Prasang A Day

A devotee always has compassion for God and His devotees “… many verses promote the view that devotees of God who, by gnãn and vairãgya, have shed mãyik influences and have become brahmarup, still have compassion and affection for God and His devotees. On the other hand, one who is not a devotee of God, and who, by ãtmã-realisation and vairãgya alone, has overcome mãyik influences and behaves as the ãtmã has been influenced during the process of God-realisation by the evil influence of those who have only ãtmã-realisation and are devoid of upãsanã of God. Consequently, he does not develop compassion and affection for devotees of God. Just as a foul smell lingers in the air and in fire, similarly, the impressions of evil company, which cannot be overcome by any means, linger within him.” [Gadhadã III-3]

Read the Shiksha patri daily “The Shikshãpatri which I have written should be read daily by all of My followers – renunciant sãdhus and brahmachãris, as well as all male and female householders. Those who do not know how to read should listen to it daily; and those who do not have the facility to listen to it should worship it daily. I have stated this in the Shikshãpatri itself. One should observe a fast on the day one fails to do any of the three. This is My command.” [Gadhadã III-1]

Not perceiving flaws in Shriji Maharaj “… One who perceives any flaws in Me will himself suffer from vicious thoughts both in the waking and dream states. Moreover, he will suffer greatly at the time of his death as well.” [Gadhadã II-33]

Developing profound attachment for the Bhakta of God “… Likewise, only one who develops such profound attachment for the Bhakta of God has realised satsang to be the most redemptive of all spiritual endeavours…” [Gadhadã II-54]

Janak the Videhi “Janak the Videhi followed the path of pravrutti, and yet he was undisturbed. For example, when a female sannyãsi named Sulbhã came into Janak’s court, King Janak told Sulbhã, ‘Though you are trying to seduce my mind, by the grace of my guru Panchshikh Rishi, I have mastered the doctrines of both Sãnkhya and Yoga. So, even if half of my body is anointed with sandalwood paste and the other half is slashed with a sword, both would be the same to me. Even if my Mithilãpuri were to burn down, still nothing of mine would be burned. Thus, even though I have adopted the path of pravrutti, I am still unaffected and undisturbed.’ This is what King Janak said to Sulbhã. Also, King Janak was said to be the guru of even Shukji. [Vartãl-20]

Greatness is due to the atma and the Sant “In the beginning, when no one honours a person, imagine what his nature is like. Then, when 100 people begin to follow him, his self-conceit becomes of a different type. Further, when 1,000 people or 100,000 people follow him, or 10 million people follow him, his self-conceit becomes of a different type altogether. Then, if he becomes like Brahmã, or Shiv, or Indra, and if he is rational, he would realise, ‘My greatness is not due to this status.’ What is it due to? Well, greatness is due to the ãtmã; and secondly, it is due to association with the Sant. This is because even though Brahmã and the others are all great, they still crave for the dust from the feet of the Sant. [Jetalpur-1]

Attaining of Falling from a Great Status “… In addition, all those who abide by the niyams prescribed by Shri Krishna Bhagwãn attain a great status, whereas those who do not abide by those niyams fall from their status, even if they are great. It is also said that if a common person breaches those niyams, he will certainly regress.” [Gadhadã II-3]

The characteristics of an ekantik bhakta “An ekãntik bhakta would firstly possess the virtue of ãtmã-realisation; secondly, he would possess vairãgya; thirdly, he would be staunch in his observance of dharma; and fourthly, he would possess profound bhakti for Shri Krishna Bhagwãn…” [Gadhadã II-38]

Affection for God and unaffection for worldly objects “If a person has developed affection for God having thoroughly realised God in this way, he would not develop affection towards any worldly object, i.e., the body, the brahmãnd, etc. Instead, all worldly objects would become insignificant to him. After all, it was when King Chitraketu thoroughly realised the greatness of God that he renounced his ten million wives. He even renounced his empire, which spanned across the entire country…” [Gadhadã II-57]

These talks pervade every pore of a godly person “If a godly person were to hear the talks of these two points, they would stir his heart and pervade every pore of his body. Conversely, if a demonic person were to hear them, they would not touch his heart at all; instead, they would exit from his ears, just as khir would not remain in a dog’s stomach because the dog would vomit it out. In actual fact, nothing can be said to be as delicious as khir, yet it does not remain in a dog’s stomach, let alone pervade its body. On the other hand, if a man were to eat khir, it would indeed pervade every pore of his body, and it would be extremely enjoyable. Likewise, these talks do not enter into the hearts of dog-like, demonic people; rather, these talks enter and pervade totally only in the hearts of godly people.” [Gadhadã III-39]