Prasang A Day

The Sadhu Helps one Conquer Internal Enemies 'Now, if a sãdhu were to criticise and insult those internal enemies of lust, anger, etc., then a person who has the aforementioned thought would not develop an aversion towards that sãdhu. On the contrary, he would be grateful to the sãdhu and would feel, 'This sãdhu is helping me conquer my enemy, and thus he is an extremely great benefactor.' A person who has attained such a thought can destroy all of his inner enemies. Thereafter, no vicious swabhãvs will be able to remain in his heart…'   [Gadhadã II-15]

Purity and Purpose of Shriji Maharj's Discourses '… Please listen very attentively to what I am about to say. What I am about to say to you, I say not out of any pretence, or out of any self-conceit, or to spread My own greatness. Rather, it is because I feel that amongst all of you sãdhus and devotees, if someone can understand My message, it will tremendously benefit that person; that is My purpose in narrating it. Moreover, this discourse is based on what I have seen and realised through My own experience. In fact, it is also in agreement with the scriptures…'   [Gadhadã II-13]

Means to Redeeming Five Sins '… Now, even if a person has committed the five grave sins, if he has faith in God, then at some time or another he will be redeemed…'   [Gadhadã II-18]

Not Falling From Path of Liberation '… because they had the same conviction in and knowledge of the greatness of the manifest form of God and the manifest form of the Sant as they had of their past forms, they did not fall from the path of liberation. Thus, the essence of all of the scriptures is this very fact.'   [Gadhadã II-21]

Power of Bhakti 'Bhakti has a lot of power; and while gnãn and vairãgya also have such power, it is not as much as that of bhakti. However, true bhakti is extremely rare…' [Gadhadã II-10]

A True Devotee '… Even a sinner would perceive divinity in the divine actions of God; a true devotee of God, however, would perceive divinity even when God performs human-like actions…' [Gadhadã II-10]

Perceiving Divinity in Both Human and Divine Actions '… So whenever God performs divine actions, they appear divine to both a devotee and to one who is not a devotee. However, when God performs human-like actions, a true devotee still perceives divinity in them, but by no means does he perceive flaws in such actions of God. Having such understanding is known as having bhakti towards God…' [Gadhadã II-10]

Form of Vairagya '… In the same way, when one realises the bliss related to God, one develops vairãgya towards all worldly pleasures, and one develops love only for the form of God. That is the form of vairãgya.' [Gadhadã II-10]

Highest Type of Bhakti '… Therefore, bhakti in which one perceives all of the actions and incidents of God as being divine, as the gopis did, and never perceives a flaw by understanding them to be human-like, is very rare. In fact, it is not achieved by merely doing good deeds for one or two lives. Rather, only when the pure sanskãrs of many lives accumulate, does bhakti like that of the gopis develop. In fact, such bhakti is itself the highest state of enlightenment. It is this type of bhakti that is greater than gnãn and vairãgya. If a person has such bhakti in his heart, what would be lacking in his love for God? Nothing would be lacking.' [Gadhadã II-10]

Power of Discourses on God '… Therefore, if while listening to talks about God, the bliss related to God is realised, then everything that has evolved from mãyã will appear worthless. For example, a man with a copper coin in his hand will lose affection for it when someone offers him a gold coin in exchange…' [Gadhadã II-10]