satam Samvat 2075

Murti Darshan

Shri Akshar Purushottam Maharaj, Seattle, WA, USA

Swamishri's Darshan

Param Pujya Pramukh Swami Maharaj

પ્રેરણા પરિમલ

બ્રહ્મસ્વરૂપ પ્રમુખસ્વામી મહારાજની પ્રેરક પ્રસંગ-સ્મૃતિઓ

તા. 5-8-2010
ભોજન બાદ એક પછી એક ફોન આવતા ગયા. સ્વામીશ્રીને એક મિટિંગ કરવી હતી, પણ એ શક્ય ન બની. મોમ્બાસાથી સંદીપ ધીરનો ફોન આવ્યો. આટઆટલી પ્રવૃત્તિની વચ્ચે પણ સ્વામીશ્રી સંદીપ ધીરને કહે : ‘તું તારી ભાષામાં વાત કર.’ સંદીપ મૂળ પંજાબી છે, એટલે એણે પંજાબી ભાષામાં સ્વામીશ્રીને વાત કરી. સ્વામીશ્રીએ આ રીતે સ્મૃતિ આપી.
લાખો હરિભક્તોના સંપર્કમાં હોવા છતાં સ્વામીશ્રી કોણ ક્યાં છે અને એની લાક્ષણિકતા શું છે ? એ બધું જ જાણે છે. કોને કઈ રીતે રાજી કરવો, એ પણ સ્વામીશ્રી જાણે છે.

Vachanamrut Gems

Vartãl-12.4: One with Weak Faith and one with Absolute Faith

“Moreover, one whose faith in God is weak, despite being in Satsang, still doubts, ‘Who knows whether I will attain liberation or not? When I die, will I become a demigod? Or will I become a king? Or will I become a ghost?’ One who does not have absolute faith in God has such doubts. But one who does have absolute faith believes, ‘I have attained liberation ever since the day I attained God; in fact, whoever has my darshan or listens to my talks will also be freed from all of his sins and will attain the highest state of enlightenment.’ So, maintaining such faith coupled with the knowledge of God’s greatness, one should believe oneself to be fulfilled. All of you should constantly be aware of this fact.”

[Vartãl-12.4]

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.”