Do not procrastinate in your devotional service to God. You may delay worldly activities, but never your devotion. Remember this principle. Unfortunately, we tend to do the opposite, placing great importance on worldly affairs. A businessman spends 50 lakhs on his daughter’s wedding, believing it will earn him praise
Only two things are essential for us to know - 1. Detachment (vairāgya) from the world, and 2. Attachment (anurāg) to God and Guru. The Vedas, scriptures, and Puranas contain no knowledge other than this. The first question is: who is meant to practice these two - detachment and attachment?
A sādhak's question - What are the four defects in a soul, and what is their meaning? Shri Maharaj Ji's answer - Every person bound by Maya, and hence ignorant, has four defects: 1. Bhram, 2. Pramād, 3. Vipralipsā, and 4. Karanāpāṭav. 1. Bhram - Not
The Vedas, scriptures, and Puranas present apparently contradictory statements on nearly every subject. By merely reading them, no one can reach a definitive conclusion about which statement is correct. One such subject is this: How does one find a genuine guru? * On one hand, it is written that a genuine
Remember and contemplate this couplet daily. Shri Maharaj ji has encompassed the essence of all the Vedas and the scriptures in this couplet. We have to keep the knowledge of the following four principles in mind always and practice: 1. Perform devotion to Hari and Guru - Devotion means love
These are two contradictory instructions - Kāṭhinyaṁ viṣaye kuryād dravatāṁ bhagavatpade. (Veda) You must make your mind extremely hard toward the world. Even if someone dies, even if something in the world is destroyed, your mind should not melt - you should remain inwardly steady and composed. This is because
Though God is subservient to all devotees - ahaṃ bhaktaparādhīno hyasvataṃtra iva dvija - only Lord Shri Krishna is truly independent, with none above Him. All others are dependent on God and under His authority. But there is a law of God's grace: "ye yathā māṃ prapadyante
Yahāṃ hai (wealthy in the material world), vahāṃ nahīṃ hai (poor in the spiritual realm), and yahāṃ nahīṃ hai (poor here), vahāṃ hai (wealthy in the spiritual realm) - these two rules are natural in the world. In other words - 1. One who possesses worldly opulence does not progress
What is the difference between Mahavishnu, Vishnu, and Shri Krishna? Answer - There is a big difference. There are two types of Shri Krishna. 1. One Shri Krishna incarnates once during the day of Brahma (which is 4 billion 32 crore years). The Shri Krishna who came 5,000 years
Continuous means always, without a break. There are two approaches to practising devotion continuously: 1. Practising devotion through Karm Sanyas: This involves dedicating yourself solely to devotion to God, giving up all worldly actions and responsibilities. 2. Practising devotion along with worldly duties: In this approach, you perform both devotion
We will die one day, and we do not even know when that day will come. There is no age limit, no distinction between young and old. That is in God's secret diary. When the time comes, everyone has to go. We have come here to keep our
Sarvathā dhvaṃsarahitaṃ satyapi dhvaṃsakāraṇe (Roop Goswami) Even though there is a reason for love to be destroyed, it remains completely undisturbed. This is pure love. Say you love someone so much that you forget to eat and sleep. When you go to meet them, they say, "You shameless fool,